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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
©WENS & IVOORE,
VOLUME 1.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY.' SATURDAY,
BY J. P. OWEjYS Sr G. W. MOORE ,
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
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vertising.
James M. Goodhue, Pioneer,
D. A. ItoUERTsON, Democrat,
Owens fit Muuhe, Mmncsouan.
St. Paul March 24th, 1852.
M. E. AMES.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Paul, Minn,
WILL attend with t»roiiiplness and tididlty to all law
buaili ss intrusted to tll -ir care ill Minnesota, and
the adj.iiuing counties ~t WlscuUsiu.
Sj” Particular attention wit. he riven to the collection
of delta, and the location of land warrauta. y
PI ERSE * MURRAY,
ATTORNEYS A N U COUNSELORS AT LAW,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly ai d diligently to all business
intruded io them. li.Tl.ig made themselves ac
quainted with <iie quality ami situation of the surveyed
ands 111 the territory, they are prepared to locate land
warrants to the be>t advantage. Persons at a distance
may semi tlieir warrants here and their interests will be
tended to as if they were present. (Mice on Third
reel. September 17.
H. L. MOSS,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Law, Still water, Mm. T«*r., "in attend to pro
fessional business in an the courts ot the Territory } will
attend 10 the iocaii<*u of Land VI a r ran is, Ac.
£3" Land Warrants lor sale.
A. VAN YORHES,
A TTORNEY &. COUNSELLOR AT
al Law and Solicitor in Chancery, will attend to all
professional busim-ss intrusted to his rare, in the ditlcrcut
courts of the Territory. [St.llwater, 1652.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Law and Soli t*r in Cuaujerv. Will give prompt
attention to a <y bu>;:i »s intrusted him in the line of his
p.oKssi.m, in any part of the Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating Laud Warrants, Payment of Tax
es, sal»- 01 Pa enis when issued, and Real Estate in gen
eral. Office at SL Anthony, on Alam street, opposite the
Falls.
TV. Richardson,
IVOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer, and
-L. Land ArettL lltllic, opposite Uic St. Charles
Ileus", Si. .\u,h 10 rail..
THOS. P. WATSON.
Attorney, Counsellor ilf Solicitor.
(avocat rRAN'CAIS.)
OlJice over Spencer’s store, Tliird st.,
St. Paul. intf
WlLKltl & VA\ EITE.V
A T T ORNEYSATLA AY,
Office over Farrington’s Brick Store, St Paul.
Dr. IC, Uilllllil .
HAS his office ;n the r«ar <<r Levi Sloan’s store, where
lie will be rvA ly t » attend to professional calls,
baiut Paul, Nov 2'J—mm y
Dll. J. H. DAY,
WILL praet or Us profession in Saint Paul au.i vi
cinity. Office on Bench street.
nov 29 nun y
L. A. BABCOCK, M. S. WILKINSON
LAW FI IO! j
BABCOCK a WILKINSON Attoruies and Counselloi
at La*, Solicitors m CUimvry, Acc.
OttLe mar the comer of TntrU aui Roberts streets, St.
Pk(4- Min. Ter,
W i'.x attend to business of their profession in all the
CvUtU A the Territory,
nov. 22,1651.
BRECK & AVILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AND « Ot NSELLOUS AT LAW
office on Tuini St. saim Paul.
Daniel Bueck. a# l. Williams.
«lec* 6.
WM. IHOMtY WOO**,
Attorney & cocxskleor at law. Notary
Panne, aud Laud Atfc-UL Sauk Rapids, Miunesota
Territory.
JACOB J. JYOJH,
A TTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
-AA- of the Peace—Commissioner for the States ol Maine,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Xwv York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana.
Office cu Thud SL, St. Paul.
Oil. T. U- POTTS,
Corner Roberts and sixih streets, St. Paul,
WILL attend lo the duties of his profession in St. Paul
aud vicinity. September 17.
BILLS OF EXCIIA.AGE,
AND DRAFTS on all parts of the United States, at the
office ot the Mnines jta uuuii, by
CD AS. W. BOR CP.
J. QUIJYJY,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corner
oi Third and Miuuesou m>. — Gcutieiiieii’:> LoKs
and hluH‘6} also Uius’ and Cli>Lirv.*u’tt >i»o a, i»aik lo
urncr ill the mutest. and uuai durable manner, and vi ihe
Leal uiaiei ials.
J. R. BRtWSTER,
House, Sign, autl Oru..men:ai Painter.
St. I'aui, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
THE un<t?T»lgne<l is aguut for, and will insure buildings
and g.-odb m Hie lulluamg Companies:
Utica Insurance C -lupaiiv.
