The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-01-06
NO. XXXVIII.s

foa now constructing, is to be 1910 feet in l7iioth.
It's area at the widest space within the lines of tie
sonry will be about "a feet, and the Spring Of the
arch viii b. TO feet from the crow. of the arch Tie
arch itself OF the Tunnelwi lie rather OF an oval
form, one Of the most beautiful cufvatures which
Comic Sections can afford. The greater part of tha
vast afcned excavation viii he ihaid with strong
and substantial! masonry. More than half tins ma
sonny will be composed Of sandstone well laid in hy-
dfau!Ic cement; and the remainder Will he hard lp ne
brick The whole masonry will DE % inches thick
The Tunnel passes the Aleghsry mountain in So.
gar Run Gap, and lies pa,tly in Blair, and partly in
Cambria Couaty.
Taking into consideration he length Of the rnunel
and its interior breadth, and The quantv and sodty
oi ITS masonry. II may be regarded as .he largest
work OF the Kind IN the United States. About 400
men ere employed upon IL.
The contractors whe accomplishing this great
work are J. Rutcr s. Som perhaps the most emf
nen' Tunnel contractors IN the ccantry. They are
inea oi ultiri5 elorgy and of tc utmost resolution
Judgment, enterprise and shrewdness-and wiihal
gentlemen IN every sense OF Tie wprd.-IN. L. Trib.
Mr.. WEBSTER AND THE FARMEE.--The
New fo X Times relates the following anec,ote of
Mr. Webster;
Sonn years since Mr.. Webster started ofr f,om
Marshicd ON troutng expedition to Sandwich.
a n,ighbosin, town on Cage Cod. On ap,,roa ching
iae sr,ean he aighted from his wagon, and lust
then he mt the owner Of tn farm, whose stream
u. w DtSer,
rs there any trout hcre!' ..Wc - saws the f,i mer,
''so3ie peo;;!, fish here, bat don't know hat they
do get" 'i'l throw my line in,'' says Webster,
land see what there is
Webster walked the banks Of the stream trying
his Ia k and the old fl,,net followed him. Soon
Webster remarked, -'You have bog on YOUR
ialm." "1es," SAYS tho armer, ''that amt the
woss! Of it," Fishing s,ill fn ther along, Webster
says, "You have plenty Of mu>quitoes here"
- Yes he replied .'that aint the worst of it,
Webster still kept trowing his line into the deep
pools, and then said, y ou have lieniv Of brars
here" 'Ne<,'' says the farmer. .and that amt the
worst OF It," Nj. Webster, getting somewhat dis.
couraged IN hot August day, bitten by nosui;oes,
scratched y brars, and Mt ,a'siag single i,h,
coppcd his nod and 81 d she didn't believe thec
it," SAYS the fimer. .Wcp,' SAYS M- Wrl.ter.
81 woui Ike io know u.t { tte D1rst ,s2" "Ihre
any tvc,' saws .l.e fl nar. Nj. Webster
enjoyed the joke and clt-a told it to his ra,ticuar
friends.
1t costs bu: little to live in Knoxville, Tennessee,
as thc following i,e-cm,ent fom Parson Brown.
lows paper, Of the 20th rl'. fully shows:
Our produce ma, ket is 'uii, owing to the abund-
ant suprl,. Com ljc; F!ou, 2 p cwt; Oats I2.:
Beef. hesh, 2aG3.; Batter l2e; chickens sGloei
la keys 25@30 Green Ar les %; Swe,, and
lush potat,es So, and attendant these prices--
Never had we liner and nare abaadant c.oTs il this
segtian."
tn. 81 Lons inielIi 5cncer s,ipozcs the Minnpsota
p.o Il oaht 10 b. very dc :iros uf rliiroad counec-
ton with iha Sou.h.-IChic. Dei,. Psess.
GREAT OYSTER TRADn-Ia ilustl alton Of the
extent to which item Of trade between Baltimore
AM the West has advanced, and that an item, too
which has not been Considered Of Commanding n,-
portance, we may mention that oil largest
and most enerp siny rms in the oyster trade is now
torW arding daiy t. the West, b., wav Of the Pal,.
more and Su>quehtnna Railroad and ihc Pcnnsyiva.
