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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-24

From Inc Pions er sad DenoerA,-
We recommend the following accounts Of
interesting experiments to the military COM
panies OF this Territory
A series Of interesting experiments were
recently carried out in the grounds attached
TO the Royal Military Repository, Woolwich
Common, in the presence Of Major General
Sir w. f. Williams, Commandant; Capt.
Freeth, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster
General, and other Oflicers OF the ROYAL Ar
tillery, for the purpose of testing Captain
Grants newly invented pontOon cooking ap-
paratus, which consists Of ten cylinders, 50
arranged that an immense quantity Of water
can be boiled, and food cooked for one thou.
sand men in the field, in very short time,
and which can also he taken in pieces and
instantly converted into pOntoon raft, ca
pable OF bearing an immense weight. The
cooking capabilities of the invention were
first tried, and an immense quantity Of water
was coiled within twenty minutes of lighting
the fires. The ten cylinders Of which the
apparatus consisted, were then taken to the
ornamental piece Of water near the Reposi.
tory. and converted into pontoon raft. ten
feet long by six feet wide
The raft was launched and boarded by
hree men, who by means of paddles con
veyed il, with the greatest ease, across the
large sheet of water The commandant and
staff expressed the highest approval Of the
invention, with regard to its utility for mill
tary purposes during campaign: the ten
cylinders weighing but 400 pounds. and a
number of RATS, composed of these cylinders.
forming pontOon bridge over which an
army might safely pass.
by the sanction Of the Admiralty, some
experiments were made on Saturday, in
Woolwich Dockyard, in order to test the
value OF patent cork mattress, which has
already been introduced, to some extent. for
the service OF vessels containing troops
The experiments were to ascertain whether
the mattrass could be used, not only for the
ordinary purpose, but as a life preserver in
time Of peril.
An old seaman, who has been thirty years
in her Majesty's service, volunteered 10 be
strapped on mattress, which was cast of
from the dockyard wharf, in the presence of
large multitude OF spectators, including
the commodore, superintendent the heads of
the various departments. and Il number Of
scientific gentlemen who accompanied the
patenttes from London. The singular float
proceeded on the water in excellent style its
occupant rounding the Fisguard and other
vessels in harbor, and then sailing swiftly
down the river past North Woolwich,-
When unstrapped, the veteran seaman said
"he never had - better sail in his life. and
declared his willingness to undertake sail
from London Bridge TO Gravescnd in the
same manner. In the evening, the patcntces
and number ofgovernment Officers sat down
to snmptnous dinner at the Pavilion Tav-
ern, North Woolwich
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III. anity Of Riches.

The vanity Of riches is seldom illustrated
80 sirikingly as in the case oi tbe grca,
EDglish millionaire, MoRaisos, who died
worth S2OOOO,000. II seems to De one Of
the conditions of the accumulation Of cnor'
nous wealth, 10 single generation, that the
posscssor shall first disquafy himself from
enjoying il aud In some cases even from ap.
precating the fact that he holds IL. Mr..
M0RRIsos accumulated this almost fabulous
amount himself, AMI IN the regular course Of
his business, without any extraordinary turn
Of fortune yet the following extract. from
letter in the Boston Pot, shows how little
benefit be permitted himself from all his
wealth. What u satlrc II "a upon this tx.
elusive devotion Of all the faculties 10 the
mere accumulation Of property:
Mr. Morrison retired from active business
several years since, without withdrawing his
capital from the mercantile house. aud though
managing hi vast funds himself up 10 the
time Of biz death. with all the segacity OF
earlier days he has for the lat three years
been possessed with the idea that he would
como to want. More than two years ago he
commenced doing day labor upon farm held
by one Of his tenants for which he received
twelve shiIlIngs week, aud this he contin.
ucd up to the time Of Illness. For the last
eighteen months he has been regular ap
plicunt for relief to the parish, assembling
twice week with tho town paupers at the
door Of tho u mon" and receiving with
each of them his two shillDgs and quarter
loaf Ills friends have in'mIgei him in Theses
ancies on the ground that II was the best
choice 81 two evils. The truth IA, money
was his g1l and the idea became at last
too great for hun aud broke HIM down ---
And yet he is said to have made most ia.
dicious will, and his Investments up To- the
last are characterized by great good sense.
