The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-10-05
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publican candidate for President, as captain
in the Illinois militia during the Black
Hawk war. 1t is said that Lincoln, while
in Congress, voted against the granting o.
lands to soldiers serving in the Mexican war
yet he has no objection to taking one hun
dred and twenty acres for himself.
Il. B. FLoRNoY, of Arkansas, is out in a
letter in reply to parts of Yancey's Mem
phis speech personal to himself, in which he
denounces Yancey's statements as wholly
and maliciously false" and says he will be
in Lexington, Kentucky, for the next thirty
days, and after that in Arkansas. Mr.
Yancey can call at his leisure.
PAUL MoRPHY is now in New York
Some games lately contested at the New
York Chess Club with his old antagonist
Mr. James Thompson, at the odds of tine
knight clearly show that his remarka BILE
chess kill has suffered no diminution since
last year.
ELEVEN volumes of new and complete
edition in Swedish of the works of Cooper
the novelist, have lately appeared at Stock
holm.
A LARGE number of the prominent citi.
zens of Boston, including Governor Banks
Mayor Lincoln, Chief Justice Shaw, and
MIR. Everett, have invited Mr.. Ralph Farm
ham, of Acton, Maine. the sole survivor oil
the battle of Bunker Hill, to visit Boston
Mr.. Stevens has generously offered the free
use of apartments at the Revere House, and
there is disposition in all quarters to make
the veterans visit to Boston one of rare
enjoyment.
SHOULD the Councils of Philadelphia ap-
prove of the new contract made by the State
Commission for the erection of city build
ings, the municipal debt will amount to
$22,5OO,OOO. to pay the interest on which
will require the sum of $l,42S,OOO to be
annually raised by taxation. This is equal
to ninety cents on the hundred dollars upon
the assessed value of the real estate of the
city, and more money than all the other ex-
penses of supporting the city government.
/ The Catholics of Boston have just pur-
chased lot, corner of Washington and
Maiden streets, on which to erect new
cathedral. The amount to be paid for the
lot is $4,000. The cost of the cathedral
will be between 100000 and 100000
and the time of construction three to four
years.
The Rocky Mountain News of the 10th
inst, says careful estimate of the inhabi'
tants in this part of Kansas Territory
north of latitude forty, gives population
of twelve to fifteen thousand, or total ir
the proposed Territory of Jefferson, of ovel
sixty thousand souls at the time of the emu
meration by the census now nearly com
pleted.
A sCHooLMAsTER of Montreal, who haC
been somewhat of an enthusiast in the sci
ence of geology, has recently made good
hit, by which he pockets the sum of 5000,
600. He took lease on tract of lane
near Acton, on the Grand Trunk Railroad
upon which little copper ore had beer
picked up by the farmer who owned it
Setting to work, be soon developed mag
nifcent copper mine, which has just beer
sold for 100000, of which he receives
100000.
JOHN CoRBEEN presented himself at 6
Five Point grocery in New York on the
Goth, and expressed desire to eat foul
pounds of damaged ham, two loaves of bread
q pound of tallow candles, and drink two
quarts of common brandy, pint of gin, anc
pint of lamp oil, for wager. He wa:
accommodated with the delicacies, and after
disposing of them in the manner agreed
upon, he wanted more. The mixture evil
IDENTIFY disagreed with his digestive organs
but operated sensibly upon bis fighting pro
pensities, and caused him to "strike out
fearfully. He was arrested and sent to jai
for ten days, where be will have an oppor
tunity to digest his food and cool his wrath
Loss of steamers in our Inland Waters