MA Improvements tiga tins cf oysters in cars. The
opera ions ot this concern comprises the opening
Of $500 bushels per day, aivn, constant eIpoymen.
to l5o men and toys.-(B Bal,. Am.
SHORT AND EASY RouTEs.-Extract of a let
ter from North Swansey, Mas. 'The people in this
State anticipate great Improvements IL tiaveng.--
There Is petition IN circIstion asking the County
Commits to straiten and shorten The read that
leads from Rehohnrh village Ia the De,ri's Pond.
Still sfoi itcr-Therc Is one IN contemplation ask
ing tha Leyi a;lic TO iepeal t.,e Maine Law thiuk
the latter viii b. the shortest oute."-tR. /. Temp.
Adv.
A SIGSIrIcASr FAcr-Although several hun.
drcd persons died Of cholera in Rochester during the
past Summer, /, is stated by tha Rochester Journal
mar Of the members 0! the different temper
ance societies Of that CRY included in the NUN.
Der.
An Irisl. gentleman, rcsiden; IN Canada, WIS de.
sirous Of pei suadipg ms. 10 as backwoosls.
men instead Of ftterlg away their conscientious in
Injuries and ica>uics ana. i.s champ sne cos's in
America something mote thai a dollar l. t,I.
whene, = IA old gentleman ,aw his suns ,aise the
bright spa' hin. wine ~ their lis, be used h,,nor.
ously to exe lam - thcm--s'Ah my boys, there goes
an ac.e u laad. trees as,d as,''
NEW TEsRIroRirs- Notice has ALREADY been
given in Cons:css, Of bills ID sanize the Territory
OF Pla,tr. west Of the Mississippi, and to divide
Oregon 'Eer'iio! by the Columbia river
lows --The Miners Express is firmly Of the
opinion that Gen Jones i'll receive the c.,c,m nom.
ati,u at Iowa CITY, fm tc-elcction TO the u. s..
Senate. The Herald (Duluqne) il. as firmly con.
yinced that III, Generals c.aii,s uron the democracv
" II! not be recognized.
From LACE SuPIRIoR.--Iet.ess from Eaph
Iiabor, Lake Superior, bearing cate Nov. ~, sreak
in high terms Of the rospr,ty e the mines in that
vicinity. NJ. Hin, Of the Copper Fails mine. has
struck an eno lode said 10 be fout teen feet *
width, liing handsome OF iich sbas,el ard
stamp wo,k At the Northwest mine there had tecn
ST Ike and soft Of riot among the ninc in copse.
quence cf some regulations the at Of the
Supcrin:ndcut bn q,iet finally restored, ,,.d
the mi ,csunad their wnik uuder the new o. der
Of thimgs This mine, IT. well rs the Dana NafivS
Copper and Summit. is said to i,e i1lkis re,aa, kab.v
neh.-lN. y. TIib
TnoMAs's PnrpIcrIoS- Thomas u..
IRE, u ing one OF his fi,s, anacs rel son wSo was
engaged on the work .i,h him, asked what be ehesld
81, about the weather opposite tai N week n
July. Thomas h,IncFnrssiy or peeyishlv reY iisd.-
"Ihundr, hal and ,n ~ slt ut diwn and
printed; and it haF end that it di thuncet, hull
and SNOW at the vey time. This fo r,late prediction
raised the almanac maker in the stiastion of many
and made his almanac the 10. uar in America.
-LA,vine.
The BeIyi,ere Standard says tha, shout 500 men
vii lie ke at work al ~intr on he Belot branch
of the Chicago and Galera Rs.oai. We unies.
stand i, is the intention oi ting Madison and Hsht
companyip tho same conneston-to put tlieir vs.sd
under contact immediately 10 he conn ted hy the
6,s, Of January, 1854. II Madi.oa fails 30 ssf 8
rail oad som among all those psolccied p ths p1iot.
ii will be queer.
THE Snow Is Nova ScorA.--By thc HaIifax
raTers, n,tee that heavy falls of so6As have ra
ken place III val ious Parts n the province. So vio-
lent was the torn on tho Gath of November, that
the tergraEh line between Amherst aAi Saeksil.c,
distance OF only nine mice, vas broken in sixty
places. Snow has facn to the depa If four fcs, op
a level IL P,stca. e. ssz5f -