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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03
Winter KIpesisnee In Travelling - He'd
River.

To The Edito-. Of The Pioneer and Democrat
ASokA, Feb. II, 1859.
10 consequence Of the loss by fire, Of =
considerable quantity Of hay at Fort Abcr
crombis. il became necessary to send to the
settlements forty head Of cattle. January
18th they were driven to Breckenridge
fourteen miles south thirteenth to Dayton
city, twenty-five miles east; at both Of which
places there Is hay enough for the animals
belonging there, and for those Of travellers.
From Dayton city to Alexandria, forty
seven miles southeast, we were three days
and were obliged TO transport hay for two
nights feed, which was done by mule teams,
five Of which came down for this purpose,
and TO load back with oats. On ths evening
Of January 10Th We found o place for the
cattle, about forty miles west Of 81. Cloud.
where Maine farmer has large supply Of
hay, straw and corn fodder. At Cold
Springs, twenty miles from st. Cloud, We
found oil the grain We wished, and having
bought eight hundred bushels Of oats, and
repaired the sleds, sOme Of which were much
worn by the bare ground, the train started
Red riverward % Monday, Jan. 18th, since
which time, a. there ia only o monthly mail
from the Mississippi TO the fort, have no
tidings Of them, though, ~ there was fall
u snow few day. alter their departure,
which wosh much improve the road, have
no doubt they reached home within week.
For . hundred miles westward from the
Mississippi the country 10 very attractive,
prairie and woodland admirably interpreted,
and boontifslly wstered by swiftly running
streams end pretty shaded lakes. The usual
route hence 10 Red River IL the Pemsina
Trail, which trsverss an almost exclusively
prairie region further south than the ~.
CIOod ssd breckenridge State rosd, which
is tbe one We took, and which u preferable
in the winter ~ more sheltered by timber;
there are also stopping places On il, not
more thas thirty miles spsrt. except One
stretch VI forty.eyen miles iron Alexandria
to Dayton city. and the coantry hetwesn
those points u 30 attractive that il
Is certain 70 be ,tted upon ~ soon a.
spring OPUS. A conmssdAble energy and
public spirit has been manifested iD bridging
Red River, At Dayton City. and promises
have bsen made that other streams on the
rug,s shall be bridget. 10 which case this
roap would have the advantages Of short
psss, -t,lement and bridge, while the other
or prairie route is ls~ billy, and 10 summer
voald probably be more free from masqai-
to-, and such like annoyasoes, and Tor aiou,
10 miles " without . st,ler.
oar idwiatsr trip, with cattle that bal
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

Tnx Cincinnati Price Current, Of . late
date, states that the value Of the hog prod.
uct In that market Is over $4,000, 900 and
$73O,00o is invested in surplus flour, stored
for an advance.
A BILL has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives Of Ohio, making seduction pen.
itentiary offence, As the law now IL, the
only penalty on conviction Of this crime is
the payment of such pccunIary reconpcnse
as may be awarded by the jury.
Tns Queen Of Dude, taking offence at the
recent Indian proclamation Of the Queen of
England, has issued counter proclamation.
in which, among other subjects, the dusky
lady refers to the generally accepted Chris.
tian theology, and fnds the same stumbling
block over which the Unitarians trip--the
doctrine Of the Trinity, She observes, in
this connection that that religion Is the
true Quo that recognizes bu, single God,
aud can ackDow ledge none other. Bat
when there are three Gods in one religion,
neither the Mohammcdans, the llInJoos,
the Jews, the worshippcrs nor even
the Fire.worshippcrs, eau believe It to be
true"
PEAirs famous painting, the "Cour, OF
Death" has been purchased by n western
Spectator Tor $4,000. lie iatepds to
have II engraved and the engrayings color.
cd, and ono hundred thousand copies sold
at one dollar each. The picture will then
be disposod OF 10y lottery each purchaser Of
the engraving receiving ticket and run.
ming tho one hundred thousandth chance Of
getting the original.
AMONG the personal topics Of Washing-
ton society just now IRE three fashionable
weddings, all to take place within month,
viz Mr.. EUsrs, NJ. &. from Louisiana, TO
Miss CoacoRAs, oil Washington, daughter
OF the banker, already widely published
Mr.. RIGos, Of Washington, to Miss IixIour,
daughter Of the Senator from Indiana and
Mr.. BAYLOR, Of Alabama, 10 Miss 6wis,
daughter of the Senator from California.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

