The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-12-11

The ATTEMPTED DBURGLARY.--I'he cretli;
of frustrating the Walist. burglary, is
mainly due to Mr.. McGee, hank watcbman,
in conjunction with Messrs. McGregor and
Slocum. Ii seems that the design was to
rob the vaults of Beebe & Co., bankers,
who occupy the basement OF No. As. The
burglars got over the walls of the new build
ing adjoining, bored through the sculile, un-
fastened it, descended iuto the. entry which
leads to The Phoenix Bank, aud began 10
bore through the floor Of The entry directly
over one of the desks in Beebe's Office
McGee, whose usual place is on The steps
Of the Union Bunk, on the other side Of Ihe
street, saw gl'm,ner of light through the
window, over the hall door, crossed over
and tried the door, when the light was sud-
denly extiDguished. He thpn went to Bee
be's door and entered by means Of KEY
entrusted to him for watch purposes, called
on Beebe's private watchman, (who was
reading a paper in the front part Of the
rOom,) and the two went out the back door
up winding stairway into the entry. Nc
Gee struck a match and caught glimpse OF
man retreatlng toward the front door
He made rush 10 secure him, when he
partially tumhled over The basket Of tools
he recoyed his footing, struck another match h
and soon coilared his man at the front door,
and handed him over to officer Watson. ],
is probable that the burglars were not aware
of the presence of the watchneu in the Of
ice, since they would quite probably have
been shot on their entrance through the cell
ing. If they knew him to he there, they
probably meant tG clear the way to the plas-
tering, and then suddenly dash in, murder
the man, and rob at leisure. In Ibis they
would have failed, since McGee goes into
Messrs. Beebe's place every hour, and
would have disturbed them before they
could have got into the safe. The fellow
who escaped probably went down on Broad
street, where scuttle was found open. Ii
was stated on Thursday that he had been
caught, hut such was not the fact. The
holes in the floor were quite a curiosity on
Thursday, and a large crowd gathered to
look into the matter, until the insertion of q
new plank removed the wonderful. Y.
Tribune.
CATHERiNE HaYs.-A gentleman who
has known Catherine Hays since she was q
wee bit of child, Describes her when 10 OF
I2 years old, soon after she came under the
notice Of the good Bishop of Limerick, a,
golden haired fairy tripping it without
OOtiuct vi SuOeSt DfiHS wiz duL
free as her own witching song. On one oc-
cason, she was riding barefoo,ed in pub.
! iic conveyance, to take her music lesson
when three or four young bloods remarked
upon the color of her stockings. "They
are NATURAL" was her quick reply, land
easy washed" Gay hearted, sunny faced
child, she then little thought of the days thai
were to come, when she would appear be-
fore queens and lords and warbe the glo-
rious melodies of ireIand's sweetest bard
till every hearers pulse quickened, and
every listening ear was enchanted. Her
bare feet never bore her in paths Of dishonor
1t may be they were a talisman, with which
she was to walk upward into the light of q
purer and diviner being, in that world oi
song whcre only angels and angel souls bear
the palm. Does she recur to those days, il
these days Of her triumph? Aye, doubt il
not! Doubt not that the memory of thai
hare-footed, happy girlhood floats up ever
before her in palace and bower, like a pure
and winged odOr, sacred baptism for heI
heart, softenng and Christening all its am
b,tions and aspirings.