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The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05

SENATOR CnAsE-This gentleman, who has
been making political tour in Illinois, appears
to have made very favorable impression
wherever he has spoken, not only upon por
ton of the Democratic editors, who, although
they dissent from the positions which he as
sunies, speak highly Of his abilities and his
manner Of address.-Cm. Gds. rVE.E
We defy any one to kmoac SALMON p
CHASE, without respecting him, notwith
standing whatever differences may exist il
reference to his peculiar views on the nation
al questions of the day. A gentleman Of
enlarged views, courteous manners, liberia
education and excellent conversational pow
ers, all who come within the circle of his &C
quaintance are convinced, no matterhow they
may differ with him, Of his honesty in sup
porting any measure which lie may feel call
cd upon to take position.
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The scoundrels who procured the alteration
Of the Minnesota Land Grant, in such man.
ncr as to vest the ownership ofthe ceded lands
in chartered company, contrary to the wish
of Congress, are boldly playing out their game
with as much assurance as if forgery were not
branded on their brazen fronts. Between the
creatures Of this company and certain officers
of the government, a made up case has been
tried in Minnesota, with the hope that a de-
cision by q Territorial Judge, in their favor,
would help the Company to keep legal posses
sion Of what they fradulently acquired. He
decided as was anticipated and now the case
goes up to the Supreme Court of Minnesota,
and from thence, in all probability, to the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
When this matter comes before the Su-
preme Court at Washington, we think we are
safe in saying that the crudities of the Min
nesota blackstone will be summarily dealt
with It will be new era in our legislative
and Judicial history, when avowed and ack-
nowledged fraud becomes guarantee for the
possession of valuable franchse.-Galena
Jet. s5ai ri yss.a iea 90 3at = i. -..ag, y.
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Receive wound tits mortal, them and he must ay to
thee. q.
Or lnser On thro years of woe accursd IKE Cain til.
Ave. Ringer on to bring 10 see more heart broken spoil
ov his dippd in shoots forth with steady
The pride Of piercing tinsly hearts own he well may
But such arc few and far between We turn and not in
To thousands, noble, young, and warm with rue their
careless bane
Behold the fall OF daring hope, when povertystruck
youth
Within kindred heart would wake the holy chord Of
truth,
That chord, though pure seraph notes. its soft vibra
Let me but breathe it, and mark, how soon its mum
The manly soul within whose depths tie germ of genius
Yet doomed unoved pursuit to waste his
And steal from night fitting hour for heavcnnspired
His holy bea,hirgs 10 outpourmy meriyr is he not'
In" murderer red with human blood, the midnight plum
BY famine from The fear of aught in EARTH hell,
Bat need count the millions oer-Ive made their date
fOiestal.
In ruins catalogue stand the great FIRST of all
The monarch as she ceased to speak, in dread approval
And pucked from his own cypress throne garland
his child.
OCTOBER Is, 1854.
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young woman, CRATES harshIy upon our feelings. 1t
is evident that she needed friends, advice and en-
courasemcn, which she failed to receive. The fault
may have been her own 10 great extent, resulting,
haps, from her past history, from her nexperence
as stranger here, from the iimidity Of sensitive
woman, and from that ruinous and romantic spirit of
pride, to which many poets and poccsses VIC
'imiaed But, amoag our literary people, there is
lamcnablc deficiency in the practice Of these nice hu
manites they coqnently preach in prose and poet
ical fctions. They are more jealous Of each other
than iival newspapers, onera singers, ballad dan.
GERS; and neophyte among them must, by LA ri
fighting and in ipte Of the s'te,ati, secure his or
her admission n;o the der literary guild OF AS
sociation for the encouragement Of poor young au.
thors and auhorcsses is needed among us. Poets
and poetesscs excessively ETHEREAL; hut though
like the chameleon they may all the colors Of
the rainbow, they cannot like the chameleon live on
air. Like other people, they require good whole.
some bread and meat. They assume to he above the
world, and so they need training and pruning, and
great deal oft, to bring them down to The practical
ideas of ordinary mortals. But with proper care
and 'ention they may be made useful to themselves
and to society. Left themselves and their castles
in the clouds, they are lost.
! q Touch her not scorn;ully-
! 49,. Think of her mOurnfully,
! 49, Gently, and iumanlv $500 s..
! Not OF the s,YJ, OF .el- -l>tr -@.
All that remains OF her ..: ~. d.
Now Is pure, wOmaDly.' g.
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q, CURRAxcY.-Uncle Sam does little bust.
ness, takes daily few dimes in his shop, bnys
some pork for his soldiers and sailers likewise
some bread, beans, buttons beef and other We.
gatables, and yet, we'll bet cotton hat that
he has not got dollar of Indiana or any other
rags Is his trOwsersEand still, has pOtwith-
standing, little small change ieft, say 80 or
40 millions. Nick Biddle says Van Buren's
hard money and sub-treasary scheme would
ruin him bat the ole fellow is good yet. Don't
mind your uncle much--he ID an old fol-, per-
haps-but he pays in .speiter,' takes nothing
but the "brads, and is never forced to submit
to ashave on Indiana or other promise to
pay Racine Democrat, =, se,'o3 +
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05

