The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-08

bc taken up, In order that no member should
leave without leave, and no lobby members
be allowed o" the Island till they had paid
toll at heavy rate on the far end Of each
bridge. Another benefit might be derived
iron. the measure, and that is. II an extra
session of the Legislature should DO called
to pass some measure obnoxious 10 the PEG.
pie, the opposing party might destroy the
bridges. and thus prevent the assembled Tor
dissembled) wisdom" Of the State in the
place appointed by law, and thus prevent
the passage Of the obnoxious act aforesaid.
These are the only reasons why the hM CR
should not be considered joke tina, canno,
DO cracked.
We had quite time" on the lcvcc in
this city. yesterday. The steamboat Key
City landed on her way down. with u baud
Of music playing on board. and ~ she was
swinging of to leave n slightly inebriated
man Of " mixed blood threw u large stone,
with malice aiorcthought or only for fun.
no one could tell which, into tho midst Of
crowd Of persons on the iorecastle Of the
boat, slightly hitting boy IN the shoulder.
but withou, doing any harm. No sooner
was this this done than the boats head wins
turned shoreward and very quick thereafter
the mate and several Of the crew jumped
ashore for satisfaction. The mate inquired
who threw that stone and n quiet man, also
one of"mixcd blood" with mixed whskey"
IN him, round the corner, who was looking
In window. was pointed out 10 him. The
mate @ized him and threw him down and
kicked him several times before le could be
taken oil, and while this was going on the
offender who threw the stone WIS taken by
the City Marshal, aud both he aud tho
mate were Obliged to 20 10 the Office Of the
City Marshal "to answer for the deeds done
In the flesh" Complaints were duly made
aud substantiatel against them, and ihc'mix.
cd blood" was fined five dollars for throwing
the stone. he TO stand committed til the
fine should he paid and tho mate, Mr.. j.
IL. Fowler, five dollars and costs for stri.
king, heating, cutting, kicking, and damaging
the chin Of u quiet aud unoitndpg man.
thereby taking the law into his hands con.
trary 10 law and what was worse, hc had
waloped the wrong man Now, Mr.. Fow.
Lsn IL n man Of quiet, modest, and gentle
manly deneanor. but nevertheless, he will
Eight the whole community before he will
suffer himself To be- punched with sharp
sticks or allow stoucs to bc thrown into the
Key City and when he had paid hiu 6nc
be turned to the person he had damaged, OK
pressed sorrow at having made such mis-
take, gave him n handful Of silver coin and
departed for the boat.
Our people were all very sorry for the
bit Of row." for tho Key City Is great
hvoritc here, and In fact IL the pct of all
the landing places from Dubuque TO st.
Paul; but Capt. Wonbss and his officers
have the satisfaction Of knowing that the
city authorities were prompt 10 doing them
justice by finipg and imprisoning the foolish
fellow who A" cast the first stone" and there
ends the "skrimmage'
The typos have made several blundcrs in
my letters lately, for instance, Ia that con.
corning the murder, where wrote Carr.
nsrL, MCKEE and Boughtm Tor the de-
fence" II WINS printed CAMPBELL, McKxx,
and BaronAN for the prosecution, "A slight
difference Then In my Inst, speaking Of
FEnousoS's muse dcscrting him on "ihe sea-"
] wrote there he stuck" but II was printed
there IRE stuck !" and In the same letter,
"hrm' was printed instead Of FERRY"
On the weather ! shall shy nothing be-
cause the subject is inexhaustiblc, and you
know that profound rasoncrs. when any
thing comes up TOR comment or discussion,
always cndeavor To exhaust the subject !"
but ~ general thing their own knowledge
Of the subject IL exhausted fist
Service Of daily mail OF the river, ut
this place, commenced yesterday. but wheth.
er We shall receive one "ev1y day" remains
TO be een. Heretofore !, has been served
trLweekly. days Of failure excepted, but we
hope TO have II more frequently in future.
Let me know in q short paragraph Of
SMALL CAPS, when the Governor and State
Treasurer, who, they say, are strong In the
arms, get home with the gold they went 10
procure, for am very much in need Of my
share Or, - the boy sid, ,sani II uow
Probably shall not have an opportunity
Of writing you again for some weeks, but
hoping you will not stop the publication Of
v0uY rarcv In the meantime I'm that srros,ct