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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWENS & MOORE,
VOLUME 1.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BY J. P. O WENS S> G. W. MOORE,
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
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vertising.
James M. Coodiice, Pioneer,
I>. A. Robertson, Democrat,
Owens & Moore, Minncsotian.
St. Paul March 24th, 1852.
M* K. 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 of Wlsconsiu.
IT Particular attention will bo given to the collection]
of debts, and the location of land warrants. y
W. P.IIIRRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
intrusted to hint, liaivng male himself acquaint
ed with the quality and situation of the surveyed lands
In the territory, he is prepared to locate land warrants
to the best advantage. Persons at a distance may send
thalr warrants here and their Interests will be attended
to as If they were present. £3" Office on Thin! sreet.
September 17, 1861.
H. L. MOSS,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR Al
X\. Law, Stillwater, Min. Ter., will attend to pro
fe»sional business In all the courts of the Territory } wil
attend to the location of laitul Warrants, &c.
l**ud Warrants for sale.
A. VAN VORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR Al
A Law and Solicitor in Chancery, will attend to al
professional business intrusted to his care, in the ditleren
courts of the Territory. Stillwater, 1852.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Cl. Law and Solicitor in Chancery. Will give prompt
attention to any business intrusted him In the line of his
profession, lu any part of the Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating I .and Warrants, Payment ol' Tax
es, sale of Patents when issued, and Real Estate in gen
eral. Office at St. Anthony, on Main street, opposite the
Falls.
AY. Richardson,
TYTOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer, and
X v I .and Agent. Office, opposite the St. Charles
House, St. Authoiiy Falls.
THUS. P. WATSON.
Attorney, Counsellor Sf Solicitor.
(avocat francais.)
Office over Spencer’s store, Third st
St. Paul. inti'
Wll.Kl.tl &. V.W EITEX
ATTORNEYSATLAW,
Office over Farrington’* Brick Store, St Paul.
Dr. R, BABBITT.
Has his ..Hire In the r.-ar uf Lev! Sloan’s store, wher
he will be ready to attend to professional calls.
Saint P»nl, Nov 29—mm y
DR. J. 11. DAY,
WILL practice lil* profession in Saint Paul an-l v
dully* Office on Bench street.
nor 29 min y
L* A. BABCOCK,
LAW FIRM,
BABCOCK & WILKINSON attornies and Counsellor,
at i.aw, Solicitors in Chancery, &c.
Office near the corner of Third and Roberts streets, St.
Par.lr Min. Ter.
Will attend to business of their profession In all tli*
(Jouttc of the Territory,
nov. 22, 1851.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
office Oil Tuird St. Saint Paul.
Daniel Bkeck. A. l* Williams.
dec. €.
Wil. HEARY WOOD,
ATTOHNKY & COUXSKI.EOR AT LAW. Notar:
Public, and Land Agent. Sauk Rapid*, Miiinesoti
Territory*
JACOB J. NOAH,
A TTORNEY AT LAW and Justic.
-iJL of the Peace —Commissioner for the States of Maine
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania
Kentucky, Ohio, Virn nia, Alabama aud Louisiana.
Office on Third St., St. Paul.
DR. T. B. POTTS,
Corner Roberts and Sixth streets, St. Paul ;
WILL attend to the duties of his profession in St. Pan
and vicinity. September 17.
KILLS OF EXCHANGE,
AND DRAFTS on all parts of the United States, at th
office of the Mlunesota out lit, by
CIIAS. vr. BORUP.
J. QUINN,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corne
of Third and Minnesota SU. —Oentlcinen’s bo > :
aud shoes; also lilies’ and Children’s shoes, made t
order In the matest and most durable manner, and ol th
best materials.
J. R. BREWSTER,
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter.
St. l'aul, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
THE undesigned is agent for, and will insure building
and goods in the following Companies:
Utica Insurance Company.
X tna Insurance Company of Utica.
Orleans Insurance Company.
Jackson County Mutual Insurance Company.
New York Protection Company.
—ALSO—
Will Insure lives In the Connecticut Mutual Life ln a u
raß'O Company. ALEX. MILKIN’.
St. Paul, November 5,1851 &
F. E. COLLINS,
AUCTION & COMMISSION MOUSE
THE having received an Auctioneer’s Com
mission from the Governor of Minnesota, has opened ai
Auction and Commission House, in St. Paul, where In
will sell on commission, Groceries, Dry Goods, Furniture,
fcc. He believes that the superior advantages oi
St. Paul as a market, will be a sufficient inducement f<*i
business men and manufacturers at a distance, to sen*
their goods, fee., to be sold on commission at private sale
or at auction. His charges will be m iderate.
