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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWE AS & MOORE,
VOLUME 2.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BY J.P. OIVEJYS <S* G. W. MOORE ,
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
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be made of thirty cents per 1,000 etna composition.
We agree to charge the above prices, uniformly for ad
vertising.
James M. Goodhue, Pioneer,
L>. A. Robertson, Democrat,
Owens & Moore, Mlnncsotian.
SU Paul March 24th, 1852.
SI. E. AMES. R. It. NELSON.
AMES h NELSON,
ATTORNEVS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
St. Paul, Minn.
W 11.1, attend with promptness and fidelity to all law
business Intrusted to their care in Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties of Whconslu.
£s* Particular attention will be given to the collection
of debts, and the location of land warrants. y
W. P. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
St. Paul, Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
intrusted to him. Haivng made himself acquaint
ed with flic 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
their warrants here and their interests will be attended
to as if they were present. Office on Third sreet.
September 17, 1851.
11. L. MOSS,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
XX l,w, Stillwater. Min. Ter., will attend to pro
fessional business in all the courts of the Territory ; will
attend to the location «»f Land Warrants &>»'•
Und Warrants for sale.
A. VAN VORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
il. Uw and Solicitor in Chancery, will attend to all
professional business intrusted to his care, in the different
court* of the Territory. [Stillwater, 1852.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
U. Law and Solicitor in Chancery. Will give prompt
attention to any business intrusted him in the line of his
profession, In any part <*f the Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating Land Warrants, Payment of Tax
es, sale of Patents when issued, and Real Estate In gen
eral. Omce at St. Anthony, on Main street, opposite the
Falls.
W. Richardson,
TVTOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer, and
ll I And Agent. Office* opposite the St. Charles
House, St. Antlmny Falls.
WILKIN & VAX ETTEX.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office over Farrington's Brick Store, St Paul.
Dr. It, BkBBITT.
HAS hi# office In the rear ••t Levi Sloan’s store, where
he will be rea»ly to atteml to professional cal’. .
Saint Paul, Xov 29—nun y
Dr. C. L. VlccUcrs,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND AC-
I'OUCHKU—WiII practice his profession In Saint
Paul ami vicinity. Office, rorm-r of Fuurth and It.. Sens
Streets, over Cat heart Ac Tyson’s Store. Vt>>
John Bradley,
Carpenter and Builder. Point Prescott aud Willow
River, Wisconsin.
YX7ILL attend promptly to all business
» ? Intrusted tu Ills charge.
KcnsiscEs The houses he hss built during the past
year 111 the towns als.ve named. 4Ty
W. H. Semmes,
Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in
Chancery, Willow River,Wis.
Will practice In the counties of si. Croix and La Crosse,
Wisconsin, and In the District Court of Washington coun
ty. Minnesota. ftp'Valuable town lots in the village of
Willow River for sale. 38y
\V. H. C. F«l*om,
Taylor's Falls, Min. Ter.
Healer in Dry Goods, Groceries,
JLe Provisions, Hanltt.ro, Cutlery, Crockery, CJuoons
vrarr, ltoulv-Ua'le Clothing, B—la »ixl Slio.-s,kc. «>
DR. J. H. DAY,
WIU practice hi* profeaslon In Saint Paul and vi
cinity. Ortlce on Bench street,
tiov 21* nun y
L. A. BABCOCK, M. S.WILKINSOX.
LAW FIRM,
BABCOCK a WILKINSON Attornic* aiol Counsellors
At j.a», Solicitors In Chancery, Ac.
Ofttce near the corner of Third and Huberts streets, St.
Pacl -Mill. Ter.
Will attend to buslnesa of their profession In all the
Courts of the Territory,
nov. 22, 1851.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
attorneys and counsellors at law.
oirirt on Tulrd St. Satnt Paul.
Daniel Breck. A. l. Williams.
dec. C.
Wn. Hlv\KY WOOD,
ArroANKV A COCNSELKOR AT LAW. Notary
Public, and Land Agent. Sauk Rapid.-, Minnesota
Territory.
JACOB J. NOAH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
•IX. of the Peace —Commissioner for the States of Maine,
Connecticut, Rlnwle Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana.
Ortlce on Third St., St. Paul.
DU. T. U. POTTS,
Corner Roberts and Sixth streets, St. Paul,
WILL attend t<» the duties of Ills profession In St. Paul
and vicinity. September 17.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
A HD DRAFTS on all parts of the United States, at the
urtlce of the Minnesota outilt, by
CIIAS. W. BORCP.
J. QUINN,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Comer
of Third and Minnesota St*.—Gentlemen’s bools
*nd shoe*; also ladies’ and i hlldren’s shoes, made to
order in the neatest and most durable mauner, and of the
l>est materials.
J. R. BREWSTER,
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter.
St. Paul, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
fTHE undersigned is agent for, and will Insure buildings
X and goods in the following Companies:
Utica Insurance Company.
JCtiia Insurance Company of Utica.
Orleans Insurance Company.
Jackson County Mutual Insurance Companr.
Hew York Protection Company.
—ALSO—
Will Insure lives In the Connecticut Mutual Life Indi
ra n* Company. ALKX. WILKIN,
ttt. Paul, November 5,1851 g
Tl/IONEY TO LOAN—In sums to
jMX suit borrowers. Call at the Office of
491 f WILKIN Sc VAN RTTEN.
Central House, St. Paul.
CAVE &. BURTON have taken this old and well known
house. They have fitted It up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and travellers with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spa'red to make
the Central House one of ths best Hotels in the West.
