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

Not having before as copy Of the las, Demo-
crat, we forget what is in it. except 4 fiery e1-
tract or two from Wing paper once published
in Wisconsin, called the Herald
The Minneso,ian, besides some news by the
mail, has very readable melange Of Minnesota
affairs. The Miuncsotian proposes that Benton
Co. be put in the first Judicial district; and that
new District be appointed for Judge Meeker, his
Court to be held at Pembina. This will proba-
bly, suit the Judge, as he will there be beyond
the reach Of reform. when there is change Of
administrations so that If he should not be reap
pointed. he would never know it, and can retain
the Office ad infniium.
Joseph r. Brown is elected one of the trustees
Of the St. Paul Institute, to fill the place Of the
Rev. J. r. Parsons, deceased.
Mr.. f. r. Kingsley was drowned in Lake ST.
Croix, near WilIowriver, on Friday of week be-
fore last.
Mr.. Spencer's Grammar school is in successful
operation, at the lower School House.
jun, the one-Iegged Temperance Indian,
brother Of old "Bet," threatens to challenge Bad
Hail for defaming his character.
1t is indispensable to the solid improvement Of
St. Paul, to have thorough survey, 30 that il
may be known what grade is required for every
lot in town-what part Of each lot must be exca-
waited, and what filed up before il is built on !;
90 that the Cooperation may not always be widen
ing streets, and requiring buildings to be sunk or
elevated, to suit the grade Of the street. All
this work ought to be done, scientifically and
thoroughly; and when done, good chart should
be made. designating Enthusiastically and authori-
iatively, forever, the boundaries of every lot and
street, and the true grade and width Of every
street.
The Minnesotian properly complains Of team
sters, who drive their wagons over sidewalks,
breaking them. We have suffered in this way,
but hope we may not again. We adrise men
with teams not to drive over our sidewalk. They
had batter not.
THE ExpREss, Of st. Anthony, has leader
in favor Of the Sioux Treaty-thinks there is
some mean, narrow, selfish, hids-bound opposi-
ton to the tresty; but says
"That all this opposition win avail nothing.
The treaty will be ratified. The treasures Of the
Territory will be unlocked. Villages will spring
up like magic on hundred etreams,-broad
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Also, several trunks and boxes full Of clothing,
principally shirts, cotton and flannel, Of all sizes
and coors; and great variety Of other stealings,
including new grindstone and box Of candles
Thomas is now TUESDAY noon) in the custody
Of Constable A. R. French, waiting for his exam
nation; who will take good care that he does
no, slip of in canoe, as c. X. Smith did.
There is no Jail in the Territory; bot if he gets
away, it is to be hoped that his daguerreotype
will be sent off below to the police, with Smiths.
Thomas has been examined and committed to
Fort Smelling. for want Of bail. Why was his
b. il placed at 81, 900, when C. X. Smiths was
only $500, Is an accessory more culpable than
a principal
The regular citizens Of our town, barring Char
ring is impossibleD tho set Of rosues now de-
tected, arc as honest az any other people; and
our citizens will now be relieved from the depre-
dation Of thieves.
P.S. About sunrise on "Wednesday morning,
Thomas escaped from the keeper who was placed
in custody Of him by Constable French. OF
course nobody was to blame for this; nobody i,
erer to blame for anything in this country. The
keeper was deceived in Thomas. Thoma. pledged
his honor he would remain, while the keeper
stepped over to the butchers for piece Of meal
and (thc internal rogueO he broke his paro
and left, in the keepers absence. Mr. Thoma.
ought to be ashamed! He put straight across the
river, to black Jim Thompson's. Jim denied hav.
ing seen him; but Jim's children said Thoma.
had been there, and had gone up the river toward
Mendoza. The keepers Of the prisoner are still
in hopes that Thomas has acted honorably and
gone and delivered himself up-a u prisoner, q,
Fort Smelling, to save them any further trouble ia
bcstowing their officious attentions upon him.
When viii the County Commissioners have a
Jail bult'
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THE WORLDS FAIR,

An ing several more OF goods Of every kind kept
tn our extensive esablishmsnt, sach goods fail
tu please the most fastidious.
"Bow II, Mr.. Curran," say many OF customers,
tasf You not only advertise, hut actual, Offer fresh
new goods every week, when the 5oats no longer
running ?"
Well IL Is thus Our store Is not large enough for our
trade, by great deal and n 1.-THE Of goods
yet been opened for want of more ro0m Thus are
able to place every week upon counters
fresh varieties oi stock Ia tempt the purchaser Re
member, now tell you this Is between you and me now
mind you; We are always delighted 10 you al
h. CURRAN & cos.
~. II. Look at our Carpets, Comforterx, stoves
(c"oking and fsrcr) and admirable lot Of ardw
Il. s. There three snug pleasant offices over the
Worlds Fair, t0 be let at a low rent. CURRAN
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Elections.

