The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-30
NEWS ITEMS.


Gen. p. Granger, the chairman Of the commit
tee resoNaions. at the Auburn Convention, is the
Wing cAudidsis fr Congress in the Onondasa Dis
trict. Vu.s.,
Gov. Crosby, Of Maine, has appointed Thursday,
the sO,h Of November, day Of prayer and Thanks
giving tt-.,.. sr.
The New York Commercial Advertiser saws that
1878 German emigrants have arrived at that Dor
during the present season, up to the first Of Sepem.
Der.
The Cincinnati Enquirer states that company has
been formed in that city 10 erect dramatic temple
to equal in size and spendor anything in the coun-
try. b,
clerk in mercantile establs hment writes to his
friends at home" Have plaguey easy time. uow.a a.
days-very little work to do-our firm don't adver-
tise.''
Obscurity is cafe. onyso long as it is ursiis,ub b.
For Mayor Of New York Cay there bids fair to be
scrub race. Seven candidates ara already nominal
ted-lhree by the Democrats, by the Wings, one
BY the Know Nothings, one by the Reiormers, and
one by the Temperance men.
The Secretary Of the Treasury recently advertised
that he would further redeem U. s. Stocks. But.
notwithstanding the premium, few offered. They
are wanted as the basis of banking.
John Gilfoy shot dead by an unknown assassin
on the corner Of 9th Avenue and SSH streets, New
York, on Thursday night, the 23d instant. No one
has been arrested, pretence assigned for the at,
tack.
Gov. Matteson, Of Illinois, has appointed a special
election to be held on the 7th of November. for
State Senator in the county Of ST. Clair, to supply
the vacancy occasioned BY the death Of Edward o.
Melveny.
man named McEroy has recovered $4,000
damages in Calhoun county, Miss, of a man named
Thompson, for SANDER.
Edmund Burke, Of New Hampshire, is out in "a.
vor Of General Houston for the Presidency in
1856.
The amount Of the Public Debt redeemed at the
Treasury Department last week, was $66. 800. The
total amount Of drafts the Treasury were $685.
600.
A well executed counterfeit quarter eagle, said to
contain 80 in GOLD, has been detected at the New
York Post Office.
Judge Hobrook, for many years jealous in his ef-
forts to promote the of education, was found
dead at the base of high cliff, where it is supposed
he had fallen, near Lynchburg, Virginia, few days
since.
George R. Graham, ESQ.,, is about to embark in
new illustrated periodical, entitled the American
Leader "-hAving Withdrawn from Graham's Maya.
Zine.
Workmen are now engaged e-buiIding Brock .
Monument o" Queenstown Heights. It is placed
short distanre from its former site. =
The Mt. Morris IN. W Union states that DR..
Dean, Of that place, has been found guilty Of rape
on one Of his patients. The case Il AL aggravated
one. ..,@ , -
The decision of the American Board of Commits
s'o"srs in relation to Slavery and the Chocaw na,ion
Hnde the psetext for renewed threats Of disunio
by tome Of the Southern papers. +.~ -"
Lieut.. Lee, Of the 9Th Infantry, U. 8. A., was re-
Gently killed by the Indians Of New Mexico, while
on his way from Ri"ggoid Barracks to the Presi-
do.
Messrs. Aiken, Keith, Orr, Boyce and McQueen
have been elected as Congressmen from South taro-
lima. All are Democrats, and all members Of the
present Congress.
] be st. Louis Democrat, Senator Benton's organ.
has published several strong articles to prove that
Il is Cor the interest Of Missouri that Kanzas should
be a free State. In prosecuting the argument, the
Democrat is unsparing in its depreciation Of the ex.
istence Of slavery.
A fellow attempted few days since to pass coun-
tereit So bill the conductor Of the Michigan South.
ern Railroad. He failed, however, and a roll Of
bills, amounting to $1,000, was found in his carpet.
bag.
Prof. Dimitry. an accomplished and learned citizen
Of Louisiana, is engaged in giving a course Of Iec-
lures in New York on the Migration Of Races into
Southern Europe. He is said 10 be one Of the most
eloquent Of his day in the South, and abndan,ly
able to give an interesting lecture.
The Pittsburgh Journal Of the llth Oct says of the
cholera in that place" We feel authorized by the
statements Of medical to declare that the health
Of Pittsburgh is perfectly restored. Indeed, we think
the place healthier than at the present mo-
ynent.
Immense frcshets have occurred in several interior
cosnties Of Mississippi. Bridges and buildings
carried away, and roads rendered impossible for ma
age done to the crops. Rain fell without interms-
sion for SIX days.
Thomas Hogg, the well-known and skilllul aoris,
died at bis residence in New York, on Wednesday,
in his 18th year.