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The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-10
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MINNESOTA RIVER OUTFIT :

Ihnd Street, betreas Roberts and Minnesota.
ID PRESLEY, has just returned from below with an
d. extensive assortment of Groceries and Provisions
also large stock of Fancy Articles to be exhibited IN
the Fancy store, next door, and ready for sale.
His and Provisions consist in part of the fol-
low ing
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-10

TO ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
IUST received all sizes of Whatmans Drawing Paper
- II fine sets Mathematical instruments.
Soans Model Architecture, Vols
Beniamin's Architect
Modern Builder Guide,
and everything needed by them cheap for cash at
COMB Book Store. the American House june II
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u. s. DRTM.

MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE GALENA HOTEL.
MANUFACTURE and keep constantly OIL hand
Av1compete assortment of fancy and Windsor Chairs
Also, Bureaus Tables, Stands Writing Desks Looking
Glasses Bedsteads, &c, &c. Persons wishing to pur
chase will do well to call before they buy elsewhere
we are prepared to sell good article, and terms
are invariably cash, afford sell cheap or
cheaper, than any other in the city. reasonable do
duction made to buying sell again. All orders
from distance punctually attended to.
Galena, May, 1851. 3-4v
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THE ELYSIUm.

BY CHRISTIAN sUTTLER
Grocery Merchant, Fort street Saint Paul. MINI. Ter .
TX EEPS constantly on hand general assortment Of
~ Groceries Also, Holland Herring, swiss Chesas
Oysters Sardincs together with all the xuries of u
season all Of which he sells cheap for cash
Oct. 25, 1854 d3m*
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STRANGE. SURPRISING STRANGE!
TTNuAT Groceries can be sold so cheap. =.
i Great inducements are held out to persons wish
ing Family Groceries, at my old stand as am dete
mined to make room for my spring stock.
J. w. DOWNER,
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WALL PAPER AND SHADES
. n00 rolls latest styles, received by Galepa
ZsOOO Persons having rooms to paper would OF
wei to call early. octl3df W. DAHL
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-01-25
From Eliza Cooks Joufnsi,
The Studies of Nature.

"Stand out of my sunshinep' said Di-
ogenes to Alexander, when the emperor
asked what service he could render him.
Naughty as the philosophers reply may
sound, it merely expresses the honest in
dependence which every highly cultivated
and well-balanced mind may feel towards
those who possess nothing better than the
accidental distinctions of rank or fortune.
He indeed deserves our pity who needs
the condescending smile Of the proud, Or
the heartess hattery Of the vain, either to
rouse him to exertion or warm him to hap
piness.
The power of self-excitement is themost
desirable of all attainments, and tits the
most rare. To love knowledge merely for
its usefulness-to form and strengthen vir-
tuous dispositions, with the hope of no
other reward than the deep tranquility they
bring-is task achieved by few; yet it is
the only simple and direct road to lasting
happiness. He who can find Intellectual
excitement in the fall of an apple, or the
hues Of wild flower may well say to
the officious world, "Stand out of my sun.
shine" To him nature is an open volume
where truths of the loftiest import are plain
| ly written; and the temptations and anx-
leties OF this life have no power to cast
shadow on its broad and beautiful pages.
do not mean that solitude is bliss, even
where enjoyment is Of the purest kind
An eminence that places us above the
hopes and fears, the joys aud sorrows of
social life, must indeed be an unenviable
one; but that which pits us beyond the
reach of the ever-varying tide of sircum-
stances and opinion is surely desirable ;
and nothing on which the mind can be en-
| pioyed tends so much to produce this state
Of internal sunshine as the study of Nature
in her various forms.
Politics, love of gain, ambition of re-
nown, everything, in short, which can be
acted upon by tle passions of mankind,
have corroding influence on the human
soul. But Nature, ever majestic and se-
rene, moyeson with the same stately step
and beaming smile, whether a merchant.
man is wrecked or an empire overthrown.
The evils Of mans heart pollute all with
which they eanbe Incorporated; they cannot
defle her holy temple. The doors are.in-
deed closed against the restless and the
bad; but the radiant goddess is ever at the
altar, willing TO smile upon all Wlin ara
pure enough to love her quiet beauty!
Ambition may playa mighty game---it
may task the sinews Of nations, and make
the seryile multitude automaton dancers to
its own stormy fnusic.-but sun, and moon
and stars 60 forth on their sublime mission
Independent Of its power, and its utmost
efforts cannot change the laws which pro-
duce the transient glory of the rainbow.
Avarice may freeze the genial current
Of affection and dry up all the spring Of
sympathy within the human soul;'but il
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same that he startea with 0n thes maora!iinIas n

