The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-12-11

a. II es9 aes .tzs.. 90 "a Eel I'll a4IG f.ro
among the leading iron men Of PennsyIyaHia,
New jersey, and Other portions Of the Union,
having isr its object the retention a Mr..
Gasaris - Secretary Of the Treasury under the
usxt Administration. 81. 8
/ That par, OF the Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad. lying between Fort Wayne and Pyn.
oath. (G; niles - now completed and in opera
tion. The first cars ran over the line from
Fort Wayne to Chicago recently, thus giving
a direct line Of communication. by rail, from
Philadelphia, by way Of pittsburg, Fort
Wayne, Plymouth and Laporte, to Chicago.
The New York Common Council have
adopted splaD. previously acted favorably upon
by the other branch Of the city government,
for City Hsn, the cost OF which Is to be FIVE
millions Of dollars. The Times, OF that city,
caih upon Mayor WOOD To veto tue matter as
piece Of extravaganza which tbs citizens will
not submit to he taxed for.
GEORGE W. JoussoS, one of the large sugar
planters on the Mississippi, below New Or
leans, who died recently. has left an esta,e val.
ued a, not less than s7,000,000. lie has, by
bis will. manumitted all his slaves. two hun.
dred in humber. They are all to b. sen, to
Liberia in four years IRON his death, and each
one Is to be furnished with $50
The bill appropriating $4,000 Of the stats
funds Of Vermont, in aid Of the Free State
prisoners in Kansas, has passed the Senate ~
well as the House. The latter body, i, will b
remembered, rejected the bill at FIRST, but al
forwards re-consdered and passed it. The Sen
ate has done the same, and the action OF boti
Houses is very generally approved by the peo
lple.
The Richmond Enquirer publishes diicia
aud estimated returns from every county il
Virginia, The iootingsup give Mr. BucBAs
AN a majority OF 3s.04s In the State. Gov
WIsss maj,si,y in 1855 was i0,04S. .,
Official returns IN all but six counties il
Tennessee, give BrcuAsAS Gs ,siS FnLnoRE
C2,20s; BccuAsAS,s majority, G,G3S. III
viii have about 1,000in the State.
II is said that the Hon. HOWELL Com will
not accept "a seat in th6 Cabinet, but will pre-
fer TO he SPEAKER Of the House Of Representa-
! tives. il ..
Brigaaitr General Jas, Bankhead, command
cr nj Fort McHenry died nj his residence II
Baltimore on the 18th. aged % years. He WA
in the service Is years, having entered II thu
same day with General Scott. ....
A party Of four Americans, consisting o
fDayid Nichols, late merchant ol New York
IT, p, n. Cabeil, II ihpv'iie, Virgins, anc
Messrs Collier and Kennedy, of II. Louis
were recently surrounded and attacked by I
party oil sixteen Camancbe lpdians, about OK
, hundred aud City miles north of Zatecatcas
Msyico DR.. Cabeli was killed. The remain
, der Of the party escaped without injafy.
. A Brussels letter says Compiegpe is I
somewha, outof THE way place Tor the divulg
ing Of intelligence touching anticipated event
which deeply interest the British court 40,
! people, Such however, il the case, II be'nl
currently reported smong the court circles tina
/, our most gracious Queen il Tar advanced IN
condition which promises, God aiding, TO aug
ment the royal family Of England somewhere
. abou, the mouth of February,
Mr.. Phillip st. q. Cooke, of Virginia, pro
poses to endow an Agricultural Proa'ssorshil
: in the University OF Virginia with the sum 0
= $4,000. James q. Bruce has given $40 90,
10 endow the Model Farm Of the Virginia am
North Carolina Agricultural Society,"" ..
lion, John Henry Eaton, formerly Unite,
States Senator from Tennessee, and aiterward
Secretary Of War under General Jackson, an,
Minister Plenipotcntiary TO the Court OF Spain
died ut his residence in Washington On the I'll
: A Qurw.--Ihe Posf. Of Boston, desires IL
6 formation on the following point In whic
@ was the y. Y. H,rah's influence greatest--it
r opposition to Krse the Repablican camiidat
5 Tor Governor Of New York. or it, advocacy G
I Fremont
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