N. B. Particular attention w ill be paid to the sale o
real estate, lu or about St. Paul, St. Anthony, or Slillwa
ter.
March 6 F. K. COLLINS.
REFERENCES:
Gov. Alev. Ramsey, St. Paul,
HOW. 11. 11. Siblev, Mcndota,
“ Javid Olmsted, Merchant, Benton Ct.,
“ £• Kasuev, St. Paul,
14 m. n. FORBES) \
Klfelt a Brother*. »
J. W. Simpson, l Merchants, St.
John Farrington, l Paul.
D. U Fuller, J
Franklin Steele, Mer. St. Anthour
VM. HOLCOMBE, Es(J., Stillwater. ’
Central House, St. Paul.
CAVE Sl 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 ths best Hotels in the West.
November, 1851.
Imm luoum
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American House I.ow
ed, Mass., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything In proper order
for the convenience of travelers, boarders, or families de
siring furnished apartments, respectfully invites his
friends and the public to Rive him a call, believing that
he can do as much for tlielr comfort as can be expected
In a new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
in
Temperance House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor,—Corner
of Fourth and Jackson Sts., Saint Paul. Perma
nent and transient boarders furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
Hair-Way House.
TOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
al 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
alHiund with tish, and in an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to see company from abroad, as well as
from the neighboring villages. They will find the charges
moderate.
Minnesota Boarding-House,
SC. McCRAY would inform the pub
• lie—residents and strangers—that he has taken
the large house on Eagle Street, opposite D. 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. Ills table will
be furnished with every thing the market affords; and
those who come prepared to plank up the Ca-h every
Saturday night, will And the ‘‘Minnesota Boarding House”
a comfortable and pleasaut home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6 m.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
iX obtain Information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. W. Borup. 29yl
P. CHOUTEAU, JR. J AS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE*
CHOUTEAU, HARRISON & VALLE.
Uommission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Louis Rolling Mill.
A ND manufactures of bar iron in all its
various shapes, Sheet Iron and Boiler Plate, Nails
and Spikes from the ore or the Iron Mountain. Iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, 1861.
Nathan Spicer,
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER.
al at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street, OB
next door to the St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make gold and silver watches, rings, spoons,
Ac., on short notice. Also to repair the same,
well as music books, shell combs, or linger rings, brace
let.-, and ear dro|»s* He also keeps for sale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
W. H. FORBES\
FUR COMPANY— St. Paul Outfit—
Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
J. W. BABCOCK,
C'ORWARDING and Commission Mer-
JL chant, Upper lauding, Saint Paul, Minnesota Ter
ritory*
Kittson’s Addition.
'T’HIS desirable ground, lying in the
-1- most central and advantageous part of the basin
of St. Paul, where must Inevitably be the principal rlvei
business of the town, and affording also the most choice
and delightful lots in the rear, upon the bench for dwel
ling houses; Is surveyed Into lots and now offered foi
<aW with titles undisputed and indisputable, at reasona
bly low prices, and upon liberal terms of credit, for most
>f the purchase money, and lumber for building on loti
Mild in the addition, will be furnished at the rotary saw
mill on easy terms. UIIAS. 11. OAKES,
Agent for Proprietors.
SI’ENUER, KIRKPATRICK \ MARKLEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL.
feb 14 23-tf
S. I*. FOLSOM,
Con nty 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, and char
ges moderate.
St Paul, October 19, 1851 7
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Ittorney and Counsellor at Law
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To my old friends,
A ND TIIK “REST OF MANKIND,” I would say.
that 1 can be found during the winter, at the old
datid of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where 1 will al
vays l»e happy to wait upon them. Bar and house fur
lislied with the best of every thing,
uov. 22. tt. WM. HAIITSIIOBNK.
painting.
A MOREY,on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
O the middle of town, in the building of Mr. Knox, up
dairs, may be foutld, ready to attend to Painting in all its
lepartments. House painting, sigh painting, earring*
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, ond .will,
paints of the best quality. If we do our work in a slov
enly, unworkman like mannner we do not expect to gel
business in the enlightened town of St. Paul.
D*c. 13, 1851. SHERMAN fr. MOREY.
BOOKBINDING.
