The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-09-24

Is considerable amount OF uneasinesS and
vomiting, and throwing up Of numerous "had
eggs" one domestic dry goods commission
house has gone under this week, to the sum
OF 81 200 900. mostly consumed in advances
TO manufacturers. when goods could no, be
converted into money, This makes the
thrty.tirst failure Of the week in this city.
One Of the broken houses had advanced n
large amount Of cash on GEORGE Law
nluskets, which seem TO b. evcrlastingly
turning up" Somewhere another, very
heavy dry goods firm has all lis immonsc
property locked up in real estate. bought on
speculation. There have been no heavy
failures Of parties confirming themselves TO
their legitimate business This is II sipnii
cant fact The excitement is not so great
In financial circles Us il was last week The
danger ahead is no misty uncertainty, but n
well understood matter, II money does not
grow plenty before the beginning of next
Ul'iliH, ilti INV bu~il'TS lNH w WV YIN
will he obliged 10 cave in. We know of n
single case in which house, worth 81 900
600, "shinncl around whole day, withou,
success in pursuit of The whcrcwi'hal 10
pay II note Of 81 1000 Thcvcry bcst names
in the lower part of Broadway are discount
Cd on the street AT 2a2', per cent per
month Every occupation, particularly that
of the city retailers, feels the depreciation Of
cash. Everybody who ever Ind my money
has been tempted to END H. The credit Of
every large house, almost. has been attacked
at different times S,ill. W. have had fair
week of business Flour and sugar look
downwards. bu, cotton is quite firm. Dry
goods stand the pressure better than they
ever did before M the importations have
been comparatively light and the domestic
production is diminishing on acronn, Of the
high COS, Of cotton. The Western trade nrc
in the city and buying well
The cool weather has driven the run of
the pleasure seekers back TO town again
To day and yesterday, however, arc quite
summer days, and II warm September il
predicted by the knowing oncs. The pro
menalcs grow gaycr daily, and with the
return Of the fall, anusemcnts are setting In
In full food. The opera is in It's glory, aud
next week Tn,LBrRG gives one Of his musical
fasts, 10 which the scientific musician and
the unframed lover Of simple harmony may
together sit down and exceedingly rejoice.
The politicians are all on, Of town attend
Ing conventions, aud, owing 10 the absence
Of these lovers of the common veal VIZ
have had a remarkably quiet week Mrs.
CcNNIsGuAN has gone out on bail nobody
knows where, and nobody knows the men
who bailed her. II seems she has som"
frttd, len. Thereby hangs the tail, which
if pulled out IN ct'en,o. could tale unfold
The fruit market presents more salts
factory appearance today. than II has don"
heretofore Good peaches have been very
scarce ani high. 81 to ~ per busbcl they
are coming down little, and improving in
quality. Craps are backward in ripcung
owing 10 the ". tncfs Of the season il IL
feared that the frost may cut short u part Of
tbs crop, which ia iayorite ard extensive
on in city back yards. ApplT are poor
as yet the supply from jersey will br snal'
this year. The lower classcs Of New York
population rely principally upon imported
fruit Which do not vary much IN
price, such "a bananas IN plalnialns, dates
pa nul-. The skins Oi bananas are hor
rbig nuisance 4, stripping on one Is cIuiya.
.cnt To- a dlslocati0n Of the ancle Other
aise they are All unobjectiouable fruit. and
t..a.al great d.al Of chap PROVISIONS Ia
the butIowcFs, who deep under 'hr, carts
and eat anything they can force their teeth
through. A very short season u life IN
portions ~ his city, reduces n human being
% Depths q degradation Of which the sub
,sct could never baecconceiyad We heard,
.cccn'ly d an aged woman Of sixty SIX
years being dragged lroin hei drunken bod
10 Five Point gl''cr by her ron, an
EnIsbmsa, owning god farm IN Mann.
She came TO his city at The age of siHiy
a respectable aud modest woman. The soi.
lci tie city, the mother and daughter.
gr4daally srnk in The social acaI", th"
daughters d,ed prostitute. ard The mother
va dra2gcd forc,bly from the gutter cpr.ing
scr urecosnine@ on from whom rho had
parted With weeping OILY II year, before
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