The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-01-16

examination, on charge Of atteusptnr r5,.-
nit rape on the person of a yenng lady BE- erra-
to one Of the most respectable fomies "a a..
ingburg. The female, while riding aloae 5,
half a nile above the Waterford bril- g.
dragged BY the villain from her WIZ .n
the struggle she succeeded III sirippi,a a. I'll.
lain of good part Of his hair and whissofs All
portions Of his dress; but her efforts ana .rs-
finally induced him to abandon the .erri 49,
She is vet seriously ILL., from the effect fls,1
and bruises, and unable to testify, but ie- ,ie..
crption of the man who assaulted he -
little doubt that the T.. tson arrested is i' g,,-.
one He has areau served a term of fy, Gear.
in the State Prison for a similar oiiepce -rgray
Wing
SINGULAR ACCIDENT A verv s,,-uiarse-
cident occurred in Porter, York couE Ns-r-.
Mr.. VIM. Bicklord of =. had been q lse. ana
while returning. 18th his loaded guren lao.aer
muzzle down, he met colt In the rca gh.as-
ing the col, was straying away, he r.lel 10
head him off, and brought hls muzzle .,ga TO-
ward his breast The colt turned TIA Co.. .il
lei Hy at him with his heels, one Of winch sl.--',
the hammer driving il back, when rrturasf
upon the cap, fred the gun, dschargir ire ,.aoa
contents into his right breast, several So passing
through his body. He walked some asss 4 b.
home, but soon fell exhausted. DIR. Sv-,. ,,as
soon at hand, bu, his life could nc, i s-.eG
He lived eleven hours, and retained ar>-s
TO the last. He was about &c yeai s't arc
leaves wife and child.
ARRIVAL OF THE OHIo.--Tbe steancr Oho
reached New York on Thursday aittrrouu viii
400 passengers. She started from Jlayana
on the 18th, but her machinery got dersnesc.
she LEFT again on the 18th and made coed heau-
way with one engine, when she srnc!, by
heavy sea and much damaged. causing her rc stop
lnu t,ct,o .,-.~f.-
way, when she'sprung leak at 2'oclock On Tues
da v the water rose 10 feet in her hold and aea5i
exlinguished her fires, and she with dilieuiIe
kept under Roadway. The danage IS not less
than S 10 900.
Her furniture is all broken She viii have 10
be taken into dry dock here.
The Mercury, announces the safe arrival .Hers
on Monday night, of Jenny Lind.
New ORLEANS MULE MARI cr-Dsu.
A correspondent of the Louisvile JoJfuai.
says:
"Having travelled through Leuisilaa and GO
journed in this place since the l4th "a October.
have bad good opportunity to understand llo
mule market and would say, britA, IN the az
guage Of an old trader from Kentucl y that utie
drovers haveuot had du!!er market 10 eop'en3wI,a
within the circuit Of twenty years, IL LcuIsii8a,
and this am prepared to verify b. statisticai
proof.
Coon SHooTING.-At Gilmanion, r. H.,
Natha mel Whittier with his rifle, shot the bowl
of snoking-pipc from mans moala. The
distance of eighty Yards, and at the same DIS
lance shot an apple from the head Of another ~
diyidual
WESTERN ENTERpRIsE.-THs Etts5ay
Of our SOFIA farmer In the Praile ia Chen
Patriot, gives the following example o. ,b2 fer
tility of our favored soil when improved hy h,-
dustry.
90 Mr.. Petit broke the first piece OF prairie Ia o
Prairie la Cross Gin Crawford CO ys'leg about
the goth of May last, beiw cen which ,itrc and
the middle Of June, he broke, fence and .iat.-
ted about 30 acres, from which! he raised crop
Of corn, oats, potatoes and other Vegetables equal
TO the best / have seen any where n tie coar-
Try.
The case cf MIR. Petit il strong esrencc Of
what may be done in this rich country by r.aH
of energy and industry. On the Isl 81 Nav
last, Mr. Petit commenced farming twenty inAea
from the nearest neig hbors, and III the Incredible
short time Of SIX months he has coca tasul
opened, consisting of about so acres broke ana
t, need, with good houses, and many of ,ho con-
veniences of ali old settled country, and without
hired help
DAINTY DIsH.-The Cboctaw Iutelii.eacer
says that battle has occurred betweeu t'yo tribe.
Of Indians, the Michtay-s and Tunkeways. ana
that the latter roasted aud ale one OF the former,
whom they had taken prisoner. The tel'5,.s
are said to be strongly inclined to can. baism,
and look with very ford ewes upou - s.ect,
well-fed gentemen.-GALENA JEI So nscSIA =,
6rH Inst.
We are informed by gentleman % .bis city.
that Jenny Lind, the "Queen Of song" MS
expressed determination TO visit San sraacIscr
provided three thousand tickets are sold for he.
at an ounce apiece. What say the loPs's af
music to this :-[SAN FRANCISCO JeURNa-
OF COMMERCE.
in this city, has fish that is part Iul.head, par
eel, little Of the shark, and touch 81 lie blue
fish. Its head is that OF the catfish, undcs hi
chin IS ''goatee,' part Of the body = tnt o.
eel, and part bulldog! II is cooicl Of dr.
" brown, streaked with blrc, and IS nearly ~
feet long. 1t has but ore eye. III nondes9ript
was speared in the Agawan river. near Spras
TINES.
Growth OF THE UNITED SrkTr>.--'f'ha
census returns, already received foe 2 s'tes
of the Union, show an increased pcpU. fon SINCE
1910, Of 3,l30,S0S, which added 80 be aggre-
gate population 10 years ago, o. - ,os3 .35%
wond alone make now 20,23i,25i. Estnla-
ting the increase in other States BY iise same "a
ito, the aggregate population oil me nAH0S -
June last, may be put down al nc; l.Ss thor
"a, coo, 900 or increase Of near.y $40 ,00o
in the last 10 years.
In some of the States the increase has 5->e
very rapid in others quite inconsderaa'e. tp
Maine they have 6l2, 900; being IN increase n
10 years of ITO, 207, or over &C per cent
Massachusetts has 600 .00a, being Increase
Of 22o,l72, also upwards Of 20 pc cent Cor
nec,icut has 3S6, 900 or an advance Of t5,HSA
also upwards of 20 per cent Penn yiysnla has
1900 900 showing an increase Of 575 ,90' G.
over 80 per cent
Tbs ratio of increase in the Union, estimated
from the returns received frcn sevenleea State.
it is about 30 per cent. That of Geofga IS 81
teeu per cent, ahead OF the average, tia; 81;
South Carolina "a per cent. below tie average
In the Northern States heard from, the rate O
increase is uniformly over 20 per cent
THE EFFECTs OF IDLENEss fleuca
We're on being asked by the Marqais Sp5aa,
a celebrated general, the cause Of his bgo,her's
death is said to have replied
" He died sir, of having nothing 70 30. .
"Alas,'' said the Marquis, : thai !, capei
enough to kill any general Of US all =
LAND oUNrIEs.-Under the Bounty "A