The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-02-26
Fr III The n. Y. H,ra i.
The Chief Events Of The week, en6ii 6
Feb 5th.

The iuielii--nce brought by The steam
sa.r Aneri 4 will he rea wiih great inl' r.
e. ay oil glasses. Many people 10 this city
vi bs extremely sorry To learn that the
.hil, Columbus, Of New York bound fom
New Orleans, - Liverpool, was wrecked
s-. the Tth instant, rs whis.l the lives a.
81. n passengers and eight of The ctsw wee
ut. We are also enasled to give the fall
,,r-,icuiars of the burning Of the Aina2op,
= 4 the DIES ruciIO oil ole hundred aud len
.Trs.
fbe Eagiish cabinet appears 70 be in
q -sier diinsuiiy Than ever, and IL II HILL
r-5hai!e that the runnrs stating that lhs.
ID Iubers wauLd shortly resign, have ere
t6 lame been coalirsed. the peelites had
/, 'Iied \ coalition with Lord John Russell;
"a II WAS the general suppression tina, the
- higs couid not hoii out much ionger.-
= Notwithstanding these ministerial troubles,
me London money market remained firm
a France all was going on quite snnuth-
and Lonis Napoleon had again advanced
'selt IA the estimation of The people, 10y
lung Important offices with men who COM
m n'ied the conf lence OF the public, with
oai regard To family or political influence.
re republican inOltoes OIL the various aul,-
lie edihees h al been renewed, and the his,
hal mt We; been promulgated. We have
n ruGIor of a supposed misunderstanding
r~iAtive 10 Belgian matters, between Lori
\ 1cmanby, fhe British Ambassador, anal
l9uis Napoleon. II was minated that the
dlfpite bad been carried u such length that
his iordship was about II withdraw from
z rance- Ihls caused iiuriuaton and dc.
clue oi one per cenl IN the French iunis-
However. IL WAS afterwards said that his
.afasaIp merely intended Ia make tempe
fary VISIT TO England, and would shortly
81. irn; consequently tIrmDess was again re.
siorei II the funds
Affsirs in the German States appear TO
W q rather a more peaceful character than
igr long line past. The difficulties BE-
Tween Denmark and Schieswig Hos,ein,
Save been a,nicab.s adjusted, and the vari-
SIS governments now seem disposed 10 re-
r-aln on good terms wilh each other.
real losses have recently been sustained
hy he br,ish troops IN africa. The Kaf-
nrs and Hot,enlo.s having combined their
Toes, are sweeping over the country ,mur-
deung the people, aud carrying off stock,
So, TO an alarming ex,eat In two skir-
llishes with ihs English sol.liery the latter
Asd been signsliy defeated, with the loss of
ss.erai officers and a large Duinbe. of men.
ne Russians are beginning TO gain
g-Dund III C<rcas,i.l. One oil the principal
Isrrassian chefs hal surrudere,l.
here had brcY slight decline IN The
E'Tice OF cotton, but, oil The day previous TO
IRE ssiiins of the steamer, sales were made
60 IA rates. The a,ur market was firm,
l'i ne price Tor corn had somewhat ian
proved.
Our special CORES .ionient at w ashingiof,
sist-s that there Is no doubt whatever that
he government has positive evidence that
IL c"iebrateJ Gardner claim, winch drew
a 1af million OF dollars from .he treasury,
- as IN out-and-out fraud, and that unnlis-
~ lie proof of this, viii lie produced when
ihe lse ncx, comes up la court. What is
ere alter with the great inanciers in all
paris Of The country, who have been opera
t,ns . heavily on the peoples money p
taefr queer ways OF transacting business
n iasl leaking out IL was but few days
80 iaat we heard OF The tremendous canal
Ns3ds az this State on Thursday orr
eyes we're opened TO the stupendous speru- /
l.llurs IN Mexican insta'ments, and now we
srs assured that til. masuilicen, claim of
ia -d'nrr was Illegal.
De- i- in;iina.cs.s that suspicious are aloat
tEaI ,u- Of thc members of the Cahinc,
aTe cnEspromisei IN The Gardiner affair.-
1 erl likely. HCwever, Gal l,hini ISM, and The +
rScu'tar nI'taoi %. laying Mexican install ,
iCei4- :, combined mjth other extraordinary
ii1afri1i operations, seem 10 have aroused !
g sri-t OF inquiry among members OF Con-
gress: AMI 4 general overhauiing OF the trans
ACTIONS Of government iuuetionaries, FROM
he highest t. The lowest, Is unw the order
- re lay. The House ol Monday passed (
= resolution calling for information con
cefniag tae humber. natur-, and amount of
claims pad during III present a,ininistra- !
iiou, which had previously been suspended [
or set aside, Tor wan; oi sufficient proof as /
% ,heir legality From pre,en, Indications,
iitiie surprise need he Inlnifesied II some
asto uaiiuy dIscloures are made before the
session. IL over
President Fillmore was on Thursday
waited on - a ,.eicgaiio Of lrlshn,eu from
Baltimore, Boston, and elsewhere, whose
o,siec' vas 10 gain his iniercession in behalf
Of - Snnh o'iirie: and other exiied |.
rsh Patriots. The President informed hem
tbai . wOIli be extremely improper Tor
hin - interfere with ihs internal affairs
81 bfzst Britain, baf, that, 50 far as per
sonai sympathy Is concerned, he felt as
dee Nv as they cauid for The suffering exiled |
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