THE subscriber would respectfully infojm the citizens
of St. Paul and Its vicinity, that be is now carrying on
he above business in the 2d story of Spencer’s new bulbi
ng, on the corner of Ffth and Roberts street.
53“ Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMKS MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21—tf
f C Burbank co. St.Paul] [W I. Fawcctte &co* St. Louis
NORTH WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies.
'T , O and from all the principal cities in the United States.
California and Europe, for the speedy transportation
•f money and valuable packages, copection of drafts, not* s.
(ills, accounts, Ate., purchase and sale of ull kinds ol
nerchaudtze.
AGENTS.
C. R. Rice A Co., St. Paul, Otis West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
N. B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding and
oinmisslon business generally,
may 1. 33-tf
AMERICAN SALOON.
FRED. HARDY now keeps this well-known establish
ment “on his own hook.” He hopes by a continued
ittention to the wants of his customers, to merit tlieii
patronage as heretofore. 19y
ST. PAUL DIU G STORE.
HICHCOX & KELLOGG,
.'onier of Third and Cedar sts., opposite Jnd„-e Lamberts.
WILL keep constantly on hand » general supply of tin
best unadulterated drugs and mediciucs, aud article!
tsuallv kept for .ale In drug stores.
Physicians’ prescriptions put up with the greatest care.
Medicines may Ire procured at all hours of llio night,
without extra charge.
13“ ’rotlts small, and terms cash. I
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
rllK subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
and assures all purchasers In his line, that he will
j II for cash, saddles, harness of all kinds, and trunks, ol
i better quality, and cheaper than anv other estabiish
nent in Minnesota. Pur. hasers will do well to call ai
ds shop, on Third street, SL Paul, next door east of S.
♦l. Scrgent’s and Judge for themselves.
A. R. FRENCH.
OF MINNESOTA, the
O New England of the West, by E. S. Sevmour. Foi
*le by 1-EDCO A. ROIIIIER.
FIRE k MARINE INSURANCE, _
BY the undersigned agent for the Protection Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies issued Up .11 th
most favorable terms by
W. P. Mr hr ay, Agent, Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28, 1852 U-lm
M. 8. WILKINSON
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1852.
A Rattlesnake.— The New York
Commercial Advertiser, of the 12th inst.,
tells the following thrilling tale:
Last fall a woman residing in the vi
cinity of Wochester, was picking black
berries in a field near her house, having
with her her only child, a bright-eyed lit
tle fellow of less than a year old. The
babe sat upon the ground amusing itself
with grasping at clumps of yellow weed
that grew within reach, and eating berries
brought to him from time to time by his
mother.
The latter, at length, intent upon gath
ering the fine fruit, passed around a rock
which hid her child from view. She
was about to return to him, when hearing
him laughing and crowing in great glee,
and thinking he must be safe so long as
he was so happy, she remained a little
longer where she was.
Suddenly the little voice ceased, and
after another minute's delay the young
mother stepped upon the rock and looked
over, expecting to see her babe asleep;
and instead of which he was sitting per
fectly motionless, his lips parted and his
wide open eyes fixed with a singular ex
pression upon some object which at first
she was unable to discern.
Yet who can judge of her horror when
on closer scrutiny she perceived, some
four or five feet from the infant, a rattle
snake with his glittering eyes fastened
upon his, and nearing him by an almost
imperceptible motion.
The sight of her darling's peril so
nearly paralyzed her, that for an instant
she half believed the dreadful fascination
had extended to herself; but the certain
ty that, unless she was the instrument of
salvation to her child, he was inevitably
lost, in some degree restored her powers.
She glanced wildly round for something
that might be used as a weapon, hut
nothing appeared, and already the ven
omous reptile had passed over half the
space which divided him from his victim.
Another moment, and all would be lost!
What could be done?
In her hand she held a broad tin pan.
and springing from the rock, quick as
thought she covered the snake with it,
and stood upon it to prevent its escape.
The charm was broken—the child mov
ed, swayed to one side, and began to sob.
At the same time the mother recovered
her voice and screamed for aid, retaining
her position until it arrived, when the
cause of her terrible fright was des
patched.
Melancholy End or a Romance.—
A letter from Sault Ste. Marie, Michi
gan, to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, dated
May 27th, gives a narative of an ill-as
sorted marriage, which we condense to
suit otir space.