Urnaus Insurance C unpany.
Jackson County Mui ,ai ln-.-.rauce Company.
New York Rruteciiuu C inpany.
—ALSO—
Will insure lives in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insu
rant Company. ALEX. WILKIN,
fct. Raul, November 5,1551 g
F. E. COLLINS, "
AUCTION & COMMISSION HOUSE
THE undersigned having received an Auctioneer’s Com*
missiou from the Governor of Minnesota, has opened an
Auction and Commission House, in St. Raul, where he
will sell on commission, Groceries, Dry Good.-, Furniture,
Ac. lie believes that the superior advantages of
St. Paul as a market, will be a sufficient inducement tor
business men and manufacturers at a distance, to send
their goods, Ac., to be sold on commission at private sale,
ur at auction, ills charges will be moderate-
N. B. Particular attention wijl be paid to the sale of
real estate, in or about bt. Raul, St. Anthony, or Stillwa
ter.
Mlrch 6 F. E. COLLINS.
REFERENCES:
Sj° v - Ramsey, St. Paul,
U ° H' U ‘ OLE v, Memlula,
uaviu Ol.msteu, Merchant, Benton Ct.,
« w.V !i A ? SEV ’ St - Eaul,
Mill. 11. J-OKBEB, \
ELrELT *. bHUTHERS. I
J. W. Simpson, \ Merchants, St.
John Farrington, L Raul.
D. L. Fuller, }
FRANKLIN STEELE, Mer. St Amhonv
vm. Holcombe, esq., y ’
t’cntral House, St. Paul.
CA\ L A 111 RTOX 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 ths best Hotels in the West.
November, 1851.
toeswoAx jLCwia,
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American House Low
ell, Mass., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end oi St. Paul, with everything in proper order
tor the convenience of travelers, boarders, 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 a. can he expected
in a new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
Tempera 11 cc House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor ,—Corner
of Fourth and Jackson St>., Saint Paul. Perma
nent an 1 transient boarder- furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
Half-Way House.
JOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
St. Paul and Stillwater,) begs leave to say to stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and the public generally, that
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated in the midst
of the most delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with fish, and in an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to see company from abroad, as well as
irom the neighboring villages. They will find the charges
moderate.
R. R. NELSON
Minnesota Boarding-House.
C? C McCRAY would inform the pub
lie—residents and strangers—that he has taken
the large house on Eagle Street, opposite D. 1.. Fuller’s
Hrick Store, where he is prepared lo a.-eouimndate his
customers with the i.est style of boarding. The house
has been thoroughly repaired and pamt'd. Jlis table will
be furnished with every thing the market affords; and
tle.se Who Come prepared n> plunk up Hie fa h everv
Saturday night, w ill rind the ‘•.Minnesota Boarding House”
a comfortable and pleasant home. Nolle others are de
sired. [April 17 —6m.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
■IX. obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. \V. Selby, or tlie President, C. VV. Bur up. 29yl
Nathan Spicer,
TEWELER AND WATCHMAKER,
at the sign of the Ilia Watcli, Third street, /rj
next door tjMhe St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
well as music books, -bell coinlo, or linger ring.-, brace
lets and ear drops. He also keeps for -ale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, uud whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s*
W. H. FORBES,
PUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jacksou streets.
j~w7"babcock,
FORWARDING and Commission Mer
chant, Upper lautding, Saint Paul, .Minnesota Ter
ritory.
liittMOii’s Addition.
J'HIS desirable ground, lying in tlie
-I- most central and advantageous part the basin
of Sf. Paul, where must inevitably lie the principal river
business of tlie town, ami affording also the most choice
aud delightful lots in the rear, upon the bench for dwel
ling houses; Is surveyed into lots and now ottered for
sale with titles undisputed and indisputable, at reasona
bly low prices, ai.d upon liberal terms of credit, for most
of the purchase money, and lumber tor building on lots
sold in the addition, will be furnished at the rotary saw
mill oil easy terms. (/HAS. 11. OAKES,
Agent lor Proprietor*•
SPENCER. KIRKPATRICK 9c MARK LEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL*
feb 14 _ 22-tr_
S. I*. FOLSOM,
County Surveyor .
May be found at office of of Register ot Deeds, on Third
Street, one door below Minnesota Outlit. 17— y
E. >rLAGAN,
i STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
1 Jackson street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota
lIRO.MPT attention given to all consignments, and char
ges moderate.
1 St Paul, October 19, 1851 7
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney ami Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
r. CIIOIMTAP, JR. J x«. II ARr.ISON) FELIX VALLE.
