The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-03-09
NO. XTVII

.'hn'ioou, III Puoic conN eyance IN South
Eastern State, he found himself in the company
0! thfee other persons, consisting Of Il Young Ia
dy and gentleman, her husband and OF an ind
vidna unified up IN cloak, whose countennnce
was conceaied, and who appeared to be indr .ino
m tete-a-,ete with Morpheus Suddenly lilo
hrawny heh:uckian got into n q ch smoainy a
c5lr, and frowned ferce1y around. as much no
to say, I'm half horse. half alligator. the val.
/ ier Hover OF the forest, all brimstone bu, ,ha
heaG and ears, and that's aquaiur,Is." in fact.
! ne looked as savage as a meai-axe, and ppjei
( io'I' huge volumes OF smoke, without reference
/ 20 The company within, especially Of the lady.
who manifested certain syuptoais Of annovauce
! PRESENTLY, aiier some whispering, he gentleman
/ "Hh her, IN the po'iiest accents, requested the
stranger not 10 smoke : it ANNOYED hi. cnuIoan-
ION. i he fellow answered: ~ reckon I've pa ii
'ny place. III snake as much as darn please.
ana all he'll s'an't stop 40 how T." Win that
he looked dangerous, and rolled his ewes ropnd
AS heFceiy as II ra;t!esnakc. II was evideu. be
had no objection TO a quarrel, and If i, occurred
1t was iikely 10 lead To a deadly struggle. The
young man who had spoken TO him srun, b.cl,
aud was silent. Clay fsl, hrs galIantry aroused.
lie consiered for moment whether he shouu
interfere; but experienced Il natural renci ance 10
draw upon himself the brutal violence of bs gi-
san''c adversary. In that lawless coauirv he
knew bls life insight be sacrificed unayeneel H.,
Knew himself phy sically unequri 10 the cout.s,
and he thon.hi, after all it was net bis business
GuWoiically 10 take up another uan's quarrel
Feeling pity frr the insglted and d,s.,us toward
the insuiicr, he determined to take no notice.
when. very Gle;lv indeed, The cioakcd Ggure
IN the corner assumed an upright position. aud
he mantle was suffered 10 fall from II without er
bort or excitement The small bL, sinev tran,e
nt man, paloly dressed In II tightly butoned
h"ck-coat, wiii nothing remarkable abact MS
appearance, was seen, ani pair Of bright gray
eyes sought HE fierce optics Of the lefociou, Ken
'uchian illtnta word this hay G,ure-' pass
ed his hand under his collar Il, jte back If ltrs
neck, and siow'y and deliberately pulled fof,h Il
oug-exiFe!ne.y !ong---aad gil!,ofirc knife from
us sheath n That singular place '.SStrlnger',
be sad. "my name Is Colonel james Bowie.
well known IN Arkansas and Louisiana and if
You don Pa, that cigar oat of the window in n
iunrier OF a minute, III Pat this knife through
yonr bowels, sure DEATH C,ay said he
never forgot in after life the expression Of The
Coloaols ewes at thai moment The u.edo,ni-
nani Impression made Gpou him WAS the cettain.
~ oi The threat being fulfilled. and apparently
the same consSs'on Impressed Itself ere long p-
Oh the offender. During wn or 'hree seconds his
eie met that OF Bowie. lie was the weaker and
nc Guaaed " Nin a curse he tore the c,yar from
between has teeth aud flung it scowing bu.
c3wncast, out of the coach window Upoa ihis
Colonel James Do@ie Deliberately repls ced his
ons tniie iH hs eccentric hiding place. and with
oo' saying a word 10 any ne else, ar eyen youch-
sahng glance ut any one, reicded his cloak
around lil'n, and DID nul utter another syllable 70
lie end oi The joarney New Quarierly Review.
for January.
\ CLAIRv vorAXr.-A Mis. Eien David, q .i,
twelve wars OF age na. been cca,iar i.
e~c'icme"' at RocAio'd. While IL ,4is slate she
quotes Latin gives the author. book ard page, and
even reuferS II INTO correct Enesli-beng Thoroughly
isnorani 81 the language ), set oi, af the cLrvnvau
state. She y remcsoafcd a. .erins and conyer,ivg
viii The 'nhaoitanis n the si,,iual world.
