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The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-03

MENDOZA HOUSE.
IT Would respectfully inform the public that have
taken the Farribault House, in the town of MendO-
ia, and prepared to accommodate boarders, perma
nent transient.
The house is newly fitted up, is commodious, and
pleasantly located, and pains will be spared my
endeavOrs make it of the most comfortable in
the West.
JAMES BRUCE.
Mendoza, July 10, 1853-tf
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-03

JNO. MASTERS,
DOARDING HOUSE, in building formerly occupied by
ID G. H. Spencer. Esq, Traversedes Sioux, Minnesota
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-03

WRSSINSIFF1 F1OUSEe
CORNER EAGLE AND HILL sTs., ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
TIME subscriber has taken the above house and fitted
Il it up for the reception of boarders in sty lie
passed by any house in the Territory.
Boarding by the day week on reasonable terms.
E. E. THOMPSON.
st. Paul, April IA, '53.--y52.
SAINT LOUIS HOTEL,
DETWEEN Fort Smelling and Minnehaha Falls will be
ID opened June 9th, 1854.
j. NEWELL, Proprietor.
st. Paul. Nav 81, 1854. 3m
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-03

HOUSE. SIGN and ORNAMENTAL PAINTER, corner OF
Fourth and st. Peter street St Paul. PAINTING ana
GLAZING done in a superior and workmanlike man
ner. All orders promptly and neatly executed. WoTk
warranted to give satisfaction.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
A Scheme for Spoils.

hr'oaO Nottingham is but a scheme of arch. demagogues to obtain office and spells. It is as the Harrisburg Union truthfully affirms, but desperate game of whig leaders to insure suc- cess Tn the coming election. An amalgamation has taken place with the native American par- ty, and secret organization has been devised to mlslead young and inexperienced demo- crats. Unceasing efforts are being made for the extension of the socty yclept " Know. Moth. lngs," and persons are induced to become mem. bers who are not aware that the whole affair is scheme of political tricksters, who, in their frantic determination to rule or ruin, will leave no stone unturned to accomplish their base pur- poses. Selfish and aspiring men and broken down political hacks, are busily engaged in seduclng from their party allegiance well-in- tentioned democrats Take heed. then. that you are not msled
 It is singular fact, says the Mobile Register. in this connection, that wherever the elections have been determined by the influence of the know-N othings, it has been claimed as whig victory by papers of that political complexion Nor has this been an empty boast. It is un- doubtedly true, that democrats have been oe- nerally defeated in these contests. The ex. plantation of this phenomenon is simple. The whig party is no longer great national orga- nization, with principles and measures to com. mend to the people. Without exception, every issue for which it once contended, has been laid aside as experience demonstrated its unsuita- bleness for the age and the people It is now distinguished by agreedness for office and an un- compromising opposition to the democratic par ty. To overthrow their successful rivals, and thereby to gain possession of the offices of the country, is the grand object of whig leaders and their whig followers Unaided by other factions, they could never achieve this result. and therefore they are driven to the alternative of courting the smiles of every band of mal contents who set themselves against the demo- Cincinnati Eaquirer.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

And also in each respective county in the State, for the election of the following county officers wit: One County and Probate Judge, one Internal I'm provement Commissioner, one Clerk of the Circuit Court. Sheriff, one Coroner one Treasurer, one Surveyor. and for each township in the several ties Constable and such number of Justices of the Peace authorized by the constitution and laws of this State.
 The attention of the clerks and sheriff sis called to the provisions of An act to take the of the qualified voters of this State for and against call of a State convention to modify and reform the present constitution of this State" approved 10th January, lS53 which provides that the sheris of the ral counties of this State, whose duty it is to give notice of the elections be held the next general elections in this State, to be held the first Monday in August 1854 shall at the time and place. and in the same manner prescribed by law for said general election give notice that the of the qualified voters of the several townships of their spective counties will be taken at said general cleo ton for and against the call of State convention to modify and reform the constitution of this State and also that it shall be the duty of the several clerks of the several counties throughout this State in making out the several poll books as required by law, previous the general election to be held in this State, on the first Monday in August, 1854, to add two ad dtonal columns to said several poll books the cap ton of one shall be for convention" the caption of the other against a convention"
 The sherffs of the respective counties are hereby required said election to be held according to law. The viva system of voting is prescribed by law.
 In testimony whereof have hereunto set
 my hand and caused the seal of the State (L. s) of Arkansas to be affixed at Little Rock
 this first day of July A. D; cdM 1s54; ~ By the Governor:
 D. B. GREER, Secretary ef .State.
 By JoHH HUTT, Deputy July At Secretary of Stats.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
TRUE GREATNESS.

