The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-10-13

pericncc IN teaching, however, should Afford sous,
preparation for a judicious choice Of iext books
The oiect IN the selection and Tecommen 81 1r 10.
books il secure thuse that will lest subser;e F.
cational purposes. After a careful exaniaa.ion Ind
comparison, | would recommend to be U.s. r. ma
schools Of the Territory c. w. Sanders N y Sere.
of School Readers and Spelling Book; Ira Ma,he-s
Practical s. stem Of Book Keeping; s. a. Mirt. 'e
Biographies and Peton's Out Line Maps and sew:
McCiinock and Cooks Latin and Greek Boz. ".
II. W oodbury's German Books; Louis soae l~'-
" French Course
This subject win receive farther attentlon aocor.
ding to its demands. T.. w. MERRiJl
Sup't of Common 4oos.
ST.. ANTHONY, Oct s, 1853.
DEATH OF THE Hon. JAMES Mex y--Tbs
telegraph informed day or two since Of .Le asas
Of Hon. Mr.. MCKAY, of North Carolira. hong
leading and influential Democratic memtsr ii tic
House OF Representatives. in which body ~ gooJ
round sense and political and personal int e, &C..
CURED for him enviable reputation as ,a idc,a1
and public man. and we deeply regretted to hea. o.
his decease. We find, in exchange, the T. To srs
notice Of this event:
Mr.. Mckay abou, sixty yea, Of age. an5 va,
of the lrieh Scotch race, who were among ihc atiy
settlers Of North Carolina. He was a toll fag..
honed man, slow Of speech and Of mod,rae ta'rr.r
but distinguished for honesty Purpose ger good
sense and indomitabe perseverar,. He b.ioC,-s 10,
the old school of North Carolina STATE Rights BEN.
ocrats, of which old Nathaniel Macon of he ,i1.r
OF Jefferson and Madison, a consp icuous ,. ,-
and sample. That school was always opposed e. s,-
travagant public expenditures. "a national bar . ..
tectve tariff and internal improvements. 81 l.
Kay was .or eighteen years a member Of til i,..s
Of Representatives in Congress, namely, fom 80
to lS43. He was Chairman Of the Commute ~
Ways and Means at the time Of the passa &c Of th.
present tariff Of 1876 He acted the time under
the advice Of Robert J. Walker, the Secret. Of a.
Treasury, and showed considerable skill AMI per.r.
verance in carrying through that difficult measnrc
Mr.. Mckay resided at Elizabeth, the count se, a.
Baden, N. c., and from his excellent private chsfc-
ter, enjoyed an extensive popularity.
An oldashioned sounding board Of huge diuen.
sons was suspended the pulpit Of one % tn.
churches Of neighboring city, iy means of re7o
that passed over pulley, and was behaved nnder 4
seat in the gallery. This seat was occupied /, =
SAILOR, on one OF those su'try Sabbaihs in Aagu.t
when Morpheus is 40 apt to unbiddcn AM
spread the mantle of sleep careless worsh pp.t
The clergyman, who had been sea-captain, was u.
iustratins some docinai point by nautical aecdo,e
while Jack, iuled into a state OF semconsc iousnoss
by the monoonous humid Inn Of the preache, voice.
WAS .agning himself to be again aAoai OF the b.
som OF his iavorite element. The minister s,ur,
was approaching its climacteric, his incrcasia err
nesness had already awakened a large par III ME
DeInJ
great dramatic power Suddenly, Jack in his -.snis
was startled by wha; appeared be the cha f. quick
command of his superior-''Sian by TO et - lc;
go there! He sprang to his fee confused tli l.if
awakened, and seeing nothing else 10 'let " cast
off the line by which the sounding board wa, .r.ra-
ded. "Aye, aye, sir, all gone" Down WI 1,.a re-,
heavy sounding board, and the minister du Sc' "a,
head under the pulpit, jus, in season to save himself
from being exiinsuishe!
Macauy in letter which is published in ti- new
edition OF Lord Mahan's History of England I-,s-ss
his firm conviction that Sir Philip Francis A.t lhs
author OF the Junlus letters, and that tbs a,-n,s
winch go to prove that he was remain strass
before they had been attacked by the adyocat a h.
er opinions.
AT a special meeting Of the Grand Lodge cd Free
hasons, held last Monday even NJ in New Y "a the
olio"in! sums we're approp, iatei for thc ',e o.
their suffering brethren Of New Orleans and ,i,5-'a
81 900 TO the former and $500 10 tn, latter -,h.ch
to be immediately transmitted to IT, Grand
Lodges OF Louisiana and Alabama.
Thackery 5 new novel, entitled The New-c,e,o-s.
or the Memoirs of most Respectable FAINT h-s
been bought by the lIarpers, anl will appea Dr. SIM
cessive numbers OF their Mag azine commence suh
November.
"Don't &C, So, Isaac, DEAR said Mrs. Patirz.on.
as Ike raising particular thunder about the ,A-
en and throwing every thing mic confusion i, q VIVA
attempt TO find his bail. "People by'n by VII ss-
you are non pompous mentis, az they did alb r,. ~
MIR. Smith-the doctor SAYS Won Of the r, li,,,
sanguinary temperature, and heaven knows aat YOU
would do If II should have tendency to the head
perhaps you'd die OF a suggestion Of the brain
"Col. w. is fine looking man, amt hel'' SAID a
friend Of ours the other day.
EYES," replied the other II was taken .or nm
once"
"You! why you're ugly as sn'
al don't care for that, was taken for him BY The
sheriff"
Chambermaid-I heard you wanted help, m m.
LADY, do: have you any recommendation
Ma'd-fes'm-'he gentleman with whom las;
lived SAID was great deal better housekeeIe- thsa
his wife, and that could act the "lady' oearl, As
well, and
Lady-But why did you leave the place,
Maid-Because you see his wile--my misiress---
got little jealous, only because she saw her tnsLari
squeeze my hand and Kiss me; and that IL only
reason left my place.
Lady-,Mss, have altered my mind. 1 s a.
my own chamber work.
Some poor youth wrote the following:
GA little glove strs up my heart tides ST., ~ the
And snow white muslin when il fits makes u.n- p
curious notion;
sorts Of femaIe-hxens thrill my soul as the to-
But, little lady, gaicr boots are death and -o'.ia
shorter"
In addressing the court and bar on the ica b f
young lawyer, TO whom he strongly atact 3, dc
late Mr.. Webster said: ellis race was sho . if
short it was, he lived long enough to d, .,bt
some of us who Older have failed TO do an
the tears fell as be spoke-"he lived long enou,h
achieve religious character
Some exchange paper illustrates the advan, lcs d
the"division Of labor" By the following anect 5.e.
A certain preacher holding forth TO 8 saH'e
what wearied congregation, when he lifted ra .
eyes TO the gallery and beheld youngster pelt he
hcln hche DumIulc