In 1839 and 1840, Catlin, the painter,
exhibited a number of Indians in Lon
don, among whom was Cadotte, an inter
preter. Sarah Haynes, then a beautiful
girl of sixteen, became enamored of Ca
dotte, and they were married. On reach
ing America the romance of love was
over. For two or three years they resid
ed on the banks of the river St. Clair, on
the little property the bride was possess
ed of; and since that at the Sault, where
she taught French and music, up to the
time of her decease. She retained her
beauty to the last, although exposed to
many hardships by living in a birchbark
lodge with an Indian for a husband. She
died in her 28th year, fortunately leaving
no children to mourn the sad iffects of an
infatuated matrimonial match.— Mo. Rep.
The Doc with a Broken Leg.—
Some thirty years ago, (perhaps 1820)
Dr. Taft, a skillful surgeon, resided at
Windsor, Vermont. A man in that place
owned a large and valuable mastiff dog.
which had the misfortune to break his
leg. The owner, after ineffecual attempts
to set the bone, sent for Dr. Taft, who
speedily put the bone in its place and
splintered up the leg. For several days
after, the doctor visited the dog and
dressed the wound, and then told the own
er he should come no more, but if any
thing seemed to be wanting to bring the
dog to his office. He did so two or three
times, and when he ceased going the dog
would go alone to the Doctor’s office, ev
ery morning, and lie down at the door
until the doctor looked at his leg, and
then he would leave—continuing this
practice until he was fully cured. Some
time after this, the great dog found in the
street a little dog with a broken leg, and
after smelling around him for some time,
he got him upon his three legs and manag
ed to get him from street to street to Dr.
Taft’s office, where he waited with the
little dog until the doctor came and set the
bone.—jV. Y. Observer.
The Paris papers mention the case of
Madame Sagui, who, at the advanced
age of seventy-five is now dancing at the
Hippodrome. In her young days, she
was patronized by Napoleon, and retired
from the stage many years since, with a
fortune, which she lost by endorsing for
her brother.
Geo. Peabody, Esq., the eminent Lon
don banker, has given to the town of
Danvers, Mass., his native place, the mu
nificent sum of twenty thousand dollars
for the erection of lyceum and library,
and the erection of the necessary build
ings. This is not the first testimonial of
remembrance and kindly interest which
that town has received from Mr. Pea
body, whose munificence, indeed, is well
known to Amicans who have visited
London. Such a man is an honor to his
native country.
Mr. Epes Sargent’s tragedy of “ Valas
co,” or “ Castilian Honor,” having been
made very successful with Davenport
and Miss Vining, in the leading parts, it
is to be revived, at the same theatre, at
Liverpool.
Office—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
Touching Incident. —Mr. Riddle in
a letter to his paper the Pittsburgh Com
mercial Journal, describes a touching in
cident at the Whig Convention.
The incident of the day which most in
terested and impressed me, was the pre
sentation of the superb banner, contain
ing a medallion full length likeness of
Henry Clay, in gold, to the Kentucky
delegation, just before the opening of the
afternoon session. I entered the hall
early, and soon after a slender gentle
man at the southern end of the platform,
brought the gathering multitude to a pause
with, “ Gentleman of the Kentucky Del
egation.” It proved to be Mr. Gilpin,
Mayor of Philadelphia, who had been de
puted by his delegation to present this el
egant tribute of affection and admiration
for Henry Clay, to the delegates from Ken
tucky. I could hear little of what Mr.
Gilpin said, but the pantomime itself was
striking and stirring, as the mind brought
into connection with the mournful circum
stances which surround the great Ken
tuckian at this moment. And when Les
lie Combs, in clarion voice, responded to
the compliment, and paid a noble tribute
to the character of Clay, making at the
close a touching allusion to the rapidly
wasting sands of his life, the band in at
tendance struck up in full and swelling
harmony, Auld Lang Sync, there were
many masculine cheeks wet with honest
tears. I confess, that I found myself
choked for an instant, with the emotions
summoned by the incidents and its sad
associations. It was a spectacle such as
I have rarely encountered, and how elo
quent of the true praise of Henry Clay,
as enthroned in the affections of the Amer
ican people.
