The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-07-14

town, and the severity Of the cement settled the
question that there should be open war. Aud when
the sun OF the day Of Bunker Hill down, there
was longer ground for any other basis of settls-
inent, than that OF independence. Boston Post.
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QUEBEc, 10Th June 1853.
SIR,-As mate OF the brig Theron, Of North
Shields, have 10 inform yon Of the loss Of Captain
John Preston, late master Of said ship. Capt. Pres
ton had not le the ship since Tuesday last, the 7th
inst. about 6 .. III.
The ship rounded Point Levi on Wednesday morn
ing, and brought up at Patrick's Hole at IL a. M
AT hafpast one next morning two Of the crew de-
serted the ship, taking the boat with them. Tho
boat was subsequently picked up by the river police
and restored to the ship. Having lost the Two men,
the captain proposed to give 30. additional wages
The remainder oi the t. take the ship home,
which they willingly agreed to.
Captain Preston retired to his bed last night, ex.
pressing the great annoyance he felt at the desetion
OF part Of his crew.
The ship being ready TO proceed to sea, called
the captain TO get up early this morning as il was
about time to get the ship under weigh. called re-
peatedly, but receiving no answer, put my hand
the bed the cabin being dark from the deck load he
was not there-hls clothes all on beard and the
slippers which he always used were in their usual
place alongside his berth. Every possible search
was made Tor him by myself and crew without sue.
cess. Having probably occasion 10 60 on deck
during the night, and the ship having on her deck
load, think captain Preston have fallen over
board. l am, sir, your obd't. serv't
WILLIAM ARTS Master
in charge of brig Theron, If Shields.
10 a. Hawkins, ESQ, Shipping Master, Quebec.
RIvER NEws.-Thc Falls CITY is resting in a
disabled condition IA the foot If Ranneraasset's Is
land.
sudden squal! visited her between one and two
O'Clock on Friday afternoon, and made a perfec,
wreck of her from the wher ihouse to her extreme
nd la.i,a
are completely shattered. Those wko were on board
At the time, estimate that II wiil To repair an
PIT her in good condition as she was before from
81 900 to IS 900.
Mrs. Frost, OF Madison, n. Hampshire, now in
her hundred'h year, IS knitting a par of woolcn
stot Kings for the exhibition n New York.
Three Companies have l-f Frank fort, Kv, for
California, overland. by NAY OF indruend ence One
of them takes along 400 head OF cattle.
II is said that twice a. much coffee az tea is CON-
scrned in the Uni:ed States. while in Great Britain
the tea consumed Is about double the quantity oC
coffee.
The attempt to make 1annel dumplings has been
abandoned, the inventor having tuned his attention
to leather oyster knives.
young thief who charged the other day with
picking pockets, demu,fed to the Indictment, s'ior
that he had never picked pockets but had always
taken them JUS, as they CAME"
grass, has been found CREST obstruction t the nav
iga,on OF the Ohio Canal upon it. northern section
Last year 1t was and removed from the nal
three times, "A. IA heavy expense. 1t prevents the
flow Of the water from level to another.
\. p. TALLMArGE.-Th Washington County
Blade, speaking oi this genilenan's recent spiritual
revelations A friend acquainted with the facts
tells Us that Mr.. r. has several hundred pages Of
what purports 10 be the writings Of the spirits Of
Webster and Calhoun, equal in all respects to any,
thing they ever said or wrote while in the flesh!
The obsequies OF Gen. Riley were celebrated on
Saturday IN becoming manner. The military turned
ont IN uli iurce, bestow'ng upon the iustrOus dead
the customary honors. The procession was long and
proved how general is the regret Of community at
the loss ii has sustained. md thus ends the chief
iain's careeT.--[ Buffalo Elk.
Scotch philosopher, on hearing Of the perform
ances of the Distin brothers, said ''nae could
max him believe that ave parsons PLAYED on Sor
horns."-t Diogenes.
How can swallow door! BY boiling it.
Why is a ovejoyed like the river Dee on fire!
Because he is d,Gghted.
SErrLEMENT.-Says Tom to Joe, "Iye dis
missed my servant"
"D;scharged, you meant to have raid,'' remarked
Joe.
.No, sir, there is no difference between the terms
they are synonomoUs.
"Wel ihen," added Joe, "Il Just dismiss that
small deb, owe vou, aud well call it discharged"
Painters W.T.. The New York Star emi,s
the following beam:
A correspondent entered an office and accused the
composl;er Of not having panctuated his commuuica
ton correctly, when the typo earnestly replied
''I'm nc; poin;er--l'm a setter.'
A Coon OLD JoKE-"IIow did YOU sleep les.
night?' asked an anxious lady Of a new lodger.
''Why madan, If the inmates Of your house were
only democrats, should have been taken out Of bed'
''N no do you nean!'
"1hc fcas to be Union il strength isa
they been unanimous, they could easily have carried
uie off,
~ was not aware that had single one in the
house." said the andady.
81 don't believe you have,' retorted the lodger,
"they all married, aud have uncommon largo
families
A Coop SroRY.-John Bunvan, while in Bed.
ford Jail. was called npoa BY a Quaker, desrous Of
mahn a convert Of him.
"Frend John, have come To thee with message
from the Lord, and, after having searched for theo
in all the prisons in England, am glad have found
thee at last"
s.lf the Lord had sent you,'' returned Punyan,
"you need not have taken much pains to bnd me
out, for the Lord knows have been here these
twelve years"
live Sea Tiger, weighing l45 pound. and u,eas-
urng feet inches IN length, captured at Sand
Point, L. l., recently.
"Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Thomas Hastings, ac-
compan;ed by his Newfoundland dog, noticed child
PLAYING on a canal boat. The lt.e girl WA running
on the boat her foot trpped upon pole and she Tell
into the river Hastings called the attention OF the
dog to the girl in the water. and the noble animal
sprang ovei board, caught hold Of her clothes, and
succeeded in buoyns her up until she was rescued..-
Albany Argus.
Allen w. Bowen, asra: Of ihe Western Railroad,
a, Shaker Village Sis.ioa, West PI.sHsid. Mas.
w.s killed on Tuesday ncrnicy BY eens crushed b.