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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWEXB Ac MOORE,
4 p
VOLUME 2.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BY J.P. OWENS Sf G. W. MOORE ,
Saint Pant, Minnesota Territory.
TERMS:-Two Dollars per annum
in advance. Three Dollars if not in ad
vance.
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[nOKfAREIL TYPE OR I Tl EQUIVALENT.]
Transient Advertisements, $1 00per square oi
twelve Hues, lor the ttr»i insertion, anU filly cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.
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One column, - SSO 00
Half a column, - 30 00
One-fourth of a column, - - - CO 00
Business Cards not over six lines, - 6 00
Over six Hues and under ten lines, - 760
Over ten lines and under fifteen lines, 10 00
For all change* ordered in advertisements, a charge will
be made of thirty cents per 1,000 eins composition.
We agree to charge the above prices, uniformly for ad
vertising.
James M. Goodhue, Pioneer,
D. A. Kodertson, Democrat,
Owens fit Moore, Minnesotlan.
St. Paul March 24th, 1852.
M* E. AMES. R. R- NELSON.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY
WILL .ttetid With i>romptne«s »nd fidelity to all law
business liitrusledJo their care In Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties otwlsconsiu.
Particular attention wil be given to the collection
of debts, and the location of land warrants. y
W. P. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AXOCOUKSELO R AT LAW,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
intrusted to him. llaivng made himself acquaint
ed with the quality and situation of the surveyed lands
In the territory, he 1* prepared to locate laud warrant*
to the best advantage. Persons at a distance may send
their warrant* here and their imere>ts will be attended
to a* if they were present. Office on Third sreet.
September 17, 1851.
H. L. MOSS,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
il Law, Stillwater, Min. Ter., will attend to pro
fessional business in all the courts of the Territory , will
attend to the location of 1 .and Warrants, &e.
XT’ Laud Warrant* for sale.
A. VAN VORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
ii. Law and Solicitor In Chancery, will attend to all
professional business intrusted to his care, in thfc different
courts of the Territory. [Stillwater, 1852.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
\X. 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 Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating l*an<l Warrants, Payment oi Tax
es, sale of Patents when issued, and Real Estate in gen
eral. Office at St. Anthony, on Main street, opposite the
Falls.
W. Richardson,
TVTOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer, and
li Land Agent. Office, opposite the St. Charles
House, St. Anthony Falls.
WSIvK.IV & VAV ETTEV.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE over Farrington’s Brick Store, St Paul.
Ur. It, BIBBITI'.
HAS hi, "(lice in the renr of Levi Sloan’s store, where
he will be ready to attend to professional cells.
Saint Paul, Xov '2o —min y
Dr. C. L. Vicchcrs,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND AC
COUCIIRR—WiII practice his profession in Saint
Paul and vlcin ty. Office, corner of Fourth and Roberts
Streets, orerCa*heart be Tyson’a Stote. 40y
John Bradley,
Carpenter and Builder, Point Prescott and Willow
River, Wisconsin.
WILL attend promptly to all business
Intrusted to Ids charge.
References.— Th - houses he has built during the past
yeJir iu the towns above named. 43y
W. H. Senimeg,
Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in
Chancery, Willow River,Wis.
Will practice In the counties of St. Croix and La Crosse,
Wisconsin, and In the District Court of Washington coun
ty, Minnesota, rj- Valuable town lots in the village of
Willow River for sale. 38y
IY. H. €. Folsom,
Taylor’s Falls, Min. Ter.
TYEALER in Dry Goods, Groceries,
-L/ Provisions, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Queens
wsre, Heady-Made Clothing, Hoots and Shoes, R.C. 43y
IF dr. j. h. day,
1 ‘IKTILL practice hi? profession in Saint Paul and vl
\V ciniiy% Office ou Beuch street,
nov ‘2'j mm y
L. A. BABCOCK, M.S. WILKINSON.
LAW FIRM,
TIABCOCK 6l WILKINSON Attornlea and Counsellors
Jj at Law, Solicitors in Chancery, &c.
Office near the corner of Third and Roberts streets, St.
\ P»cl Min. Ter.
Ik ill attend to business of their profession in all the
i Courts of the Territory.
\ nov. 22, 1851.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW. i
OFFICE on Tuird St. Saint Paul.
DANIEL BRECK. a. L. WILLIAMS,
dec. ۥ
w«* WOOD,
A TTOKNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Notary
XjL Public, and Land Agent. Sauk Rapidb, Miuncsota
Territory.
* jJcob 'j . NOAH,
I A TTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
I A of the Peace —Commissioner for the Slates of Maine,
1 / Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana,
omce on Third St., St. Paul.
DR. T. R. POTTS,
\ Corse. Roberts and Sixth streets, St. Paul,
WILL attend to the duties of his profession in St. Paul
and vicinity, September 17.
) bills of exchange,
A ND DRAFTS on all parts of the United States, at the
A office of the Minnesota outfit, by
CIIAS. W. BOUUP.
_____
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corner
of Third and Minnesota Sts.—Gentlemen’s boots
«n 4 shoes; also Ladies’ and Children’s shoes, made to
order In the neatest and most durable manner, and of the
best materials.
i J. R. BREWSTER,
ft House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter.
£ St. i'aul, Minnesota Territory.
s INSURANCE!
THE undesigned is agent for, and will insure buildings
and goods in the following Companies:
Utica Insurance Company.
JEtna insurance Company of Utica.
Orleans Insurance Company.
Jackson County MuMal insurance Company.
m New York Protection Company.
—ALSO—
Will insure lives in the Connecticut Mutual Life Hum*
faue« Company. ALKY. WILKIN.
J gL Paul, November 5,1851 8
t TISONEY TO LOAN—In sums to
. IVI sett borrowers. Call at ibe Office of
I *tf WILKIN k VAN ETTEN.
■)
St. Paul, Minn.