Death of Josiaii Lawrence! —A
gloom was spread over the city yesterday,
by the announcement that Josiaii Law
rence so well and widely known, had sud-
Jtn’y d el! An eminent merchant and a
good man—he will be regretted by thou
sands, in all circles of life. Mr. Lawrence
was at one time a merchant in Georgia, and
at another in New York, but for the last
twenty-five years has been a citizen of
Cincinnati. In all that time he has been
distinguished for the faithful performance
of every duty ; for public spirit, and for
acts of liberality and enterprise. He was
for several years President of the La
fayette Bank, and latterly of an insurance
company. He took great interest in the
establishment of the Chamber of Com-
merce, in whose room may he seen a fine
full length portrait of this dintinguished
merchant. Mr. Lawrence was a member
of the Methodist Church, and was a firm
and pious disciple of Christianity, and will
be missed from those walks where the
elders are wont to meet. Mr. Lawrence
has been for same years in infirm health,
but no special apprehensions were enter
tained of his disease, when suddenly—al
most in a moment—his spirit fled. We
believe his disorder was of the heart,
whose termination is always sudden. He
lived respected, and has died lamented—
at the age of 60 years.— Cin. Gaz.
Etherization of a Lion. —A most
novel operation was performed at South
Boston yesterday afternoon. Francis Al
ger, Esq., has i:t his possession, at his
residence in South Boston, a lion about
six months old of the species known as
the American lion, and brought a short
time since from South America. The
lion, as it has increased in size, has grown
quite ferocious, and it was deemed advis
able to remove his claws, which were
very sharp, to prevent him from doing
injury to those who might approach his
cage. To accomplish this end, Dr.
Charles T. Jackson yesterday adminis
tered ether to him. At first, he was quite
cross and snappish, and some difficulty
was experienced in getting the sponge
to his nose. At last, however, a sooth
ing impression was male, and after a
pound and a half had been administered,
he became perfectly docile, and slept
quietly for twenty minutes. In the
meantime, his claws were removed with
a pair of pincers, and when his lion
ship awoke from his trance, he found
himself deprived of his most formidable
weapons of defence. The lion soon re
covered his wonted agility, and this morn
ing was as lively as ever. It is probable
that it will be necessary to cut off his
teeth before lie would be considered a safe
pet.— Traveller.
The Celestial Miners.— The pre
diction we made a few days ago in regard
to the Chinese has been verified. The
Illinois brings us intelligence that the
California Legislature, before adjourning,
responded to the Governor’s Message by
passing an act imposing a tax of three
dollors a month upon the foreign miner.
But this does not satisfy or gratify the ha
tred of the Americans, and throughout all
the mining regions they are committing
outrages, and violently evicting the un
offending Celestials from the diggings.
Several of the influential Chinaman in San
Francisco have sent circulars to their
countrymen at home, informing them of
the state of affairs in California, and ad
vising them not to emigrate, for a while
at least to the shores of El Dorado; and
as the Chinese are a timid and peaceable
race, we have no doubt they will heed
the counsels of their brethren. The ex
citement is on the increase; and though,
as the Alta Californian, says, “it docs not
become such adventurers and speculators
(as the American miners) to clamor
about their rights of citizenship and priv
ileges in our mines,” there is no doubt but
that the long-cue barbarians will be driv
en out by the more martial and sanguinary
Anglo-Saxon.
Fanny Elssler, a Vienna journal an
nounces, has just married, at Hamburg, a
Dr. Halm. Courageous man!
Anchored out. — The re-admission of
John Van Buren and his followers to the
embrace of old hunkerism, must have
suggested to the faithful the propriety of
a probation similar to that called for by
the Baptist brother on the admission of
Mr. Grundy to the Church. Mr. Grun
dy had been very severe on the Church
and some of its members, hut afterwards
falling under “ conviction,” knocked at
the door for admission. As was usual
the minister announced Ihc application,
and said that if any member objected to
Mr. Grundy, he should make the objec
tion then. Thereupon up rosea “broth
er,” who had been scored by Mr. Grun
dy, and who didn’t feel pretty well at the
prospect of fellowshipping with him,
and said that “he hadn’t any particular
objections to the admission of Mr. Grun
dy, but as one immersion was sufficient
in an ordinary case, lie would suggest
that brother Grundy be anchored out
over night.” —Cleveland Herald.
A wag in the Norfolk Ileralk observes
that the Democratic “ platform” is a
characteristic affair. It endorses the
Declaration of Independence, re-affirms
the gutta perclia resolutions of ’9B and
’99, 'lnch have seen such hard service]
for half a century, is silent on the Maine
liquor law and the Rochester rapings,
and exorcises the departed spirit of the
National Bank, which, like some dark de
mon, seems to haunt the bed curtains of
departed spirits.
