The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-10-20


part, both in private subscriptions and ia pedgng
the credit Of the city and county to large amount Of
the capital stock, and they naturally impatient At
the delay which has taken place in the practical COM
mencemeut Of the work. The Directors excuse them
selves by raying that they have done their best to
prepare the way for beginning of the grading, &c.,
but that the estimates not yet made OUT and con-
sequentIy the work has not been let. IN few days,
however they expect TO be able to consumn,ate
arrangements for an early and, probably, rigorous
prosecution Of the work.
We hope this will lie the case, we arc tired
pleasing the public expectation with promises.
We clip the above from the Dubuque Herald. They
just awakng to a Of the necessity of rail
road west, at Dubuque They begin to feel that
vast trade may be secured to their town, by opening
early and cheap communication with the vast ag-
rcultural country west.
Dubuque should have commenced a rail road
west, Rs the road was commenced from
Chicago, she would now be in a position to control
the western trade Although late, it yet late,
and gratfcd to see that no further delay will
he tolerated in practical commencement of The
work"
New PRoJEcT.-The Green Bay Advocate
says:
ne discovering OF an immense 0ep0slte oil
on the South shore of Lake Superior, has started
project in Chicago for building railroad from the
mines to Bay de Noquet and thence along the west
shore Of Green Bay through this place to connect
with some Of the roads 10 Wisconsin leading to
Chicago. We notice by the papers Of that city, that
influential and energetic men taking hold Of the
natter"
Keep COOL friend Robinson, the first Railroad that
will reach the Lake Superior "iron Mountain will
go direct from ST. Paul. Minnesota, and the products
Of the mines will find safe and expeditions ranspor-
taton hence to all parts of the world.
The Detroit Advertiser vouches for the truth of
the following:
'For ten Of the DAYS in September, pre- vous to the
22d, there were on the aggregate Fifteen Thousand
One Hundred and Fifty persons carried the road
on the regular passenger trains making average Of
l ,5l4 persons per day. The largest number carried
in one day was 1870, and The lowest was 1885,
A correspondent Of the Rural New Yorker says that
he transplanted into his door-yard young, thrifty
maple, and engrafted into it scons from curran
BUSH They grew well, and when ripe looked very
handsome. lie says you must not graft until the SUI.
gar water ceases to run.
PRESERVING BUrTER.-The farmers Of Aber-
deem, Scotland, are said to practice the following
method OF curing their butter, which gives it great
superiority over that their neighbors:
Take two quarts Of the best common salt one
ounce of sugar, and Of common saItpetre
take ounce Of this composition for one pound OF
butter work il well into the mass and close it up for
Ii must be noted, however, that butter thus cured
requires to stand three weeks month before it is
used n ~ h.
cicntly blended with it, and sometimes the GOODNESS
OF the nre will be perceived which totally disappears
afterwards.
In some parts of London, land is valued at the rate
of two millions of dollars an acre.
Dickens is said to have cleared $40, 900 from the
Bleak House.
The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company have
paid Rev. James Purviance, of Mississippi, $4,000,
for damages sustained On their railroad, TO himself,
daughter and wife. Mr.. P.'s foot was slightly injured
his daughters thigh broken, and his wife seriously
injured in the hips. They are recovering.
Mr. Gray, OF the Baltimore vein at Wilkesbarre,
has taken out column of coal for exhibition at the
Crystal Palace, in New York, which measures four
ct square, and tpsnfy nine feet N hogl,--scye.a.
other mines sending smaller specimens
The m'geries Of Mr.. James G. FORSYTH, hive been
traced back As far 1S47 during all which time they
have been artuIly covered up by fresh issues Of paper
In 1913 he gave bond, the interest on which he
paid with exact punctualy up to his fight. 1t is
also discovered that he had forged the name Of the
cashier Of the kingston Bank.-N. i. Tribune
On the 18th of October, monument erected to the.
memory Of Pauidng, Williams and Van Vert, captors
OF the unfortunate Maj Andre, was dedicated BY the
Governor of the State, at rarr,town, the place
where repose the remains of thes. patriots The adj
dress OIL the occasion was delivered by H. Raw.
n,ond, Esq, editor Of the New York Times.
Portions Of gigantic skeleton, Of some extinct
al inai, was lately exhumed at ST Louis, in excava.
ting for gasomcter. The relics will he deposited
in the medical department Of the St. Louis Uni7er
sity.
In eminent physician has recently discovered that
the nightmare, IN nine ont Of ten, is produced
"lrom owing a bill to the printer"
The Norwak Comm Railroad accident will cost
the New Haven and New York Railroad Co., not far
from 100000. The Company have already paid
those injured, and the relatives Of those killed, uea,
too hundred thousand dollars.
CONVICTION OF kfssANE.-The Cincinnati Com
merca thus speaks of the conviction Of this accom-
phshcd forger:
1.-The most important criminal trial m Ohio is at
length concluded, and VIM. Kissane has, for the Sec
ond time, been found guilty Of forgery BY a Jury OF
his peers. The verdict received in this city and
elsewhere by CALCULATIONS of tbankiuncss. Nothing
hut pity is felt for the unfortunate man whom society
has been forced To exclude from the privileges Of Cit
zenship; but the public heart beats eer that the
centre OF the most dangerous combination OF bad me
IN the Stale has been broken. The seal Of approval
is set upon the press that dared 70 publish the truth
and the popular faith in Courts of Justice is revived
Our social atmosphere is purified by this conflict Of
law with organized yilainy, and the heathful lessons
Of the protected trials will be remembered forever"
WILL NOT GO TO WAR.-Wc find the following
item among the late foreign
Whatever may be the issue of the present Turkish
difficulty. it is the general belief in Paris that the
Emperor will not go to lie is said to have ex-
pressed himself to that effect very recently. The
reasons assigned for this determination are the def
cheney Of the harvest-the large Of paper now
in market in consequence OF the numerous speculaons