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The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10
A Mystery.

Three months since, young man, named
Edwin NJ. Pierce, attended a party in Twen-
ty-frst street, New York, and left the same
about two o'clock in the morning, in COM
pany with friends, Mr., Mrs, and Miss
Gladwin, but after little, turned back, say
ing he would go and dance another set,
before taking final leave of the party" and
this was the last seen of him alive. On
Tuesday last, the body of young Pierce was
washed ashore at Rockaway, ON the South
shore of Long Island.
To rebut the supposition Of murder, the
jewelry worn by the deceased was on his
person, to wit: gold watch and gold chain
to which were attached three chains, dia-
mond ring on one hand, chased goldring OH
the other, star breast pin, with three dia-
monds, studs in his shrt-bosom, and gold
sleeve-buttons. On one hand white kid
glove. a strange mystery hangs over the
death of the young man, and one which will
probably never be resolved. The deceased
was son of Mr.. Edward Pierce, merchant
45 Liberty street, N. Y.
The N. Y. Herald, of Thursday, thus spe-
culates upon the subject:
A suggestion has been made by many per-
sons that he was assassinatcd by mistake
that the assassins mistook him for their in
tended victim. All idea that Young lad
short and stout, of eighteen years of age
who was happy in all his family and other re-
ations should have committed suicide is pre-
posterous. That he was murdered by some
fiends in human shape, can scarcely admit OF
a doubt. Probably while walking home cr
a bitter cold January night, wrapped ir
Paisley shawl, to his residence in Twenty
second street, between Fourth avenue ano
Broadway, he was knocked scnseless by a
blow on the back part of the head. The as
sassins likely having vehicle at hand, threw
his body in it, fastened to the river and sub
merged it beneath the ice, which at that time
nearly bridged the river, and hence effectu-
ally concealed his body from all possible dis
covery at the time and thus secured it was
probably tioatcd out of harbor with the ice,
and was lodged on the sea beach on Long
Island, near Rockaway. The fact the valu-
ables on his person were not touched was
probably, that their possession might lead to
the detection of the murder. There are nc
rational means whatever to account for his
disappearance, and finding the body where
it was, but on the supposition of his crue
murder in the manner stated. He left his
friends house in good spirits, and under an
engagement with a young lady, with whom
he had danced, to go to the theatre the fol
lowing night. There is no way to account
for his sad and untimely end except by his
cruel assassination.
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THEATRE. MARKET HALL.-The enter

THEATRE, MARKET HALL.-The enter
tainments for this evening, as will be seen,
are the elegant play, in Ave acts, of Loves
Sacrifice, and the amusing farce of The Maid
with the Milking Pail. The fact that Messrs.
Hough and Myers company are sufficiently
numerous, and have the capacity to enact
with credit and ability any piece in the clas-
sic drama of our language, should at once
command for the establishment the support
of the people of St. Paul. We copy the
following notice of this company from the
Dubuque Express and Herald of last Satur-
day
Last evening the great play of Camille was
repeated for the third time during the week
to one of the largest and most fashionable
audiences which has yet attended the drama
this season. Seats were at a premium, and
the audience exhibited the utmost enthusi-
asm during tie entire performance. All the
parts were we'll sustained, and without an
exception the members of the company did
themselves great honor and credit by the
manner in which they acquitted themselves
The character of Camille is one of tic
most difficult which an actress is called upon
to fill, but it was most ably sustained by
Miss Z. Deering, who displayed rare power
and talent. She fully proved her right to the
hattering encomiums she has received in
other cities.
Mr.. Hamilton, as Armaud, was perfect
and sustained his character with great force
and precision.
This company play for the last time here
tonight. They 60 to St. Paul, where the
enterprising managers have leased large
Hail.
They will return here as soon as suita
BILE Hall can be erected, and which they have
agreed to occupy.
We recommend the managers, and, il
fact, the whole company, to the citizens G
St. Paul, and hope they will receive tina
patronage and favor which they so richly de
serve.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE M. F..
CHURcH.-This body which assemblies every
tour years, met on the first of May in In
dianapolis, Indiana. 1t is composed of from
ten to twenty delegates from all the annual
Conferences of the Methodist Church in the
Northern States, and also Delaware, Mary
land, and part of Virginia. The number
OF delegates from England, Canada, &c.,
will probably swell it to $50. Seven bishops
are expected to be in attendance, and prob
ably large number oflay visitors.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10
From San Salvador.


