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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWENS & MOORE,
VOLUME 1.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BY J.P. OWENS Sr G. W. MOORE,
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
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▼ertisiug.
James M. Goodhue, Pioneer,
D. A. Robertson, Democrat, I
OWENS At Moore, Minnesotian.
St. Paul March 24th, UH»
M, E. AMES. R. R. NELSON.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Paul, Minn,
WILL attend with promptness and fidelity to all law
business Intrusted to their care In Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties ol Wlsconsiu.
Sj" Particular attention will be given to the collection
of debts, and the location of land warrants. y
PIERSE & MURRAY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
intrusted to them. Having made themselves ac
quaints with the quality and situation of the surveyed
amis in the territory, they are prepared to locate land
warrants to the best advantage. Persons at a distance
may send their warrants here and their interests will be
tended to a> if they were present. £Jr* Office on Third
reel. September 17.
A. VAN VOIUIES,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, and So
licitor in Chancery.
Will attend to all professional business in
trusted to his care, in the different courts
in the Territory.
Stillwater 1851.
11. L. MOSS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TER.,
Will attend to professional business in
nil the courts of the Territory: will attend
to the location of Land Warrants, &c.
'ft* Land Warrants for sale.
THUS. P. WATSON.
Attorney, Counsellor Solicitor.
(avocat francais.)
Office over Spencer’s store, Third st.,
St. Paul. mtf
H!I,KIV & VAS ETTE.V
ATTORN EYSATLAW,
Office over Farrington’s Brick Store, St Paul. 1
Or. It, 8188 ITT*
HAS his office in the rear of Levi Sloan’s store, where
In* will l»e ready to attend to professional calls.
Saint Paul, Nov 29—mm y
Ur, 11. DAY.
WILL practice his profession in Saint Paul and vl
ciniiy. Office on Bench street,
nov 29 linn y
W. ItICIIARDSON.
NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer, and
Land Agent. Office opposite the St.
Charles House, St. Aanthony Falls.
L. A. BABCOCK,
L VW FIRM,
BABCOCK & WILKINSON Attornies a»»l Counsellors
at Law, Solicitor* in Chancery, Ate.
Office near the corner of Third and Roberts streets* St.
Min. Ter.
\V ill attend to business of their profession in all the
o<*uru of the Territory,
nov. 22, 1351.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
OFFH e on Tuird St. Saint Paul.
Daniel Brel k. A. l. Williams.
dec. 6.
\\n. HUNKY HOOD,
Attorney &. counsellor at law. Notary
Public, and Laud Agent. Sauk Rapid*, Miuncsota
Territory.
JACOB J. NOAH,
Attorney at law and justice
of the Peace —Commissioner for the States of Maine,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana.
Office ou Third St., St. Paul.
ISAAC ATWATER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, and
Solicitor in Chancery.
WILL give prompt attention to any
business intrusted him in the line of
his profession, in any part of the Territo
ry. Particular attention paid to locating
Land Warrants, Payment of Taxes, sale
of Patents when issued, and Real Estate
in general.
Office at St. Anthony, on Main street,
opposite the falls.
DU. T. U. POTTS,
Corner Roberts and Sixth streets, St. Paul,
WILL attend to the duties of his profession in St. Paul
and vicinity. September 17.
RILLS OF EXCHANGE,
And DRAFTS uu ail parts of the United States,at the
"dice ut the Minnesota uuttil, by
CIIAS. VY. BORt'P.
J. R. BREWSTER,
House, Sign, and Ornamental l’ainter.
St. Paul, Minnesota Territory.
J.
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER,
CORNER of Third and pn
Minnesota Sts., Gentle- _ \ j
men’s boots and shoes;
Ladies’ and children’s shoes,
made to order in the neatest and most du
rable manner, and of the best materials.
JUHK FARRINGTON,
Corner St. Anthony and Franklin Streets,
Saint Paul.
WHOLESALE and Retail dealer in
Groceries, Provisions, Hardware
Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Hats and Cap
NEW GROCERY ANO PROVISION STORE,
O* SA IST ANTHONY STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW
THE AMERICAN HOUSE,
THE undersigned would respectfully invitethe attention
of the public* to their larn«* and well selected stock of
Groceries ami Provisions. Also, Ready-Made Ciothin?,
Boot*, Shoes, Wines, Liquors, Nails, Glass, Hardware,
6c. c, all of which will he bold cheap for cash.
ter Please call and examine before purchasing else
where. IRVINE tc BRO.
