The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-09-02
tEx,r,c,. from the Boston Commonwealth. ]

favorite sou, ROBERT RAsTOUL, JR., under elI
casnsances 81 such painful character, well cacu
lated TO call out the warmeS tribute oi respect 10 III
memory, well poignant sorrow Tor has loss, even,
were there not soc.ated With has person. all that
should make hs name rcvered neighbor, citizen
townsman, and representative Indeed, never before
have we witnessed unmistahahe feeling OF heart
fiji re ,rot at the death o pubic was oheedl
AT the funeral ceremonies al the able AMI dists hshed
representative of the Second Congressional District
Other mca nay have stood higher on the roii oil
fame---other funeral pageants may have been more
august and imposing, but never there inc man %
the occasion tina; called out uucr o. more deep-seateu
emotions # regret aud sorow, tbsn those which at I
tended this testimonial Of respect lfom his OLD com
paaons, towns-p people aud friends.
A more yutlen or sad death has seldom occurred
hese. Mr.. Rant0u was esteemed by ALL and looked
upJa As one Of the mort abb. members OF the House,
OF Representatives. Had ne beel semi here at the
aye OF thirty ID kept IN Congress I'LL now, he would
have been most undoubtedly the most powerful and
influential man in THAI body. But h made himself q
martyr Democracy, and for more than twenty -hye
wears he breasted the overwhelming tide which con-
stdnty set ia against his panty aHd pgin ipies. lie
had constituency I'll ii. last election, aad
then for the 6si tine took has se2t IN the popular
bgauche OF ,ngrcss. He came here as the repre-
sentative Of thar trse l. -ooa,v which he conse-
lated hi. earl, he. WAh the sham Democracy Of
the present day. he bad lid sympathy, and. bad he
lived, the iale Of his lite would have been spent IN
MAINTAINING the night q every human being, TO 'lis,
liberty, anc the pursuit ot happiness Bat he Is cut
down n The very mofning al the great batue. He
fills ns as tac contest commences hut h falls the
post q: duty; he s with th- entire cou6i VI the
Lienas OF ireedom.l Or Wasiagt9a CIR.
The Mayor of Salan, IN receiving intelligence Of
the deccase Of Mr. Rlntou', directed the has upon
the Common T. he hois;ed at half mast, AM all tie
bells of ria city to be teieI tor hour. The city
government likewise voted 70 attend the funeral
In al eci,t.
t0iei on Nontay, N ib,ie 10 the memory of Hon.
Robert Rlntou, j.. An appropriate mark oil the
teen g that Community.
Nh. Rdntoui's life insured at The British Life
Insurance Office in Boston, for $4,000
There nca about four thousand visitors in New
port, and ever npch and corner Of tha town Is occu-
pied.
tn, Sos.isu Press has been suspended Tor want Of
funds.
Ayoung man named Lopez, book-keeper. and con-
fdentiai clerk in the house # North & Scott, shoe
dealers in 81. Louis, 40, is under arrest charged
with emb.L-liug money from his employers, to tn,
nognt Of oyer ten thousand dollars. he bean D,
taking ten dollars, and finally took from hundrct
dollars 70 five hundred dollars per week. lie ac
k1Owieises that the greater pc ton Of money la.
been lost at the gambling hcils that abound in thai
CITY He has h.etofJre enjoyed the unlimited conf
dencc OF ms einPloyers.--[Bos. En-.
A MEnrrED CoMrLImEsr.---At the lat. com
Increment 1t Harvard University the Faculty of the
Cullege, conferred the honorary degree of Master o
Arts Freeman Hunt, Esq, the well known NH
la1thropist, and Editor of 'siun,'s Melchau;s Ma
acme
WHAT DoEs rEis MEAN The Washington
correspondent Of tn Nsfh nsrsc4a II leading " his
paper Of i'h ladep hia, SAYS:
"The belief st.li prevails. that NIr. Webster vii
60 II England, and there Is very urgent reason
why he should stay home ii such be MS inc nation
IL is true n could hadl, keen Yp Appearances wiki
the salary, BIT t.9l, NJ Fe5stL ,as w4y If oarA
c)Es,ny taH SORT u .Aeo IJr ass5.ctlt.