A letter to the Herald from Nicaragua
says the commissioners sent by this goysgn-
ment to San Salvador, have been well re-
ceived, and that state is desiring friendly re-
lations with Nicaragua, and has just refused
the cooperation of Guatamala in the league
with Honduras and Costa Rica. This state
countermanded the supply of arms and men
offered to Honduras, and dsbanded its
army.
The steamship Illinois brought 43 cases of
silk goods from Canton via San Francisco and
the Isthmus of Panama, being the first inn
port of China goods that ever arrived at this
port across the Isthmus.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

DEATH OF A LAKE CApFAIN.-Captain
John Shook, an old and well known Lake
sailor, died at Huron, Ohio, last Sunday
The Sandusky Register says Captain Shook
commanded the steamer which the Prince de
Joinville chartered for his upper lake trip,
when he accidentally (?) met the missionary
Eleazer Williams, now believed by many to
be the lost Bourbon Prince. Capt S. we'll re-
membered the first interview between the
Prince de Joinville and Mr.. Williams, and
he had not shadow of doubt of the design of
that interview. In token of respect for Capt.
Shocks kindness to him, the Prince sent
back to him from France gold snuff-box,
elegantly chased and lettered.-Detrou Free
Press.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10
River Items.

The Brazil arrived at our Levee On Mon
day evening at o'clock, bringing with her
q great amount of freight.
The Kate Cassel, of the Dubuque Line,
and the Lady Franklin of the Galena Line,
arrived at o'clock, last evening. They both
had fair loads of freight, but did not bring
many passengers.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1856.
The City Election.

The City Election. M
The Pioneer claims great democratic"
victory in the election of Tuesday. It seems
that a hurrah is set up over the election of
Marshal Miller, who had no opposition, and
never claimed to belong to the Pioneers polit-
ica1 party in his life! Merely because the bo-
gus Democracy dared not nominate any per-
son in opposition to Mr.. Miller, they claim
to have achieved a great victory in his cleo
ton.
The same may be said in regard to Squire
Simons, with the exception that he has new
er been anything else than Democrat The
bogus fag-ends of his party who called them
selves Democratic Delegates" at the Con.
vention last Saturday afternoon, nominated
him for City Justice, but with a determina-
ton at the time to defeat him if they could
The regular Democratic ticket" came out
on Tuesdry morning with the name of Jo-
seph Lemay upon it for the Office to which
Mr. Simons had been nominated, and no ef
fort was left unmade by those who "lead off,
upon the Democratic side to elect Mr. Ie-
may. We do not suppose that Mr.. Simons
could have been elected without the aid o
some Democratic votes; but to claim his
election as Democratic victory is simply ri
diculous.
The truth is, voters generally put in theil
ballots without reference to party dictation
Even Mr.. Becker-the candidate upon which
the Democratic rally was mainly attempted
| to be made-received large number of votes
from prominent citizens who are opposed to
him politically, on the ground of his entire
fitness for the Office, and his zeal in serving
the city faithfully heretofore. No one Of Mr.
BeckeI's opponents, even, ever disputed his
qualifications for the office, and he will be as
heartily supported and aided in the discharge
of his duties by those who voted against
| him as by those who voted for him.
So far as we are concerned, we went into
the canvass determined to have the City
Policy of tie past two years carried out by
the new officers; and we have not failed much
in this, as the sequel will show. Our deep
est regret at the result is in the fact that the
Third Ward has elected an Alderman fol-
three years who is not suspected of having q
particle Of honesty or integrity in his nature
even by those who assisted to dishonor the
Board by voting for and electing him. His
influence, however, will only be commens,l.
rate with his character.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

ExPENsIyE.-The Westminster Review
says, that Great Britain's part of the expense
OF carrying on the Crimean war was five
hundred millions of dollars every year, and
the total expense of all parties from twelve
to fifteen hundred millions of dollars an
nually.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS IN EUROPE.
They achieved pumpkin pie more than a
year ago at Paris, and now they have done
the same thing at Florence, Italy. Our in
stitutions are forcing their way in the world.
The new American hotel at Paris succeeds
completely, and an enterprising company in
London has asked Parliament for incorpora-
ton, with capital of SS4,85000O, that they
may build great American hotel on Trafal-
gar Square, to be the largest and most splen-
did in the world
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

E Mr.. Newhall has leased his large
hotel, now being built at Milwaukee, to two
gentlemen of Boston, for five years. The
first three years at $l5 900 per annum, and
the last two $4,000. They are to put in
$4,000 in furniture.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10
River Items.