St Paul, October 29, 1881 7
Central House, St. Paul.
CAVE BURTON have taken this old and well known
house. They have fitted it up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and travellers with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spared to make
the Central House one of tht best Hotels In the West.
November, 1851.
RODNEY - PARKER, late of the American House Low
ell, Mass., having a lease or the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything in proper order
for the convenience of travelers, hoarders, or families de
siring furnished apartments, respectfully invites his
friends and the public to give him a call, believing that
he can do as much for their comfort ft> can be expected
In a new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
TE VI PGII A ACE HOUSE.
CORNER FOURTH AND JACKSON STS., BAIKT PAUL.
I.OTT jMOFFET, PROPRIETOR.
PERMANENT and transient boarders
furnished with good and comfortable
apartments. Charges moderate.
Minnesota Boarding-House.
O C. McCRAY would inform the pub
lie—residents and strangers—that he has taken
the large house on Eagle Street, opposite 1). L. Fuller’s
Brick Store, where he is prepared to accommodate his
customers with the best style of boarding. The house
has been thoroughly repaired and painted. His table will
be furnished with every thing the market affords; and
those who come prepared to plank up the Cash every
Saturday night, will find the ‘‘Minnesota Boarding House”
a Comfortable and plea>aut home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6 m.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
-ca. obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. \v. Bornp. 29yl
NATHAN SPICER,
JEWELLER AND
WATCH-MAKER,
at the sign of the Big
Watch, Third street, next
door to the St. Paul Drug
Store, is prepared to make | L > jwXa
gold and siiver watches, \V* \ |
rings, spoons, etc., on
short notice. Also to re-
pair the same, as well as music bo
shell combs, or finger rings, bracelets,
ear drops.
N. S. also keeps for sale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods
are usually enquired for at a Jeweller’s.
EXCHANGE AND DEPOSITE OFFICE
OF
Geo. W. Farrington, & Co.
St. Anthony St., Saint Paul.
MONEYS on rieposlte, and interest allowed on all sums
deposited for three months and over.
Exchanges on all the principal cities, east and south,
for sale.
Collections In any of the States promptly attended to.
Investments made in Real Estate, or otherwise, for
persons living out of the Territory* in the most advanta
geous manner.
Office hours from 10 toll o’clock, and from 3 to 4
O’clock. nov 29—uf
SPENCER, KIRKPATRICK Jr M.IRKLEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL.
feb 14 _ _ 22-tf
S. P. FOLSOM,
County Surveyor .
May be found at office* of of Register of Deeds, on Third
street, one door below Minnesota Outfit. 17 —y
E. M’LAGAN,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota.
I)ROMPT attention given to all consignments, andchar
. ges moderate.
St Paul, October 19, 1351 7
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney ami Counsellor at I>a\v,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITOP.Y
f. CHOUTEAU, JR. JAS, HARRISON, FELIX VALLE.
CHOUTEAU, HARRISON AND VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St
Louis Rolling Mill.
iND MANUFACTURERS OF BAR IRON in
iV all its variaus shapc e > Sheet Iron and Boiler
Plate,Nails and Spikes, from the ore of the Iron
Mountain. Iron Store No. 129. North Second St
St. Louis. Sep. 1.
M.S. WILKIXSOX
To my old IViends,
AND THE “REST OK MANKIND” l would say,
that 1 can be found during tin* winter, at tie* obi
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where I will al
ways be happy to wait upon them. Bar and house fur
nished with the best of every tiling,
nov. 22. tt. WM. IIARTSIIORXE.
S HERMAN & MOREY,on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
the middle of town, in the building ot Mr. Knox, up
stairs, may be fouthl, ready to attend to Painting in all its
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, ond .with
paints of the best quality. If we do our work in a slov
enly, unworkuian like mannner we do not expect to get
business In the enlightened town of St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1351. SHERMAN MOREY.
rpnE subscriber would respectfully infojm the citizens
of St. Paul ami its vicinity, that he is now carrying on
the above business In the 2d story of Spencer’s new build
ing, on the corner of Ffth and Roberts street.
jrf=» Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMES MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21—tf
J C Burbank A co. St. Paul) [W L Fawcette ts. co. St.l.ouis
NORTH-WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies,
r FO ami from all the principal cities IntheUnited States,
California ami Europe, for the speedy transportation
of money and valuable packages, collection of drafts, notes,
bills, accounts, Ac., purchase and sale of all kinds ot
merchandize,
AGENTS.
