The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-24
The Pioneer Correspondence.
Prsa eur Regular New York Csusspsndens.
Matters and Things In New York.

from Washington, with their pockets lined with
Uncle Sans allowance. A large proportion
of these patriots have only recently stepped
out of obscurity into public life. and are now
subsiding into insigni6cance with little pros
pect of being again called upon to serve their
country in the halls of Congress.
The fine weather has given FLIP to the re-
tail business in Broadway, but trade generally
is rather "slow"for the season. Probably when
navigation opens, and the great agricultural
staples begin to come in, we shall have plenty
of our country cousins in town with their wives
and daughters and welll-flled wallets. There
ought to be plethora of money in the rural
districts for the farmers have been realizing
glorious prices for their crops but unfortun-
ately, many Of them have caught the railroad
mania, and sunk their surplus in proftless lines.
The " Assembled Wisdom" of the State is
expected here tomorrow on visit to the ten
governors of the aims house, who are prepar-
ing to lionize and feast our representatives dur
ing their stay. Of course there is more in
this than meets the eye. Perhaps as one Of
the ten governors has q large capital invested
in the distillery business, he may have conf
dental word or two to say on the prohibitory
liquor bill. This measure hangs fire in the
Senate. The liquor dealers here feel certain
it cannot pass in its present shape and with
the search and seizure clauses stricken out, it
would be useless. The Tribune seems to think
that there is treason in the temperance camp !;
and symptoms of general "caving in" among
the cold water members of the Senate are Ger
tainly apparent.
The attempted fusion between the hards and
softs of the democracy in the crucible Of Tam
many Hall, was partially failure. A re-un-
ion of the two elements may possibly take
place, but it will be only limited partnership
for special purpose. The entente oordiole can
not be permanently renewed.
Cuba is standing topic in political circles
here. The proposition to take the island -
peacefully, if we can, forcibly if we must, is
decidedly popular, although scrupulous mi
nority insist that to seize the colony simply be-
cause it may become dangerous neighbor,
and would certainly be valuable acquisition,
can only be justified on the principle that q
man has right to appropriate his neighbours
house for his own benefit, lest the owner should
81 II it to an obnoxious purchaser. leave this
matter an open question for persons who have
studied the morals of politics" more closely
than myself.
The death of Bill Poole, the puligist, in
consequence of the wounds he received in the
Stanwix Hall ARRAY, has occasioned tremen-
dous sensation among the class to which he be-
longed, and will tend to increase the natural
antipathy at present existing between Ameri-
cans and Irish in this city. That Poole was
foully murdered cannot be doubted and as
one or two of the parties arrested are likely to
turn States evidence, the crime will probably
be brought home to the perpetrators. 1t is
generally believed that the attack upon Poole
was the result Of a conspiracy, and report says
that one at least of the conspirators, had en-
gagged his passage to California in anticipation
of the event. Pooles chief regret upon his
death bed was, that be had been the victim of
a gang Of Irishmen. Morrissey, the file leader
of the enemies of the deceased, is accused by
the friends of the latter of having instigated
his assassination. Startling developments are
expected during the inques'. Baker, who is
supposed to have fred the fatal shot, has not
been taken, but his escape is impossible. The
funeral of Poole will take place on Sunday
His remains are to be inferred at Greenwood,
and will be attended to the grave by an i'm
mense concourse.
Bennett, of the Herald, announces new
contribution to the literature of the age in the
shape of his own early POEMS" 1 had no
idea that the hard common sense and caustic
shrewdness OF james Gordon, had ever been
tempered by the influence of the muses.. The
early poems of such man must, to use his
own favorite phrase, be "a rich brochure"
The arrest Of Pliny White the California
gold shaver and financial trickster in general,
affords another proof, if scoundrel has rope
enough he is pretty sure to hamper himself at
last. Stealing diamonds is an offence that can
not be round, and if it be proved on Pliny, he
will unquestionably 60 into retiracy" at the
States expense.
The chronic tendency to explosion, which
seems to be inherent in Italian opera compa-
MES, has just been exempli6ed at the Academy
Of Music. The company is broken up, and
delicious series of determinations is in progress
between those interested. Maretzek, the mu-