The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-06
'onasuee Of The Pioneer ant Demoe-aL
WAnAsnAw. Dec, 25. 1851

tue Dell Vi the congregational Nburcn, dbu
the cry OF Ere. The flames proceeded from
a large two story building on Pratt street,
known as the Hayes building in the upper
story Of which is spacious Hall, which is
let for public exhibitions, and 80 on, but
which has been occupied for some weeks
past by the Catholics as a temporary place
Of worship, and was being fitted up by Fa-
Their TrssoT and the ladies Of the church for
the celebration Of Christmas A fire was
made in the stove and boy set TO keep it
going until the priest should return and
while he was gone the boy crammed the
stove full Of light wood, and then went out
to slide. The consequence was that the stove
and pipe became 10 hot as to intiame the
wood work, and no one being in the Hall,
the roof Of the house was soon in blaze ;
but, by the exertions of the citizens, il was
subdued, though not until the roof and up
per story were consumed and several acct
dents had happened to the men. BY this
culpable negligence of boy, all the proper
ties and adornments of the celebration we're
destroyed, amounting to about 5000. So
much for boy deserving bis post. The
Catholics will worship in Apollo Hall here
after until their new church edifce is erect
cd, which is to be 80 feet wide by 50 long,
and constructed OF stone.
Speaking of churches, the new Congrega-
tiOnal edifice was dedicated to the service of
God on the 18th inst, by the pastor, Rev.
DAVID ANDREWS, assisted by Rev. BEyJA.
MN WHARTON, and Rev. j. NJ. SHURrIEFR,
Dot the Baptist Church, Of this city, and
Rev. Mr.. HALL, OF the Congregational
| Church, Prescott, Wisconsin. Mr.. An
DREws delivered most excellent discourse
in the forenoon. with which all we're well
pleased. Mr.. HALL undertook to do the
same thing in the evening, but failed, in
consequence of seasoning his sermon with
abotionism and forestalling public opinion
in regard to the course which Mr.. An
DREws would pursue as pastor Of the church.
lie said the gospel preached in that house
would be higher law gospel-a gospel
that would denounce slaveholding as the
worst of crimes, and the STAKEHOLDER as the
most abominable Of all things or words to
that effect and substance. | could not help
thinking all the time that there were many
ministers down South" who owned
slaves" as he called them, and were just
as pious aud jealous Of good works as Mr..
| HALL, and that this wholesale denunciation
Of his brethren Of the cross in that quarter,
would come with better grace from that
lmpudent "culerd gemman," FRED DouG-
LAS. who has so many times trampled the
Constitution under his feet in the presence
Of thousands Of bis shrieking white brudren.
However, Mr.. HALL did not iDjurc the resi-
dent pastor in the estimation of his copgre-
CATION as to his future course, for Mr.. AN
DREws is man Of sound sense, good udg-
ment and mature years an eloquent man
a man of pety and good works, who like
Paul, will preach Jesus Christ and him
cruciied, and speak evil OF no man " and
instead OF stirring up civil war. will say. as
that said apostle did, servants obey your
masters" judge so, from what know
of him.
This conduct of ministers Of the gospel in
travelling out OF the record TO preach the
meanest kind of yagaries, il outrageous 4:
particularly a. those who know the least
about slavery make the most noise about
/ it. What would we think il learned sur
/ geon should, in the course OF an instructive
lecture On bone setting, suddenly branch of
[ for an hour or so, and dilate and eSpa,ate
on " the blighting curse Of slavery" aud
20 90 10 denounce slavery AMI Shareholders
as demons aud monsters? We'll. Think he
would be Kissed down from the ro.trum and
/ i don't know what else. We, he would
be as consistent as those preachers who de.
liver horrible discourse from the tea,
Love one another, or any other text
which teaches the opposite OF strife. disseu.
sion, treason, arson, robbery and a:sassna.
/ ton. Let them make a note Of il.
The new road on the opposite side OF the
river from Wabashaw to Chippewa Falls,
which reduces the distance between III. tao
PLACES, making it fortyfve miles instead of
eighty, Is in good ori5r Cor winter travel.
10 and teams travel TO and iro through il.
Mr.. TYsoy tells me that the summer ar
rasgemerts will be complete btfore the ice
breaks up, and then the trade Of large
district in Wiscousis will centre a, Waba-
shaw and this viii the vast region beyond
the bluiF, in Minnesota. will cause this city