PRINTERS FESTIVAL. we have heard it
suggested by several typos that the ap
preaching anniversary of FRANKllN's Bith.
day be celebrated by the profession in an ap
propriate manner. We like the idsa. This
day has for years been honored throughout
the country, and We trust will ever be held
in lively remembrance by the "craftn here
Last year there was commencement made
Let our Typographical Society take the
matter in hand, and see to it that the affair
be onethatwill reflect credit on all concerned
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Death sat upon his cypress rone the feard aLhord of
Whose moral hourly bears fresh tdings of the
And hosts of ills that deal destruction round us
Brought in lhe sad Of those they slew short
First Islander came, her loathsome form in falsehoods
garb enyeled.- ...
o. who tell the scowl those unblest folds con-
cealed- e. ..%
Her written crimes before her king she oyousy unord
And that dark catalogue OF sin freezing behold
be age forecast 49,.
The rolder proud the statesman wise, the simple and til
The student in his lonely CELL the high and gifted SOUL
Were bioted from the Of fame that mysterious
The monarch from his gloomy throne in spec trail
smiled, - -. -.
And placed wreath of hemlock on the forehead Of his
Then love, but not as he appears BY youthful poets
But with worse than demon sneer where aendish tri
Held proudly up his mortal list of wasting ruin, where
Mt win the blood OF broken hearts, unuumbered
The mystic tie that passion xeaves around the gushing
Consuming in the fire of its uncheck d coatro:
The pangs that prey on severd hearts to dcsoa.on
The scoring PAIN Of trust abused-hope by despair en-
The deeds Of frantic jealousy blind with exc.s. of r,c.
AL spoke with fatal Ssloqaeacs from that ensang
The mon.rch from his gloomy throne in spectral terror
smiled, s-raa-I 5sI 'p.,flr Z .-f7trisA "
And placed wreath Of upon temples 81 his child
Then poverty, with hollow cheek and Ivd gaze arose
Beneath her awful glance y would each hellisb
d phantom frozs - ~. ,los "a IL -. =
NO eye from hers moment turned, nor did murmur
The stllus.s afdsaths .rfa, court Will. thu. the DE-.
mOn hpokS: lift ftf. s. ~ @
"Iet SANDER wear her hcnlock wreath and love his
- 2 wreath Of rue, Iih s. e IsT fT'-.i =. ..
crown from thy cypress throne, monarch, /. nv
% b g.. 20 81
Their spoil poor ignobe had heen If not sr me-
what are they IN their hoasted PRIDE sprouts Of which
Let SANDER at the child Of wealth presume to thro her
shield ofgeld 10 On his fame smother on his heart
set the poor deieneeless wretch, st xictmized F
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05

Democrat as Democratic. But they are too
preposterous to require refutation. No
such system Of banking as that endorsed by
the Democrat, is in force, to our knowledge,
in any State in the Union. Whether SO or
not, there is not the ghost Of a shadow OF
Democracy in it, or about it, or in any other
species of chartered banking The whole
system is a fraud, always and everywhere.
Let Us have mo banks in Minnesota.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05
Is it Sin J
By ANNA JANE MACLEAS.