C. R. Rice ic Co., St. Paul, Otis West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
X. B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding ami
commission business generally,
may 1. 33-tf
W. 11. FORBES,
COMPANY, St. Paul Outfit, also
- Dry Goods and Groceries, Third st.
AMERICAN SALOON.
I?RKD. HARDY now keeps this well-known establisli
-1 ment “on his own hook. 5 ’ He hopes by a continued
attention to the wants of bis customers, to merit their
patronage as heretofore. 19y
J. W. BABCOCK,
FORD WARDING and Commission
Merchant, Upper Landing, St. Paul.
ST. PAUL DRUG STORE.
HICHCOX & KELLOGG,
Comer of Third and Cedar sts., opposite Judge Lamberts.
WILL keep constantly on hand a general supply of the
best unadulterated drugs and medicines, and articles
usuallv kept for sale in drug stores.
Physicians’ prescriptions put up with the greatest care.
Medicines may be procured at all hours ot the night,
without extra charge.
23“ Profits small, and terms cash.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
riYHK subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
J. and assures alt purchasers In his line, that he will
e 11 for cash, saddles, harness of all kinds, and trunks, of
a better <iua!ttv, and cheaper than any other establish
ment in Minnesota. Pur hasers will do well to call at
bis shop, on Third street, St. Paul, next door cast of 8.
11. Sergent’s and Judge for themselves.
A. R. FRENCH.
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
L? New England of the West, by E. S. Seymour. For
sale by I.aDUC A KOHRER.
FIRE k MARINE INSURANCE,
BY the undersigned ageut for the Protection Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies Issued 111" 111 the
most favorable terms by
W. P. Murray, Agent, Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28, 1862 2i-lm
PAINTING.
llOOk 111 \I>I \(.
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1852
The Dying tVilf
BY “IK MARVEL.”
That wife over whom your love broods,
is fading. Not beauty fading ; that, now
that your heart is wrapped up in her be
ing, would be nothing.
She sees with quick eye your dawning
apprehension, and she tries hard to make
that step of her’s elastic.
Your trials and your loves together
have centered vour affections. They are
not now’ as when you were a lone man,
wide spread and superficial. They have
caught from domestic attachments a finer
tone and touch. They cannot shoot out
tendrils into barren world soil and suck
up thence strengthening nutriment. They
have grown under the forcing glass of the
home roof, they will not now bear expo
sure.
You do not now look men in the face
as if a heart bond was linking you —as if
a community of feeling lay between.
There is a heart bond that absorbs all
other ; there is a community that monop
olizes your feeling. When the heart lay
wide open, before it had growm upon and
closed around particular objects, it could
take strength and cheer from a hundred
connections that now seem colder than
ic e.
And now those particular objects—alas
for you!—are failing.
What anxiety pursues you ! How you
struggle to fancy there is no danger!
How it grates now on your ear—the
toil and turmoil of the city ! It was mu
sic when you w’ere alone; it was pleasant
even w hen from the din you were elab
orating comforts for the cherished objects
—when you had such sweet escape when
evening drew near.
How it maddens you to see the world
careless while you are steeped in care.
They hustle you in the street; they smile
at you across the table; they bow care
lessly over the way; they do not know
what canker is at your heart.
The undertaker comes with his bill for
the dead boy’s funeral. lie knows your
grief; he is respectful. You bless him
in your soul. You wish the laughing
street goers were all undertakers.
Your eye follows the physician as lie
leaves your house; is he wise you ask
yourself? is he prudent? is he the best?
did he ever fail ? is he never forgetful ?
You are early home—mid afternoon.
Y’our step is not light; it is heavy, terri
ble.
They have sent for you.
She is lying down ; her eyes half closed;
her breathing long and interrupted.
She hears you; her eyes are open ; you
put your hand in hers ; yours trembles—
hers does not. Her lips move; it is
your name.
‘ Be strong,” she says, “God will Help
you!”
She presses harder your hand,“Adieu!”
A long breath—another ; you arc alone
again. No tears now ; poor man! You
cannot find them!
Again home early. There is a smell
of varnish in your house. A coffin is
there; they have clothed the body in de
cent grave clothes, and the undertaker is
screwing down the lid, slipping round on
tip-toe. Does lie fear to waken her !
