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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-01-11

TALLAHASSEE, Jan. THE commissioners
from Alabama ard South Carolina we're intro
duced to the convention to-day. Both dei!"cred
addresses. The latter commissioner also pre-
sented documents from lis State
Judge McIn,oSh's preamble and resolution,
which were made the special order, were then
taken up They arc as follows:
"Mhercas, ali hope Of preserving the Union
ruon terms consistent with the safety and hon.
or Of the sIavehoti;ng States, having been final
" dissiIa,ed b. recent indications Of the
strength Of the anti slavery sentiment Of the
free States; therefore, be it
"Resoved, By the people Of Florida, in con.
rcn.io! assembled, That it is the undoubted
righ, Of several States Of this Union to with
drlw from the said Union, at such time and
for such cause as, in the opinion Of tie people
Of each State, acting in their sovereign capaci-
ty, may be just and proper; and in the opinion
Of this convention, the existing causes are such
as to compel Florida to proceed to exercise that
right"
The preamble and resolutions were adopted
ayes 81, nays ). The Convention then went
into secret session.
In the afternoon it was reported that tho
forts and other Federal property were taken
possession by the Governor Of the State.
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The Extra Session ofthc Legislature.


The spirit with which the members OF the
Gcncral Assembly have begun the Extra Ses-
sion, will be approved aud sustained by the
people of the State The expression Of popular
sentiment has been so plain and positive, that
any spirit Of delay. any purpose ofprocrastina.
ton, would have been directly counter 10 the
expressed will of the State. The prompt
adoption Of resolutions expressing the voice Of
the State against the Infamous policy of coer-
con WAS but the enactment of the already
EXPRESSED will of the State with the forms Of
State communication.
Blu, it is not so much the voice of the LcsiS-
lature against any attempt at coercion, that
receives our hearty approval. This we always
believed would he the action Of the represcn-
taylves Of Nirginia-but the firm and deter
mined purpose of men Of all parties, not to
permit any delay in promptly complying with
the demand OF the people for an immediate
State Convention. will meet the hearty appro-
vel of the people of the State.
The prompt effort of an Old Line Wing like
Mr. Anderson, in the support of both the Anti
coercion resolution, and that for The State Con.
vention, shows that no party spirit OF any con,
sequence. can rctard the immediate action oil
the State.
There arc 4 lew gentlemen in the Legislature
who oppose the prompt action now being taken
By the Legislature, but we feel satisfied that
the rapid march of events will, before many
days, convince them that the only hope for the
State is in promptly placing herself in posi-
ton to protect her own citizens. We iecl nc
disposition to complain Of these gentlemen fol
! ieSiyn: "dclibcration," and would be disposed
to see their reques, complied with, if we had
not the most satisfactory evidence that what
| thew regard as "dclihcration' is esteemed al
! the North rs cowardce, and is detrimental to
every interest. either of the State or the Union.
| Prompt and resolute action is the only hope Of
Virginia. "Deliberation" and delay" are re-
garGed as Indications Of submission and para
ivSc the arm of the Northern conservative
The people Of Virginia feel HOW as Patrick
! Henry did, when he said The first wish o.
nv hear, is American Liberty; the second
American Cnion." This is the spirit so faT
evinced by the Legislature, and such only can
save the honor Of Virginia.
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Correction.

Ii our editorial Of Tuesday last on the Legis'
laturc, we made an error in the mover of the
anticcercion resolution 1t was not Mr.. Crane,
but Mr. Basel, that moved the resolution so
promptly. In the report of the Legislative pro-
ceedings it was properly mentioned. Mr..
Crane will pardon the mistake that gave him d
position so honorable to any man, but justice
t. Nj Basel demands This correction
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The Richmond !ul.:!;p Enquirer, pl1 xE.x.r
r;1s.'EH nNn,. ~, WISE X ALLECRE.
-rE Ms:

t,IIsr> per aauGIn, and at the
,,-,,.,, ,:si.: - ;,r = shorter period than one
~ -. i,.i:' .,.'y Ave dollars per annunl, and
"a; = af r;syanie in advance; For the
@ az sl i. a 81 * copies for $,S to he paid In,
't sEs ss9;i'S'"s on ;Ssy viii %sesS se Are '5s
"s +, u'eT', inserted In the paiiy, Semi.weekly,
!.g' .rr.' ADVERTISING SHEET Is publish
'a-s Haa'a ''.s ..s inserted at 2S cents per line.
pc A:l ,;,r nay he reni,,ed per mail, tx
= 80, ~ g,rs uo,ts ifrs1i<tered, at the risk OF
:. - ..i., ara Tributes Of Respect, exceeding
-. '''.''r. .,.p,i lcr IS advertisements:
-, -, ..,us; be accompanied with the adj
,C,r.y references. TO Insure execution
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,1.hama State Convention.

MONTGOMERY, JAM SIR. Calhoun Com
missioner from South Carolina, addressed !, ,ns M
Convention to-day. His speech was well re
ceivea v;-,;r;o
plo1idx apd Mississippi, were read TO the Con
yen,ion, creating great enthusiasm ,,od
a Committee of Thirteen, was appoln!eo
to consider and report the necessity OF acton
by the State The Convention then ae.ea' .sa
mined to 60 into secret session, by large ma
jority. o.,hor0 from,
Shelby county are contested.
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| have only TO add that whilst it is my duty to
de!':n'l Fort Sumter. as portion Of the public
property nf the United States. against hostile
attacks from whatever quarter they may come,
BY such means as may possess for this pur-
pose, do not perceive how such Il defence can
be construed into menace against the city Of
Charleston.
With great personal regard, I remain yours,
very respectfully. JAMES BUCHANAN.
To Honorable Robert W. Barnwcll, james
Ii. Adams, James l.. Orr.
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RJFEIN'S
tHGSpuHR-pERUE5tN GUAN0.