There is no sin, is theres in thinking upon thee,
Attic 1t casts swallow Ger M brow and DER my
heart,
From which! is not possible they can be free,
Till life within each throbbns vein hath ceased PLAY
her part,
o, aught that is paSsonlcss, cxqui,itely free
From, every faint OF cal thliness be sin me-
There is no sin, is there? in dreaming that hear,
The low and mellow music of thy spirit tea ching voice
The low and mellow music that seldom greets mine
ear, ...-. ...H- .....
scarce know when hear it, which to weep or to re-
joicc.
The hymn, by angels sung bic the sleep OF infancy
Are not more holy than voice which sleep brings
back to .-
There is no SIM is there? when in the crowd we meet.
o. few AMI tatciul moments, how rapidly We flee
In noatng with the gracious tide converse ton sweet
In feeling there's some truthtulness III human symIs
thy
And breathing thoughts did care III heaven pro
claimed aloud .:.'-7
There is no sin, IS there's in dcemny thee above
The level OF humanity. and loving thee IS such
With the sister like deyotedne,s that angel, must ap
prove, .r...
With the woman-like devoteness which cannot love
too Ic .. @.
If the idol of her early choice is like thee-only thee
o. such worship may be madness but sin it cannot be.
October u, 1854. ..~..> a..
And here is another contribution, upon the other
themes, which tell the story Of her suerings from
poverty" with the burning inspiration and elo-
quence Of despair. We copy from the Sunday Dis.
patch Of October 22d - .-<".
ma w..
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THANKSGIVING! GOVERNORS PRO.
CLAMATION.

II has become a custom with the American people to
have day in tho year set apart r giving Thanks to
Almighty COP for His blessings upon them a nation
therefore,
Willis A. German, Governor Of The Territory of Min
nesota, do request all persons to keep and observe
THURSDAY, THE 2lsr DAY OF DECEMBER NEXT
~ such purpose and all persons requested to alb
from their usual occupations that day. and mani
fest in 6 way their obligations to the Great Ruler
Of the Universe for His goodness to people ndvid
uaiiy and collectively. - 80 t.
W. 4. CORMAN.
Executive Dept, Mimi Teri, 18th Nov, 1854.
By the Governor, J. TRAVIS RossER,
Sec'y of Mimi TER.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05

@~ MIR. JOHN NJ. LAMB, the Wood
Measurer for the city, has opened an office
in the Court House, where he will always
be found by those wishing his attention in
the measurement of wood.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05
The MINNESOTA Agricultural society.

This Society will hold its annual meeting in Saint Paul.
at the Capitol the FIRST Wednesday e January next at
O'Clock which the county agricultural societies
entitled send ten delegates each In counties where
such societies formed the citizens in public meeting
assembled may commission delegates TO said Society and
is hoped that the general agricultural interest su
GENTLY aroused to the belief that the occasion
will manifest positive determination to sustain this
youthful Territorial Institution. A. L. AMES,
November "a, 1854. Secretary NJ a. S.
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DANGEROUS. Yesterday some Of our cit
liens. intent on crossing the river, were go
ing to and fro in canoes, breaking the ice as
they proceeded, with their paddles. Their
progress was slow, but they succeeded In
q few days, we trust the river win be frozen
sufficiently to admit Of safe passage over it
with teams. r.. ..l 4 tf-.+..
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-05
BLACKS,NHTIliNG.
TEE WENSI OW HOUSE.

Junction ST. 4 nhony, Eagle and Fsgt stw, St. PAID
MESSRS. CLEMENS d r.iRkER, PRopRIEroRs
A'lNG taken this large ard conn.odious House,
i respectfully solicit a share Of puLic ru,roppre
The building isncw having onI! been oreicd in July
last ld AS eNprse has been spared in furnis it,
oilers to the travelling public that great dese ui
home Beime situated in the business portion of
the city, visitors, OH bnsnrss PLEASURE will find
10 thefr adVa'ase TO stop with us. The rropritOrs
will spare pains furnish their table with every inv
ury the ket affords
~ Connected with this Hotel is n Livery Stable
prepared 10 furnish pleasure parties, and Others with
Sood turhouts CLEMENTS Il PARKER.
st. Paul, Nov. 81. lS54-Jywly
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The Melancholy Suicidc Of Anna Jane
MAclean-edetry ,AAsd Poverty.