EMIGRANrs Or THE RIGHr SoRr.--A Gonna
ny OF nearly tFo hladrcd Seles, boaqi for " iscon
En-, passed through the city Yesterday; there were
mae wagons carrying The females and goods follow
ing winch cam The men, equippci with muslets ant
hearing a bdnaer, bcIiiug the iuscrii tom Hal
Columbia, Land oi the Free" We will be no bur
den 10 hissachuscts.-[ Bos. fr.
IvpERrINENcE WELL PrgIsHxp.-. part,
al En5 hsh people vsitin, an ei.sant % ivait
garden At Palermo, Sicily, and anon. the little or.
ramcn,al buildings, they came 10 one upon VIII icf
written Ma 1pGue, tlU,t Is, DON'T open Til
prohibition only served then curiosity; aaC
they very unciNiiy proceeded Gisobay the hosrit
bic owners inJuu.tion. On opening tie door a for.
clo!e let ot water ~as Sqiirtcd iu IN their faces
very just, Though not very retiibItion.
PERuLoUs LrAP.--A man leaped from the s,,sDep
4.
Monday last, for the entertainment uf a crowd Of co.
pie. Owing strong Of air under the hydrc
he was unable 90 retain pea pcnicular rostiyn an,
he struck the water upon his back. He was able +.
SWIM 10 boat m WAITING fof him, but thinks he vii
decline any iu.t.ler ila's of the kind
GESFRAL YLLER.--Gen. ViIlcr. a creole. die,
al New Orleans, week before last lie was a CON
splcnous actor il the Of lSl2 aud MS nacnui;,
and daring helped TO save that city. He wa take,
L., 4. a
confined IA room, and escaped and told Jackson Of
the approach o, the enemy, which vas unkn,wu be.
tore. Jackson, therefore, escaped surprise, and b,
putting everything IN fighting order, preserved the
.Anc and property Of New Orleans.
SHOCKING OccURRENcEs--The CadIo. La
Ga@Me, says thai seve.a! shocking murders have
recently been committed ia the vicinity Of Natco.
ches. A "hite wOwaa, whose name was not given
was iound murdered IN her oua house. and on the
next day, IN the same house or on the same nlacc
two negroes were murdered; and Oh the follow inc
day, on few days after, whit maa whose. name Nc
did not learn, was found tu from the same house
with his tongue cut oIt. He cannot w.ite. and al
last accounts he had been abb. to afo,d pv cllc
20 the peipetator Of the savage act The ;yb.le
matte Is enSeloped N ,ae most profound mystery
MURDER AND ITS PESALrY.-The Evansv;ll,
.f3lHraal, relates the follow IN:
A couple of days back the Watchplan Of the Yuba
had hts bowels cut open 10y deck hand. just before
the boat auivod here, and the man w,, committed
the ACT immediately plunged oveiboard, and swan to
shore. The wounded died in this c,y on Wed.
nesday night. On Thursday, an inquest was held al
HENDERSON. over the bod, Of his murderer, The
man vas drowned few minutes after t,ikjnp the
fatal blow, and his body was found IN the ,iyer a
sholt piece above Henderson, The murdered man
was named Jenkins, and lived at Chester, Ohio
Ihe name Of the murderer is not known he.e
Col. BENTON Our readers are aware Of the
election of this disiins shed statesman to the
House ct Representatives OF the L. s from the
81. Louis district The result, we are aware, is
variousiy regarded among our cisizens, some are
pleased, others indifferent, Others again are
more than disappointed. But, various a. may be
me feeling on this sub)sct, we presume iha, all
viii admit that there - something touching, beau
,I!ul, and eloquent IA the following Concluding
paragraph ct hls speech TO his fellow Citizens. de-
hvered few days subsequent 10 his election:
'' have gone throus b contest to hch had
no heart, aud INTO which WAS forced hy comb-
nations against life and homer, and from which
gladly escape. What is seat in Congress- 10
one. have sat thirty years in the highest branch
OF Cohsress--ha'e made name 10 which can