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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

Our lady readers and we are glad 10
know that they are counted by tens OF thou
sands, OF course all fair. amable, wise. taste
til Il the Queen OF England has II very beau
,iiul castle at lialinoral on the banks OF the
dark rolling Dee where she takes her pleas
urc and the Prince Consort shoots grouse in
August and September, and from whence
certain Californian fashions have lately been
introduced by the higher circles in England.
II 80 happens that the Queen, when visiting
l,almoral. il always received by "a sort Of
,riumphal procession, the prctticst episode
in which is bevy If Scottish maIdsus and
matrpns wearing the scarlet pcttlcoat, with
the gown looped up at the side, the hem Of
the petilcoat touching the ankle. The
Queen has adopted the fashion, and 81 have
many OF the Indies OF the Court. 1t has
not been long IN crossing the Atlantic. aud
wax tirs, introduced nj Washington lay Lady
Gurc ouSrley. and has already pcclstd the
endorsement ot several OF the prettl,'st prom
,naJtrs ia broadway. " !. Herald.
Nc mto, ultra psp,ddm Mr. HIdid,
your account oi the origin vi the scarlet pet
licoa,s, striped with black ia a mistake go
They we're the moic IN England and more
especially in nuGllu, fully ,Er. years ago.
Red petticoats seem 10 have been IN common
Use long before either Erog>IE or NictuRiA
set the fashion. as witness the tuloSiug
scrc,,l, u 'svorilo chant amongst the love
lofn damsc,s Of Erlu:
"ili pax on my pottcaat nt red,
Ard tlTRuph tltp "a lie "A Grid Ntt hre al
For my love he has for saSeu M.
"Shouli shoot ochuuc!
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

We have been furnished with the psriic-
uars Of a ease Of ingratituie AMI hcarIh~s.
mess, which exceeds Anything Of ia character
that has ever come "a our notice. An Eng.
l.h lady. named Mrs Frances Bishop who
had been residing in the W,~;. l,~t her hus-
band. aud with an only son. aged eighteen
years, named Charles bishop, removed tn
this city. and took up her residence in North
Eleventh street, near Thompson. Her son.
10 whom she was much devoted. was en-
poyrd in one of our principal hotels on
Chestnut s,r~ct. in an honorable position -
Mrs. H. was the posscssor of about 5000
in money, This she deposited in one OF our
banks subsequently her son was sent 10
draw some 81 500, which he did hut instead
of returning to his parent, iicd the city. Mrs
bishop searched for him in various place
and finally found him at Sweeney's r,stau-
rant, New York, having expended all the
funds in s,rics 81 dissipation. The mother
forgave him ard induced him 60 return 10
her parental home.
Thus matters remained for the time being.
When the eNcl,cm,u, took place amCug the
banks, and the panic was increasing, MIS-.
Is withdrew all her funds m twenty dollar
gold picc,s, some SJpOn in all. This ,te
deposited in "a trurk, d,cmiug it perfectly
safe A few days sin tn" tear'lcss witch
II son broke open ,he trunk and took
possession Of every dollar hi. mother OWED
lilo lef, home, parting with h's par,n,. the
latter almost carcsSrg him as h. lcn. The
los. however. was soon discovered and ter
riblc was the shock upon her already d,l,
cate frame The young villain was again
trac,d TO New York. thence to fhiladot
phia, where he sojourncd for day or two
at the II. Lawrence Hotel, since which time
oil traces OF him have been lost, except that
he was se,n at the Raltimor depot. lie Is
supposed to H. making his way toward New
Orleans. This isa painful case, Mrs, bishop
being lclt entirely Institute. and among
strangers. Pa! Prev. JAN. II.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

,IonN PHOENIX writes 10 the editor OF the
Mobile Register and gives a satisfactory
solution Of his mysterious To every one but
JoHS rHHSry) lines on Brahma The sub.
icct is now brought down to the mcanest ca
pacity and if it is not now perfectly under
stood. We give it up--as, indeed we did long
ago;
In. Rso,srER Tie following lines, pub
lishcd in the Atlantic Monthly" by Il.
W Emcrs.p u, Esq have attracted much at.
,cntion not az much in consequence Of their
beauty, or other airinsic merits, n from the
fact that nobody can understand for the
life of him what the man means
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

