The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-25
NEWS ITEMS.

A-DENrAEh A-a>DoN, OAO vi thC WY lSW VI
that gallant band to whose devotion, gallantry
and sufferings we are indebted for the blessings
of freedom, died at Shal Oh Springs on the
23d ult. Mr.. LANDoN was born at Litchfcld.
Conn.,, in the year 1860, and was therefore, in
the Oath year of his age. When seventeen
years old, he joined the army and marched to
the city of New York, where he was stationed
until the Americans were compelled to evacu-
ate, when his company crossed to New Jersey,
and thence to West Point. He had seen and
conversed with Gen. WASHINGTON, and wit
messed the execution of Major ANDRE.
The New York Times says: We have -
vessels of war in our navy at present. OF
these ten arc ships of the line, mounting S72
guns thirteen are frigatcs, mounting Csc guns;
twenty are sloops of war, mounting 400 guns
four are brigs of 20 guns one schooner of 3
guns fifteen steamers, mounting l22 guns,
and nine storeships mounting AZ guns; giving
an aggregate of about 2,ll5 guns.
In Oregon, Gov. DAVIS has resigned on ac-
count of the sickness of his family, and has re-
turned to the United States. Labor is very
high in the Territory, carpenters getting 4.5O
per day. The weather was favorable for crops,
and wheat was turning out finely. The imnli-
grafton seems to be small. The Know Moth
ings have organized at Portland.
Private accounts from Maine state that in
the vicinity Of the burning forests, quite
number of persons, chiefly females, have become
insane, in consequence of excitement, the re-
suit of belief that the general conaagrations
in the woods there is sign of the speedy end
ing of the world in accordance with the pre-
diction Of the Milerites. Some of them have
been taken to the State Asylum.
A patent has been issued to w. d. PORTER
of the United States Navy, for an apparatus
to generate gas from the hydrocarbons in wood.
This invention, it is claimed enables persons
living at distance from cities, or where coal
cannot be obtained, to manufacture their own
gas cheaply. There can also be attached to it
an apparatus for cooking as well as for illu-
minating purposes. The apparatus can he
applied on board of steamers, river and ocean,
men-of-war and large sailing packets.
Mayor CONRAD, of Philadelphia, had thir-
ty-six bad women arrested at midnight, and
marched, at IL o'clock the next day, from the
Adelphi station to his Office. They were then
confined several hours in two dungeons, twelve
by fifteen feet, from which they were released
at the intercession of several councimen, hav-
ing been kept forty hours without food or
drink.
There are said to be, in Ireland, three ecclc-
slastcal bodies, ofShoots of the Irish Prcsby-
terian church, still retaining the forms of that
denomination, which profess Unitarianism.-
They have about fifty ministers.
Several engineers on the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad having been discharged for
bad conduct, endeayored to stop the working
of the road by an attempt to frighten the ell
gineers in charge of the trains. For this they
were arrested on charge of conspiracy, and
were held to bail in sums of one hundred and
one thousand dollars each.
Rev. J. H. BRUCE, Presiding Elder of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for Terre Haute
Circuit, Ind, died at Montezuma on the 22d
of August. Bishop AMEs has appointed Rev.
AARON Woop, now Of Terre Haute, to fill the
vacancy. ....
s, On Thursday last, in New York, q lawyer
named JOHN F. BRADY, was beaten by gang
Of rufians, knocked down fight of steps, and
SO badly injured that he died in few hours.
The Sault Canal Company have now seven.
teen hundred men in their employment, and
the work is rapidly advancing.