The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-05-30
Miscellaneous Items.

The Washington Star says We hear that Prcs
dent PIERCE has inv vited ex- President F1LLMOREt
visit Washington his way north rendering him
the hospilaltics Of the White House while among US
again.
1t is said that RUFUS CHoATE has resigned tho
office Of Attorney General Of Massachusetts, and
that Ex-Governor Clifford, who was former ncum.
bent, will succeed him.
The late Father Mathews, Of St. Patrck's Church
w ashlngtOn, has left fortune of $500 900, a por.
ton of which is beuueathed to his ncphew ex-Seua.
tor Merick, Of Maryland, and a hrg. sum to the
church. cathedral will be erected in Washington
city. on the site Of ST. Pa,rick's, from this beours
1t is said that thousands of cattle will starve to
death in New Brunswick before the grass grows.
| he river was spanncd yesterday by magnificent
rainbow, one end of which appeared to rest in Can.
ada, and the other in Yankee land. Any one climb.
ing up to the middle Of it from this end, could easily
have slid down the other into Windsor.-Detroit
Enquirer.
COL William Rayen, Of Youngstown, Ohio, died
recently, and bequeathed 100000 to educate the
vision that in the fund is not sufficient TO educate
all, the children and wards of the poor are to have
the preference.
Little Cordelia Howard has played the part of Eva
in Uncle Toms Cabin, at the National Theatre,
New York, for 326 consecutive nights. TIE play of
Uncle Toms Cabin hes had RUN in New York, un-
parallced in theatrical annals.
A telegraphc despatch says that Mat Ward pub
fishes an appeal, in New Orleans paper, to the ed
ors OF the differ ent journals throughout the United
States, asking suspension of their opinion upon the
result of his Fate trial. until the report OF the evidence
has been officially published by the Appetons. Pub
IIc opinion asked the suspension of Mat. Ward on
the strength OF well known facts of the case as well
AS evidence. Money cheated the galIows Of its due;
.nIr IL 4. 4.
pend itself to accommodate the culprit. - Chicago
Democrat.
The Lowell Courier, being probably the ssoflical
paper OF the city,, states that the Mayor has deter.
mined to kill hall of The dogs in Lowell and tan their
hides with the bark of the other half Is this &c BY
authority %
One OF the young ladies' who visited the U. s.
ship Portsmouth,, the other day, who was not SUD-
posed to have the slightest knowledge Of nautical
parance, asked Capt. Dornn Why the aficrmost sail
oi his ship was like tyrannical mother. The gal
liant Captain scratched his head over it for a while
and then ..guv it up" Because it's spanker,"
modestly iisped the fair young creature, amid the ap-
plausc Of the epa"ctted sons Of Neptune.
At Wilmington, N. c., two white men, by sen.
tence Of Court for grand larceny, were whipped on
the 9th inst, with 33 lashes each on the hare back
ih.s 's the onward "ge but it has got along far
as Carolina yet.
Gall on business men in business hours-do your
business with them and go about your business, and
give them chance to attend to their own business.
That will be doing five businesses-short meter.
The Free Soilcrs of Massachusetts will hold a
State Convention at Worcester, on the last day of
the present month"; to consider the prospects, and i'll
thought advisable, to nominate candidates for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor to be supported next
fall.
The Common Council Of the city Of New York
have appropriated 6, 900 for the purpose Of defray
ing the expenses attendant upon the celebration Of the
4,h of July.
NON-SUIrEp.-Ata circuit court now in session
at Canandaigua, brought the case OF Henry
Lebow against the Canandagua and Niagara Falls
Railroad for damages, account Of injuries received
while crossing the track Of that road. Damages laid
at $4,000. The plaintiff was Observation-Disclosures.
ter Adu.
MORE SLAVES TO BE HUNG.-At the Super;or
Court of kinchafoonee county, last week. Judge
Crawford presiding, Hazard and Damon, (negrocs
accused OF the murder of Silas McGraey, (heir mas
er) were put on trial and found guilty. They
be hung on the 26th inst. The evidence disclosed
that on the fatal day of the murder, log rolling
had on the plantations Of the deceased, the hands
were permitted to drink Intoxicating liquors; and IL
is the universal opinion that but for this the bloody
deed would not have been commtted.-Lasrange
(La.) Rp.