The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-11
NEWS ITEMS.


Captain Alexander Mclean, of the steam
boat Swallow, plying between Albany and
New York, died in the latter city on the 3Oth
ult. -.
a, collision took place on the Lake Shore
R;aailroad, near Toledo, on the 9th ultimo, by
which twenty lives were lost, and large num-
Der wounded, .r@a. ......
The. North Shore steamers Oh Lake Eric
are not to be Withdrawn at present, and the
Mayfiower is to, run as long as the ice will
permit ''. .....s r.-
Yllls N.-Cogling, of Chesterfield, Va, was
poisoned as supposed by his slaves, and died
soon AFTERWARDS 70
The fine fill weather at the South, it is cs-
timated, will add materially to the yield Of
cotton. '"''''''' "
The Ohio Railroad was opened from Colum-
bus To Wheeling ON the 3Oth ult
The Pittsburgh papers announce that the
Rev! DR.. Piunlmer, the new Principal Of she
Western theological Seminary, was INSTALLED
into Office On Friday evening at the Second
Presbyterian Church.
The Bangor Mercury reports the case of
Elizabeth A. Green VS.. Chas. II. DeWo&6,,
before the Supreme Judicial Court. The de-
feIdalt,' WHO is pr was resident of Oldtown,
and somewhat noted for his ccccntricitics, and
as having been editor of the Oldtown Index
was sued by the plaintiff for breach of promise
of marriage, and the damages were laid at $lO,-
600. Several pieces of very sentimental poe
try, written by the defendant, were introduced
as Testimony of "thc love he bore Miss Green,
and created mech amusement among members
of the bar; md the large number Of spectators
whs were present. PeWolfe argued his own
Cause. Tha. jury returned verdict for the
piaintiff:Of sli6a5.
The Reaper Case Of Cyrus II. Mccormick
vs.. Seymour &c Morgan has finally been dcci-
ded In the, United States Circuit Court ct Al
baiIIyy. It was commenced in August, 1850, to
recover iar.the alleged Infringement, by the
defendants, of. certain improvements in the
PLAINTIFFS reaaiag machine, for which he OBJ
tanned letters patent in January, l645, and i'll
October, la47; the last patoat covering the
arrangement Of the seat Or position of the ra-
ker.apen the machine. The jury returned a
verdict 81 Sc 900 for the plaintiff with inter-
estE, -a1iAoanting to $1,000.
The Cincinnati Gazette, abiding to the fact
that, several. paupers from Europe had lately
beer sent back by the authorities of Roston,
says':---a Wemay not object to having pau
crescent. back to the place from whence they
came, only it strikes us that city which per-
niits a.PoEee Court to send back white men
and women three thousand miles across the
ceeap, he b9eecYapse they are poor ought not to
malessuch a fuss about commissioner send
ing negro back to Virginia, because he is a
slave. That's ALL"
1.-THE. entire. repeal of the Usury Laws in
Great. britain has been accomplished at the
recent session of Parliament. 1t is now lawful
mGrcat Britain to loan money at any rate Of
'.Jodge aKnowlton, of the Supreme Cont Of
Wisconsin has been arrested and held to bail
i'd THE stith Of $40 900. at the instance of Caleb
Cushing: :. The difficulty, says the Milwaukee
Wisconsin, grew out Of an INJUNCTION granted
by Judge Knowlton in the suit of Cushing vs..
Hungerford.
Late accounts give the particulars of most
EippGnns outrage that was lately committed or
asEalHolic Priest in Ellsworth, Maine. II
seems that be had met with dis-favor there
from his alleged interference with the schools
aaa ,hsea threatened and warned to keel
avat.s7Tiese sintimidations he did not see fl
tfiss9 ;sd ssayhen he returned they tarrcd AM
fcathercif bin, and thereby did an infamous &C
-ar i,replc. dsgracing themselves and tl'ci
town for tihie to come. 11he act was who'll.
prtdssifablc 80, e. -,