The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-02

RkroRrs from the Kansas gold mines con
time favorable. DIR. kAvAsAudn, the tole-
graph states, reports having travelled up the
South Platte 10 miles. aud found gold all
the way up; and thence to Medicine and
burr Greek, finding gold In every stream
The best digging was on the North side OF
the Dividing Ridge. between Arkansas aud
tho South Platte. In ravincs. 81 TO n pun
was taken In sone instances
The Wabashaw County H,,aM says that
the Commissioner Of the General Land or
Zee has decided that sections 6 and &c. In
the towns upon the Half breed Tract ARE
School Lands, the same ~ corresponding
sections in other parts of the State.
Hon. Il. +. Bunsa, Of New York, Gen.
Jnckson's Attorney General, died recently
At Paris.
osn OF the questions. It IL sad, which
will come up for consideration in the next
session Of Congress, Is the impeachment
Judge WArRous. U. y, District Judge, In
Texas. An attempt to mpcach him failed
in Congress In 1852. At the late session
another attempt was made. but the commit
tee 10 whom the subject was referred was
equally divided. Should the Impeachment,
he directed, IL will no doubt occupy the
Senate, TO the exclusion Of other business
for great portion Of the session.
AcconDISG 10 the agricultural statistics of
Ohio, which have been Published by the
State Agricultural Society, there are 81
600 900 worth Of hogs Ia the State; 3d.
100000 worth Of sheep; s2I 100000
worth Of cattle S4s5,000 worth Of mules
and asscs and 10000 horses worth si5-
900 600. The total annual value Of agricul-
tura products reaches Sl53,O0O0O0.
A CORRESPONDENT 81 the New York TIA.
bunc speaks In warm terms Of the cruelty Of
throwing doves. cats rabbits and dogs to
boa constructors in that city The CORES
pondent says Of the dove in the sorpent's
cage The agony and horror Of the help:
less little victim Ia cvincod by the wild. bit
ter cry--thc trembling and quvcring Of
every limb the terror struck, frantic glance
On II flies from corner 10 corner TO avoid It's
ruthless foe. In ie" than an hour, wuh NOR.
tai agony and tenor, the tortured iniie pio.
I'm has beeome whns az snots.
I,y the completion Of the Piitsburg. Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad, Philadelphia
and Chicago are connected by an unbroken
line Of railway, eight hundred and twenty.
four miles In length This road IL really
but an extension Of the Pcnnsy lvania Cen.
trail, and being under one management the
whole may he regarded m one road.
Tux ATLANTIC CABLK.--Prof SuLixAs.
Of New Haven, delivered lecture 10 New
York, in which be expressed bis belief that
the difficulty experienced 10 working the
cable was owing 10 some defects which were
caused by It's espo,ure 70 the great heat Of
the sun while il lay coiIed last year 10 the
factory at Greenwich. England. Twenty
miles Of this wire were found, on cxamina-
ton, TO be 10 faulty that they had to be 70
jected, and m other detects had since been
found, by Mr.. TiyvAsv. in cutting up that
portion Of the cable which he purchased, he
had no doubt that the difficulty was attrib-
butcsbc 10 the cause no had named. lie
WAS therefore Of opinion that the presen,
cable would never he worked; but the enter.
prise could not therefore be justly regarded
as failure, for ib practicabity has been
fully established.
SisouLAR TkiAL-PoILr PKgAcnixa.
AT the October term Of the Supreme
Judicial Court at Machias, Maine, the fol.
lowing novel case came up for trial Rev.
Hiram =. Osgood Is. Joseph Crandon.
This action was brought to recover sixteen
dollars subscribed by defendant towards
paying for plaintiffs services as preacher Of
the gxpel.
Ia the testimony !, appeared that the
money WAS not TO be paid II the pls' ntilI
preached politics. which the defendant
thought he did, and consequently withheld
payment, The jury failed 10 agree after
being out Eve hours. The cause was ably
argued by Hon Bios BsADBUKv for the