II is siaioias singular fact, hat there
is not a, this moment on the stocks. in the
port 81 New York. . single vessel Of any
descripiioe. designed for the merchau, ser
vice The nu'y ships constructing are the
Russian friga,c. a, Mr., WsHRs yard. and
the [. :. s'copofwar, tu.jirg updcT con.
,rac, with J. 4. WsstEA,ur
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

Inv ~
AN ACT providing FOR the terms Of the So
preme Court.
Be % enacted by The legislature Of the state Of
N.nne-ota
~tcrtoS /. There sha.i Two terms Of the su
prrWe Court annually, % t- held at the seat Of
government ~ the S.ate pn he f5.i Monday ~
December and the hr.t Monday Of July. IN
caca year, and such ether special terms A. the
Judges u aid Cont may tenm necessary. and
shan ircW time t. time order.
*. :. NJ acts or parts - acts Inconsistent
with the provisions al this &C, are hereby re
peAled
SO. :. This act shall taAe cryc: rom ami
after i-pas-age.
GEORGE BR,pLFY
speaker pro ten of he H. OR.
RicHsEp q. MrRrPy.
Preside NJ pro t1m OF the senate.
Approved January Il. lsdS.
tH.s. l. ts.sg, Acting Governor.
SEcEETAkN oFflCE nnesots.
January II. ls5s.
hereby certify the iores oing TO be a tine
copy Of the eTsias lie IN ,his Gice.
CHAs. J.. tHAsE.
Secretary # the Territory.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

with minute fractional portions OF grain.
and traces Of Carbonate Of Barytcs. Stron-
tiap, Manganese Phosphate of Lime, aud
organic substance making total oi fixed
substances O. grains free Carhone Acid.
10 cubic inches.
BOOSTERS superseded AT last.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

The Peursy ,vcria Revenue Commission
eF' estimate The taNah.o property Of the state
'or -, at $685. -. on which the a..
s..smcrt Is 81 7o3-39. TIE population ia
23ll.-sG.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

Mr.. THuAts AttIBoNg late President Of
the Bank Of Pennsylvania, was IA scngcr
in the America. which arrived al Haitian
on Saturday last.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04
u the red SLAYER thinks he slays.
Or If the slain think he ia slam.
They know not well the subtle ways
| Keen and Mas and turn Again

u the red SLAYER thinks he slays.
Or # the slain think he il slam.
They know not well the subtle ways
Keep and pas and turn again.
The fact is. that Emerson had lately
learned the game II euchre. and being lisci-
mated thereby wished To express his feelings
on the subject, hut being quite unable TO do
So in ordinary Foclish. unfortunately got of
the above extremely myst fying >tanza A
hide careful CONSIDERATION Of the terms used
couvinc,s oGc 81 this al once. Thus the
nj SLAYER refers 10 the Right Bower
probably the Jack ct Hearts > the
slam Is, undoubtedly tb, i.ft Bower
not guarded and you perceive tina, Emcr-
son probably cuch,rc,l hs adversary by
passing" keeping thu ace and some strong
cards. aud coming again after the bowers
were ont, Now all tn, might have been
much more SIMPLY expressed, as Tor in
stance
II the Right Rover is in one hand.
Aud the len holds another place,
We little lnow why | Gid stand.
heli three trumps-'he Ming and Ace
THIS explanation Is made Ia save Emer.
sons reputation in the matter he was an
old schoolma,e OF mine in former years, AMI
We were afterwards engaged in the tn busi.
ness together lie Was always vel.
meaning man. aad it Is pity be should II,
consid,r,d fool o. account Of some ecccr.
trciii,> It expression.
Very truly yours Jr
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04

For the exact information Of our readers.
as to the proposition OF Mr., ssrRgxrgR, to
enable the railroads to start their enterprises.
we quote what is offered as al addition to
Section ,, Article 9 of the Constitution;
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
AN AWKWARD ARCHDEACON.

