The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-05-22

years ago, a stupid German u,onarch reign
Ell over these United STATES then colouis.
Of Great Bri,ain---and on the whole earth,
with the exception of Sw i,zerInnd, there
was not single Republic of any preten.
,ion-. A hundred years ngo the French
lilies fioated over Quel.ec, Pittsburgh and
New Orleans. A hundred years ago the
old French monarchy exisie,i--ihe Basiilr
reared iis accursed iowers-l.ouis XIV. dat-
lied with Infamous wantous, squansleresl bis
subjects, money, and bIaspbeu,-d in his own
person the name Of man. Fifty years ago
the name Of Napoleon was still cotn,ara-
iivriy unknown. Fifty years ago cotton
mills ha,i, as it were, just been invented
and railroads, locomotives, and magnetic
telegraphs were practically unknown Fiji.
" years ago there WAS scarcely five millions
Of people in the United States. and Ohio
was almost AS much of wilderness as Or
egOn is now. Fifty years ago Washington
had just died, Jefferson was still living, and
Clay, Webster and Calhoun were names a.
yet unknown to fame.
SMALL Pox AMONG THE Sioux IEDIAss.
We learn from Mr.. Martin, from, direct
" down from the borders Of the Sioux coun-
try, that the Small Pox Is making fearful
havoc amcng these Indians. On Medicine
Creek, at Fort Pierre, and other places,
they are dying off at a fearful rate. About
FIVE hundred Of them are believed TO have
died within the last few weeks, and the
malady is still raging among them.-( From
tier Guardian.
ENORMOUS OUTLAY FOR ADvERrIsfKG.-
Townsend, 'rhe Sarsapar,iia man." says
his "books" exhibit an outlay for a.!vertis-
ing, in the course of fi.e years. in the vari-
Gus papers of the United States--$SOO 900!
He says, for six months he cut Off all his
advertisements, to see f his medicines
would not GO on their own merits, Just as
well rs by advertising. He lost $50, 900 hy
it; sales dwndied right dewa to nothing, for
his competitors seeing him d:op off, they
went an, advertised heavily, and got the
start of him. rau iFl
GooD.--A pleasant young fellow, about
halt-seas over, passing through the Strand
at n late hour, was accosted iy a watch,uan, 4,
who began with all the insOience Of Office,
to file string Of inrerrngaiories, ia the hope
Of being handsomely paid for his trouble
''What is your name, sirf'' :" Five sbil-
Iings." "Where 'io you liver" Out of
the Kings doniinions.' "Where have you
been?" Where you would have been
Wild dl your I. w mere uTC you SO-
ing!" '.Where you dare not so for your
ears" The officious guardian Of the night
thought these answers sufficient TO warrant
him to take the young man to the watch
hoDse. The next morning, on being brought
before the magistrate, he told his worship,
'That rs TO The first question, his name was
Thomas Crown; with regard TO the second,
he lived in Little Britain; TO the third, he
had been taking a glass of wine With a
friend; and that as to the last" said he, 81
was going home to my wife" The magis-
trate reprimanded the watchnan in severe
terms, and wished Mr.. Crown good NOR
ning.-[ London raper.
| One Of the inventors Of the "spiriiual rap
pings" Miss Fox Of Rochester. N. Y, re-
veaied the secret of the imposition to one
Of her relatives, whom she wanted for a
"medium" for the spirits Of the departed to
operate through. The rappings are pro-
duced l,y the toes and knees, according to
this revelation. The Syracuse Star vonch-
es for tn. correctness Of this statement,
which il has from the lady in question.
NORTH AND SourH OF us.-IOf Toron-
10, Canada, and Charleston, 5. c., the
same number Of the Herald gives pictures
( ~ "Ntfy
(ToRoSro. ID have called this dull
city. IL 10 so, in spite Of its commercial
prosperity, and the rapid advances which i,
has made in architectural beauty. The pur-
suit Of dollars and cents is the sole duty o!
man everywhere; but, after getting should
come spending. Here, the getting only oc-
cupies attention, and The result is dull uni
ior,nity, which robs life Of more than hall
- IL -. H..
character Of colonial society tends to devei-
ope trumpery conceit and pride to an intol-
cradle extent. The genus snob grows to
lish, Scotch, and American society, hut no.
where have found such prevalence OF
genuine snobbishness as in Toronto. And
yet i, has a loyal, busy, pious population
leavened, however, with rather more than
a fair share Of fuii-grown rowcy ism.''
)-Hrre at the Charlie stOr
Hotel, we have been iuXuriating, for sever.
al days, upon green peas, new potatoes
new tomatoes, water melons, musk melons
strawberries, squashes, ETC., part the pro-
duct Of the neigh,orhood, and part Of Cuba
After successful engagement, Benedeiii
Truffi, Miss Whiting and company, have
left us. Sir William Don was here, tn,
other day, but returned to Savannah. Anns
Bishop has arrived. Great picnic eigb
miles from town, yesterday, in a hveoal
grove. Planters are at work in their ric,
and cotton fields. We understand Sir Hen
nv BuIwer is to I've here in a day or Two
Consul Matthews is here, and is reported t
he in favor Of secession. What does vi
Henry come lor!"
AMERICAN BEAUTY IN PARIs.-(O Ou
: countrywomen are famous for their beauty
in Europe, aud we find the following iribui
paid to Them by the French correspondent
Of the Herald. But what shall we say q
the other fact-a prevalence Of a certai'
!. compiexion--which il incidentally men
tions!-]
MIR. Berger, the Project Of Paris, gave
on the same srening, his last grand ball o
the season, at which wera present about fiv
, thousand persons.
The Americans were in great number
, and their ladies and daughters wera not,
assure you, among the less pretty Of the as
$ sen,lly. 1t is generally remarked here, ths
! the A merican blood is finer than the Frrnc
blood, Onr ladies have certainly an irrs
proachallc figure; they are principally rs
4 markahle for their taste and refinement, b,
: the American ladies have much finer hes,
:, a,t ,re pore heauiifuf A remark yer