same that he started with on the morning
ofhis disappearance. 's'se Y i'os iol'
| The circumstance against Hamilton
were strong, but no means conclusive
The prejudices against his family in the
immediate neighborhood, caused tie evi.
dence on trial 10 be pushed to the extreme
against him. He protested his innocence
to the last. He could even account fol
some of the circumstances against him, bui
he could not establish an abb, as against
the testimony Of the principal witness, and
he was hanged, after his family had spent
thousands ib his defence land the murder
remains, in the estimation Of the few, who
deemed him incapable of the deed, an un-
explained mystery to this day.
The last capital case which we shall adj
vert to, occurred in 1895, and was one OF
singular revenge fora wrong TO which the
murderer y xelantarily naade himself q pos
" several years after it was committed.--
His name was Beachamp. His sympathies
were excited by the forl6rn condition Of a
Miss Cook, residing in one Of the Green
River counties, whose seduction had been
attempted, perhaps accomplished, by DR..
Solomon Sharp, who afterward married
and removed to Frankfort, The capital Of
the State to practice his profession. Bean
cham solicited the hand of Miss Cook in
marriage, and his offer was accepted. He
then ASSUMED her companionship in right
of husband, and secretly determined to
avenge her early wrongs. lie made the
journey to Frankfort to this end, armed
himself with poignard, proceeded under
the cover Of night to Sharp's residence,
first making himself familiar with the To-
cality, used the name of well -knownfriend
to decoyshim to the door in his night
clothes. gave the fatal stab, and disap-
peared from the town. 1t wes-some days
before the trace fthe assassin was discov-
erred. He was then pursued, arrested,
tired and convicted, but wholly on circunl-
stantial evidence ashe had taken good care
to disguise his entrance into and depart
ure from the town of Frankfort. After
his conviction, and awhile awaiting his
doom in prison, he prepared with his own
hand full narrative and confession of the
motive and guilt of the deed, and when
the day of execution arrived, his wife, who
was suffered to remain in prison with him
and himself, mutually administered pois-
on, which speedily ended her miseries, but
not SO his own. He was borne to the gal.
lows half dead, a horrid spectacle of the
effects ofmental and physical agony, and
executed in this condition by the sheriff o
the county.
4 The publication Of Bcauchamp's con
fession caused much sensation Throughout
the country. There was degree of will
romance ana OF an insane chiValry in tn
5 motive ofthe deed, which, with the inc
: dents of its deadly execution and Of tn
final catastrophe, gave to the TRUTH of tn
narrative, a strangeness that required n
! color Of FICTION to heighten its interest o
effect.
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Fate of Fast Men.

