The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-02
sls, and allowing 100000 for consumption,


there will be 100000 bushels for export.
The Wisconsin does not anticipate high
prices, but claims that the excellent quality
of the wheat will create demand for it
among millers. 1t urges wheat raisers to
clean their wheat carefully, and advises
them to sepd their crops forward before De-
cember.
AT the Methodist church at Morehouse
Louisiana, week ago last Sunday, the Rev.
JOHN B. SPENCER was discoursing the third
chapter of LIST Corinthians, 2lst, 22d and
23d verses. He had arrived at the middle
of his discourse on =" life and DEATH" when
he suddenly stopped, then attempted again
to proceed, and, only uttering all are
yours" sank back speeches.. He died in
few hours. The scene was very i'm oppressive.
Therefore, let no man glory in men, for all
things are yours, whether Paul, Or Apollos,
or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or
things present, or things to come, all are
yours, and you are Christ's and Christ is
Gods"
In 1876, RICHARD CoRwINE, JOHN M
CoRw1NE and WIN. W1swALL, Jr., entered
into bonds conditioned for the execution of
contract to open ship channel from the
Southwest Pass, at the outlet of the Missis-
sippi, into the Gulf of Mexico, and keep the
same open four years, and another channel
of the same kind. through the Pass-a- Pou
tro. Neither of these works having been
accomplished, the Government has sued the
bondsmen for damages.
The Baden government has recently made
some declarations regarding the repatriation
question. 1t is declared that the govern.
ment of Baden does not require American
naturalized citizens, who have been subjects
in Baden, to perform duty there in case
they return, even if they have emigrated
without consent,-that is, if they return
merely for visit. 1t is presumed that the
expatriation controversy here, and the last
letter of Gen. CAss, has had wholesome
influence abroad.
The Paris Constitutional contains an
article on the position Of the Emperor Ma
PoLEoN towards the people of Italy, Austria,
the revolutionists, and Europe in general, on
his conclusion of peace at Villafranca. In
it the Italians are plainly told that they are
now free from Austrian rule if they have
sense enough to understand so, and if not, so
much the worse for themselves, for if NAPo-
LEON withdraws his protecting hand nothing
can save them from Austrian domination
from Turin to Messina."
The Hudson River Railroad Company
has added six more coal burning locomotives
to the road during the last four months.
The whole number now in use on this road
is 81. The burning of coal reduces the cur
rent expenses of a locomotive As per cent.
This is the reason why the per centage Of
working expenses of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad are less than competing lines.
Nearly all the locomotives on the Baltimore
and Ohio RAILROAD are coal burning.
The English papers report that the en-
gines Of the big ship are now erected, the
propeller in its place, and the floats are on
the paddle wheels. fhe machinery, indeed,
is so far complete that the staam has been
got up to try the accuracy of the bearings,
&c. Of her six masts, the first, fifth and
sixth, are in and rugged. The carpenters
having put up the deck bulwarks, the paint
ers are giving the boards the first coat. In
short period the Great Eastern will be
coaled and provisioned, and ready to take
her trial trip to sea.
A LETTER in the Charleston Mercuru, of
the 9th instant, from Col. FRANCIS w.
PICKENs, our present Minister to St. Peters.
burg, dated April 18th. 1859, criticises very
severely spme: statements IN COL BENroNs
"Thirty' YEARS IN the Sehate,1 and denies
their correctness. :. The statements disputed
chiefly relate to Gen. JACKSON land Mr..
/ CALHOUN, The acquisition of Texas and I'd.
trigues imputed by Col. BENTON to different
public men, to whom, when in life, he was
bitterly opposed.
BAYARD TAYLOR has accepted an offer of
five thousand for certain number of Lee
lures, to be delivered in California within
three months after his arrival. He will be
accompanied on the voyage by his wife.
FIVE California newspapers have each
member of their editorial corps residing per-
manently in st. Louis, to make up their
news from the States" and transmit it by
the semi. weekly overland mail. On mail
days they telegraph summary of the very
latest" to accompany their regular dis
patches from Jefferson City; they also send
brief general compendium of the news of
Gilroy, 100 miles from San Francisco, to be
telegraphed from that point, and arrive
few hours in advance of the coaches. One
of these st. Louis editors receives $2,40O a
year:
The city assessment Of Boston, just COM
pleted, shows the real estate to amount to
$157, OO2, 5000, and the personal estate to
$lO4, 921 ,70O-total, $262,Ol4,5O The
rate of taxation is 1910 on the 81 900,