November, 1851.
mauioAH wmsak
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American nouse Low
ell, 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 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.
St. Charles Hotel.
J. C. CLARK, Proprietor,
SI. Anthony Fall,, Minnesota.
This House has been thoroughly repaired and renovated,
an<l will be kept in a manner equal to the best Hotels in the
West. The Falls of St. AutAony, 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
JLi of Fourth and Jackson Sts., Saint Paul. Perma
nent and transient boarders furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
Hall-Way House.
JOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
St. Paul and Stillwater.) begs leave to say to stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and the public generally, that
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated in the midst
of the most delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with fish, and In an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to see company from abroad, as well as
rrom 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 Ua*h every
Saturday night, will find the “Minnesota Hoarding House”
a comfortable and pleasant home. None others are de
sired. [April 17 —Cm.
Emmett A Moss,
Attorneys and Solicitors.
YVJ ILL attend to professional business
in the various Courts of the Territory. Particu
lar attention given to the location of Land Warrants,
buying and selling of lands, &c. Land warrants for sale
for cash or on time. Office on the comer of Wabasha w
and Third streets, St. Paul Minnesota.
L. EMMETT,
July 1, 1852. HENRY L. MOSS.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
il- obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. \V. Selby, or the President, C. W. Borap. 29yl
I*. CHOUTEAU,JR. JAS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE
CHOUTEAU, HAKKISON & VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Louis Rolling Mill.
A ND manufactures of bar iron in all its
.xJI various shapes, sheet Iron and Boiler Plate, Nails
and Spikes from the ore of the Iron Mountain. Iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Liuis.
September 1, 1851.
Natlami Spicer,
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER,
J at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street,
next door to the St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make g-dd and silver watches, rings, spoons, J
K.C., on short notice. Also to repair the same, asCffiiiaffip
well as music books, -liell combs, or finger rings, brace
lets and ear drops, lie also keeps for sale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever gotnls are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
\V. H. FORBES,
FUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
JTW. BABCOCK,
FORWARDING and Commission Mer
chant, Upper Landing, Saint Paul, Minnesota Ter-
I ritorv.
SPENCER, KIRKPATRICK Ac MARKLEY,
Forwarding mid Commission Merchant,,
LEVCE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAI L.
M> 11 2 --tf
S. P. FOLSOM,
County Surveyor.
May he found at office of of Register of Deeds, on Third
street, one door below Minnesota Outttt. I'—y
E. M’LAGAN,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street. Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota.
lIItOMPT attention given to all consignment.*, anti char
ges im*derate.
St Paul, October 19, 1851 7
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To my old friends,
AND THE “BEST OF MANKIND,” I would say,
that I can Im* found during the winter, at the old
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where 1 will al
ways be happy to wait upon them. Bar and house fur
nished with the best of every thing,
uov. 22. tt. WM. IIARTSIIOKNE.
PAINTING.
SHERMAN & MOREY,on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
the middle <*f town, in the building of Mr. Knox, up
>talrs, may be fouffd, ready to attend to Painting in all Us
department*. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, ond .with
paints of the best quality. If we do our work in a slov
enly, unworkman like mannner we do not expect to get
business in the enlightened town or St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SHERMAN 6c MOREY.
BOOKBINDING
THE subscriber would respectfully iufoJm the citizens
of St. Paul and its vicinity, that he is now carrying on
the above business in the 2d story of Spencer’s new build
ing, on the corner of Ftth and Roberts street.
JTf» particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMKS MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21—tf
J C Burbank & co. St.Paul] [W L Fawcette be co. St. Louis
EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST- LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies.
TO and from all the principal cities in the United States,
California and Europe, for the speedy transportation
of money and valuable packages, col cciion of drafts, notes,
bills, accounts, See., purchase and sale of all kinds or
merchandize.
AGENTS,
C. R. Rice Sc Co* St. Paul, Otis West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
j\. Particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally.
may 1. 33 ‘ ir
AMERICAN SAIAMJV
FRED. HARDY now keeps this well-known establish
ment “on his own hook.” He hopes by a continued
attention to the wants of his customers, to merit their
patronage as heretofore.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
r |MIE subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
JL and assures all purchasers lu his line, that he will
e 11 for cash, saddles, harness of ail kinds, and trunks, of
a better quality, and cheaper than anv other establish
ment in Minnesota. Pur hasers will do well to call at
his shop, on Third street, St. Paul, next door east of S.
11. SergeuCs and Judge lor themselves.
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
O New England of the West, by K. S. Seymour. For
sale by I.EDCC A ROIIRER.
FIRE Sc MARINE INSURANCE,
BY the undersigned agent for the Protection Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies Issued upon the
meed favorable terms by
W. P. Murray, Ageni. Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28 1852 il-lm
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER C, 1852.
THE MINNESOTIAN.
From a Foreign Corrripondrnt.
Liverpool, October G, 1852.
The talk excited by the death of the Duke
of Wellington has pretty much subsided ; and
many, who acknowledge his high military qual
ities, have few regrets for his removal to anoth
er stage of action. He was the greatest barrier
in England to the progress of liberal principles.
He held GO proxies in the House of Lords, and
of course could always oppose every measure of
reform hy G 1 unanswerable arguments. His
death clears the path, and Lord John Russell,
the Whig leader, shows a disposition to tread in
it. He has declared himself in favor of a more
extended suffrage.
