The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-08-15
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The Canadian schooner Water witch, bound
fer Goderich. with an assorted cargo, from De
troit, was run into and sunk by the propeller
Ner England, on Wednesday night, in the
vicinity of Hog Island. Her crew, with til,
exception of one man who was drowned, wcr,
taken on board the propeller, which short.
after carried away the bowsprit of the schoon
er Carleton, which was lying at anchor oppo-
ste the Custom House, Detroit
The reputed murder of Chief Justice LAM
DER, of Washington Territory, by the Fort
Simpson Indians. is doubted his father, VIII,
resides in Salem, Massachusetts, has Just re-
ceivcd a letter from him in which he says
nothing about it, at any rate.
The Mineral Point Tribune notices the dealt
Of Col. CORNELIUS De I.oNG, of Belmont, La
Fayette county, Wisconsin. lie died July
Both, aged Go. lie Was one of the first set
tiers of the Mining District, and has ever sus
tanned the reputation Of a good citizen and al
honest man. His numerous old friends ar,
sorry to hear Of his death.
MARTHA PARKER. young, respectable and
eccentric, lately undertook to starve herself to
death, in Charlotte, n. c. With this intent
she hid herself in a cane brake and went at it.
At the end of eleven days her friends succeed
ed in finding her. She was reduced almost t.
a skeleton, having eaten nothing during all
that time but Il few berries.
Letters received in Ogdensburgh from Wash
ington, announce that the nomination of Tnos
BACON, for the Collectorshp of that District
has been rejected by the Senate, and that tn,
President has nominated HORACE Moody, Esq.
to the place.
The Know Nothings, at the recent election
in Kentucky, carried all their candidates H.
Covington by majorities from 800 to Co.,
Newport by about the same majority. Gym
thiana do, and Louisville by a large majority
also.
The bark 4. II. Kem5te, from Lcghorn, ar
rived at New York on the 18th. She brought
twenty-five Roman cXilcs, banished by tn,
pontiif for political opinions. After four years
Imprisonment, they have been sent from then
country without trial or communication will
their families.
On the Both ult., the extensive cotton, -four
and wooden mills, at Lebanon, Tenn, wert
consumed by fire, the work Of an incendiar..
The loss amounts to $llU, geo insurance, So! =
900. Two hundred and fifty hands are throwl
out Of employment by the event
Mr.. ID. CAMP, of the firm of CAMP & GLIB
BoNs, contractor on the Lake Shore Railroad
died at Waukegan on Monday afternoon. He
was one of the oldest settlers Of Cleveland.
Gen. Campbell, formerly Consul at Hav: =
ma, and lately Boundary Commissioner, has
been appointed Consul to London. His nom
nation was confirmed by the Senate on Thurs
day evening. Judge BARTON, of Mississippi
has been confirmed as Consul at Havana.
The Canadian Parliamentary returns up to
August l, show the election Of sixty-four re
formers and twenty-five conservatives. Mr.
H1SCKs, the Premier has been returned by
two constituencies, by large majorities.
The steamer Ometepe, belonging to the Nj
caragua line, was lost in the San Juan river
on the 18th ult. She had 225 passengers Oh
board, all of whom were rescued Loss
100000.
The Washington Star of the Sth, says that
the Government is in possession of important
dispatches from San Juan, but that they arc
kept secret.
At recent meeting of the Alumni Of I'm
ion College, a resolution was adopted to erect
on the College grounds marble statue of Dr.
Mort.
The damage to crops by the storm on the
22d ult., in the town of Addison, Du Page
county, ILL.,. is estimated at near $4,000,
The freight house at Dunkirk was struck by
lightning on Saturday last, and four men
stunned
JOHN n. Boswell. one of the editors of the
Hartford (Conn.) Courant, died on the Both
July, of erysipelas.
The Detroit papers describe the har, est OF
Michigan as one Of the best ever known in
that State.