=" E|= s-sjr 70 supply orders for my fertilizers ns
- hey in. Al may rely upon getting, With
:: ::T aT;ci- Inferior any have msde differ
-; q ~ :hos2hac ingredients, from anything else IN
-.'. t5 t"::c: because ii contains more pure BONE
- ,jGAfL ': .HE i-an any Other Manipulated Guano.
l;se::.s Of applying E,- preparations 10 wheat the
.'.='>7a aaTc h-rp favorable could be expected
s- - coaoin-d disaster. O. joiat worm 6y, rus and,
49, - al, H Drought, which prevented the present Ia.
'.i"= s:2i o: lie ihc,pha.Si very great extent ~
- - IL" ~.; rraiuus. But the mass Of the testl-
-": : '. ], .fa. superior 10 Peruvian Guano on
- S@' 'or aHd that need phosphatcs-as nearly All
-2! Las rrVrei is superiority under fair
Ga: good stand OF Clover. 1t Is true that occasion
been reported; bat they we're such aS every
.aidr ar.:- ni sometimes due 10 the fact that the
- -. n: .--d :cs:aes, bu: most generally 10 inc
;:''.a iof hash wheat and clover have ever known.
-. ":i:ac4 Q: the ra!ue OF my manures is 10 De
''.:h ~ lac; ::Ia have orders for more than iour
- - lcch a. had A. ;he same period last year
is''' "hb Are Induced 10 try my guano, from thclF
greene, o. the representations or others, are par
": eir4':I I" order Ruains guaao, and TO see tEat
:, :. :.'- many manipulated articles IN the
=. be bal e lGya-!f or the commission merchants
'i-T N k!c::aoud, Of my agents. Messrs THOMAS
.",',Sh sons Petersburg: NJ. lfoLL1SS CO, Lynch
-,t'"t''h SOFT. fredericksburg MASON, MAiIlS d
.'se.'-'i''r, JOHNSTON, CLARkE& CO., Danviie
- '-cf PRANK g. EUFFIS.
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kICUMNNU, NIKNINIA.
:'I1NHFT' e.. the lOeral encouragement eAteaced 20
- our SCu:.crn !grcts, wehave spared 10 expense
-..a..r or facilities meet III: Increased dcic.Ld
..t. :. ~sriu,Is .uKuafaciurrs. In our
%hR \EHEEL IN !
go -ai. extensive improvements by the addition 70
- igis: FOUNDRY Of a building 65 by ~ feet, AID
- g-.r.l..on Of the mos: ncdesn aad improved In.-
E. y.. e e:- bored by sei.cencrnr horizontal Ma
IN ,-,s gTl7. ca the Axle by powerful Hydraulic
Pr. ~. al INDICATOR, by which the force ap-
.!;s: !, 4. Whr-.,s accurately measured
So cyi.::2g- - =,aautacture, from hes. CHARCOAL
N:rAL.
g,- .Ty. R.f-osd Chairs; Railroad and Ship Spikes
...,y.i Hh-c,, Truck Bolts ana Fish Bars; Car and
i- -.. .3r;Ise and other long Belts: Iron Trucks
C,.,s s:c oecI:e. all kinds Iron and Brass CASTINGS
i,.,.;iy- stationary and Portable Engines; Saw and
o:.l' Ill, .s::a- ii.il, and Engines.
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MESSRS. EDITORS AS one VI yout suosS'f'
bers, be kind enough to allow me small space
in your valuable paper, by publishing the fol-
lowing notice, as soon as you can make II con-
venient
PRIScE GEORGE Co., Va.
January 7th, 1861.
Hos. p. F. TuoNAs, Secretary Of Treasury,
Washington city. o,
Sla-I hereby notify you that will no longer
stand. security for the Collector OF Customs ior
the port of Petersburg, Virginia Ihe cauS-
es which prompt me to withdraw, arc as loi-
lows:
LIST. The constitutional compact is brokenb by
the northern States, and | can no longer re-
cugnze it, until it is restored 10 us ol'e"ai pu-
ritv.
End. am denied protection to my person
and NV property in the common tcIr'toF,es'
notwithstanding Virginia has iurnlSneu ner
portion of men AID money IN thcir acq'''s'-
tioQ. I'LL ,,a
Srd Because | fear Mr.. Buchanan Will De
coayed into the doctrine Of coercion, unuer l''e
pretext Of ''cniorcing the laws, IN con'P'"'
with the SQuattcr Chief and Lincoln.
To enforce the laws after our rights onue'
the Constitution are denied us, IS an aosuFo'ty'
and in That event should loath my own CHS
tence, were | to couutenahce any
tion which looks to coercion us CONSTITUTIONS,
remedy. am to-day for equality, ana Moulu
sooner see all traces Of this feuer"' Ct'o'
swcpt away than submit to The rule o' Aura
!am Lincoln. .:,,,:,
am u sccvder, hot from the Constitution,
I'm, lr,,m = Northern abolition party, who seek
to tot take away our constitutional rights There,
fnc. am a seccssionist, aud, in defiance ot u
f.w subnis>ionists, Virginia by the Attn day o'
March will presenta noble front ior the co''-
flict.
For these reasons, refuse TO have my name
connected in any way with tue present anu
particularly with Lincolns admlnistfa.'on:sm
And, III conclusion, permit me 10 say, II pa
is not restored by the 4lh Of March, let the
war cry be sounded, tha, we may set up LOT
ourselves Southern Confedrracy, and preserve
our prcSrn, Constitution.
W. ALDEN b. c. RfVES.
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S.iDCNSE 9IILL

.s,..,MnNn GROUND PLASTER.
,,~ ,...s f:-a ,--d 20 sGPply any demand FOR
Y.,.:.: +.-su G.UCND, for the Fall crops.
-, s,o::,. uaar.es, with special refeEe.ce 10
..-.....s. In :ll.4:ArE uF LINE
IN 81 lie !4Av!ly increased patronage, the repu
nv i,-,:# shall oe fully sustained :or prRiTi and
- ra,y.z,zA-,oS JOHN b. CLAIBORNE,
o:ncr 10 II Pearl street.
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,,..,..S g. GREGORY

