The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-07-21

The sum of -7O,G $50 has been subscribed in Yer
mont to aid in prosecuting vola'ors Of the liquor law
party Of 100 young men, composed of mechanics
and working men, is forming in New York to emf
CRATE to Nebraska.
During the firing Of the salute of one hundred g,rs
at Washington, the passage Of the Nebraska bill,
Mrs. MAURY, the lady of the Mayor Of that city,
gave birth to two noble boys, Of which has been
christened. N EBRAsKA,' and the other s:K ANsAs.'
Judge DOUGLASS will Of course stand godfather to
them.
The Liquor Law just passed in Connecticut allows
citizens to sell cider and wine Of their manuiac
uie, in quantities OF not less than four gallons. 1t
takes effect on the first of August.
Large numbers of counterfeit SIS on the Manufc-
rers' and Farmers Bank, Of Wheeling, are in cir-
yulaton in Pittsburgh.
The Washington Un;on denies that the Charge to
Turin has resi- ncd or been recalled
The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court of Cmcn-
natl has found true bill of indictment against Pc
commit rape on the person Of young German girl
wliIie at the confessional
Archbishop IIUGHEs, whose health was said ,o
have been restored by his trip to Havana, has re-
lapsed so much as to interrupt his pastoral duties
On the cars of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Excursion, contributions Amounting something
five hundred dollars were made for the benefit Ct the
sufferers by the explosion at Seymour.
After trial of six days. in the case of WARDEN
VS.. the Cincinnati Times, for libel, in which the
plaintiff laid his damages at $4,000, the jury, On
the LIST inst, rendered verdict for the defendants
BY an arrival at New Orleans, report re-
ccived that the American bark Greg Easlf succeeded
in landing six hundred slaves, Havana, the
2ji jane, when she was captured by British brig,
bat was finally delivered up to- Spanish nian-ot-war.
Very few Of the slaves were rescued.
Capt WM. c. JEwETT, commander Of the steam
cr Heicn Jr,cn, well known commander in the Mi :
souri, river trade, died at Glasgow, Mo-. on the 10th.
Of cholera.
There were 137 deaths in Boston during the week
ending July Sh, of which 2 were from cholera, al d
II from sun stroke.
A tccgtarhc dispatch from Boston, dated the sth,
says: Recent developments in New York are exor-
csing ain uniavoraLle influence on money affairs in
this city. Stocks have considerably declined to-day.
and State street is greatly excited by the failure Of a
firm of well known and extensive brokers and stock
dealers. Their liabilities are not stated.''
1t is reported that DEHAuSAY,IRELIN& CLARK,
of the heaviest banking houses in Wall street,
suspended payment on the Sth
The Illinois Central Railroad Company officially
reports that SCHUYLER's liabilities to them are
SOP, 100, which is amply secured.
BLArcHFoRD s RAISroRD, brokers of the Har-
lem Railroad Company, have failed.
The Southern Michigan, Northern Indiana, and
other Railroad Companies, have resolved to invite
public investigation into their transfer books, and in
TO the amount of stock issued.
The Hon. JAMES ii. COLLINS, of Chicago, one
of the fast lawyers Of the State, died at Ottawa,
Gently. His disease was cholera. He was in at
tendance upon the Supreme Court.
The Kecsvillc Gaedte relates that little boy re-
Gently fell, in that vicinity, distance of Is feet
ing somersets in the air. and finally struck ''s,uarc
on his head on the fiat rocks. by miracle he su-
icrcd no serious injury We don't wish to cast any
doubt this story, but would like to know if the
! rocks were 'shut much.''
1t is stated that the Secretary of the Treasury has
thoroughly examined the accounts Of the Hon. Il. r..
KING, formerly Collector Of the port Of San Fran
cisco and that the disputed points have been decided
| in Mr.. KINGS favor.
| The remains Of ALFRED A. SHEPARD, the actor
burned in the National Theatre, Philadelphia, have
been taken from the ruins.
| General QUIrMAS, and Messrs. THEAsHER and
SANDERsoN have thought better Of the matter since
their arrest, and have given bail for their appearance
in the sums respectively required of them
| The work on the Beoit and Racine Railroad,
Wis, has been STOPPED, owing to the failure Of the
! SCHUYLERs.