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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25
The Gold Diggings.

From the Chicago Times
We have received the following letter
from our friend, Mr. L. D. Crandall, former
ly of the Sterling Times:
GREGoRY's DIGGINGs K. T., Oct. 16, 1859.
EDITORS CHICAGO TIMEs-Gents My friend
and neighbor here in the Rocky Mountains, H.
H. De Mary, Esq, from Chicago, is now about
starting for home, and having but few mo-
ments to spare send you these few lines con
corning facts relating to these gold diggings.
l presume you will recognize me as hav-
ing been an editor of the Sterling Times,
and as a firm Douglas man, from Whiteside
county. What l wish to say to you is that
there are in these mountains extensive and
very rich mines. have proved this to de-
monstration: my conclusions have been the
result of facts, and not arrived at under any
excitement whatever. will return home for
my family as soon as can close up my bust.
ness, and will call on you personally this win
ter before my return in the spring-lfe and
health permittng-prepared to show to your
satisfaction. think, that what have written
is true; and will pay you in gold dust from
my lead, and taken out with my own hands,
for your paper.
In haste, truly your friend, LID. C.
We trust soon to see Mr.. Crandall, and
hope that he will come home loaded with
the dust"
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PAYING FOR Cow.-An Ohio CORES
pondent becomes sponsor for the following,
which as a matter of fact, he wishes put on
record. Whitaker is one of the richest
men in those parts, and has made his money
by driving sharp bargains. His hired man
was one day going along with load of hay,
which be overturned upon a COW. The
poor thing was smothered to death before
they could get her ont. Her owner, Jones,
called upon Mr.. Whitaker the next day
and demanded payment for the loss of his
COW.
Certainly" said Mr.. Whitaker, what
do you suppose she was WORTH"
"Well, about ten dollars" said Jones.
"And how much did you get for the hide
and tallo ?"
"Ten dollars and a half, sir"
ooh, well, then you owe me just fifty
cents"
Jones was mystifed, and Whitaker very
fiece in his demand, and before Jones could
get the thing straight in his mind, be forked
over the money.
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SCENE IN CoURT-A SAD Casa
handsome and respectfully dressed woman
was brought into Justice Cornwell's Court
this morning, in state of beastly intoxica-
ton. While in charge of the officers in the
court, she took fit of delirium tremens, and
the scene that ensued was heartrending
beyond description. Her shrieks were so
terrible and agonizing that even the officers
of the court, used to such scenes, were visibly
moved. We learned from one of the officers
Of the court, that this woman was the wife
of an eminent physician, and but short
time since was highly respected as an exem-
plary wife and mother, and had everything
around her to make her life happy, but in an
evil hour she yielded to the vice of intem-
perance, and since then has gone down, step
by step, in her sad career. Her husband
tried every means in his power to reclaim
her,. but without avail, and, as final resort,
was obliged to have her arrested and sent to
the penitentiary.--N. Y. Evening Post.
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of which we read of that devout patriotism
of the Hebrews, that which we love, is
the Church with all its institutions, with its
fellowship, its worship, its liturgies, its
psalms and hymns, its creeds, its laws, its
sacraments, its holidays, its circling year, its
doctrines, its departed saints, its living
members, these make the Church which
we love. Why is it that we should love it?
and that loving it we should have bless.
ing! Because of the house of the Lord our
God, is the answer of the text.
"Watch! Watch! Watch What the
Saviour says unto all. He says, my rever-
end and dear brother 10 the Lord, most en-
phatica'ly to such as you and me. Because
OF the house of the Lord, you are now to 60
out seeking the good of Zion, in places where
it connot indeed be sold, in the presence of
some who are here, that you enter into no
mans labor, but where you will still be, to a
large extent, the first and foremost of the
company of her preachers. You will need
sacred wisdom, firm fidelity and enduring
patience. The sternest bleakness of our
northern winter, differs scarcely so much from
these soft skies, as, l presume, the meagre
rudeness and scanty numbers amidst which
you must often lay toilsome foundations,
from these throngcd courts ringing with one
song of the thousands whose prayer and SAL
utations surround you and your three breth.
rem at this hour. Yet kneel strong in faith
and in hope. 1t is happiness to praise
God here. 1t is happiness, too, and one
uhspeakably greater, to brace ourselves to
the work where we may be like Him who
brought home the sheep lost upon the noun
tains. Go in the cheerful strength which
becomes your still youthful maturity,-and
may your years of labor be prolonged, if it
be Gods will, till you also, at three score
and ten, may say like Jacob, or like him who
first exercised the Office of Protestant bishop
beyond the great river of the West. with
my staff 1 passed over this Jordan, and now
am become two bands If shorter min.
istry awaits you, yet so pray, and so live,
that whether richly honored with success, or
only holding out in patience to the end, you
may have no record on earth, or on high, but
that which justly belongs to Christian bish-
ops. Blameless before men, and through
the Lord our Righteousness, blameless also
before God! So may it be given to you,
and with you. to meet at last the Shepherd
and Bishop of our souls, and be found in
Him."
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Sporting Intelligence.