LIZ E.-i.ife, wi,hout some neces>i,, for cxcrtion
mast ever ac> interest. That ea1e j. Cd. abb, oi the
greatest en)uymcni where necessity wgeS irt ma,
ialnnly' "he'e effort - repniscs', iu - much rs
n"S>'le without aH>lc'y; whe'c the spring and sum
mcr q" III; ar" PREF aIatorv t. the harvest nf aun
and repo>a of winter Thon Is ever. season of lie
sweet and ia 4 WrH spent ic -, hast the i..t--tbe
season oi calm enosTeE,, ,Ar richest l.. trcoiocinus
the hI- lcs, In huir. I.u,d training and lir .f,tt
constitute more desirable far.:nn.iy fh,a wealth;
aud those Parents VIII" study their ,hitrrnS welf.fe
rather than the cauhcajirn of lheir own ayatce or
vanity, would do Wei 70 hint Of dis ], - better
10 run Successful race L,n g. be-, aud ca1 al lba
goal.
We in large cites ,iinl; ve are welding the dos.
tni"s oi The nation, hut asc uroae:. vc are ro
mHr Than brokers 10 The alirniimi, ihice-unattc,a
OF ih" c""n,rN's capital IS embarked IN Ag,iru!lurc
Al '"e ac''vi'y IN o'r large ciics IS ony Tor the r-
p"sc Of suppl, lng iirIncs with ,he commodities
they rcqu';e from abroad. Onc-laH II per cent
added IL the agricnliIrat products of our country
wo"il te better une Of wc,lis, than California
The stupid son is generally kept the farm ard the
tt-ht ones sent e. coicsr; but they come back Ia
time, Ia fed ON the stupid Que. The map of he
tn'ied States l. not 10 he found on he Battery We
TIM -.frff al
srge uaio''r "hn irIi. The of the United
States ~ this year bc 100, 900 900 of bushels: ih<
at - cents a bushc j. worth $3.50 900 900; aui the
corn crop viii not compare irh ,he hny. The cot
ton c'" w!i not compare " th ia" oa; crop the dead
hog packed into bAreis worth more tban ali the
cottoi crop; bpi e npiiy of the Isu-r registered
IN the Custom House, and thus .ak much of IT,
The hotsc shoe nails used by the farmers ol our
country arc worth more than any bank ia Ne. York;
and The di>coyercr oi a pipw that y puh i,alw one
inch deeper, would DO more gooi ,hsn all the DIS
cnvtres prl.Jca economy The da. nl bacon.
Pref Maros.
A lawyer. on his death b-j wiiled hi- whole pro-
perry 10 The enac a, ruu, sa,ing he deSlc It should
go 10 the same class nj per ho took j, isoin.
At the B;rming,ain (Eng'and) Poultry show,
}ramah rooster ana hen sold for 1I20. The sales {
birds produced $1,000.
I, i, estimated that the Ro,hschi Brorae,s, ara
worth tom ten 80 fifteen millions slilIig. ur from
so, 900 IT. $-75 00J 900.
That Is the trmc season Of love, when we l,eliero
that we alone can lnve, thai could ever have
loved so "a inrc Us, and tiiat xIl love IL the
same way after ns.-Gcethc.
WHY THE DITrERExoE,--fn Boston market
eggs from 30 to 40 cents Dozen ard Ial. butter
sells for 70 20 p cents per pound. Ia Washington,
where The hotels and boarding ho,scs have recently
ra'scG their prices un account of the h.h price Of
provisions, eggs 10 ceats dozen and fresh t.te
butter has been rs to l3 cents per pound this week,
bat would the residents OF the Federal city sav al
Boston prices1--Bosiop Paper.
The CHINESE WALL.--Tn lecture on Chir7
Which he delivered At Bolton, England, Dr.. Bowring
said il had been calculated hat if all the bricks.
stones, and masonry oi Great Britain were gathered
together, they would he able 10 furnish materials
enough Cor the Wall Of China: and tia, ai the build
ings ~ London pu together would No make the towers
/ and ,mrets which adorn it.
| There now 80 locomotives, with tenders, be.
longing 10 Western Railroads, iying at Erie, unable
to get ihs break, account Of the moh that in
fetis that neIghborhood
| An Oregoncon speaks rap.urousiy Of the Oregon
4 ~. u. nj Il.