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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-10-09
JENNY LIND A BRIDESMAID The Nirb

JENNY LIND BRIpEsMAID!-The Night
ingale has been singing the epithalamium of Mar
garet Atkinson and James Mason, who were mar
red at ST. Parl's Church, in Lewiston, near the
Falls, on Sunday, the l4th inst. And who are
Jamie and Maggie Mason, The editor Of the
Buffalo Courier tells the whole tale in very
amnsins style. We are sorry that we are obliged
to abridge it in the least degree. He says that
Margaret was for long time servant in bis
family and her uniform fidelity, uprighipess, good
nature, intelligence, mode,ty, and quiet cheerful
ness, secured for her strong feeling Of regard
from all who knew her. Margaret has withal
handsome face Of her and a personabIe figure
She is only neat and tidy IN her appearance, and
it was therefore matter Of surprise that Mr.
Jimmy Mason, and one or two other good looking
chaps, should have pulled the door bell now and
then of an evening, and enquired if 'Miss Mar
garet was at home" Mr. Seaver says he had his
suspIcions Of Master Jimmy, all along, and his
perseverance has been crow ned with great sue
cess" by changing ''ihe local hablaiion and
name" of Maggie into the more formidable ore
Of Mrs. James Copeland Mason. During the
summer she has had charge Of part of the rooms
at the Clifton House near the Falls; and among
the rest, those occnpd by Jenny Lind, whose
sterling good sense could scarcely have failed to
discover the many good points in Margare,'s
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LAKE CHAMPLAIS CROSSED BY TRAIN
OF CARS.-1be Lake Champlain Beacon
announces with quite flourish, the cross
ing OF the first train of cars over the sub
siitute for b,idge a, Rouse's Point. We
quote: -.rf
"On Monday, for the first time in the his
tory of the world, Lake Chainpain was
crossed by a train Of ears! The Floating
Bridge emerged from its slips-ihe monster
''Sea Serpent" crept forth from his den,
and stretched his huge proportions from
pier to pier, connecting shore with shore,
State with State, New England with tn.
West
Without difficulty or accident, and with
as little delay rs could have been expecte,
on the first trial of this novel and grand in.
vention. The whole Boston train, engine
and all, passed safely over from the Ve,-
mont To the New York shore of Lake
Champlain.
The excitement, the enthusiasm, were
Inde>cribable. The Monster Depot, 500
feet long by hundred hrOad-the wharf,
the piers, the hotel, were crowded to their
utmost capacity.
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More Manifest Destiny.

! Ihe London Merchant, paper devotea
10 high toryism, aud the interests of Brit,
ish Commerce, nevertheless has the manli
ness to follow the Times and other EngIist
papers, in pointing out the "maniftst desti
ny" Of America: le
| 'But if the Americans are acquiring ter
rltory and wealth, they are, AT the same
Time acquiring people to occupy the one
and to profit by the other. The emigration
brought about hy the necessities and dis
fractions of Europe, is another source
which is promoting the aggfandiZement OF
the United States. We have no desire al
present, 10 enter upon any question of dis
puted policy, but we wish TO record our
opinion, that the empire of the seas must
before long be ceded To America; It's perse-
verng enterprise, lis great Commerce, and
It's accruIng wealth, are certain to secure
this prize; nor will England he in a situa-
tiOu 10 dispute it with her. Without this
crowning capital to her power, the onward
march of the United States to what we be-
!ieve will he overwhelming greatness, might
not be so speedily accomplished; but Amer
lca, as the mistress of the ocean, must over
stride the civilized world"
There is some difference between the
above expression of opinion as TO the sex
pansIve future" of America, and the grO-
tesque picture drawn by Leigh Hunt, when
he Imagined that the Yankees were ma
ton of linen drarers, ranged behind a vast
counter that extended from Maine to Geor-
gia, along The sea board. Ii also sounds
strange beside the sneering comments of
the English papers on the poor part played
by the United States in the great Exhibi-
tion. IL Sidney Smith were now alive he
might be tempted TO ask, "W ho rides Oh an
American vessel!' We imagine, howev-
er, that the answer would be ready for him
1t was well known nphorism of SIR
Walter Observation-Disclosures commands
the sea, commands the trade; whosoever
commands the trade of the world, COM
mands the riches Of the world, and conse-
quently the world itself, ,''-and well has it
been borne IN mind by English economists
and statesmen, till her uava! pre- -eminence
placed not only the "trade of the world"
but the destinies Of nations IN her hand
Recently, however, all this has changed
The repeal of the British Navigation laws
has been speedily followed by the triumph
of American skill in naval architecture aud
science. 1t needs no prophetic eye to dis
cern in all the signs of the times, indca-
tions of the fulillment, at no distant day, of
the generous prophecies of the English
press.-l Milwaukee Daily Adv.