The Minnesota is still rising, and the whole
fleet of boats in that trade, with the excep-
ton of the II. L. Yeatman, is now in port
The Mississippi is about at stand at this
point, with the probability that the waters
will commence receding, now that the wealth
er has become settled.
The arrivals from below yesterday were
the York State and Falls City,
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

81 Mrs. Porter, spiritual medium
mas prophesied that the steamer Ericsson
which LETT New York nearly four month:
ago, Will be burned to the waters edge be-
fore the Goth of the present month. This is
the same medium who tells the story of tie
loss of the Pacific. AS she has now prophe-
sled of an event beforehand, we shall have
the privilege of testing the prescient power
of the spirits. If the Ericsson should not
burn, then, we suppose, it would be said that
lying spirits gave her the communication.
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The New Steamer Northern Belle.

This beautiful new water craft, built un-
der the auspices and directions of Captain
Orrin Smith, by the Cincinnati Marine Rail-
way Company, has been completed, and is
expected to reach this port in few days.
We have obtained the following description
of her, which will be read with interest:
She is 236 feet long from stem to stern,
% feet breadth of beam, foot hold and %
foot floor. Her cabin is made to accommv :
date 136 people with state-rooms, and is 2CO
feet in length. Her draught in the deepest
place is twenty-on inches. She has two en-
gines, supplied with steam from three boil
ers, sixteen feet long by forty inches in di-
ameter, with thirty-eight patent flues in
each.
A Cincinnati paper says Of her:
" Her cylinders are nineteen inches in di
ameter, with seven feet stroke. Her shafts
and cranks are of wrought iron fabric. Her
wheelsare % feet in diameter, with 70
buckets. So much for dimensions and
power. Speaking of power, however, re-
minds us that she was thoroughly tested
yesterday, just before we boarded her; and
acquitted herself most handsomely. Old
boatmen who participated in the trial, relate
that no vessel ever behaved herself better
She averaged twelve miles per hour running
up stream against heavy current, in a ris-
ing river, answered the helm beautifully, and
proved herself very fast traveller.
:" Her carpenter and joiner work is finish
ed in johnson & Morton's best style, being
neat and tasteful, without flaw or blcmish
while that accomplished painter, Jno ID
Williams, has enhanced the beauty of hel
cabins, by those fine touches Of art thai
have made Cincinnati workmanship famous
in all Western rivers. To-day the cabins
are being furnished with costly furniture
carpets, &C., of latest and richest modes, the
furniture coming from H. De Camp; car
pets, curtains, &c., from Shiltito's, and
upholstery from Knights. In short, the
Northern Belle is one of the finest results d
Cincinnati skill that has yet been fashioned
and executed by her superior artists. AL
ready she has excited the envy of enterpris-
ing boatmen, and numbers have copied criti.
cal modes from her general features, upon
which to plan new boats for themselves.
She will commence receiving cargo to-day
when she will also be ready for public exam
ination, Captain Preston LodwicA, her accom-
plished commander, having signified his de-
sire to see citizens on board to critcise hel
appearance. Our good-looking friend, j. D
Du Bois, late of the City of Wheeling, who
is chief in command in her model office, will
also be on hand to tender graceful recep
ton to all desiring to visit so fine specimen
of marine architecture. Her other officers
are Mr.. K. B. Cooley, second clerk Johr
Morrison, mate; Jas. Kcnnison and George
Rattlebaugh, engineers, and X. Sanderline
steward-all but Mr.. Dubois being Cincin.
natians. Tomorrow evening she will bio
farewell to the Queen City, and will embark
in the packet trade from Galena to St. Paul
II Galcna Aduertiser.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

