The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-01-08
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49,, a., ;he Capitol Is st,il burning;
Ha.tt, toa't know hen IL can I've
Dssy1!ch-rwelve minutes past
,criio,ly destroyed, AMI ii is fear
lie cdihce will be destroyed
. ....,l. 20 learn that a very serious ac-
o,ned To- Mr.. F. II. Ccrwilh, Of this
., a. TIE cary part Of last week, near
L. he s.as "a company with III. +.
ui.o If Gaeni. They were ia a
ing pair nC spirled horses. From
-, the horses became frightened and
az. 81 iarn Of the road, Mr.. Nc
thrown out hat not injured. A short
rihcr Oh. they ran against tree, and
e.. Mr.. Ccrwith So, thrown CIT, break
a and he iateI!., ,kaee cap) Of the
besides inJuriug ban materially about
head.
I. yI be gra-itied to learn that his
MOI, IN all probability, without the
something BOW unforeseen, endanger
.alcna JEFF
~ tLowsR.-The statement Of
g,rs who were on board ibis boat
sc, al disastrous voyage, expresses
praise Of Capt. Van Allen and
~ periis TO which they were ex-
le May Flower leti Buffalo on
g OF the 18Th. Before morning,
st gale WAS upon them in all Its
81; cold was intense ant! the guam
"a which gathered upon them made
~ to change their course and run
gale. The INST was so thick as
H obscure vision for any distance.
p Capt, and Mates kept the deck the
AMI n!sba, bearing up as much
. '0.s DE uuier ligh, steam against the
euasr fear of being driven upon the
,-..-r bore. IL was terrible day and
.,," ut. At 5 the next morning, she
ss.ek 10y heavy sea, which parted
rudtas chain, and she lay at the mercy
} ,"s a-ses. At one O'Clock The gale ha;
.rcIss1 Il hurricane. Her larboard
~ Sc "pe was carried away, and to in
70 'e Ia horrors, they we're in immense
~ niger Is ire. AT ! O'Clock she struck
.c' AMI stove her wheel house. and
far. her decks. At ii, she struck the
les above Ere. She pounded
pe ,.e ench for while and was soon
.r! Ill remained OH board until day
a. b. '.r q e injured except the officers and
reN. vso were badly frozen.
s. ih sistance from shore, which was
br1I t,1 hundred feet distant, line was
ssr'ed - tree, and all were taken
sr'', ay that. Al were saved. -[Du-
BED ra Id.
RS ION or Ma. CLAv-A brief
i-'s e.. On Washington, dated Dec. is,
't' N.r. Clay has resigned his seat in
- e.a.'te
NJ . IN the last Iowa Republican an
10. eelnsnt Of recent discoveries If coal
n 4 v'c'aty Of Iowa City. The immense
les of Iowa are jus. beginning to
s n' o light.
il rect.rg was held n, the City Hotel on
'ain 1enins last, To consult upon the
IS D .'y nd advising the means to pro-
lfr r. for the up river trade, from this
lty .lo ming season.
Is ARG lumber Of our business men were
-e.en-s 2 spirit favorable to the enterprise
vas ap' sted, aud aconlruittee appointed
% ueoce; plan. This committee consists
. 81 49,. 6. r. West, b. J. O'Halloran.
"a ey. J. IL. Emerson and c. w.
,ur.f.
ue,-> BAY AND LAKE SUPERIOR RAIL
.NPAkY.--Ihe Rochester Demo
'0. ices that meeting of the Stock
"..fs he above named company, was
city. on The LIST INST. Henan
.a elected President Of the COM
'" aH. John Thompson, Secretary aud
4r-.-f.-.
s. he Intention Of the company to place
Engineers upon The work irnrne-
-e' 80 that the northern portion Of the
anG completed uext season. BY this
--.. 49, resources of the Iowa region
81 10 g.; Iade available.
lore Lake Disasters.
ALGoM Mich, Dec. Is.
o. the sankcn briggs Navigator aud
..t arrived at this place in an exceed
ed condn'en, after working at the
sep their vessels alive. l. hours, and
and ing them 10 walk over the precarious
as. -. Clair over ten miles. They re-
% Narigaior as sunk. and the Niagara
re- = m ID by the ice. Both vessels threw
.sr7 r.- their cargo before they abandoned
'r 90 H, fate. There were also FIVE other
.--- - Of them, suffering from the same
names Of two of them, the Flora
H. u ne, have been ascertaned, but the
''' hogs ing further distant and inaccessible
.n.~a IL is conjsrtured that the crew of
r-. be saved. hut feared that those of
! '.h-r. samish from cold and hunger
S,ct -ner Detroit Wrecked.
DFT0oIT, Dec. IS.
Illt .d. the steamer Detroit started with
I'd fair load Of passengers for the
-tr lad not proceeded however, more
DO" a.- sllins from Detroit when she found
gged by the ice, that thew were
@ up her engines, and she hoaied
e north sboai Of The ST. Clair Flats
-'s ''a * steamer, Key Stone State temp
Eel me lair prospect, started late on
.e punkirk, but she proceeded only as
N- n where she was frozen in, and
SID end herself neither able to go for
80 Ing IeiU-i. She now lies there, presenting
.-. OIL. ie@iare Of IN American boat wintering
ID l,' 7uariers. The Key Stones passen-
1r absence Of two days, yesterday
-..,l - err CITY.
-ged Ian has been found frozen TO death,
lie pearance Of a 'raveler, Of intemper-
"irs as the name Of Gautt
vr found near this city YESTERDAY. on
-' Dad, with his feet and legs protrud-
ow log into which he had crawled
il. .' gainst the bitter cold He was Ia
ios iitnl in a state of insensibiity.
ALGoN &C. Mich. Dec. Is.
o-esr nd number Of the passengers Of
steamer Detroit, among them n iady, have
q reackpy tn,S ,I,ca e