The greatness of the warrior" is poor and low compared with the magnanimity of virtue It vanishes before the greatness of principle.- The martyr to humanity to freedom, or reli- zion; the unshrinking adherent of despised and deserted truth; who alone, unsupported, and scorned, with no crowd to infuse into him cour- age, no variety of objects to draw his thoughts from himself, no opportunity of effort or resist ance to rouse and norish energy, still yields himself calmny, resoluteiy, with invincble philanthropy, to bear prolonged and exquisite suffering, which one retracting word might re- move; such man IS as superior to the warrior as the tranquil and boundless heavens above us, to the low earth we tread beneath our feet
 Great generals away from the camp, are con- monly no greater men than the mechanic taken from his workshop. In conversation they are often dull. Works of profound thinking on general and great topics they cannot compre- bend. The conqueror of Napoleon, the hero of Waterloo, undoubtedly possesses great militia " talents; but we have never heard of his elo- quence in the senate or of his sagacity in the cabinet; and we venture to say, that he will leave the world, without adding one new thought on the great themes, on which the ge- nius of philosophy and legislation has meditat- ed for ages. We will not go down for illustra- tion to such men as Nelson, a man great on the deck, butdebased by gross vices, and who never pretended to enlargement of intellect. To in- stitute comparison in point of talent and genius between such men and Milton, Bacon, and Shakespeare is almost an insult on these illus trious names.
 Who can think of these truly great intelli- gences; of the range of their minds through heaven and earth; of their deep intuition into the soul; of their new and glowing combinations of thought; of the energy with which they grasped and subjected to their main purpose, the infinite materials of illustration which na. ture and life afford, who can think of the forms of transcendent beauty and grandeur which they created, or which were rather carnations of their own minds; of the calm wisdom and fervid impetuous imagination which they con- joined; of the dominion which they have exert ed over so many generations, and which time only extends and makes sure; of the voice of power, in which, though dead, they still speak to nations, and awaken intellect sensibility, and genius in bothebemispheres; who can think of such men, and not feel the immense inferiority of the most gifted warrior, whose clements of thought are physical forces and physical ob- structions, and whose employment is the com bination of the lowest class of objects on which powerful mind can be employed.
 CANNING.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
Agents for the Ttue Democrat.

 WM E SMITH, Washington county; IARLEN SlLVEY, Jackson county. A. ;: HAYS, Ashley county; U. w. JEFFREY, Mount Olive, lizard county K. L. PHILLIPS, Washington, Hempstead county; J: IT. MlLEHAM, Franklin county; Wm M. BOWERS, Fayetteville; GIDEON TUCKER, Batesville, Independence county; JOHN A. LINDSAY, Powhattan; ELlHU RANDOLPH, Desha- county; JOHN M MITCHELL, Gainsville Green county; VIM R. CAIN, Pocahontas, Randolph county; LEWIS SUTFIN, Boliver, Ponsett county; ROOF H. HOWELL, Dover Pope county; J. 5. JORDAN, Monticello, Drew county; THOS RIGGS, Postmaster at Rchwoods, lizard county; VIM. M. VAN VALKENBURGH, Warren, Bradley co; GREEN R. JONES, Esq, Smithville, Lawrence county; |. B. VENABLE, Van Buren county; JOHN HAVIS, Bradley county; c. H. JACKSON, Mount Penson Jackson county; VIM. A. CRAWFORD, Saline county; J. w. McCONAUGHEY, Searcy, White county; A. J. BROOKS, Bloomer, Sebastian county; JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, Lewisville, Lafayette co Capt. W. LANDERS, Sulphur Rock, Independence CO; ": B. YOUNG, Dover, Pope county; THO'S F. AUSTIN Yellville Marion county; J. w. BERNARD, Norrostown, Pope county; JAS R. BERRY, P. M Huntsville, Madison coun,v; JAS N. JOHNSON, P. M., Friendship, Saline county; c. l.. SWEET, Sweetvile, Crittenden county; THO'S MILLS, Polk county; JOHN w. FULLERTON, Hot Springs; ROB'T ATKINSON, Leek's Store, Ouachita county; Dr. L. l.. MARTIN, Long View, Ashley county; N L. BAKER, Fulton county; JACOB PATE, M., Pleasant Plains, Independence CO K. l.. CARGiLE, Conway county.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