_ A Veteran.— There is at present re
siding in the town of Bertie, in Canada,
a few miles below Waterloo, a man nam
ed Silas Carter, who was formerly a
coachman in the employ of General Wash
ington. His age is 96 years, and lie is in
the perfect enjoyment of Ins health and
all his faculties. He settled in Canada in
the year 1800, lias been residing there
ever since, and occasionally visits Buffalo.
He was there a few days since, selling a
load of oats, and was to all appearances
hale and hearty. His mind is well stor
ed with anecdotes and reminiscences, some
of which the Buffalo Commercial Adver
tiser promises to lay before its readers
one of these days.
American and British Ships— A
Challenge. —The Boston Atlas says that
two or three Boston ship-owners have
sent a challenge to the ship-owners of
Great Britain, somewhat of the following
effect: “ The Boston parties will pro
duce a ship, not less than 800, nor over
1,200 tons register, capable of stowing
fifty per cent, over her register, to com
pete in speed with any vessel of the
same capacity, now built, or which may
hereafter be built in Great Britain.”—
The object of the challenge is to decide
which of the parties can obtain the high
est rate of speed from the same cubic ca
pacity of model, the winning party to re
ceive ten thousand dollars.
Forced to Shave. —Harvey Bollman
of Pittsburgh, who in 1836 said he
would not shave until Scott was Presi
dent, and has stuck to his pledge, it is
now thought, will visit the barber’s shop
this fall. He is an “ original Scott
man.”
Mrs. Sinclair.— The New York Mir
ror of Thursday, has the following para
graph :
We learn that a writ of nc exact [no
go] was issued against Mrs. Sinclair
late Mrs. Forrest] yesterday, but on
what pretence her attorneys could not as
certain. The Sheriff went on board the
‘ Asia,’ but
“ The lady was nca .'eon.”
After making as thorough a search as
time permitted, between Jersey City and
Sandy Hook, the hunter returned without
his prey. There was some talk of break
ing open the state-room doors ; but Cap
tain Judkins quietly remarked, that if
any movement was made to violate the
sanctity of the ladies’ apartments, the
person attempting it would go overboard.
A King’s Idea of a People. —To re
publican ears, the following toast, given
by the King of Prussia, at an entertain
ment in honor of the Emperor of Russia,
is nothing less than blasphemy :
“In my own name, and that of the
army, and in the name of all true Prussian
hearts, I give the health of His Imperial
Majesty of Russia! God preserve him
to that portion of the world which God
has given him for an inheritance, and to
this age to which he is indispensable.”
A gallant young Irishman, in attempt
ing to save a young girl from drowning,
in Buffalo, the other day, lost his own
life. In recording the event, the Wiscon
sin (Milwaukee) says:
Had he fallen on the battle-field it
would have been considered a glorious
deed; yet how few will think or speak
of this life giving generosity. So mar.
judges —not so our Maker. Man forgets
to erect tombs for such men, while he
blazons with all the pomp of worldly
glitter some hired soldier, who loses an
arm in trying to shoot down his fellow
men.
E. B. Washburnc, Esq., Delegate to
the Whig National Convention, returned
home yesterday, in good health. He has
performed the duty entrusted to him faith
fully, and we honor him for it most heart
ily. Hon. J. P. Iloge returned from
Baltimore and Washington yesterday.—
He made the journey from New York to
Galena, in three days and three hours,
the shortest time it was ever traveled. —
Galena Advertiser.
Locomotives are now running regular
?on some of the roads 50 miles an hour.
he speed, says Mr. Stephenson, the cel
ebrated Engineer, can be increased to 60,
or a mile a minute— and this too, without
any extra risk.
Home and Woman. —Our homes, what
is their corner-stone but the virtue or wo
man, and on wliat does social well-being
rest hut our homes ? Must we not trace
all other blessings of civilized life to the
doors of our private dwellings ? Are
not our hearthstones guarded bv the holy
forms of conjugal, filial, and parental love,
the corner-stone of Church and State,
more sacred than either, more necessary
than both ? Let our temple crumble, and
our academics decay ; let every public ed
ifice, our halls of justice, our capitols of
State be leveled with the dust, hut spare
our homes. Man did not invent, and lie
cannot improve or abrogate them. A pri
vate shelter to cover in two hearts dear
er to each other, than all in the world ;
high walls to exclude the profane eyes of
every human being; seclusion enough for
children to feel that mother is a holy and
peculiar name—this is home; and here is
the birthplace of every virtuous impulse,
of overy sacred thought. Here the
Church ond the State must, come for theii
support. Oh! spare our homes! The
love we experience there givcs"us our
faith in infinite goodness ; the purity and
disinterested tenderness of home is our
forecaste and our earnest of a better
world. In the relations there established
and fostered, do we find through life the
chief solace and joy of existence. What
friends deserve the name compared with
those whom a birthright gives us. One
mother is worth a thousand friends ; one
sister dearer and truer than twenty inti
mate companions. We who have played
on the same hearth, under the light of the
same smile, who date back to the same
scene and season of innocence and hope,
in whose veins runs the same blood, do
we not find that years only make more
sacred and important the tic that hinds us ?
