The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-06
NEWS ITEMS.


BY an extract from a letter of Paris cor
respondent of the New York Post, We learn
that Mr.. VAN buren, is actually and earnestly
engaged upon a history of his life, and has al
ready advanced some two or three hundred
pages with it. This intelligence will be rcceiv
ed by all the ex-Presidcnts countrymcn with
joy. 1...t
Hon. Daniel P. Thompson, of Montpelier
has been elected Secretary of State by the
Legislature. He was chosen on the nineteenth
ballot. -.,.. t..-.. ..ai .......
The Grand Jury have very properly indict-
York city, for selling liquor without license.
The Washington which arrived at New Y ork
on Wednesday, brings report of the death Of
Marshal st. Arnaud, COMMUNICATIVE Chief Of
the expedition to the Crimea. ,.t,n
Nicholas Behechan, the murderer of the
Wickhaml family, at Cutchoguc, Long Island
has been convicted of the deed, and is sen.
fenced to be hung, on the fifteenth of Decem.
Der. - -,..ti 'ti ~ .'fft.
We learn that the Kalamazoo Bank, locat-
ed at Albion, Ind, and owned by Ex-Governor
Ransom, of kalamazoo, Mich, has made ar
rangement to HAYES its notes redeemed in De
troit, by j. L. Lyell, at one per cent. discount,
and also at Indianapolis, Cleveland, New
York, and kalamazoo. ..-
The Judiciary committee of San Francisco
reported in favor of paying Mrs. Greenow,
formerly of Washington, $4,000, as compen-
sation for the loss of her husband, who was
killed by falling from one of the bad sidewalks
of that city. -. ..
The election has been held in New Mexico,
and resulted in the choice of a Democratic ma
jority in the House of Representatives.
One Of the escaped seamcn of the arctic
shipped on board the atlantic on Saturday.
Just as the steamer was about to sail he was
discovered by Captain West, who took him
by the collar and marched him ashore, saying
he wished no such men to go to sea with him.
Served him right. s
A party of young men from New York
were on target excursion on Monday, at
Hunters Point. Their target was nearly in
range of house 200 yards distant-in the
door of which boy was standing, and who
was killed by ball which entered his fore
head. The parties were arrested and held to
bail in $500 each. .s
The San Diego Herald publishes the follow
ing, written upon q. young man who was &C
cidently shot: ..
3. "here lies the body of Jccms Hambrick
- who was accidently shot
on the bank of the pacus river
by young man
he was accidently shot with one of the large
Colts revolver with no stopper for the cock
to rest on it was one of the old fashion kind
brass mounted and of such is the kingdom of
heaven"
/" In the deep bosom of the Ocean buried"
says Shakespeare; but the defaulting teller of
the Ocean bank, New York, not being an ad-
mirer of Shakespeare, deposited his ilLgotten
surplus in the deep bosom of faro bank.
The Arctie made 45 trips prior to the recent
disaster.
The value Of salt manufactured at the Onon-
daga salt works, in 1853, was 81, 93s,I7s.
w. II. Egbert, law student of PEORIA ILL.,,
has recently been arrested for forgery. The
evidence against him is conclusive.
A brother of Madame Rachel, the eminent
tragedienne, is in New York, making arrange
ments for her advent in this country.
Gov. Stewards speech ON the Mccormick
Reaper case before the Supreme Court of the
U. s., is said to be one of his greatest efforts.
1t is to be published shortly. A decision is
expected in the case..shortly.
One day last week, q train on the Great
Western Railway brought niue hundred pas
sengers from the Suspension Bridge to Detroit.
The road is doing an extensive business.
By recent investigations it appears that six
ty per cent. of the letters sent through the
mails in this country are paid.
The amount received from the military CON-
mutation tax in New York, thus fa r, is about
$500. There will be o falling off of about
$4,000 this year on accout of the new law af
iording greater facilities for procuring cxcmp-
ton. g., ---------
; The New York Journal of Commerce says
It is reported that, as a reward to Lord Elgin,
Tor his civil and diplomatic services, he will be
treated Duke.