orA. Pioneer and psmccra,

Correspondence otAs Pioneer and Democrat
NRw YoRx, Feb. Is, 1889.
DEAR SiR: The enterprise, already well
defined Of this nascent year, 10 creating no
little surprise among the conservative
knckerbockers. Revenue from importa.
tions much higher since the first Of January
to this time, than for the same period even
in the destructive 81, and the amount Of
merchandise thrown upon the market Sow
eral millions more, as natural consequence.
sugges, to the cautious tina, We are ias, re-
gaining that track wherefrom 80 dislodgcd
VA. The real estate market too, which Is II
good Indicator Of the quan,um of present
enterprise, and measure Of confidence in
the future, marks pretty high. Al the
country between here aud Harlem is cut up
IN fractions and selling at exorbitant figures
The representatives OF the frugal and econo-
mlcal old leutons aro now, indeed reaping
golden harvest.
Spirtualism is now actively catering to
the depraved tastes OF this metropolis. II
is now being heard to prove the dangers Of
involuntary enjoyment, even in sleep.
have two dollar bill on the Exchange
Bank Of Glencoe, which ls having some his
torical experiences. II has already bcen
the means OF nm almost desperate ARRAY, Ina,
again is panacea. 1t figures as dis,in.
gulshod stranger, but our citizens have lat.
terly suffered 30 much from foreign imposi.
lions that even the Exchange Bank is not
above suspicion, But stand by il, and
maintain its character, as | hope its friends
will do in Minnesota.
This mornings issue of the New York
Tribune contains an appeal from Rev.
liKNRr w. BELLOWS, TO the charitable oi
this and other seaboard cities, on behalf OF
the suffering and starving inhabitants Of
Northern Michigan. aud Dodge County,
Minnoota. The Tribune. very generously,
seconds tho motion and throws y side lash
on Buck and Brock. IL undertakes TO OK.
plain the case by alleging that cheap land
in Northern Michigan, and the location Of,
thousands OF bounty warrants In Minnesota.
haze go bridged over the country with speca
lators possessions, that the few settlers which
are scattered over II have neither mills nor
markets, nor indeed any practical connection
nor intercourse with each other. thought
] could perceive several MIST toments in ip
version, SO have just sddrdascd u note TO
the editors Of that paper. suggesting that
the charity ofthc good people Of this city be
not invoked 10 behalf Of suffering MnRe-
sofa without sufficient proof Of the alledged
destitutiop. That I am resident Of that
State, and have been for the last seven years,
and have never known distribution TO prevail
there which her own citizens and her own
resources could not and did not meet and
alleviate. That | left there early last
month, and was not aware Of the inhabitants
Of any portion Of the State suffering for
food that the blight did not destroy oil the
crops there, but only the wheat that oats
were abundant corn good potatoes. beans
and meat cheap. That we had no destruc-
tive hail in the summer Of SO. and that
thought the starvation statement should be
received with caution. N.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03
The BiOuth Of the Mississippi.

New Orleans papers state that the bar
at the mouth Of the Mississippi River is now
in worse condition than II has been for
years. A considerable feet Of vessels lie at
that point, unable to get in or out Of the
river, and many Of them hard aground. 1t
has now become evident that the plan for
removing this serious obstruction TO naviga.
ton, by closing some Of the natural outlets
so as to deepen another by the force OF the
current, and employed for two years past at
an expense Of hundreds OF thousand Of dol
lars, 10 complete failure. The only prse-
tcable plan for keeping the passes
open TO vessels IL believed TO he by
dredging, and this has been practiced on
years past with tolerable Success. The con
tinuance Of this obstruction must greatly
damage the commercial interests and pros
perity Of New Orleais, to say nothing Of de-.
triment TO the business To other ports. The
New Orleans Chamber Of Commerce have
taken measures to remove the difficulty, II
possible, and will apply to Congress for aid
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