Central House, SI. Caul.
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 paint will be spaVed to make
the Central House one of ths best Hotels iu the West.
November, 1851.
wmsmst mmaL
RODNEY PARK.br, late of the American House Low
ell, Mass., having a lease or the large hotel at the
upp*r 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 give him a call, believing that
he can do as much for their comfort as can be expected
in a new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
m
St. Charles Hotel.
J. C. CLARK, Proprietor,
St. Anthony Falla, Minnesota.
This Tlouie has been thoroughly repaired and renovated,
and will be kept In a manner equal to the best Hotels in the
West. The Falls of St. Anthony, with the fine fishing and
hunting grounds adjacent, together with a climate unsur
passed on the American continent for health and loveli
ness, render this the place of all others to enjoy the hot
season. 44tf
Temperance House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor,—Corner
-1-J of Fourth and Jackson St>., Saint Paul. Perma
nent and transient boarders furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charge* moderate.
Half-Way House.
TOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
•J st* Paul and Stillwater,) begs leave to say to stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and fhe public generally, that
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated in the midst
of the most delightrul 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
from the neighboring village*. They will find the charges
moderate.
Minnesota Boarding-House.
SC- McCRAY would inform the pub
• He—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 Lest style of boarding. The house
has been thoroughly repaired and painted. His table will
be furnished with every thlug the market affords; and
those who come prepared to plauk up the Ca*h every
Saturday night, will find the “Minnesota boarding Houst*”
a comfortable and pleasant home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6 m.
Emmett Ac Moss,
Attorneys and Solicitors.
tXJ ILL attend to professional business
V V in the various Courts of the Territory. Particu
lar attention given to the location of Land Warrants,
buying and selling of lands, Ac. Land warrants for sale
f..r cash or on time. Office on the corner of Wabashaw
and Third streets, St. Paul Minnesota.
L. EMMETT,
July 1, 1852. HENRY L. MOSS.
OAK HILL -CEMETERY.
\ LL persons desiring burial lots can
XX. obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. W. Borup. 29yl
P. CHOUTEAU, JR. JAS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE
CHOUTEAU. HAHKISON & VALUE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Louis Hulling Mill.
A ND manufactures of bar iron in all its
-LjL various shapes, Sheet Iron ami Boiler Plate, Nalls
and Spikes from the ore of the Iron Mountain. Iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, 1861.
Nathan Spicer,
TEWELER AND WATCHMAKER,
at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street, A
next door to the St. Paul Drug .Store, Is prepared
to make gold and Mlvcr watches, rings, spoon?, jj£T
&.C., on short notice. Also to repair the sam**, (isttiflo
well as music b»k<, ‘•hell comb*, or linger rings, brace
lets and tar drops. 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,
PUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
X. Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
J. W. BABCOCK,
170RWARDING and Commission Mer-
X/ chant, Upper Landing, Saint Paul, Minnesota Ter
ritory*
SPENCER, KIRKPATRICK Sc. MARKLEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL*
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’LAG AX,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jacksoa street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota.
IjROMPT attention given to all consignments, and char
ges moderate.
St Paul, October 19, 1851 7
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To niy old friends,
AXD THE “REST OF MANKIND,” I wottlil say,
that I can be found during the winter, at the 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. Wil. It ARTS HORNE.
Painting.
SHERMAN &. MOREY, on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
the middle of town, in the building of Mr. Knox, up
stairs, may be round, ready to attend to Painting in all its
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, olid .with
paints of the best quality. If we do our work In a slov
enly, unworkman like tnannner we do not expect to get
business In the enlightened town of St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SHERMAN & MOREY.
BOOKBINDING
’T'HE subscriber would respectfully lufojni the citizens
of St. Paul and Us vicinity, that he is nuw carrying on
the above business in the 2d story of Spencer’s new build
ing, on the corner of Full and Roberts street.
Ej- Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMES MACKINTOSH,
feb 1 21—tf
J C Burbank k co. SI. Paul ] (W L Pawcette k co. St. Louis
NORTH-WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH TIIE
American and other Express Companies.
rpo and from all the principal cities in the United States,
k California and Europe, for the speedy transportation
of money and valuable packages, col ection of draft*, notes,
bills, accounts, kc., purchase and sale of all kinds oi
merchandize.
C. R. Rice ic Co-. St. Paul, Otis West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
X. B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally,
may 1. 2Z-lt
AMERICAN SALOON.
I?RED. HARDY now keeps this well-known cstabllsh
: ment ‘*on his own book.” lie hopes by a continued
attention to the wants of his customers, to merit their
patronage as heretofore.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
FIHIK subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
JL and assures all purchasers In his line, that he will
e II for cash, saddles, harness of all kinds, and trunks, of
a better quality, and cheaper than any other establish
ment iu Minnesota. Pur hasers will do well to call at
bis shop, on Third street, St. Paul, next door east of S.
11. gergeni’s and Judge for themselves.
A. R. FRENCH.
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
O New England of the West, by E. S. Seymour. For
sale by J.EDUC & RoIIRKR.
~ FIRE fc MARINE INSURANCE,
BY the undersigned agent for the Protection Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies issued upon the
most favorable terms by
W. P. MURRAY, Agent, Minnesota.
St. Pan!, February 28, 18W Sl-lm
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1852.
THE MINNESOTIAN.
Peculiarities of the Shaker..
A correspondent of the New York Times re
cently visited Lebanon Springs and the Shaker
Village near by. The writer thus pleasantly
describes what he saw and heard during the
Sabbath spent with this “family'’ of six hund
red :
We attended their religious service on Sal>-
bath. About three hundred spectators—
“ world’s people"—were present, and witnessed
their singular ceremonies without the slightest
indecorum. To do this required no small de
gree of self-command. It was amusing to see
gentlemen with their wives, ascending the
church steps with alacrity, anti find for one or
the other a “ taboo its upon one door is in
scribed admission for “ Males," upon the other,
Females.” For the time being, all must be,
to this extent, “Shakers.”