He asks you a single question about
the inscription upon the plate, rubbing it
with his coat cuff. You look him straight
in the eye; you motion to the door, you
dare not speak.
He takes up his hat and glides out
stealthily like a eat.
The man has done his work well for
all that. It is a nice coffin—a very nice
coffin! Pass your hand over it—how
smooth!
Some sprigs of mignionette arc lying
carelessly in a little gilt edged saucer.
She loved mignionette.
It is a good staunch table the coffin
rests on—it is your table—you are a
housekeeper—a man of family !
Ay, of family. Keep down the out
cry, or the nurse will lie in. Look over
at the pinched features; it is all that is
left of her! And where is your heart
now ? No, don’t thrust your hands, nor
mangle your lips, nor grate your teeth
together. If you could only weep!
Another day. The coffin is gone. The
stupid mourners have wept—what idle
tears! She, with your crushed heart,
has gone.
Will you have pleasant evenings at your
home how !
Arrival of the Europa.
New York, May 6.
The Royal Mail Steamer Europa arri
ved at New York last evening, bringing
52 passengers and Liverpool dates to the
25th ult. The general news is unimpor
tant.
The Patrie announces officially that the
President has no intention of proclaiming
the Empire.
Fergus O'Conner, member of Parlia
ment, came passenger in the Europa.
We learn from Vienna that the perse
cutions against the mother and sisters of
Kossuth have been stopped, and they are
to be allowed to come to America.
The ship Brilliant has arrived in the
Downs from Australia, with two and a
half tons of gold dust.
A Puzzled Irishman. —Mr. O'Flagh
erty undertook to tell how many were at
the party. ‘-The two Crogans was one,
meself was two, Mike Finn was three,
and—and—who the devil was four? Let
me see (counting his fingers)—the two
Crogans was one, Mike Finn was two,
meself was three, and—bedad! there
was four of us, hut St. Patrick couldn’t
tell the name of the other. Now it’s me
self that has it: Mike Finn was one, the
two Crogans was two, meself was three,
and—and—by my sowl, I think there
was but three of us, afther all.”
Office—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
The Homestead Bill in Congress.
The following proceedings took place
in the House of Representatives on the
b’th inst:
The Homestead bill w'as then taken up,
in Committee of the Whole on the State
of the Union. The first section, as orig
inally reported, provided that every man
or widow who is the head of a family, and
a citizen of the United States, shall, from
and after the passage of the act, be enti
tled to enter free of cost, one quarter sec
tion of vacant and unappropriated land, or
a quantity equal thereto, to be located in
a body, in conformity with the legal sub
divisions of the public lands, and after the
same shall have been surveyed.
The Committee on Agriculture, to which
the bill was referred, reported an amend
ment to this section, confining the provis
ion to those who were citizens on the Ist
of January, 1802, and who severally were
not the owners of any land worth SSO0 —
who had not disposed of his or her land
for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of
the privileges of this act.
Mr. Moore (of La.) moved to strike
out the words, “nor worth $500,” believ
ing that it would, if retained, be a strong
temptation to perjury, and create an in
vidious distinction. Besides, the poorest
class of men are not the most beneficial
to new settlements.
Mr. Johnson (of Tenn.) made an earn
est appeal to the friends of the bill, not to
embarrass it with amendments. Every
man could not have his own particular
views carried out. The object should now
be to commit the government to the great
policy, and remedy the defeets hereafter.
Mr. Moore’s amendmet was adopted.
Mr. Beale expressed himself against
tlie bill, viewing it as unconstitutional,
and opposed to the doctrines of the polit
ical school of 1799, and the strict con
struction of the constitution.
Mr. Sweetser was for giving lands, not
only to our own citizens, but to the agri
culturists who may come hither from all
parts of the world.
Mr. Stevens (of Pa.) moved to strike
out the words, “and who has not disposed
of his or her lands for the purpose of ob
taining the benefit of this act.” He re
marked that Ihe country would be inabad
condition, if settled altogether by pau
pers.
Mr. McMullen opposed the amendment,
saying that this hill was for the benefit of
the poor. The rich h JIVP
enough ill ready.
Mr. Stevens’ amendment was adopted.
Mr. Parker (of la.) moved to strike
out the words, “who is not the owner of
any land,” which was agreed to. Thus
the entiremendment of the Committee on
Agriculture was stricken out.
