The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-10-20

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A letter from Buenos Ayres, in the New York Times
relates some instances uf horrd cruelty perpetratc
oy Gen. Urquiza, previous 10 his fight. One in
stance was that Of Donna Martina Pampo vile of ID
Marino Romar, who wrote letter to ar officer name.
CaPaco advising him to leave the ranks Of Urquiz,
and join those Of the legal Government. Cs,,aco
who had been fed and clothed by the lady, when b,
was IN great poverty, pretended favor her wishes
out at The hrst opportunity betrayed her Cruuiza
who ordered her nstan, arrest, and need her
receive 300 lashes, and proceeded in person. accom-
panie BY Lagos, his colleague, to see the senenc.
executed he victim was led out, stripped entire
OF her clothing and placed in the midst of the squad
ron OF soldiers assigned 10 nfiict the punishment,
| he cries and agony OF the wretched woman at &c
exposure so much more horrible to her than death it.
sen, mad no effect upon her hcnrtless executoners.
before the stripes were oue-fourrh inflicted she had
ia an,ed from loss Of blood and shortly after he was
apprlsed tha; the sueings of the poor wretch were
terminated. She was dead. With an excess Of in.
human ty which is almost incredible, the monster Or
dered The remaining number of strpes to be inflicted
upon the corpse, and finally left the spo:, orbidding
the removal Of the remains.
! THE AMERICAN SplRIr.-The annexed para
graph from the New York Times speaks the senti.
ment of the American people:
Let, then, our brave commanders lay their ships
alongside the vessels Of every land and DECLARE in
tones that sha u be heard over the civilized world ne
who has been baptized wuh the name Of American
heenan,-no matter where born, how condemned
or by whom claimed us sacred as the hag that floats
over u.s. That dee eliation revivts ding hopes.
cheers sinking hearts, and aises the hand If oppres-
sion Brother Jonathan may stand with his hands
IN his pockets and talk about non-interyem,jon ill
dooms day; declaring ne hasn't done nothing, and
aoesh mean 10 10 noih'ng,' Il ne will only tell his
Ministers and Commanders abroad TO sax, in every
court and poet the globe, what that eaan, little
Corvette through hee decks cleared for acton and her
loaded cannon, dared to say IN the Bay of Smyrna.
Profound statesmen may of National piopriet,
and saeiy, insisting hat the great maxim LEFT by
washington wa+ Keep what YOU have got, get what
you can, and help no bodv.' Snch condnct and such
language form the Ioudest protests mer--pro-
tests that reach not only the oi raonarchs, but
the hearts Of the people.
RATHER AwKwARD.-The Evening Post nor.
ces piracy committed by H4rpers Magazine upm
Putnam, which may brug the pruprieors of the for
mer into trouble. The statutes of The United Ststes
Contain provisions against literary cribba getc the
effect that person persons " no publish a coyv
right work shall pay the OF fifty cents Tor each
number SO published to the legal owners Of the copy
right, &c Harper for September contains a stor,
entitled ''Uncie Bernard's Story which was orisi-
naly published in Putnam's Monthly for juno, duly
copyrighted and paid fer, and the Harpers Ia re-
printing IL, have made themselves liable to ihc .ua
ty Of the act TO which We have referred II j. said
on the cover Of their Magazine that l25 900 copies
OF the number have been issued, which tt 80 cents
each, will entitie Mr.. Putnam aud the United States
together, TO about S62 900 This il "a large sum -.
but not larger than 80 bourishng periodical Har-
pers can we'll afford.
Reader, 60 you know what writing for a nevspa-
per means!
! Il means writing in haste, against the ncIinaton,
without Opportunity Tor reflection. corpcupss or
csiau"e to get info, nation. IL means dressing for
bali IN The dark; gaming a picture with single
brush Ter all CO lors answering questions Of fact from
imagination. Ii means attempting The iinpos ihe,
aud making tooi> believe ,ou have done il. Worse
than thstworst Of ALL i,neans writing quantity IN
stead Of quality, dung TASKS Of fragrant with
aiis oi tastel'rs wafer; passing of hollow tubes for
the bars Of solid metal u s. Review.