It was an interesting moment, alien, at the
extreme end of the spacious audience-room,
(some 70 by DO feet,) a door opened, and w ith
the stillness of the grave, one and another fe
male—robed in what we readily would mistake
for the habiliaments of the “narrow-house,” —
glided oil tip-toe into the room. Simultaneous
ly, Irom an opposite door, as distant as possible,
entered with measured tread, the opposite sex.
Soon the two bodies were brought up in col
umns, face to face, like two contending armies.
An old man of dignified mein and noble brow,
called to their remembrance their indebtedness
to the preserving hand of a Heavenly Father.
Another speaker came forward and addressed a
few words to their “ intelligent and sober-mind
ed visitors,” and the two armies were in mo
tion. The men. to facilitate their movements,
had taken off their coats. We were looking
for disastrous results from their determined
“ charge,” when, before coming in actual con
tact, they suddenly halted, and, still facing
each other, they receded a few paces, and so
again advanced, stamping in time to a wild
and peculiar melody. Occasionally, with all
the precision of the images on the hand-organ,
they turned upon the heel, marched back with
a rapid step or hop, marking the time heavily
with the palms of the bauds as well as feet.—
After a pause, and a brief sensible address, they
again formed circles within circles, marching
and counter-marching through intricate figures,
singing hymns vociferously as before.
“ Happy day; happy hour;
Blessed work ; blessed power.”
All extended their hads before them, moving
or shaking them up and down. Their palms
were held upwards, with care, as if making an
off, ring. Upon the arm of every female was
the snow-white kerchief.
The preacher came forward and directed to
us a long and aide discourse, lie was evident
ly well-read, and quoted repeatedly from many
of the best writers in our language.
The verse was quoted, “ 1 am the rcsurection
and the life;” and another, (entirely disregard
ing the context,) “in the rcsurection they arc
neither married, nor given iu marriage ; ergo,
those who are " iu Christ" are unmarried, in
other words are Shakers.'
That many or most of his arguments were
fallacious, need not be said ; yet there was an
ability there which will make an occasional
convert among the listening “ world's people.”
The scrupulous neatness of their buildings, and
indeed of everything pertaining to these people,
need not be mentioned.
Life is New York. —The editor of the New
York Times gives the following graphic picture
of life in New York ;
“Where do they live—this ever moving throng
of human livings? This woman, covered with
rags and filth, with a sick child in each arm, so
sad and hopelessly miserable, docs not live any
where in particular. Last night her home was
in an open cart in Canal street. When the rain
descended so copiously on Saturday night, she
crept under a piazza in Crosby street, Where
she will sleep to-night, she knows no better than
you. If her little ones could go with her, she
would thankfully receive orders to Ik; at home
in the burying place on Ward's Island.
“That wretched ruffian's home is in a loft
over a stable. He don't know any of his fellow
lodgers except the one he met on Blackwell's
Island, and they have not spoken together.—
Last night he gave a sixpence to the woman
w hose child was moaning for a piece of bread ;
that furnished the first gleam of comfort she has
seen for a month.
“That newsboy lives in water street. He pays
rent for a room on the fifth floor, and they have
Croton in the room. His mother goes’out to
washing, and so they live in comfort, until the
father returns from sea to abuse his wife, and
drink up the little balance she has saved to give
hint on returning.
“That man with the hairy upper lip. and the
general exterior of a musician, has a parlor in a
genteel neighborhood. Fine engravings adorn
its walls, and some little dirt defiles the hand
some carpet. In his stew-pan lie stews his
meat, boils his coffee, and heats the water where
with to shave his lower lip. He keeps bachelor's
hall, is independent and lonesome, a good deal
envied, and a good deal wondered about.
-That dandy lives at a boarding-house. He
drinks water out of goblets, and for the elegant
crockery pays several dollars more a week, al
though it does not make the chicken tender or
the beef sweet. He discusses the morning news
with heartless acquaintances, and gets on well
enough until he falls sick. We must not con
template that contingency.”
New .Suspension Bridge at Niagara. —II is
designed to construct u new Suspension Bridge
over the present one at Niagara Falls, to be a
railroad bridge capable of carrying heavy trains.
The bridge will form a single span of eight
hundred feet iu length. It is to serve as a con
necting link between the railroads of Canada
and New York State, and to accommodate the
common travel of the two countries. The upper
floor, which supports the railroad, will be 24
feet. The anchorage will be formed by sinking
eight shafts in the rock 25 feet deep, at the bot
tom of which will be massive east iron plates,
lirmly held down by solid mason work. Saddles
of cast iron will support the cables on the tow -
ers, capable of supporting the pressure of (i,OOO
tons. The towers are to be CO feet high, lli feet
wide at the base, and Bat the top. Weight of
timber in the bridge, 910.150 pounds; wrought
iron and suspenders, 115.120 pounds; castings,
44,333 pounds; rails, 66,770 pounds; cables be
tween the towers, 335,400 pounds. When the
whole is covered with a locomotive and train
ol cars, it is estimated that it will have to sus
tain a weight of 1.273 tons, which amount of
burden though not likely often to occur, is less
than is provided for. It will lie the longest
railroad bridge between the points of support in
the world.— Scientific American.
The New York Day Book, a warm opponent
of Scott ? s election, says:
Everybody knows, who knows anything, that
the Whigs out West have gone to work ener
getically, of late, for Gen. Scott, while the
Democrats are turning their attention almost
entirely to the local elections. In this city
they are a great deal more anxious to secure
their Aldermen and members of Congress than
the election of Gen. Pierce, and the few who do
work for him are left to bear the burden alone.