We Published yesterday Gays she Buffalo Expressly
the particulars, far a. known, Including the testi
mony at the Coroners inquest, concerning the amen-
table suicide Of Mrs Anna Jane MacIcan. She was
young widow, twentyfour years of age; and an in-
teresting and accomplished woman. We have moth.
ing definite Of the cause impelng her to that desper-
ate 'leap in the DARK which has thus suddenly
cxfinguished her earthly troubles and hopes, beyond
the differences suggested from her last letter to Mrs.
Fuller, and from the evidence Of the witnesses be fore
the Coroner. The inerences are that from the fail
ure Of certain remttances from her native country,
upon which she had been depending, she was reduc-
ed to the bitterness Of extreme poverty; and that in
addition TO this cause Of present distress and Of fear
f rebodings for the future, she had become nvolv-
ed in matrimonial engagement to one person. with
hopeless passion for another 1t was in this en-
tanglemcnt between penury, love, and despair, we
doubt not, that her mind was unhinged, and her Lille
was thrown away. This conclusion 10 substantially
proved fromIher confessions. First, in regard
to her Affections we have distinct admission in her
letter to Mrs. Fuller:
DEAR MRS. FULLER-I never Except Mrs.
Graham, poor thing) had female friend loved so
j
your Isadore; but he will forget that ever ex-
listed. George will remember little longer, and
l hope you and Mr.. Fuller will remember me still
longer ! am weary and glad to be at rest. Dear
Mrs. Fuller, bring up your children in the fear and
love OF God; If he had not revealed himself to me,
and showed the his loving kindness and tender MGR
cy, should not be so composed as am this moment
standing upon the Threshold Of eternity, for
shall look for you and your husband, and your chill
drcn, and all that love earth. / have suffered
anguish Of mind that none but God can know. Ma,
you all pass through the dark valley of the shadow
Of death, trusting much and more in God than
do am writing this in the presence Of Mrs. Nolan,
my andlady, and Mrs. Reynolds, a boarder, and an
other boarder. l wonder at my own composure, lyu,
have not a tear to shed. / wrote to Mr.. Smith
the editor of the Sunday Dispatch and amongst some
other things mentioned the destiiution of poor old
Mrs Armstrong. hope amongst you all you will
keep her ipm the AlmshOuse. d, how unhappy
tee about her. know she loves inc us if / were her
own child: and that my death will Ike blow to her
God Comfort her, f the Lord Jesus Chrisl's sake
amen. Your faithful and affectonatc friend.
| ANNA JANE MAGELLAN.
To Mrs. Fuller, 273 Third street.
The following rhapsody, which we select from her
poe,cal contributions to the Sunday Dispatch, is a
full confession Of passion once without hope, and
beyond control; and the reader will also discover in
the intense ervor Of these verses not only the ruling
excitement Of her imagination, but poetica efisior
as touching and beautiful many that have booked
their authors for Immortality
H. 4
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+ LET ALL GO The Ball OF the Merchants
Hotel tonight bids fair to be the most bril-
liant Of the season. Let's all 60 and have
a good tiine!491 ,s.s-
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rhc Triumph of Poverty.
BY ANNA JANE MACLEAN.

y.
Inscribed afTectionately to Louis P: -.
If in this rhyme you nought may see
Worthy the name of poetry: -,
II weak, unmusical, and tame, -
Rene .nber don't write for fame
g. leo many sweets are sure to cloy,
T. 81 Too many bitters will DESTROY,
Too much awe sity will mar -.
The purpose il WAS destined for g d
With hopes gone DOWN, anu spirit how'd,
...s How cOuld rhyme to please ilc crowdi a
But, I'll have gained no1ler end, ..
lfw'th my Rhymes I've pleased friend (;
Or SHOULD t.iey please, or should they not,
When by the wOrl'. I'm quite forgot
If one stray lOutlt thev shouh reclaim,
One sigh to svllable my name .....-'
Ills not in aiie, Ills not in treasure,
To give my heart so pure u pleasure.
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We would psefer for our current business operations
bank bills issued by man like George Smith, Georgia
in whose financial responsibility and integrity have
confidence than the notes of bank whatever whose
Issues the seductive endorsement of Secured by
State Stocks."-Pionecr. .-. ...
We are astonishcd at the above paragraph.
That paper, rejecting the general good sense
which characterizes the Pioneer should fall in
to an error like the above is strange, yet it is
true. The old Democratic policy in regard to
banks is the only true and safe ground to oc.
cupy in regard to them, namely - where they
are chartered, confne their circulation to not
more than double the actual legal capital OF
the concern, making the stockholders rcspon-
sible for the surplus issue of paper in mortga-
ges upon their real estate. A rigid course oil
this kind would put an end to bank failures, OF
at least to suspensions, the power of jobbers
to depreciate such currency being out of the
question. Let us have no other banks in Min.
neSOta. .-I f-
Our readers will be "astOnished at the
above paragraph" Of comments upon mu
tilated extract from the Pioneer, which we
cut from the editorial columns Of the North
,cesterm Democrat, printed at Minneapolis
The article of which the above is preten.
ded portion, opened with stating it as a
Democratic axiom that all chartered bank
ing is swindlc upon Society, and called the
present times, cursed with the failures Of
scores Of State Stock Banks, to sabstan
tate the truth of the doctrine. After stat
ing this fact, we considered the operation Of
the Estate Stock" system, and demonstra-
ted its rottenness, not by reason Of its fail.
ure to ultimately redeem, but on account
Of the impracticability of certain, and at
all times immediate redemption. And the
reason lies in the necessity for On employ
ment of capital double the amount of cir
culation,-iu order to get the circulation in
the first instance from the State authorities,
and, in the second, to be prepared to re-
deem it on call, at the bank counter This,
no banker under that system ever has done,
can afford to do, nor, of course, ever will do.
So. when the crisis comes, the bank "sus-
ponds" at the very outset of the pressure.
Il was in view Of these facts, and after these
e" State Stock BANKS had been breaking to
the number Of over hundred within the
. last month, that we wrote the following sen
tence, which the editor of the Democrat will
perceive he has nlutilated to an extent en-
direly pcrverting its meaning and aPPlica
eson .rfED9GtAJ
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Suicide OF Charles W. Stewart.

