The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-11-24

faE 81 AVE- VS.. THF MAsrER.-A case Of great
iuc.cs' decided in the Covington Circuit Court
Yesterday. We have been at difficulty in OBJ
talair- ,hc acts, which follows:
Sau Norris, a colored man, has been living in
'ovns'o about five years, has married free color
ci wlt+4l and has had by her several child
IL be!onged to a Mr.. J. n. Patton of Virginia,
WIG peIn,,.ted him to come TO Covngion and engage
ia Whatever service he thought proper, condition
fha' SAN would pay him, out Of his earnings si-
ulltcd sltn yer annun, believe, about 500. The
surplus, wtatcver 1t might be, to belong 10 the
slave sam punctua for several years. lie was
..1er and idustrous, and in his humble way very
prosperous. About two years ago Mr.. Patton cnc
West cu visit, and agreed with Sam that il he
would pak him the sum OF $500, within four years,
that hc yu~id give him his freedom. Sam gratefully
accepted the proposal, and Paid down. out Of
hi- hasd earnings, SI35, and has since given his
master some $40 or $50 more.
Patton uoW comes forward TO rescind the contract
aac clam rs slave. The case was yesterday decided
b, 'h Hen Judge PRYOR in favor of Patton. In de-
ifcsin- 's decision, his Honor stated the following
-. Tat the laws of Kentucky recognize but two
modes q Aoelating slaves, by will and by deeds Of
Cnat 'afe.t.on.
81 att slave cannot make a contract.
b. Iaat the contract was eNecutory, and the time
iNel 'or ,hc negros freedom future and contingent.
th Ihnt so long as sam slave, the master
entitled TO his ices, and the money be pat
ton) hda roccived was in law his
The opinion able and elaborate, and the author
5lios and decided. His Honor characterized
the : Of great ha4dsAp and oaohy, and eve
~ in the court seemed TO sympathize deeply
with he poor negro. The case. we understand, has
,cea appeaed TO the Supreme Court of the State Il
Cincinnati Commercial, 22d ult.
LOLA MoNrEz.-A California correspondent gives
"a account Of the recent dongs of Mrs. Patrick =.
Iul. Marie Head, Countess de Lansfedt alias Lola
Mpuiez. she was recently arrested for assault and
battery and heavily fined. Becoming enraged at her
Chinese servant she seized him by his long tail Of
iaic, led II to the door knob, and slapped his rice
lnsstca'in, jaws upIgercinll, She had the poor
fellow Sc ugii,' as be could not jerk loose unless he
sc.ued btlclf. After the preparation of this feat
she qroadAn countess still further " astonshcd the
natives by mining whole day, in n corduroy Bloc
nler c'>iure. To clap the climax of her excenric-
'ies, Lila A. siied for separation from her present
husband, tier union Of but few months and
sought the protection of handsome cabalero. Her
assigned for this course, the correspondent
say, are not for ears polite.-Boston Post.
PAcIrtc RAILRoAD.-A meeting OF the stock
holders Of tlie Pacific Railroad was held Yesterday at
ihs Metropolitan Hotel, when the following gentlemen
were elected Delegates. They among the heav-
as stockholders IN the concera;-Levi 5. Chatleld,
S,niord r. Church, o. Clark, c. $, Woodruff, OF
New fo,k; Cyrus Moore, Maine; George Ashmnn,
MISS; / Butler King, Ga. Alfred Gilmore, Penn. ;
I. NJ Dnon Rhode Island; Robert J. Walker,
Washington; Elon Farnsworth, Michigan; William
Moves, Penn; Jepiha Fowles, Tenn; Thomas J.
Creep, CaLornia; Arson Jones, Levi Jones, w. X,
ID. Ward, Texas; J. VI. Lucas, Mo-; Isaac T..
Holmes, :. C.; n. Il. Green, N. c.; Philip f.
Thomas, Maryland; u. B. spelman, Samuel WACO
mer, Ohio; &. w. Underbill, Arkansas; +. L.
bridge, New Jersey.-New IoIk Tribune, 4th.
The Pous hkeepsie Daily Press says that many
curious questions have arisen touching relationship in
the human family. We have couple Of cases which
think "a Ill puzzle the WISE In this vicinity, two
~idowers married each the daughter of the other
Now any tell us the relationship of the Off
springl'
The Austin (rexas) South Western American says
that OF the branches Of the Blanco "A stream
which rises IN the mountains, thirty miles south
westerly jrom Austin has the singular property Of
epcrusung piece OF wood, when thrown into it, with
covering c.sembling hydraulic cement.
IvERsoS MoNpNENr. Morris Kctchum and
Jonathan eurgis, Esqrs., Directors Of the Illinois
Ceatrsi r r., each recently subscribed one hundred
dollars The sum being raised for the erection of
monunea, to little Knud .yerson, in Chicago, the
s4fas4aho drowned in preference to stealing.
Among The curious strikes of the season is that OF
the female sheep-shearers Of Scotland who not only
announce that they viii not work for less than two
aud sixPenoe day, but threaten to stone any woman
:. 10 works Tor less.