Another thing that has increased Scott's
prospeects is the silly and ridiculous abuse of
him by the democratic papers. The attacks
upon his religion, the talk about his pay, and
the charge of cowardice, have done him more
good than all the Whig speeches and Whig pa
pers in the country can ever do him.
Office—Corner of* Jackson and Fifth Streets.
A closely printed volume of five hundred and
sixty-four pages, just issued from the press of
Mr. Rediield, bears the above title. The men
of our time according to this publication, num
ber four hundred and fifty, of whom short bio- 1
graphical sketches are given. The women of
our time have no mention in this work, nor the I
children of our time : not even such a remarka-!
ble child as Paul Julien, the Bateman’s and '
Tom Thumb. Several gentlemen, also, who j
consider themsclveß men of our time, and a few j
who are so considered by others, have been ac
cidentally omitted. With these drawbacks, the
compilation is a useful one*and future revised
editions will, doubtless be more so. We have a
few facts from the four hundred and fifty biog
raphies for our readers’ illumination.
Running our finger down the A column of
contents, we light upon FMftpso* Agassiz, who
we find is the son of a Swiss clergyman, and is
now forty five years old. The historian, Alli
son is iu his sixtieth year; his father was also a
clergyman : Allison holds the lucrative place of j
Sheriff of Glasgow. Bailey, the author of “ Fes-:
tus,” now in his thirty-sixth year, is the son of j
a Nottingham editor.’ Bancroft whose father 1
was a doctor of divinity, is as old as the nine- j
teeth century—fifty-two years. Of Bryant, j
aged fifty-eight, the father, grand-father and
great-grand-fUther were physicians. Ole Bull!
was originally destined for the church, but would •
be a musician :he is forty-two years old. Bui-;
wer. the son of General Bulwer, has written
about thirty-five novels and plays : age not far
from fifty. Boker, the poet, is’ only twenty
eight years of age. Benton, the politician, is
sixty-nine. Carlyle, the son of a small farmer
ill Soctlund, is fifty-eight years old ; his first
passion was mathematics—not literature. Cass
is seventy years of age. Choate is fifty-three.
Cruikshank, aged fifty-eight, is the son of an
engraver and caricaturist: he was converted to
teetotalism by “ The Bottle.” Dana, the poet,
is sixty five years of age : his father was the dis
tinguished Francis Dana, who was minister to
Russia, etc.; his son is the celebrated author of
“ Two Years Before the Mast.” Charles Dick
ens is in his fortieth year; “Pickwick,” says
our book, “ made the author’s reputation and
the publisher’s fomtnel” DTsracli, the Right .
Hon., is forty-seven ; he wrote “ Vivian Grey ”
while yet a minor. Dumas, aged forty-nine,
was first drawn to literature by hearing an En
glish company perform “ Hamlet." Dr. Dewey,
aged fifty-eight, is the son of a Berkshire far- j
mer; he took the first honor at graduating.—
Ralph Waldo Emerson is described as an •• A
merienn Metaphysician he is forty nine years
old ; his father is a Unitarian clergyman, and
he was himself for a short time, of the same pro
fession and denomination. Edward Everett is
fifty-eight; his father was a clergyman of Bos
ton. President Fillmore's father was and is a
farmer in Erie county, New York, where “ he
cultivates a small farm with his own hands;”
the President and the century are of the same
age. Greenough is forty-seven ; while in col- j
lege he furnished the design of the Bunker Hill
! Monument. Guizot, son of an advocate who 1
lost his head in the French Revolution, is sixty-1
live years of age. Horace Greeley is forty-one; j
he aas a lover of newspapers and politics from j
childhood. Poter Parley Goodrich is only fifty
two, after all. Hawthorn is about forty-three j
years of age he was “educated” at Bowdoin :
College; Salem, Mass., is his birth-place. Ilallam
is seventy-four ; to him was given one of the j
fifty-guinea gold medals struck by George IV.. I
to reward merit in historical composition ; the i
other was assigned to Washington Irving. O.
W. Holmes, the gentleman that never “dares to
write as funny as he can,” is forty-three. Wil
liam Howitt, is fifty-seven : he published verses
at the age of thirteen. Humboldt is eighty
three. Leigh Hunt is sixty-eight. Fitz Greene
llalleck is fifty-seven. Washington Irving, son
of an eminent New York Merchant, is sixty-nine
years of age; in his nineteenth year he began
to contribute to his brother’s paper, the Morn
ing Chronicle. Douglass Jerold, forty-seven
years of age, is a son of the manager* of the
Sherness theatre ; the sea was his first love, and
for a short time he served as a midshipman on
board of a man-of-war. G. I’. R. James is about
fifty years old ; it was Washington Irving that
first recommended him to a career of author
ship. Sheridan Knowles, sixty-eight years of
age, is the son of a famous Irish schoolmaster,
who was a cousin of Richard Brinsley Sheridan ;
Mr. Knowles wrote his lirst play iu'liis twenty
first year;his plays are thirteen in number ; he
now enjoys a government pension of two hun
dred pounds a year. Lamartine is sixty-two:
his father was a Major iu the French cavalry,
under Louis XVI. Abbot Lawrence is in his
sixtieth year. Longfellow, forty-five years of
age, is the son of Hon. Stephen Longfellow ;
Portland, Maine, is the birth place of the poet;
lie was appointed professor at Cambridge, in
his twenty-eighth year. Macauley, the son of a
wealthy African merchant, is lil'ty-two years of
age; his essay on Milton was written in his
twenty sixth year for the Kdinburgh Review.
Macready is fifty-nine ; his father was a theatri
cal manager. Herman Melville is the son of an
importing merchant of this city ; he is thirty
three years of age; his Grand-father was one of
the Boston tea party; he began his wanderings
in his eighteenth year, as a sailor before the
mast; lie is the author of seven popular works.