-,'EQ T:it. tUV"Is 0F NM ~
| ~ ~ GAS as, a'tea' The Courts OF k'us and
- - 49,. lI:v.:Te. ~. ,., vnu.r
e. .'at ,r,t Church Hanover. Feb ln-ciy
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..s.ILIP KAEtM.
III, MACHINE WOE Il S

n!CHNOND II.
AcIuaEs Steam Engines Of every description
49,, G. s.-:y description. Casting. in Iron and BRASS
-...,,:.'. Feb S-sly
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40 ;-E;: PLANTERS OF VIRGINIA AND
NORTH cAEOIJSA


f"h s-7guea ;ak- this method OF informing the pian-
= SO o: Virginia auc So.;h Carolina, and the aeaie."
:-'=Fnr, that they have been appoiht'eSu,
g. r'"i': - iOBACEU At WEST HILL WAREhUc;sh
e''i 70: ne present year They confidently sohci.
- q at patronage which has heretofore nesh pt
- I'm m. popular con"sn-n,. safe ana co'htn"u,
i'''-S". c.;,"i!n. themselves, from !"tr long eNpe
" ne ''Hh=, the Inspector AMI the Gthrr ao G
'' ''tcro, :hat your Interest Cannot be better pre-
- ro&.saag Tobacco 20 ua. and desiring 'hat We
- =; =" requested 70 !lars il pIainy on BON emu
,-,r. 'hLFHAS GARLAND, but II designed shat we
Pay a.pac, il. marx /, ;re-, Hill Warehouse oor
-, 9,i':cng aud selling, will only hs ONE ooL
-An rss HQGSHHAD
VAUGHAN s GARLAND.
'A'.r'Srff, "a, January /, 1851
.S-":h pleasure avail myself Of ,h!s opportunity
,''' :" n1Y friends Eud those uuscIuainteu ~h my
t. Isolate, A. 2. GARLAND, Esq, that heis gen
H" sno~n and highly esteemed in TINS commnhi:y
'T ID, tas!aess quaec atoms as Lis general ,ein-
+'"sn''y and integrity. D. Is. VAUGHAN.
=" .--l.{t
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N iUI!N 4. lHILlVN.
'' ( SITH Il Gil Il I Q \,
.r,.,,.,,n r,ro,.irR COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
,.,y,; ;:Ai"Ti s:E;IS OF HSAEh W9oL-
!: .I,"S. NtiiE0 BLANKETS, StoThlHE AHN'
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.,I;itNCE: =. MARY l.,
,TruE%tf AT LAW,

NITNNEFl NJ INV, :,
,-sr., Z: ~, Courts Of the city OF Elchmona' ana
D.A -. Il i,c:g:co Hanover md Caroline
j ,\.rA-y ra.:c aad Commissioner vi 'Ne ih''ea
So ar:wccn NJ. Chastsin White and hinf-
Z. '.;.,.;s. lis oEic- ia row on l!:h street. Jas'
:,:= ;.!.,s Ea:-
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We have the honor to he, sir, very respect
fully. your cbedient servants,
R. ". v i%,: BAnxwEL'' / conm:s.
JAMES l.. ORR

To his Excellency, President of United States.
The following was the endorsement on the
paper:
This paper, just presented to the President,
is Of such a character that he declines to re.
,airo -
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.-,..yEy'rIARY OF VIRGINIA


s:tiLr,CItSED ;t this institution and sold :here and
y! s,"a store No. q, Pearl street, the following
A. it!.Ircr'i i'.iccs, to-wt;
''rn"- ana b-oECes
-. q, ,i,,r.5 spd Servants Shoes
al Car; Harness OF every description
49, itI,s, Leather Hose
-...-. I4r;s,
H.. .-- "hcelbssrow,
at..sarss, Safes, &c.
.at ~ Plaid Cot:ons
-. - ~. linseys for plantation hands
- q. -.t,.c Clothing for Servants
". ~, .bove articles hand and 70. sale, or will
re;r,ir.d or othe. job work done TO order, On
c.::... 'p7 cash. to punctual customers only, on
..r r'.t'.
,is., -. II: country, Nth satisfactory references,
?.,r.... .i~..,-.. 10. Address z. N. NlMM0,
!or:--e agent and Storekeeper Va fententiary.
::!rtif:3ND LIVE STOCK 1lARKET.
i:';,.: ;!-rsa-d having procured the services of r.
! H. .ac..,;. toT the purpose 0: selling Live Stocs
..1s:2aat carke:, WILL With Luther 3 irvine, be
=: ..e; ;:- lsi day OF september next, prepared
e- .av.dei attention to all business entrusted
:'r =Hi r! c".:icat, from their long experience, TO
:r ~. . c.:c rn:i!c salts faction.
"s-..! -. .:u-:sl .ivsncelen;s on consignments
JOHN GROUSE,
l.. .,-r:. L. s. IRVINE
IS sI.1I:i: IXD 30 ARRIVE, oOon sides
~. :'0a a.: damaged Leather aad the best brands
v ..s C..s.ls ~h:ch vi,l sell low for cash or good
..p:.
t.t?,,.: e.: c,a!- I:-oyuss, for CASH only.
y. DEyERECX,
is.:'S--o,f No. l22 Cary st.
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ssI.csIon of Delegates to the Louis"'"
State Convention.

