The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-07-10
NEWS ITEMS.

The Of the STORY murder, after having been
twice tried in the lower court, was taken up to the
supreme tribunal Of the State, in session at o.
tawa and that court affirmed the jud .ment Of the
court below As to all but Acknowledgement reversed
as to RYAN, and cause remanded back to him, for
new trial for mansaughter. On the first trial RY-
AN was convicted of m,nsaughter He applied for
and obtained new trial, which trial lately had
and resulted in his conviction of mu,d der. The judy
rendered the second t'ial, is the one reVcrs-
ed by the Supreme Court, above stated. BLACK
WELL and WALLACE for people, ioYNEs and
FARSEswoRTH for prisoners. The only hope nov
left for these three untnr late men, after thu &c judg
ments have been pronounced against them, the in
reference Of the executive with the solemn decisions
Of the judiciary.
/ The London Standard states that the British war
steamship Encounter, and the United States sloop-of-
Plymouth engaged in the attack the
imperiast forces at Shanghai, April 4th. On
board the Plym,mh, GEORGE MCCORKLE was
killed, and four others were wounded severely
CAY tain PEARSON, Of the American merchant ship
Rose Saniish, dangerously wounded. The vic
tors captured two twelve, four six, and four eight
pound guns. As vet we have detailed account of
the engagement.
The Cambridge Chy5nicle says the class that is
about to graduate. is the largest that has grad
u,ted at Harvard, and what is remarkable, not a
siugc d ath has occurred in its ranks during the
whole ur years.
A, the annual municipal, election in Memphis, on
the Both uIt., the Know Nothings succeeded in elect
ing their candidate for Mayor, and all other city Off
GERS, by large majority.
Up To June 90 had yet been made, at
Cincinnati, Eor the murder Of the ALLIsoNs, by an
Internal machine. Suspicion rests of the
students who has disappeared.
The brig St. Joseph sailed from Savannah, June
80, with $4,000 worth of Tennessee copper for Bal
tmore.
A dispatch from Independence asserts the death of
Judge Brown, Agent for the Potlawatomie Indians.
vein of coal feet in thick has been npen-
ed in Jones county, Iowa, said to be the ,hckest yet
discovered in the State, the average being less than
four feet.
A medal has Just been struck in Paris to comment
n,oratc the triple alncc Of France, England and
Turkey. 1t bears the motto: "CatholiciSm, Prot
estantism, IsIamsm-God protects thcm.''
Rev. JAMES EMERsoN, for several years agent Of
the American Educational Society, has become pas
tor of the Second Congregational Church, Rockford,
Illinois.
Ripe watermcons from Florida have been received
in Savannah.
Corn, in Florida Commands two dollars per bushcl.
The Connecticut House of Representatives have
passed resolution TO amend the Constitution as
to allow negroes to vote same terms white men.
Also, the Speaker Of the Assembly, has been att
thorzcd to invite colored preachers To oEen the sit
ting of the House with prayer, in common with white
clergymen.
The Detroit Daily Adrcrtisr states, what i,
deems reliable authority that five hundred pounds of
silver were taken from the Minnesota Mine, Lake
Superior, short time since.