The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-04-15

ment OF Marietta, Onlo, whs pieorateu on
the 7th. Hon. THOMAS EWING delivered the
address The only survivor of the party OF
forty seven who arrived at Marietta in 1857
was present; also several who were born in
the first block.houses built at Marietta and
Belport, and the three Oldest living white
natives OF Ohio.
The New-iork Tribune says that French
commercial houses have ordered their cor
respondents in this country to remit in bills
on London instead of Paris. They have no
confidence in the stability Of the NAPOLEON
dynasty.
The celebrated TOWNSEND trial ut Mer-
riottsvilIe, {. w. was concluded on the It'll
by verdict OF not guilty. TOWNSEND was
Immediately re-arrestcd on another charge
| of murder.
The Vigilance Committee of Brooklyn
held meeting on the 9th at ex- Mayor HALLS
house to discuss the matter of the murder OF
young SAMuELS. SAIrTLEsoS, the young
man alluded to in the testimony as having
been rival lover of SAMUELs, came voun-
tarly forward the evening previous and de-
manded an investigation,
A terrible disaster occurred at Leroy, n.
| Y. on the 4th inst. The house OF DANIEL.
CoxsrocK was destroyed by fire, and his wife
and four children persisted in the flames
The starch factory of BuRcuE 4 Co. at
st. Louis was destroyed by fire on the 9th.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, 10000.
Judge LoRISc, it is sad,w be appointed
U. S. Treasurer having in charge the Sub
Treasury, at Boston.
Senator DAVIS, of Miss, is lying in very
critical condition. lie has already lost the
sight of one eye.
PARK BENJAMIN, Esq, has established
Literary Agency" in New York, and pro
poses to read manuscripts that may be sent
him, and express an opinion on their merits,
for which service he requires preliminary
fee. For q still further deposit he also pro-
poses to assist authors to find publisher.
The Empress of France is said to be en-
ciente The London papers are responsible
for the statement.
Ex-Gov. COLBY, 7. NJ. EDWARDS, and
Mr.. Tuck, an ex-M. g. are mentioned AZ
prominent rivals of HALE for the L. s. Sen
atolship of New Hampshire.
The plague Of grasshoppcrs has already ap-
peared at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and vicinity,
as We learn from the Bugie Of the 3lst ut.
1t says that the country there is literally
alive with these insects. They are Of oil 81
yes from an eighth TO three-fourths Of an
inch in length, and are now as abundant az
they were at any time last year.
The slaves in the Dutch West Indies are
about to be liberated. The late arrival at
New York from these islands, brought the
copy Of draft Of the plan for their eman.
cipation. Some Of the papers in the Brit
ish West Indies think the plan proposed s
much preferable to that under which the
slaves were liberated in them some years
ago and which has proved disastrous to
commercial prosperity there,
1t is stated that Louis Napoleon has ex.
lied thirtytwo thousand men, Of these,
thirty thousand have been pardoned. The
recent arrests are said to have been made
almost entirely from among the pardoned.
| The prisons Of Paris are crowded with politi.
cal offenders. Punch says il the system OF
arrests is continued much longer, France
will consist of two classes only,--those in
| Jail and the jailers.
The Touring mill Of Johnston d Harper,
at IIerrion, Wis, was destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning, the 4th instant. Loss
| $4,000.
Virginia win not tax oysters. Her House
of Delegate, on Monday, laid bill for i'm
/ posing such tax on the table by decided
vote.
/, is announced in the Richmond Eaqur-
ey that the transfer Of Mount Vernon to the
/ Ladies Mount Vernon Association is now
a fixed fact This has been brought about
by the defeat Of the bin in the Virginia
House Of Delegates, which proposed its pur-
chase by the state.
Ex-Governor John :. Peters, of Connec-
ticut. died at Hebron, on the Both nit He
was a member Of the Assembly IA senator
or Representative for several years AMI
| Lieutenant-Governor from 2-21 10 1881,
when be succeeded GIDEON ToxiIxsoS a.
Governor, holding the Office two years.
Arrnnnrrcr,s haze hse, made he The