The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-04-07

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The census returns show the present population o5
California to be 224 400.
! Riding rail is IL Scotch invention. that being
the punishment formerly inflicted upon husbands Is ho
ill-treated their wives!
Each insurance company Of Mobile has agreed 10
donate 800 dollars annually the Fire d afgsent
Of that city.
Julia Dean is 10 be married 10 Joacs the scalp
tor.
1t stated in the pleadiags on the Do. trial.
that suit 10 compel Mr. Forrest pay tn aiinony
adnagad 60 Mrs. r. ia the Divorce trial l. still pend.
ino IN the Count.
The Sandy Hill Herald says the celebrated tree
near toit Edward, under which Jane McCfea was
assassinaied by the Indiana, is to be Gu, down and
made into snuff boxes.
The number Of hogs packed Peoria, tho rart
season, was thlrtynne thousand seven hundred One
firm packed thirty thousand
woman alaadons her opinion the rnon,en, h
husband adopts il; even in church the women ,i,, a
octave higher than the men, in order 10 ne! asr,c
with them in anything.
There are three thousand Two hundred AMI seven
/ ty-eght McDonnelis and McDonats in the count, of
Glensarry Canada, amonng total population Of only
seventeen thousand.
Queen Victoria, ii is said is haunted with an idea
that she will be driven fom the English throne ly
4 revolution, and Is therefore investing largely IN
United States securities. 1T is even said that the
arngs have purchased for her at ca.t half a strcet
! in New York. This is put in for those wh, choose
to believe it.
Zach insurance company in Mobile has agrac. 10
donat, $500, annually, to the Fire Department II
that city.
There is rumor in Washington that tl,e editor of
! me kichniond Wing has gone to Baltimore Ia fight a
duel with member Of Congress whom L.. had So
ve.ely handled. 1t is probable the dificn., viii be
adjusted.
The Grand Jury Of PHILADELPHIA have f.ari true
bulls against Arthur Spring for the uutder IS Ellen
Lynch and Hannah Shaw. The tlal is GNel for
Monday.
! The Troy DAILY Times. which IS one o. ,.,- .ni
ciest and best conducted newspapers ia til csaa.y
., IN speaking Of Governor Marcy, and III. .aLiret
uses The following language: every czei Y Y
may feel justified eNallaiion he reads apa 81, fleets
upon the position of his State AS retrescf ii F.. the
great council Of the nation.''
The following are the particulars Of the 2 chssato-
pee grant made by the Mexican goyeruiner, to Nj
Sloo.
Mr.. Sloc is 70 hold the road for fifty yea al tie
government grants to HIN the exclusive nt ,t,r nT
the Huasacuo river. The government rece,es 6Og-
900 as loan, to he repaid of the 80 per C. .i net
profit, half OF which is to draw interest 81, > ,.r
cent.
Steam engines, for agricultural puryos~ s,,e IN
creased ten.olt in the last three years in Flre.ad
The Catholic Telegraph SAYS; eve hste reason
to believe that the papers will annouc ,ae con-
version 10 our molly church, of one Of the No banned
Protestant preachers in The country--one 10 .a has
been quite distinguished 70, the active rat ..h he
has taken IN roirn:ica. discussion.
Dobbe says the man behind the times 81 .i h.
fed on setoh-up.
The Toronto Tavern Inspectors have l.. Cd H.
ccnse to iorty-scven houses OF entertainer. ar l.-
count OF proof having been found during t. ra,t
year, that gambling had been permitted in d .
We sec it stated tina, iaborers are settii- -
a day on the Illinois Genital Railroad, and Oh. ssne
price on the Cairo levecs.
The senior editor CT the Oquawka Spooa lr.
3. Patterson has been appointed Post Ma. che
place.
The Legislature of Ohio adjourned Oh ,.o I4h
uit., after "A session, altogether, OF eight MOI
The Connecticut Maize law convention, a.- . ~
al New Haven on the 10Th uIt., adopted t.- f.--
soil state ticket. of The other candid of tte
other parties returning answers favorable III. ,,,
The Draymen Of Louisville have s,luc. l,i.ae.
rates OF drAyage' They raraded on the > ,h.ee
mixes oil dF:'yS The day numbered! % al ,uo
horse but about 20. Tn drivers were rart... t.,t
l29 white aud 1870 black. The leader i. ,l- ..,-
cession was coored nan who had been y, .I-.in
the line.
The Aiicshanv Valley Railroad Comp h.-s
fjnSt contracted for 1850 tons of raihoad ,ro .r
then road, AZ SEQ per Ton. The i.on is r. B., -...--
featured at some point on the Inc oi tn road IS
eShtny metal, and the contractors have given 2
PIE security. They VIII erect eniirtl, new eo.l.,.
the purpose, and Will Tut up a spicn:id III. : soon
as possible.
The contributions to the Washington u ,4ua....,
fund collected at the polls in California .- ....
to $3.50 20.
The Locomotive Engine budc,s in ii et ....
Inns of n. | Imam arr, all ,piI hnl =
great pressure Of business, caused hv Ii, Ia..,-.
of railroads all over the the country, and .. t,..-
quent demand for locomotives.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the crcn Z of e,,
railroads, and the chsaponing cl railroad t.. h,.-
largely increased the ainount of steamboat t-.,.
rtayei.
Gen. Scott, it is said, has determined transfer
the Headquarters Of the army fom Was. l;u Do
New Yolk.
Applications being continually made to '.. l..
OF the late Henry Clay, lor autosia h. ano ... t-
men'ocs Of the ii!ustr''us dead, thc LeN....a
server has been requested to = that :. Il - ..-
as they Can part with have bcen dispose I,..
namier supplied has been 50 large a. 10 -. . '.
family only such incnoi ils rs they wish -.tt.
A dedication. said to be 70 a con-,.eral 49, l.-.
has been discovered in the Bank OF Penn. ..
former, or one Of the present book -kcrr, ts,...
allowed an outside friend 10 over,lraw his a-.a.4t
Two boys OF fourteen years If age were .re t,. .r
New York Saturday, ior knocking dow Bon ra-
bing named Robert Claw ford, a 4 s. iI.h:,
since.
\ i.!qnor law has lately been brought lr.i. f'-
Missouri Legislature; which is ccrtainI, snap. d..
its character, and do not see why j. d.. a.t
accord with democratic principle. % .lv a..
least /, prov ides that license shall b. elsicd %
sell liquor, without the person appi,inr 'l-s,i1,.
shall present a petition signed by inajny of the
qualified voters of the town, ward or towt.h.,- ami
further provides that person it'll ;ave.a ...crse
shall sell liquor in less quantities than qr..,-,f-
ont Il petition signed rs above.
The steamer Alton burnt on the p. 1- t..
llih inst on the Ohio river. She was I,nlef v1h
dry goods and Pittsburgh manufactured arti, ai 10
which were lost. Passengers and crew ,sgase.
Mammoth Steam Yatch called the y .,t, ,>,ar.
Of 25o0 tons register. but for Mr.. Corn .i- ar-
derbllt, launched from one Of the N.t Na.A
ship Narls on Thu. slx mnlninr Sin =, ~ ~. -.--