The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-19
NEWS ITEMS.


900 worth of silks and velvets, which are al
legged to have been Struggled into this port
from Europe, were seized by Mr.. RIELL, a Gus
tom house officer, at the store of Mr.. PAscA-
roLY, Spanish merchant, doing business at
No. 81 Pearl street. The property was taken
to the custom house, to be made the subject of
future investigation.
WIN. DALTON was found dead, and hung over
fence, in Waysville, Ohio, on Friday last.
Marks of violence were visible on his person.
A trail indicated that he had been dragged
some distance, A man named HOPKINS was
arrested for this murder. They went out into
the woods in company to cut cord wood, and
took bottle of whiskey with them.
Mr.. PnIr.Ip B. FOUKE announces himself as
candidate for Congress in Col. BIssELLs dis
trict, Illinois, the Congressional Convention
having failed to make nomination. He is
the man who was nominated by the Democra-
cy, and beaten by Col. B1ssELL, on the stump,
at the last election. We also notice that ELI
AS S. DENNIS and NATHANIEL BUCKMAsrER
are announced by authority as candidates for
the same Office. They are all Nebraska men.
A Camp Meeting of Methodists has recent
ly been held few miles from Wilmington,
Delaware, which probably tho largest
gathering which has ever been had in the Uni
ted States. The number present was estima-
ted at $4,000. There were five hundred tents.
Eighty ministers were present, and twenty-four
sermons were preached from the stand. Among
the distinguished members present, were Bish-
ops WAUGH and SCOTT, DR.. HoDGsoN, DR..
WENTWORTH of Dickinson College, and Rev.
HENRY WHITE. Good order prevailed through
out, and many were added to the church.
The whole number of buildings destroyed at
Greytown was l57. The computed value of
these with their contents, was 81 100000
Only one small building was saved from the
general ruin. The owners of the property, be-
sides residents of the city, comprised Ameri-
cans, English. Germans and Italians residing
in Grenada and Italy; Nicaraguans, citizens
of the interior towns of Nicaragua and sew
eral Frenchmen who had valuable property in
charge.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel JOHN McCLEL-
LAND, of the corps of Typographical Engin-
GERS, died at Knoxville, Tennessee, of the chol-
era. COL MCC. was the brother of Secretary
McCLELLAxD, of the Interior Department.
He leaves widow, formerly Miss WALKER, of
Washington, and family of children, all of
whom are now at Piney Point.
The Massachusetts Free Soil Convention
met at Worcester on the 18th inst. Mr.. SUM-
NER made speech. HENRY WILSON, of Ma
tick, was nominated for Governor and INCREASE
SUMNER, of Great Darlington, for Lieutenant
Governor.
"a Mechanic" writes to the New York
Courier and Enquirer, suggesting the name OF
JAMES HARPER, the Printer, as the Wing can
didate for Governor.
Vevay, Indiana, is the only town on the
Ohio river where case of cholera has not oc-
Cured. Thele is not we'll in the whole vi
entity. The inhabitants use cistern water al
together.
Col. MILLER, in a journey across the plains
to New Mexico, fell in with several tribes Of
Indians. Some of the chiefs offered him as
high as ten horses for his daughter, and q
squaw was offered in exchange for his wife,
He respectfully declined.
The degree of NJ. D. was recently conferred
on ELIZABETH III. BATES, LUCINDA X. BROWN
M1NNA ELL1GER and ELIZABETH G. SHATTUCK
by the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
Late letters from San Francisco state thai
rents, the wages of labor, &C., have fallen rap
idly; and that horses are now lower in prict
in California than they are in the Atlantic
f States
Francis Dick, who murdered his mother-in
law and brother-in-law, was executed at Day
ton, Ohio, on the 9Th inst. He had confessed
his guilt.
S The number Of deaths in. Chicago last weel
were l58..