Condensed from Wilkes Spirit of the Times
SICKNESS OF THE AMERICAN HORSES IN
ENGLAND.-The London correspondent Of
Wilkes Spirit says:
With health, it looks upon paper as if
American sportsmen would have cause to
boast at the commencement of next June,
when the name of the Epson winner shall
have been announced in New York. But
life is uncertain, and health is at all times
precarious. An epidemic appears to have
broken out lately in more than one stable,
and Starke has not escaped. Blotches have
broken out on his skin hey may turn out
serious ; let US hope they will not. The latent
of the disease was doubtlessly in his system
when he made his last appearance in public,
and was beaten by Independence to that
cause / shall attribute his defeat A two
year old filley named Volga, trained on
Salisbury Plain, hundred and fifty miles
from Newmarket, ran in the first October
meeting, did not set up her form, and on
returning to her stable broke out in blotch-
es. She was removed to the celebrated
veterinary surgeons Barrow hospital,
where the blotches turned to sores, and 10
one short fortnight, human skill being of
no avail, she died. 1 will make further in
qniries about Wagner's brave son next
week, when shall be on the spot, and will
transmit to you the bulletin. The picture
of misery exhibited by Des Chiles on the
Cesarewitch day, has already been brought
to your notice she is now covered with
sores, and her stable companion, Cincinnati,
S in no better plight. Each of those mares
looked when stripped, "as ragged as
cuckoo;" so said the boy with the blank.
cts of some horse that was gone down to
the post to start. Can it be for want of
time for acclimation that has caused them
to be thus, like the milkmaid, all forlorn?"
They are certainly wondrous low in flesh,
and may perhaps have been laboring under
this latent malady for many weeks past.
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Minnesota as a Grain Growing State

