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THE MINNESOTIAN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE SI, 1854.
The Great Norther* Rome.
Mr. Rice bag hnd tbe kindness to forward us
the Report-of tbe Secretary of War, communi
cating to Congress “copies of all reports of tbe
engineers and other persons employed to make
explorations and surveys to ascertain the most
practicable and economical route for a railroad
from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean,
that have been received at the Department.”
Accompanying the Report are two maps of Gov.
Stevens’ route—one from St. Paul to the Shian
river, and the other on a more extended scale,
from St. Paul to the mouth of the Yellow Stone.
Upon these maps arc traced the routes taken
by the parties of Gov. Stevens and Lieut. Gro
ver, and also a distinct line which is laid down
as the “ Location Line.” This line starts from
St. Paul, and runs north, on the east side ofthc
Mississippi, leaving the Falls of St. Anthony
about four miles to the west, and again striking
the river at Sauk Rapids. Here it crosses and
bears to the north-west, keeping near the Red
River trail until it reaches the Shian, and thence
across the Grand Cotcau to the Missouri. The
character of the country is noted upon the map
along the line ; and. in short, Gov. Stevens ap
pears to have located it as a “ fixed fact,” that
here is to run the great iron artery between the
waters of the Mississippi and the l’acif c.
Most of the important facts set forth In the
several documents before us, have already been
given in these columns. We have only to add
that a perusal of them must satisfy the most
prejudiced mind, that here is the practical and
economical route for the construction of this
great national highway. And we arc convinced
that it is growing in public favor more and more
every day. As the facts arc brought out, the
doubts and prejudices which had been thrown
around the northern route, are becoming dissi
pated: and prominent statesmen and capitalists
who one year ago ridiculed the idea of build
ing a railroad through this '• region of eternal
snows,” so called, arc now its warmest advo
cates.
Wc solemnly believe, if any Pacific Railroad
be constructed, ours will be the first, or at least
one of the first. In this view of the case, it is
no detriment to us that Congress has postponed
the whole matter till next December.
The Henrietta. —This boat arrived yester
day morning from St. Louis, with a large
freight and a number of passengers. In regard
to the difficulty which occurred at McGregor's
Landing on the last trip down, the passengers
then aboard have made the following state
ment, which wc find in the St. Louis News. On
the return ol the boat down this trip, the offi
cers will lie prepared tj raako a legul settle
ment of the affair :
Seriovs Affray on the Utter Mississirrt.—
A tight took place at McGregor's Landing,
Clayton county, lowa, on Monday last, between
the crew of the steamer Henrietta and some of
the citizens of that village. The Sheriff of
the county appeared on the ground and at
tempted to serve a writ on the boat, aud tic her
up, but was resisted by the deck bands, and
during the melee was severely, if not danger
ously, injured : the boat proceeded on her way,
hut was stepped at Muscatine by the authori
ties, on the strength of a dispatch sent to them
to arrest the boat and detain her till the result
of the Sheriff's wounds was known. She was,
however, released after twenty hours’ deten
tion, news being received that the Sheriff’ had
not died, and probably would not. The follow
ing account of the aff air has been handed us by
the passengers on the Henrietta :
1 was an eye-witness of the affray, and deem
it nty duty to give the officers of the Henrietta
the benefit of my evidence, as exaggerated re
ports have gone abroad concerning the trans
action—reports which are unfounded, and like
ly to injure the boat, if they go uncorrected.
We had passengers and freight for McGre
gor's Landing, and were putting them ashore,
when the officer came on board and attached
the boat for an assault, and also had a writ for
the captain for the same offence. After he had
attached the boat, he came into the cabin, ask
ed for the captain, and was informed by the
clerk that he was in his room sick, and was ask
ed to go and sec him, but did not go ; he then
returned down ou deck, and commenced to
throw oil the cable to tie up the boat, and in so
doing was stopped by the deck bands and fire
men.
The crowd on shore were enraged at the fail
ure of their scheme for the detention of the
l>oat, and immediately began to liurl stones at
the boat and crew. Vp to this time no violence
had been shown the officer, but on the contrary
he was treated with much respect by the offi
cers of the bout. As soon as the mob on shore
began to stone the boat, she was shoved off, and
during the alfray on deck, one ot the deck
hands or firemen struck the officer on the head
with a stick, and knocked him down. On hear
ing that he was hurt, the clerk had him led up
stairs and laid on a bed. and every assistance
rendered him that lay in the power of those in
whose care he was. The captain offered to
round the boat to and land him if he desired,
but he requested to be landed at Clayton City,
that being nearest his residence, which was
done.