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MOUNT BLANc.-A party of adventurous
Easjishmen have succeeded in ascending to the
top Mt. Blanc. Albert Smith, the writer and lee
turer, was among them. No accident occurred,
but several got back with their faces entirely raw
from the cold, and their eyes SO blood shot that
they were forced to lie in bed with them BAN
daged for, so,ne days after. Mr.. Smith intends
leciuring in London, on the adventure. He has
already amassed pretty fortune by lecturing on
his travels in various parts of the globe. Some
years ago, an English lord engaged him as secre-
tary during years absence in the East. The
two quarrelled at Trieste, and Smith was paid
off. Finding himself with plenty of money in his
pockets, and not caring to return to Lsudon after
having taken leave of his friends for year, be
decided to pursue his trip alone. After a variety
of adventures among the tawny inha btn nts Of the
Orient, he returned to London and commenced
lecturing. Instead Of being sentimental, poeficai
and learned, he gave humorous accounts of the
Inconvenience of raveng in those old countries,
where steamboats,, railroads and diligences are
unknown; told Of the colds he had caught by day,
and Of the feas he had not caught by night; des-
cribed the manners Of the people, told what they
ate, how they slept sc. This new mode Of re-
counting travels met with success, and Mr. Smith
has bought fine house, and in his quality Of man
Of wit, has access TO the best society Of London.
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A Picture of Macauley.

London correspondent of the Inver.
ness Courier describes Macauley, the his
torian, as short, stout, sturdy, energetic
man, with big round face, large, staring
and very bright hazel eyes His hair j:
cut short, and his hat flung back on the
crown of his head. His gait is firm ana.
decided, with a little touch Cf pomposily
He is ever provided with AN umbrella
which he swings and hourishes, and bat
ters on the pavement with mighty thumps
He seems generally absorbed IN exciting
and mpulsIve thought, the traces Of which
be takes no Pains 10 conceal. His face
works, his lips move aud IDutter, his eyes
gleam aud flash. He is evidently under
the Influence of the strong excitement OF
fiery thought. People gaze curiously n,
hin, and stop to stare when he has passed;
but on he goes needing no one. The wri-
ter says:
ga friend of mine lately recognized him
dining IN the cotfeeroom of the Trafalgar
Hotel, at Greenwich, fashionable white
bait house, which It appears he frequently
patroniZes. lie was alone. as he generally
Is, and the attention of more than one OF
the company was attracted by his peculiar
mutterng and flgetineSs, and by the mi
mute gestures with which he ever and anon
illustrated his mental dreaming. All at
once--it must have been towards the eli
max OF the prose or verse which he was
working up IN his mind--Mr. Macauley
seized massive decanter, held it mo-
mrnt suspended in the air and then dashed
it down upon The table with such hearty
goodwill, that the solid crystal flew about
in fragments, while the numerous parties
dining round instinctiyely started up and
stared at the curious iconOclast. Not a
whit put out, however, Mr.. Macanley, who
was well known TO the walters, called loud
ly for his bill to he made out at the bar, and
then pulling, with couple Of jerks, his ha,
and his umbrella from the stand, clapped
the one careIessly on his head, aud strobe
out fourishing The other.
1t is announced that Macauley has com
pIeted two more volumes of his History of
England, and that they will be published
the coming autumn simultaneously by Long
man of London and Harpers of New York.
/ Philadelphia Ledger.