Mcttemich is seventy-nine. Ik Marvel, is thir
ty years of age, is a native of Norwich, Connec
ticut, a graduate of Yale, and a resident of New
York. J. K. Paulding, whose collected works
fill twenty-five volumes, is seventy-three years
of age; he is a native of Dutchess county, in
this State. Prentice is a Yankee, born at Pres
ton. Connecticut, forty-eight years old. He lias
been editor of the Louisville Journal since 1831;
may he live to joke ten more Presidents into the
white house. Prescott, the historian, is in his
fifty-seventh year. Powers, the sculptor, is fif
ty-seven—his parents “ acre plain country
people, who cultivated a small farm ’’ in Ver
mont. Seward is fifty years old. Talford fifty
seven. Tennyson, son of a Clergyman, is forty
two. Thackeray, born at Calcutta, is forty one.
Ticknor. sixtv-one. 11. T. Tuckerman, thirty
nine. Victoria is thirty-three years of age:
“ she has,” says our author, “ a large and rap
idly increasing family, which seems the distin
guishing mark of the Hanoverian dynasty.”—
Home Journal.
Canadian- Affairs. —The indications are that
the new commercial policy of the Government
will be pretty generally sustained in Upper
Canada. So fur, a majority of the Upper Cana
da newspapers that have taken a decided view
on the question, sustain the Government policy.
The Finance Minister has refused to lay before
the House any correspondence of the subject of
reciprocity, or of the navigation of the St.
Lawrence. The address of the House praying
the Home Government not to concede anything
on the Fishery question, or to conclude any ne
gotiations that do not embrace the Fisheries,
shows that the Canadian authorities are deter
mined to leave no stone unturned to bring
about the desired reciprocity.
Mr. Chabot has been appointed Commissioner
of Public Works in the place of Mr. Young.
Death ok Senator Whitcomb. — James Whit
comb, U. S. Senator of Indiana, died in New
York. Monday evening, at 10 minutes after 9
o'clock, after a tedious and protracted illness.
Mr. Whitcomb became first known out of the
State of his residence by his election by the Op
position party in 1843 to the office of Governor.
He was re-elected in 1846, and near the close of
his term, was chosen as a Free Soiler—though
he never acted in the Senate as such—to fill the
seat previously occupied by Mr. Hannegan in
the Senate of tne United States. He was among
the number of the new members who were qual
ified at the extra session called, for Executive
business immediately after the inauguration of
Gen. Tavlor.
The “ Men of Onr Time.
Nebraska Territory
“ Westward the Star of Empire takes its way.”
Another Territory is about to be added to the
United States, by the organization of a local
government, and the election of a Delegate to
Congress. The people of the Territory of Ne
braska. feeling that their interests would be
better attended to, if represented in the Con
gress of the United States, have determined, we
understand, to elect a delegate, probably in
time to take his seat iu the next House of Repre
sentatives.
We have for some time anticipated that this
would be done. The settlers have been anxious
that a territorial government should be extend
ed oyer them. Their population is increasing,
and if the Indian title to a portion of the land
on our border was extinguished, or the Indians
themselves were incorporated into the Union as
citizens, there ought to be no difficulty in ar
ranging the boundaries of the new Territory.—
But whether the Indians arc to be embraced or
not, there is territory enough belonging to the
United States, to sustain a large population.—
Much of it is the finest laud anywhere to be
found, and all that is necessary to secure its
early settlement is to have the requisite survey
made, and the pre-emption guaranteed.
As tosomeofthe Indian tribes, many of those
who compose them are already better prepared
to exercise the rights which "belong to citizen
ship than the Mexicans. They are educated,
own large farms, are wealthy, and understand
our theory of government quite as well as many
who attempt to expound it. No one can object
to their immediate admission as citizens, if they
should desire to give up their primitive form's
of government for one which will embrace pro
tection to the whole population.
Precedents arc not wanting for this action of
the people of a new territory. The first official
notice of the organization of a territory in Min
nesota, was the appearance of a Delegate to
Congress, asking admission to a scat iu the
House. New Mexico and L'tah elected Dele
gates before any action of Congress was had in
relation to those territories, and the Delegates
were received. So, we presume, it will be with
Nebraska territory, if the people should deter
mine upon the election of a Delegate. There is
no stopping thi- rush of people to the West, and
Congress will lie only acting a wise part if they
should, at an early day, provide for the protec
tion of the Indians in Nebraska territory—guar
anteeing to them their rights in the land owned
by them, if they should determine to identify
themselves as citizens of the Union, or make
provision for the purchase of so much of the soil
as they may desire to alienate.— Sl. Louis Hip.
W hat is Said. —The Ohio Cultivator, whose
editor is familiar with State Fairs and their
management, pronounces the recent Fair at
Cleveland a display of which every Ohioan may
justly be proud, and estimates the number of
persons who entered the grounds at from CO.tHM)
to 70.000. He adds:
The arrangement of the grounds and build
ings, and the police regulations, were better
than we ever before saw at a State Fair, and re
flect the highest credit on Mr. Case and his wor
thy associates. We hope the example they have
set will not lie lost on those who may undertake
like duties at subsequent Fairs. The ordinance
of the City Council by which the sale of intoxi
cating liquor was prohibited in the vicinity of
the show grounds, no doubt had much influence
in preventing drunkenness and disorder. It was
universally remarked that for so large a multi
tude it was surprising to witness so little intem
perance or oilier forms office. Great praise is
also due to the citizens of Cleveland generally
for their successful efforts to accommodate the
tens of thousands of strangers with shelter and
food. Never have we seen private hospitality
so severely taxed and so cheerfully bestowed,
and at no State Fair of late years have we heard
so few persons complain of not finding comfort
able accommodations. All honor we say to the
“Forest Citv.” May the people where our next
State Fair is held emulate the example of her
citizens.
