The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-03
News Items.

The N. Y. Journal If Commerce, Of tho 18Th, states
that the Assay Office IN that city is fully organ.
lied, with capacity for assaying $40 600 600 per
annuln. The work viii commence ~ soon as tho
buildings nre completed. Mr.. BUrrERwORTH, the
WAS u. s. District Attorney for Mississippi undc,
Van Duicn, and il well known as n gentleman Of tai.
cns md influence. Mr.. Cisco il sex oficio" Treas
urcr, from his connection with the Snb.lrca,ury.-
Prof. TERRY. another Of ile aptoiniees, has high
reputation Cor scientific atninmcnts. The other up.
poinees are taken from the PhiIadclphin miw.
On the 7,h May, u, Washington, rifle cannon
WIS exhibited IN tho pe.ence Of sc7crnI army oli'
GERS. The barrel Is about 3 feet long, weighs ~
pounds, and carries n five ounce ball; IL l. grooved
ike u rifle. hnS similar sights md teescopc., md
cnn to- elevated, depressed rotated At pleasure by
machinery. II WIS tried NJ u target $40 yards di..
Ian,. md proved highly satisfactory every
-ho, inki,g effect. Tho inventor il Mr.. GILBERT
SMITH, oi New York.
The ship Hope Good,cn WINS set on fro by the
crew, md burned In Mobile Bay, on the ISL, May
The following IL given ms n natural sequence to the
ncquiai u MATTHEW r. WARD, tho assa-sin oi
Prof. BUTLER: "At Louisville, ON Thursday night
boy named WILLIAM GUNN stabbed u man named
JOINS BAnStrr, and wounded him dangerously il,
the side. Cau-c--i'AWNETr had whipped little
brother Of GUNN's.
The Boston Transcript states that tho Rev. Mr..
FAnnELLY, Of SaxonviIlr, hnr brought M actor,
against the proprietor of the Boston Brr, for libel
and the damages arc laid At $1,000. The case il
brought IN The Court Of Common Ilcns for MilIlcsex
County. aud GEonoE +. CCRris, E-q., and Hon.
CHARLES K. TnAtS. Of birmingham, have been
retained Ms counsel for the plai iii.
The Toronto Chemist tays, on the 17h ins,. n
vessel supposed TO bc schooncr, wis observed to
be ~ fire ~ Lake Ontario, about mid lake and IL
miles wet Of Os"cso Tho steamer Arabia made
Cor her with all speed, lu, wc regret 10 shy TINT she
went down with all on board, eforc tho steamer
could possibly reach her. No clue Ia. been cIl ~
10 her identity the number Of had. ~, board but.
however, 10 lew days The facts respecting her III
lc nscctaiucd.
A prjrci II on foot in ~. i.onis IL enlarge II .
Planters io-c, the cluck hotel II this city, 10 al oul
double ts p,c,en dimensions. Tho cost II e,,l,t ~.
mcIn IL ,tthinlcd ~ Gti5.OOO. towards which
amount 400. 900 hive nj, cad, been pul,.cribcd. The
Rputiean thinks there IA scarcely doubt i,ui thu,
The enterprise win le csrcui,d.
II quite on II pnr viii, The action of those Northern
religion. bodies which teliso aI filowship witt,
rhU chrs NJ Tho South that admit shareholders into
their communion.
The Chicago Demoryai learns by n gentleman from
The late convention NJ Indianapolis. ihni The nnninA
itn. we're made an the 2i May. and that The tick
1t eoattires iof the must ph't The prteni State ON.
eeis nominated lot The si,iUe places whi,h they tWu
hll, IN The hsence of dispatches and failure NJ lie
mt'ls. so afe mwi'e 10 rrecily more particularly.
sin. who Killed AhsDf, on The floor of ihe Assem-.
bly,. Il nov IN Sacramento California, md has been
eleled Alderman of The I'iiitd Ward of t,at city.
joins n. shHHFth, fu 70 yeais ihe editor If The
i'o+ton EHoing ,joWaoi, closed his connection with
that pape, On The iDh May, IN account Of W health.
President PiEReE invited xFw.idem FIT.
MORE to visit Washington on his way north, tender,
Ivy him The hospilaIIles Of The White House. The
invitation was not accepted.
The Alligator Nasi Florida Ad,afi.e says the
scarcity Of provisions Is becoming rather serieus.-
The single article u corn demands about re Ter
bu.beI and Is sca,cey pneh'sabIe nj lhe highest pf-
ces Flour Is held " WI per barrel. Rice CITE.
per pound, bacon 10, mud hams zoe.
GppFREV PEAReE has been cony icted of the MUIR
der Of ANGELJSE SPINK, child three and q bali
years old, At Coventry, Il. J.. on the 2Olh Of March
last. tie was sentenced to the State Prison f,r lie
~ IA T,;l,.
rs the Maine law candidate for governor Of New
York.
There arc now POI convicts IN the Indiana peni-
Tertiary.