The successful construction of great steam
projH-llers at Cherbourg has aroused the appre
hensions of the English. The Austerlitz is 21J
feet long, carries GO guns, and makes ten miles
an hour ; the Jean Bart carries 100 guns ; the
Napoleon St, and both of them make fifteen
miles an hour. The English Admiralty long
treated the scheme of building fast steam propel
lers for war purposes, as a vision, while the
French naval officers have solved the problem
in a way which frightens John Bull not a little.
•The avowed object of the French/ says the cor
respondent of the Times, ‘is, in case of war, to
make a flying bridge of their steamers, to trans
port an army over the channel, and try a cam.
paign on English soil. The stupendous works
at Cherbourg, and the activity displayed to
complete a fleet on the new principle, bespeak
the intentiousof the French Government. This
is a grave subject to meditate ou ; may the eyes
of the nation be open in time to avert the dan
gers which await her.’
On most reliable French authority, I can as
sure you that the I’resident has had an exami
nation made of the southern coast of England ;
that at Brest and L‘Orient the same activity
prevails as at Cherbourg ; and that the French
naval officers speak openly about an expedition
against England. The plan is to concentrate
by railway on a given day a large force of
troops on the coast, to put an embargo on all
the ships, and to transport forty or fifty thous
and men on screw propellers and tugs to a point
between Dover and Southampton, to march
without delay on London, and, under the pre
text of taking back the war contributions of
1815, to plunder the Bank of England. This is
the language of the French officers, and extrav
agant as such a piratical expedition seems, it is
not impossible.
Emigration from Ireland to America, from
Britain to Australia, is in continued, if not in
creasing flow: and while there is an increasing
influx into Ireland of farmers from Britain there
is no diminution of the Irish seeking and getting
employment in England and .Scotland.
The Exodus, from England, gives rise to a
curious article in the Times. After mentioning
that 14,000 new operatives were at work in Lan
cashire, (how many mills were shut up in the
United States to accommodate them '!) and
speaking of the want of laborers, it says the
want can be supplied from the Continent —Ger-
mans. French, can take their places. This is
consolatory ; British born citizens are driven
away by their inferior comforts, and millions of
strangers may take their places. Is this what
England is coming to?
The French I’resident, when last heard from,
was in Marseilles and the vicinity. He pub
lished a decree giving tw o millions five hundred
thousand francs, two hundred and fifty thous
and a year, during ten years, to build a cathe
dral in that city. Aline thing totax all France
for a Cathedral to placate the clergy, when the
masses live in hovels. He laid the corner stone
of an Exchange in addition to the cathedral.—
So used to do the Emperor.
The aspect of I’aris is lively, owing to a great
number of strangers and immense activity in
various public buildings. We have just got
through some elections here—much increase of
majority against the Government candidates.—
I’aris is Democratic.
Arrivals of gold from Australia arc recorded
daily. The ship Medway lias just reached Lon
don with 01,500 ounces, valued at £270,000.
Kossuth is residing in privacy at Kensington
terrace. Broinpton, London. M. A. Lemny. his
late Secretary, lias just l»ecn expelled from Mal
ta by order of Gov. Read, who assigns no reason
for tliis high act of l’olice.
One Sunday afternoon lately, a number of
persons, belonging to the sect known as the
Latter-day Saints, were baptized in the River
Mersey, at Egremont. Several bathing ma
chines. engaged for the occasion, were put in
requisition to convey the saints into the water.
The candidates for baptism consisted of men.
women and children, of nearly all ages, some of
the adults l>eing far advanced in life: they
amounted in numlier to between fifty and sixty.
Tiie ceremony was performed by two of the
Mormon priests or elders. The novelty of the
scene excited considerable curiosity among
those resident at Egremont and the neighbor
hood. and a great numlier of spectators were
drawn together to witness the ceremony.
“Uncle Tom's Cabin.-’— Anything in such
universal demand has never before been known
in the history of literature. Many booksellers
aver that they are selling nothing else, the trade
for the time, having seemingly centered in this
one i>ook; which, unlike almost all others, pre
sents equal attractions to both old and young.
Of the work probably not less than twenty dif
ferent editions, ranging in price from 6d. to 7s.
tid., are floating over the country, and others
are advertised as in preparation. The total
sale of these different issues must be something
enormous and unparalleled, even in times when
we are accustomed to bear of some periodicals
circulating to the extent of 120,000 copies. One
edition is stated to be at its 112th thousand. Of
the total extent of the circulation in this coun
try we can form no idea—it may amount to half
a million or a whole million of copies ; but a
single fact will suffice to show that it must be
something altogether unknown even to our
most popular novelists. One bookseller in
Glasgow assures ns that his sales of the book in
diflerent forms will in a few days amount to 20,-
000 copies; aod we learn from two of the larg
est agents in Edinburgh that their joint sales
have already reached more than 12.000. Here
is a cheering fact for the philanthropist.
The details of the President of France's jour
ney present no grand novelty. Everything
tends toward the Empire as heretofore. The
enthusiasm which began with living indescriba
ble and unbounded, is, we may say, indescriba
bler and unbonndeder. The telegraph has late
ly found another adjective which it “improves"
frequently the past week—the acclamations that
used to be ardent, eager, “redoubled, if possi
ble,” Ac., are now spoken of as “frantic.”—
Among the Prince's political dodges, (the word
is not classic, but apt,) I think I have mention
ed that of issuing decrees en route, the aim of
which is to set off his business facility and his
constant interest in the public welfare. He has
ingeniously heightened this effect in two recent
instances by the charm of novelty and scenic
relief—issuing one from the deck of the war
steamer Napoleon, and proclaiming another at
the theatre in Toulon.