NOVELETTE, f flowing novel mode Of nrovin,
ones identity. we copy from the ST. Louis RrpuD-
licau:
a gentleman, a stranger in Ibis city, Few dAvs
since presented dlat, CHECK the Of one
at our counting houses, payable TO -- II
say John Jones or order. The teller looked OF hin
moment, and stated in The politest manner lhat he
had 40 doubt II was al right. but n he didn't know
him reference would be required before it vas
ca>bed.
"1ere poser. NJ. Jonrs an entire stranger
IN the city, he wanted the money, and going 70
leave that afternoon He assu % The gem ciaan " ho
stood behind the counter that the whole matter was
correct, and that he couldn't leave without tin fac,
he said he strapped. The teller, howsyeY WAS
incxofahe, and said he couldn't depart Iron, the
rules of he establishment, and that his persoGA iden-
tty must be proved. Al this isis, Nj, J. after rub
bDg his head loi some time, suddenly exclaimed Il
can do IT, and AZ the same time commenced ml,tt
tonng his vest and II he inling OF eye IN boi
Ron letters, the botfDm oi ms shist bOsunl, hc
displayed To the eyes Of the astonished clerk, John
Jones, Ne. 8
"rhc identity sufficient, and it is needless tc
the check Cashcd instantly"
Practical PrrY.--Stephen Girard the wealthy
American banker, walking one day near hi.
back in New York, when he q owd of well
dressed people surrounding a woman who VAS crying
bitterly. Oa enquiring What the matter, he Was
informed that a woman had just landed from Am emf
grant ship, ii'endcs aud without money! ms infor
ant adding "iow | do piiy her." Several other
gentlemcn repeated 'tPoor creature, how ry herr
Grard at remarked 10 each Of these commise.
rating Christians, $50 Won pity her. So 10 pity
her Now. how much do YOU pity her! pity her
ten dollars, you pity her ten dollars, you pity her fse
dollars Won pity her one doliar'' thus he addressed
himself by turns TO all, until the result Of the 'piy'
at first So iayi>hy expressed IN 'Ooyds, pile o
substantial dollar 'pties.' which enabled the poor
woman proceed rejoicing her way.--Col. Sleigh
Pine Forests and Clearl,gs
Wt~DrALL FOR a CLERGYNAN.-The Rev.
Mr. Chwsoa Of the Methodist Protestant Ch,nr n,
says the unioutown (Pa) DeDocrat VINO, in rpanv
his eccentiIcites, is m heir Ia estate in Eng land
valued one million dollars, Mr.. C., was very poor
and has had struggle thus far with large and de-
pendent family The estate 10 him hy his life,
and the business is completely settled up that he
can draw the amount through hankers either at New
York Philadelphia. lie is travelling through a
circui, near CsFhsbarg, III Western Virginia.
/ DASSERous CRA2y.--On Thursday. a man
was seen seize little sou of the Rev r. w. Pat
terson, al the foot Ct Van Buren, rtrect and ihfou
him into the ke. But for German woman WIN
was 70, tunatey nesr and rescued the thid he wouid
have been dr0v ned. The man proved to be CAY,
and said he was commissi0ntd 4 to drown all the child
ren be could. He is stillat large.--Chicago Dem.
RAILROAD DAMAGLs.--The Camden aud Ar7-
boy Railroad have compromised with the Rev. James
Purvianoe. Of Mississippi, vino with his wife aad
child were injured in the fearful collision of on
their road on the 9Th of August, by paying him TO-.
900 damages. Mr. Pmvisnce's foot shgn,y
hurt, his daoghter's thigh broken and his lady bady
hui, in the hips.--GaIena ADV.
HoroRAsLv DyscRAEGEp..>1t viii be rpn,ern.
bened that Postmaster named Eaton, ~ss rscsa,y
arrested on a charge Of taking money Cut Of letters,
b.t ,,assed throuSh the Post Office AZ He nr sha,ry