Vhe vicious die early. They fall like
shadows, OF tumble like wrecks and ruins
into the grave-often when quite young
always before forty. The wicked "liveth
not out half their days" The world at
once ratifes the truth, and assigns the
reason by describing the desolute as "fast
men," that is they live fast; they spend
their twelve hours in six, getting through
the whole before the meridian, and drop.
ping out of sight and into darkness, while
Others are in the glory of life. "Their
sun goes down while it is yet day" And
they might have helped it. Many a one
dies long before he need, Your men of
genius, Ike Burns and Byron, to whom
when dissipated and profligate, thirty sew
en- is so fatal; and your obscure and name,
less wandering stars" who waste their
youth in.libertine indulgence; they cannot
live long. They must die early. They
put on the steam till they blow up the boil
er. They run at such rate that the fire
goes out for want of fuel. The machinery
is destroyed by reckless speed and rapid
wear.-Nothing can save them. Their
physical system cannot stand the strain
they put it to; while the state of their minds
is often such that the soul would rot the
mostrobust body, and make for itselfaway
OF escape from the incessant hell of its,
own thoughts.-Rev. T. Binnea.
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The LABOR QuEsTIoN.--The following.
are the provisions Of bill introduced into.
the New York Legislature, in reference to
labor:
Sec. I. Makes ten hours a legal days
labor in all cases. |
Sec, E. No man shall employ child
under ten years Of age.
Sec. g. No man shall employ child
under fifteen years old to work over fve
hours a day.
~ Seed, Persons employing children
shall see thet.thaEsailend school FIVE half
: Bed lieISs siedI bind out chill.
dren under these provisions,
Sec. 9. Agricuturists shall give chill
dren in their employ at least fodrmonths
schooling each year.
Sec. Z, The penalty is ave dollars for
each days violation. The act to take efs
feet on the 9TH Of July, 1885,
The editor Of n finue,,o t,o. ,,,,k x.,,,.t L.,
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The editor Of a newspaper out west has
been bled 70 increase the articulation ofhis
paper. w i'iss
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Know NorHINcsA The following illus
trates pretty well how some people are
obliged to answer questions about the
Know Nothings:
"Haus, what you tink Of der know mud.
ings?" "ae.l a3aa, a6 .s6ssYB al
"Isch, not know" sS sa,
"Vell, yot dosh you dpk7" I.
tink nutting, - " le4 = sslVNf Y
"By tam, datish shust yot tinksi,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

The INDIANA STATE FAIR.-The
State Fair is to be held at lndianapoI-
is this year, on the 18th, 18th and
10th Of October. The list Of prem
ius offered this year is unprecedented
by any previous one in tha! State, as
represents the number, and the amout
of money to be paid out.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

u" The Lafourche Union," is
the name of new paper just started
at Thibodeaux. 1t has at its head
the Democratic State ticket, which il
terms the anti-Know Nothing ticket
All one side of the paper is occupied
with an article defining the position
Of Mr.. Louis Bush.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

10 The American party of West
Felieiara proposes giving Barbecue
on the Sd day Of November next, on
the grounds near the residence Of |.
N. Maynard, about four miles from
ST. Francisville.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

ATTR kcrtoSs OF THE COUNTRY. :
Horace Greeley delivered a lecture at
the Erie: county Fair. New York, q
few days since. He said that the
truth he was most anxious to impress
upon the: people was that poor man
could not afford to be poor farmer
n truth iadeed which we heartily wish
could bc:i'npressed bpon every one.
In concluding his address, Mr.. G. dc.
plcred tile tendency Of young men to
seek omrloyment in cities, and said
of his own case
passed my early years on farm
in the country. and there is nothing
which now gives me so much salts
faction as to retire, as I am now il the
habit Of doing. to my little farm one
day in the week, and see my crcps
growing around me, and enjoy the i'm.
provements Of which claim to be the
author. | am a farmer only on Sa,ur.
days. but next year, instead Of spend
ing one day in the week on my farm,
l hope / shall be able TO devote to i
two, and to increase the number till |
ann rescued from the turmoil of that
whirlpool, great city, and can spend
the evenings Of my days in those quite
agricultural pursuits which are so much
mere congenial to my feelings.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

On the 22d two boxes were receiv-
ed in New York from the the Land
Office, in Dubuque, Iowa, purporting
to contain $4,000 each, in gold.--
When the boxes were opened, they
were found to contain BULLETS on lay
ers of sheet lead. The boxes were
received through the American Ex-
press Company. and were exact coun-
terparts of those usually sent by the
laud Offices.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