Mr. Campbell (of HI.) ofiered an amend
ment to the original first section, in clfect
to give a homestead to all residents, stri
king out the word “citizens.” This was
debated and finally rejected.
Mr. Allison proposed to amend, by not
confining the benefits to the heads of fam
ilies, because this would preclude bache
lors ; but the amendment was rejected.
Mr. Clingman offered an amendment to
give land warrants to all citizens, whether
they settle on the soil or not. This would
put all on an equality. They who did not
choose to cultivate, the soil can sell their
warrants, or keep them for their children.
He proposed to exclude members of the
present Congress.
Mr. Carter said that the gentleman from
North Carolina had gotten up this diver
sion with a view of killing the bill. Some
had said that the measure is unconstitu
tional, but this, in his opinion was pure
gammon.
Mr. Clingman's amendment was rejec
ted —Ayes 28, Noes 89.
Mr. Sackett moved to strike out all lim
itations, and give lands to every citizen
of the age of 21 years.
This, alter debate was rejected.
Other amendments were offered, and,
without disposing of the first section, the
Committea rose.
Mr. Stanley moved that the Homestead
bill and the proposed amendment be prin
ted. which was objected to.
Mr. Gorman said that, as the House,
to-day, has ordered the printing to be giv
en out to the lowest bidder, the Commit
tee on Printing would obey the order.—
In the meantime, therefore, it was al
most unnecessary to order any more prin
ting.
Mr. Meade said, in view of the fact,
that in a few days the Hall will have to
be put in a summer trim, lie proposed to
introduce a resolution that the Clerk cause
to be removed and sold all the chairs now
used by the members, and that he pro
cure in in lieu of them cane seats, without
arms. Objected to.
Mr. Johnson (Ark.) introduced a res
olution to adjourn from the 13th to the
17th May, in order to make summer ar
rangements in the Hall.
Mr. Stanley wanted the resolution a
mended to suit the time of holding either
the Whig or Democratic Conventions.
Mr. Johnson accordingly changed the
time to Ist of June and the Friday follow
ing.
Mr. Gaylord moved the previous reso-
lution
Pending the motion for the previous
question the House adjourned.
OgDENS BURG 11, May 7.
At a place called Pierrepoint, on the
Watertown and Rome Railroad, u party
of ladies were this morning amusing them
selves with a hand-car on the track, after
the regular passenger train had passed,
not knowing that a freight train was soon
to follow. The freight train consequent
ly came suddenly upon them, running over
the hand-car and instantly killing four of
the ladies, mangling them in a shocking
manner. Others were also much hurt.
FLAX.
The following is an extract from an
article to the Edinburgh Mercury, lately
copied into the Chicago Tribune :
“ Wandering along the luxuriant hanks
of one of the Brazilian rivers, M. Claus
sen’s attention was attracted to a white,
downlike substance adhering to the branch
es of trees, overhanging and touching the
stream. On obtaining a quantity of it, lie
was so pleased with its character, that,
thinking he had discovered some vegeta
ble product heretofore, unknown, deter
mined to trace it, if possible, to its source
and to ascertain the plant which produced
it. Pursuing his task with great ardor,
he eventually found that the substance had
been washed from a bed of flax straw, the
produce of some of his own land, and
which, long before, he had caused to be
thrown, as useless, near the bank of the
river. As swollen waters had occasional
access to this heap, fermentation and the
decomposition of a portion of the plant
had taken place; and in time the influ
ence of natural chemistry had so satura
ted the filaments of the flax fibre as to
give the mass a cotton like appearance; and
some of it having been washed by the riv
er, had been arrested by the overhanging!
brandies.
On the fact thus brought before him,
M. Claussen proceeded carefully to sea
son, and the processes now to be described
arc, therefore, the result not of mere ac
cident, hut of inductive research.
The flax brought from the “ breaker,”
is boiled for four hours in hot caustic so
da, or steeped in a cold solution of it for
24 hours. It is afterwards washed in
water containing 1 per cent, of sulphuric
acid, and then in pure water, when it is
dried and subsequently treated by scutch
ing, heckling, &c., according to the uni
versal practice in the linen manufactures.
