The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-04-14
OlssOLUTIoY OF COMPREHENSIVE



There is a book store or book s,all in London,
savs the Athenacum, where the Americans are not
reported 10 De the best customers.
The people Of Concord, n. II. have at last voted
in favor Of city charter.
Resolutions repeating the Slavery and State Rights
resolutions passed some two three sncc and
which we're 80 cbnoxous t. Col Benton, were re-
cent?, introduced into the Missouri Legislature, and
after fierce dtlate we're Laid ON III. table by vote
of - . 50. The Aut-Bcuion papers are loud in
theii eNu.ia'oh over the rcsalt.
The Boston Transcript say. that Baruahas Bates
likely 80 recover. His physician, DE-. Newell,
pron,unces hini out Of immediate danger. lie viii
remain SD hpa-c Of his son-in-!iw ultii his hc.
will enalI, him to return New York, 70 resume
his lab prs in the cause Of cheap oceanic postage.
The British bark Altoona which recent, cleared
from New Orleans Ter Liverpool with large cargo
of cotton arlc orn, fire btow the former place
the 18th, and It was supposed would be totally de-
sioyed.
Gov. Bslcr has signed the bill passed b, the Penn
syiyani, legislature, closing the several trusts OF the
United States Bank, and settling the ut .nen,s OBJ
tanned bv the State against ihe Rank account Of
6,naS. The Bank is t. IA, the State : $50 900 By
closing tn trusts, the Bank get rid # Il large and
useless expense, ali b. compromising thc jul gnents
lay ing against 1t cmovcs ight that would forever
k,cI, it in the dust. The Bank has several hundred
thousand doars worth Of property after paying he
lJJ,VcO haileu, 10 tue >ttLc.
The fcais Of cheap postage in Eng land are asitat
ing in favor of reducing the rates for colonial attors
aad the establishment oi uniform rate, that
siali cost send letter to Bon.a, than IL
will 10 send one to Sicily. large depItatiOn for
this purpose, Lately waited the postage Department.
when several perso represented the hafships f the
preseat rates. Onc stated thai letters hal been re-
tuInod fiom Acsl.aa with rciittanccs IN them sole
T. because the persons to whom they addre sscd
were unable TO open them.
The New Orleans Crescent says tha, the sales of
cotton in that market during the week ending 18th
inst. reached ihc immense amount of 5000 bale.
This is the largest business done in New o.
leans. Fully three millions Of dollars have changed
hands IN the course oil those transactions.
The Panama Star SAYS that the largest pearl in the
world is the possession Of Veto tiisc, Esq. of
Panama. The pearl is much the shape Of an egg,
without single flaw IN its entire formation ia color
II Is what judges consider perfection, and IL weigh
hundred aud Gt, six g aims. IL is valued al So
900.
1t is estimated that the West Kilngsly and " ood-
bury banks, of Connetticrt, had three hundred and
eighty Thousand dollars of their notes IN circulation in
the west at the time they blew up.
The Virginia House of Delegates has passed res
olution directing The Attorney General to prosecute
the appeal in the Lennon case before the Supreme
Court Of \. ork. Ii has also passed bills iniorce
the Oyster Laws, and 10 pro,d ior the payment of
The Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds--the latter being a
Senate bi. confirmed.
Ground has been broken on the Allegheny Valley
Railroad, at Lawrencc,ille, Pittsburg. Mayor
Riddle took mp the fret ,adeuil, and Gov Johnston
made speech.
There has been much excitement IN Cincinnati,
respecting Municipal elections; the Catholics being
reported 10 have taken active measures for division
OF the School Fund. Politics were at "A low ehb, in
view Of this new roli5 ous element N the conflict.
Mr. Neaghcr lcc,ured at Charleston on ST. Paricks
evening. Hiie,niIn Hall was crowded AMI the Ko-
mtn Cathohc Bishop and eight OF his clergy were
among the hearers. Mr. Meagher was warmly re-
ce,ved by the citileos, and about 10 proceed
South to Augusta.
The Cincinnati Enquirer SAYS, Developments in the
Indiana Legislature Indicate that there has been IN
extensive game Of fraud going in the financial de-
par'ment "i that State Examinations show that this
discrepancy amounts TO millions If dollars.
man by the nanc Of Cl,a, les Kinesl,rry. who re-
sided at Dedham, Mass, found on Tuesday
Morning IN the road leading his residence frozen
TO death. lie was slny,c man, 40 years of age and
oil incorporate ha,,its.
There Is an interesting couple in Cincinnati. who
have been engaged To be married Tor the last FIVE wears
but no time has occurred within that period when
they were both out ct prison 1T the same tinic
Henry WicoG, who Was imprisoned at Genoa. for
the abduction Of Miss Gamble, has arrived in Pans,
having becn released after Years inca ccraton.
An freshman on anivin. in this country, took a
fancy TO the Irish girls, and wrote to his wiie .Dcar
Norah: These melancholy lines are TO inform YOU
that died yesterday, and hope you are ENJOYING the
same blessing. recommend YOU to mary Jcmm,
o'Romke, aud take good otihc childer Fron,
your atiectonae husband ill DEATH
Two little girls s'rayed into stable in Boston. re-
Gently, where they applied the contents of n bottle
fonnd there, containing what they thong hi TO be hair
oil. plenll, to their heads. The siticIe proved ~
be deadly poison, ard the heads and faces of the
rrls began to swell IA so fghifuI manner that il is
feared one VIII lose an eye, which hat i'm.
prcgnatsd with the deiiterious liquid.
The Liverpool Mercury says there are l5s ,,,cos
of worship III Liverpool, So Of which are attached
10 the Church Of England, IS to the Disseuters and
IL to the Roman Catholics. There is seat room in
the Protestant, places Of worship for III 753 persons
but the average attendance is ony 63270 Having nm,
occupied room for 5i,oS3. The Roman Catholics
have seat for 1879 persons, and they have An
average attendance Of sS,6I2 persons.