A YANKEE QUEEN-Louis Napol-
con, it is said, wishes to quarrel with
the King of Naples, in which event he
will put bis cousin, Lucien Murat.
formerly a Florida planter, on the
throne of Naples. The best recon-
menda,ion of Murat to such a position,
is the possession ola handsome, ener-
getic and intelligent Yankee wife,
who would play the Queen with as
much dignity as if she had been bred
to that distinction in court, and not
in the everglades Of Florida.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

GEO. A. PIKE.
RATHER PREmATURE.--On Friday

RATHER PREMATURE.--On Friday
the excitement in the Fourth District
New Orleans, was very considera-
ble, owing to slight mistake Of the
reporters, telegraph operators, and
others in reference to the fall Of Sc
bastopol. The news as it came, was
speedily put in type--printed and
committed to the hands of the news
BOYS in extra editions, and the crv
was every where to be heard in basso
as well as alto voices. Heres the
Extra Delta, with full particulars Of
the taking of Sebastopol!" Here's
the pa persl" The excitement gath
cred head as the sun went down and
at night about 8 o'clock it burst forth
il melodious and soul stirring music.
with songs Of JOY, from Gallic and
other citizens. A second despatch
followed the first, materially altering
il, land when a third comes-via st.
Petersburg, Qhe only quarter from
which any truth may be looked for, in
reference to tho war, We may expect
to find Sebastopol just where it was
without any material alteration in its
internal or external affairs. But glo-
rifcation has again been harmlessly
indulged in, and it is SO much made
A barge will be sufficient to take home
all that will be left of the Allies when
this .anguinary war is at an eud.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

The sandusky Commercial Register
learns that. in the case of Barber VS..
the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad
for damages sustained while in the
employ of the company as asconductor Of
a freight train, the jury returned a
verdict Of $4,000 for plaintiff.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

WSNDERFuL INSTINCT OF CAT
Much has been said for the instinct
of the dog, to the disparagement Of
the cat. The cat is not altogether
void of instinct as will be shown from
the following extract from Boston
paper:
A small child Of Thomas Murray,
assistant freight agent of the Boston
Railroad, while playing near well in
East Albany, on Saturday afternoon. .
slipped, and was just on the eve Of be-
ing precipitated into it, when the little
one grasped n cat by the tail and held
on to it until the cries of the child
brought assistance when it was res
cued.
The cat knew very well, that if he
let go, it would not be well for him;
and how could he know tt without
reasoning from cause to effect, which
is all that the very best intelligence
can DO! lie could not; we hope this
case will meet with that attention from
learned societies which it deserves.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

r" Saint lgnatius Pills" is the
name Of a new remidy for Prostration,
Sleeplessness, Confusion ef thought
etc, the latter malady is very prevail
ent just now. and it would BE- good
investment for our druggists to lay in
a supply. Ifthey will make a man
see clearly, they may be pronounced
the greatest discovery Of the age.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

How Lone WILL Ir CoNTrNUE?-
Well may it be asked, how long will
The allience between France and Eng
land last Will it continue vntil Sc.
bastopol is talen; or should that event
happen, will it not put an end to the
allierge, at once. We read that be-
tween lilo and 1914, there were
twenty-three distinct wars between
England sud France-l"sting alto
getber, two hundred and seventy
years.
An animosity of such long standing
between two nations, cannot be recon
ciled in a day.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

u The Pork packers Of Bowling
Green and CIarksville, says the Rus
sellville (Ky) Hera1d. are making
engagements for hogs in this county
at four dollars, gross; the hogs to be
delivered to them at their respective
houses. Mr.. D. W. Poor, Jr., of this
county, is also making engagements
for hogs,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