Here, then, we have an immense improve
ment by the long'and difficult process of
fermentation, which occupied six weeks,
being entirely avoided. Yet the process
is most effective and profitable, as 20 per
cent, of long flax may be obtained instead
of 17, while the substance is far more
silky and soft. It is a popular error that
Claussen’s process is merely to turn flax
into cotton, which, people say is like turn
ing gold into lead; whereas he obtains by
it a large proportion of the long and val
uable flax, and renders the refuse ordina- I
rily considered comparatively worthless, j
by a poocesj now to be explained, capa- !
hie of being worked info cotton, wool, or
silk fabrics.
According to the mode long adopted in
the linen manufactures, an immense quan
tity of tow is made, which can only be
used for twine and similar coarse purpo
ses. But the chemical process employed
by M. Claussen, effects a change which
is highly important. A series of vats are
put in requisition. The first vat holds a
solution of corbonate of soda, and in this
the fibres, previously boiled and washed,
are saturated for a quarter of an hour.—
It is then removed to the next vat, in
which there is 5 per cent, of sulphuric
acid, the ell’ervescence causing the car
bonic acid gas to seperate and divide the
fibres, thus rendering them more floccu
lent, and completely altering their specific
gravity, as they rise now to the top of the
vat, while before they sank to the bottom.
The next process is to place them in an
other vat of soda, to neutralize any re
maining acid, and this being effected! they
are transferred to the bleaching water of
the fourth vat, composed of a solution of
chloride of lime and sulphrate of magne
sia, thus forming a hyper-chloride of mag
nesia. In this preparation they remain
for two hours, during which they are per
fectly bleached, requiring only to be trans
ferred to a hath of sulphuric acid, and then
to pure water. The fibres on being with
drawn from the vat, are dried by atmos
pheric or steam heat. They arc then ta
ken to a machine similar to that used in
chaff-cutting, where they are cut into
lengths adapted for spinning or cotton ma
chinery.
To specify all to advantages secured by
these processes would far exceed our lim
its. It must, therefore, suffice to observe,
that the following arc a few out of many :
Any cloth made from the flax cotton-yarn
may be readily printed, dyed and bleached
by the ordinary cotton processes. The
flax fibre from its milling properties, is
capable of being made into common felt
hats with or without any admixture of
wool. Cloth in which flax is mixed with
wool, is reduced in price frem 25 to 30
per cent. Flax may be spun with silk on
the existing silk machinery ; and any use
less flax can be converted into a first rate
article for the paper maker.
Spiritual Rappers. —We have not
yet been troubled with the spirits in our
city, but they may be looked for in a few
days. The citizens of Hamburgh and vi
cinity, in Clark county, have been kept
in a state of wonder and excitement for
several days past. The spirit of Wash
ington has been raised and interrogated.
In answer to the enquiries, he stated that
he thought that the affairs of Government
were very well conducted at present, and
that the modus operandi was satisfactory
to him in every respect. In regard to
Presidential matters, he stated that the
next occupant of the White House would
be a Whig. He also answered the sev
eral other questions which were doubt
less satisfactory to his hearers. The ques
tion of who will be the next President, is
now, ol’ course settled.—[N. Albany Tri
bune.
At the sale of Louis Philippe's library,
a romance of chivalry, called “Pearcefor
est,” in six volumes, in vellum paper and
elegantly bound, was bought for the Duke
d’Aumale for $2,210. The rival bidder
was an agent for the British Museum. It
is the only copy in the world.
[From the I/OuUville Journal May 4.
Dtaih ol Mr*. Amelia B. Welby.
j It is with sad feelings we announce Ihe
decease of Mrs. Amelia B. Wei by, the
celebrated poetess. She died in this city
! yesterday morning, at the residence of her
j husband, Mr. George Welhy.
! Mrs. \\ elby was a woman of true gen
ius. Indeed, we never knew of one to
whom nature had been more partial in the
gifts of song. At a very early period of
j her life—a period when the mind is gen
' crally very immature—she produced
poems that have everywhere been received
with delight, and which will never fade
from our country’s literature. It is now
about fifteen years since the public first
I became acquainted will her name and her
productions through the columns of this
paper. Poem followed poem in bright
! succession, each one teeming with fresh
wild thoughts expressed in verse of the
most delicious harmony. These poems
came from the heart of the gifted girl, and
were ail very beautiful—so beautiful and
so perfect indeed, that they have scarcely
been equalled by the productions of any
other American poetess.
Such an extraordinary series of poems,
all expressive of unworn feelings and
glowing with genius, could not fail to at
tract attention. “Amelia” bccameagreat
favorite with all the lovers of poetry
throughout the Union. As poem follow
ed poem, they were eagerly caught up by
the conductors of the public press in all
sections and published until every reader
in the Union became familiar with them.
