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

! 40 acre warrants 81 80
IThompson's Reporter.
! FREE TRADE AND DIREcr TAxArIov.-Ir
/ the L. S. House OF Representatives on tn. 18Th ut
! MIR. Charles, Of Ohio, offered amendment TO /:
larit bill then under consideration PROV dng for
direct tax Tor The support of the governments and q
total repeal Of the present Revenue law.
! SHoEMAK1vG BY MACHINERY "A Bridrcwa-
ter correspondent OF the Plymouth Memorial gives
the following account If the progress OF stitching by
machinery:
Last week we saw in operation what VIC never
happened to meet with bet,fc-a sewing machine. -
! The saw has lately been brought into the
place, and Is used for stitchin, shoes. We under
stand that these machines becoming quite com
mon, establishment il Abingdon makes use OF no
less than six. 1t is said tina, an operator with the
machine viii stitch in a day than times the
amonnt Usually accomplished 10y 'sttcher.' and that
the cost is materially reduced. The machine did
the work very neatly, and far very thor
oughly.'
! CRY ExrRAvAGANCE.-The cxtrava yance The
CITY, and the people OF the city going into, OK
cCcds thing IL prev ous history. Costly ho,s-
OF 5000 and 100, 900, with furniture, mirrors
carpeting, pictures, trescoes, &c, to match, not
uncommon, but there dinners. Scess ttes dress
cs, e.. To match
We hear of balls the ras, week, in which dian onds
ana crcla.ls were worn worth 80 900, on the per-
Thousand dollar dresses not uncom;m,n.-
Dinner parties spoken of hen ladies appear in
cloak. embroidered with pearls, Sc. What are we
coming to!--IN. Y. Express.
SMALL BlLLs.-By our ,elesrcfh dispatch it will
be seem that Mr.. DEMO has Introduced "A bill into
the Legislature to prevent the circulation of smal
bills. Small bills and specie circulate Il ecy
together The rags will drive out the 'pewter,' the
latter perhaps, being ashamed to be seen with the
former. We tormcsl, had law to prevent tn, cir
..,ll, 8 h.
statute books bat it was wholly diSicga ded "
common consent, Indeed, dc stin, seemed to be
against the law. for in Sh ut time after ITS passage
bank bills that had been worth f,e dollars soon be-
came 10 be worth only one.
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 6,
The roads north exceedingly bad, the mails he
in, nearly Interrupted A gentleman here from the
extreme Northwestern corner Of the State, rcpo, t.
Passing ter, broken down stage coaches and mail
wagons.
The college at Jacksonville caught fire Yesterday
evening, AT seven O'Clock, in Of the lower rooms
The whole building except the small wing on the
South side, burned down.
The loss from - 900 to S20,0 900, $4,000
insured in the Hartford Protection COMPANY, Most
Of the furniture was saved and accidents happened
1LIrsoIs CrErRAL RAIL RoAD.--The remain
ins Gao 900 bond. Of this subscribed in Lon.
don recently at two per cent premium
J. w. Brooks, Superintendent of the Michigan
Central Railroad, has been elected President Of the
Illinois Central Military Tract Railroad Company.
Irish batter is now brought into the Boston market
100 FL kins lately sold at from % to pa; cents per
pound.
The citizens Of Frceport have resolved to take no
shnriastei after the first Of January.
From the Galena Advertiser
BosroS, Dec. 80.
The American Glass Works at South Boston we're
burned last night. Loss 500, 900. BY this calam-
ty four hundred hands have been thrown out of en-
pIoyment.
CINCISNATI, Dec. 80.
River fallen ,hrce inches sincc last night bu, is
rising again slowly.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80.
Mr.. Kings health worse to-day, owing to change
OF the weather,
CoNCoRD, Dec. 80,
Gen, Wool is on a visit to Gen. Pierce.
WAsHISGroS, Dec. 81
The change in MIR. Kings health, referred to in
yesterdays Reprbhc, was not serious and he ex-
poets to be able 10 proceed to Norfolk BY the next
steamer
The State Department have sent instructions to
MIR. Rves, American Minister to recognize the En-
pre- Of France,
The editor of the Buffalo Notes saw a little girl
leading her father he being in an entire state of in
toxication, She was crying bitterly, and every few
minutes would say, g father, walk steady: folks will
see u.s." feeling of sorrow snote the editor like
a chunk Of lead, and he turned away with large
tear in hiseye, Such s liieone moment smiles, the
next mars,