The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-08-07
Oar NeS York Correspondence.
New YoRK, July o., 1851,


e5ai interest which IL, The report by Nj.
De oc1uey.!le, Chairman of the commit
Gee an 'he Revision of the French Constitu-
tl-n 300 iHtor OF n thorough revision. AL
Though PIE -sport IL quite impartial, in its
t11e aH| spHlIt, am fearful that The conse
QulUces Ci o. will be a successful attempt,
by t.o tuana-chlsts, upon The liberties OF the
people. p ppears to me, that, M the pre-
sent irsns,ucn state Of the French nation,
the duty reslly patriotic, republican, states
iaen, ~ Both parties, is, by precept and ex-
ample .use respect Tor, and obedience
20, .us Con, tuition as IL is, rather than to
a'teU r- 90 -lange it-knowing rs they do,
.het gaze JaA hope OF the Nonarchisrs is in
r. ,.l.i,oa, ii that they are numerous and
vye..Lhy. be many Objectionable features
ia gao -lH-t tuition can bo modified, with
TAO mere ETY., dozen years hence and
i4e'f eE c., now, Is not half as Injurious
10 ln' o"'-. OF liberty, rs the premature eff
fori % d Of thei;, viii prove. Howev-
ers lea % hlp pc for the best;
4 Is '0g ally estimated, that there j. al
ways % ihla city, an average foating popu-
iauon Of $50 600 persons. The diffusion of
calt..s con seqnent, in great measure, up
I'D tie BOA existence of the Law OF Primo
Eani.gfo aglong US, Is, doubtless, The chief
reason .i csr being, emphaticaily, a nation
Of travellers. 1, is not an unfrequent thing
20 mre- ifi provincial town Of Europe, d
shop eye, doing a large business, who
has never been thirty miles from honc.-
tdcet, - j. quite rare TO meet man Of The
middle class, IN a country village, who has
been one hanhreG Mules from home, unless
e'sas - - business that actually necessi-
Jates frave. Farmers never dream of 90
van ~ rr.s
have Boz say at home, and work hard, To-
pay .hCi- -eu,s."
}! lc les, on our railroads and canals,
~ers oG. III what they now are, I think
the i-avf. would soon increase ten fold. and
it's Isoh.. If the companies, be, Of course,
mach larger than they are at present
The ~ stion is often asked, in tones of
uarko'! surprise, why this canal, or that
railroad, or some other enterprise, does no,
pay and when you answer, that high
tolls aHc ares are, obviously the main, if
not tbs sole, reason, the Directors and their
subs laugh you to scorn. We, i, is notor-
oGs ihst any an unhappy railroad share
holder has never been charmed with even a
g.i.uPse 81, div Idend, since the day he part
- "liH has cash aud that, with one or two
exec tons, every Telegraph Company in
the cCuntry is losing speculation. For
suca results, no other reason can be assign
et, than the graspng avarice of the short
sighted Directors, in clnging 10 high tar
IT,
As proof of this, | will ad,;uce most
striking Instance, taken from the returns oc
Size rercp Of the Syracuse and Rochester
hsiiroo. Company.
1870 $4,000.
i55l S9o,3lU.
Showing an increase of Sl4, $50 which
leg yoH wlii remark, is, in spite, aud
maintain, m consequence Of reduction Of
fares, from TO cents per milo.
short time since, ane OF our citizens,
named Gassner, purchased the premises,
No. =, f10tt street, on which stood ali old
frame ie1ninent. few mornings ago, a
terrible excitement was created IN that
nc ,hJoraaud, in Consequence of the work.
neu, employed 10y MIR. q. to tear down tho
old building, finding in the cess-pool, some
human skulls, an! bones of which the
iHiran lame is composed. Upon prose
curing he search, about twenty skulls,
III @n-t'n.s, &c, were found closely hud-
Gled toge her, at the bottom Of the sink pre-
seot'ng appearance of having been there
number Of years. Various rumors and
suspic'euS, relative TO these remains, are ~
citcGin1ion. About ten years ago, the old
bGiidiag, now demoi she'd, was one Of tho
most tashionable houses Of dsrepute, in the
cuy.
j r Aiuerican, who recently arrived here,
from England, in the Pacifc, says that the
LONDON Times, the Daily News, the Nor
mig thfon,cie, and host Of other English
Journals are highly excited, amused, shock
81, ant otherwise affected, by The reports
whi-A zee continually reaching the Old
County,, IN relation to the ",Var against
feuicoats in the United States: bur they
are sT.dentiy So amazed at the bold stand
which orr counirymeu have taken, TO Oh.
tain -nclr freedom, in all matters OF dress,
thaI tAey, az present, simply quote The ar,-
Clcs rl american writer's, being unable to
eAy am hing original, themselves, on the
delicate and interesting subject of the
"Bloomer Movement"
By HE 10y, many OF The Young ladies of
,his city, whose favori,e hours for prone
nadiDg Broadway, are from gas light to mid
night, have sdoptcd the new style of dress.
TIER spHarei is snowy anu expensive bu,
it is gensraiIy thought, that they Gerry IL.
thing 90 high
hrick-l ayer, named Dennis Cardigan
working IN The upper part Of the city, me
with .reIpeDdOus fall, on Saturday last
from th3 effects OF " hich, II is supposed, h.
viii never recover. II was a '',ciad fail, ,
and eft tas poor follow in possession of ,
fortune Of Sc me twenty eight thousand do,
lars "a facf shat " III, doubtless, greatly al.
feet ;ae feelings of his family and frien,is.
Two evenings ago, was the accidental
witness TO most narrowing SOMEONE o
those fearful incidents in rnan's life, which
makes an indelihi. impression, and which
though i, transpiresin u few short moments
setH's % concentrate an aye Of woc-a min.
iatnre Reign Of Terror"
Passing through one Of the narrow streets
OF brookiyD, near the ferry, young NO.
usn, followed by tws screeching ch1arcn
rushed from house. and called for help.
ta e.Vuiring the cause Of her distress, she
impiored me, and others who had hastene,
10 her assistance, to follow her immediate.
iys as Ter husband was loading a pistol to
deaIros himself
Wish some half dozen of the sympathiz.
ing crowd, entered the house; bur scarce
ly had the foremost reached the fret land
ihE, when the report Of the murderous wea.
pon sounded upon cur ears The poor,
distracted wife led us up another fight OF