The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-16
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Mr.. MORTIMER THOMPSON {" Doesticks, y
has been guilty Of writing farce, which
has been played with success at WALLAcKs
by the FLoREScEs. II II called the /" Irish
Free Lover, or how he got out Of IT,"
Tue last monster nugget fouad In Aus.
tralia weighs 2,2l7 ounces, and b said to re.
semble the skeleton Of a horses head. Aus
tralia Is still ahead as a gold producing
country. by the way, what becomes Of oil
the gold?
Tue Philadelphia Ledger il down on
Bank Note Detectors, Bank Note Reporters,
&c. II advises that whenever il becomes
necessary to resort TO such means TO obtain
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bank note, ii is best to refuse it altogether,
and let it find It's way back to where II came
from.
CArHARIsE p. WEBSTER, daughter Of
Prof. WEBSTER, who was executed for the
murder Of DIR. PAREMAS, at Boston, several
years since, was married at Mediord, Mass,
on the oath uIt., to J. LArHRoP, Of Taun.
ton.
SPURIOUS bank notes Of the defunct Bank
OF Chicago are in circulation. We have
seen one Of them, and have heard of others.
No such bank is in existence at present.
The gas works at Rock Island took fire
on Wednesday last. The fire was extin.
guished before 1t had n chance to do more
than few hundred dollars damage.
The New York Home Journal says Capt.
ERIcsoS's caloric engine Is perfectly success
full rs high as five horse power.
A machine for extracting gold from
quartz has been invented and put in opera.
ton in California. The Morning Coll says
It works admirably, and will make revolu.
ton in the system Of quartz mining.
Gov. KING, OF New York, has been burn
ed in efligy, in Cattaraugus Co., for commu-
ting the murderer SULLIVAN, to imprison-
ment for life Judge GROVER, who sustain.
ed the Governor, was complimented in
similar manner.
Cot. JONI. II. STEVENS has taken charge
of the Glencoe Register. The Conolel will
make an able and reliable Journal politically
and locally.
The following from New paper is, we
presume, a correct statement OF fact intend
ed to be conveyed in dispatch received
day or two since, but which was unintelli.
gible: g..
We understand that Lord Derby, in an.
! swer to the representations OF the Directors
Of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, has
signifed the willingness Of the British Gov.
ernment to amend the charter of the compa-
ny, so as TO place its organization, &c, upon
a footing of absolute equality as regards the
British and American Governments.
The Bolton (Texasl Independent says that
MARTIN KoszrA, instead of having recently
died in INDECENT circumstances in Guatama
Ia, is now living in Medine county, and well
Of.
A WASHINGTON correspondent OF the
New York Times states that q proninen,
American in that city has offered as high Us
100000 for the National lnislligeneer
establishment lie was met by q 10, refusal
TO consider the otfer--couched, Of course, in
polite terms. The gentleman alluded to was
backed by Messrs. CRIrrESpES, HuxrHRKr
MARSHALL and other distinguished politi
clans of that ilk. They intended TO turn
the venerable sheet into Know Nothing
organ.
THx following rhymes are aaoat in the
Canadian prcss, and are considered apt and
pointed:
THk rkNPrArToS.
| New Caledonia Governor unto himself said he,
"Great stories told Of heaps Of gold vii settle
For there be host. Of jolly greens who never
Who blinaly swallow every hook tina, Is hid in
printers ink"
rue RESULT.
! Full thirty thousand bra~ny men 10 Frazsr
river run,
And ind that Yankee Doodle,sco /, Yankee.
Doodle done
The PuBLIc DxBr on rBE CSuxD
Sr,rs.-The following figures show the
amount Of the national liabilities At different
periods, since the formation Of the Federal
Constitution:
Ysar. Dsbt.
lJss-Fanded AFTER Revolution. s5S,tSJ.l7s
isi1--Outstandiug on eve Of War ts,e0aTSs
lsit-After sseond War. l2I ,JSl.ssl
iSlS-Tueuty years reduction to g-Sll