A. R. FRENCH,
The near approach of the Empire gives rise
daily to new rumors as to the time and manner
of its advent. They give but very little light
Office—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
on an unimportant question—the important be
ing. and being settled, that the Empire will
come. Other questions are : Will Napoleon be
a Republican Emperor or a Monarchical Empe
ror? Will lie entirely abrogate bis Constitu
tion of last January ? Will the plebitehtm that
shall acclaim the Empire, also contain a clause
delegating anew to the Emperor the constituent
powers which were voted last December to the
Chief of the State? M ill it then lie the last tri
al of universal suffrage—no longer in-place un
der an hereditary Empire—the abdication of
the people by its own act ? Will the future
sovereign make himself the first of a line, or
name himself Napoleon 111, and date his dynas
ty from 1804 ? This last question brings up a
long list of questions about the treaties of 1815,
and the Foreign Powers. It is well enough to
know that the treaties to which these powers
were parties, expressly excluded members of the
Bonaparte family from supreme power i| France,
and additionally agreed to maintain thiit power
in the hands of the elder branch of tie Bour
bons. Since 1815, there have l>een 1830 and
1848 and 1851 ; it is not, therefore, at >ll prob
able that the treaties or the ‘Powers’ IpiU offer
any obstacle to 1852, though it bringiknperor
Napoleon with it—first or third, as the case may
lie. These treaties are. what history tells us all
other treaties have been, good only as they
serve the interests of the great signers. They
are good against Northern Italy ; they are good
for nothing in favor of that poor crownless,
nameless Henry V.: they were good for noth
ing in favor of the King of Holland.
A Marseilles paper mentions the discovery at
the Observatory in that city of a new planet in
the constellation Pisces. This is the twentieth
of the new small planets, and the first discovered
in France.
A number of placards, particularly offensive
to the Prince President, have been posted at
Lille, the authors of which are, of course, being
diligently sought after hy the Police. Here is
a specimen of the most atrocious :
“MEASURE OF GENERAL SAFETY—DECREE OF THE
PRESIDENT.
“ In consequence of the ordinary loquacity of
women, and the mischief which results from it,
we have, after mature deliberation, decreed as
follows:
“ Art. 1. That all women shall be muzzled.
Given at St. Cloud, Ac.
Louts Napoleon.’’
Field-Marshal Kadetzky is about to retire
from active service. It is' said that the death of
the Duke of Wellington has impressed him un
pleasantly with the fact that, occasionally. Field
Marshals die.
Intelligence has been received at Vienna
from Syria that the Druses are everywhere j
arming, and that an insurrection in Palestine is i
apprehended.
Travelers from Germany are prohibited from 1
entering Denmark and Sweden unless they are j
provided with clean bills of health. The mens- ]
ure is in consequence of the appearance of chol- ;
era in Pomerania. No quarantine, however, is
established.
The Eruption ok .Etna.—Wc have been fa
vored with the perusal of a private letter as late
as the lGth Sept., announcing the lava to have
taken another direction, and is fast approach
ing Milo, the inhabitants of which, to save the
wood are cutting down their chesnut trees, and
of course, emptying their houses.
A coasting vessel, tbe.Montibello, when lying
at anchor mar Catania, has lieen covered with
sal ammoniac, the issue from the mountain. A
specimen has been sent to the island and lias
been pronounced of the very best quality. The
mountain sent it forth in vast clouds.
We find the following graphic acconnt of the
lava, in a letter dated Catania, Aug. 30 :
“Yesterday after breakfast we reached Zafl'a
rania; from the last house in the village we saw
the lava at gunshot distance, and at that dis
tance, the heat was very great.
“The manner in which the extraordinarv and
frightful torrent advanced is not to he deserile
ed—it must be seen. It moves slow ly and un
interruptedly; the first waves, ifl may so ex
press myself, rise and fall at the least obstacle
they encounter ; then send forth streamlets here
and there, recede, extend themselves, and again
advance. Now it is heard as a continued sound
of glass breaking in fire—nothing more—and
now immense damage succeeds. Every now
and then it is arrested, denoting the presence of
greater obstacles, or of water.
“By 'lav all this grand mass presents an ap
pearance between red and yellow—sometimes
dull, sometimes brighter. I can ill describe
the spectacle by night—that dull stream of fire
—those clouds ot ashes and sulphureous vapors
—are beyond description, and most sublimely
horrible.
“The streams of lava are much higher than
the surrounding land, for as the former bed.-,
have become solid, the new lava flows over
them.
“In truth, nothing can lie more picturesque,
could we divest ourselves of the feeling of mis
ery and grief which pervades this hapless re
gion.
“The lava flows over the richest and most cul
tivated part of the country, destroying vine
yards, all sorts of fruit trees and some houses.
Conceive the misery that has fallen on many I
proprietors and colonists.”
Since writing the above, w e have accounts
from Catania to the 24th Sept., up to which date
the eruption continued, but without having de
stroyed any village, though rich vineyards,
woods, Ac., have been devastated.
Nile Discovery.— A Mr. Rolle, who earlv in
the last winter had gained a point on the White
Nile within 4 1-2 degrees of the equator, has
sent back an account of his discoveries, with a
map, which has reached the French Geographi
cal Society. It appears from his account that
the upper part of the Nile channel is surrounded
by great mountains, which extend eastwardlv
from the southern Abyssinian range far toward
the centre of the Continent in a line curving to
the south. In these mountains are nourished
the many streams whose reservoirs supply the
inundations of the Nile, continuing as they do
for months. Mr. Rolle finds in that country the
tradition of a white people who formerly brought
merchandise from the south; he supposes that
these traders were Portuguese, and that they
crossed the mountains by some pass which is
yet to he discovered.