POLITICAL SERMoNs-The New York Ob- server, religious newspaper, remarks:
 "It is with painful apprehensions that we ob- serve, in the speeches of clergymen, in the tone of portion of the press, and in the deport- ment of the people, gathering determination to make an issue with the government on this question, and, if possible, to prevent the execu- ton of this law. It is time to pause when this doctrine has any semblance of favor in the public conscience. A spark of fire may explode a magazine, and ages may not be able to repair the mischief.
 When certain rash men, in October, 1849, invoked an armed resistance to the fugitive slave law, and proffered the crown of martyr dom to those who perished in the fight thrill of horror struck the heart of the people, and the authors of the in amous sentiment were fain to hide themselves from public rebuke by quasi denial. Is there aught in the present circum- stances to make that doctrine less atrocious now than then?''
 | A congregational clergyman, writing to the Journal of Commerce from Boston, in enumerat- ing the political semonizers, and stating the proposed future action of the clergy, says:
 "What is to be the result of this politic-cleri- cal warfare upon the laws of the land and the con- stitution? Judging from the past, a portion of the clergy may be speedily ashamed of their conduct, and become gospel preachers Those who persist in such preaching, will either drive g portion of their hearers away:to seekga gospel church, or will drive themselves away, to de- bauch any other people they can get to hea, them. As a consequence of the whole, many
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

A MosT WORTHY Acr.-The Boston papers thell us that the Hon. Thomas B. Curtis, U. s. Commissioner for Massachusetts, has written a letter to the directors of the Boston Music Hall in relation to the leasing of that hall to Theo- dore Parker's congregation. He states that at the solicitation of the late Jonas Chickering he contributed $5,OOO towards securing the erection of the hall, and claims that the leasing of it to the above named socity is violation of the terms, both implied and expressed, up- on which the hall was built and that by it the original purpose is violated, defeated and an- nuled. In answer to the argument that no lease is refused to tenant able to pay, unless he puts the "premises to uses legally indict. able," MT. Curtis, as proprietor, maintains that the present occupation is the more dangerous because it is nuisance not reached by the law. With these views, MT. Curtis caused a motion to be made several months ago, the adoption of which, hesays, he had reason to expect by a large majority. He says he still believes that ma jority of the proprietors as of the public, is with him in the hope that one who evinces want of loyalty to the institutions of God and of man, will not be permitted to continue un- der their roof his seditious harangues, and scotfing denunciations of the good and the great, both living and dead.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

PROMPT PAYMENT.-We understand that notifications of the Mexican treaty were this day exchanged between General Almonte, on the part of Mexico, and the Secretary of State, on the part of the United States; and that soon after the exchange, Gen. Almonte presented himself at the treasury department for the pur- pose of receiving the amount stipulated by the treaty to be paid on the exchange. The Secre- tary of the treasury was already prepared for the payment, and placed in the minister's hands check on the assistant treasurer at New York for the sum of seven millions of dollars. This is probably the largest sum which has ever been paid in this country by any one cheek and on any one single depository. It is further pro- bable that it will prove the largest payment that has been made at any one time in coin.- Washington Union
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

BAD STATE OF MoRALs.-The New Orleans Delta makes the following melancholy confess sion of the condition of affairs in that city, Although the murders in New Orleans will average one in every twelve hours, this, (the conviction of Frank Smith for the murder of his wife) is the second conviction, without qua lfcation, for eight years! There is fault somewhere, and it should be remedied. So many murders, assassinations, fights, drowning, and found dead,' should lead to some enda- vors for their stoppage. As it is, no one is ever found guilty of murder here, and those who are convicted of manslaughter are only sent to Baton Rouge for term of years. We hope the wrong will be remedied, but have no reason to suppose that it will be. Ajury can- not be empanneled in New Orleans who will find any man guilty of murder if they can help it. The universal judgment is" Every man take care of himselfn
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

or our congregations will become divided; new' and' perhaps, entirely independent con- gregatlonal churches will be formed. and many will find religious refuge in the Episcopal church. as by far the most conservative denomi- nation we have among us, and who so far as we learn have little or no political preachine in their pulpits. fo
 If the annals of the past in New Fno,ond were searched, our clergymen would find most most instructive lessons with regard to the influence. of political preaching. Inthe old federal times of 1912 and following, the late Dr. Burton of the Congregational church, of Thetford Yer. mont, drove eighty of his parishioners to the Methodists in body, by his political pulnit harangues. The late Dr. Parish, of Bv6eid made himself and his parishioners much trou, ble tor the same reason; and, had regrets on the subject when he came to die. There is much of the ecclesiastical history of the Congrega- tlonalists of this period that is eminently sug- gestlve at this time. If the Congregational de- nomlatlon, in New England, which, for various reasons, in the past, has given the chief forces to establish and sustain other denominations. IS deslrous of becoming small and beautifully iess,' let it adopt abolition as principle of the body' and encourage political preaching"
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
A SPANISH TRAaEDY.-A foreign paper gives us an account of the following tragical occur

