The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-12-19
AsroUNDIEG FaEAK OF NArURE.-On
Friday last, al, old lady. aged / years, died


AsroUNDIse FaEAK OF NAruRE.-On
Friday last, an old lady, aged 81 years, died
at Lawrenceville, Of disease of the bow
els. A few days prior to her death, it was
discovered that tumor existed in her abb
domen, and on being asked whether she
was willing to have her body opened after
her death, for the pnrpose Of ascertaining
the nature of that tumor; she assented.
| Accordingly Immediately after her death,
post mortem examination was held, and a
bony substance Of an oval shape was remov-
ed Upon saving through this, it was dis
covered. that the ossi6ed covering was but
thin, and that within it was contained a
fully Developed female child. So perfectly
formed was the child in all its parts, that no
difficulty whatever was found in deciding
upon its sex at once, and from facts after
wards learned, the woman must have car
ried that infant for forty years!
/ The circumstances which sustain this sup
position, are these: Her neice with whom
she lived up to the time Of her death, dis
tincily Yecoliects that at one time, her aunt
supposed herself to be enciesstc, and went
so far as to make all the preliminary prepa-
rations for the expected little stranger; but
to the establishment Of all, the infant was
never born. About this time her husband
died, and from that period until her death,
her general health was good, and che expe-
rienced no Inconvenience from the presence
of the supposed tumor.
The above statement is one Of simple
facts. The most astonishing part of the
whole story is, that highly respectable
physician, assures us, that the child bore
signs of at least probable recent Hoingeris-
tence! We shalt not comment on this mat
ter, as we understand, full statement of the
circumstances will soon be published
Pittsburg Com. Jour-.
Mr.. Laynrd has made discovery OF
, Nineveh, of the greatest interest. He has
penetrated iuto chamber which appears to
{ be Of the same class as the s'House of Re-
Cords" noticed by the prophet Ezra. In
this chamber, Mr.. Layard found in terra
Gotta tables, piled up from the floor to the
ceiling, what are apparently the archives Of
: the Assyrian Empire during long histori-
cal succession. Five large cases of these
!, tables have been packed UP for transporta-
, ton to England. Some of our ANTIQUARIAN
/ iiterati indulge the idea that these tables
will give Il better account of the history,
, religion, jurisprudence, and philosophy Of
the Assyrans, thirteen centuries before the
: Christian era, than we have of either Greece
t or Rome during any period of their history
:
,, FUGIrIvE SLAVES AT THE NoRTH.-It
: has been estimated by the author Of a
! pamphlet published not long since, at Wash
ington, under the name of 'sRandolph Of Ro-
anoke,' that the number of fugitive slaves
l who have escaped from the south between
a 1910 and 1910. and taken residence in sew
a en- free states of the north, amounts to 49,
1 224-and that Is, 400 have escaped between
e 1910 and discriminating a total Of 81 ,724 in
$ forty years, or at the rate of | $40 ia every
year. Valung each at $3.50, the annual
loss has been $963, 600 and the total loss
l $e7, 7sO,S00.
> DETROIT, Nov. 10.
4 The Michigan Central Rail Road Depo,
: was destroyed by fire between three and
It four O'Clock this morning. Origin moi
5 known.
s The losses of The company are chiefly the
building and some $4,000 or So 600 in
freight and cars, and Sd 900 in oil. Whole
loss of the company estimated not to exceed
$4,000 or $50, 900.
. a large quantity of Flour, Whea, ant
n freight was lost; amount not known. Plan.
a are nearly completed for the rebuilding o.
the depot: and it is expected the new ons
o will be ready for the spring business. NJ
e insurance On the building.
= VICKsBURG, Nov. 10.
d The Legislature of this State commenced
here yesterday, and after being called to or
n der, the Message of Governor Quitman wa.
presented and read to the two Houses TIL.
+ Gov. entered at length into the history ant
discussion of the grievances experienced b.,
the South, at the hands Of the North, an,
was decidedly for secession from the Union
New YORK, Nov. o..
e The Crescent City arrived this evening
with $50 passengers and 81 500, 900 in col,
- dust. Her dates from California are to Oct
e 18th. She came via Kingston, Ja., wher
= about 1000 deaths from cholera occurre,
* during the past three weeks, and GOO in tn
= interior. 1t was bad at Port Royal.
N Great rejoicing in California in conse
e qucnce of The admission into the Union.
"a The new Captain General has arrived a
e Cuba.
" One or two cases of cholera occurred a
=. San Francisco. Among the deaths, we no
81 tce the name of Jeremiah Green, aged s
~ years.
! New York, Nov. IS.
i 4 cold-blooded murder was conlmitte,
N early this morning, at the house, No. 5
~ Dey street, by scoundrel named Henri
r. Carnai, Belgian who has lately been iv
~ ing at Newark, N. j: The fellow last even
n ing solicited lodgings from Charles Mari,
q Rousseau, who keeps porter house in tn
locality above mentioned, and was assigned
a. bed in the same room where the LANDLORD
himself and his two sons slept. About
4 O'Clock in the morning, Carnal arose AM
4 stabbed in a most terrible manner all three
: the father first, and the two sons afterwards
. The father did not survive his wounds al
= hour. The screams Of the sons, both badl,
stabbed, called in the neighbors, just in tim,
T.. to save their lives, and that is ALL II is yer,
4 doubtful whether either of them will re
u cover.
!: The assassin endeaeored to escape b,
Jumping out Of the window of the btt
chamber into the area, but he was there ar
rested by the police. This horrid affair, a
you may imagine, has created an lntens
excitement in Dey street. The coroner i
! to hold an inquest on the bodies nj O'Clock
Q The object Carna had in view was un