The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-05-25
News Items.

Palace since it came under his direction He has
thrown open the picture gallery for weddings. The
first took place there on Saturday. The groom was
MIR. Merit Smith, OF Noun, Washington, Mass. !;
the bride, Miss Elizabeth Digncau, Of St"yveysant
Falls, N. Y. Rev. d. l.. Marks, Of the Bedford ST..
NJ. e. Church, Oficiatcd.
The Green Bay Advocate says that the dock is piled
up with .hi"ges for Chicago and Milwaukee. The
saw mills are running night and day-so great is the
demand for lumber.
. The Santa Fe Gaxdtr, Of March 25th, gives very
promising accounts Of the richness of the mines in
New Mexico; new found and old ones re-opencd.
DR.. Cox, the venerable div inc, who has been in
the ministry 50 years, IL Of which have been spent
pastor Of the Firt Presbyterian Church in Brook.
Iyn, Sunday, preached his farewell sermon to the
members Of that congregation. He goes to reside at
Oswego,.. New York.
1t is stated that the Russian American Company
from sales Of merchandise sent there from Sitka.-
There being at present safe way of sending the
money to St. Petersburg, the company obliged to
allow it to remain deposit in the United States.
A letter from William Walker, chief Of the Wayn-
dotte tribe Of Indians, formerly of Ohio, says that
slavery exists in Nebraska among the whites and H.
dams, in defiance Of the Compromise Of 1920. 1t
has been in existence ever since it was organized as
Indian Territory. True, there are not many
slaves, but still slavery exists Some slaves held
by the Indians by virtue OF their laws and usagcs,
and some by regular bills Of sale from citizens Of Mis-
souri,, while white settlers from the latter State never
hesitate to bring slaves with them.
On the morning Of the 4h, tho Louisiana Ball
Room and feed store adjoining, in New Orleans
room was the most notorious Of all the dance houses
of the city. Murders innumerabIe have been planned
and executed within it and in ts neighborhood, and
drunkenness and debauchery rei.ned supreme within
its walls.
The New Hampshire Superior Court, at its late
held Concord, heard arguments in SO divorce
suits. 80 Of the applications granted, denied,
and the decision Of 43 reversed. The Superior
Court Of Rhode Island at last term had II Gases he
lore it, Of which AZ received judgment Of divorce
Denied settled, and the remainder continued
for consideration.
A letter from Constantinople says: "The day bc-
fore yesterday, the Arabia steamer Of the Pennsu
lar and Oriental Company, arrived here from England
~ith cargo Of all kinds Of useful things, mostly for
the British Hospital at Ehe.apia Amongst others,
there are seren hundred ,Dooden lgs,''
ANrI.LlQUoR LAW SUSTAINED IN MIsslssIP.
PA Mr.. Watts opened a grog shop recently in
Raymond, Miss. He was brought before Magis-
rate who committed him in default Of giving bail for
his appearance at the Circuit Court His counsel had
him brought before the Chief Justice Of the Court
Appeals by writ Of habeas corpus, who sustained the
cons,itutionalty Of the law aud the action Of the
Magistrate.
F. Ilaisaurek, editor oil the HotchmacM, a German
paper at Cincinnati, bound Friday in the
sum Of $500, by Esq Getzendanner until Tuesday
afternoon next, to to criminal charge of H.
bel, in having charged RchmiIler s. Losche, emf
grant agents in New York, with being swindlers.
Bill Shockly, the notorious coun,ereiter, who, with
FIVE others, escaped from our county Jail somc time
since, arrested at Cairo, by sheriff Akcrs, and
brought Lack to this city last night. Davis another
OF the five, was arrested by officer HuIdIestone, and
has been put in his old quar,ers.-N. A. Ledger.
1t is stated that Charles F. Peasee is to he consul
to London, and B. F. HalIett to take his place as
Collector Of Boston.
Thirty quarts of strawberries were sold in Cincin-
cinnati, on Monday, for $50.
A writer Of late book, published in New York,
called reverence to the Sanctuary" decides that
the Of the fan in churches is irreverent and should
be discontinued Dissertation. One Of our con-
temporaries calls this fan. atheism.
There are in Paris eighty thousand Free Masons.
The Grand Master is Prince Murat.
The London Times predicts that the present East
ern war will continue Tor quarter Of a century.
Philadelphia has paid the first instalment of SUBJ
scription Of million dollars to the Erie and Sum
bury Railroad.
Punch has the following version Of an old say
ing: "There is but step from the Sublime Porte
to old Nicholas.''
The New York Journal Of Com says the dam
age to the Railroad. by the freshe, so interrupted the
supplies of milk. that what little reached the city in
other ways quickly brought twenty-five cents quart
A New York paper rays that one Of the most troub-
Iesome consequences of the break in the Croton dam
is, the dimnution of the supply of milk.
johnson, the Sangernes clergyman, who has re-
Gently been been deposed by his church, has recently
been arrested and committed to prison for drowning
his wife and child last fall.
Major Cooper, son Of the late tragedian, Thomas
A. Cooper, chief engineer Of the Georgia railroad, is
now in New York city.
new paper is to be started at Cairo, Illinois, in
few daysr Mr.. Dixon, Of GAINESVILLE, Tenn, is
to be the editor and proprietor. Cairo is noted for
its mosquitoes, bad water and worse whisky.
DR.. J. A. Ranaldson, Of the REPRESENTATIVES
from the East Fecians, in the Louisiana Legislature
died boad the steamboat Bella Donna. on the 25th
h ke.a.