THE peach crop Of New York is said to
have been destroyed BY the cold of the 10th
ult. Too early in the day, we should think,
for that soft impeachment.
Our of GIL poems competing for the
Crystal Palace prize in honor Of Burns,
there was considerable difficulty in deciding
between two candidates. Of these, the
loser and FIVE others are recommended to DO
printed. Besides these twenty.seven are
very tavorably noticed. The proportion
exhibits about the relation which merit
bears 10 pretence.
The other day young clergyman skat-
ing down the Connecticut river ut great
speed, came so Unexpectedly on group of
Young ladies that he could not turn to avoid
them, and therefore to prevent accident,
caught one by the waist and took her with
him. As soon as the astonished female
could recover her speech he was saluted
with who's dat huggn me so2 and on
looking upon his fral burdens face, found
it was as black as night. lie did not carry
her far.
A NEW dance is mentioned in Gal,gndni.
At soiree at Count Somebody's, new
Polish waltz was introduced, in which each
gentleman holds glass Of chi mpagne-the
grand point being not to spill it in going
round the room. There were several gen.
,emen at the =. G.. ball on Tuesday night
who held nore than one glass OF champagne
which they didn't spill, at least till they
got home.
In Portuguese library, an autograph
report has been found from the hand Of
JEAN Moor, who in 1860 was ambassador
of Francis III. at the Court Of Lisbon. In
this document the Seigneur Moor states
that Flemish merchant had made him &C
quainted with plant OF a peculiarly pleas
ant taste. This plant was the tobacco,
bearing now the Latin name Of its intro
duction, Herbd Nieot,ana.
LORD CAMPBELL, the Lord Chief Justice
of the Queens Bench, is getting up book
upon o phase Of SHAKsrrARE's manysided
knowledge which has been little noted be.
fore. He discovers SHAKsPEARE to have
been, if not a learned, very accurate law.
yer, skillful in legal phrascology. Lord
CAMPBELL's notes upon this subject, which
he is printing in the form Of familiar letters
to Mr.. PAYNE COLLIER, will form an i'm
portant contribution to Shaksperian litera-
ture. Perhaps the Connecticut lady, who
discovered Lord BACON 10 be the author OF
SHAKspEARE's plays, might find an argu-
ment in favor Of her theory from the exam
Piles Of legal lore displayed by the great
poet
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03
Anything and Everything.
down for o copy.

A HIBKRNIAN had come far to see Mag
era, and while he gazed upon it, friend
asked him il il was not the most wonderful
thing be had ever seen, to which he re.
piled, 4" Not bit of it, man never bit
Sure it is no wonder ut all that the wsther
should fall down there, for Id like to know
what would hinder it."
The State Of Maine is urging on It's
railway system to connect with the Eastern
Provinces.
LIEUT.. MAuRY and Prof. BAcHk, have
been permitted by Congress to receive gold
medals from the Sandman Government.
A MOBILE paper says that Fillibuster
WALKRR has been received into the bosom
OF the Catholic Church 10 that city.
CHALBKRr, the Fire King, who used to
sit in hot ovens with legs Of mutton till the
latter were roasted, and who now keeps
drug store in New York, has recently re-
eeived from the French Emperor the St.
Helena medal, for having served twenty
six years in NAPoLEoS's army. No doubt
it was in that service he learned to stand
fire. CHABsRr has written his memoirs,
like other great men.
The wonderful feas which have been ex.
hibited in England have recently visited
New York. When in Europe exhibiting
before German Sovereign, one Of the feas
called Napoleon escaped. There was great
confusios. Where can be be gone? said
the King. rbe exhibitor looked uneasy,
but spoke not. "Tell me" said bis Males
ty, interpreting his increasing confusion,
"what you suspect" II may be 80
bold, your Majesty, ! believe he has taken
refuge with the Princess H." Then"
said the X ing, search shall be made" and
the Princess retired. After while she re-
appeared with captive who was put upon
the stage. Bot oh horror, the exhibitor
exclaimsd-"H He il no, my Napoleon, be is
q wild one
A PHILADELPHIA paper has q very long
article about Legal Courts" What are
Legal Courts
The person who advertises in our columns
for board vitho-a knnk knGcks, must be the
same crus.y old bachelor who recently ad.
vertised in New York for board and re.
pose in some sensible family, uninfested with
cats, poodle dogs, canary birds, juvenile
jewsharps, mimicking old maids, scbening
widows, feminine hopefuls with match
seeking manmas, or other uuisances. Hot
dinner required 90 Sunday. Terms not to
exceed $50 pr month"
"OH, she was jewel Of q wife, sald
Pat, mourning over the loss Of his better
hall. she always struck me with the sof,
end Of the mop"
King MACMILLAN, Of Bavaria, has grant
ed sum OF 5000 thalers towards reprint
ing an edition oil Shakespeare according to
the oldes; text extAnt
The second volume Of GrzOrs Memoirs
Is in the pribters hAnds.
TsrLr there is DO place like home A
Canadian writing TO Montreal from NsplsS,
ays, While you are enjoying the con-
forts Of 9 Canadian winter your core
spoodent s shivering in dirty Nsples- n
IL bad been . MlnuesoiiAn who wro,e that
there xoad have been more force 10 the
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