The probate day ou hts will exceeds 800
600
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4 Novel Diouer.

The eccentric and talented eaef de CUISINE,
VI. SoyKR makes the following curious pro-
posal for dinner on board the LerlGiaas /.
After visiting the GreR EaSsra. q few
days ago, ! made a calculation that in one
funnel could dine on hundred persons ;
therefore in the five fnnncls, i've hundred
guests; also one thousand tn the paddles. or
moiel OF the same. making total Of .ifteen
hunred persons who could dine a, this novel
ard monster banquet, which might, with the
oonseu, of the dirctors, take place on the
deck = short period after tie launch, to carry
out which should b. mes, happy 10 devote
my services gra,uItouslv for the fur;herance
Of such scheme, the prooSds to be applied
10 some naval institution.
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has been an honest woman for the last
seven years, the necessary consequence will
be that the thirty millions Of francs ILL.,
200 900 sterling)* which have been paid
over to her latterly, should be repaid. The
questions thus succinctly stated in l144-
did the Queen Mother commit bigamy with
her own husband, or did she not 7: had she
received, not only her allowance a. Regent,
but her dowry, under false pretences. These
were precisely the questions which the Cor.
tes existing in 1855 desired TO ascertan.-
But the Commission they appointed arrived
at no conclusion. They inclined to believe
that the lady was married in 1888, because
"any other supposition appeared more Often
sive;' and they preferred TO believe that
Christina took her monies when she had no
right to them. rather than believe that she
took paramour. But they do not appar-
emily give their belief conclusive and off.
cial stamp. Called by the reopening of the
question, the Queen Mothers prudence for
sock her. She could not let il sleep. and
she commissioned three lawyers to report
upon the report of the Commission. These
gentlemen adopt a decided part. They
stand by the marriage Of lo+4 as the only
marriage. They cannot believe that the
Archbishop of Toledo would have remarked
publicly two persons previously united in
private and thus have violated that "vcne-
rable precept of our religion which prohibits
the repetition Of the sacrament" They cam
not admit that Queen Isabella could have
told falschood, "by the hypocritica farce
OF granting the royal permission for the SOL
emnizaton Of marriage solemnized several
years before" But what position for the
Queen Mother. No doubt il was hard
/ trial-reputation ueys'S 81 100000 1t
could hardly be doubted tina, the hard cash
would win under the circumstance 1t
would be atfectation to say that anybody
need be surprised. What would kill another
woman, produced only little irritation in
the daughter Of Ferdinand OF Naples and
the wife of Ferdinand of Spain. The al
Tentative accepted is not the mysterious part
OF the transaction. What W. may well
wonder at is that, after it had been buried
in 1855, the Queen Mother should delibe-
rately raise it to life again What, we mag
ask, is her Majesty's little game
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ton. which give them protection. Congress
has not been unmindful Of our revolutionary
heroes. II has dealt 0ot 70 them with no spariDg
hand. Upto the 3dth June, ls57, under the
pension laws 81 ISIS, ls2s, and 1887, tt30 II, $50
had been paid To revolutionary soldiers; and
under the aets Of 1896, 1884, 1888 and 1858,
tIs, 3O2, $50 had been paid 10 the widows Of our
revolutionary collaborating an aggregate
In money, of sixty one millions three hundred
and fourteen thousand six hundred and twenty
dollars, besides large donations Of land and dis
barssments u money, under other laws, on ac-
count Of revolutionary services.
LAsD WARRANTS.
