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

mutiny. In the few days which have
elapsed SINCE il became known that Presi.
dent BUCHANAN had refused to gran, him
any Communication of bis sentence, and had
only rprieved him till July sth, up to the
lst, petitions, with more than $4,000 sigma
lures, have been received and forwarded to
Washington asking for a further reprieve.
The true name OF PLuNMER is said to be
| SUMNER.
Tue coming Of the japanese Ambassa-
dor, for whose accommodation the Missis.
,sippi was sent on by the United States
Government, has been postponed for six
months or year. There is said to be some
| difference Of opinion among the Japanese
Grandecs upon the policy Of sending an
Ambassador, and more time is wanted TO
think upon it,
The selfpropelling steam fire engine,
built at Philadelphia for the Southwark
Hose Company, arrived in that city on the
3D. inst, having propelled itself over the
turnpike road from Bristol-twenty miles
in two hours actual running time The
highest rate OF speed attained was at the
rate Of eighteen miles per hour, while sew
eral steep hills were surmounted at the rate
Of ten miles per hour. The weight Of the
engine is 1900 pounds, an that Of its fuel,
water and nine men, 5000 pounds.
By reference to letter from ST. Paul in
another column. il will be seen that the
Rev. Ii. Is. WnIPrLE, Of the Church Of the
Holy Communion, Chicago, was elected
bishop Of the diocese Of Minnesota by the
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. Mr.. Wkpple's election will be
gratifying TO his numerous friends in this
city, TO whom be has become endeared by
the purity Of his private life, and the Chris,
tian zeal and necklaces with which he has
always discharged his pastoral duties
Chicago Tunes.
PoRrER's Spirit says the horse Jack Ros.
sitter has been matched for $4,000 in ling.
land TO trot twenty miles within an hour.
The terms Of the match are, that the par
ties who bet against the horse wager $500
that he will not complete seventeen of the
miles within the hour, $500 more that he
will not do eighteen, $500 against nineteen,
and $500 more against twenty, making
$1,000 in all.
NINETY FIVE clerks were discharged from
the New York Custom House on the 39th
ut Their united salaries make over
100000 year.
THE legacy Of FIVE thousand dollars, left
to the city Of Philadelphia by ELLIOTT CEss.
son, has been paid over. Tire bequest IL for
the purpose Of planting shade trees in the
streets of the city. From this wise invest
ment there will be realized three hundred
dollars year-enough for planting fifty or
sixty trees annually. Mr.. ericsson directed
that the trees should be OF native growth,
and not alianthus, or other foreign trash"
IIEESAy, the pugiEst. on leaving the
National Theatre, at Boston, on the ID,
was attacked by large crowd Of " roughs .
and, though he bit out right and left terri.
ically, was finally knocked down by slung
shot. His friends finally rallied, got lin
into hack, and conveyed him to an apo,b-
ecary's shop, where bis wounds were drcs.
sed. His scalp was badly cut, with other
bruises, but none Of them are dangerous.
MEssRs. GEo SMITH a ADsrr, OF Chicago,
have been making a visit 10 some Of the
Southern Illinois Banks. The result Of il
is the protesting OF bills amounting in all
10 $4,000, on, the following Banks, viz ::
Citizens Bank and Bank OF America, at
Mount CARMEL; GRANVILLE and Southern
Bank Of Illinois, at GRANVILLE; Merchants
Bank and Bank OF Carmi, at Carm Bank
Of Illinois, at New Haven and New Mar.
ket Bank, at New Market. The Citizens
Bank ard Bank OF Carm have since re.
deemed their respective amounts.
! GENTLEMAN announces in the Buffalo
Adr1tser that he will deliver lecture in
that city, in the course Of which be viii ex-
hibt'" model Of his Steam Ba,tering Ram
by which two men can whip out any war
vessel now afoa,, without firing gun or
losing man and also Model Cannon. tina;
will load aim. fire and swab itself ont"
The Church OF the Saviour, Ws, Phila-
delphia, have extended q call 10 the Rev
HEsEY A. WEE, son Of Gov. WEE, Of Viz.
gnia, to become their Pastor, and there is
every reason TO believe tina, the call will be
accepted. Rev. Mr.. WrsE has been bat
recently admitted 70 the Episcopal Ministry
yet has earned high reputation for ripe
scholarship and feryent and impassionei elo-