SUrEarsrEsDESr WI. CULLKs.-Major
w. J. Cullen, the Efficient and acceptable
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs Tor the
northwest, was at IIuirs hotel on Monday
last Major &. has just returned from
Washington. where be has been spending
some time sp business connected with bis
SUPPLEMENTARY. lie IL gentleman Of .
largs apd philsn,rophic heart, and bas been
urging upon the proper Department the
adoption Of plans for the moral and inteIlec-
,ual improvement Of the various Indian
uibes 10 his district. No man who hes ever
had charge Of biz supaintendency has dis-
charged the duties 10 more acceptable man.
ner than Major g., and the citizens Of our
STATE felicita,s Themselves upoa their good
fortune in having - we'll qualified On officer
10 No important station Wnona Dem.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

Tns Ner' correspondent repeats the 70.
NOR d movement al Washington, IN favor
Of bringing out GurunIE, late Secretary
the Treasury, for tbe Presidency. lie says
that an Ex.Charge de AnAirs TO one Of the
South American Republics, and q protegs
Of tbs late Gov. NANCY. has had nightly
consultations q, hu hoass looking 10 this
object.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

A DoUGLAs ORGAS.-The prospectus Of
q nev Democratic paper at Nsbville, Ten
nessee, has just been published. The pros
pec,us ssys
The great and paramount object Of the
publishers ia To advocate and defend the
princip.es o, stephen A. Douglas, ADD urge
hi. claims 70 TIE consideration Of Teusesse
Democrav. Hs long It'd devotion 10 the
South. and 10 times 81 peril, entities him 10,
only to thslr favorable consideration, bet 70
the affections u very Southern heart. 10
one word oar objc, !. 70 AID, s far a. pos
sble, 10 the election q ,hs eniDeui states
man a. our ssIi Pf~ldent
/, /. ramored that J. KsoI wALKEn, at
presebi state senator from Memphis Dis
,ric,, and formerly President PoLKs pri.
va,s secretary Is 10 10 The siitof.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03
Minnesota Currency In New Ysvk

We clip the following from the money
article Of the Herald Of the 10Th inst
Bills Of the Bank Of ST. Paul, Mime
sofa, have appeared in the street. and were
purchased by currency house at per cent.
discount A persistent effort, We learn, hss
been made by Chicago bankers and others
10 prevent the notes Of Minnesota banks
from acquiring currency. We arc informed
that these banks are a. well secured o. those
Of any Western Stste--,be securities Of the
Bank Of ST. Paul, Minnesota. being Ohio
per cent stocks ,bose Of the Bank Of
the State Of Minnesota, Farmer Bank, and
NicoIlet County Bank being the 6 PER cent
bonds Of Minnesota, worth l07 At prssept
in New York. These banks have met with
considerable opposition, which has emanA-
ted principally from the private bankers,
whose business they will interfere with.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-03-05