These are the facts of the case as seen by my
self and others of the passengers that were on
board at the time, and whose names are attach
ed to this with mine. Stopping at the various
landings along the river, and hearing the exag
gerated reports about the affair, we cheerfully
come forward and say that we were eye-witnes
ses to the whole affray, from the commencement
and saw nothing in the conduct of the officers
of the boat that was wrong or out of place.
Knowing from observation that the officers of
this boat are in every respect gentlemen, we
cheerfully recommend the Henrietta to the tra
veling public, as a safe, commodious and well
regulated boat.
O. P. Chaffee, Passenger.
We were passengers on the 11., and concur in
the above statement:
11. B. Graves, J. Curbin, O. S. Clayton, M.
Brown. Mr. Pendegriet, Mr. Myers, H. Hall,
Win. llall. W. B. Bunnell. J. Wicks, B. Chase,
T. U. Smith, K. Can, J. Low, R. Haines, M.
Babcock, D. Heron, Jr., K. Porter, Wooster,
Ohio; L. T. Tcason, and Gfi others.
Mass achcsetts. —The Boston Traveller of
May 31 says:
-In Xew-England generally, so far as we
bave beard, the prospect for grass and crops
generally is very promising. There is much
apprehension, however, about fruit. In this
vicinity the canker worm and caterpiller have
made their appearance in great numbers, aud
many trees are beginning to show the dcstruc-
of ravages, the leaves being
to P* o{ trees wearing the
learn Morchcd with fire,
i - 11 the palmer worm, (a sort of
makinir Itereanl? doad, y foe to fruit( treei) . is
'7 reappearance in Western Massachu-
The following memorandum was written „„
the envelope of a package of
to ns yesterday by a postmaster in
is dead. His wife is drunk •
the estate is insol ved, aud nobody calls for the
paper. You bad better atop it.”
have stopped that* paper.—A*. O. Trut
“What makes the milk so warmf’ said Bet
s“?r“’ n *- ‘Please, warm, the purap
tl*e bilcr ' ,-,rokf ’ '* n<J mi! * cs took the watcr from
UiscoVAi. OF Tnoors.—Orders have been re
ceived at Fort Snelllng for the removal of
Capt. Monroe’* Company, Sixth Infantry, to
Fort Ridgley. Col. Lee will assume tbe com
mand at Fort Ridgley, and Fort SnelliDg will
he garrisoned, for the present, by Maj. Sher
man’s battery, Third Artillery—Maj. S. in com
mand of the post.
Maj. Murphy has at length taken charge
of bis “ Red Children,” the Sioux. His “ Sioux
Physician” don’t appear to be about.
The “ Fakir of Siva” will commence his
entertainments at the Court House, to morrow
evening, instead of the Market Hall. The me
chanics are busily engaged in preparing his
stage, platforms, 4c. Those desiring to obtain
seats should procure their tickets at as curly
an hour as possible.
Land Sat.es.—E. A. C. Hatch, Es<(., informs
us that be has information that the sale of lands
on the Military Reserve will take place in Sep
tember.
New Bih.dixg os Third Street.—Messrs.
McClouds A Walker are about commencing the
erection of a capacious brick business building
on the south-west corner of Third and Cedar
streets.
jrtr- T. M. Smith, Esq., receives, temporari
ly, the deposites of the Stillwater and Willow
River Land Offices. From the rapid manner in
which the officers of these two land districts are
piling the gold into Mr. Smith's safe, wc should
judge they are doing a “ land office business”
in the literal meaning of the term.
j:-3~ S. P. Folsom 4 Co., the new Land
Agency firm opposite our office, are prepared,
most thoroughly, to afford the most desirable
facilities to those wishing to purchase real es
tate.
jr-VT- The Admiral will arrive on Friday
with the Lacrosse Masonic aud Odd Fellows'
pleasure-party on hoard. Preparations have
been made to receive and entertain them in a
becoming manner.
Capt. Estes, Timber Agent, arrived by
the Henrietta, upon business connected with
his office. All matters between him and the
lumbermen arc now moving forward "ns
straight as a shingle.”
