The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

/ SouLouQuR had 100000 IN gold in his
palace, together with $4,000, 900 in the dc.
/ prcciated currency of llayt. nj the time of
his abdicaiion The gold he carried oil
! with him the mob took the paper money.
/ but HE chief treasure $500 0O0--is safely
/ banked in London
! IIcNrlmrY Marshall, Of Kentucky, the
ablcst opposition member in the House has
! announced his intention not TO be u cand-
date for RI election. His retirement. with
| those OF SrrraxSs, Of Georgia, Lrrcu.H,
Of Virginia, ORR oi South Carolina. GRoxs.
HECK, OF Ohio will leave great void in
the talent OF the next House.
Tux Treasury Department has notified
the executor Of the late Col. IiKsros, OF n
Judgment against the deceased. rendered in
1926. 10 favor OF the United states, for ST..
600. The Government claims priority In
payment. The executor will appeal to Con.
gress for relief on tho ground Of the insol.
vcncy Of the estate the estate being hardly
sufficient TO pay the bills owing Tor nccessa-
ries furnished to dcCcdcnis family.
On tho lAth inst, suits were commenced
in the Rock Island ILL., Circuit Court against
the Rock Island and Chicago Railroad Co.
Tor injuries done to steamboats,. &c, at the
Rock Island Bridge, ~ follows Henry
Graf, $4,000; Vixen. $4,000; Arizo.
ma. $4,000; Lucie May, $4,000 Gcncr.
sl Pike. 5000; EGIe Alton, 5000, 900 !;
Rats, $1,000; Barge Thctis, $4,000. To
tai, 825s 900.
Ar tho Burns Dinner In Liverpool, the
Chairman Scotchman, too--thought that
il BURNS had lived ms long and possessed the
education Of Soorr, he might have made
quite ~ great poet
IcE.PREsIDEsr BRKcKxNRiDdE has sold
bis house for about twenty thousand dollars.
having nbandopcd the idea Of housekeeping
10 Washington.
IT will be interesting 10 learn that Mr..
DADADnoY NowRoJI recently made sensa-
tios speech at meeting IN Bombay, In f.
vor Of the establishment Of an Economic
Museum" II will also be gratifying 10 hear
that Messrs MuSorLDAss NArHooBuoY and
BuAwoo Dan also spoke, while Jrooxs-
NATn SUsKERsErr. Esq., occupied the chair.
IT appears from an Official document, tina,
the cost Of the sites Of Navy Yards at
Portsmouth, Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Washington, Norfolk, Byth Island.
Mare Island, Sscketts IIarbcr, Pensacola.
and the amount expended In improvements,
there on TO the lst Of December, 1858, o.
far a. cnn be Ascertaincd, was S2,62s, 700.
THg Secretary Of the Interior has asked
Congress Tor an appropriation Of $4,000,
for taking the census Of Kansas, with view
10 adni~iop into the Union, ia accordance
with the recommendation Of the Prcsiden,
In his annual message.
Tue late message Of the Governor Of Cali
fornia. estimates the population at $4,000
persons. Among other statistics IL says
that three hundred and eighty-Gvs thousand
gallons Of wine, and ten thousand gallons Of
brandy were manufactured 10 that State last
year. The gold yield since 1857, was
eG5, $50 900, snd the total yield since the
discovery. sCO0OOo0O0 The state debt IL
s4,l50,O0O.
Tux Mobile Rsgtsty suggests the name
Of GroKoE NJ DALLAS, ~ Democratic can.
didate for President 10 1860.
THx Washington correspondent Of the
Phila,lelphis Prns, Of the l4th, says q new
political movement IL on foot, having Tor in
object the naturalization Of tie opposi.
tIon." The project Is mainly gotten up by
the old Inns Wings Of the Northern, Middle
and Southern States. The main design Of
this organization IL 10 ignore the slavery
question and TO conduct the campaign up.
on the bssis Of high protective tariff, hos
tility 70 the expenditures Of the present. nd
ministration, ard . considerable tub 10 the
whale Of Ame icanism, 10 the shape Of an
alteration 10 the existing naturalization
laws
TnE census Of Detroit. just taken, shows
spopalstion Of s;A20. Eight years ago
he population was only u OBJ.
Uv.voaAsLs news 10 beginning 10 come
from Pixies Peak region. A most misera
be state Of society and poor prospects Tor
gold. are related 10 letter IN the Missouri |
Usrnosra, " thu l7th.