The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-03


the scarcity Of other currency. Merchants
have discovered that they cannot sell enough
good to pay expenses unless they take THIN;
and they have made up their minds that City
Orders in their safes are full az valuable as
dead stock upon their shelves Truman NJ.
Smith, Banker thinks City and County Or.
ders safer currency than any other now
ahoat. and will take them in payment ofnotes
AMI accounts due his bank. We are glad
10 -ee the Bankers coming in, and trust they
will give preference 10 currency which is
known to be secure, rather then lend their
influence to sost upon the public the notes
OF banks having no existence or response
bilt.
WEATHER BoUSD.--The river was clo-ed
by floating ice at Dubuque, on Thursday,
the 10Th, leaving three hundred persons in
that city, without any other mo 70 except
land conveyance, to reach their homes in
Minnesota. many Of them belonging to st.
Paul and st. Anthony. The Fanny Harris
unloaded her frcigh, at Dunlci,b, on the
18th, refusing to venture another trip up.
Two dollars per hundred aud four dollars
per barrel for pork, were being offered on
freigbts to the foot Of the Lake.
| CRY ORDERS IN SNAIL DENOMINATIONS.
The City Council of Dubuque have fol-
lowed in the wake OF our own City authorl-
ties in authorizing the issue OF City Orders
in denominations of ones. two~, thre's, iiyes,
and tens The Mayor was authorized to use
his discretion in getting up the plates In
accordance with this regulation, the hol !cr,
OF scrip in larger amounts, can exchange
them for the smaller when issued
MAILS Three mails from Dubuque were
received Thursday morning, at the st. Paul
Post Office, furnishing two days later news
/ than by the Chicago mail which came
through on Tuesday Walkers Line is not
properly in running order but will be in u
day or two.
FREiGIrs At REEDS LANDISG-1'he fol-
lowing named freights were stored at Reed :
Landing by the steamer Kate Casscl, on the
18th.
~. Paul. Lake. 20 bxs Blakcly Il Bur.
| bank, IL bags oats; " How, J pgs mdse, Geo
Little, ! bb ale; r Fredericks. | bx paper; T.
NJ McCook, bx books; q. bbs dried up
pies; A Gates. Dbl dried apples; s kirkpatrick.
| | case shoes; Grant 4 Johnson, } cases boots and
shoes. Amber, pkgs mdsc; Smith, +?
bbls apples, ?kegs butter.
ST. Anthony d Jackson, box mdse; J
IIeof,ler. boxes furniture.
Shakopee. = II II W, : bxs machinery.
Little Falls,-CS X Smith. tub butter,
Mankato, j r Nckerson, bx md.e.
Mnneapos-C L. Anderson, bbls apples; }
u Hay-, bx cans.
Horn CoxfoRrs.--A lady friend, just
arrived from the East by WALSrR's Line,
thus signifies her appreciation OF hotel
/ comforts in this city
Did you ever travel over the stage route
from Dubuque to st. Paul, in the winter
scason? Did you ever stop at the hume
rous places Of entertainment Oh the road,
and wonder at the many ways in which
people could manage TO keep soul and body
together, and yet not really live? II you
have done this, and have arrived safely at
81. Paul. you will be prepared, as We were
last night after having gone through with
all this, to enjoy, IA we did, the delightful,
l homellke comfort Of the Merchants
Hotel in this place Here you will find a
/ gen,lemany and obliging landlord excel
lent beds. a bountiidlly supplied table, and
everything else necessary for the comfort Of
weary travellers and YOU will perhaps
wonder, with us, why all hotels cannot be
made a. comfortable a. this, aud why all
landlords cannot be- as kind and attentive
as our worthy host, f.. {. BELorS,
NJ q. W. B.-Michael Haley was 50 un-
gallant on Wednesday evening, as 10 give
his wife beating, and her outcries brought
together crowd of her neighbors. and two
ofthe watchmen. Haley was taken TO the
Tombs. and yesterday morning. on hearing
before Justice Simons h. was fined $50,
which being unable to pay. he was sent 10
prison.
Arroi>rNrxr.- Harvey Officer. ESQ.
WAS Yesterday appointed Reporter 10 the
Slpremc Court vice VI. T.. Amcs, ESP. re-
signed
MSxssRs ARRIVING Ne,srS. J. VI. ira
ham, Isaac pecow. J. II. Jones and !. I.
lanes. OF the Fillmore County Delegation,
and J {, bay. Esq. OF Houston, arrived
yesterday aud pa, up at the Fuller liousa.
Hon james NJ Cavanaugh il also among
the arrivals together with a gumber OF Other