TENNKssEE SEsAToR.--James c. Jone.
Wing, was elected United States Senate
BY the Legislature, in place of Hopkins
Turney.
New YoRK.-The Albany Evening Jour-
nal of the l2th inst. says: "rhe smoke az
the battle, as ii clears away, reveals enough
to show that the Wing State ticket is beat
en-; of this disastrous fact we are no long
at liberty to entertain donh,. And yet Tia
majOrites against our ticket are so incor-
siderable, that many will continue TO hope
until the official fiat against them has been
pronounced
The New York Tribune Of the sane
date says: "'The retu:ne whirh are thus ~
IN DO not give US probability Of elsctir
our Stats ticket, nor indeed any part Of i
except Mr.. Fitzhugh, Canal COMMISSIONS
Still when the returns from the whole Stat
are reported, they may change the compile
ion Of even this disastrous news"
New YoRk, Nov. sth. :
Ship Oregon from New York TO King
ton, was sunk in gale on tho sta Of o..
and three passengers were drowned. The
rest saved themselves on raft, AMI were
picked up by the brig Conductor and taken
TO Boston.
The Pacific sailed to day with fcrty-six
passengers, among whom YVES Father Mail
ew. She took out $S5, 900 in specie.
The Prometheus, for Chsgres, sailed thu
evening with large number Of passenger
DETROIT, Nov. I2.
BY the arrival of Steamer Globe this =
M, from Mackinac, we learn tina, Same
Robinson, frs, engineer Of said boat, W.
brutally murdered last evening by an Irish o.
man, name unknown, and also that the ss-
sistant engineer was badly stabbed by the
same man. The murderer had been me
ding with the machinery, and was repeo J.
eddy requested to keep away, and on bel e
ordered 10 keep away, he drew his kn is
and stabbed the first engineer to the hes
(wbo Immediately expired and ut ;he
same time turned and stabbed one Of the as-
sistnnts badly but not dangerously. TIE
murderer then attempted to escape by run
ming on board the Nor,herner, bn. wns Fl n
ed with hsndspike, and secured, ironed
and brought to this city and lodged in jail.
VIcKsBuRG, Nov. 10.
The steamer Montgomery was burned al
5 o'clock this morning, while lying aiAir.
ricane Island in fog. Cargo Of two fkeu-
sand Ave hundred bales Of cotton, a total
loss. Two cabin passengers were burned
or drowned. s1aF
Nothing further from the election since.
A young lady being asked why she d.
not attend q party 10 which she bad bssu
invited, Teplied--"l forgot all about the
party, and etc onions for breakfast"
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STEWARDS STORE

