The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-12-18
Disasters ON the Lakes.
BUrFALo, Nov. Is,

Rlggles, from Cleveland, put back, a com,
i-iste wreck, htying LOST "a locomotive over
board. The bower lake sch ,oner Patrick
Henry, has been tlisn,as.ed, and the brig
Caroline is ashore.
An exchange states that, nj NORTHAMPTON
MISS, receuuy, Young Ia ly aud gentle.
man, Tor the sport of the thing, undertook
80 lock G lch other out of cuuntenance. -
Alter booking at each other earnestly for
come time, the young man went 10 sleep
AMI others IN the room en,ieavorc,i to wake
lIlIu, hut could nat succeed. They then be-
s:Hrne alarmed, and sent for a phy sician. -
bs, however, succeeded no better than the
Te', and suggested that the lady was the
only one who could wake him. The wax
3ps process, however, was one which she
d,d no, understand. and the somnambuiisl
vls taken out of doors aud walked about
abe streets, and was not awakened until a
ist': hour ia tine morning. This wa. really
Biology extraordinary.
II is estimated that the city of New York
0ivs $4,000 a day for cigars, ana only
- 500 day for bread.
me HUNTING SEAsos Our spertsmen
s7e having good time Iust now. Wild turkeys
"a large nanibers are being shot daily within a
fns Of .he city. few days since, small par
q r hunters returned from the bottom with two
deer and a large quantity OF small game. An
evening OF two since another party came in with
two hundred aud thir,ytwo ducks and any num-
Der Of qaa,ls, woodcock, pike, bass, sc. Better
haniing grounds are not te be found in the world
t,aa those Of this immediate vicinily--and it is a
angular Tact that game appears 70 become more
p'eniifui every succeeding year, Burlington,
(Iowa,) Tel.
Nor Bonn TO BE DRow The fol
owing touching Incident is related in letter
tom Yarmouth, England. dated the 7th ult. =,
,eEit,en by lady, and giving account of the
dslstrous results Of the late shipwrechs upon the
East coast:
Last Friday, dear little b,be, supposed to
ts bout four months old. was picked up in the
roads. of Yarmouth. lis long clothes prevented
j, rom sinking; il was fast asleep, and almost,
heain,bed with cold. There was no trace Of any
sh'p IN sight, or OF any boat for miles around; and
IT vas supposed that the vessel from which il had
been thrown had sunk, aad all hands perished-
Tn Captain who picked it up lives at Yarmouth,
and intends TO rear It as his own, lie allows the
pPopie, who come in crowds, to see it, and have
scea At among the rest 1t is a sweet babe"
WILD RIcE.-A correspondent, Of De Bows
Renew, says Of this plant:
IKE expanses of the rivers; and it is collected at
lhs harvest season by the Indian women, VITO go
~ GAUGES, two in each, one of whom. pulling her
way through the reeds, bends over the canoe
eacn bundle, as she srasps it, while the other
f.fiR IS of the seed with the paddle. Ia tins way
canoe load IS soon gathered"
The Peoril Democratic Press. in speaking Of
Illinois farmers. says Mr.. Hays, Of Dewitt co =,
h1. $500 hogs for market this season, of which
number $500 will average 500 lbs. A. the prices
winch at present promise to obtan these hogs
oaunot brig less than $50, 900.
II you wish to get good bargains. buy Of peo-
PIE bat advertise. The increased amount Of GUS
lem which judlciJus system Of advertising
hiugs 10 store, enables the propretors TO sell nj
sRaller profits than those can afford to- who have
accidental Customer now and then.
Ctcei'encc in any particular branch Of business
IS Produced by constant and single devotion TO
sc. IN Chicago, the butchers exhibiting their
Skill in Strengthening and putting up cattle for
let. On the 10Th uis., MIR. Edward Silver slaugh-
tered 6fiy-three head Of cattle, averaging 500
los. DER head, in eight hours and forty minutes
lie slaughtered an OK aud made it ready for pack
Irs Ebout year since, In some FIVE minutes.
II now may be set down az probable, that
we shall have regular daily line of pack
e.s, leaving here every day for ST. Louis.
and as many As six regular steamers run
ninc ia the up river trade to ST.. Paul, Still
water aud Fort Smelling. There will he
otber steamers for the Wisconsin river
trade, and occasional boats beside to the
upper country. Capt. Harris, Capt Bersie
ami Capt. Lodw:ck, have, rs we have no
uced before, each a new boat huildng, and
He understand from good authority, that
ihe latter gentleman has engaged a craft Of
IS feet keel. The other boats will lie built
with All eye To taking their part of the trade.
The three new boats-the Nominee, the
Old and New Dr.. Franklin, and the Wis
eonsin, and such Others as may fsDh the
frads profitable, including perhaps one boat
from Dubuque, will give Us steamers
enough to make a regular daily line to the
northwest, aud others to spare IN case any
one needs repairs.-TGalena ADV.
GOVERNORS OF SrATes.-Ne believe
there have been one or two Instances where
two brothers have been Governors Of States
~ one and the same time, but there is no in
stance on record where brothers have been
go far apart, under such peculiar circum-
sauces as is now the case with the Bylers
ct Pennsylvania. William Bigler is the
Governor elect of PENNSYLVANIA, and his
hrother, John Bigler, is the Governor elect
q me State Of California.
AroraER FiaHr AT CHAGREs The
late arrivals from Chagres bring news of
conIinued fighting among the boatmen at
that place. On the 2Si fight commenced,
~ which at least twenty Americans were
KILLED, and much larger number Of blacks,
making in all about one hundred! The
hlacks were in full possession Of the fort,
aad one rifeman, returned Californian,
nas seen to pick off five of them success
syely, az they attempted TO discharge the
canlou.
New RAILROAD ixvENrroS.--The New
FORK Tribune mcutions an invention not
only in the construction Of railroads but in
the transportation of the cars upon them.
The rails to be elevated above ground tn
sny required height, SO ~ to suspend the
cars from wheels on top Instead Of impeuh-
ing them As at present. The advantage
propnsed to be gained is, that with the aid
of powerful maguets fye,i TO the cars below
ihe rails, the weight Of the burden is les
sen-d by whntever the attractive power Of