At about the same date with this communi
cation, a Missionary, named Don Angelo Vico,
was at a place which he calls Bellenia, on an
eastern branch of the White Nile, between 4 and
.5 degrees N. latitude. What with these travel
ers, and with others who are scattered over that
continent, it must soon be thoroughly explored.
Mr. Rolle speaks of the practice of the Egyptian
Turks, who kidnap and enslave the natives of
these remote regions, as hindering greatly the
progress of both scientific investigation and of
commerce.
An Old Copcer Mine. —An old copper mine
of extraordinary richness has recently been dis
covered on what is called the Hill Vein in the
Lake Superior country. Certain circumstances
recently brought to light by its discovery, indi
cate that it was worked long before the discov
ery of America by Columbus. The richness of
the mine may be" imagined from the fact that
Mr. Mendlebaum, the manager, in causing it to
be explored, had a mass of copper, which weigh
ed 2.390 pounds, removed from the surface of
the vein. There is certainly much mystery
connected with these ancient traces of mining
operations discovered from time to time in tin'
copper region of Lake Superior.— Louisville
Journal.
The Governor of Ohio has appointed Novem
ber 25th Thanksgiving for that State.
Caught In a Water Spool
A Trinidad ( W. I.) paper relates the following:
The schooner President Jeremie, lying at this
port, got under weigh for Vincent, but had onl v
got as far as opposite the Five Islands, (a few
miles from the anchorage ground of Port Spain.)
when an accident of the most unusual and ter
rifying nature occurred to her. The master of
the vessel had observed some threatening weath
er coming on, and had prudently taken in all
sail, when he suddenly found his vessel envel
oped in the vortex of what is commonly known
as a waterspout—of water, however." he saw
none : but of the wind, or whirlwind, more than,
in all probability, he would like to see again,
or seeing, he lucky enough to survive to tell
the tale.
The little vessel as he describes it, was'carri
ed down into a kind of well or vortex, and there
thrown on her beams end. She recovered her
position, was again thrown down in the same
way. recovered herself, a third time prostrated.
In the course of these three upsets, seven of the
eleven persons on board were thrown off the
deck into the water; the master himself was
thrown overboard a second time, after once get
ting on board out of the vortex.
Finally the whirlwind passed over, and of the
seven overboard, live succeeded in getting oil
board again, but two, unfortunately were drown
ed—they were both sailors of the vessel ; one of
the two men drowned was an elderly man ; a
passenger w ho was supporting himself oil a hen
coop he had been lucky enough to find floating
about, gallantly gave it up to him, seeing his
age and infirmity, and swam oil' to a w ater cask
floating at a great distance : but the poor man
could not keep liis hold of the coop, and was
drowned. The other man who perished was
not seen from the moment he fell from the deck
into the sea.
The deck cargo fell, or was swept overboard
—the long boat was partially stove in—and the
mainsail, although it had been previously low
ered, was much rent. The vessel returned to
town to repair and report damage.
A brigantine coming into the harbor, very
narrowly escaped being involved in the same
catastrophe.
Tremendous Excitement along the Wisconsin
River.— We learn that upon the recent deepen
ing of the canal connecting the Fox and Wiscon
sin rivers, a large share of the Upper Wisconsin
waters passed through the canal into Fox river.
It is said that the volume of water which has
ever since flown into the latter river, is equal
to sixty feet in width by three feet in depth ;
and consequently the Wisconsin waters have
been drawn off to an equal extent. Some time
elapsed before the inhabitants discovered the
cause of the unprecedented fall; but the facts
were at length discovered, and ever since the
excitement has scarcely lieen confined to reas
onable bounds. Meetings are being held at the
villages to organize for resisting the outrage of
the Board of Public Works, in permitting the
Wisconsin waters to lie thus plundered for the
benefit of Fox river.
The Wisconsin river, we believe, washing ago
declared by an act of Congress to lie a public
highway, and navigable for 200 miles up. This
fact, we presume, was never taken into consid
eration by the Board, else they would not thus
have indirectly violated a law- so essential to
the trade and commerce of that river. If, how
ever, it can lie established, as some law yers con
tend, that the Wisconsin waters are fugitives
from servitude, and the offence cognizable un
der the fugitive slave act, and consequently the
Board, the aiders of such escape, then govern
ment will be bound to arrest the offenders, even
though the bottom of Lake Michigan lie the
asylum. The matter is a serious one, involv
ing grave questions for future litigation.—
Grant Co. Herald.
Interesting Facts. —l’aris expends nearly
SIOO.OOO on every republican May fete; or near
ly half as much oil a day's amusement as on her
primary schools for a year ; w hile four theatres
actually receive an equal sum.
The annual cost of the Legion of Honor, which
gives 50, null persons the privilege of wearing red
ribbons in their button-holes, $1,<100,000. The
yearly cost of the Paris Prefecture of Police is
$ 1 .(ist),ooo. Upwards of $11,000,000 are dis
pensed every year in pensions. The yearly ex
penses of the army and navy are nearly
100.000.000 dollars: for public buildings, Ac..
S 15,000,000. and for public institutions for
the 13.000,000 youth of France, 53.100.000.