Nearly opposite the Post Office in Saint Paul he store
lately occupied by Monks & Clark.)
~ STEWART takes ibis method OF nformins
LIZ the citizens Of d.. faui, that he has opened
Family Grocery and Liquor Store,
Where ne win keep the best quality OF Groceries Wses
Liquors and Tobacco, he Is Offering 81. the very
lowest prices, for cash produce and will be ready to
wait upon customers for whatever they may want in
say =. STEWART
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prairiss now uncuItivsted will soon b adorned
with golden harvests mills vii be erected %
everv water-power- -chusches and school-bouses
will swiftly multiply-and oil the thousand e'e-
ments Of wealth which asen, to have been esp0-
cally concentrated in this Territory, will hes II
once called into active exercise. Dur manifest
destiny Is eeriain, speedy, sloriOus-shs Empire
State Of the West.
Express Of last Saturday, says:
'The ice-which forms far up the river. and
in coming down over the rapids and falls 10
crushed up fine--commenced filling in against the
body Of ice which has formed across the channel
some miles below the Fall, on Thursday last.
BY Friday morning the water had risen near If
teen feet, and the white field Of ice had grown
almost up TO the foot Of the Fall; at this stage
the body below, unable longer u sustain the i'm
mense pressure, gave way, and the, whole plain
Of ice moved down stream with terrible crash
ing. About ten o'clock, Friday morning, it COM
menced filling in again, and at the time we 60 to
press, this Saturday morning, 1t is quite up to
the previous high mark, and is still rising. We
have been informed by those who know. that this
is the first year in the last twenty four in which
this has occurred. We have heard Of no dam
age to property by this unusual occurrence; but
one or two warehouses are in danger"
The most comical scene in the above picture,
is the ''one or two ware houses in danger
THANKsGIvING.--Itis evident that the Ex-
press has design upon some roost; and is en-
deavoring to put poulterers off their guard; fer
our neighbor says:
''TO save our friends any uneasiness, we may
Al "a n
consequently we shall not look for a turkey this
year.
AGRICULTURAL NEwsPAPERs-A CORE
spondent of the St. Anthony Express, has CON-
municntiOn i'll that paper, complaining that the
presses Of Minnesota do not devote their columns
to essays on Minnesota farming The writer
knows but little about newspapers, or he would
understand that those of Minnesota would utterly
fail of their object, and would never be sustained.
il they were stuffed with agricultural articles.
Let every farmer take an agricultural paper-
that il the way to get your agricultural informa-
tios. The Prairie Farmer costs only so cents a
year. club price. The three papers here, could
with no more propriety dabble in agricultural es-
says, than stationer could connect his book
trade with department for dealing in lard and
butter. Editors Of any experience, generally un-
derstand their business better than correspond
ents do Agricultural papers, for various reasons,
have, as they ought to have, the entire field Of
agriculture to themselves.
BoDY OVER THE Enthusiastically ac-
cording to the Express, last Saturday morning.
We conjecture it was body Of ice, or a whiskey
barrel. II it is a barrel Of whiskey, our down
stream friends will be very likely to watch for It's
coming.
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New Advertisements.
Mais--Mr. Bass.
Auction Noiice--french 4 Collins.
Cisars-Slcan.
Perioiicais--Elfelt & Bros.
Liquors, &c.--Tracy.
Siamps-P. NJ. ut Pleasant Grove, Mary land.
Worlds Fair--more goods and better.
Painting & Morey.
Grocery Store--E- Stewart.
Liquors--Cathcart & Brother.
Removal Of Store-Fuller.
Fresh Meat. Sc.-Wells.
Bookkeeper and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ZIP See first column on this page.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-12-11

LsvenpooL MAREEr.-The Mancheste,
trade Is doing less in goods and yarns, and
prices ARE lower; buyers restrict their Dur.
chases TO immediate wants. Messrs. Maxim
d Son quote -four az fellows:
Western canal rs. Cd. lss. Cd; Bait.
more 1885,; Ohio 10. 90s.; Orleans Iss,
n. 1885,; inferior brands are neglected
with prices tending downward.
Wheat 10 10 fair demand; holders refuse
fussher concession.
Provisions unchanged Bacon i, much
wanted. Lard nominai at dis. the Cor
sumption 10 checked by the prevailing hiyh
rates.
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PAINTING.

SAERMAN MOREY, on Fourth street. 50.
- Pal, near the middle Of cssn In the building Of
Mr. Knox, up stairs may be found. ready TO attend To
Painting a all its departments House paiatine sign
painting. carriage and pain ting ali done
ap promptly and with paints Of the best quality II we
do our work in q sloveniy, unworknsnife manner we
do not expect get business 10 the town Of
IL. Paul SAY SHERMAN a MOSEY
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MEAT FOR THE MILLION.

"M. WELLS. At his meat market, Upper end
u 81 Paul. has for sale the latest. tenderest
beef and the best fresh pork, offered for sale in 81
Paul and at honest weight and prices. Give US trial
will your g3Otf
We have also Candles Triple, Pigs Feet Head Cheese
and rather better saussgcs than any links ever before
offered In 81. Paul
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Attention, Merchants and Business
"a Men. p.

VIE subscriber Offers his services 10 close aud draw
on balance sheets Of books entrusted TO his charge
WIN neaness and fidelity; sIso open Charges
moderate. Apply TO W. g. COMBS
Practical BookkeePer and accountant, neat door TO
garrngtons-
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WHISKEY AT a5 CENTS.

sell you good article Of vhiskey, by the barrel
a. IRON . to % cents per gasn; which lsrer than
tas same quality Is worth in Galena. We have also
American brandy IS cents such YOU have always
Paid el for Also. French brandies from S.5 e
500 When you come 10 Saint Paul, call the corner
OF Third and Roberts streets, for
54tS CATHCART 4 BROTHER
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ID. L. FULLER II ca.