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WILD PiGEoNs.-The following item
from the Cottage Gazette, published at
Platt>hurgb, N. Y, will give our readers
some idea of the abundance Of wild pige ons
in that neighborhood, this season:
"From q correspondence in the Repub-
lican, we learn 1t has been calculated that
nearly one million pigeons passed into
Beekmantown this season, in TWO days, the
flock covering some four or five miles in
length. Their roo>t on Rand Hill extend.
ed IN the forest some six miles in length,
and from one to two miles in width, each
tree containing between twenty and eighty
nests. Companies of pigeon-catchers came
from Massachusetts and other places, and
over $50, 900 dozen we're sent to the city
markets. The Harris Co.. from Mass
caught and dressed 1000 dozen. Not less
than 700 bushels of grain were used for
hating and other purposes, and from 81 to
So cents per dozen were paid for live pi-
geons, and eight cents for dressing them.
ct he largest haul was made hy Charles
time. and Mr.. Harris Melted S5 dozen at
another. Sportsmen went it on their own
hook also, one man having shot 90 dozen in
one day with rifle. The noise. made by
the birds in the vicinity Of the encampnent
was so great, that one could not hear anoth-
er person speak five yards distant. The
ground was literally covered with egg shells
for acres and acres around. They disap-
peared Oh The I7,h of July, taking flight
across the Lake over the forests north OF
Vermont, and toward Maine M
ave may add that their flight over This
4. 4. g l..
departure for the east. The line would be-
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BLASTING ROCKS UNDER WArER.-The
following description Of the mode of removing
the Hurl Gate rocks, near New York, we copy
from the National Integencer. This method
originated with NJ. .MArLLEFERT,a Frenchman
who conducts the operation in person:
''H's mode of operation is to sink tin cannis-
ter OF powder down upon The top Of the rock. and
there ignite it through wire, 10y means Of gal
vanic battery. This is performed during the few
minutes of slack tide, at high water, for the
deeper the water the powder, the better
by the expansive force of The explosion the large
mass of water above and around must be instant
ly removed, lifted. But the motion Of all matter
requires time. The expansive force is created
instantly by the explosion, and exerts itself IN
siantly IN every direction. 1t will not willingly
wait Tor the slow rising Of The mass Of waters
high enough to afford it relief 1t therefore makes
It's way ut the same time downward upon The solid
rock. crushing, crumbling, and grinding it to
pieces. All matter, as far as we know, is porous
and compressIble, and rocks are more compress-
Bile than water. Philosophy should therefore
teach US that n sudden expansive force between a
body of water and body of rock, while it re-
quires time to remove the water, must recessar-
ly, to some extent crush the surface Of the rock
If 1t is too large or TOO much confined to be re-
moved IN body. And this has proved to be the
fact by every blast which NJ. MaiIlefert has made
AT high water. the top of Pot Rock is eighteen
feet below the surface. After blast it is found
to be covered with broken fragments, some of
which are grappled aud taken up. One piece
was taken up yesterday weighing two hundred
pounds, and carried to the city. The next rush
ing tide sweeps the top Of the rock clean; and
after the next blast it is again covered with fag-
ments. There have been now nineteen blasts
seventeen on Pot Rock and two on Ways Reef
Not one has missed fire, and all have done execu-
tion. The blasts were commenced with sixty
two pounds powder, and increased afterwards
to eighty seven pounds, and the last blast TO day
was hundre and twenty five pounds. About
been used, and many tons will doubtless be re-
quired before the work is completed
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PAUL MINNESOTA TERRITORY THURSDAY OCTOBER

gin at day break, flock after flock coming
from over the camp-grounds, where hun
ters would give them shots, sending them
along the river to the bridge in this place,
from which a salute would be given To he
followed by another from the islands be-
low The marble factory, and then by gen
eral volley from on The banks in front of
Messrs. Sally and SwetIand. The poor
birds would be completely bewidereh by
thus warm reception, wheeling about,
throwing themselves iuto trees or perching
on chImnies. They must have thought
they were sent for.o -
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LINE or PRopELLEas TO OeDrr,puRs.-

LINE OF PRoPELLERs TO OepENsBURG.-
A line of four or five propellerr, to make
semiweekly trips between Chicago and Og-
tie.sburg, Is shortly To he estailished. The
days since fer $4,000, to go into this line.
She left CiIicagoson Tuesday last, on. her
frs: trip. The Boston has been purchased
for the same purpose, and negotiations are
in progress for rhe James w ood So say Q
the Chicago Tribune. st
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GAZING IN.-.4ckmouiedgmen BY the Lon
don Times, Of -american superiority in useful
and practical arts.--Ahough Minnesota has
nothing for exhibition at the Worlds Fair but
some articles Of Indian manufacture, we take
pride, as Americans, in reading the following ad-
missions lately made in the London Times, IN
these words
''It is beyond all denial that every practical
success Of the season belongs to the Americans
Their conslgnnents showed poorly at irst but
came out well upon trial. Their reaping machine
has carried conviction 10 the heart of the British
agricu'turst. Their revolvers threaten to revolu-
tonize military tactics as completely the origi-
nal discovery of gunpowder. Their yacht takes
class TO itself Of all The rict0ries erer r0n ,
none has been so Sotransceadant as that Of the .Netc
York schooner. The account given Of her per-
formances, suggests the napprOachabe excl
lence attributed to Jupiter by the ancient poets,
who describe the King Of the Gods as being moi
only supreme, but having mono other next to him.
