The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-10-16

AFFECTING INcIDENr.--An affecting ;aci-
dent occnrred at the lower market, yesterday
morning a lady with full basket, on ;he ,cp
Of which were a couple Of ham steaks, made a
purchase which required her to sci her basket
The pavement moment. Scarcely had she done
So when little emaciated girl grabbed Of
the steaks and began 10 tear il " IT'D her teeth
The owner seized her by the shoulder, when she
burst out crying, begging not 10 be hurt, sayns.
81 haven't had anything to eat for 50 long, nor
my mother neiher'' The lady Immediately
handed her a quarter AMI told her to go aud bny
some bread, and run home. Some Of the hys,an-
ders added their mite in money. A little GIL
then led the little sufferer TO bakery, where she
could buy some food. he whole scene WAS very
touching. How few Of those who are enjoying
the Injuries, think fer moment of those y hG
lack the necessaries Of life, ihunkui to the
Giver Of Al Good, for he tounties fayorcd Oh
them.-[C n Inq.
! MAMMOTH PUMKIN.-We saw Yesterday
morning, on the walk in front Of Tihbits x Cor
don's store, puinkin weighing 202 pounds. II
was raised on the land of L.. }. Farwell bon,
mile from the Capitol The seed came from To-
ron,o. 1t is some punkins,' and no nista&e.-
Madison Statesman.
The Boston Atlas says that party OF CnHa-
dams met al the Revere House on Saturday last,
just before leaving the city. and passed he fol-
lowing spicy and expressive resolutions:
Resolred, That there is place ia tie Tut
ed States besides New York.
Resolred, That that place is Boston.
ANOTHER VERsIoN.-With referencc 20 tbo
Australian Gold mine excitement, the Pa'is CO.
respondent of the N. Y. Herald saws:
The newspapers from London ba We made a
ora fms tha of III.
Australia. The managers of that affair ,yhici.
has been put into shares, have issued tle mot
humbugging prospectus, and sent many agents Oh
the continent to enlist miners and worlsme4 Of all
trades, to send them to this new Californla. Till
now these eniissarIes have not succeeded G .hrir
enlistments, and but few Frenchmen hi swat
lowed the bait Ii is said, ia Paris, tina, this dis
covery is made up affair, which has TO truih II
it, and cannot be accounted for. We al know
that Australia is half deserted country; 'bai II
ia, besides, the rcfugium of all the convict %
England, and this Is not very entlcing for labor
ers No doubt the same game will be tried n
the United States. Yankees, beware"
CUnA ONCE PART OF THE AMERicAS
lCoNTINENT.-it is the opinion Of some geosrs-
pliers, that Cuba ST. Domingo and H. o her
West India Islands, once connected With
the mainland. The disruption ls supposed 70 have
been occassoned by great catastrophe OF aatnFe.
Ong before the commencement of human records.
BY this hypothesis, the Gulf Stream rolls
a'ong Il channel where once the solid earth dehed
the surges Of the ocean, and resisted the torrents
. rushing down the great rivers, Mississippi Al7-.
, bamn, Tombigbee, Escamba and ApaIach.co
The biologists have lately agreed to assign a
liberal allowance of ears 10 the age Of til - net
we inhabt, not restricting it 10 the brieiH spa )
which satisfied the ideas Of our fathers. A hundred
thousand years at least, according to the c,cula-
tons of our own philosophers, must nceessary
, have been consumed by the Mississippi II, aakrg
the immense deposi, of alluvion iol
, its outlet below New Orleans. Many such PC
RODS have probably passed away since tn me ~
tains were piled up as they are seen nov--ihe
chain Of Northern Lakes ssooped out hsf
dozen miles Of the rocky bed Of the Niaeasa river
worn away by that torrent, or the Archipelago OF
, the Antilles separated from the America Cont
nent. If such events have not happened there. il
cannot have been for the want Of time; for
Scientific Associations willing 10 acco.nnio-
date Us with any amount of ages we nav vi h,
for the production Of the presea. state o. .hsgs
YACHT "AMERcA."-The Buffalo Com
= mercal notices The fact that The "Aueriga"
was but n ''sccond class" vessel in our wa
ters-she having been beaten by the MA
|, ria" and relates The following anecdctc:
. 1--WE heard Of a circumstance somewhat
Il similar to the late yacht race that occurred
f in the Mediterranean a few years ego.
II down east schooner, named Jeminf, in
= making the run from Massena TO G,5raltlr
a fell IN with a crack vessel belonging TO the
j Royal Yacht Club. The'g$.,d was fair,
g aud the Englishnan square, away FOR a
q race. Jonathan packet on ali the canvas
: he could MUSTER and the result wac he e
= the yacht ut least knot an hour nj lau
way TO Gibraltar. When the Eng ShTan
! reached there he waited on the Yankee 10
Il express his surprise and chagl ina rming
e at the same time, that bis vessel had ae-ge5
- before been beaten. 'Jest like my Jcsaiins
4 said Jonathan, she never beat no;hin'
aforc.'"