Nor was their fame confined to the Uni
ted States, lor many of them were repub
lished in England and created in that
country a deep interes' in the welfare of
the young minstrel girl from whose harp
strings floated harmonies of thought and
expression (hat charmed all hearts. For
two years she continued to sing, making
this paper the medium of her communica
tions with the public. That her poems
were unequal in their merits, it is true, I
hut yet what was considered her poorest
efforts were sweeter titan the best of those
of other people.
Important Decision.
At the recent session of the U. S.
Supreme Court at Washington, a decision
was made in a case growing out of a col
lision between the Propeller Genesee
Chief and a sail vessel on Lake Ontario,
which settles some important points of
Admiralty and Maratime jurisdiction.
Wc are indebted to his honor, Judge Mil
ler, for a copy of the syllabus of this de
cision, taken by Mr. Benjamin C. How
ard, the reporter to the Court. The
opinion itself, which is long and argu
mentative, will he published in the Wes
tern Law Journal of Cincinnati, for this
month. The points decided are as fol
lows :
The Act of Congress, passed on (he
26th of February. 1815, (5 Statutes at
large, 726) extending the jurisdiction of
the District Courts to cer'ain cases upon
the Lukes and navigable waters connect
ing the same, is consistent with the Con
stitution of the U. S.
It does not rest upon the power granted
to Congress to regulate Commerce.
But it rests upon the ground that the
Lakes and navigable waters connecting
them, are within the scope of Admiralty
and Maritime Jurisdiction as known and
understood in the U. S., when the Con
stitution was adopted.
The Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdic
tion granted to the Federal Government,
by the Constitution of the U. S., is not
limited to tide-water, bill extends to all
public navigable lakes and rivers, where
Commerce is carried on between different
States, or with a foreign nation.
In the present case of collision between
a vessel navigated by steam and a sailing
vessel, the evidence shows that the for
mer was in fault.
It is the duty of every Steamboat to
keep a trustworthy person employed as a
look-out, and if there be none such addi
tional to the helmsman, or if he was not
stationed at a proper place, or not vigi
lantly employed in his duty, it must be
regarded as priina jacie evidence that the
collision was the fault of the Steam
boat.
public lamm.
The following shows the amount of un
sold Public Lands on the 30lh of June,
1851, in each State and Territory in the
United States. This is another of those
tables that is well worth preserving:
States and Territories. .\rros undi«]>o6cri of.
Ohio, - - - 302.105 ’62
Indiana, - - - 1 .049,680 ’9l
Illinois, - - - 8,219,628 ’72
Missouri, - - 26.625.589 ’32
Alabama, - - - K>,586,849 ’23
Mississippi. - - 8,849,165 ’ll
Louisiana, - 13,579,384 ’47
Michigan, - - 20,011,143 ’77
Arkansas. - - - 25,303,746 ’72
Florida, - - 32,863,518 ’66
lowa, ... 25,661,550 "27
Wisconsin, - - 21,506,294 ’B3
California,- - - 120.447,810 ’OO
Minnesota Ter. - 50.075,931 ’BS
Oregon Ter. - - 216,349,333 ’OO
New Mexico Ter. - 127,383,040 ’OO
Utah Ter. - - - 113,589,010 ’OO
North-West Ter. - 376,040,060 'OO
Nebraska Ter. - - 87,489.000 00
Indian Ter. •- - 118,789,440*00
1,400,632,405 ’4B
This divided by 160 would give each
family out of 87.503,852, a quarter sec
tion of land. Allowing five persons to
each family, there is land enough left at
that rate for 437.519,260 persons, in ad
dition to the population which can be sus
tained on the land already occupied—suf
ficient we presume for as many more. —
[Dubuque Herald.
EDITORS AND I*l BLIKIIERS.
THE MAELSTROM WHIRLPOOL
The following description of this great
phenomenon is from a letter to Judge
Woodward, of Florida, from a friend
travelling in Europe:
“ This wonderful phenomenon, that lias
excited the wonder of the world, I have
seen. There are few of iny countrymen
who have had the opportunity, in conse
quence of the situation of it being re
mote from any point of commerce. Its
latitude and longitude I do not exactly re
collect. It is situated between two is
lands, belonging to a group off the coast
of Norway, called the Low-in-stafl" Is
lands, between Dortheim—being tip? most
southern point of commerce—and the
North Cape. .1 suppose the latitude to
he about 69 north, hut will not be cer
tain.