JZ&~ The City Pound yesterday exhibited
the appearance of a traveling circus w ithout
riders. Marshal Miller had about twenty-five
horses there enclosed, which the owners had
better be looking after.
Jiff' In Augusta, Bracken county. Ky., a
town of 1500 inhabitants, there is but one bar
room, and that is one too many.
A letter to the editors of the Cuyahoga
Chiefcontains the following beautiful thought:
“ A foot of snow fell yesterday, and to-day the
sun looked at it, aud the white vision is mur
muring in the brooks .”
XS' The Palmer Worm, a deadly foe to
fruit trees, is making its re-appearance in West
ern Massachusetts, and fruit-growers are oblig
ed to destroy all iufected trees, to prevent
worms from reaching others.
jC3* Five hundred barrels of green peas
were sent from Norfolk to New York lately.
The Norfolk Argus says that from and about
the 20th of June to the 20th of July, 2,000 to
2,500 barrels of potatoes will lie shipped daily
from that city to Philadelphia and New York,
together with 300 to 500 barrels of cucumbers,
musk melons, 4c.
A raEh and somewhat deluded young
man has threatened to apply tbe Maine Law to
his sweetheart, she intoxicates him so.
fih" In Memphis the man who gets drunk
is not fined, but put to work to clean the streets
for so many days. Such a law might be useful
here.
Tt!~ “Jenny," said a landlady the other
morning to her help, “ was there any tire in the j
kitchen last night, while you were sitting tip?" •
“Yes, inarm,” said Jenny, “ there was a spark I
there when I went down, and I soon fanned it j
into a flame.” The landlady looked suspicious- j
ly at Jenny, but she. innocent girl, went on
scrubbing and humming “ Katy Durliut.”
A Tnrru SntrcK Home with a Cannon-Ball
Force. —ln a recent trial Indore the U. S. Dis
trict Court, Judge McLean said:—“ Ruin has
sunk more seamen than all the tempests that
ever blew.”
Jpß~ The Mayor of Uoxbury, Mass., states on
the authority of the City Missionary, that in
temperance has diminished nine-tenths since j
the enactment of the Maine Law.
authorities of Albany arc actively 1
engaged in an attempt to suppress the vend
ing of spiritous liquors on Sunday.
The “ Fakir of Siva.”—Of the performances
of this gentleman who commences his w onder
ful entertainments in our city on Thursday eve
ning, we copy the following from tbe Dubuque
Herald, where he has been performing lately
with great success. Our citizens may antici
pate as much enjoyment from his recherche
“ soirees”:
“Fakir ok Siva.—l his astonishing man per
formed his first series of (eats on Monday eve
ning to one of the most crow ded audiences that
ever assembled in Globe Hall. To merely say
that every one was well pleased with the' per
formances, would be falling short of what isdue ;
to the accomplished • Fakir.' Every one was
delighted. The whole audience was at times '
held asit were spell bound, and anon convulsed
with laughter. In addition to the mechanical
and scientific feats performed by the wonder
working Fakir, he has the advantage of lieing
an accomplished ventriloquist, a gill which lie
does not spare in the amusement of' his au
dience.”
Mr. A. N. Hoyt, of Minneapolis will hereaf
ter run a carriage from St. Anthony to l.ake
Minnetonka, on Wednesdays and Saturdays for j
the accommodation of settlers and visitors.— j
This will prove a great convenience toour Min- ;
netonka friends, as well as strangers who wish
to visit this beautiful lake. — Express.
Hymeneal.—During the month of May there j
were 387 marriages licenses taken out in C'in
cinati.
We learned yesterday, that non. Thomas F.
■ Marshall, while under the influence of linuor I
I MbL?“ bl kicked at one of our fashionable’
T V, f * llow who would kick a drunk.
! rt« heßitatc t 0 choke a fuaa,e -
I' CU K C th ®. fel,ow - That's about the only
«'C to kick old Tom.
From the Seat el War—News !*y the Arabia.
New York, June 13.
The steamer Arabia from Liverpool, with
dates to tbe 3d inst., rcaobed her dock this eve
ning at half-past eight o'clock.
Wah News. —Omar l’acha. after a conference
with the allied Generals, inarched 110,000 men
for Silistria.
Austria has positively demanded of Russia
the evacuation of the Principalities.