Scott's Old Soldier at Kalamazoo. —The
follow ing incident is related by the Kalamazoo
Telegraph, as having occurred at the meeting
which Mr. Chandler and George Dawson ad
dressed in that village last week:
At the early gathering of the meeting around
the speaker's stand, among the crowd wo noticed
an Irishman advanced in years, w ho had obtain
ed a seat at one end of the platform. Our at
tention hail been drawn more particularly to
wards him from the fact of a partial acquaint
ance arising from a circumstance not necessary
to repeat here, which had occurred a day or two
previous. He appeared to lie deeply interested
in the remarks of the Speaker, and more especi
ally as any allusion was made to Gen. Scott.—
While Mr. C. w as speaking of the noble conduct
ol'Gen. Scott in saving the lives of the twenty
three Irish prisoners, he was suddenly inter
rupted by the person alluded to, with "J am one
of those same men, and 1 propose three cheers
for the gallant Hero who saved us.'' Three
cheers were accordingly given lor Old Chippe
wa, and three more for the gallant old fellow
who had fought under him. Mr. Chandler had
living evidence of his statement. The Irishman
has proof of what he represents himself to be.—
Detroit Advertiser.
Obstructions in the Upper Mississippi.—
Whether the Convention at Burlington, a year
ago. had any effect in determining the legisla
tion of Congress, or not, it is gratifying to know
that their wishes have been consulted by Con
gress, and that an appropriation of one hundred
thousand dollars lias been made to be expended
in the removal of the obstructions at the Dcs-
Moines and Ilock liiver Rapids—fifty thousand
dollars for each place. The next object is to
secure its early and proper expenditure. Not a
day should be lost in determining upon the plan
to be adopted, nor in securing the commence
ment of operations. Much may be done this
fall, and until the winter fairly sets in. Practi
cal men —those who have followed the rtver for
vears, and know every rock and turning point
of the rapids—arc of opinion that every obstruc
tion to safe navigation can be removed by this
appropriation. They are also of opinion, that
the plan recommended by Lieut, now Maj. Lee,
is entirely practicable, The work, w e presume,
will have to be entrusted to United States offi
cers, and we hope no unnecessary delay will be
interposed to its early commencement. Tlie
removal of these obstructions, rendering the
channel safe and deep enough for navigation at
all seasons of the year, except when closed by
ice. will be of immense advantage to St. Louis.
It must secure to us all the valuable trade of
the Upper Mississippi, because lead and heavy
articles can be transported by this route upon
cheaper terms than can tic afforded on railroads.
Our citizens should watch this work ; their in
terest is intimately connected with its early
completion, and a little attention to the matter
now, mny be the means of advancing the work
many months. — St. Ijtuis Intel.
Valuable Invention. —The Tribune has seen
draw ings of an invention for preventing great
damage by railroad collisions. The idea is to
have the ends of the ears and platforms built
with one corner projecting far beyond the other,
diagonally instead of square. Accordingly,
when they come together with great violence,
the force of the shock will be relieved, and the
cars, instead of breakiug to pieces, will simply
shove each other off the track. In the project
ing corner the breakman is to stand, where, in
a collision, his position will be comparatively
free from danger. The inventor is Mr. Scleck,
Greenwich, Connecticut.
Mr. Crittenden delivered a eulogy on Mr.
Clav, before a large audience, at Louisville,
Kv.‘ The eloquence of the orator is reported
to" have drawn tears from nearly all present.
EDITORS ANfD PIBEISHEKS.
The Sabbath at Sa.v Francisco.— A great
change has taken place in San Trancis-co during
the past year, in relation to the observances of
the Sabbath. Many will recollect when that
day would till the gambling houses, crowd the i
bar-rnoms to suffocation, and gave an impetus j
to trade generally. Furious riding and driving
were considf red aslegitimate and proper amuse- 1
inents. and that holy day was desecrated at ov-!
cry street-corner, bv the’ eternal cataract of dis- ‘
cord emanating from a cracked bugle or afflict-,
ing trombone. It was a day set apart by many [
for trying their luck in bucking against faro
and monte ; the sporting men took a drive, the
rumsellers dealt out Jersey lightning by the
gallon ; the idlers weut to bull lights ; the mer
chants drove a brisk trade, white some few paid
a decent respect to the day. either by going to
church or remaining quietly at home.' But time
has changed the aspect of affairs and smoothed
down the rough and uncouth usages of a disor
ganized community. Public opinion, the great
regulator, has done away with most of those un
civilized practices, and society is now ruled by
an excellent code of morals. A marked change
is to be seen by the most casual observer.—
Churches of all denominations have been erect
ed in all parts of the city: religious societies
have been organized, gambling houses closed
by municipal regulations, and the city now pre
sents that quiet and orderly spectacle which
characterizes our Eastern cities. The eniigra
[ tion of women, leas, in a great measure, tended
to bring about this change and force the ma.scu
[ line portion to be governed by the rules that
i influence all civilized people. ’ The city is now
fast assuming the appearance of those in the
Atlantic States in proportion to the increase of
population. On Sabbath day the tolling of the
church bell is a summons for many families who
have honestly toiled through the week, to don
their best apparel and with cheerful countenan
ces wend their way to the place of worship.—
The cares, troubles and vexations, incident to
daily labor and things of the world, are forgot
j ten. and the day is welcomed as one free from
I physical labor and devoted to mental improve
■ inent. Hundreds now go to Contra Costa, the
I I’rcsidio, or the Mission, to spend the day, and
j enjoy themselves in breathing fresh air, and
j rambling over the green hills and culling flow
| < j rs from nature's own beautiful garden. Many
j are glad to obtain a little rest from the bustle
i ami excitement of a city. The Sabbath day is
j now rationally enjoyed, and is hailed with great
| pleasure by all as a day of recreation and en-
Ijuvmeut. Many differ as to the manner in
I which such a day should he spent, and upon
[ such matters we would not pretend to advise:
i tint it is a satisfaction tokuow that the tendency
; of the community seeks rather sensible recrca
j tion in preference to the barbarous usages of
I uncivilized communities. —.ilia Californian.
