The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-04-29
ltessss Of News.

HE iAtties murder case IN Rochester, n.
Y, was concluded on the Odd, by u verdict
Of guilty OF murder against both Of the pris.
oners.
Mr.. ilAsrSErr, Secretary Of the Terrific
ry of Utah, arrived in st. Louis on the 10th
inst, on his way 10 Utah. lie proceeded
on his journey on the 18th.
Tux antislavery resolutions as they came
from the Committee Of tho New York NJ
+. Conference on tho I'D, were passed by
the Conference by vote Of 81 TO 30.
Ex,GovsRSoa MArrwscN, of Chicago, has
commissioned Mr.. L. w. VoLg, the sculp-
tor, to execute for his residence lite-ssc
statue Of Judge DorolAs, in marble.
WILLIAM CrlLrs BRy,Sr has been up
pointed member of the board Of regents
of the New York University, to iii the va
cancy occasionej by the death OF Hon. JonN
GRsr, OF Cananda'gua.
TuRKr pianos have been made from the
wood OF the Charter Oak. IL takes Il high
polish. and the instruments which the wood
incloses are of the best description. Yankee
Doodle is said TO sound well on them.
PuScu has a portrait Of " the next Brit.
ish ambassador TO Naples" II IL u seventy
four. FOUNDER, behind which stands M Eng.
lish tar with his hand on the fuse. puNcu
represents England better than PALMEnsros
did or CLARENDON seems like to.
TUE Republican State Central Commit
tee Of Illinois have issued n call for State
Convention, to meet at Springfield, on We'd
nosday the 10th day Of June next, TO no,n'.
nate candidates for State Treasurer and
Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
Tue Democratic State Convention Of
North Carolina, which assembled at Char
lot,c ON the liih instant nominated Hon.
JomN W ELLIS for Governor ut the election
in August next. The nominee IL nj present
- ;ss!;:e- Il -Ale ssp,e,ps UT o. u,at s.sice
n In Oregon men get irom9aO 10 $3.50 per
month in numbering establishments, and from
$40 to $50 on farms. Carpenters got from
81 to 90 per day. Flour from Sl2 to $40
per barrel. Beef from 81 TO Sl5 per 100
pounds. Pork $40 pr 100. Potatoes
~ % per bushel.
n, P.WuIis IL lying seriously VI at Idle.
wild. A bilious fever and return Of his
old trouble OF the lungs have combined in
prostitution, ngainst which bis usual active
resistance to disease has succumbcd for the
present. II will probably be some little
while before he Ia able 10 resume his busy
pen.
Mn. HARrE, who writes under the nam de
plume Of Inspector the well known cor
respondent of the New York Courier and
Enquirer, aud one Of the ablest lcttcr.write
in Washington, VIVA expelled from the Re
portcrs Gallery Of the House. by the diroc
ton Of Speaker OnH for applaading the
vote against Incompton.
TuE Supreme Court Of tho United States
has delivered decree, Judye DAsIxr only
dissenting, sustaining the judgment Of the
Court below IN the case Of McCoRMick
agt. MASsY, Tor alleged infringement Of the
Reaper patent, by which the claim Of the
former il denied. A million dollars In sup
posed TO be involved contingcntly Ia this nc
ton.
TnE horses which were presented by the
merchants Of Boston TO Gen. PrEncy, pro
viou- 70 his Inauguration as President Of the
United States, were sold IN New York q
few days ago at public auction. They cost
the merchants 81 800, but sold at auction
for sti5 which was considered very cheap,
although the animals were eleven or twelve
years old
Tug New Orleans P'myune, Of the oh
instant, states that q match race for ten
thousand dollars forfeit. four mile heats, has
been made between General Thomas J.
Wells Oh. c. SrARgg, by Wagner, out Of
Reel, and Mr.. d. r. X cnner's Oh. C. VicxEou
Town brother 10 Voucher by Wagner, out
Of imp. Britannia, 10 be run over the Mctaric
Course On the Saturday preceding the regu
lar spring meeting 1859.
TIE Savannah Neus says, by an arrival
a, that port on the night Of the 18th inst,
II is reported that, in the eastern edge Of the
Gulf u Mexico, there were heard and seen,
fred in rapid succession, sixty sbots, appa-
rently from 32poundcrs between two ships.
Some are u the opinion that IT was the
Spanish fleet exercising, bat the Ner' says
/, vas more likely an encounter with SLAYER