( HOUTEAU, IIARHI'ON AND VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St
Louis Rolling MilL
\ND MANUFACTURERS OF BAR IRON in
all its vunaiM shape*, Sheet Iron and B.jilei
Piate,Nails aud Spikes, fioin the me of the Iron
Mountain. lion Stoic-No. 129. North Second St
St. Louis. Sep. !•
To iny old Triends,
AND THE “REST OF MANKIND,” I would say,
that 1 can be found during the winter, at tlie old
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 thing,
uov. 22. tt. WAI. HARTSIIOItXE.
r vi.viim;.
SIIERMAX 5k MOREY, on Fourth street, St. Paul,near
the middle of town, in the building of Mr. Knox, up
stairs, may be fouttd, ready to attend to Painting in all its
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
ami ornamental painting, all doue up promptly, oud .with
paints of the best quality. If we do our work in a slov
enly, uuworkiuaii like mannner we do not expect to get
business in the enlightened town ot St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SUERM AN At MOREY.
BOOKBINDING.
r PHE subscriber would respectfully inform the citizens
of St. Paul aud its vicinity, Dial he is now carrying on
the above business in the 2d story of Spencer’s new buiid
lmr, <>u the corner of Ftlh and Roberts street.
SLj 5 " Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMKS MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21—tf
J C Burbank At CO. St.Paul] [W L Faucet te fit. co. St. Louis
NORTH-WESTERN* EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies.
r PO and front all the principal cities in the United States,
A Catttorti a and Europe, tor the speedy transportation
of money aud valuable packages, col ectioii of draft >, notes,
bills, accounts, Ac., purchase and sale of all kinds of
merchandize.
C. R. Rice A Co , St. Paul, Oils West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
N. B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally.
may 1. ’ 33-tf
AMERICAN SALOON
]?ItED. lIARDV now keeps this well-known establlsh
-1 nient “on his own hook.” He hopes by a continued
ai million to the wants of his customers**to merit their
patronage as heretofore* 19)
ST. PAUL DRUG STOKE.
HICHCOX & KELLOGG,
Corner of Third and Cedar sts., opposite Judge Lamberts
WILL keep constantly on hand a general supply of the
be.-t unadulterated drugs and medicines, aud articles
usually kept for sale in drug stores.
Physicians? prescriptions put up with the greatest care.
Medicines may be procured at all hours of the night,
without extra charge.
£3" Profits small, and terms cash.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
IMIE subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
anti assures all purchasers In his line, that he will
e ll fur cash, saddles, harness of all kinds, ami trunks, of
a better quality, and cheaper than any oilier establish
ment in Minneßota. Rur hasers will do well to call at
his shop, on Third street, St. Raul, next door east of S.
H. Sergeut’s and judge for themselves.
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
New Eng laud ot the West, by E. s. Seymour. Fur
sale by J.EDLC & KOUKER.
FIRE * MARINE INSURANCE,
BY tlie undersigned agent lor the Protection insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies Issued upon the
moat favorable terms by
w. P. Murray* Agent, Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28, 1863 34-la
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERBITORY, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1852
It is an easy task to assail the reputa
tion and integrity of public officers, when
the detractor is entirely unscrupulous as
to the means lie employs to accomplish
his ends. Every day the violence of
partizans and the recklessness of politi
cal opponents, afford evidences of the fa
cility with which wholesale charges can
be made against tlie most discreet Ad
ministration, and baseless rumors lubrica
ted to impeach the most honorable men.
Thoughtless ignorance, and wilful mis
representation are alike unceasingly em
ployed in the occupation of traducing
public officers. To make charges is,
however, one thing—to prove them is an
other.
It would be difficult to point to an Ad
ministration in the history of our country
less liable to censure than that of Mr.
Fillmore, and yet it has not escaped the
assaults of reckless opponents. The la
test specimen of this system of indis
criminate censure has been furnished by
Mr. Gwin, the Democratic Senator from
California. This gentleman, with a pecu
liar desire to distinguish himself by doing
something, undertook lately in a debate
on the Deficiency bill, in the U. S. Senate,
to display his acumen and knowledge by
a review, critical and condemnatory,of the
management of public affairs by tlie pres
ent administration. The gentleman’s re
marks were lengthy and bis charges
were very sweeping. Unfortunately,
however, for their author, they lacked the
simple ingredient of truth.
The charges of Mr. Gwin were met
by Senator Pierce of Maryland, in a clear
and forcible speech, in which the course
of tlie administration in every point men
tioned in the ill-judged attack, was fully
vindicated.