Louis Napoleon, since he has assumed the su
preme power, has increased the expenses of the
army, public building, and his own disburse
ments as Chief of the State, upward of $7,000,-
000, while the budget for public instruction has
decreased nearly 2.000,000 of francs. He has
appropriated 50,000 for the purchase of busts of
himself. These sums show the relative impor
tance of the objects in the eyes of the govern
ment. No expense is spared in the education of
a soldier in the art of war. The present army
of France is perhaps the most efficient in the
world. The army is, however, considered more
necessary as a protection to the government
against its own citizens than against a foreign
powers. It affords the exclusive evidence, that
the people of France who are not the friends of
monarchy are ranged under the banner of revo
lution. This will ever be the case where au
thority relies upon force to control, rather than
education to enlighten ignorance.
Another fact speaks volumes. The entire
number ot the youth of France receiving edu
cation in 1350, above that of elementary knowl
edge, was but a fraction over 92.000, while 394
prisons contained (>(>.000 prisoners, or one
three-hundredth part of the adult population.
Idleness and the want of some regular em
ployment often pave the way to the depths of
crime and misery. The idle are generally dis
solute. It is an old maxim, as true as it is old,
and not at all too simple and undignified for
those who would be wise to hear, that
“ Satan flnds some mischief still
For Idle hands to do.”
Farents can in no way so easily and infallibly
rear their sons to be profligates, and the in
mates of brothels, and proficients in all popular
vice, as by teaching them not to work, and per
mitting them to command their own time. Let
the parent but regard labor as dishonorable, let
him teach his son that gentility consists in leis
ure and amusement; let him furnish him with
no absorbing business for cither head or bands;
let the son choose his own companions, and
spend his time without question, where he
pleases; let him pass his evenings away from
the parental fireside, and especially let him
have a full supply of money to demonstrate his
respectability, and display his generosity, and
command the various sensual indulgences that
solicit his senses, and with almost infallible cer
tainty. such a course will secure the prostitution
of his virtue and send him forth beggared of all
respect, and all peace, and all hope into the
midnight darkness of eternity.
The Menomonee Payment. —The payment of
the Menomonee Tril>e of Indians, takes place
this season at Lake Shawnow—over one hun
dred miles up the Wolf river. There is to be
some $30,000 paid at the payment, and $20,000
yearly thereafter for twele years. It will be
made sometime between the sth and 12th of
November. There is usually great excitement
upon these occasions. We noticed large quan
tities of goods on the docks, destined for the
pay ground.— Oshkosh Courier.
A worthy gentleman of Cincinnati, while In
church, not long since, fell asleep, and began
dreaming that he was on a hunting excursion.
On a sudden, and to the surprise of every body,
he bellowed out—“ Fetch him out. Dash', a glo
rious shot—three woodcocks with one barrel!
hurrah for me!” and he rose up from his halloo
ing and immediately seized his hat and walked
out. blushing like a popper-pod.
EDITORS AJfD PUBLISHERS.
Tnr Doudle-Sighted Y<*i til —A correspond- j
'•i;t of the New 1 ork Herald, in describing the
various notabilities on board of the steamship j
Arctic, makes the following mention of a my - j
terious youth, who must beat the spiritual rap j
pers all hollow. if the description is correct:
• The last, but by no means the least, of the
army of professionals on board, is Ernest Heller. ’
known more familiarly throughout Europe, a? j
the ‘Mysterious Double-sighted Youth.' His ■
performance is what is called the ‘second sight,''
the most wonderful and incomprehensible affair i
extant, of which we had several opportunities of
judging during the trip. He w ill allow himself
to be blindfolded and placed at one end of the
room, and his companion, a cousin or brother, i
believe, will go round and collect articles from
the audience, and on the youth’s being asked,
will describe most minutely everything tender
ed for description—coins, rings,* seals, crests,
bills, cards, letters, signatures, notes, gloves,
handkerchiefs, and, in short, the most unlocked
for curiosities, were handed out and all most
correctly descrilied.
All sorts of conjectures were, of course, on
tiptoe as to his power of discrimination, but all
failed to come at even a shadow of certainty on
the subject. It is said to be animal magnetism;
if so, it is the clearest illusion yet seen, and w ill
go far to show up the fallacy' of the spiritual
rapping doctrine. One of the passengers, Mr.
A. T. Stewart, thought he could puzzle the
youth, and very quietly showed his brother a
letter he bad received from a house in England
the day he sailed, and asked if Mr. Ernest could
tell who wrote it. - 0, certainly,’ was the reply,
•ask him yourself.’ which was no sooner done
than replied to. and the name ill full given, to
the utter astonishment of our friend Stew art. of
Broadway celebrity. This novel entertainment
will contrast well with the great events of this
miracle-working age.”
Rail-Road. —We are gratified to learn that
Mr. John Corby, one of the Directors of the
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company,
has negotiated at par, the County Bonds issued
to the Company, with the Banking House of
Sitnonds A Lucas, of St. Louis. By this arrange
ment, together with the assessments upon shares
taken by individuals. theCompanv can command
the funds necessary to pay all demands against
it, defray all expenses for surveying, and meet
promptly any engagements the Directors may
enter into.
There can be no better test of the confidence
in State and County Bonds, and the estimation
in which this Company is held by capitalists,
than the readiness w ith which they take County
Bonds at par. and State Bonds at 10 per cent.
al>ove par, endorsed by the Company. The
lands granted by Congress to the Company, if
properly managed, and there is no doubt but
they will be. will pay for a large portion of the
expense of building the road ; this, with the
amount of business the road will do when com
pleted, will make it one of the richest Railroad
companies in the United States, and the stock
will be sought for investment at rates great Ir
above par.
The engineers are prosecuting the survey
with all possible dispatch, and it is confidently
expected that the contractors will commence
operations this fall or early in the winter.—Sl.
Joseph Adventure.