We gather the from the Globe of 18th de-
tails of the suicide of Mr.. s. i.
On yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock.
two sons of MIR. Charles w. Stewart, called at
the drug store of DR.. Gardner, Capitol Hill,
and inquired for their father, who had left
home carly in the forenoon. The doctor inform
cd them he had seen him about three O'Clock,
and had sold him one ounce and half of laud-
anun. The little boys commenced CRYING
and said their father had threatened to kill
himself ''* .... -..
Search was instituted for Mr.. S. and the
Speaker room Of the House of Representa-
cs-thc door of which was locked on the in
side-was entered through the transom with a
lantern and there was found the lifelcss body
of MIR. Stewart lying upon the settcc. cold and
stiff. No evidences of poison from laudanum
were to be found. 4 bottle of champagne.
recently opened, was upon the wasbstand, and
small quantity in tumbcr; but the pc.
culiar Odor of laudanum was nowhere to he re-
cOgniZcd.
There was found on the clge Of the spittoon
small piece of paper, with the letters n
written upon it, with lead, it is supposed that
strychnine h ID been taken by the deceased
The spttoon having been thoroughly ccanscd
small pieces OF paper were found, which, when
properly adjusted, read as follows: Strychnine
| Poison Et
The body was lying upon settee, with a
cushion taken from the chair in the room, I'M
der the head. His hat was placed upon bust
of Lynn Boyd. The key of the door was con-
cealed under some papers ON the table, The
window blinds had been stuffed with paper so
as to prevent the possibility of being seen
from the outside.
Upon his umbrella was stuck with wafer
a piece of paper, upon which was written his
name. st y .s.s .t <4 Eys4s
From the inside pocket of his coat was ia
ken a small blank book, in which was written
in large and iegiblc hand various memoranda
and the following
Goodbye to all friends,
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BELLS. BELLS. REIIS,

LNOR Churches, Academies, Factories, Steamboats,
pIantatiOiis etc, made by the subs cribcrs and
large assortment kelt constantly hand mounted
with their newly improved Iron Yoke, which by a de-
taLhei plate permits the Bell, without tahiug il from
the Oke, To be turned its vertical axis any distance
however small or completely round thus Iessening the
danger oi fracture from repeated bl WIS Of the CLpper
III one place The Yoke also combines the mOyeab
arm by which the Bell may be raised or lowered in its
bearing u desired, thus increasing diminishing the
nrfe OF the blow The recent adaptation of Iron Cases
h which they mount all sizes) increases their work.
ing facilities, and also enhances the quality of the cast
which the establishment has been In operation, have
gained for their Bells unequalcd celebrity for volume
OF sound and quality Of tone, and which they have
nst received, Jan. 1854, the First Preminm at the
worlds Fair, many of this and Europe being
in cnn petition, aId which the 10Th Medal they have
received Being located at the junction of Railroad
Canal and River routes they ship any direction at
moments notice. For further information apply for
circular. Address A. MENEELY,S SONS
West Troy, Albany Co., New York. novl I,54d& WY
ST. PAUL RON 4 BRASS FOUNDRY.
Wis establishment is now furnished with good
sortment OF PATTERNS, and is ready fill orders for
CASTINGS Of all descriptions short notice and rson.
able terms. lt
Having experienced Pattern Maker in our employ
We can get up Patterns of any description that may bs
Also, IRON TURNING and FINISHING done in the best
manner.
BRASS and COMPOSITION CASTINGS made to order
Rabbit Metal constantly on hand.
Old Cast Iron Brass and Copper taken in exchange
ork 81 r. K j. r. GILMAN
st. raul. August 10, 1854. aug l9 dSwly