Greece has accepted the demand of the four
powers.
The bombardment of Ilungo is confirmed.
Two English vessels gallantly cut out a Rus
sian bark under the fort.
The increase in the bullion of tbe Bank of
England, during the week, was £227.000 ster
liug.
Folit’cal intelligence is devoid of startling
interest.
Money continues tight. No appearance of
advance in rates. Weather fine. Prospect for
harvest excellent. Manchester market improv
ing.
The Russians have admitted that Silistria
cannot l*e captured for a fortnight at least.
They had attempted to force the passage ofthc
Danube at three different points, but w ere re
pulsed.
Tbe independence of Georgia lias been pro
claimed, aud the banished Princess will he re
called.
An effective blockade has been established at
Riga Bay.
By the Convention recently concluded, Aus
tria will occupy Albania, Montenegro and Ser
via, should any disturbance arise.
Authentic advices per Athens, report the de
feat of an Egyptian corps, with great loss, by
the insurgents. In the sally they eaptured 501)
prisoners.
Exchange at St. Petersburg has declined.
The Russians have been driven from Silistria
four times witb serious loss.
Eight thousand French troops have dieem
harked at Pcra Ease.
It has been decided l>y a council of war that
the allied armies should go to Adrianople.
There has been a coup d'etat at Copenhagen.
All the opposition papers, including live in the
provinces, have been indicted.
The Czar is still anxious to renew negotia
tions.
A change of ministry, favorable to the allies,
lias occurred in Greece.
Austria’s summons to Russia is equivalent to
a declaration of war.
Pacha Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan
had reviewed the Turkish army.
The Circassians have gained another import
ant victory over the Russians.
Gortschukotf Russian Ambassador to Stutt
gard, has been recalled to St. Petersburg, with
the intention to send him to Berlin and Vienna.
The French division took possession of all
the Greek vessels in the harbor of Piiams.
It is reported that nearly 100.000 Russians
were threatening Silistria.
Operations from the island to the Danube are
suspended on account of the height of the river.
The Russians have promised not to tire on the
hospitals in the fortresses of Silistria.
Russian accounts say that the Turks have
evacuated Nicopolis, Ourtakai and Scstowa.
Tlie British troops are at Varna.
Marshal St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, aud Sc
raskier Pacha started for Varna from Constan
tinople on the 18tli.
Two regiments from the camp Sclimyah are
all in readiness to move on and he conveyed to
that locality in a couple of days.
At Vienna it was reported ou good authority
that Austria had summoned Russia to evac
uate the Principalities. When this is done, a
congress may meet to settle the conditions of
peace.
A private telegraphic despatch has just been
received from Vienna. It announces that the
inembersofthe Germanic Confederation bad ad
hered to the Austro-l’russian League. The
French and English Governments having given
full explanation to that of Austria, with respect
to the joint expedition which they have been
obliged to send to Greece, the Cabinet ol Vien
na replied that it coincided with the views tak
en of the affairs by the two governments ; that
it blames the conduct of King Otho and his ad
visers, and that it fully approves of the mea
sores adopted to bring tbit Sovereign to rea
son.
Fifteen thousand troops are encamped, and
a considerable camp is to be established iu Al
bania.
By the last accounts from the Black Sea fleet,
it was still off Sebastopol. For several days
there had been a heavy fog. They had to keep
up constant noises, to prevent their running
foul of each other.
The cable which has been put across the
mouth of Sebastopol is described as consisting
of a number of chain cables, twisted together,
and secured on each side by strong masonry,
and is hove taut l>y capstans. From its being
formed of separate chains, it would lie suffi
ciently strong to keep out a steamer going at
full headway.
The circular of McHenry says that in bread
stuffs there is much doing. Wheat held for an
advance. Corn, being much pressed ex ship,
declined 2s, but lias recovered, and closes firm
ly at full rates last quoted. The consumptive
demand appears to have been very large-—3Bs a
38s fid St. Louis, and Ohio 33s a 40s ; Canadian
3!)s a 40s, sour and heated, 38s a 38s fid. Wheat
per 70 lbs 11s fid a 11s lOtl ; white, 12s 3d a 12s
fid : mixed, 11s 0d a 12s. Indian Corn—-white
per 480 lbs, 40s a 11s fid , mixed, 40s a 41s fid ;
mixed, 40s a 41s ; yellow, 40s a 41s. Indian
meal, 18s fid a 20s.
