The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-05-02

= tions of grandeur" on considering the 'tFa-
3 ther of Waters" rolling "her turbid waters
= from Lake ltasca 10 the Gulf Of Moxico.
, But these "emotions Of grandeur" are too
difficult of utterance to be frequently indul-
ged in; and the author makes no further
= effort to parade them in his book.
The growing interest felt in Minnesota,
. will, however, make any facts in relation to
it acceptable. We perused this volume
with pleasure, and now feel lively inter
est in the young Territory. It's multitude
; of limpid lakes, its cooling cascades, its
: roaring and foaming streams, its unequale,i
''fshing privileges" its bracing, byperbo-
: rean climate, rende r it, of all regions, the
/, most delightful to flee to when the swelter-
ing southern suns OF lower latitudes begin
} to breed pes,iience and death.-[St. Louis
Inteligeneer.
Ma. CALHoUN's SUCCEssoR.-The New
York Herald thinks MIR. Webster, from
his powerful inteilect, his independence of
ordinary party trummeis, and his soundness
on the question in which the South feel the
greatest interest, is more likely TO succeed
to the influence of Mr.. Calhoun, than any
other man.
A SMART WoMAN--A GENUINE G'HAL.
states that, in the county of Choctaw, a
new one, created at the recent session of
the Alabama Legislature, a woman was
charged with numbering her husband, and
employed a legal gentleman, whose name
il Is not necessary to mention, 10 defend
her, promising two negroes as his fee. tie
undertook her defence, and contrary to the
expectation of all, she was acquitted. He
called upon her for the two negroes, when
she gravely informed him that the negroes
belonged to her daughter. Not relishing
the idea of being cheated out of his ne
groes, he instituted suit against her for per-
Jury, which she defended and had him
mulcted Cor the costs.
A REvEREED GAMBLER.-Rev.M Mr.. Har-
dy, formerly of Lowell, Mass, is the pro-
prietor of monte bank at San Francisco,
and has amassed fortune of hundred
thousand dollars.
GREAT CoNFLAGRATIoNI IN CIINA.-The
New Haven Register has the following
letter from Chas. W. Bradley, Esq, the
United States Consul, mt Annoy, giving an
account of large fire, which occ urred
there on Christmas Eve:
u. S. CONSULATE, Annoy, CHINA
December 26ih, 1850.
On Sunday last, at 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, a
fire broke out in this city, which laid waste
about 500 houses, covering an area of many
acres, and comprising the handsomest and
richest mercantile establishments OIL the
island. There was loss Of six lives, and
of property estimated at from $1,000, 900
to SIC, 100000! As general rule, in Chi
nese cities, merchants or handicrafts of the
same kind, are grouped together in a sim
gle street or neighborhoOd. Thus black
smiths, shoemakers. grain dealers, stone
cutters, fruiterers, Sc, have each their
particular locality.
The sufferers, on this occasion, were the
large dealers in silks, furs, teas, paper and
books the gold and silver smiths, shoema-
kers, stocking makers, and other miscella-
, neous artizans and merchants. Among the
RUNS are those of the large and beautiful
Joss house, "QuOante-bio," in the street TO
; which it gave name--buiIt 500 years ago;
and that called 'sTa-ti-kong gkiung-chiung,'
or the Temple of Mammon--where the
god of wealth is worshiped. The streets
are nowhere more than ten, and usually not
more than six feet wide. On these the mar.
row buildings are joined in solid mass
e two stories IN ghth--cOmposed of bricks
r with good deal of external wood work
4 Mats of plantain and palm-leaves are also
e stretched from the caves of the houses or
! one side Of the way to those on the other
{ intended to shut out the vertical rays of tht
f sun, but which now, of course, materially
I assisted the confiagration.
!, FREsHET.-The pier and docks have
f been covered with water during the day
$ our produce dealers being on thei
r guard, but little damage was done.
At Utica, yesterday morning, there
q was great freshet in the Mohawk, an'
L is said to have been highert1an was eve
known before. A large amount of prop
o erty has been carried off by the flood
! consisting of lumber, fences, &c. Sew
. eral horses and cattle have been drowned
i The first stories of the houses on Waite
Q street in that city are completely sub
J. merged, and the Syracuse and Utic;
i railroad track was under water Alb
$ Arg. 9th.
:. IMMENSE EXPORTS TO California;
u The New York Herald publishes lis
of articles exported from that port t
= :. California during the year lS49, and tn
:. first two months of the present year.
:, states that the amount of merchandis
i. sent from New York alone will probabl
t. realize in that region not less than fifiee
D, millions Of dollars-a sum a httle beyon
'e the whole amount of gold hitherto re
a ceived from California. In the list, tn
% parts of houses are numbered by thous
ands. In building materials there ar
n some large items Over four million
of feet of lumber are ciassed in cne {
these; and over a million of shingles
II another item. Besides these, two bur
,e dred thousand pieces and fifty thou:
D and packages" of the former, and
re thousand bundles" Of the latter are ne
D. ted. Timber, dressed boards, lath'
r' joists, brick, and all other description
= of building materials, are found in larg
items. Six hotels, 10 complete stores
:, e ten-pin alleys, 372 frame houses, s
Q, Q. iron houses, Z portable houses, % ga
" vanized iron houses, large galvanize
a. iron shop, and an incredible number
1t parts of houses, both of wood and irol
n