The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-19
The Pioneer correspondence.
From our Regular New York Correspondent
Matters and Things in New York.
New IoGK, Sept. IL

The mortality m the city was less during
August than any previous month OF the cur
rent year. Our aggregate health is excellent
no Yellow Fever--no Cholera-no scourg-
ing pestilcnce-. only Il suicide epidemic Dur
ing the past week we averaged two cases of
Felo dc Sc per day, The epidemic, like chol
era. comes from the East and to look no fur
thcr we can trace it direct to Germany. 1t is
imported with that country's books and broad
cloths, and her emigrants bring the faint Of
it in their notions. 1t is surprising with what
nonchalance these people "shufle off the NOR
tai coil On Monday the head of an extern
sive business house meets q slight pecuniary
embarrassment which Yankee would have
TOUCHED out cheerily enough On Tuesday
his establishment has its blinds closed-the
he0d has blown out his brains. "A poor snip
of a tailor loses his wife, for whom, while liv-
inc, he seemed to entertain a love phegmatic
enough-hc buries her in Greenwood plants
posies on her grave--writes touching, mysti-
cal epitaph, and is found in the early light Of
the next day laying with y severed jugular
across the fresh mound OF his Fraulen's earth
couch holding in his hand Il neatly written
sheet full of transccndental philosophy and con-
tempt of fate.
The recent expose Of the TemplarS, new
order of Known othings, together with the
publication of their ritual in several Of the
leading journals Of the city, continues topic
of interest. The order is an offshoOt of the
Know y othing organization-'a wheel within
wheel 1t was founded in the spring of
1854 in this city and in the May of %
there were 80 'Tempars in the counties OF n.
York and Kings, numbering, perhaps, 10000
voters Death is the penalty of revealing any
secret of the order Its cardinal principles
seem to be an active cnmity against the Pope
and all his cmisSarics: nOn-ntercourSc with all
Roman Catholics, to the extent of not assocl-
ating with one as "a friend TO have, il possible,
no business intercourse with one, neither TO
marry one or permit child to do So-in short
to regard Catholics rs persons whose religion
is anti Republican, and who are endeavoring
by means of .Jcsnits and Priests 10 conquer
the land of Washington. The members are
swore by a most solemn oath TO stand by and
protect each other by personal violence, ii ne
cessary, and to obey the dictates of the order,
by officers and its congress, although it should
lead 10 death.
1t is barely possible that the Press OF New
-. L., int ,v,-ipr flo
titious ritual to the public, bnt it is not very
likely.
The plan Of the Commissioners of eniSra-
ton for protecting cmigrants by landing them
under their own care at Castle Garden. is
working admirably. The profession o! Run
hers is entirely broken up. Some forty OF
these land sharks left for California last week
while many of the remainder have taken to
the more honorable insults of hacll-driving
and pcdding, and 4 portion 10 thievinS and
gambling. Many keepers Of emigrant board
ing houses in whose behalf these dtcoy-dacks
Jabored, have been compelled to dry up
1t is found that less restitution exists among
} before this system Of protection saved them
from the plunde ing which was sure to come
; within twentv-lour hours from the time they
landed.
The last California steamer brings lis news
Of our Filibuster heroes. The rcdoubtablc
Colonel Walker has, it appears, taken posses
Al. y
Steam Transit Company, and is having things
pretty much his own way there; while Colonel
Kinney remained at Greytown, and having
opened negotiations with the government OF
Nicaragua bids fair to nsinuatc himself into
its confidence. He may become Secretary OF
State-then President Empcror-w
knows Al these transformations would not
be half so wonderful as have beiallen Santa
Annals fortunes, especial whirligig, who
having made another break with his game leg,
is securely investing his immense private for
tune-a part of it in this city.
Rachel continues playing to crowded houses
The gross receipts of three performances last
week were $4,000. The manager, Raphael
Rachel states the expenses to be $4,000, on
the night of each performance. Doubtful
There is but one opinion Of her acting. The
press were never so entirely agreed before up
on candidate for their suffragcs. Rachel
has been elevated to the seventh heaven OF
newspaper criticism. Her fine acting is height
cned by the illusions of costumes, Of which
she is perfect mistress. Her wardrobe is I'M
surpassed in richness even by reigning queens