The first charge made by Senator
Gwin, was that Mr. T. Butler King was
appointed special agent to California while
a member of the House. This is satis
factorily disproved by Senator Pearce,
who holds besides that a special agent
like Mr. King, was not an otlicer recog
nized by law, and that he was nut invest
ed with complete power over the army
and navy. Mr. Gwinn himself voted
for the confirmation of the appointment
of Mr. King as collector.
Mr. Gwin takes exception to the ex
pense of the escort sent out with Gen.
Wilson, which amounted to $12,000
Mr. Pearce refers to the escort sent out
by Mr. Polk's administration with Weller,
the Boundary Commissioner, at a cost ot
SOI,OOO. and by G cn. Taylor’s adminis
tration with Messrs. Collier, Wilson and
others, tlie expenses of which reached
$56,000. lie does not, however, rest
his defence upon these precedents, but
proves that the military force in question
must have gone out whether Wilson did
or not. All the matters relating to this
affair, were satisfactorily answered bv
Air. Pearce.
A very unfortunate count in Mr.
G win’s indictment, was tbe charge made
against the present administration, of the
unwise selection of Benicia as tlie chief
military depot ol' California, and the ex
travagant outlay there for barracks and
the like. An inquiry into this affiir
proves that tbe place was selected by
Gen. Persifer Smith, who was appointed
by Mr. Polk ; and that the expenditure
was ordered by him. The proceedings
were countermanded by the present Sec
retary of War, so soon as he came into
oifiee; and tbe battery of Mr. Gwin
was therefore directed against his own
friends.
We come now to the California Indi
ans. Congress had at different times ap
propriated $50,000 lor them. Three
commissioners or agents were appointed ;
they arrived there and had no money. It
was advisable to treat with the Indians on
account of the alarm and anxiety that
prevailed. The commissioners applied
to (Collector King for $25*000. He re
fused, but, by the advice of Mr. Gwin,
advanced $5,000. The commissioners
then divided the State into three districts,
each proceeding to a seperateonc. They
could not go alone; escorts were necessa
ry. Mr. King advanced $150,000 to the
Quarter-Master’s department, but only
sfo,ooo of it were expended on the es
corts, the rest was appropriated to other
services by the department.
These advances were illegal, and had
been condemned by the administration;
hut may be defended on the ground of
imperious necessity, as well as the ad
vance of $5,000 recommended, as we
have seen, by Mr. Gwin. It made no
difference in principle, whether the sum
was five thousand or five millions. These
commissioners are admitted to have ex
ercised powers he did not legally possess,
in negotiating treaties with the Indians.
The Senator from California complains
that they have not been laid before the
Senate. These treaties were not receiv
ed before the Ist of January, and the
President has properly detained them for
examination and further information.—
The Senate will need it as much as the
Executive. The President disapproves
of some of the clauses in the treaties ;
why then, asks the Senator, are not the
I commissioners dismissed ? Because one
ot them opposed all the proceedings, an
other has resigned, and the sub-agent has
been dismissed. The third commission
er, understood to be the best of the num
ber, is relied upon by the department for
indispensable information. Where is
that to be obtained if lie should lie dis
missed ? When the matter is fully un
derstood, and the information bearing
upon it is laid before the Senate, it will
be seen that the course of the Adminis
tration is entirely free from censure, and
that the charges made by Senator Gwin
are totally unfounded.
AGENTS.
A. R. FRENCH.
Office—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
Assaults on the Administration.
Extraordinary Trick of a Ventriloquist.
From Broceau, a learned critic of the
16th century, we have the following ac
counts of the feats of a capital ventrilo
quist and cheat, who was valet de cham
bre to Francis the first. This fellow,
whose name was Brabant, had fallen des
perately in love with a young, handsome
and rich heiress j but was rejected by
the parents as an unsuitable match for
their daughter, on account of the lowness
of his circumstances. The young lady’s
father dying, Brabant made a visit to the
widow, who was totally ignorant of his
singular talent. Suddenly on his appear
ance in open day at her house, and in
presence of several persons who were
with her, she heard herself accosted, in a
voice perfectly resembling that of her
dead husband, «nd which seemed to pro
ceed from above, exclaiming:
“ Give my daughter in marriage to
Louis Brabant, he is a man of great for
tune, aud of an excellent character. I
now endure the inexpressible torments of
purgatory for having refused him. If
you obey this admonition I shall soon be
delivered from this place of torment.—
Yon will at the same time provide a wor
thy husband tor your daughter, and pro
cure everlasting repose to the soul of
your poor husband.”