Utah Territory. —The Polar Star arrived
yesterday evening, bringing among her passen
gers Mr. Stephen Rose, Indian Agent for the
tribes in Salt Lake Valley. Mr. Row* left Utah
the last of August, and reached Independence
on the 17th ult. The Government train, with
annuities for the Indians, had reached Fort
Laramie. The Sioux were already assembled,
and were waiting for Major Fitzpatrick, who
vvould distribute the annuities. The Snake.
Ncz I’erces and Flat Head tribco were at Foil
Bridgcr. expecting presents from the govern
ment. Treaties were made by the Snakes and
Yampauoos. and negotiations' for a treaty be
tween the Snakes ami Utah had been commen
ced. Buffalo were uncommonly abundant.--
The new ly appointed officers of the Territory
were met not far out ou tie’ plains. Before his
departure, the Mormons had completed their
Tabernacle, and were preparing to build their
immense Temple. Crops in the Valley were
good, and the city was growing rapidly.— St.
Louis J\iws.
Curious Matrimonial Incident —The Preston
Chronicle tells a comical story of an Irishman
who visited C'horlev lair lately—without bis
wife. After a copious sacrifice at (lie shrine of
Bacchus, Pat was accosted by a female, who.
with many witcheries, allured" him into a cellar,
of which she boasted the proprietorship. Here,
i at the request ofthe charmer, the mellow Mile
sian gave her his purse, which contained five
sovereigns and some silver. No sooner had the
money touched her palm than she disappeared,
not, however, before Pat, in a fog of beer and
suspicion, attempted to detain her. Alas! the
substance lied, and he giaspnl only a bonnet
and shawl. Partially sobered by his disaster,
he sought the police office, and, alter considera
ble hunting, it was found that the shawl and
bonnet belonged to the wife of Patrick himself,
and that she alone had adopted the rute at the
fiiir, in order to get possession of the purse, and
to punish him for his want of gallantry in not
taking her with him.
Newspaper Reaping. —lt is a universal fact,
that those scholars of both sexes and all ages,
who have had access to newspapers at home,
when compared to those who have not, are—
-Ist. Better readers, excellent in pronunciation
and emphasis, and consequently read more un
derstandingly. 2nd. They are better spellers,
and define words with greater ease, and accura
cy. 3rd. They obtain a practical knowledge
of geography iu almost half the time it requires
others, as the newspaper has made them famil
iar with the location of all the important places,
nations, the governments, and doings on the
globe. 4th. They are better grammarians,
using better language, containing more thoughts
more clearly and connectedly expressed. stb.
They exhibit more extensive Views on a Variety
of subjects, and express their views with a great
er fluency, clearness and correctness in the use
of language.
AxTtQnTY. —Recent discoveries in Hercula
neum, Nineveh, and elsewhere, are conclusively
proving that the people of antiquity were ac
quainted with many things in the arts of which
the moderns thought they bad no knowledge.—
On the contrary, every year is furnishing evi
dence, not that the ancients were ignorant of
what we know, but that we are ignorant of the
ancients and what they knew. They are like
the Bible, the oldest record of the early time,
with which the more we become acquainted the
lietter we shall like, and the more we shall re
vere it.— JVewark Advertiser.
Madame Biscaecianti, (who has been reaping
laurels and lumps of gold, in El Dorado,) inspi
red by patriotic feeling, lias lately forwarded to
Washington the handsome sum of $503. being
the net proceeds of one of her musical entertain
ments in that far-off State, as a donation toward
the erection of the Washington National Monu
ment. Madame B. is of “Yankee” birth, and a
lady of great vocal talent.
In Dauphin county, Virginia, are probably
the smallest specimens of humanity in
two brothers, perfect in erery respect, the elder
three years old, seventeen inches in height, and
weighing only six pounds, the younger, six
months old weighing only thre pounds. The
parents are very large persons, the father weigh
ing 204 pounds and the mother 196.
Artificial noses, ears, and consciences, aiv
now being manufactured at the East, from India
Rubber, and the demand for them is very large.
The closer we follow nature, the longer we
shall live; the farther we deviate from it the
sooner we shall die.
NUMBER 8.
j The Proposed National Snip Race.—The
challenge offered by the American Navigation
• Tub to all Eugluud. is not yet accepted. The
j conditions of the contest wer.*. that the two ships
i should be modeled, commanded, and officered
entirely by citizens of the United States and
I Great Britain respectively, and that they should
j sail, w ith cargo on board, from a port In Eng-
I land ,0 a port in China aud tack to the English
; port, the prize to the winning vessel to be £lO,-
1 000, and to be paid without regard to accidents,
or to any exceptions. It was also a stipulation
that the vessels were not to be under 800 tons,
nor oyer 1200 tons. American Register. The
Americans reserved the privilege of withdraw
ing the challenge if it was uot accepted within
thirty days. That time is nearly up. but as a
sort of incitement to British builders, the l’resi
dent of the American Navigation Club, Mr. D.‘
D. Bacon, is authorized, should the present chal
lenge not be accepted within the thirty days, to
allow the British vessel a start of lourteen'dava
before the departure of the American craft, and
also to allow a crew packed from seamen expe
rienced in voyaging between English and Chi
nese ports, w hile their crew is to lie composed of
American seamen and officers w hose experience
is limited to sailing between American aud Eng-
B/b ports. The Americans, under the new con
ditions. are willing to augment the stake to
£20.000, or to any higher sum than the £IO.OOO
of the present conditions most agreeable to the
English, but the last uamed amount to be the
minimum.
The Wreck of tiie Atuntic.— The wreck of
the Atlantic, on Lake Erie, has not yet been
raised. The Oswego Journal says (hat Mr.
