The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-07-14

WutIuW WHO tu'Sut e tiltu on, w tue per
son of negro named Ray. who h we'll
known TO the police as low thief. Cooley
asked $500 for blowing up the boat, but
finally he agreed to take $500 The Cap.
tain, to convince Cooley tina, he was In
earnest in encouraging him TO 90 ahead,
advanced S25. 20 he used In making the
necessary arrangements.
The machine with which Cooley was to
blow Mp the boat, and which he procured
10 be made at tin shop on Garden street.
is made ot tin. the bottom In the form OF the
segment oi circle, and having a tube about
four lev, long attached To IT,, II was de.
signed to use two kegs Of powder, which Is
double the quantity necessary 10 demolish
the boat The tube was to be filled with
several pounds OF fine powder, anil the whole
TO be exploded by means of fuse, which
had been soaked IN tar Ia RENDER Il water
proof The whole continuance was perfect,
and would undoubtedly have accomplished
It's purpose. Had he been permitted TO
carry out his designs, |, must have resu l,ed
in the loss Of several lives. Tn Saturday,
Marshal Craw, tearing that serious couse.
quences nigh, attend a further delay, con.
cluded TO arrs, Cooley aud his confederate
Ray and officers were sent 10 Rays house,
where the tin can, trred fuse, Nc, were
found concealed, Cooley was arrested on
board the schooner Sweet Home, and taken
TO prison. lie is u mau about 30 years
of age.
The negro Ray fully confessed TO Marshal
Craw all tina, he knew about the matter,
from which II seems tina, he had not yet
been fully let into the secret, but WINS ready
TO INSIST Cooley in the transaction. and cx.
pected part Of the reward. Cooley re-
mains silent M TO the Who'll, matter. lie
wept when placed in prison but seems dis.
inclined TO conversation. There il no law
for the punishment OF men engaged In such
q conspiracy, where their purpose Ia not nc.
complished. II Ia 10 bc regretted. Cooley
II In the County Jail, and will soon I've tried
Tor countcrfeiting, as II IL said IA, can be
convicted on that charge.
ss".,b,e Adsirs- A letter ssan smith
OWrssW.
The Irish Nurs Of New York publishes
the following letter addressed b. Judge Coz.
MOLLY Of TINT city. by SMITH O'liaisS. on his
arrival at Cork In the steamer Nigo. II
contains some sensible advice. and proves,
what has been conceded on all hands, that
SMITH O'l,RlxS il u man OF sound practical
sense, and more Of all honor to his country
than al the wild, crack. Drained theorists and
spread eagle orators whose names were pro.
mincnt 10 'IS:
On BoAup rug "vIao," June l, 1850.
Ny DsAR SiR--llaving acted IA Mar.
sha TO the Irish Civic Companies who es-
cor,ed mc 10 the Battery on the day Of my
departure from New York, you WILL trust,
kindly undertake. TO convey 10 them my best
acknowledgment for their conduct on that
occasion.
Every spectator who witnessed your pro.
ccssion and the enthusiasm Of the Irish who
took part 10 |, must have ielt r~spcc, for a
people who are animated by such noble i'm.
pulses M those which excited this manilesta.
ton Of feeling. The homage which IL usu.
ally paid to Kings aud viefoys---nay even
10 the authorities Of Rcpabic---is too Of
ten stimulated by considerations Of personal
interest but no such imputations could ap-
ply 10 the honors which were offered by the
Irish population oi New York to PRIVATE
individual who has neither power nor pat
ronage at bis disposal, and whose chief title
10 their regard Ia that he has loved anil
served and suffered for the country 10 which
they have been so iondIy attached,
Scarcely ess gratifying 10 inc than the
frviJ zeal Of my own fellow countrymen.
was the manifest partici patton Of na'ive.born
Americans, who witnessed the scene 10 the
exciiemeu, Of the hour. Before landed on
the shores oi America was prepossesssd
with M idea Notwithstanding some dlscour>
aging symptoms OF M opposite teud''ncy)--
that In the heart d the American nation
there Il broad and deep feeling Of sympa.
thy for lreland--oi sympathy Tor its past
#uilcripgs-oi sympathy Tor It's future aspira.
tons. These prcposseSsions have been con.
firmed by my own personal experience. |
am not ~ vain a. TO imagine that the atten.
lions which were offered TO me In the United
States and Canada, were Offered solely on
account Of my personal merits. When |
found self surrounded In Congress by a
large proportion Of the mos, distinguished
statesmen Of the Kepublic--vmsny Of whom
invited me TO their homes when In the sev.
crnl cities visited ! was waited upon by
Mny0rs, Judges and other local authorities,
] accepted these attention. n indications
that those who represent the American pop
ulaiion coyt the attachment Of the Irish
people LIT me then cxhort my fellow
coubtrymen TO cultivate these kindly dispo.
sitions. and while they keep alive with fond
reverence the traditions which bind their af.
tectioDs 10 the land Of their ancestors, let
them be careful 10 avoid every act that can
awaken spirit Of jealon.y or an,agonism
on the part Of native born Americans.
In every free country there mus, necessa-. |
rily be collisions Of party feeling and sec,ari-
M differences, but collisions Of party feeling
md sc,arian differences are not inconsistent
with devotion TO q common country. No
probable contingency can suggest i'self 10
ny mind 10 regard Of which the interests Of
Ireland will be antsgoniltic TO ihose Of the
United States, whilst many contingencies
nay occur which would identify by the firm
al bond the intefesf of Ireland With thosa