The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-08-19
NEWS ITEMS,

Easton, Pa. has been thrown into the most
intense excitement, by the pardon and release
of DIR. LACIENoR from imprisonment, and the
remission of his fine, by Gov. BIGLER Dr. l..
of three weeks, was convicted, a short time
since, Of conspiracy with several others to
cXtort money from an aged gentleman of that
place, through loose and disreputable woman.
The defendant is wealthy, and by this act OF
the Governor, Northampton county sustains a
loss of $500, the amount of the fine.
EIIHU BuRRITT, Esq, sailed from Boston for
Liverpool en- the I'd inst, per the Niagaru-
He was accompanied by one Of his neiccs.
Miss ANNA STRICKLAND; of New Britain. CT.
The Springfield Republican says: "Mr. BUR
RIFT goes in excellent health and spirit, to de-
vote another years effort in England and upon
the Continent, chiefly in furthcrance of his ia
vorite and important enterprisc-occan penny
postage and we hope his most sanguine ex-
pectations will be triumphantly realized
Some time ago it was announced that CRAw-
FORD, the American sculptor had been elected
a member Of the Imperial Academy at st. Pc
tersburgh. Late German papers contain in
telligence of the same artist having been made,
on motion of the King of Bavaria, a member
of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, at Mu-
Mich, at the same time with FoGLEBERG, the
Swedish soul ptOr, who has resided the last for
ty years in Rome. 1t is said that Mr.. CRAw-
rUKi Is tic INST 4AnvIi, al list ON whom
these distinctions have been conferred.
CYRUS LATHRoP, Esq, of Taunton, lately
died, having wholly dsinherited two of his
three children, and left the bulk of his large
estate to Mr.. CHARLES ALBRo, one of his bust
ness agents, and wealthy man. Mr.. ALBRo
has not only voluntarily divided the whole
property among the natual heirs, but has as
sumed the payment of the liabilities of the cs-
tate! Such an instance of romantic generos-
ity has seldom, if ever, been recorded.
We learn from the Rooms of the American
Board in this city, says the Journal of Com
merce, that the following missionaries sailed
from Boston in the ship Race Horse, for their
respective fields of labor Rev SANFORD
RICHARDSON and wife, EDWIN GooDE1L and
wife, BENZ. PARSONS and wife-aIl for the Ar
menan country and DR.. NUrrING and wife,
for the Assyrian mission.
The post route BILL which was signed by the
President at 10 o'clock on Thursday night
required for its enrolment one thousand sheets
of parchment, costing 5000! 1t is a recapit-
ulation of all the existing post routes in the
United States, to which some six or seven hun
drcd new ones are a lded. The arrangement is
for the convenience of reference
Fort Atkinson has been re-established on
the Arkansas. The Secretary of War has
ordered two companies to be stationed there,
and it is presumed they have reached their
destination by this time. A small force there
will do much towards keeping the Indians of
the plains quiet, and also will be of much SER
vice to the trains which are on their way to
New Mexico.
We learn that the New York and New Ha
ven Railroad Company have purchased from
c. SpooNER, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, the right
to use WArERBuRys patent car ventilator, for
the exclusion of dust, and that they will be
introduced upon that road.
In London, with population of two and
half millions, the total number of deaths for
the week ending July lst, was ,299. In New
York, with a population of about 75O, 900, not
one-third that of London, the deaths last week
were 1,l39, or within l6O of those of London.
JOE BARKER, the notorious street preacher.
md Mayor of Pittsburgh, is in England, and
vas advertised to speak at Northampton on
he 25th, Goth and 9th, in the Large Room
1T the Peacock Hotel"
The trustees of the "Pilgrim Society,"" offer
hree hundred dollars for the best plan of
monument to mark the landing of the Pilgrim
Fathers in 1920.
The Rev. DIR. WOODS, of Andover, Mass,
s' we understand, very dangerously ill. His
disease is an affection of the heart. and no
hopes are entertained of his recovery.
There are seventy-two hotels in Boston and
he amount of capital invested in them is est;-
mated at S4,0OO,OOO.