Minnesota as Grain Growing State
From the lake City Tribune
The citizens of Minnesota have long been
combating most muschievous and wide
spread error, this, to wit: that Minnesota is
not superior to other Western States south
of us, as grain growing region. Yearly
have crops in neighboring States been cut
off by drought, frost or excessive wet wealth
er, las in 1857 while our own have been
uniformly good and often heavy. But with
these facts before them which could not be
disputed, the people East and South of us
have struggled hard against the admission of
the great and important truth that the
country here and northwest of Lake Superior
is far better adapted to the growth of the
cerials, with perhaps the exception of corn)
than any other part of the continent. The
present season has, however, probably done
more than any other towards removing this
mischievious error, and as the tendency of
the human mind is to extremes, we should
not be surprised if as strong a tide of
prejudice hereafter set in favor of Minnesota,
as it has heretofore been against her. The
crops in all parts of the State have been good
in many sections heavy. This has been
due not so much to the season, which has
only been an average one, as to the earlier
and more thorough tillage which has gener-
ally prevailed. In this respect the attentive
observer cannot have failed to observe
gratifying improvement over former years.
Far more hard work, and much less idling
has been seen the past season in Minnesota
than ever before.
Farmers have abandoned their wild dreams
of becoming millionaires by specializing in
real estate, and with commendable spirit
have devoted themselves to the cultivation
of the soil. And they are receiving more
bounteous reward than they expected or
dared to hope. r.I Do ay- l1 p
The yield of wheat per acre will scarcely
fall short of twenty three bushels on an ave-
rage, and many good judges put it at twenty
five. 10 Illinois, we are satisfied the yield
will not average over twelve bushels, and
some intelligent men who have travelled
through the State, put it as low as eight or
ten. Corn will average from forty to fifty,
and we have seen some that would 90 as
high as eighty bushels (shelled) to the acre.
There will be handsome surplus for expor.
tation, which from present appearances will
bring good price. Of oats we shall send
away many thousand bushes, and potatoes
also, if they are needed below. Minnesota
may now be ranked as an exporting State.
Our splendid crops this season have been
witnessed by admiring thousands, who have
gone home to render an account of this
charming land so very different from the
idea they had formed of it. Next year we
shall begin to see the effects of increased
emigration. If people can live healthier,
raise larger crops, enjoy better schools and
society here than elsewhere-they certainly
will prefer to settle where these advantages
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PREsENTIMENT OF DEATH.-The Indian.
apolis Journal says that JAMES WooD, the
engineer killed few days since on the
Bellefontaine Railroad, had had for several
weeks premonitions Of his death, and but
few days since emptied his trunk of all his
letters and burned them, making the remark
at the time, in playful manner, when in
terrogated as to the motive for destroying
his correspondence, that it was best to make
that disposition of such documents before
he died He fancied he saw several times
red light-the railroad signal for danger
near the spot where the catastrophe hap.
pened, but treated the matter as an illu.
sion.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25

The New York correspondent of the
Portsmouth New Hampshire) Journal,
who has recently visited Fort Washington,
gives the following relating to the widow of
AARON BURR, which we clip from late
number Of that paper:
The most prominent feature in this por-
tion of Fort Washington, is the large estate
OF Madam Jumel, the widow of Aaron
Burr, extending for half mile along the
river, and embracing range OF building
lots that in very few years will be of great
value, overlooking, as they do, from their
elevated position, High Bridge, the Harlem
river, and Westchester county, on the OppO-
site shore. With retinue Of servants and
retainers, she reigns queen in her little
kingdom, ruling her subjects, it is said, so
wisely and so we'll, that her wishes are to
them a supreme law. The main entrance to
her grounds is through an imposing gate.
way, the ratings tipped with gold, having
lodges at each side, like the Langdon House
at Portsmouth. The interior arrangements
of her spacious mansion present happy
blending of luxury and comfort. Among
the choice pictures that adorn her walls,
are reputed Marble and Rubens, which,
if not original, are undeniably very good
limitations also portrait of herself, paint
ed in Italy by one Of the best living artists.
Apart from the historical interest that
attaches to Madame Jumel from her con.
nection with Burr, she is in many respects
a remarkable woman. At the age of eighty
three, period of life at which a majority
of the few who live to reach it are mere
wrecks and shadows of mortality, she is as
full of energy and activity as most people
are at middle age. Five years since, at
the age of seventy-eight, she made an ex-
tended tour in Europe, visiting places of
note, and collecting pictures and other
works of art, for which she has much taste.
Habitually an early riser, her equipage may
be seen almost any pleasant morning, on its
way down town, at an hour when half the
world are still at breakfast, or, perchance,
but just waking from their slumbers In
addition to her estate at Fort Washington
Heights, she has large income from down
town property, in section of Broadway
where lots have been sold for more than a
hundred thousand dollars.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25

INCREASE OF RACING IN ENGLAND.-The
London Review in an article on the recent
Newmarket meeting, states that the number
of horses that ran, and races that came off
upon that famous heath this Fall considera-
bly, exceeds those of its immediate prede-
cessors. In 1857 there were % races for
the meeting and 207 horses ran in 1858
there were "a races and 2l5 contestants !;
and this year there were 35 races and 24O
runners. A pretty good weeks sport.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25

IMPORTANT RACING DECIs1oN.-The Nor
folk County Court (England) has recently
decided that race against time was legal
game, and not horse racing within the mean
ing of the statute. Bets in race against
time are consequently recoverable by law.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25