AVE REMOVED into their store on ST. Antho-
II ny street, opposite the old one where they are
opening an extensive stock Of goods a more complete
catalogue Of which viii sppear in the Pioneer next
week.
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THE MINNESOTA PIONEER
st. paul, Alinntsota,
New Advertisements.

Thursday Morning, December II. 81.
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Butter gives its richness TO milk, sugar its sweetness
cssein its thickness, water its refreshing property
drink and sails It's peculiar flavor OF the different kinds
OF milk enumerated the superior sweetness and ,hnness
OF mares milk accounted for by the large proportion
OF sugar and the small quantity OF caxn IT contains
Ii appears that besyn contains neatly three times more
casein than milk, and only trace OF OF milk, no
salts, and large proportion OF mucus, and nine times
more caseln than mares milk.
Milk boils and freezes about the temperature as
water Milk may be prevented becoming sour BY being
kept in low temperature in high temperature the
other hand it rapidly becomes and, at the boiling
point il curdes Immediately. The acid of milk is called
the iaec and which IN its nature resembles acec acid
the acid OF vinegar "The change which takes place
when milk becomes is easily understood" rs is
well observed by Professor Johnston. "Under the in
huence OF the casen. the elements Of portion of the
milk sugar are made to a arrangement, and
the tactic acid is the result There loss OF mat
ter. elements called into play, nothing is alb
so bed from the air, given of into IL but simple
ansposton Of the elements OF the sugar takes place,
and acid compound is produced Theec changes ap
pear very simple and yet how very difficult II to
ceve by what mysterious influence the contact OF
this decaying membrane OF the casein Of the milk
can cause the elements OF the sugar break up their old
xion and 10 arrange themselves anew in another
prescribed order, form compound endowed with
properties very different as those OF tactic acid"
The composition of the ash of milk is follows,
coding to the analysis of 1000 lbs. OF milk each of two
cows by Halden
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Lassagne obtained curious results observing
the composition Of The milk Of which he examined
at different pcrodsfour OF these before and six afte
paruron. The milk examined during the FIRST three Of
The former perodsnamey AZ days 80 days, and 81 day,
before paruon-contained at all but in place
OF abumen sugar OF milk and no tactic acid, but
sensible quantity Of uncombned soda The milk exam
ined eleven days before and Just after the pariuriton
contained both abumen and caseln while milk eleven
days before partnron, and always after IT. contained
free tactic acid and sugar of milk but free soda The
mks examined days. days, 30 days, 81 days, and 30
days after pauruon, contained casein and no albumen
II would appear from these observations that the milk OF
the IL AT first very similar TO the serum OF blood and
that the casen, sugar of milk and tactic acid to which il
much OF it's distinguishing character's'ics, begin
first to make their appearance in i about eleven days be-
fore parturiton.
Bfsson states the specific gravity OF various mks but
IL important to remark that II varies 40 much, even in
the milk from The same ANIMAL that il il impossible TO
give mean The specific gravity OF cows milk
ia low, being 0324 its whey H. OF course, still lower
0Ie3 and that OF milk s the highest. being 040e
Lassaigne examined the specific gravity OF cows milk at
various distances Of time before and after pasturion
temperature OF 40 Fahrenheit and the results were gen.
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TERRIBLE AFFAIR The Corydon Ua.) Argus of the
18Th. gives the details OF terrible affair that occurred
IN Harrison county Thursday nigh, last On that day
imam named Jobn flanagan moved into house near
Eizabeh, IN Posey township, and invited one OF bi.
neigheors TO spree. or house pormtpg He was seen
about o'clock m liquor and i, is supposed that por
uon o. The smy-consising Of John flanagan his wife
Anu sA cnllofen, Mrs. oDonnell, Patrick Slave, one
VDonnei deeeased-went asleep under the influence Of
liquor While asleep The house by means caught
fire, and The roof falling in, every one OF ,be ;oms,ss
twelve IN number, met with horrible death The Argus
says,
The spectacle presented the rsons no frs,
the scene oil the disaster horrible aud ng In hc
extreme No sound was heard The his ing of The Arr
and crash oil falling umber every member oil the family
having already exped but through he burning chnks Of
The house the byssnders could discern the sal uncoo
summed bodies OF the occupants There lay the mother w M