Some little time since, a small boy, of ten or
eleven years of age, might have been seen driving
a donkey before him, in one of the wild lanes in a
midland county. On the back of the donkey was
a sack of GOALS, on its way to a neighboring village
in which the lads parents lived, For a while all
went on happily and smoothly. The donkey jog
ged along just as a respectable and well-conducted
donkey ought to do, and the boy; running by his
side, either "whistled as he went, from want OF
thought, For neither whistled or thought. But this
fair state of things were presently disturbed. The
donkey took fright at something or nothing, and
the bag fell to the ground. Here vas a dilemma.
The donkey was still there and the bog was there
and the Goals were there, but then, the weight o
the latter was beyond the strength of the lad. lie
could not lift the bag to place it in its original po.
sition. There was no help for it but to wait until
some other traveller should arrive and assist him
out of his difficulties. This might not happen for
hours, in that desolate part of the country, a by,
lano, little travelled but it was the only chance.
At last, however, a horseman doomed in the dis
lance, and approached the spot. 1t was the veneer.
able DIR. Bigwigs, Archdeacon of Grandairs, who,
mounted on his sleek and well groomed cob, was
taking an appetising ride. The boy did not know
the church dignitary. His only feeling, therefore,
was one of joy, unmixed with a single particle of
awe. a ix'foot man coming. who to his unsophis-
ticated eyes looked from q full measure of Drawn
and and sinew, to have been crested on purpose to
lift up his bag IF Goals and replace il Cd his 1on'
keys back.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

Neither was our young gentleman remarkable
Tor pOliteness OF manner or courtesy of speech
When therefore, the venerable archdeacon
reached the spot, he was utterly astonished and
electrified at being thus hailed by the distressed
donkey boys
%"IIilloa, thee big fellow, / wish. thee'd.t get OF
thy 'oss, and give us q liz. with this ere bag Of
Goals"
Here was a salutation even from a fcllow-crea'
lures In distress. The arohdeacon had been acchs'
toned for years to give the longest Of charges to
his brother clergy. But he never had SO short and
abrupt q charge addressed TO himself before;-
How would he take it2 What would no dor
Would he play the priest or the Levite and pass on?
No! by the milk of human kindness yet lingering
in his breast, the spirit of the good Samaritan ris.
es within him, and he, DIR. Bigwigs, tho venerable
Archdencon of Grandaits, dismounts from his sleek
and well groomed cob, to render the required help
and aid. Then to do it they went, hammer and
tongs, the boy and the achdeacon, and after
much Juggling, and pulling and tumbling it all ,ut,
at length. both of them fairly out Of breath, they
succeeded in placing the sack aud its contents on
the %donkey's back. Ii the archdeacon had been
astonished by his juvenile friends application to
him N its original form for help, he was doomed to
be more so by the outporing of his gratitude when
the work was done.
"Well," exclaimed the young hopeful, in the
warmth of his heart, "for such a big chap as thee
art, thee's the awkwardest at a bag O. Goals | ever
seed in my life"
And so they parted. And so the archdeacon
told the tale himself, adding, with n laugh, "My
white tie was soiled, and my avender. colored kid
gloves were dyed black but then | made acquain.
lance with another feature in human nature, and
what is something, got a good appetite for assault,
ing a good dinner, and, what is most of all had the
shine taken out of my conceit by learning that |
was the awkwardes, chap at a bag os Goals that
was ever seen. Well, well, Poeta nascitur non: fit,
and so Of coal.heavers. But did my best as an
amateur and volunteer, although I am the awk'
wardest of all awkward chaps at such work. The
boys criticism was as good to me as q sermon, or
one of my own charges to me-" And 30 ends our
story of an awkward archdeacon, and it is true to
the very etter.-Liverpool Albion,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28

tity has been reckoned by pounds instead of reams
On this quantity q sum Of reuenue is raised
amounting to El 900, 900 yearly, or nearly $4,000,
.000."
To collect this enormous tax requires a largo
constabulary force. Book makers and newspaper
publishers have to be constantly watched, and the
collection thereof costs a large per centage OF the
tax. 1t is a singular fact that, in spite Of this tax,
one may buy tho finer qualities of paper in Eng
land cheaper than here and shilling volumes,
neatly printed, are there sold by the tens of thous.
ands, which here would cost double the money.
The tax upon paper is felt to be SO unfair, and
the classes who pay it are so powerful, that
an agitation to abolish IL has commenced,
which will sooner or later succeed. | will proba6.
ly not stand a couple of years longer. The trouble
is that such journals as the Times are in favor Of
the tax. The Times does dot want competition for
it knows very well that when all taxes are taken
off paper, a myriad Of cheaper Journals will spring
up, to contest its supremacy over the English
mind.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
Prom the National Era.
THE ENGLISH. PAPER DUTY.