TOMATO, VINEGAR.-Take ripe tomatoes
and press the juice from them and strain
through common meal sitter. Let is stand
in, an open vessel until it ferments enough
to bring the pulp to the top, which must be
skinned off. Then measure, and to every
gallon of juice add II ponnd of common
brown sugar, and in short time it will be
good vinegar
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25

A MR. LoNGsrAFF killed huge panther
on Wednesday of last week, between Apple
ton aud Menasha, Wis. He measured nine
feet from tip to toe.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25

AN old man in Indiana recently cowhided
his daughter, nineteen years old, for wear.
ing hoops.
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can be secured. There are millions of acres
of far more inviting land (all things consid-
ered) than any that can be found in Ohio,
Indiana or Illinois.
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MoTTo FOR THE DANCING SEASON.
on--hop' ever.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-11

nN DEMANDE CONNIE BONNE, UNE FILL FRAN.
~ caise qu ait riaiude de- prcndts son ies enfantse
nj snche eordre sadrsser No 24sc rue, epWa
broadway ct IL 6ne aycnar, de 10 heurcs h midi.
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CITUATIONS WANTED-BY TWO YOUNG WOMEN:
y good cook washer and roner and the other
chamberma and waitress give satisfactory reference
Call at 269 Blocker ct, for two days
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A YOUNG WOMAN WANTS A SITUATION AS A FIRST
rate cook washer and roner understands the business
all its branches The best of city reference be given
Cae be for two days at 1874 Hot OF Degaw
South BROOKLYN. -
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CITUATIoN wANTED-BY A YOUNG WOMAN TO DO
y general Homework In small family. Call at s242 Hud.
son av., Brooklyn Good city reference.
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CITUATION WANTED-BY YOUNG GIRL to- DO
- chamberwork and waiting 10 do general Homework
small family Good city reference from her last place Can
and 9th
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TWO PROTESTANT GIRLS WANT STTUATIONS-ONE
Shambermaid and seamsress the other Is chamber.
maid and waitress would like go together city refe
Call at 1874 9th av between 18th and 10Th SITS.
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CITUATION WANTED-BY YOUNG WOMAN, AS
y and baker objection assist in wash
ing and ironing good city reference Call at 90 West 18th St.
between 9Th and 10th -
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WANTED--A SITUATION, BY A REsPECTABL
w GIRL good cook washer and ironer; best Of city ref
renee. Can be seen for two days at 398 It'll av-
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CITUAT1oN WANTED-BY A YOUNG GIRL TO DO
- general Homework small family Good CITY refe
renee Cali at II 9th st., between It'll 9Th avs third door
back - - - ''
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mo SHIRT MANUFACTURERS-A SITUATION WANT
ed by competent French lady, who from measure
She take charge Of hands and oversee custom shirt
First reference from her employers Address H.
Of NJ Mansuy, SO Walker st. No objections to leave
New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-11

TWO RESPECTABLE GIRLS WISH SITUATIONS IN
house; excellent cook washer ironer; ibe
other excellent chambermad and to assist the washing
do the waiting both have lived in house years and
half EACH the best of city reference given Call at I2S 9Th ST.
st. Marks place.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-11

TWO RESPECTABLE YOUNG GIRLS WANTS sITUA-
tons-One first rate waitress the other chamber
maid and assist with the washing and ironing both having
the best of city reference Call for two days SO
18th
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- estant woman, TO cook wash and ron in small private
family or to do general Homework in small family OF
dav
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vHIRTMAKING.-A YOUNG WOMAN WHO CAN CIT
and a. and make gentemens shirts neatly, and al
at her houses babies dresses and tucked nj l0i
West oath ST. In the 1850 - "
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WANTED-BY YOUNG WOMAN A SITUATION TO
W 90 ncrai homework In private family good plain
COOK god washer and ironer and good baker, In nd 10 chill
dren and willing TO make herself useful in the family Has
lived hve years In one place Be Of reference Can At 81
Gold st., between Front and Water Boorkiyn.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-01
COVINGTt IN NEWS.