.ne body Of her dead infant u csspea her bosom "a
Sucn he lle snorer had cling IN the last sRones of this
nohoe DEATH The bright flames shooting even from the
syoSexes OF the unfortunate mother sad sad house.
,ohs v proved TO be, indeed. The chaucd remains al
$500 sons nave been found amid The ruins. whilst IL is
discovered" = 1880 iO"''"' "aVe hot oeep
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. ~ - - sAa-cohPsE LAsHED ON BoARp-Captain
a uooe' OF me snip Lookmsber Castle from Liver
poo,. so ~. reports mat on the 4th of April at q n
m, IN latitude 45 ~ and longitude Is s west re- alI z
with and boarded the wreck Of vessel, water logged
INC slump OF her mIen mast OF which about only
mens OF clothing hanging from the egs He had an s
boots, and appeared TO have been dead two OF three
The vessel was apparently English-buil, baone ~
about hvc hundred TONS and was loaded with mahog anv
some logs OF which were washing of the stern 81.
had probably been taken aback and dsmased as pa ol
her mass and yards strewed about her decks. III,
sails on which reefed Her bery was standing
from which Captain Pooe's men took the brass bell
there was no name upon il. This the only article
an from the wreck They could notrelease the corpse
vessel The wind was blowing from the southwest
Nsw York Commercial ddperfissr
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STRANGE SALE--A German bought at a late custom
house auction sale OF unclaimed bonded goods. in New
York; thirty two large packages, which the auctioneer
said were " supposed to contain a light house" The
price at which the mysterious property was knocked
down was $500 and opening the several parcels il
has been discovered that they contain the distinct parts
of light houte among which is large copper wheel
covered with curious devices and obviously designed for
complicated machinery Other enclosed the lenses
and immediate apparatus OF a lantern The fortunate
purchaser Of the package has already been offered 81 900
Tor his bargain which he has declined Ii ia conjec-
ured that the work of ari, consisting Of the different
sections which were sold together at the auction referred
to, was sent TO this country present from the French
10 the American government The lot was consigned 10
naval officer, and not claimed on account OF his
DEATH thought that the structure machine what
ever IT IL that has turned up oddly, may he worth
$50 900.
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In paper OF Sunday presented some statistics Of
the naval force Of the United States gathered from the
Navy Register for the year 1851 The pamphlet contains
other Interesting information, which proceed 10 lay
before our readers.
There are ssuen navy yards. located follows; AT
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston. Massachusetts,
New York Philadelphia. Pennsylvania; Washington,
D. c.; Norfolk, Virginia Pensacola; and Memphis
The squadrons follows. corrected from the latest
returns received at the department
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DESTRUCTION THE EevrrrAs PYRAMIDS AND TEN
FLEA correspondent OF the London Athenmum says
that the northern pyramid of Dashour is now in progress
OF being converted into stone quarry in order to build
palace or villa in the neigbborhood the ombs
of Sakkara used for the purpose the mounds
pie OF Erment 10 going for the same purpose and two
temples have within the last ak years. been knocked
down, and the materials removed from near Shsikh Fad
entirely without the knowledge OF travellers TO whom,
indeed, they have remained utterly unknown until
that they no longer exist.
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GREAT BARGAINS In Watches. yev~eprv. xso.--rb,
sn"sssneu intending 10 in q fcw
wsehs ana wishing reduce 10 room for
navs os,e,nined 10 sell M
n s mns snd fancy good. portion
VINCE springs reduc. nrjrev
Many q tho goods viii be regard 10 Coz, ana
may rely On getting bargains a, wholesale or retail
CANFlEiD, BROTHER, h co.
No An Baltimore street. corner fchse. Baltimore.
Ap Ie-eoSM
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TO CONTRACTORS.

oyrcx ComMssroHKr Prsuro BuIprrss,
April ~ 1851.
DRoPosALS viii he received this Office
Il nesdsy Tire 9TH of May grading
Arlington, commonly square
furnishing for hlIns which, believed
procured within three of tho proposed Tho
work tn be commenced within days after signing
completed by the LIST August The
cubic y
ursd by engineer to be appointed by the Commissioner
WIN. EASILY,
Ap l6-eotd Commissioner Public buildings.
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CTRAw Wrapptng-paper, - cents per ream' :, sra
0ssy shoe psper, Is cans rsam and nner ..
ping papers Al the lowest York and Phadsphia "a
cry case. FAANCk To-
Ap0