Srw ORLEANS, Jan. s.-We have carried
the city. Twenty.one delegates, Tor lln'nedi, J,
ate and separate secession, have been elec!eu
to the Ccnreuton from this city, against hSe
r,,, ,.,n,,,r.tit,l
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U VI
:..1: rs,-;5,.- OF Richroad.
Il, !:,sEsoALE !a:e Of Fa:nsiilc.
,..:,s:SEItLE l. ;:is0IiIE.sS,
..rs,i,l.siVS MERCHANTS, RICHMOND, VA.
,.r;,cxxr,K Suocyos wARsuorsx.
.-....- .-TAScES ;:..u- 90 Consignucats 10 hali.
'''' Jan. S-cts
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=, ,,i,tCNiNleIDGE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
-. ''' In lie Coarls OF rote;ourt Sna a"1'''"'s
r,..osssurs, Ro,-tour, County.''~
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PHILADELPHIA,
,.n,tr,iica u; claims and all othss tuSi-
'..'' ~ ',.' Jan Sl-ctf
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Rltbmon0 enquirer.

BY TYLER, WISE K ALLEGRE.
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY IL, 1851
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j. .GtGiLL,
TJOSNET AT law. s
IN rsI..r, Iyisr, E,Q.. No. IA, South sixth
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"7o His. E.rcellency james Buchanan,

In compliance with our statement to you
yesterday, wc now express to you our strong
cnnvialions that neither the constituted au-
thorites, nor any body Of the people Of the
State of South Carolina, will neither attack or
moIcst the United States furts in the lIarbor of
Charleston previously to the action of the con-
vcntion, and we hope and believe not until all
offer has been made through an accredited re.
preventative to negotiate for an anicable ar
rangemcnt of all matters between the State
and the Federal Government, provided that no
rcinforcemcntS shall be sent into those forts,
and their relative military status Shall remain
as ut present. JonS MCQUEEN,
NJ. L. BoHMAM,
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For the Enquirer.

MrssRs. EDITORS AS one of your subscr-
bers be kind enough to allow me small space
in your valuable paper, by publishing the fol-
lowing notice, as soon as you can make 1t con-
yenient
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T'REDEGAR IRON WORKS

JOHN ;. TANNEF
f. :. ARCH ER.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-05
Loan fthe Confederate States.

1t seems by an advertisement of the Sc
cretary of the Treasury of the Southern
Confederacy that no portion of the loan of
$l5,0O0,O0O authorized by the Montgou
cry Congress, has yet been taken. That
officer gives notice that one-third Of the
amount will be offered to the public on the
18th of the ensuing month, to be issued in
sums ranging from $50 to $1,000. The
Secretary says that in order to enable all
portions of the people throughout the Con-
federate States ito exhibit their common
interest in raising funds for the common de-
fence, books of subscription will be opened
at the cities and principal interior towns"
and, to enable all persons conveniently to
subscribe, current bank notes of the place
will be received at their market value in
COIN" He also states that the debt is Sc.
cured by ga duty of one.eighth of a cent
per pound, or about 81 cents per bale, on
cotton exported" Intelligeneer.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-05