The widow could not for a moment re
sist this dread summons, which had not
the most distant appearance of proceeding
irom Louis Brabant, whose countenance
exhibited no visible change, and whose
lips were close and motionless during the
delivery of it. Accordingly she consent
ed immediately to receive him for her
son-in-law. Louis’ finances, however,
were in a very low situation ; and the
formalities attending tlie marriage con
tract, rendered it necessary lor him to
exhibit some show of riches, and not
give the ghost the lie direct. He accor
dingly went to work on a fresh subject,
one Coran, an old and rich broker in Ly
ons, who had accumulated immense wealth
by usury and extortion, and was known
to be haunted by remorse of conscience
on account of the manner in which lie
had obtained it.
Having contracted an intimate acquaint
ance with this man, l:e one day, while
they were silting together in the usurer’s
little back parlor,artfully turned tlie con
versation on religious subjects, on demons
and spectres, the pains of purgatory, and
the torments of hell. During an interval
of silence between them, a voice was
heard which, to the astonished banker,
seemed to be that of his deceased father,
complaining, as in the former case, of his
dreadful situation in purgatory, and calling
upon him to deliver him instantly from
thence by putting into the hands oi Louis
Brabant, then with him, a large sum for
tlie redemption of Christians then in sla
very with the Turks; and threatening
him with eternal damnation if he did not
take this method to expiate likewise with
his own sins. The reader will naturally
suppose that Louis Brabant affected a due
degree of astonishment on the occasion ;
and iurther promoted the deception, bv
acknowledging his having devoted himself
to the prosecution of the charitable de
sign imputed to him by the ghost. An
old usurer is naturally suspicious. Ac
cordingly the wary banker made a second
appointment with the ghost’s delegate for
the next day; and to render any design
ol imposing upon him utterly abortive,
took him into the open fields, where not a
house, or a tree, or even a bush or a pit
was in sight, capable of screening any
supposed confederate. This extraordi
nary caution excited the ventriloquist to
exert all the powers of his art. Wher
ever the banker conducted him, at every
step his ears were saluted on all side’s
w ith tl ie complaints and groans not only
of his father, bat of all deceased relations,
imploring him for the love of God, and
in tlie name of all the saints in the calen
dar. to have mercy on his own soul and
theirs, by effectually seconding with his
purse the intentions of his worthy com
panion. Coran could no longer resist the
voice of heaven, and accordingly carried
his guest home with him and paid him
down 10.000; with which the honest
ventriloquist returned to Paris, and mar
ried his mistress. The catastrophe was
fatal. The secret was afterwards blown,
and reached the usurer’s ears, who was
so affected by tbe loss of bis money, and
the mortifying railleries of his neighbors,
that he soon took lo his bed and died.
Woman Got out of a Chimney.—
Yesterday it was discovered that a wo
man was wedged in the chimney of a
house in White’s Court, West Moyamcn
sing. To extricite her, it was found
necessary to cut a hole through the solid
masonry, just above the fire place. When
relieved she was nearly suffocated, and
badly injured. How she came iti her
perilous and awful situation, could not be
ascertained with certainty. Her story
was that she fell down the chimney by a
mis-step while hanging out clothes.—
There was another story that she entered
the flue from the top to conceal herself
from a constable who, with one or two
others, was in pursuit of her. She was
in the chimney from 9 o’clock, A. M.,
till nearly two o'clock, P. M.— Phil.
Gaz.
The supply of barred pork on the riv
ers above and yet to come forward, is set
down at 2.000 barrels, and the stock in
this city between 5.000 and 6,000, near
ly all of which is held by one party.
The supply of bacon is more liberal in
proportion to the above, and the stock
here is estimated at from 3,000 to 4.000
casks. Country meat is being troubled
with worms and bugs, and prices for
some days have been drooping, of joints
particularly.— St. Louis Intelligencer , 22d.
A NOHLE ACT.
Nothing can be more agreeable than
the office of giving publicity to an act of
the overflowing of a generous heart.—
An incident occurred the other day be
tween two gentlemen of this city, which
does honor to one and fills the breast of
the other with ever living gratitude. We
give no names, by request, but know the
statement we are about to make to be
every word true.