E The HOBBS LOCK PICKED.-Thc
Ilion On. W Independent, of last week, as
serts that the 8. Hobbs Lock-" which has
heretofore defied everything at picking, has
at last been picked by Linus Yale, Jr, of
the village of Newport, with wooden key.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

CONNUBIAI. ADvENTURE.-The Buffalo
Republic relates that recently false-hearted
married married man in Detroit ATTEMPTED
to elope from his lawful spouse with another
woman to Canada. The guilty couple cross
cd the river in one steamer, while the in
jured but spunky wife pursued them in
another and just as the train was LEAVING
Windsor the latter sprung upon the rear car
and ran through the coaches until she found
the runaway couple quietly seated side by
side. She upbraided the man for running
away from his lawfully welded wife, and in
sisted that he should leave the cars and re-
turn with her. This the husband stoutlv
refused to do, when the wife appealed to the
conductor, and produced the necessary
vouchers of her identity. The conductor.
with much good sense, decided that woman
was entitled to her husband, and informed
the man that he would be under the neces-
slty OF delivering him over to the custody
of his better half By this time the passen-
gers had crowded around, and the scene be-
came extremely ludicrous. The man de-
clared that he would not leave his Dulcinea
and she persisted in retaining him. The
tears and entreaties of the wife were too
much for the sympathetic conductor he
pulled the check string, stopped the train.
elected the husband from the car. and deliv.
cred him to his wife, several of the passen-
gers holding the other woman. who made
the most desperate endeavors to follow. The
man tried hard to get on the cars after thew
were in motion, but was unable to do SO. in
consequence of the tight grasp of the wife
on his coat tails. The last that was seen Of
the pair they were rolling down the bank
closely locked in each others embrace. The
frail fair one who was the cause of the trou-
BILE, was carried out of reach of her compa-
MON, for time at least.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10
For the Minnesotian,

For the Mnnesotan.
At meeting held on board of the steam
er Editor, April Goth, 1856, Henry Morris
was appointed President, and G. S. Packard
Secretary; the following resolutions were
made and unanimously adopted:
ResolDe7, That we, the undersigned passen-
gers, take this method If returning our sim
cere thanks to Capt. James F. Smith, for
the kind attentions shown us during our late
trip from St. Louis to st. Paul, and for the
strict order ami decorum manifested on his
boat.
Our thanks arc also due to the gentleman
ly and polite Clerks, Messrs. r. X. Riley
and L. S. Harkley, for their unit ring efforts
to render our trip pleasant and agreeable
Our thanks are also due to that prince of
caterers, the gcntlenanly Stewart, Mr.. 10.
Violet, who is always on the alert to pro-
vide for tie inner man; and in leaving the
boat we would recommend the st. Louis
and St. Paul packet "Editor," to ourfriends
and the travelling public as a safe, speedy and
commodious boat, with gentlemanly COM
mander, polite and attentive Clerks, expe-
ricnced pilots, careful engineers and No.
Mate, tip-top Steward with the right kind
of assistance. lSigned.1
Mrs Jane Lewis; Nathan Starkey;
Miss Myers; Il l. Warren;
Miss Lucinda Smith; j. p. Austin;
Miss Hadde Golding Thomas Golding;
Mrs Jane Dapew; VIM 5. White;
Mrs John Kergs; David Craig;
Mrs Cha's A Downey;G. p. Packard;
Miss Louisa Godding;C Weldon;
Mrs p Grimshaw; David GOlCinG;
| Mrs Jane jerks; Hugh Wiley;
Mrs Charlotte Weedop;J ID Austin;
Miss Lizzie Davis; S Marshall;
Miss l. Gardner; Smith Lavcc;
Mrs Lamb; ID Mckenzie;
Mrs N w Wright; John Kerns;
Miss Wornsly; Mont erfeld;
Mrs ID Packard; II II Dapew;
Mrs Mary Goldng; Caleb Austin;
Miss Mary Golding; Henry Willy;
Miss Isabel Elzck; John Elsick;
Mrs G. p Parks; ID r Bartlett;
Miss S Richards; James f. Vance;
Oscar Smith; James jerks.
HENRY NORRIS, President.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