French Cavalry and American Horsemen-.
—A very interesting anecdote has been commu
nicated to us, by a letter recently received from
Rome. Italy. It appears that Mr. Cass, our
Charge d'affaires to Rome, was one day dining
with several others, in company of a French
Colonel of dragoons. The conversation turned
upon the French army, and Cass remarked that
the French infantry was justly celebrated, but
that the cavalry was no better than that of oth
er countries. The Frenchman, piqued, a-ked
what he meant by it : to which Cass replied,
that they were not so well drilled, and were not
such good horsemen. The Colonel further per
sisted in asking what he (Cass) meant, by “not
being such good horsemen 7” Cass coolly an
swered, that he meant, for instance, that none
of them would dare to follow him, where he
would go. The Colonel offered him a bet of
500 francs upon that, which Cass accepted. On
the following day, Cass called at the Colonel’s
on horseback, for a ride, he having his usual
horse, of no remarkable qualities, while the
Colonel had an Arabian horse of well-known
qualities. They rode together an hour's dis
tance from Rome, Cass conversing on indiffer
ent subjects, but never alluding to the conver
sation of the previous day. It was toward ev
ening when they again entered the city, and
the Colonel began to think that (.'ass had for
gotten the wager. Cass led the way to the
Place Civita, where pedestrians and riders fre
quent at that hour. It leads up a graded, slop
ing hill, and on the side there is- a parapet of 2
1-2 feet in width. When Cass arrived there,
he spurred his horse up to, and got on this par
apet, proceeding on it calmly, several hundred
paces, without turning round. The Colonel,
when he arrived at the parapet with his Arabian
steed, hesitated, and finally concluded, that it
was best not to follow. Cass returned to him,
simply saying. “You see I told you yesterday,
that you would not follow where I should dare
to ride. ” and then spoke again on indifferent
subjects. The Frenchman sent him, on the fol
lowing day. 50U francs, which Ca->sat once made
over to an Hospital.
Not a Party Qiestiox. —A friend, who has
i travelled a great deal through Indiana and Illi
nois since the nomination of Gen Scott, brings
i ns the mo.-t encouraging accounts of the wav
“thing's are working” in those States. He tells
; an amusing incident which occurred iu a stage
-1 coach in Illinois. A Whig and Democrat had
j been discussing the Free Trade question until
| both got pretty warm, when the Whig became
I satisfied that his opponent was an obstinate fel
low, who would not lie convicted of his error,
ami put an end to the dispute by proposing a
vote on the Presidency. “Gentlemen,” said
the Whig, “ you, who are Whigs will say aye,
and vou, who are Democrats will say no.”—
-Stop.” says the Democrat, -that's not the way
to put it. You must lake the vote Iwtween
•Scott and Fierce, for I'm a Democrat, but I'm
going for Scott; my neighbor, here, is a Demo
| crat, and lie's going for Scott, too : and the fact
is. w e've concluded in our section, not to make
!it a party question It is hardly necessary to
say that the vote of that stage-load was unani
mously for Scott. — Cin. G'az.
The Methodist Church Case. —The N. Y.
Times publishes the report in the great Metho
dist Church, North and South, controversy,
made to the United States Supreme Court, by
Mr. John W. Nelson, who was directed to ascer
tain the value of the Church Property, know n
as the ’’Methodist Book Concern, ' w ith a view
to a partition of the same between the parties
to the memorable suit. The plaintiffs in the
suit—representing the Church South—contend
ed that the Trustees of the Book Concern must
lie held as defaulters, for having failed since the
division of the Church, to allow the beneficiaries
South to receive their share of the profits.—
The Referee rejects this proposition. The trus
tees erred in law, but did so in good faith, and
should not be charged with fraud. If the North
ern beneficiaries buve received more than they
are entitled to, (which does not appear) the only
consequence is, that they must refund. These
points are argued briefly, but with much clear
ness and force. The aggregate value of the
property in dispute, at the time of the Church
division in May, 1845, is estimated at $562,235
76. The increase in value since 1845 is set
down at $46,171 78.
Ikon I’ai’f.r. —At the Prussian Industrial Ex
hibition, Count Bernard, a large proprietor of
Iron works, exhibited sheet-iron to such a de
gree of tenuity, that the leaves can be used for
paper. One of the finest sort, the machine rolls
7,040 square feet, of w hat may be called leaf
iron, from an cwt. of metal. A book-binder, of
Breslau, has made an album of nothing else, the
page of w hich turns as flexibly as the finest l'a)>-
ric of linen rags.
Pin relation to the New York Crystal Palace,
the Herald remarks that the work is going
steadily forward—that the mason work is more
than half done—the iron contracts principally
made, and that the chief part of the castings
will be delivered by the 15th of November.
NUMBER 6.
ArrorNTMEXT.—We learn with pleasure that
Commander Cadwallader Ringgold, U. 8. Navy,
hus been appointed commander of the expedi- .
tion “to explore and surrey the China and •
Japan Sens, Bheritig Straits, the route to and '
from California and Chin#,” and which Is in ac
tual course of organization and equipment, un- .
dcr the auspices of the Secretary of the Navy,
Mr. Kennedy. Commander Ringgold took a
very active part in command of one of the ves- •
sels of the expedition under charge of Com
mander Wilkes ; and with substantial vessels,
and good outfits, and the support of young and
adventurous officers, many important results to
commerce and our country generally may be
expected from the measure recently adopted by
Congress.— JCutiunal lnl.
