The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-03-27

notes, and martial stems, and pathetic tones,
blending, in the harmonious execution of such
musical compositions as have been invented by
the genius Of Meyer and Keenis, tina, we have
seldom listened TO music more deghifu-certain-
~ never in St. Paul The bugle, which is the
star instrument VI band, well il il not TO much
to say. that Mr. Jackson plays it as well as Ken
in The band, 3 staining various parts with equal
ability, which, like good stock actors, are indis-
pensabe to the success Of the play, however little
they may be sPplauded. The bass, was adsnira-
bly, sustained; SO was the &C ave, which was high
very high. too high for the ceiling of Mazourla
Hall. In fact Tor music Of such power aud VOL
uue, the starry hall Of heaven, what is less
POLITICALLY called, ''a out Of DOORS" is the best
door keeper to receive tickets and take pay for an
out door concert, we would vote to heur the music
Of the Band by moonlight under the blue vault Of
heaven.
4 member Of the ii. Of r. anticipating change
of the chapaincy, and the infliciion, hy reading.
Of long prayers, gave notice that in case Of such
a dispensaiion, he should move TO suspend the
rules, that the prayers take the usual course Of
the various bills for the revision Of the statutes,
and sbe read only by their titles"
There are lights every night at the NJ. E. church !;
aud appear to be meetings there. Our people
seem require constant succession of excitements,
either about religion, politics, balls, steamboats,,
music scandal, claims, treaties, 'meenopol, es, -
"temperinse,' or something else. In fact, 81
Paul has fifty dllleren. hobbies, turned out like
Indian ponies to grass; either Of which can be
caught. saddied, bridlcd. and rode under whip
and spur in,o the ground, in less time than the
twink!ing Of a mahogany bed-post.
A gentleman writes thus: al enclose YOU a 81
L.. Island bill. intend 10 visit your country in
the summer, for amusement, when will redeem
the bill, If nothing but coin passes in Minnesota ;"
Pass: we should like million of them!
Gs'ena, March 4sh.--Nothng new here--the
weather has been very cold here for the last FIVE
days, about as cold weather as we have had any
time this winter. Business has been unusually
dali here this winter
A letter dated at Flat Bush, n. Y, Feb %,
says:--To day, The weather is warm, foggy, drz-
z'y, pleasant, unpleasant, muddy and uncertain, so
that almost envy you the climate Of Minnesota !;
barring the shooting and dirking, which we in cur
simplicity, in this region, consider fooIish-if not
worse, in such cold weather. From the constan nj
reference to your Territory and its affairs in our
newspapers, you are attracting attention even from
The surges of the Atlantic, where live
The mail from below arrived at noon OH Sa,ur-
day last.
Prices of produce now in ST. Paul, are about
these. Beef s to 10 cents; pork 8 TO 10 cents;
butter 20 cents lard 20 cents eggs 25 cents; poul-
try, rome, veal, none, hams scarce.
Saturday evening.-Every eye is strained in
looking now for steamboat The boats are al
wa, beating away, and knocking a, the frozen
gate Of Lake Pepn, long before they can get
thronsh-people below being tired Of Punishment
from us all winter Certainly, the winds Of the
past few days and the warm weather for month
past, must have opened the lake.
MRs. PARrINGroN has been flourishing about
the town Of ST. Paul: She delivered herself in the
following manner a few days since.
81 cannot expose the reasons why the DENNY
kra,ic party wants to Morganize for:''
What pity it is-nay, an outrage upon civil
zation. tina, all that is virtuous, good, talented
honest, natural, candid, confidential, truthful and
substantial, should he cribhed, cabined and con-
fined, ali within the two upper store. Of the "new
brick building" on St. Anthony street. "Verly
Dame Nature, thou'rt chary Of thy favors.''
speaker at the Hall Of Representatives, last
Thursday night, sad that in a union of Demo-
Gratis and Wings, when it came to dividing the
spoiis, the Wings would say to the Democrats as
the white hunter said to the Indian. in dividing
their game: "You take the buzzard and In take
the turkey, or III take the turkey and you take
the buzzard;" TO which the Indian replied. plac-
ing his hand over his mouth, and nodjing his head
up and down, "You never said turkey TO me
once" The speaker might have been thinking
Of the contract for the removal of the Winneba-
goes given to the Mitchell men. That is buzz
card in point
On the goth Of February, in the Senate, on mo-
lion by Mr.. Bell, the Senate proceeded to consid-
er, as in Committee Of the Whole, the bill to au-
thorize the President to purchase certain lands
from the IIaif-breed Sioux Indians.
Mr.. Bell then submitted an amendment, which
was ordered to be printed, and the bill was laid
on the table.
Ii is said thar one Of the bands of the Media
wankaton Dakotas in Minnesota, have delivered
to their trader, fifteen hundred deer skins, which
they have taken this season. ii this be corr ect
the band must have killed ut least two thousa nd
deer during the fall and winter, for five hundred
skins or more have probably been used By them
and retained for future use. From October to Feb
ruary, the Indians who hunt deer, sul,sist almost
entirely on the flesh Of that animal.