Four or live young gentleman of this
city resolved, some weeks since, to go to
California together. All had made their
preparations to start a few days ago, ex
cept one of their number who could not
get off owing to a want of “ material
aid.” A source which he had confidently
believed could not fail him in an emer
gency, had disappointed him. His friends
had waited several days for the delinquent,
not knowing what really was detaining
him, and reluctantly were about to go on
without him. On finding that such was
tlxeir determination, he resolved to make
one grand effort to get the money, and
forthwith repaired to a certain gentleman
living on Race street and told him his
story. It was no sooner heard than the
Person applied to, tapping the applicant
on the shoulder, said “come with me;
you have been unfortunate but always in
dustrious ; you shall have the amount
you want, and you can pay me when you
are able.” The two walked down to
gether—into a Bank on Third street,
when the wherewith was counted out in
gold, and in a sufficient abundance. The
party before mentioned are now, all,
with joyous hearts, on their way to the
yellow land. The beauty and nobleness
of this act, can be belter appreciated
when it is known, as we know it, that
not a business transaction ever took place
between tlie two persons, nor is there the
remotest relationship with eacli other by
blood or marriage; nor, failing of success
in California, is there then a shadow of
chance that this money so generously ap
propriated will ever be returned, unless
by future earnings of the recipient, if
ever lie returns to his old home. In
these gold-clutching days, the appropria
tion ol money which promotes so much
happiness as above related, is the devel
opment of a beautifully flowered oasis on
the human heart.— Cincinnati Com.
premature ihhi.il
The Albany Register, in tlie course of
an article on ibis subject, relates the fol
lowing instance, of which the editor was
perfectly eongizant:
Some years ago we were perfectly
cognizant to an occurrence of this kind,
which was of the most heartrending char
acter. The wife of a gentleman was ta
ken suddenly ill in church, and was car
ried home in a stale of syncope. In a few
hours she partially recovered, but imme
diately relapsed, and never showed any
signs of consciousness. She lay in this
condition nearly two days, baffling the
skill of the physicians, and then it was
thought, and there was every reason to
believe, died. No signs of breathing
could be detected, the limbs became riarid
and cold, and the eyes remained open with
the fixed and glassy stare of death; but
there was no change in the color of the
skin. This was tlie only reason in the
world for supposing that dissolution had
not taken place.
The poor bereaved husband, almost
frantic at the loss of the young and beau
tiful wife whom he almost idolized, clung
with desperation to the hope limned in
her face, and long resisted the unanimous
decision of the physicians, that she was
certainly dead. They told him what was
doubtless true, that it sometimes though
very rarely, happens,and there is no dis
coloration for days and even weeks after
dissolution lias taken place. But still he
resisted, and was not until three days had
passed without the faintest signal of life,
then lie finally gave up and suffered the
burial to take place
She was entombed in a vault. Months
passed. A cemetery having been laid
out, the husband, purchased and beautified
a lot, erected an elegant monument in it,
and when all was ready superintended the
removal of the body of his wife from the
vault to its final resting place. When the
vault was opened he remembered the
circumstances of her death, above detail
ed, and a desire suddenly seized him to
once more behold the corpse. By his
direction the coffin lid was removed. The
spectacle that presented itself was incon
ceivably horrible, for it showed that she
had been buried alive. She had turned
quite over on her side, she had clutched
her nails into the coffin until her lingers
had bled, portions of her grave clothes
were torn, and in her horrible struggles
she had contrived to carry her hand to her
head, and had plucked from it a mass of
hair, with portions of the cap that cover
ed it.
The poor man never recovered from
the shock of that awful spectacle. He
was borne away senseless, and for the
rest of his weary life was an utterly bro
ken and miserable man.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
have completed their purchases of iron to
the extent of sixty-seven thousand tons,
contracted for in England for half cash
and half bonds About twenty miles of
their road at the Chicago end is probably
completed and being worked to-day.—
There is a strong disposition in London
to negotiate the bonds of this company,
and the terms which were declined when
Mr. Walker was in London as agent oi
the company, would now be accep'ed by
English capitalists. We think it highly
probable that within a week or two we
shall hear that a very large amount of
the bonds have been placed in London on
very liberal terms. — .V. Y. Herald.
SENSE AND SENSATION.
The grayhound runs by eye sight only,
and this we observe as a fact. The car
rier pigeon flies his two hundred and fifty
miles homeward, by eye sight, viz: from
point to point of objects which he has
marked, but this is only our conjecture.