It is a singular fact that the Duke of Wel
lington never visited Scotland. He is said to
have entertained a superstition that a visit to
that country would fatal to him. The coffins
iu which he is to he interred, four in number,
including one of lead, of unusual solidity, are
in hand. The inner cotfiu is of Spanish mahoga
ny. French polished, lined with white satin;
the lead coffin, when the body is enclosed, will
he hermetrically sealed : the third coffin will
be similar to the inner one. with the exception
of the lining; and the outer, or State coffin,
manufactured of the finest Spanish mahogonv,
will be covered with rich Genoa velvet, thickly
studded with gilt nails, armorial hearings, anil
ornaments.
Canine Sagacity. —“ I was traveling,” says
M. Blaze, “in a diligence. Ai the place where
we changed horses. I -:tw a good looking poodle
dog, w hich came to the coach door and sat upon
his two hind legs, witli the air of one begging
for something. -Give him a sous,’ said the
postillion to me, ‘and yon will see what he
will do with it.’ 1 threw him the coin; he
picked it up, ran to the baker's, and brought
back a piece of bread, w hich he ate. The dog
had belonged to a poor bliud man, lately dead;
lie had no master, and hogged alms on his own
account.”
A Congress of German stenographers has
just been held at Munich, which was attended
by sixty members of tiie profession. One of
the members, M. Baumgartner, of Vienna, dcs
cribt (1 a system of musical stenography invent
ed by him, by means of which, ns lie said, the
most complicated musical compositions can be
written down during their execution. Trials
of the system were made in presence of the
members and of many musical artists, and they
are said to have succeeded perfectly.
Several months ago a scientific expedition
was sent out from Copenhagen to explore the
hills of Greenland, and report on their mineral
resources. This expedition has just returned
to Denmark, with a cargo of minerals as tie
fruits of its industry. The explorers have fail
ed to find any of the more precious metals; but
they have brought hack iron, lend, nickel, tin,
and copper mixed with a little silver—the
whole valued at nearly tw o thousand pounds.
The society appears to be encouraged by these
first fruits of its enterprise to renewed exer
tions; but the rigors of the climate of Green
land deter even Norwegian miners from em
barking in the adventure.
The Cai se or the Pike of IVEu.rxGTOx’a
Death. —lt has been stated that the Duke of
Wellington died of an apoplectic tit. The im
mediate cause of this attack appears to have
been an over-indulgence in venison steaks.—
The London Times says, the Duke of Welling
ton, the day previous to his death, exhibited his
usual bodily activity. He took his customary
walk In the grounds attached to the Castle, in
spected the stables, made many minute inqui
ries there, and gave directions with reference to
a journey to Dover on the following day. Hi#
appetite was observed to be keener than usual,
and he dined heartily of venison. The next day,
when his valet went to aw aken him, he refused
to rise, and sent for the apothecary. A surgeon
came, and found the Duke, to nil appearance,
suffering from indigestion, and complaining of
pains in the chest and stomach. lle was in ths
full possession of his faculties, and described hi#
ailment very clearly. Some dry toast and tea
was prescribed. Subsequently, several other
attacks ensued, and, though emetics were ad
ministered, his death ensued speedily.
Great Railroad Convention. —The Syracuse
Journal says : “There is a movement on foot for
the holding of a National Railroad Convention,
somewhere in the great West, at a time to be
named hereafter. The Railroad interest of the
country is becoming extensive : reaching from
the rock-bound shores of New England, far to
ward the Rocky Mountains. The States of Indi
ana, Illinois, Missouri and lowa, are alive to
this means of intercommunication, and links
and extending lines of railroads are in contem
plation and under contract, which will soon
send the iron horse in every direction through
out these new, but fertile and flourishing states.
The object of the projected Convention is, to
bring the people of the East, West, North and
South together, for the purpose of consultation
and the acquisition of necessary intelligence re
lating to the interests of the country. Mr. Win.
M. Hull, who was somewhat instrumental in
getting up the great River and HarborConvcn
tion at Chicago in 1817, is now engaged in this
enterprise, and is on a trip to the Northern and
Eastern States to awaken an interest upon the
subject. Great good must accrue to the Rail
road interest by bolding the proposed Con
vention.”
The Boston Courier, in speaking of the death
of the Duke of Wellington, says : •
“It is somewhat remarkable that the year hCO
should have seen the birth of several of the most
distinguished men of the century past—Napole
on, the Duke of Wellington, Louis l’hillippc, Sir
Walter Scott and Marshall Soult being among
them.”
The Cotton Crop. —The New Orleans Price
Current of the 18th, thus speaks of the present
prospect of the crop :—“ The accounts from the
interior, respecting the crops, are not generally
of a very favorable character, continued com
plaints being made of damage by the boll worm;
the blight or rot, which is said to be quite de
structive, excessive rains in some sections, Ac.,
and it seems now to be the general impression
that the prospects for a largo yield in this region
are much less flattering than they were at the
close of last month.”
Col. Colt, the pistol man, is aliout to sail for
Europe to make arrangements to employ 400
men manufacturing his articles for the Europe
an market. The Locofoco paper in Hartford,
Conn., where Colt has a large manufactory, re
grets he did not make arrangements to employ
this additional force there, as it would be of
great advantage to the city. Yet thi* paper
opposes the policy which would employ several
thousand men in this country instead of work
ing them in Europe! Would not the some poli
cy that would benefit Hartford, if fully carried
out, benefit the nation? —State Journal.
Rich. —An Irishman in distress asked a gen
tleman for relief. He was, however, repulsed
with a “go to h 11!” Pat looked at him in
such a way as to fix his attention, and then re
plied, “God bless your honor for your civility ;
for you're the first gintlemao that s invited me
to his father's house since I came to Ameriky.
Gen. Scott is the only surviving Major-Gen
eral of the war of 1812, and lie was promoted
to the rank of Major-Genera by / Bret,-et,by
President Madison, for his distinguished servi
ces in that remarkable contest.
During the recent election in Montgomery
countv Ala-, there were forty-two dollars col
lected'in the box labeled “One dime to the mem
ory of Washington,” w hich is to be applied to
the cacction of the Washington monument.