During tho past year Al ,4s3 warrants for
bounty land have been is.ued, requiring to
satisfy them, five millions nine hundred aud
ffty-two thousand one hundred and sixty
ACRES Of the public domain and the num-
her issued under all the bounty land acts Of
Congress from the revolutionary war to the
present time is 81 $50. requiring, TO satisfy
them, sixty millions seven hundred and four
thousand nine hundred and forty-two acres
Of land.
More stringent, laws are recommended, to
prevent frauds npon the Pension Office, in
the procural Of land warrants.
CENSUS OF MINNESOTA.
The fourth section Of the act OF 10Th Febru.
AIRY last, authorizing the people Of Minnesota
to form = Constitution and state Govern.
nent, made II the duty OF the United States
Marshal for said Territory ito take census,
or enumeration, Of the Inhabitants within the
limits Of the proposed state, under such rules
and regulations an should be prescribed there
for by the Secretary Of the Interior, with the
view Of aacertainDg the number OF represent
atives to which said state may he emitted in
the Congress Of the United States"
Tho necessary distractions have been issued
10 enable the Marshal Ia perform that duty,
and an appropriation will be asked, M soon "a
full returns OF his operations have been recciy'
ed, to defray the expenses he has thus been d..
rected To inGur--D0 provision therefor having
yet been voted.
MOBILES ROAD.
The Fort Ridgsly and south Pas, road ha.
already been opened as far west as the Ms
sour river, a distance Of about two hundred
and nifty miles, and the country through which
II runs il reported 10 be rich and desirable
one for settlement. The appropriation for this
work has, however. been exhausted, although
some four hundred and fifty miles remain 10 be
completed. To finish this portion Of the road,
should Il he the pleasure at Congress to carry
out its original design, an additional approprIa
ton Of thirty thousand dollars will be required
and il -honid be made at An early day.
OTHER REPRESENTATIONS.
Considerable attention is devoted TO az
fairs in the District. Changes are recon-
mendcd in reference 10 the compensation Of
Marshals aud Clerks, also Of the Patent
Laws.
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A Morms. place OF R.smgs.

II IL stated that the Mormons, among
their other preparations, have not forgotten
To look out Canaan Of refuge, In case the
United States should disagree TOO severely
with their pasriarchical institutions. The
Saints" have, it appears. an excellent open
road from their southwestern valleys 10 n
settlement Of iEeir own On the confines u
Lower California. This colony consists Of
between one and two thousand picket set.
tlcrs--brave, prudent, industrious, and well
instructed not to give cause Of offence 10
their christian neighbors. The colony ks,ps
up a steady communication with Salt Lake,
six hundred miles distant and II Is scarcely
TO be doubted that they have planted other
stations in the pleasant and fertile valleys
scattered along this route. The inference is
obvious, from this rys,ematic arrangement,
which opens the way into Sonora and Lower
California, that the Mormons have contcn.
plated the possibility Of retreat beyond the
United States Jurisdiction They affiliate
with the Indian, are strong enough to hold
both Sonora and Lower California against
Mexico and nothing but large volunteer
force and the establishment Of a Gordon Of
military settlements can reduce the Mormons
10 submission.
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English Opi"lon Of Tia. Mormon DIN
Guilty.

We present our readers with the opinion
OIL one of the ablest papers Published in
Great Britain, and that represents the sen
timenIso very large and intelligent section
of the English upon this subject:
England is not altogether alone in her
contes, with barbarism. Extremes meet.
and in the Iurthest West, as well as in the
East, nation in the first rank Of civilization
Is engaged within its own dominions in an
armed contest with polygamists and the
worshiprrs Of false prophets. The Delhi OF
the United States is at Deseret, and i,s
Great Mogul is the C.liph Brigham Young
The uClincSs Of the undertaking imposed on
the government Of Washington by the con.
stitution and professions OF the Mormon
community, does not wear of as the under
taking itself approaches maturity.
