The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-01-20

ro"TzG ORA correspondent. oi the Washing
on L Mon, with TON Bosom, has III. follow Ia .e
ms.ks:
''l'he election comes OF on Monday, January 49,
By-theb,e, this terra comes of , is very much in
vogue among cditois; but ! know rot wh,nce il
C plies. IL appears to he rather awkward Blu, !,
has chtancd too common i1ts 10 be treated Nth
disreSpec; and shall therefore, cavil at it. al
though II c7reret, couii urge variety Of obi.c-
fiJas 10 the t,rrr.
Ne cannot agree with ths writer, in the opinion
that Tie common noioety' + had English is ,eas-
why It shoulI moi be treated 18th disresrect -
N:i~r phrase tlaa this 'conc OIL do not know
~ "id-seiyins place IN decent comfan,
j. is mt on, bad Engli h, used above in the sens
o! come on take place and therefore to Ike s;u.
Giou |, avoided by every writer, who desires thar
what h. writes should be understood bat il is Of
most dIsrc. uibie origin. 1t is rait Of the SIAN II
Tie swell mob of London, and had its first vogne
aiming the iiskpocAets, thieves, hu!ies and p ize-
iioae.s Of that place. Ii never oui have obtained
any currency on thls side Of the water, Tut for the
Al CITATION and ignorance q a certain class of news.
paper Writers VIII copy all the cockney CORFU tons
OF our mother tongue that creep into the Loaton
prints. imagining that whatever novelty come f.om
that quarter mist be eAccednel, smart aad ina--
There is excuse wha'ever Tor int. oGucin- these
denominations iato the respectable English language
writer who has the least regard for his reputation
@ill show them 40 niercy.-Ibos,on Cour.
AusTRALIA.-Thc gold s,o.i les that now reach us
from Australia, just about the size Of the Sc that
first react he'd from Calitrn.a after the first dis.
covegy Of those mines. Some allowance should be
made for their eAu ao.dnay size from the fact tha.
tlesc Australian stories have had travel several
Thousand miles further TO get here than did those
from California, and II is a well known inf nity Of
such reports 10 increase in IN proroii.on to their
distanc. ton home. II .rc : y specimen of one of
theI: "A party OF four men tom Adelaide, turned up
from one hole between breakfast aad dinner $50 lbs
4.
story may have been augmented b. its MAXIM a ni.
lake, and starting round the world the w,ong way
and Consequently had to tavel fifteen thousand miles
q get here instead of nine. 1t Is unnecessary to pre-
dit, that the urive.sa! Yankee nation will soon he
fuly lepi csented thgc. A, present, we hear If one
and then, leter Published in the Iexiny ton.
Mo, lateligencer testiGes. 1t IS signed George E.
Taona-. He says three of theIn one from Missouri
from New \ ok, and another from Name are in
Company, and that the da, yon keep for Sunday i.
Monday here The climate is fret rate, but the flies
almost eat person up. have not seen a tree
plant heb, animal bird, like any in the States
except domestic Plenty If kanraroos and
kangaroo rats, and the like. We arc DONG very we'll
making about AN ounce da, TO the man at present:
we have taken out some days high i've pounds
weight. The mineS, think, arc much better here
than in California. They eAtend across the county
f,r ,ght hundred miles, and the d,ginss will be new
for ten 10 come. The gold lies deeper here
than there. We have TO LAY tax Of 81 50 ger
uooth 10 dig, or even IL be in the m.ncs-lCiai Ad
NJ. J. Fl. Halves, a resident Of OH village has
JUS, received a atent Lon newly invented Caien.
dar Clock. which is beyond all doubt veiy cunsen.
len, aud Ingenious Mtic'e. The clock will ian for
one yeat MiIhou, Winding or setting, and in addition
10 It's value a correct time piece, its calendar ex-
h,bits the month, the day OF the month, the day Of
the week, and the wear.
The machinery 4 the clock i, simple, and lis
movements uictiy accurate. Its designation of
,he day of the month is surprising For the monlhs
haylnI but 80 days IL denotes that number AMI so
for 81 days, while for February tponts to only %,
'exce,t flr leap wear go We understand the in.
ventor and other gentlemen OF village attend
immediately 10 enter upon the manufacture OF these
clocks upon n large scale. There is money in The
invention, and are glad citizens are entering
upon the rreject.--IIthaca Advertiser.
AREMARXABLE MAS.--At a temperance meet.
ing held in Alabama, about years ago, Col. Leh.
Ina,ousky, who had been twenty thee wears i, the
armies Of Sapoiean Bonai arte. addressed the meet.
icg. lie rose before the audience, tail, erect and
vi sorous, with glow OF hea!h upon his check, aud
said:
"You see beiore YOU a man seventy wears CID. I
have fought fwp horod 5aaiesj have io, teen wounds
On my body. have lived thiTt, DAYS On horse flesh
with the bank Of trees for my bread snow and ice for
NV drink, the canopy of heaven for my covering.
with III, Stockings OF shoes my feet ana onl, few
rags for chahing. Ia the desert OF .Eg,it, have
marched Tor DAYS win burning upon ~, naked
head; feet bstered in the SQUEEZING sand and with
eyer, nostrils and mouth filed with dust and win
thirst sMmeniing, that have opened the vein. ON
my arms aud sucked my own blood Do Van
ask how vived all these horrors. answer tia,
under the Providence OF God, owe my p,ese,yation
my health and vigor, Ia this tact, that acrer dram
drip Of spirit. " 10. uor my he; and Continued hs
Baron Larry, chief SUI gcon If the French arm, has
stated ID fact that the six thousand survivor. wh
safely unncd from Egypt, were all Of them ma,
who abstained from ardent d. inks.
TIE NEw Motive PowER.-The epo;n. os
the new cslo,ic ship has been tried in New York =,
the dock, and the test appears 10 have been highIv
satisfactory. The rhip will be completed in two or
three weeks.
COUNTRY GIRL, coming in from the fields. WA.
<,h hy ber cousin that she looked as fresh as a..
kissed yith dew. 'Well, il wasn't any fellow -
shst name, bi Bill jones' that kissed me- and cou.
found his picture, told him every body would end
him out.
A New CorS.-Calil9rna fifty cent gold p;cc..
"a tiny little coin--have pade their appearance
On one side 10 head surrounded BY thirteen stars
on the other wreath with the words, "Half Dollar
--Califoruia Geld"