FAIR.--The ladies of Coyippton nnrno,.
holding Fair, at Oh -FellowS Hall. for tbe
benefit OF the Kentao Cadets. 1t will com.
iuence on Monday naxs, and continue for one
week.
.EscArED FROM JAfL.-A telegrsphio dispatch
was received from Lexington by our Marshal,
yeste rday, announcing that Robert H. Champ
made his essape from the Jail in that city on
the Saturday night previous. Champ, it will
be recol'ectetl, was under sentence OF fifteen
years to the Penitentiary, for committing an
unparalleled outrage upon the person of hs
sisterin-lsw. He often declared lie would
never go to tile Penitentiary but this, unless
he dies very 80 on, If we may jndgs from the
character of thu man, will prove quite improba-
BILE.
SALE OF THE N gGRo ToBY.-The eero Tobv.
brought to this city from Ohio, allie ged to have
been q slave belon ging to the Th ornberg es-
tate, and adjudgeel as such by Commissioner
Newhall, of CinciI matt, was yestsr day sold to
man named Graves, for $1,l09, and was
soon after sold by him to another named
White, for 81 800. .He will DO taken South.
The FERRY-BoAr ,JovINGroE.---This boat ia
now lying at the wha rf, below the Scottastreet
ferry landing, wht re 1t Is undergoing a
thorough renovation. Its place is supplied by
the Kentucky"
PsRsoYAL--N. B. Stevens, ESQ.,, Clerk Of
tho Circuit Court, left the city last evening for
the West, where no intends to remain for two
or three weeks.
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HOME INTEREST.

gsar A. A. Eyster, Clocks, Watches and
Jewelry, Nos. 81 and 27l Western row.
ES- Daguerrean Gallery, southwest cor
ner of Sixth and Weateril.row, over Hannaford'u
drugstore. Pictures taken and put In good cases
for twenty cents. Warrante to please.
@Sf- MERCHANT TAILORING The establish
ment Of Messrs. Sprague Co., south east corner Of
Fourth and e-streets Ia favorably known for the
completeness of It's stock and excellence of It's goods
as well as the llberay and upright dealings of its
proprieors. Their assortment of Cloths Cassimeres
and vesings Is of the finest quality ever brought to
this city.
rs If you desire neat-htting Boot or
Shoe, be sure and purchase Of M. A. Westcott, No.
IA West Fifthstreet. Satisfaction warranted In
every particular.
lEB- Friel & McGuire, No. 256 Walnut
street, havO Just received splendid lot Of Cloths,
Cassmeres and Vestings, to which the attention of
the public Is directed.
1ss- As you pass along Fifth street tot day
stop at r. Kieth's, No. 81, and purchase string Of
Fish, Venison Steak, or can of his fine Oysters.
You will never regret it.
NS- The latest style Of Shawl-pins are Just
out, and may be obtained of H. p. Elias, No. l6
West Fourth.street. They are both useful and or.
namental, and can not fail to give satisfaction Call
and purchase one.
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FISHING AT CULLoM's RIPPLn.-Mally and
merry have been the meetings at Cnllom's
Ripple during the past week or two, and
many specimens of the finny tribe have suf-
iered that the anglers might have sport.
Ever since the flood, and long before, the
pleasure of the few has been at the exp ense of
the many, and not single throb of Joy to
any heart but caused some other one a panp
of pain.
A lovely correspondent, "Ruth, ;" writing us
from the neighborhood OF which we have
spoken, gives glowing description Of q party
which spent one day last week at that place.
1t had evidently been gotten up for the
double purpose of angling for salmon and
for hearts, and to Judge from the letter, which
we would publish did circumstances admit,
in both it was quite success. Doubtless the
two hundred fish that were taken were glad
to fall into the taper hands of "Ruth" and her
fair companions, and the prosperous termi-
nation ofthe party, we are convinced, owed
much to the oval faces Of the delicate crea--
lures who composed it.
This evening the same party meets again
to partake of a feast, and although we should
be glad to accept the kind invitation of our
correspondent, newspaporial duties are, and
ever have been, the enemies of pleasure. We
wish the hours tonight may bring the party
naught but peace, and that the hearts Of all
may nothing know but joy until
"The jocund day
Stands tip-toe on the misty mountain tops"
And reminds them they must part.