steps had not been cautious, stealthy. But
soon they heard another noise, like the drag
ging of human body over the floor. The
four men cried in loud voice-but such
cry! In its spasmodic quivering it
sounded like laughter, and from the thronged
streets yell OF horror rose upon the mid
night air, such as never yet had been heard;
for the doomed corpse was dashed against
the partition, separating the two rooms
with force far above human. When it
fell it was dragged away, and again hurried
against the wall-at each repetition the
conclusion producing sound more and
more dull. The curate looked every mo-
ment for the wall to be dashed down. He
had now no one to restrain him; he took his
candle and rushed into the room, exclaiming
as he did so, " it is my duty!''
The noise continued sometime after Mr..
Handyside entered the chamber, but at
length they ceased.
The people became alarmed for their pas
tor, and several of them went in to his as.
sistance. They found him in a swoon, from
which they soon resuscitated him. But
they gazed around and-what could they
expect to see! There lay the body An
drew Allan bruised-beaten into a quiver-
ing, gelatinons clot of gore while upon
the floor, printed in blood, were footprints
of gigantic dimensions.
Mr.. Handyside has never told what he
saw. His only answer to the opportunities
of his friends has been, Il thought it was
my duty, but was mistaken,--I committed
sin. Heaven forgive me-"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-05
Items Of Foreign Gossip.

Only one citizen of slave state has lately
had an audience of the French Emperor, and
he was General Stevenson of tennessee,
who was introduced as chairman of the
Pacific Railway.
Major Yelverton is said to be married to
"a woman of station and respectability."
She is the widow of the celebrated Professor
Forbes, of Edinburgh, and was left by him
fortune of fifty thousand pounds. Yelver-
tom is thirty.seven years old, and the grand.
son of the famous Irish lawyer Barry Vel
vertop, the first Lord AvonmOre.
Caen, in Normandy, is celebrated for its
horse shows. 1t takes down Springfield
altogether. Think of crowds of visitors and
purchasers making their appearance ten
days before the regular Fair day, of stables
sold out three or four times in advance, and
of five thousand horses being disposed of
without difficulty during the exhibition!
The Clydesdale horses are famous for
their strength, frequently drawing four tons
and half at one load.
The London Omnibus Company calculate
that the "knock downs" of their drivers are
at least $l5O,OOO per annum. The amount
distracted in New York is quite moderate
in comparison.
An English traveller writing home from
Russia says of it, that its "civlization is
small, bribery and corruption are deemed
only 6Eesse, religion is superstition, and
morality myth"
The Journal des De5ats expresses the
opinion that New York and Boston, in
spite of secession, must be the emporiums
in which Europe will purchase grain, cot
ton and tobacco. The South will not fail
to see this fact in the light of the old apo
logue of the members and the stomach"
On the Sd of March instant, forty millions
of Russian serfs were liberated. The day
before, they were all slaves.
There is a rumor from Madrid that Mar
shall O'Donnel is about to come to Cuba,
and there organize military expedition to
Mexico, to obtain satisfaction for the dis
missal OF the Spanish Minister.
A bride has been invented in France,
with which runaway horses nostrils are
suddenly closed, an effectual method, it is
said, to stop the animal.
An ingenious English inventor proposes
to remedy the want of bust in ladies of " a
given thinness," by jacket, to be inflated
by the wearer to the proper shape, and, as
Willis would say, "plumptitude.''
Handsome velvet pile carpets are now
sold in England at seventy-6ve cents per
yard four money! about half what is asked
for them in New York.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-05
VOL. XI.-NO. 43.
KITTY RYDER.

Kneeling by the stream l saw
Kate, the farmers daughter,
Drinking-in her rosy palm
Dipping up the water.
She had thrown her hat aside.
Bare her arms and shoulder;
Each unconscious charm displayed
Made my love the holder.
So slowly, tenderly,
Went and knelt beside her
Drank with her from out the stream
Blushing Kitty Ryder!
And / said-''the poets think
Life is like river;
Shall we not it's waters drink,
Always love, together!
Many years have passed by us,
Like the flowing water,
But drink life's stream to-day,
With the farmers daughter.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-05

Mr.. A. HANSON, of Lake Prairie, near
St. Peter, has collected among his neighbors
some forty bushels of wheat for the people
OF Kansas