Few people in this country know what impedi-
ments exist in New England in the way of litera.
ture. The book trade and the newspaper business
is taxed enormously; indeed. SO heavily, that in al.
most any other country but England it would
amount t., prohibition, and the literature Of the
country. would be crushed. We gather the sub
joining facts from an exchange:
'The tax has now existed a hundred and fifty
years, having been first laid in l7l2. For the first
year or two, it was com paratiyely light, but in
TIA it was placed at 2s. Sd. per ream, and the total
quantity made was l39,967 reams, with 1921
buadles of coarse paper. Under this heavy tax,
the manufacture and use of paper declined steadi.
ly until lS48, when 1864 reams only were made.
Subsequently it increased, Of course more rapid.
iy in recent years. until in 1857, lag. 072. 282 pounds
were reported, and paid tax; and in 1858, the report
just made gives l87, Ala, 657 pounds. From about
the commencement Of the present century the guam
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28

REGRETTED "GooD OLD TIMEs."-The insolence,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, and ferocity of the people, espec'
tally in the capital and other great towns, were
such as o traveller would hardly now encounter in
the most remote and savage regions of the globe.
No we'll dressed individual, Of either sex, could
walk the streets of London, without risk of per-
sonal insult OF injury. 1t was, indeed, an UNDER
taking of difficulty, to pass through the streets at
all. The narrow ~foot'way, separated from the
carriage'road only by a line Of unconnected stakes
or posts, at wide interysle, was frequently block
ed up with chairs, wheel barrows and other OBJ,
structions. some Of them placed there wantonly,
to annoy foot-passengors. Carmen and hackney
coach drivers considered it excellent sport to
splash decent people from head to foot and when
a terrified female or bewildered stranger was tum-
bleG into the kennel, the accident was hailed with
shouts of delight.
When a stoppage took place, or an accident hap
pened, the ears were stunned by a storm of oaths,
and abusive alteration from the drivers and serv-
ants. Thieves we're always ready to take advan-
tage OF the confusion, which they had themselves
probably originated for their own purposes. Beg
gars also awaited themselves Of the opportunity to
ply their trade, The dismal tale of sickness and
was drawled out, and corroborated by hor.
rible exhibitions. Stumps of limbs and diseased
children were held up to the carriage windows of
the quality. If there were ladies in the family
coach, "a street vocalist would probably begin chant
ing some filthy doggerel, of which the refrain
would be taken up by the bystanders.-Nassey's
George III.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
THE CAVERN OF A%DELsBERG, AUSTRIA

The original rock of the cave has exactly the
appearance of water.worn and weather-beaten
or of ice which has been partially melted,
leaving a somewhat honey cOmbed surface. The
breadth and height Of the cave vary from 20 to so
feet. The quantity OF stalactites is immense. The
length of time which some of these must have re.
quired for. their formation is very great. In nu-
merous cases the stalactites have united with the
floor, forming massive columns four or five feet in
diameter. These are clustered, sometimes like the
pillars of q Gothic church, and in other cases
single.
Every stage in the formation of these columns
may be traced, The i~ncipient stalacite is accom-
panied by a slight protuberance in the floor beneath
as the process advances the protuberance rises,
and the stalacite ascends; the one becomes q pill.
lar six or eight inches 10 diameter, and, perhaps,
ten feet high the other takes the form of an in
verted cone suspended over it, at last they meet
and form a solid column. supporting the roof
Such is the process when the water has a clear fall
but when it only trickles over the rock, its effsst is
to form a glazing with a rippled surface. In gem
eral the two processes are combined, and the re-
suit is to produce that extraordinary diversity of
form which the stalectites assume. In some cases,
where a narrow crack exists in the rock above, a
thin sheet of stalactite follows the line of the crack
and hangs from it with irregular oontortions, though
with a uniform width. In one place a stalactite
hangs against the slope of the rock, and has assum-
ed exactly the form aud folds of a piece of drap.
cry, the water constantly ~trickling along its edge
and adding to it's size. The resemblance is increas.
ed by a double stripe Of a dark color running par
allel 20 its lower edge, about three inches from it.
This curious stalactite, which is called VoIhang
or Curtain, is about half an inch in thickness, and
very delicate and transparent. Ii is, perhaps, the
most curious in the cave. To describe all the va.
rious forms would be endless"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28