A SPANISH TRAaEDY.-A foreign paper gives us an account of the following tragical occur renee:
 "A lady, fashionably dressed, attended by a servant, was at mass in the church of San Fran cisco de Pauls, Barcelona when we'll dressed young man seated himself by her, and from time to time whispered in her ear. She did not answer him. but was observed to turn red and pale. She after awhile changed her place to avoid him, but he rejoined her. She again changed her place but he again placed himself by her side. At length she left, followed by her servant. But just as she reached the door, the man, who had hurried after her, stabbed her in the body. She feel, bathed in blood. It turned out that they were recently married but that the female, having been grossly illtreated, had left him after they had lived together about fortnight, and had returned home to her pa- rents.'
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
SCIENCE AND LITERATURE IN AMERICA

SCIENCE AND LITERATURE IN AMERICA Dr. Pierre in his work just published, entitled "A Parsian Pastors Glance at America, ,"says:-
 We went to the United States with some prejudices, and one of them, which we doubt less shared with many of our compatriots, was the opinion which we had formed of the de- gree of literary cultivation to be found among the Americans We were disposed to think, that a people so essentially commercial and manufacturing, had but 8 low appreciation ot science and literature, and that, with few ex- captions, they concentrated their activity and energies on railroads, steamboats, and India rub ber We think differently now. The love ol knowledge is widely difused in the United States. e5sE@
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY

75s2 From Pine Bluff to Warren, semi-weekly
 75s4 From Arkansas Post to Crocket's Bluff
 75s5 From Princeton to Cashemasso, weekly; J Fl. Newborn. tt ..D .r 75ss From Warren to Princeton, semi-weekly; L D. Stckney.
 75s7 From Bartholomew to Hawkins Landing weekly G. W. Kinbrough.
 75Ss From Fl Dorado to Camden, tri-weeky; J R. Wright. '~-
 75so From Fl Dorado to Farmersville. La., semi weekly; E. M. Owen. M.lOwen.
 1892 From Fl Dorado to Lewisville, semi weekly E. M. Owen. 75sS From Fl Dorado to Bartholomew, semi-week- ly; c. Swain.
 75s4 From Camden to w arlington, semi weekly; E. & W. H. Carruth. . 1895 From Comden to Arkadelphia, weekly; P M. Carmichael.
 1897 From Washington to Walnut Hill, semi weekly; B. & W. H. Carruth. 75sS From Washington to. .Murfreesboro', weekly k. & w. H. Carruth.
 75ss From Paraclfta to Doaksville, semi weekly w. & J. M. Sessal
 7Soo From Washington to Clarksville, Texas, semi weekly; W. Moss. 7sol From Washington to Panther, weekly; A. G. McLane 7so2 From Washington to Fulton, semi weekly; E. & W. H. Carruth.
 76oS From Antoine to Paraclifta, weekly; A. T w. Long.
 7604 From Arkadelphia to Mount Ida, weekly; G wilmington.
 7so5 From Camden to Homer, La., weekly; P. A. dS A. N. Simmons.
 7606 From Charleston to Sugar Loaf, weekly; J. M. Cormach.
 1907 Prom Revielle to Charlestown, weekly; F. A. Elkins.
 76os From Grand Lake to Hamburg, weekly, L. D. Stckney.
 1909 From Ozark to Cross Roads, weekly: N. Oli- 7slo From Roclport to Murfresboro', weekly, E. S. Haynes.
 76ll From sesrcy to Kinderhook, weekly;J. C. Gainer.
 7s12 From Philadelphia to Rome, weekly; N Dyer 7elS From Fair Forest to Bastrop, La, weekly; F. A. Boyd. 7S14 From Clinton to Buffalo City, weekly; M. Griggs.
 76l5 From Camden to Lewisville, weekly; P. Ayre & A. w. Simmons.
 76lS From Clarksville to Osage, weekly; O. Bash 7Sl7 From Clarksville to Saint Paul, weekly; J. 7els From Hamburg to Warren, weekly; J. W 1920 From Hillsboro' to Marion, La., semi weekly E. M. Owen.
 1922 From Mount Ida to waldron, weekly; W. Gibson.
 1928 From Little Bay to Fl Dorado, weekly; E. NJ. Owen.
 1925 From Batesville to Smithville weekly; z. Roberts.
 7S26 From Powhatan to Batesville, weekly; z. Roberts
 7627 From Rome to Beech Creek, weekly; E. S. Haynes.
 762S From Bentonville to Maysville, weekly; N. W. Jefferson.
 7sao From Wilmington to Homer La., weekly; E. M. Owen.
 1888 From Fort Gibson to Fort Arbuckle weekly; R. s. Cochran.
 1884 From Grand Glaze to Searcy, weekly;J H. Patterson.
 1885 From Des Arc to Searcy, weekly; J. E. Ho- shell.
 763e From Arkadelphia to Hot Springs, weekly; P. M Carmichael.
 7637 From Oakland to Grove Brownsville, weekly; B. Blakeney.
 763s From Danvie to F. c. Gaines, weekly; N. Dyer.
 7s4o From Van Buren to Fayetteville, weeky;J. H. Grang. 7S43 From Rockport to Lost Greek, weekly;J. H. Newborn.
 7644 From Carrollton to Rock Bridge, Mo-, week ly, W. J. Ward.
 7645 From Dover to Yelvle, weekly; J. Wood.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

CUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN-" K" the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says:
 There is nothing warlke in the last dispatcb. es from Madrid. Negotiations for the acouisi- tion of the Island of Cuba are certainly on foot and will in all probability, succeed, if not in. terfered with by the premature action of Con. gress. The chairman of the House committee on foreign relations is giving evidence of his wisdom and discretion by not reporting on the many resolutions referred to him on that sub. Ject. There is probably no better Saxon pro. verb than that of letting we'll enough alone.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

How TO DIscRED1r WITNESS. " Mr. Clayton, will you have the goodness to answer me directly or categorically, few plain questions?'
 Witness--"Certainly, sir"
 "Well, Mir. Clayton, is there female living with you, who is known in the neighborhood as Mrs. Clayton?'
 "There is"
 Is she under your protection?' "Yes"
 Do you support her."
 II do"
 Have you ever been married to her?' "I have not"
 Here several jurors scowled gloomily on MT. Clayton.]
 "That is all, MT. Clayton" Opposing counsel-Mr. Clayton, is the female in question your mother?"
 |" Shc isr'
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
RT The devlOpments of conner in the Coe

: eTThe developments of copper in the Cogna Creek and Telico mountain regions of Tennes- see, we learn from the correspondence of the Chattanooga Gazette, are becoming exceeding ly attractive. The mountains, for the present, are alive with English, German French, Ameri- can, and Italian copper hunters. The copper exhibits itself in North Crolina, Virginia, and all along the range of the Blue Ridge, and mines of scarcely less importance than those of the Lake districts are confidently looked for, so soon as our railroads shall give them an outlet to commence.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

CHURCH BLOWN Up.-A despatch from Dor chester, Mass, dated the 5th inst, says: "The new Catholic Church in Dorchester was blown up by gunpowder yesterday mornig and nearly all destroyed. There is considerable excite. ment, some attributing it to the Native Ameri- cans' and others that the Catholics had deposit ca powder and arms there for the protection of the church, and the explosion was accidental I
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
THE MAGNOLIA HOUSE.

LEAVING purchased the entire fixtures of the III house in Ashleys row, on Markham street, late ly occupied by Mir. E. F B. LUMrKs which had been retted within the past spring by that gentleman, in the finest modern style, we are prepared to accom- the choicest liquors brought to the State, mixed in style, not surpassed by any arttste west of New York.
 ICE will be kept during the entire summer season, or as long as money procure it and every effort made te give satisfaction
 Hoping by attention to their business, to merit g large share Of the patronage of generous publi c, they would say, "come one-come all',
 July 5 BROOKIN & SULLIVAN.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26

6T Mrs. Mary l.. Shaw, wife of Sidney Shaw, of Columbiaville, New York, committed suicide last week by taking arsenic. She was but sixteen years of age, and leaves a baby seven months old. She is said to have been a woman of rare personal beauty, and superior intelligence.
 A wife and mother at sixteen" sweet six teen!" Nowonder at all that she took arsenic! -Can. Enq