Green is now constructing in Buffalo, a new
sub-marine armor, which will enable him, if
necessary, to remain under water two hours, at
the depth of the wreck. IGOi feet, which will
avoid the repetition of frequent ascents. The
tame paper adds the following interesting ftets:
“Mons. Maillcfort bas made some curious ex
periments to ascertain the pressure of the water
at the depth of IGO feet. An empty juuk bottle,
corked and scaled air-tight, sunk beneath the
surface at the above depth for seven minutes,
takes in. by some phenomena unexplained, a
large quantity of water. A piece of iron, at
tached to a scale by a piece of wire, weighing
18 pounds, sunk the same depth loses 3 pounds
and 1 ounce. One may judge from this, the
pressure sustained by a human being at the
same depth. Mr. G. is sanguine that he can at
tach fastenings to the wreck by which it can )>e
raised. The diving of 160 j feet below the sur
face is the greatest performance ou record by 20
feet.”
The Norfolk (Va.) Herald gives the follow ing
incident relative loan old house recently pulled
down in that city: •• In this house a shocking
tragedy occurred in 180 G. Tw o gamblers, broth
ers. of the name of Having, rented the third
story for the purpose of keeping a faro table.—
One night, an Italian, whose name we believe
was Coliuiiii. (Coalminer, as he was commonly
called,) visited the establishment, and meeting
with extraordinary luck, finally broke the hank.
The Davings, and’ another of their fraternity,
charged him with cheating ; he protested bis in
nocence, but it was to no purpose. They at
tempted to seize him, but he broke from them,
and fled dow n the narrow dark stairway, all
three in close pursuit. On the second landing,
he stepped aside linperceived, and as each pass
ed him on the right, in the dark, he gave them
a fatal stall with a stileto on the left side, and a
push down the next flight. The two Davings
were mortally wounded, and died within twen
ty-four hours : their companion lingered sever
al weeks, aud died also. The Italian escaped.”
Polish Heroism —At the storming of War
saw- the principal iovttovy wns only rlefomlo.l
by two battalions, but with such bravery as his
tory can hardly paralel. When it was evident
that it could no longer hold out. several privates
ofthe artillery scatet themselves on powder liar
rels and blew themselves up. But the conduct
of Gen. Sowinski was truly heroic; having lost
one foot, he was at his earnest request, seated
on a chair and placed on the alter ofthe desper
ately defended church, where be continued to
give orders until the last of his comrades wore
cut down, when drawing forth two pistols he
with one shot a Rusian who was rushing upon
him and w ith the exclamation—•• So dies a Po
lish General!” fired the other into his own heart.
(’apt. William K. Latimer, of the U. S. Navy,
Maj. William 11. Chase, Brevet Major J. G. Bar
nard and Brevet Major P. G. T. Beauregard, of
the Corps of Engineers, have been constituted a
Board by the War Department to make an ex
amination of the mouth of the Mississippi, with
a view to determine the most convenient pass
leading into the Gulf of Mexico, through which
a ship canal of sufficient capacity to accommo
date the wants of commerce can be opened, and
to report upon other wants in relation thereto.
It is expected that five hundred laborer* will
arrive here by the first proximo, to commence
grading the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
Tue surveying party have extended some dis
tance beyond Palmyra, and arc pushing ahead
finely.— Hannibal Messenger.
A Contribution from the Turks. —His Impe
rial Majesty. Sultan Abdal Mijid, intimates,
through the U. S. Legation at Constantinople,
a wish to contribute a block of marble to the
Washington Monument, from Byzantium, the
most ancient of Republics, and from the city of
Constantine, as an offering from the successor
of the Mahomedan caliphs and the Ottoman sul
tans. The offer of the Sultan, it is said, will be
accepted.
A great scarcity of printing paper prevails in
California, and has lasted several months. The
papers are printed on all sorts of material, some
of it mere brown wrapping paper.
Great Speed. —The new Milwaukee built lo
comotive Menononee was put toits paces yester
day morning on the track between here and wau
kesha, and ran fourteen miles in twelve minute*.
That will do!
Seventy miles an Honr is pretty good trav
eling Milwaukee Sentinal.
The Washington Monument. —The block of
marble from Texas has been received. Califor
nia is about to send three blocks, the one pre
viously sent not being deemed of sufficient mag
nitude and beauty. The one from Texas com
pletes the States of the Union.
A Bonaparte in Luck. —Prince Lueien Bona
parte has just had the good fortune to break the
hank at the noted German gaming place, llom
berg. He won 480,000 francs, or $95,000
rather a weak bank.
Gov Hunt has appointed Nov. 25th, (Evacu
ation Day) as Thanksgiving Day for the Empire
State.
Alexander Von Humbolt who has accom
panied the King of Prusia to the sea coast, sur
prises people by the bodily vigor which he dis
plays, in spite of an age of 83 years. After
walking and driving about for the greater part
ofthe day, and partaking of all sorts of public
festivities he reads aloud in the evening to the
royal party, without showing sings of fatigue.
Orson Pratt, one of the Mormon prophets,has
put forth a proclamation to the Spanish Ameri
cans in California and elsewhere, invitng them
to look into the mysteries of the newrevelation,
and assuring them that they are the descen
dants of the original Mormons, Nephi *nd
Laman, two brothers / h
Jerusalem two thousand four hundred yearsago
and settled upon the American contimeni.
Smith o'Esie.n- —It is feared that this noble
patriot and martyr if pot destined long for thi»
life. He is slowly away, oppressed by
ill health and melancholy.