LF- Grace Greenwood is about to
issue an entire new edition of "Lit-
tie Pilgrim" bound in linen.-Er-
change +.
A mistake no doubt. for another pa
per says, the forthcoming work--now
in press, is to be entitled "the Heir Of
Greenwood Estate.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

You can 60, says the Boston Pest,
into The North Bridgewater Museum
for ten cents, and see a spoon used by
King Phillip, and taken at his capture,
pefle which belongs to Massasoit !;
q wile glass used BY Washington dur
ing q brief stop at Easton two candle
sticks, one Of brass and the other Of
China, brought over in the Mayaower
an apron worked in beautiful manner
200 years ago, by a girl Of fourteen
years. .. -- - -
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

EE- On account of fever, in Jack
son, La, the opening of Centenary
college has Teen postponed to the 18th
inst. The opening of the FeIiciana
Female Collegiate Irstitute,o conduc-
ted by Mr.. B. Jones, at the same
place, has also been postponed to the
18th.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

re- E. P. McGity Esq, editor Of
the Nashville True Wig, died in
that city on Friday, after lingering
illness of some months.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

The Pine Bluff Republican, says
that there are some two thousand hands
at work on the Napoleon and Pine
Bluff Railroad. The Republican an
ticipa'es an early completion of the
work.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

Our Government, says the New
York Herald, having experienced
great difficulties from the want of salt
peter during the Revolution, rs well
as in the war of 1912 has since been
more provident for future contingencies
and Congress has for some twenty or
thirty years past appropriated about
$4,000 per annum for the purchase
and storage Of saltpetre, SO that we
might now probably stand a five or ten
years war even without entirely ex-
bausting our supplies This preca-
uIiou was the more necessary as the
most prolific mines in the world, on
the tributaries Of the Ganges. in India
were under the control of England.
As great as the resources of this coun-
try are known to be yet so far they are
found to be deficient in supplies Of
saltpetre and tin. In case OF war we
can get on without tbs latter, but not
without tie former. TO be equal with
other nations we must have ample
stores of saltpetre, the chief element
in the composition ofgurpowder.
The Washington Star considers the
contest for Clerk OF the next House Of
Representatives as virtually settled in
favor Of Cullom, ex Know Nothing
member for Tennessee. He is the
only candidate named (says the Starr
who, while combining every vote of
the opposition from the North Except
possibly, the little band of immediate
personal follors of Mr.. Fillmore, Of
New York; may also reasonably cal
culate on receiving the votes of the
Southern opposition members.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

INrERMENTs.-The following are the
returns from the different Cemeteries
of the city of New Orleans, for the
week ending on Sunday the goth u't..
at 6 o'clock A. NJ.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

Ey1 Capt. ROBERT A. REILLY, Of
the steamer Crystal Palace, has our
thanks for files of St. Louis and Louis
vile papers. O.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

This report shows decrease Of 10 yellow fever
deaths from the report of the previous week.
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ANOTHER MAMMOTH AMERICAS

BARBECUE We understand says
last Saturdays Thibodaux Minerva,
that another grand barbecue is to
come off some time next month, in
the parish Of Terrebonne. Great
preparations are making and a gener-
al turn out of the the people is anti
cipated. The following speakers are
expected TO be present Gov. Paul
Q. HebersGov A. B Roman, Ran
9all Hunt, l.. Duvigneaud, D i.
Kenner, 10. Nicholas, Judge Cage
and others, Due notice will 'be
given. g
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Wh'ch IS it.-Some say that Larger
beer is tonic-others regarding its
German origin, assert that it is Teu
tonic.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

DEATH OF A MlsER.-The Chicago
Press mentions that few days ago, Il
miser, named Andrew Grunderson,
died in that city from the effects Of
the miserable food bis avarice com
PEELED him to eat, and because he
would not take medicines or have Il
physician, lest he should be call, d
upon to pay the expense. Since his
death, it has been ascertained that b,
had $4,000 deposited in a bank. and
owned block in the western division
of the city.