WHAT'S frst''-'The America whats sec
ond;'-'Nothng. Besides this, the Baltic, one
OF Collins line of steamers, has made the fastest
passage yet known, across the Atlantic and.
according to the American journals, has been
purchased by British agents 10, the purpose of
foWing The CuRard ressels from one shore of the
ocean TO the other
"We think. OH the whole, that we NAV af1ord
to shake hands and exchange congra ,ulations,
after which we must learn as much from each
other as we can. is for yachts, ,ce hare no
doubt, that BY merit .4ugust. erery ressel of the
Coces squadron ,oHl be trimmed TO the reru i'm
age Of the .4meric0 !; there is no doubt that our
farmers will reap by machinery, and the revolv-
er, we fear, Is too attractive an embodiment of
personal power TO be overlooked by European
mischief makers
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a SOLEMN QUEsrIoE.-At recent meet
ing of parish, solemn, straight bodied
and most exemplary deacon submitted re-
port in writing, Of the destitute widows and
others standing IN need Of assistance in The
parish. care you sure, deacon, that you
have embraced all the widows?" He said
he "believed he had done SO; but if any had
been omitted, the omission could easily be
corrected" He did no. take at ali
TKnick erbocker.
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4. CHoUTEAU, yR. JAS HARRISON. FELIX VALE
IRON MOUNTAIN IRON AND NAILS.
Choteau, Harrison & Vale,

UDROPRIETORS Of the 81. LOUISROLLING MILLS
IL win keep hand full supply of merchant bar
ron boiler plate and nails, manuac at
their establishment from the Of the Iron Mountain,
and will also keep all other articles usually kept in
iron store which they invite the attention of country
merchants
lrWarehouse, No. l2s Second street, st. Louis Mo.
CHAS. w. BORUP,
Agent at 81. Paul.
May g, le6l 3-tf
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JOSEPH BOWRON,
Notary Public and Land Agent,
Willo,r Rirer, 81. Croir CO., " isconSin.
Prc-emp,ion claims secured and entries made by
Military Land Warrants. Blank Deeds an
Mortgages constantly on hand, and conveyan
ces carefully and promptly attended to.
REFERENCES:
Hon. Caleb Gushing, Mass
6 ]. =. Walker, Wisconsin
sc Charles Dunn, 50
II. l.. Dousman, Esq, sc
Gov'r Nelson Dewey,
Oct1S xxvi IF
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A HARD CAsE.-We have heard of the
case Of an adventurous rattlesnake which
bit an old topper whose skin bad been full Of
liquor for many years. The man was not
hurt, hut the snake died.
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ARRIVAL OF THE BROTHER JONATHAN.

ARRIVAL OF THE BROTHER JONATHAK.-
The steamship Brother Jonathan arrived mt
Savannah OF the 18Th, from Chagres. She
put in there, short Of coal. She brought
500 passengers for New York, and $780,
600 in gold. The weather in California
was extremely favorable for mining opera
lions, and gold was being produced in great
abundance.
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The BosTON RAILROAD JUBILEE.-Twen-
ty years ago the first charter for a railroad was
granted In Massachusetts; seventeen wears ago
The frs: railroad was opened TO the public: and
they are now celebrating in Boston, the compile
ton of system Of seven trunk lines, with nu-
merous and extensive branches including within
the bounds of the State above one thousand miles
Of railway, besides at least fifteen hundred miles
OF direct extensions or connections bes oBd It's bor-
ders. OF all these roads those within the State
alone employ capital of ttfty-tuO millions Of
dollars, and earn yearly revenue of above SIX
and half millions; and thus il not TOO much to
estimate that one hundred millions of Massa clu-
setts capital have within these brief twenty years
been invested in ailroads which have their focus
in Boston, and well invested too: and this is on
fair calculation, but one half Of the capital m
vested in railways in New England. This is wby
they hold jubilee there. They are right in do
ing SO. They are right in rejoicing at the COM
pletion Of system of public works absolutely
unparalleled. We rejoice with them, and feel
our Yankee blood tIngling with sympathy; for
whatever benefits one part of this Republic bene-
fits all others. But let US look into the occasion
Of the Jubilee little more in detail.
