The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-04-07

We have received the March number of Kea,etiv's
Western Review AMI Counterfeit Detecior; publ shed
at Psttsburg. Pa, at Il per annun, in advance This
is an invaluable companion for business mcn, and
should be in the hands of every one who prc,ends TO
receive rags for money. We arc in favor of the
Constitutional currency, gold and silver, only: but
while paper is permitted circulate as money, would
advise onr readers to keep at hand Kennc,ys Coun-
tcreit Detector.
MADISON ANDPRAIRIE DU CHIEy RAIL ROAD
CoMrAyY.-Thc Stockholders met in Prairie H..
Chen the 18th ul and elected niue Directors. as
follows: II. L. Dou:man, +. w. Brishois, T. A.
Savage, E. w. Pclton, s. A. Clark, John Thomas
Wiram Knoulton, Alonz, Peton, /. p. Per,ct Gen
III. The Crawford County Courier SAYS '.tho Beard
VIII m !oubtedy take measures t, the RICH, of
way from Madison To this place. aad commence at
this end of the route carly in the Spring"
That's right,--go ahead; and when the cars reach
the Mississippi from the East, we hope another will
be in readiness West of the river to bring the freight
and passengers to Minnesota. In few short wears
aud the closing opening of NAVIGATION will be
quite uaiinportant.
THE RIvEE.-The Mississippi has many pcculi-
arltes about it. one of which is that the ice always
breaks up on some important day, generally about
the time Of the opening of navigation. Last year
the ice went out the day of the election for the
adoption or rejection of the Maine Liquor Law, and
materially contributed to make that law unconstitu.
toaal. This year it went the first Of April
"a
ans from Fort Smelling played at the Court House in
the evening.
OREGoS-In a letter just received in this city
from Oregon, the writer, after speaking in the most
favorable terms Of tn, beauty, healthfumess and gen
c:ai advantages OF the country, says
We have sent ont from Oregon during the past year,
an inmcnsc number IF cattle hogs sheep and fowls
besides flour, bitter cheese, g. owing 10 the h;eh
prices IN Ca'itoiua, while the imm grafton has poured
INT" our country by thousands, not to say tens of
thousands, 50 that we are almost threatened by
lan,re Wheat is Sc 90 T. bushes, corn 81 90,
l"i hte OF either in the market. Flour is $40 90 y
barrel; beef lSc y ID; pork 25@30 U ID; chickens
81 90 each; eggs 81 25 Y dozen; butter 81 OOv
pound.
ERATA-ln our last issue were mistaken in
the location Of NJ. kellogg & Co.'S warehouse, it is in
the building recently occupied by Spencer Ki,kpa-
rick & Markley.
For the Pioneer.
SIR: Please inform me through the medium of YOUR
paper whether ST. Paul Was named b. Protcstants
Catholics. Yours,
PROTESTANT.
We refer "a Protestant" to the last number OF the
Mlnnesotian; ii is medium through which history
Of 81. Paul, from its first settlement n, to las, Frd,v
night, can be oitained.-[ED. PIONEER.
GONG AHEAD.-The Directors of the Mad;so,
and Prairie du Chen r. X. Company met in this
place last Saturday, and elected rhs following officers
Col. III. l.. Dousnan, President
b. w. Brisbois, Treasurer
E. z. Wood, Secretary.
i Piairie du Chen Cour.
lh9 steamer Milton, from PITTSBURGH 70 Iouis
viir,'on the Ia Ut near Marietta Ohio t,1k FIRE
and burned 10 the water edge. She had on board
at the tne valuable cargo Of dry goods The p,s
Sen.ess ana Officers If the b ~ we've all rescued
The wife Of Alfred Tenny SON, tn, poet, siuned the
,inons address Of the Ladies' If Enslnd t. the l,jir,
OF America, on the subject Of American slavery
so. also. did the wife OF Charles Dickens.