“ I had occasion, some years ago, to
navigate a ship from North Cape to Dor
thciin, nearly all the way between the is
lands and rocks, and the main. On in
quiring of iny Norway pilot, about tha
practicability of running near the whirl
pool, he told ine that with a good breeze
it could he approached near enough for
examination without danger. I at once
determined to satisfy myself. We began
to near it about 10 o’clock A. M., in the
month of September, with a line north
wester. Two good seamen were placed
at the helm, and the mate on the quarter
deck, all hands at their stations for work
ing the ship, and the pilot standing on the
bowsprits between the night heads. I
went on the maintopsail yard, with a good
glass. I had been seated but a few mo
ments when my ship entered the dish of
ihe whirlpool, the velocity of the water
altered her course three points towards
the centre; although going eight knots
through the water.
This alarmed me extremely ; for a mo
ment I thought destruction was ineveta*
hie. She, however, answered her helm
sweetly, and we ran along the edge, the
waves foaming around us in every form,
while she was dancing gaily over them.
The sensations I experienced are difficult
to describe Imagine to yourself an im
mense circle, running around a diameter
of one and a half miles, the velocity in
creasing as it approximated towards the
centre, and gradually changing its dark
blue color to white—foaming, tumbling,
rushing to the vortex, very much concave,
as much so as the water in a funnel when
half run out ; the noise, too, hissing roar
ing, dashing—all pressed on the mind at
once, presented the most awful, grand,
solemn sight, 1 ever experienced.
AY e were near it about eighteen min
utes, and in sight of it about two hours.
It is evidently a subterranean passage,
that leads—the Lord knows where.—
From its magnitude I should not doubt
that instant destruction would be the fate
of a dozen of our largest ships. The pi
lot says that several vessels have been
sucked down, and that whales also have
been destroyed. The first I think proba
ble enough, but I rather doubt the lalter.
Burning of a Hi ndoo Wife. —The
Caleutfa Englishman says:
Th.c night of the first of this year wit
nessed one of those fearful tragedies, to
the suppression of which the pliilanthro
pi>fs, both in England and India, proudly
point as one of Lord William Bcntick's
crowning acts in the cause of humanity.
The following is pretty near the truth:
The Rajah died at Pachete on the first of
January, at 4P. M.; a wild cry was rais
ed by the women of the zenana, that the
Rajah was dead ; this was soon silenced,
and a guard placed at some distance round
the rajbarry. On the death of the Rajali
being made known to the heir, he pro
ceeded to the apartments of his mother,
received the ticca, and was told to enjoy
his dignity, for that her mind was made
up. The present Rajah left his mother
and saw her no more. A pile was hur
riedly made within the precincts of the
rajbarry. At about 10 o'clock volumes
of smoke told that the horrid custom of
that house was being carried out. Tho
Ranee walked seven times round the pyre,
and then threw herself from some blocks
of wood into the flames Avhich had been
lighted for that propose. After a few
convulsive struggles to escape, her ashes
mingled with those of her idiotic husband,
who detested her in life.
The Calf Case Decided. —Tho pa
pers East have made the city of Burling
ton the origina'ing point of this famous
law suit. Mistake entirely. The case
arose in West Point, Lee county, a thriv
ing village on the route of the Dubuque
and Keokuk railroad—and was commen
ced about a year ago by an action of re
plevin before a justice of the peace of that
place. The difficulty was to identity
the calf claimed. The witnesses of one
party, some twenty or thirty in num
ber, swore that the tail was entirely black,
and those of the other party, about equal
in number, swore that it was partly white,
The jury returned a verdict from which
an appeal was taken to the District Court
of Lee county. The appeal was tried at
the last term of that court, but the jury
disagreed. The legal costs had then a
inounted to S3OO. The case was contin
ued to the present term, and tried again
last week at Fort Madison. The jury
this time decided in the case, finding for
the plaintiff, or that the tail was “ partly
white.” The cost has now reached SSOO.
Upon the final trial, four members of the
bar were arrayed on the side of the plain
tiff, and three on the side of the defend
ant. Counsel lees and other expenses are
of course to be added to the costs, in es
timating the amount expended upon this
litigation about a calf worth s3.—[lowa
State Gazette.
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