The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-09-26

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the most substantial and satisfactory
manner. He informs Us that 800, 900
bricks, and one hundred cubic yards Of
granite. were required in its erection
Boston Atlas. ~
Picture Of the Inhabitants of Schisss
~ wig.HOistein.
A correspondent Of the Daily News,
says:-'I was long ago convinced that
the Duchies Of Schleswig-Holstein were
inhabited by a race Of. men possessed Of
great 6rmness purpose, answering
honesty, and great love for one another.
During the few days. have spent in Hol.
stein and Schleswig have seen nothing
to cause change Of opinion. On ali
sides there is great worldly prosperity
the farmers are wealthy, the laborers
we'll paid, and the land well cultivated;
in the towns there are no Paupers. Ev-
cry body is well off. Notwithstanding
that for the last two years largo army
Of various kinds of soldiers has been
quartered in the Duchies, for which not
one farthing has yet been paid by the
German government, one hears no COM
plants. The burden is gladly borne for
the sake oftheir rights; and what is still
more, during the last twelve months, or
nearly SO, there has been no government
whatsoever in Schleswig, and yet there
has been no increase of crime or immor-
ality, no confusion, and no agitation.--
The only part Of the country in which
any thing like agitation existed was
North Schleswig, where the unjust inter-
ference Of the Landsverwaltung with the
old and tried servants ofthe public, cre-
ated the greatest excitement and irritn-
ton. From one end OF the Duchies to
to the othertheir exists the same cool but
firm determination to maintain their an
cient institutions and rights, aud were
the inhabitants Englishmen, l am con-
vinced that they would have done the
same. They 60 possess great affinity
to our own people; they are persever-
ing, energetic. determined, and honest,
very hospitable and afieotionate, and as
different as possible from the inhabita ants
Of North Prussia. The country is divid-
ed similarly to the south of England; the
fields are intersected by low and high
hedges, with elms and oaks scattered
here and there, the grass and trees have
the same pleasant green appearance
peculiar to England, and. in fact, the on
Iy difference between an English and
SchleswigHolstein landscape is, that the
houses in the latter are built in differ
ent style. In all else the country is
English, and in all but the language the
people are English. They are SO near
ly related to us Englishmen that were
they and their cause but better known
and understood in En- gland, they would
meet with infinitely more sympathy than
has hitherto been accorded to them"
The LOUISVILLE TRAGEDY.-It has
been stated by telegraph, that II young
girl, "Lizzy Sinkhorne, was shot in
brothel at Louisville, KY, on the 2sth
ult. by John Figg, who afterwards kill
ed himself. The Louisville papers say
that she died of her wounds on the fol-
lowing day, at the home of her parents.
whom she had deserted. The Demo-
crat gives the following particulars;
"There were some affecting incidents
connected with this affair.". The girl,
whose real name we learn is Spikcwell,
had formed u strong attachment for the
man Figg, who sought to murder her
He had persuaded her to forsake her
companions and live entirely with him,
and, in spite of the mos, brutal treatment
on his part she remained with hIm, and
shared her ill-gotten gains with him
On the day previous to the attempted
murder, he had beaten and bruised her
in such a manner that she was compel
led to fly from him and seek shelter in the
house of Mrs. Rentro. where she had
formerly resided. He watched the house
from the back yard until he saw her en-
ter room in the basement-he follow
ed her into the room, and without saying
a word, sought to place the muzzle of u
pistol against her breast in the region Of
the heart. She sought to avoid his aim
by shrinking behind the furniture of the
room, and begging bin not to shoot her.
He persisted in his hellish purpose how
ever, and Immediately afterwards shot
himself She did not utter one word of
complaint against him while in the house,
and when they spoke of removing her,
she requested that she might be permit
ted to see the body. After embracing
the inanimate form, and gazing fondly
on the features for few minutes, shc
simply calculated, poor John" and
turned away, far more in sorrow than
in anger. What an unutterable fund
of aiie ction was conveyed in those SIM
pie words, poor John.
A RARE BIRD WITH TOO MUCH IN his
THRoAT.--A Blue Crane was caught OH
the shore of the Deieware. opposite Bur-
lington, on Saturday week, by Mr.. ].
w. White, of Philadelphia. A notice
Of it BY the Burlington Gazette says that
he, Mr.. W., observed the bird in troub-
lie, as he fell from the top ofa large tree.
when he secured him:
"He was choking with q fish IL inch-
es long in his throat, which he could
neither get up nor down--thc crane all
the while gasping fer breath, ard the
fish happiIg his .ail about the birds