LOCAL AGENTS FOR THE ANrl-sLAvERY DuoLE.
Mira. NJ G.. X. After, Salineville, Ohio.
Mrs. Q. L. Morgan, Sylvester, Green Co., Wis.
Phebc 7. Merritt. Ionia, Michigan.
Adrian, Samuel nayball, Michigan,
Livonia, Harriet Fuller
Plymouth, Isaac N. Hcdden, "
Ypsilanti, Samuel d, Moore,
Union City, John d. Zimmerman, Michigan,
McRoy Grove, Tho's Fox,
Battle Creek, Phebe ii. Merritt,
Bedford, Henry Cornell,
Pennington, Abram Powers,
Ann Arbor, II. Glazier.
Edinburgh, Thomas G.. leighton, Ohio.
Joseph Pickett, Winchester, Indiana,
VIM. Hern, Brighton, Indiana.
G. l.. Gale, Northport, Indiana.
VIM. Hopkins, Fremont,
Elizabeth Morse, Angola,
Henry Bowman ,Johnstown, Barry Co. Mich
Daniel Earle, Newton Falls, Ohio.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
IDLE CURIOSITY R

Weems, in his Life Of Franklin, relates the
following: "On his first trip by land to see his
father in Boston, he was worried Almost to death
by the abominable inquisitiveness of the New
England tavern keepers. Neither man nor beast
could travel among them in comfort. No matter
how wet or weary, how hungry or thirsty the poor
sraveler might be, he was not to expect an atom of
refreslmcnt from the silly publicans until their
most pestiferous curiosity was first gratiied. And
then Job himself could not stand such questions
as they would goad him with; such rs
- where he came from and whore he
might be going-and what religion he might be
of-and if he was married-and 80 on. After hav-
ing been prodigiously leased this way for several
days, until at last the bare sight of a public house
almost threw him into an ague, he determined so
try the following remedy at the very next tavern.
Soon as he alighted from his horse, he desired the
tavern keeper to collect his whole family, wife,
children and servants every soul Of them, for he
had something Uasty important to communicate. =
All being ssemble and wondering what he had
to say, be thus addressed them: My lame is Ben.
jamin Franklin. j am = printer by trade. ! live.
when at home, in Philadelphia. In Boston ! have
a father, a good old man who taught me, when !
was a boy, to read my book and say my prayers.
| have ever since thought it my duty TO visit aud
pay my respects to such a fAther and | am OF
that errand TO Boston now. This is all that / can
at present recollect of myself that l think worth
ticking you. iiat if you adj think of any tfinI
else that you " isn to know about me, l beg YOU
out with it at once. that1 may answer, and SO Civ
you an opportunity to get me something to eat 70
| long to be on my Journey that | may return a
soon as possible to my family and business, where
most of all delight to be- Forty thousand sermon
against idle curiosity could not have driven it so Ell
fec.ually out of the New England landlords as di
this little squib of ridicule."
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-28
THE LIVING TEMPLE.

Not in the world of light alone,
Where God has built his blazing throne,
Nor yet alone in earth below,
With belted seas that come and 90,
And endless isles of sunlit green,
Is all thy Makers glory seen
Look in upon thy wondrous frame
Eternal wisdom still the same
The smooth, soft air with 2ulse.like waves
Flows murmuring through it's hidden caves,
Whose streams of Frightening purple rush
Fired with a new and ~liyelier blush,
While all their burden of decay
The ebbing current steals away,
And red with Natures flame they start
From the warm fountains of the heart.
No rest that ~throbbing slave may ask,
Forever quivering Ger his task,
While far and wide a crimson Jet
Leaps forth to fill the woven net
Which in unnumbered crossing tides
Tho flood of burning life divides,
Then kindling each decaying part.
StOOpo UoSh w uuu lut JpTOUDlUR ueufE.
But warmed with that unchanging flame,
Behold the outward moving frame,
Its living mar bles jointed strong
With glistening band and silvery thong,
And linked to reasons guiding reins
By myriad rings in trembling chains,
Each craven with the threaded zone
Which claims it as the masters own.
See how yon beam Of seeming white
Is braided out of seven-hued light,
Yet in those lucid globes no ray
By any change shall break astray.
Hark, how the rolling surge OF sound,
Arches and spirals circling round,
Wakes the hushed spirit through thine ear
With music it is heaven to hear.
Then mark the cloven sphere that holds
All thought in its mysterious folds,
That feels sensations ~faintest thrill,
And flashes forth the sovereign will;
Think on the stormy world that dwells
Locked in its dim and clustering cells!
Inc lightning CLEANS OF power 1t sheds
Along its hollow, CLASSY threads
o Father! grant thy love divine
TO make these mystic temples thine
When wasting age and wearying strife
Have Slapped the leaning walls Of life,
When darkness gathers over all,
Aud the last tottering pillars fall.
Take the POOR dust thy mercy warns,
And mould it into heavenly forms
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