At Constantinople, on tlie 22d, tbe mix liary
troops demanded from tlie Porte 30,000 pack
horses and 40 000 teams of oxen from the march
from Gallipoli to Adrianople.
A despatch from Sluttgard says with the ex
ception of Moscow, the troops have been with
drawn from all tlie German towns. The enthu
siasm iu favor of the war is signally sulrsiding.
Tlie latest news from tlie Black .Sea is tlmt
tlie mortality of the garrison of Sebastopol ison
tlie increase. The French Baltic fleet was an
chored at Kiel.
Manhkim, May 22.—Riots have taken place at
Brenzingen.
News from Freilmrgh states the Archbishop
is under close arrest, aud confined to his apart
ments.
The people had to be dispersed by the mili
tary.
The clergy had interdicted tlie use of the
church bells. They no longer celebrate high
mass, nor permit music in the churches. The
local authorities interfered about the I tells and
ordered them to be rung as usual, and on this
point the clergy have yielded.
It is said that in Warsaw prayers are read iu
all tlie churches for Iho success and continu
ance of the Greek insurrection.
Propagation of Finf. Roses.— lt may not be
known to many of our renders that the fine roses
ofthc China varieties may be readily propag
! ated by means of slips. Cut from the'well ripe
ned wood, slip- three or four inches in length,
strip off a part of the foliage, ami insert them in
clean white sand, placed in pots or boxes. Keep
them regularly watered, so that they mav not
get too dry, and at regular temperature. Thev
strike root very freely. Some practice covering
them with a bell glass, but those of most exper
ience do not consider this practice necessary.
Ladies may also propagate any of the choice
roses desired, by budding in the same manner
as fruit trees arc budded. It adds much to tlie
lieauty of the hardy climbers, to have the main
trunk variegated by branches of different shades
ofcoloring. We strongly commend the practice
to those who would thus adorn the shrubbery
of the liomstcad.
A Large Si xuat .Snoot..—The X. V. Times
says there are one thousand and eighty-three
scholars, and sixty teachers belonging to the
Sunday School of St. George "8 Church. (Rev.
Dr.Tyng’s.) One of the classes Tonncd five years
ago with eleven members, now numbers two
hundred and eighty-eight, under the exclusive
care of one teacher, all of whom are taught
every Sabbath. This is the Charity class, com
posed of children from three to ten years ot age.
All of those who desire it are furnished every
Spring and Fall with a complete suit of clothes
and occasionally with other assistance.
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 22, 1854.
“A Fraud Exposed.”
We And this caption at the head of articles
in sundry Democratic papers touching the ac
tion of certain officers at Washington upon the
Nebraska bill. A telegraphic despatch, which
we copy elsewhere, will give some of the par
ticulars. Further than this we know nothing
about the matter. The New York Evening
Post pofesses to be posted, aDd speaks as fol
lows :
“It is gcncrallr understood that the Clayton !
amendment, limiting the right of suffrage in the
case of aliens to those who hnd resided in the
territory four years was rejected, and that emi
grants from abroad, who will constitute the
bulk of the population for the first few years,
will at once he clothed with all the privileges
of citizenship in the new territory. We quote
the 23d clause of the Nebraska bill, (it is the
sth in the Kansas bill.) »o show the o roneous
ness of this impression and the rights of suff
aage of American emigrants, of which few. we
venture to say. of the thousands now making
preparations to settle in the new territory have
anv idea :
“Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, that ev
ery free white male inhabitant above the age
of twenty-one years, who shall be an actual res
ident of said territory and shall possess the
qualifications hereinafter prescribed, shall he
entitled to vote at the first election, and shall
be eligible to any office within said* territory :
but the qualifications of voters, and of holding
office, at all subsequent elections, shall be pre
scribed by the Legislative Assembly :
Provided, Tlmt the rights of suffrage and of
holding office shall be exercised only by citi
zens of the United States,and those who shall
hare declared on oath their intention to be
come such, anil shall have taken an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United States and
the provisions of this art: and provided fur
ther, that no officer, soldier, seaman or marine
or any other person iu the army or navy of
the United States, or attached to troops in the
service of the United States, shall be allowed
to vote or hold office in said territory by rea
son of being on service therein.”