Mr.. Buchanan was Federal member of
the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1914 and
I0l5-having defeated Judge Rogers of the
Supreme Court, for that Office. He was a
Congressman of the same party from 1920
till 1928, when he became jackson
man." and then joined the Democrats.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

The Hartford (Conn.) Times, says that
since the probability of the death of Bishop
O'Reilly, of that state, on the Pacific, there
is chance that all the Catholic property in
that state, which was held in his name, will
sow by law revert to the state.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

- We see from late exchange that
the ladies of Aurora, Illinois, have passed
the following resolution:
Resolced, That if we, the young ladies of
Aurora, don't get married this year some
body will be to blame.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

DANGERous.-Portions of the railing along
the board walk on st. Anthony street, front
ing the river, have again been torn down,
leaving pedestrians exposed to very serious
danger. Persons not very well acquainted
with the walk, and passing over it in the
night, frequently depend ON the railing as
the proper boundary we cannot imagine
where those searching for it in the above
mentioned places would find it, unless they
"came to stop at the foot of the bluff. or
on the west shore of Strawberry Island.
lNDIANA.-Col. Walker having resigned
his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor, on
the Democratic Ticket in Indiana, the State
Central Committee have nominated in his
stead Judge Abram A. Hammond, of Vieo.
RAILRoADs IN New BRUNsw1cK.-A bill
has passed the New Brunswick House of AS
sembly, granting $25O,oOo for the construc-
ton of railroads in that province during the
present year, and thereafter 100000 a wear
for three years to come.
EI The imports at New York last week
foot up $3,l ,225, against $2,6O9,5 for
the same period last year.
MANNERS AT HoTELs.-The amusing tray
cling correspondent of the Boston Evening
Transcript, being at Alligator, Fa., describes
the hotel there as being quite fair one, all
things considered, but was not little anus
ed at the notices attached to the inside of the
door OF each room, which contained, among
other injunctions, the following, which he
copied verbatim:
uentiemen are requested not to spit
~ tpoh th .ne Ioors and walls, and not to come
.. .ho ci!en taL1a :e arc requested not to swear
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

HIGH WINDs.-Yesterday was another
"windy day"-a very common thing this
Spring. Since our residence in Minnesota
we have not known anything to compare
with the never-ceasing breezes which have Wis
ted this region during the past month.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

&c - e There are 100000 in the vaults
P' 'he Sub-Treasury, New York.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

MINNESOTA VEGErADLEs.-People down
South and East, who think they are much
ahead of us in the early vegetable line, are, as
usual, very much mistaken in the character
of the soil and climate of Minnesota.
Two days ago.. our neighbor, DR.. Borup
supplied our dinnt r-table with as fine a mess
of asparagus and radishes from his own gar
den as could be found at this time in ST.
Louis or Cincinnati.
The doctor informs us that he has been
plentifully supplied with these spring luxu-
ries from the same source for the past ten
days or two weeks.
Citizens who left the interior of New York
week ago, inform us that the snow banks
in that quarter were about as substantial as
in March
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

HENDERsoN.-The renowned city of Hen
derson is suffering some by the flood in the
Minnesota. The people up there go about
in canoes and skiffS totransact business with
their neXt-door neighbors.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

The WEATHER.-We have at last the
prospect of pleasant and settled weather.
The raging of the elements, as we'll as the
politicians, appears to have ceased with cleo
ton.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

HUTCHINsoN.-We made mistake the
otherday in locating the new town of Hutch
inson in Meeker county. 1t is in Mcleod
county, of which Glencoe is the county seat
also new town which is rapidly rising in
importance and character.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

HE PANAMA MAssACRE.-The massacre
and plunder of Americans at Panama, which
took place on the 18th ult., was a ftightful
affair. 1t commenced in an affray between
native and an American about the price of
some fruit, and ended in the killing of from
80 to 60 Americans, and the destruction of
their property, estimated at $lO0, 900. The
two American hotels were completely de-
molished.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

1t is said that the Illinois Central Railroad
Company cannot give valid titles to its lands
until the whole bonded indebtedness of the
company has been discharged, and release
from all mortgages has been obtained.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1856-05-10

NORTHWESTERN ExpREss.-Mr. Burbank
informs us that the Express will hereafter
leave St. Paul every alternate day of the
week-Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.