The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-02
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Photographic aid other News Items.
Mr.. EASTMAN, senior editor of the Nash.
vile, (Tenn.,) Un.on and american, died in
that city of apoplexy on the 23d inst. The
junior editor of the same paper was killed a
few days previous-an account of which is
elsewhere given.
The Steamship Indian, which sailed from
Liverpool, on the 9th of November, was
broken on the rocks of Mary Joseph Enybora
and went ashore on the 21st. Three men
were lost.
LOWE, the aronaut, has postponed his
transatlantic balloon trip to " the earliest
practicable moment" He says that % the
present stormy weather has not only inter-
fered with the initiation, hut continues to
retard our operations to such an extent as
to make it somewhat predetermined to fix
the precise day of departure.
The West Tennessee Democrat, printed
at Bolivar in that State, has hoisted at its
mast head the name of S. A. DOUGLAS for
| President. 1t declares that he is the only
man who can be elected over Republican,
and it furthermore adds that he is the great
est statesman and the SCUM dest national man
the American people can now boast.
The Hon. ALEXANDER R. BoTELER of
Virginia, has in bis possession gun be-
longing to old JOHN BROWN, taken from his
rendezvous on the mountain, which weighs
"a pounds, and is worked by means of a
pivot attached to the barrel 1t was made
for the purpose of shooting slugs.
A WEDDING in bank stock and mortgage
bond life took place in St. Louis last week.
| The groom, JAMES WHITE KENNETT, is the
oldest son of Col. FRED KENNErr, and the
bride, Miss HELEN FARRAR, niece of Col.
JOHN OFALLoN. The families and relations
of the welded pair are said to represent at
least SlO,OOO,OOO.
Much excitement prevails in Crawford,
Warren and Venango counties, Pennsylva-
MIA, in relation to the oil springs. Hundreds
of persons are now engaged in prospecting
for them, with apparently the best hopes of
success. In and near Franklin number of
claims have been taken, and parties have
commenced boring for the oil basin.
A Fort is being erected at Hog Island
Ledge, in Portland, Maine, habor. The
foundation is very solid, and has cost over
one hundred thousand dollars. The works
are to cover an acre and half, and
to have ninety three guns mounted in three
tiers. 1t will command all the entrances
and all the anchorage ground of the harbor.
The Baltimore Reform Central Commit
tee have offered reward of $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction of TIE murderer or
murderers of ADAM BARKL1E KYLE, Jr.,
who was brutally killed in the vicinity of
the Fifteenth Ward polls on the I'd inst,
This reward is in addition to the $500 of
fered by the city authorities.
A PORK dealer in New York has got a
verdict against hog merchant in Ohio, for
selling him lot of hogs, part of which
we're ascertained, on killing, to be "soft
hogs" which had been fed with beech nuts,
in the woods, instead of being hard or corn
fed hogs, as represented by the seller.
Miss HELEN WESTON, we'll known as one
of the Star Sisters" has been compelled
to leave the stage. She is suffering from
consumption, and is not expected to survive
long.
COUNTERFEIT one dollar bills on the
Commercial and Niagara District Banks
of Canada, are afoat, and said to be well
executed.
FROM the lst Of January to the lst Of
November, 2,45O new buildings were COM
menced and finished in ST. Louis, at cost
of about 81 ,l75,O0O.
A UNITED STATES SENATOR is to be chos.
en- by the Legislature of Alabama; which
convened on the 18th inst. 1t is thought
that Gov. FITZPATRICK will be reelected
His present term expires in 1861.
A CORRESPONDENT writes from China, un.
der date of Shanghai, September 2, as fol.
lows: There have been outbreaks here and
at Ningo, occasioned by the attack on the
forts at Pieho, and the defeat of the English
, The Chinese we're not only exasperatet