"Ilv this provision every one may vote at
the first election, the legislature prescribes the
qualifications of voters, with uproviso tlmt pre
vents them lrom doing it, and limits them to
the qualifications prescribed by Congress.''
“These qualifications are citizenship, natural
or acquired, and an oath to support the Const
itution and the JVebraska hill .”
“The declaration of intention referred to, is
that mentioned in the naturalization act, anil
the oath to support-thc Constitution is that
taken at the eml of a five years’ residence after
a declaration of intention. None but citizens
those who are born in the country, or. by a
live years’ naturalization, have become citi
zens—swear to the Constitution. The judges
who will be appointed will unquestionably so
hold, and exclude all others from the polls.-’
“But the most insulting provision in this sec
tion. and the most intolerable provision in the
whole bill, is that which makes it and the Con
stitution of equal sanctity, which compels ev
ery man who presents himself at the polls to
vote, or as a candidate for office to swear that
he will support the Nebraska bill; and which
requires him todevotehimselfto the propaga
tion of slavery before lie is allowed to exercise
the inalienable right of a freeman.
“ This is the first time an American citizen
has ever been required to take an oath to sup
port an act of Congress ; it is the first time suf
frage aud office were ever dependent upon such
an oath : it is the first time the extension of sla
very has been raised to the level of a constitu
tional duty.
“The operation of this qualification will lie
to exclude lrom the polls and from office in the
territories nearly every mail who goes there
from the free States. It will disfranchise nearly
every member of every emigrant association
that has yet been formed, and place the entire
political power of the territory in the hands of
slaveholders or slavery propagandists, for no
others will or can take the oath required by the
terms of this act. ~
•• Jt w ill also exclude from the polls and front
office for five years every foreigner who may
reach tlie territory after tlie first election day.
“ As the great bulk of the future settlers of
Nebraska will be foreigners and emigrants from
tlie free Slates, it is obvious that so fir from
governing themselves, the inhabitants of the
territory will have comparatively nothing to
do with making or administering the laws which
they will be required to obey. Such is the
character of the bill which Senator Douglas in
formed the brass band, whom he addressed the
other night at the St. Nicholas, was based upon
the rights of the people to govern themselves.”
Catching a Slave. —Tbe act of catching and
! delivering over to his owner tlie fugitive Burns
is said to have cost Uncle Sam the snug little
sum of $30,000, to say nothing of the loss of
one valuable life. In addition to the ordinary
civil power brought into requisition oil the oc
casion we give 'x low a list of the troops called
into service by the Mayor. Truly that must
be an unpopular law which to execute it—in a
city like Boston, distinguished for love ol just ce
and order,and obedience to law—requires a niT.-
| tury force nearly equal in numerical numbers
to that engaged under General Taylor at the
battle of Buena Vista, which put to flight an
army of 25,1)00 men :
Ist liattaiioii Eight Dragoons, Maj. T. Pierce
—Co. A. (National Lancers) Capt. Wilmarth,
78 rank and file.
Co. J*. (Boston Light Cragoo-is) Capt. Wright
70 rank and file.
sth Ucgt. Artillery, Col. Robert Cowliu—Co.
A, (Boston Artillery.) Capt. Evans, 37 guns.
Co. B, (Columbian Artillery) Capt. Cass, 73
guns.
Co. C. Washington Artillery) Capt. Wliorff,
40 guns.
Co. D, (Roxbury Artillery) Capt. Burrilt, 31
guns.
Co. E, (American Artillery) Capt. Granger.
30 guns.
Co. F, (Webster Artillery) Capt. McKenny,
I 35 guns.
Co. B, (Bay Stale Artillery) Capt. McCaffer-
I ty, 37 guns.
Co. 11, (Shields Artillery) Capt. Young. 40
i guns.
sth Regt. Eight Infantry—Cal. Charles L.
Holbrook. Co. A, (Boston Light Infantry) Capt.
Rogers. 15 guns.
Co. B. (New England Uuaiils) Capt. Hcn
shaw, 38 guns.
Co. C, (I’ulaski Guards) Capt. Wright, 42
guns.
Co. I>, (Boston Light Guard) Capt. Follett,
40 guns.
Co. E. (Boston City Guards) Capt. French.
3fi guns.
Co. F, (Independent Boston Fusilccrs) Capt.