The solution Of the embarrassment i, BY
no means apparent. 1t is evident that the
saaa,ical community have been successfully
inspired with the conviction that the ,inii-
cation of the federal authority is only pre-
text for the rccommencement OF the persecu-
ton by which they suffered so bitterly in
Illinois and Missouri Supported by this
belief. they will not b. easily subduci but
the difficulty of reducing them to order is
not TO he evadci merely because i, is onc
which stronger governmen, than tina, al
the United States would willingly he spared
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-24
A iioui bon 20 the Gore, or Money versus
Reputation.

The Hourbons seem determined TO keep
up their character for gross and shame less
RIGHTEOUSNESS. in the person Of the Queen of
Spain, who has come 20 the conclusion that
she can better afford to be placed before the
whole civilized world as having lived in a
state Of libertinage with her present hus-
band for number Of wears, than to refuse
some millions Of dollars which she drew as
Regent of Spain, after Fcrlinands Death
We recommend our readers to peruse the
following account Of this precious transac
ton, and then TO say if the nation that once
owed allegiance to Ferdinand and Isabella
can have sunk much lower than in their
submission to such ,rollop as Christina:
A very nice point in Spanish history has
recently been revived, and oddly enough bv
the last person who should have assisted at
its revival. The Queen Mother of Spain
wishes 10 satisfy the world that she Ia.
only been once married TO the Duke of RiaD-
lares, formerly Senior Munoz, private SOL
der. Better would il have been TO have
left the question buried among the archiye.
OF the late Cortes so summary eXtinguish.
ed by Marshal O'Donncll. 1t may be re-
membered that one Of the consequences of
the success of O'Donnell and the friends of
Espartero was Parliamentary isquiry into
the personal history of Queen Christina. A
very useless and supertiaous proceeding. you
will think. Not so il wa. matter Of
pounds, shllliDgs and pence, aud none of
,hee are superiInous in spain. The prob
lem was delicate After the death of her
royal husband, in 1888. Queen Christina
chose Munoz as hcr cavalier servente. The
relations between these two personages were
perfectly notorious. Between 1888 aud
l~,I three children were born. The qucs-
ton IL. were they born in wedlock OBJ
serve the nice conflict that Immediately
arose. Queen Christina acted A. Regent of
the Kingdom during the great struggle be
tween the Christmas and the Carlists She
OF course did not work without pay. One
Of the conditions Of the Regency was that
her Majesty should remain unmarried. But
il she was not married t. senior Munoz.
what were her relations with him. ard bv
what name are her eldest children entitled
TO he called! In October. l~ii. she was
publicly married 10 Munoz the Patriarch
OF the Indies performed the ceremony, and
all the Ministers werc present. The Morn
ing Ckroniois OF ,ha; day asked an axk ward
question. II may BE- asked IL the marriage
Is TO date from the 18th of October. ls44
II we are answered IN the affirmative. VIVA,
becomes OF the three children now in the
neighborhood OF Lyons oud in wha, state
las the Queen Mother been living for the
last seven years II the marriage ia TO be
referred hack 10 the period when the con
nection with NJ. Manos is supposed to have
commenced, how can the Ministry reconcile
. that circumstance with the fact tha, ,hey
have recently paid up the whole Of Queen
CHRISTMAS allowances As Regen, ill the
day the young Queen cane Of age. though
they knew that 90 her marriage she erased
To b Regen; Should J. b. found ,ha, she
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SrAatNu " 10 tuE PArWto.--Thr over
land mail line now u operation from San
Autonie, Texas, to San Diego, California,
carries passengers through On the sixth
trip westward. hour were thus conveyed 10
San Diego The way mails are much in
creased. The eutire read il now stocked
with four hundred ANIMALS. twenty five
COACHES aud seycnty-iive men, messengers
and guardsl With this outfit they can
accommodate six passengers. Further ar
engagements sre being completed to accomo-
date passengers through To New Orleans 10y
this route The fare from San Diego TO
New Orleans Is 5000 which sum includes
meals ou the route The eighth mail from
san Diego was To have been despatched on
the I'D OF October, with full complement
of passengers. The schedule time for the
trip Of this line is thirty days
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la the latest number of the Illustrated
London Ners, journal that has an i'm
mense circulation 10 England and in all ranks
Of society, we find statistical article on
this country that contains the following ex.