Into the mcst fashionable society. Me-
Sickes loved her with great devotion, and
lavished all his mcans upon her. They
lived IN elegant slsle occupying a house OF
AZ 600 rent. Mfs Siekles rode IN n,spleu-
did carriage WITH outriders wore jewels
to the value Of $4,000, and seemed to want
nothing that she did not have.
Immediately ofter the shooting, the body
Of Mr.. Key was picked up and conveyed
into the Club-lIouSe, from which he was in
the habit of telegraphing to Mrs Sicklcs
One shot took effect in the groin, the
ball passing through the body to the skin
at the back where it remains. Another
entered the right cnest, and the third grazed
the skin Immediately outside where the first
ball lodged
A coroher's Inquest was held, and aver
diet returned that "Mr. Key came to his
death by two balls fired from pistols in the
hands Of Daniel e. Sickles, aud that either
would prove fatal"
Mr. Key is a nephew Of Judge fancy,
and brother-u-law of Mr.. Pendeton, Mem
ber of Congress from Ohio. The father OF
Mr.. Key was the author Of "The Star
Spangled Banner" Key and Sickles were
both the intimate friends Of the President.
Mr.. Keys friends are quite indignant,
aud talk about shooting Mr.. Sickles at sight.
Mr.. SickIcs has one daughter six years
old, and Mr.. Key leaves four moth5rlcsS
children, one daughter about iftcr4 years
Of age ..
The N. Y. Post, in speaking OF Sckles says
No matter how nearly the offence touch
cd him, he should have treated it as he treat
ed criminal intrigues of the same nature III
which his own wife was not concerned, as
a trifing matter, as a pleasant jest, as a
thing to 6e passed off with a sly alluSion
and knowing look in short, as something
which the aduIterous intriguer was welcome
to chronicle among his trinmphs
lie is represented as talking of the "dis-
honor" that had bee done him, term
of strange sound when uttered by such a
man. The young man Key was doubtless,
as fit to live as Sckles, but who is
"Cut off, even in the blossoms of his sin,
Unhouselled unannointed, unanneled;
No reckoning made, and sent to his account
With all his imperIectiOns on his head"
Sickles has been admitted to bail, on the
ground that he proof Of Keys guilt is sufici.
emily conclusiUe to cayrant il. Mrs Sickles is
represented as being very peuitent, and is over
whelmed with grief She declares that she has
had enough of fashionable life in Washington,
and prays for oblivion. She coucedes that her
husband has done right.
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SupER1oR. Feb. I'm. ls59.

..- q, L oUPkRIORI feO. l4lh1 LoJSs
Editor Telsg.ePk- n. D..
Your paper containing my last letter has just
come to hand and although it is 81. Valentines
dab and supposed to be sacred to " billings aud
cooings" Of all kinds of " !urtle-doves." can
not refrain from giving expression to sentiments
the very reverse OF theirs. For | am Just as
vexed as can be With all the elaliOn. so
natural upon seeing ones self in print had
sat me doypto sean my literary offspring, when
10 such horrible typographical error as met
my astonished guze Oh how could you have
gone and done il was crushed -almost an
nihilated The room grew dark, and cold
perspiration baihcd my brow, and for fully Eve
minutes deemed each coming gasp would he
my last. Finally, revived little, and wander
ing what further atroeiiy might be 10 store for
me, read on and found you had made me say,
that old Sol had been ~shinaiag' around here
This eoniemptuous menlon Of the GLORIOUS
luminsry." struck me as 50 ridiculous that my
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-03-05

STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AND CoNFLAGRATIoN.
BY telegraph from New,Orleans comes the aH-
nouucement Of tho explosion and the burning
of the steamer Princess, on the Mississippi Riv-
er, near Baton Rouge, on Sunday morning last
-Four hundred passengers were on board when
the explosion occurred, and at the date Of the
last dispatch, more than 100 were missing
Some anxiety is FELT at Cleveland for the fate Of
Mrs w. j. GoRDoN, the lady of the grocer OF
that name, who left Louisville a passenger on
the Princess.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-03-05

iher holds Tor yon
When, in tic evening, Eva read aloud
20 her, Heriha fixed her eyes % the iuno-
cent cOnntenancv d the chssming SD, aud
sank into dim dfeam hboat faish and
love upon earth Uorlnk this, she fell iato
= calm sleeps and utter Eva had continued
10 read for good half-hour, in order to
deepen her sleep stll more, she made her
6elf bed at the foot Of Herthas, and res
led there better than she had done for a
long time. TO Be continued.
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WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
AshlabuIa, ono, Mareh, 5. IS09.
I'm Nrws.-Cenlrol and South American

TnE NKws.-Cenlral and South American
news is rather interesting. Ecuador is repre-
scnied to be IN a deporable state, every branch
Of industry ut dead lock, and her principal
port blockaded by q Peruvian heet. Peru is
big with insurrec,ion, though for the present,
matters were quiet The French legation had
ceased its intercourse with the government on
account Of the illegal Imprisonment Of French
man. Chill is 10 state of revolution. The
Southern Provinces are 10 arms, and martial law
prevails everywhere. The alleged confirmation
Of the Cass- Yrissar treaty with Nicaragua an-
nounced shortly since, is doubted. The Eng
lish treaty was acCorsed a confirmation, bat the
American bad not yet been ratified at the latest
dates II is said that the French have secured
a treaty similar to that obtained by Sir w. G.
OusELEy.