Coldness may spring up, distance may
separate, different spheres inny divide —
but those who can love anything, who con
tinue to love at all, must find that the
friends whom God himself gave, arc whol
ly unlike any we can choose for ourselves,
and that yearning for these is the strong
est spark in our expiring affection.—
Christian Inquirer.
Feeding the Pigeons in Venice.—
The following extract from a recent letter
by Mr. Weed describes a curious cus
tom :
“At two o’clock we returned to the
Square to witness the novel and inter
esting ceremony of ‘ Feeding the Pigeons.’
Hundreds of people had collected with
the same object. The pigeons or doves
were coming in from all directions and
alighting about the windows and cor
nices of a marble palace, where they sat
gravely till the first sound of the clock of
San Marco striking the hour of two was
heard, when the whole flock simultane
ously settled down upon the pavement,
under the window from which the seed
was thrown, and from which they have
been fed, at the same moment every day.
from a period so remote that ‘ tho memo
ry of man runneth not to the contrary.’
“To-day we went again to the same
place. The pigeons began to collect a
quarter before two, evidently as intent
upon their dinners as the same number
of children or ‘ children of a larger growth ’
would have been. Other bells sounded v
few minutes before, but not a dove moved
until the hammer was heard on the clock
of San Marco, when instantly every wing
was spread and the flock rg.iin settled to
the pavement. While busily picking up
their food, a dog gambolled round amongst
them, and children walked into the ring,
without disturbing them at all.
“ Some say that the Government pro
vides the food for the doves. Others say
that a lady, centuries ago, provided in her
will for the feeding of the pigeons ; hut
none know when or why the practice
originated.”
The Boston Journal says that Dr. E.
Pratt professes to have accomplished a
desideratum in steam enginery—name
ly, paddle wheels that have no hack wa
ter—the advantage of which is a great
acquisition of propelling power. The
contrivance is simple enough; the intro
duction of two eccentric wheels in the
paddle, connecting by rods placed hori
zontally in grooves at the arms, and a fric
tion roller at each end. In making the
revolutions the floats are in turn raised
out of the water perpendicularly under
the shaft, and let down again when re
quired for propulsion. In this way back
water is done away with, and no difficul
ty can arise from the clogging of tin
wheels by the ice or driftwood. A slight
alteration in the form of the circles is al)
that is required to dip the floats in the
water at any point that may be required,
say an angle of 45 degrees.
Pretty Fair. —A Portland corres
pondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser , tells the following anecdote of
Gov. Hubbard, of Maine, under whose
administration the Maine Liquor Law
was enacted, and who felt constrained to
sign the bill:
His personal predilections were alto
gether on the other side, and they impute
his support in this instance, merely to the
desire to propitiate public opinion. One
of the speakers at the convention told a
story illustrative of this, which is toe
Eood to be lost. Directly after it was
nown that the Governor had determined
to sign the bill, he walked to the princi
pal hotel of the capital ond called for a
glass of liquor. “ How is this, Govern
or,” said the bar-keeper. “I thought
you had signed the bill.” “So I have,”
answered he, “ but the hill is for the peo
ple—the brandy and water is for me.”
Visitors are flocking to Newport in
unwonted numbers. The Boston Post
says they take theii “ medicine chests”
with them.
EDITORS OD PUBLISHERS.
Militia Colonels Abroad. — A wri
ter in a New York paper amuses himself
with ridiculing the pretensions of certain
Americans, who flaunt their military ti
titles in the face of Europe, and by virtue
of their rank, get invitations to feasts and
ceremonials.
After referring to the cases of “ Gen.