The fierce dragon-fly with twelve thou
sand lenses in his eyes, darts from angle
to angle with the rapidity of a flashing
sword, and as rapidly darts back—not
turning in tlie air, but with a clash re
versing the action of his wings—the onlv
known creature that possesses this fuc
ulty. His sight then both forwards and
backwards must be proportionably rapid
with his wings and instantaneously calcu
lating the distance of objects, or he would
dash himself to pieces. But in what con
formation of his eyes docs this exist? No
one can answer. A cloud of ten thou
sand gnats dances up and down in the
sun, the knats being so close together
that you can scarce see the minutest in
terval between them, yet no one knocks
another headlong upon t’le grass, or breaks
a leg or a wing, long and delicate as they
are. Suddenly amid your admiration of
this matchless dance a peculiarly high
shouldered vicious knat with long pale,
pendant imse, darts out of the rising and
falling cloud, and setting on your cheeks
inserts a poisonous sting. What possess
ed this litile wretch to do this? No one
knows. A four-horse eoaeh tomes sud
denly upon a flock of geese on a narrow
road, and drives straight through tlie mid
dle of them. A goose was never yet
fairly run over, nor a duck. They are
under the very wheels and hoofs, and yet
somehow they contrive to flap and waddle
safely off. Habitually stupid, heavy and
indolent they are, nevertheless equal to
any emergency. AY by does the lonely
woodpecker, when he descends his tree
and goes to drink, stop several times on
his way —listen and look round—before
lie takes his draught? No one knows.
How is it that the species of ant, which
taken in battle by other ants to be made
slaves, should be the black or negro ant?
No one knows.
Mechanics’ Union Association.—A
most beautiful feature i:i the financial en
terprises of the present day, and one un
known in tlie ancient times of Counting
House and Ledger, of dibt and credit, is
the establishment of Associations for mu
tual aid in reverses of fortune, which
may obscure, like clouds, the brightest
prospects of the best of us.
The Owner who beholds his last ship
go down, perhaps within sight of port,
with his last hopes on board, turns to the
Marine Insurance Organization, for aid.
No one suffers by the tribute, and thus
Hope trims her little sail anew for him;
he struggles on and at last retrieves his
shattered fortunes.
The Hush and sees his home borne up
ward on the wings of fire—the Merchant
beholds his merchandize a heap of smoul
dering embers ; and each appeals for aid
to the Fire Insurance Company. That
aid is rendered, and Phoenix-like, their
prospects rise again from the ashes of
their former hopes.
The Mechanic, with no kingdom but
his own two hands, and perhaps with
helpless ones clinging to him for support,
is prostrate upon a bed of languishing
pain ; but there is to him no pang so
piercing, as the thought that loved ones
suffer—no faintness so deathly, as that of
a sinking heart. But for him, even, a
helping hand is proffered. The Mechan
ics’ Union Association ministers to the
wants of the invalid, and keeps away
from his humble home, meagre famine,
and shivering poverty.— Chicago Jour.
The Boston Journal describes one of
the greatest curiosities of the age, an
electric clock, recently complete.! by Mr.
N. Farmer, on an entirely new principle,
and pronounced by scientific men to he
:lie most perfect and simple of any. Ail
wheel work in the timekeeping partis
dispensed with ; therefore all friction is
overcome. The time keeping part of the
clock is simply a pendulum, an electro
magnet, and two armatures. The vibra
tions of the pendulum break and close the
circuit of electricity, while the combined
action of the electro-magnet and the arma
tures keep it in motion.
It is a clock that runs without weights,
or springs, or any thing of the kind. Its
moving power is a galvanic battery,
which requires a small quantity of sul
phuric acid, once or twice a year, or if
the workmanship of the clock is delicate,
a copper plate buried in the ground will
keep it in motion. There is no friction
to be overcome save Ihc suspension points
of the pendulum and the armatures. —
lienee it approaches the nearest to per
fection as a time keeper, of any thing in
existence. One hundred or a thousand
clocks, all over the city, all ticking at
the same instant, and keeping the same
time, may be carried by one pendulum.
Propped of Whig Ilnrmony.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce, whose
feelings are all Democratic, has the fol
lowing paragraph in his last letter:
“It is to be gathered from the address
and from other circumstances, that the
Southern Whigs will attend the Whig
National Convention, and use their influ
ence to give it a proper and truly Nation
al direction, both as to their platform and
their nominations. Further, there is a
good reason to believe that they will suc
ceed, and, in that case, there will be
“ harmony of action in a common cause.”
We ourselves anticipate harmony, for
the Whigs North and the Whigs "South
must and do know that Whig harmony is
demanded by their own interests and the
interests of the country.