traOrdinary views Of American Banks:
We now turn to the Banks. At the end
Of the year lsj5 and the beginning Of 1856
the number Of Banks in the States of the
Union was 1896, whore condition and ope-
ratiOns are thus stated
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When il is remembered, as stated in
previous article, that the Banks Of the Uni.
ted states can issue as many notes AZ the
public will take; that these notes are only
represented by such an amount Of specie az
the bankers find sufficient TO meet the Ordi-
nary demands Of minor transactions in fair
financial weather that they give no more
allegiance TO the State or to the public than
any wholesale or retail trader who carries on
business IA much by his good name as by
his bard cash that they coin money, sub
ject 10 no control but that OF bankruptcy ;
it will be seen how delicate fabric the
Banking system is in America, and how like
ly panic was to be severe when it was once
excited
II woad be disingenuous in us to say
that the above statement il specimen Of
the accuracy Of the London illustrated Ne,rs
in general but il is sufficient to show how
little even the best authorities IN England
can be depended upon for information res
pecting ourselves. II is needless for us to
say that the statement Of the English paper
is groundless but there is prevalent be-
lief amongst the British, who are outside
the circle Of business men connected
with this country, that every bank in
the United States issues as many notes
as il plcases, aud that without their
hcing secured in any way whatever
No amount Of writing will serve to dispel
such errors as these; nothing can give the
two nations n correct idea Of each other
but constant personal intercourse, and
thanks to the power Of stear:, we are has
tenipg to such an event day by day. In a
concluding paragraph, however, of the same
article, our transatlantic contemporary ar
riyes at the following satisfactory conclu-
sion, and one that is not without encourage
mcnt to the meu OF the far West
These figures will suffice to throw some
light TO those who attentiye!y peruse them
on the present as well rs ON the future of
the United States, which have within them
oil the elements Of power, gr atncss and
prosperity in far greater degree than any
other empire, Great Britain not excepted
The Western States alone are capable of
feeling three hundred millions of people. A
money panic, difficulty in such country
can be but transitory.
." Relative TO the Productions Of the sea, -"
the Forest, Manufactures, and Land
Sales - of tho tinted States.
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meeting at lcavcnwor,h h ans,s. on
the list, resolutions were adopted similar 10
those passed at Lawrence on the 18TH
Spccchc- were made by ' ArGuAS, fmiiirs
HrrcuSsox, MooRs and others. PuliJIr.
advises rallyng around the Topeka Ton
stitution. calling It the magma ohar,a oI
Kansas. Vigilance Committees are bclng
formed Throughout, the Territory. A lotter
to the ST. Louis DrYoru!. dated Lawrence,
Nov. Eth. state that WNKKR s,id hc
would call a special session, provided the
member. would sign a pledge guaranteeing
that the, would not 60 into general legisla-
ton,
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A young woman in Milford, Conn. re-
GENTLY answered a matrimonial advertisement
ina New York paper, in sport, but reply
came speedily, and as she took i, from the
Pos, Office she macS the acquaintance
Of the advertiser, one NJctoR BARD, who
wen, up to Milford with hrs. letter, RAID
cultivated the acquaintance, got h'wsl'
puiled in the local paper as literary man
lecturer, &c, and The day was fixed for h''
marriage with the girl, When news came OF
the eve Of the wedding, ,ha, BARD waS ar
rested as n swIndler and bigamist. Th'
young lady is dlscousolate.
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SAsru lSGR,aAv, Of Connecticut, has
been appointed Commissioner OF customs To
the TrSasury Impairment. vice Gov An
psIsoS. nSignd