Cooper, Commandant of the troops of the
Stale of New Y’ork, Mr. Van Buren, a
cavalry officer, and Colonels Roch and
Lawrence, Aides-de-camp of the Govern
or of Massachusetts,” who obtained con
spicuous places in the recent French fetes
in consequence of the titles they bore, he
gives another quite ludicrous incident:
“ Here in Berlin, we are happily not
often troubled with such things (as the
lists of arrivals are all made up from the
passports) hut still one occurred recently,
which is too good to be lost. On looking
over the morning papers, one day on the
beginning of March, I found it stated
among the movements of various kings
and princes, that “ North American Gen
eral, Welch, has arrived .” Of course,
my curiosity was excited, but as on re
ferring to the American army list, I found
no such person, I concluded that it must
be some militia general, or (but that I
thought would he nearly impossible)
“ General ” Welch, well known in the
United States as the proprietor of the
North American Circus. But how should
the title of General have got into his pass
porfl Could any clerk have been so
negligent as to change a circus manager
into an American General?
“But, notwithstanding the supposed
carefulness of Diplomatic clerks, it was
he, traveling on the Continent with a
passport in the name of “ General Welch.”
When he arrived in Berlin, the passport
was sent to the police office, to he exchan
ged for a ‘ Aufent halls karle,' or leave of
residence, which is necessary in this po
lice-oppressed city. Thence the news
found its way into the papers, and at the
same time the police sent to the ‘ Gener
al ’ to inquire his exact rank in the Amer
ican army ; for if he had really been of
such high rank, the military Governor of
the city would have paid him divers at
tentions. and if he had been of the rank
of General Scott, some grand review
would have taken place in his honor.—
The poor ‘General’ was rather dismay
ed by all these prospective attentions, and
therefore posted with all possible haste to
our excellent Secretary of Legation at
this court, Mr. Fay, the author, and beg
ged him to help him out of the difficulty,
which Mr. Fay did by giving him a new
passport without the ‘ handle ’ to his name,
and advised him to drop all his military
glory while on the Continent.”
“ Look up dare, how you trow bricks,
guess you want to kill dis nigga,” said
a lusty black hod carrier the other day,
when a large brick fell from a two story
scaffold upon his head and broke in two
without any other damage.
There is an old toper in Maine, who is
making a fortune out of the anti-liquor
law. He goes into New Hampshire and
gets fuddled, and when he comes back
charges his neighbors twelve and a half
cent for smelling his breath.
Old Pater. —We were shown yester
day a legal instrument of old date, being
i capias, in Spotsylvania county, Vs., in
the time of George 2d, 1750, and signed
by Wm. Waller, of one of the Courts.—
The relic was found two years ago, and
presented to the descendants Wm,
Waller. It is now in the possession of
one of his great grand-daughters, the lady
of one of our citizens. — St. Louis Repub
lican.
The Newark Mercury says that the
amusing endorsal of everything by the
Democratic Convention in its Platform, is
made the foundation of a capital hit.—
“ You cover a great deal in your resolu
tions,” said a gentleman in Washington
to a returning Delegate. “Yes,” said
tho chap, “ we would have backed up
Christianity as well as other thing*, but
we had a Jew on the Platform Commit
tee, and he staved it off.”
Entitled to his Patent. —The Bos
ton Journal says that General Pierce is
“ a lineal descendant of the Percy*, Duke
of Northumberland.” Charles Dickens
•ays the true meaning of a great noble
man in England is, that neither he nor his
ancestors have done anything to distin
guish themselves for at least 500 years.
Taking the definition of Dickens to be
true, Pierce is as well entitled to his pa
tent of nobility as the best of them.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, in anticipation of the completion of
the road to Wheeling by the end of the
present year, and of the immense business
which will then press upon it, have made
arrangements, and contracts for the con
struction of 1158 burden cars.
A lost love letter was shown us yes
terday. The following poetic desperation
appears in it:
« your cruelty has made me sorrow,
And I will drown myself In the creek of Morrow.”
Wc hope the Mayor of Morrow, when -»
the body is found, will send us a copy of
the Coroner’s verdict.— Cin. Com.
Phoebe Way, graduated in December
last with seven others, at the Pennsyl
vania College of Medicine, instituted for
the instruction of females in the medical
art, and has gone to Baltimore to enter
upon the practice and duties of a regular
physician.
Accident. —As Col. Benton was re
turning last Saturday evening from Man
chester, he was thrown from his buggy
and slightly hurt. The injuries he re
ceived arc not such as to confine him to
his home.— St. Louis News.
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