The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-02-06

held TO BAH IN Maryland Tor running OH
negroes, is at Peterborough. n. Y. lie
is stopping with his friend Gerri, Smith,
for few days, before lis tour through
the State.
DEATH or Ex-GovERSoR BELL, or
n. H.-ExGovernor Bell of N. II. died
at Chelsea, on the Odd of Dec. He
represented his State in the U. s. Sem
ate from 1923 TO 1929.
DEATH Of Ex-Gov. PLuMMER.-Ex-
Governor Plummer died at Epping. N.
H., on the Odd of Dec, aged %. He
was the sole surviving member of the
Convention which framed tho 6rst Con-
stitution of n. Hampshire.
DESPERATE RENcoNTRE-Tw MEN
ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE.-The Plan
ters' Advocate, published at Macon,
Miss, says that on Sunday, the 9Th ult.
Mr. Jonathan Henklc and Mr.. Adams,
of that county, were reclining upon the
side of hill; d large eagle made
swoop and fastened its talons to the
breast Of Mr.. Henkle. A fight imme-
diately ensued between the two young
men and tho eagle, and after consd-
cradle scuifle, they succeeded in cap
turing it alive and carrying it home
No damage was done, except that Mr..
II. received slight wound in the
breast. 1t is said 10 be very large
eagle.
MARRIED IN HASTE - REPENT AT
LEIsuRE.-A fellow by the name of
--, who had been boarding for
few weeks at very respectable board
ing house in our city, conceived, or af
fected to conceive an abiding affection
for the housekeeper--not the landlady.
Accordingly he broached his suit, and
the lady being twenty and upuards-old
enough to speak for herself-dd consent
to trudge iife's rugged road together.
with the profered husband. All the
preliminaries fixed, minister was call
willing hearts. The honey moon-or
three days at least was as happy is j:
could bc---all affection. Inc husband
told of his lands in Indiana-painted the
happy cottage homo-the scenes Of his
childhood-and dwell with rapture upon
the bright and glowing futurc--Ycs, to
that home he would bear his bride, and
live life Of lovc!--sweet anticipation,
but sooE the Visions over!
Strange but iruc--the husband left
the house to engage passage upon
the mail boat, that they hasten away to
the cottage home. He returned not and
as q matter Of course, his dear wife is
almost hert-broken. Cruel husband
discensolatc wife - hasty marriage
feeting honcy-moon-homc, pledges and
all-gone!-[ Louisville Dem.
ApRoir OfEsArroSs.-IVe arc To-
formed that one Towner, who forged
the paper to the amount OF Sl5, 900, late
ly found in the PhGnix Bank of this
city, has recently made some bold OPP
erations in Boston. He forged note
Of $500 on Ives, Hooker s. Co. Of Hart
ford, and endorsed it with the name Of
D. +. Robinson, (as good as gold had
It been true paper,) and deposited it in
the New England Bank, Boston. He
then procured a Telegraph envelope and
accompanying blank letter sheet, and
wrote a despatch" from New York to
Matthew Bodies, broker Of Boston,
signing the dispatch SrEAR, (Bolles' N.
York correspondent 1t was in SUBJ
stance as follows:
"IMathew Bolies-Take up the note Of
$500 in the New England Bank, signed
Ives, Hooker s. Co., and endorsed by
ID. F. Robinson. ''SrEAR."
Mr.. Bolles, on receiving this dispatch
at once sent to the Bank and took up
the note, the money was placed to
Towner's credit Towner then called
on Bolles, and by we'll told story, sue
ceeded in Borrowing $500 more making
81, 800 transferred from Bolles' pocket
T: TO his own in the course Of few hours.
Towner then forged another note fS60o
and by repeating the Telegraph opera
ton, got E. W. Clarke, Dodge s. Co. ;.
ito take it up. be pockcting the cash IT.
was not long, Of course, before he was
missing with ST., 900, in cash. procured
: By forgery, impotence and adrot man
SEGMENT Hartford Tines.