EDITORS ANB PUBLISHERS,
!\ liatevcr relates to this singular spe.
cimen of humanity is of interest to the
reader, from the prominency in which ho
stands before tlie public, of not only Eu
rope but the whole world. That he is
about assume the “ purple” is now
\ery evident; it has only required some
delay in order that he might get all pre
pared before he sprung his trap the sec
ond time. Louis Napoleon rises at seven
in the summer and eight in the winter;
examines immediately letters and docu
ments ot importance; arranges the busi
ness of the day with his aid and order
lies. Sees his physician at nine o’clock;
ta,.es a turn in the garden of theElysee;
looks over a newspaper, particularly the
Lnglish; gives special audiences from
ten to eleven ; then breakfasts ; he eats
little. After breakfast he takes seat at
the council of the ministers, who usually
assemble before noon. He rides as often
as possible, and for about an hour ml a
hall a day, on horseback or in a tilbury ;
on his return he tranracts business until
the dinner hour—six. He entertains at
dinner, several times during the week, a
large number of French and foreigners.
His evenings are allotted to the theatres
or the balls, lie oiten labors in his cabi
net or private study, a considerable part
of the night. He is represented, also, as
being much less dissipated than formerly,
finding tlie actual necessity of keeping
all his faculties in a state of acuteness
and perfection.
Avery amusing story has the N. O.
Picayune, about an austere or oyster man.
who having a professional habit of affix
ing F. R. S. to the end of his signature,
was on one occasion called upon by a lit
erary English gentleman, who seeing the
oyslermau’s name entered on a hotel reg
ister, supposed him to be a Fellow of the
lloyal Society, but after an interview, it
appeared that tlie initials meant that In
bad oysters on 6ule, fried , roasted and
sieved.
Reading this anecdote, refreshed ottr
memory ot an incident that occurred in
this State shortly after Mr. Tyler suc
ceeded to the Presidential chair. As is
well known, his political course did not
please the Harrison party over much, nor
was he politically much esteemed by the
Democratic party. It is also well known
that a Tyler party —a sort of “’tween
decks,” was attempted to be established.
During tins effort , a young lawyer of
Columbus, a gentleman of iKindsome abili
ties, (now deceased,) entered tlie field as
a candidate lor the State Senate, on the
lyler ticket.” Mr. G. had been an
I active Whig, and by joining the new
; parly, of course, but few Whigs voted
j for him, and as the Democrats had a regu
! lar nominee, he got but few of their
(votes. The consequence was, although
personally very popular, (for lie was an
excellent fellow,) he lost his election—■
being beaten by a majority of, say fortv to
one.
He resumed his profession, bearing Lis
defeat like a philosopher, and having a
chancery ease in which a gentleman of
this city, whom we will call “Major.”
was interested, considerable correspond
ence grew out of it between them. All
the letters from the Major lo the lawyer,
alter his political defeat,had on their super
scription F. It. S.. affixed to his name.—
This continued lor a long while without
an explanation—until they met at Colum
bus, u hen G. said :
“ Major, why the d—l do you always
put I-’. It. S. to the end of my name when
you write to ine ?”
“ Why, G , you are a scholar—you
outlit to know without asking—it means
the fellow that run for the Senate /”
Ci nci nnat i Com mere i al.
Great Rush or widows. — A London
paper, not long since, related the follow
ing ease of a great rush of widows, in
answer to an advertisement, to the great
consternation of a staid and respectable
citizen, and the amusement of the rabble:
Mr. Stroud having occasion for a house
keeper, to superintend his domestic ar
rangements, advertised for a widow, or a
widow and her daughter, to take charge
of (lie upper part of a tradesman’s house,
and to cook for him. The wages he sta
ted to be jESO per annum, with coals,
candles, &e., and application was directed
to be made between eleven and three
o’clock, on Tuesday, at 68 Tower street.
Before the clock struck eleven the
widows began to arrive, and soon the
street was rendered impassible by the
I number of fair ones crowding towards the
j )iou«c, and in a few minutes Mr. Stroud’s
shop and parlor were filled with women
struggling to gain the attention of the ad
vertiser, clamorously setting forth their
qualifications for the situation.
A report soon got wind that Mr. Stroud
had advertised for a wife, and people
flocked from all quarters to see the ladies
in search of a husband. The widows,
j young, middle-aged, the thin and stout,
the dark and fair, some in their weeds,
| others gaily attired, and many poorly but
decently clad, continued to "arrive, and
were greeted with shouts and laughter by
the mob, who gave free vent to their
jokes and ribaldry as the widows arrived
and departed. At length the confusion
and noise became so great, that a posse
of the city police were sent for, who pre
i served a little more order and afforded
free ingress and egress to the applicants.
The Louisville Courier says: “We
have seen a package addressed to Prof.
Silliman and Dr. Yandell, containing a
quantity of water taken from a spring
near Logansport, Ky., which is said to be
a deadly poison. The water is certain
death to whoever drinks it, and it has
been sent there to be aoalized.”
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1.01T.S NAPOLEON.
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