Massachusetts has small territory, its area is
but {, ,0O0, 600 acres, and ITS population not one
mon. A rocky and barren soil, an unfriendly
climate, and no na,igabc rivers cpening chan
nels into the interior, the endowmenis with
which old Massachusetts entered on her career.
They are not all however; she has people un-
equailed IN energy, concentration of purpose and
personal integrity; she has good schools, good
laws, glorious history, and the 60 ahead spirit
she had also abundant water power, the enter
prise to use il, and for time the national policy
has favored her. She has built up manufactures,
and On that basis sta nds the admirable example
Of State that she now presents; and finally she
has erected this great network Of railways ex-
tending in all directions, aud bearing from every
quarter willing tribute Of prosperity and the
means Of greatness still more complete and en-
during-(N. Y. Tribune.
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A Strange Fable Concerning Fur,
| One of the Quetrest traditions that was
ever promulgated, is embodied in hat fol.
! lows:
sort OF fur that Is much priced in Rus
sia, but not very universally worn, perhaps
| on account OF Its great costliness, is called
ddrGnken, aud is composed of the skins OF
unborn lambs. The mother has 10 be kill
ed shortly before lambIng time, when the
wool OF the lamb should be silky, and have
silyery lustre. Thus it often happens
that great many ewes are sacrificed before
enough lamb skIhs are got together (of suf-
fcenty fine quality 10 make a fur coat
his explains the high price. These skins
come from Persia, Bucharest, and the land
OF the Caln,uck. Formerly they were hc-
lIeved TO be vegetable prOduct-the
Scythian sheep, as it was called, concerning
which SO many fables were current. Th.
, Tartars, who deal in these skins, still vouch
for the story, and demand enormous prices
on account OF the scarcity Of their growth
/ he legend of this plant is current all over
Russia. Its origin may be traced to Bell
Won Antermony, who discovered, in the
steppes OF Astracan, certain dry shrubs,
with stems eighteen inches high, surround
ed hy cluster of sharp thorny leaves, in
whose shade neither plants nor x, ass would
grow. HereupoD was founded the legend
OF an anlual-plaut, with seeds like those of
melon, and with fruit in the likeness of a
lamb, growing upon ii stem five spans from
the ground. The taste OF this 'a,nb's flesh
was like that of crab. 1t was fixed firm
ly to the stem at the navel or middle of the
belly; II had head, eyes, aud all other parts
OF II lamb, and lived until the root ha, con-
sumec all the surrounding grass and plants,
when it dried up for want of nourishn,ent
Wolves and other beasts of prey sought it
as great deicacy. From it skin were
made costly turbaus, caps, muffs, &c. All
the writer's OF travels in Russia during the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries relate
these fables; even botanists, like Reutentels,
Suuys, and others. Kampfer and Bruce
FIRST discovered, at the beginning of The
eighteen century, that the baranken are the
skins of unborn lambs, and were not lit
tie surprised 10 find, at that date, the belief
IN the iamb-piant general throughout Rus
sia, belief which even at the present day
rs not quite extinct in some parts of the
empire. The pretended plant was called
Baranez, "a lamb,) whence the name of the
fur, baranken.
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MoRMoNIsM.-A correspondent of the Pba-
delphla Ledger. writing from Nauvoo, states that
Mormonism at this day is different and distinct
from anything which the Prophet Smnh ever
taught or ordained, as Mahone,anism is different,
from Christianity. The sect is already sp, into
seven different bodies each repudiating the other
These are as follows: 'Riydontes, who are the
simon pure OF The sect, are scattered through the
land; Brighamites, usurpers, occupying the val
Lake Michigan; iiydtes, squatters on the unsur-
veyed public lands in Western Iowa-Kanesville
their headquarters; Cuierits, settled on Silver
Creek, Mills county, Iowa; Brews,erires, at So
zorro, New Mexico; Bishopi!es, at Kirkland
Lake county, Ohio. The Strangites, Brewster
ties, and Bishopites, are new lights; the Cutler
ties are reformers, and the H. ydiies are the Wing
branch Of the osurpers Of The government Of the
church after the assassination Of Prophet Smith -