The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-11-13

LIE JEWEL OF MAssAciiusErrs.-
Wiu,hr6p, in an address delivered on
Tag sdsy last, at an agricultural dinner at
: r.iiatnptou, thus happily alluded to the
Com non Schools of that State:
"o,her nations may boa<, of their magnif
re gems and monster diamonds. Our
Raj moor is our Co,nuson School system,
rh,> IL our Mountain OF Light, not snatch
en- iuheed, as 4 prize from barbarous foe :;
cor assigned Only 10 deck royal brow OF
10 irra'lia,e Crystal palace; bat whose
pure and penetrating ray illuniiues every
brow and enlighlcns every uIind, and cheers
every hea9zAnd every hearibstpne in the
iln!, an<k ahich supplies ire:n its exhaust
less mine, 'ornanieuis of grace unto the
he- and chains upon the neck of every
son and daughter of Massachusetts"
RAILROAD ACCIDENT. As the steamboat
Iuin was leaving the Depot last esrning,
tte engiEeer saw something lying, as he sup
posed, Just off the track; hat "a the engine
raa.e up, IL Was caught and dragged some
Luil distance before the train couhi be stop
ped. II proved to he the body OF q middle
aged Canadian " oman; she was quite dead
uuI appeared to have heen dead but short
tmG. The impression Is, that she was run
uyec and killed by the accommodation train
from Stoniugton, Viii, b arrived short time
Yous, it then being quite ,iarS.--[ Prov
Post.
I lie London TIMES is showing the help
ies-ness Of Spain to make war upon the
med States, and thinks that Queen lsa-
5cl nigh, rs well reserve her ,hunder In
comparing the American with the Spanish
Navy. il says:
The Armada aod It's fate was fair san,
Ie f the utmost that Spain eau effect in
the ventures of naval coatest. Nor is the
Military arm as potent as at the era when
Spanish Infantry was the dread of Europe.
I ae home army, previous TO the late ex
prr,ation Of troops 10 Cuba, consisted of
i,1buG 100, 900 men, and embodied all man
net # worthless slut, iac.uding the gen d.
o.;nfrie, or military police; aud perhaps the
the calculaipn would flatter, were we TO SET
down the actual military toice Of the mon
archy, at home aud abroad, much within
the limit we have named for the domestic
e,tallishnenf. Add to these considerations
lie let that Government bond, are the cap
i,s stock Of English specuiatioms, and that
the national obligations are SO onerous as to
Icquire the permission Of the English brok-
tr hefore declaration of war can be issued
.ud sc have several serious obstacles to
hos I.it,es.''
NATION OF BoREs.-Ca Carlyle speaks OF
Americans as ''t@en,y millions OF b0res."
Ju,i so. The Puritans bored their way into
the wilderness Of the Western world, and
from the rugged materials Of unbrOkeu ua-
care, bored out Thirteen Colonies. They
io'ei their English friends at Bunker Hill,
LeNingtOn, Bennington, Saratoga and York
Town. Washington and his Generals aud
troops, were great bores on the land. Per-
~, McDenough, Decatur, Porter, Jones,
s., &c, bored their ships on the ocean.
Jones even bored the English OF iheir Own
sol. Scott bored them at Lundy's Lane,
aud Jackson NJ New Orleans. Indeed our
J,sol,ls are boring to the remotest corners Of
he earth. Even now, an audaci0us Yam
kee IS in England boring the iachierS with
his challenges against The best and heetes,
craft England can produce. The craft has
beat in one race. Oar ocean steamers beat
u!or the ocean. Our reapcrs beat in The
han, Sure, if Boosting is to lie the only
strife, we .misa; bore" o;,S- i,eef eating
trends liui-, now aud then, While spend
iaF an hour whittins.
NrGHr or PERIL.-'rhe editor Of the
Like Superior journal, who was oil board
ihe PROPELLER Monticello. which it was fear
ed was lost recently, writes thai she started
from the Ontonagon, on the afternoon Of
the 18th ult., struck slightly on the bar, and
haif All hoar afterwards, The water was dis
a :. 81. r.,
g,ne room. 1t was attempted to run her 10
F4gle Harbor, about sixty miles distant,
slA steam and sails; and the passengers
and crew worked at the pa,ntss, bat the
water gained upon Them; buckets and bar
rels we're used, aud the wind and the waves
were rising. ]; WAS vain to attempt to reach
Eagle Harior, aud she was headed to the
shore; huts the water put out the fires, the
vessel was water. logged, and remained SO
until morning, when she was run ashore,
li1e was carried out, aud the drenched pas
srngers, hy great exertions, were got .niely
o. shore. -
MELANCHOLY AND HoRRIBLE DEArH.-
Ma hew Walker, very respectable and es-
timshle citizen Of Union Tow nship, W HIT
Icy county, Ky, came To his death on Fri
day asst, at the house of David Har>hba.k-
er, Wills, feeding ,hreshing machine, by
tbe bursting 0at OF the cylinder, caused by
q stone bound up ia one of the sheaves Of
wheat He was horribly lnangled, his breast
was uutilated, and part of his head was
entirely torn off. Farmers should he care
fui 10 separate the stones and brush from
their wheat, for it rarely passes without
some accident occurring.
GErrIxe THE MiTrEN.-Most young
men are acquainted with this very familiar
Expression, aud that too, 10y sad experience.
Now we know that this thing of getting the
iuilten' is by no means so agreeable as j, is
lacked up TO be- and il produces no very
pleasant sensation in the mind CT the ardent
lover. When in answer 10 the anxious
'M'ss, will you accept my company" she
says, half pou,ingly, and half good humor-
eddy, 81 shant,' none but those who have
been similarly situated, can form any con-
ierture Of that peculiar sensation which it
naturally creates. The victim feels-Oh,
dear! he feels all over. lie would gladly