Cooley, 311 guns.
Co. G. (Washington Eight Infantry) Capt.
I pton, 43 guns.
Co. 11. (Mechanic Infantry) Capt. Adams.
3d Battalion Light Infantry, Major Robert 1. j
II ur I rank—Co. A, (National Guard) Lieut. liar
low. commanding. 33 guns.
Co. It. (Union Guards) Capt. Brown. 40guns.!
Co. C, (Sarsticld Guards) Capt Hogan, 39 I
guns.
Cadets—Divisionary Corps of Independent
Cadets, Lieut. Col. 'fhomas C. Antory, com
manding. 80 guns.
ANkhraskaite Overboard.—' Tbe Cleveland
Herald states that the Locofocos of Dr. Olds'
District, iu Ohio, have nominated, in his stead,
Gen. Andrews. The majority in the district
against this nomination will be heavy.
Sport in Kentucky. Young Sportsman I
say, friend, is there anything to shoot about
here ?
Farmer—Wal, I don't know, stranger, but
you can go down to cross roads, and take a pop
at the schoolmaster, just to keep your hand
lU.
The communication of “Critic” is
written in the proper spirit, and can have place
whenever the unalterable rule is complied with
—the entrusting of the author’s name to the
editors.
Masonic Festival. —The Masonic Fraternity
of this city have received reliable information
that the Brethren of the Order at La Crosse and
other points, have determined to celebrate the
anniversary of the birth of St. John, on the
24th instant, which date falls on Saturday next,
in this city. It will he seen by tbe card in ano
ther column that the Brethren of the Order
have taken and will carry into proper action
everything necessary far the comfort of the vi
sitors. ffc ask particular attention to the card
issued liy the Chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements.
TO~ The Galena arrived yesterday at noon
with a crowded cabin and a clean bill ofhealth.
fi-CC Col. W. Christy, of New Orleans, a name
not unknown to fame in this or the preceding
era of our country, arrived yesterday by the
Galena, and is stopping at the American House.
Col. C. was an active soldier who Ims left his
name upon the pages of his conntry's history,
iu connection with tbe war of 1812 : and in the
later years of his life has not been an idle look
er-on amid the stirring scenes of the conntry's
advancement. We welcome him to Minnesota.
Mr. J. C. Burbank, who arrived home
by the Galena, informs us that the Admiral is
on her way up with over 450 tons of freight,
and all the passengers that can get aboard.
She will arrive on the morning of the 21th and
leave on the next (lay.
jph" Judge Tullis arrived yesterday by the
Galena, and of course the Rice House Grocery
and Provision store is replenished to its utmost
capacity.
jf iu The Board of Health have increased
their number by the addition ofClias. J. Ilenniss,
of the Second Ward, and Jas. M. Winslow, of
the Third Ward.
TO- There were seven cases of sickness in
the city yesterday and the day previous from
cholera, and three deaths up to the time we
write. Some of the cases were in families which
have resided here the past winter. All, howe
ver. can be traced to local cause . People mus‘,
if they would lie healthy, exercise the most ri
gid care in regard to diet and cleanliness about
their persons and premises.
The Black llawk departs this evening
at four o'clock for Fort Ridgley.with the troops.
The Minnesota is rising, and the Black Hawk
folks think they will get through.
The Allied Sqcadron. —The force in the
Black Sea have a complete blockade at Sebas
topol. Latest advices arc May 11. The block
ading force at Sebastopol makes out the Rus
sian force inside the fortifications to be from 11
to 18 sail of tbe line, with 15 steamers and 7
frigates.
New Life Preserver.— Mr. Nathan Thomp
son, Jr., lias recently invented an article styled
by him “ Patent Folding Life Preserving Scat."
It is described by the Washington Glolie as
about eighteen inches high, the top the usual
size of stools to sit upon, the bottom a little
larger to make it a steady scat. II is intended
to be used instead of stools and chairs, and can
be afforded for $2.50. In case of disaster to
vessels, the scat can be unhinged in less than
half a minute, and made a complete life-boat,
which, we think, would carry two persons of
ordinary size safely upon any wave that we
have ever seen. Edward K. Collins, of New
York, who is probably as good a judge of a ves
sel, and everything pertaining to one. as any
nian in the United Stales, pronounced Thomp
son's Life Preserver the best he has ever
known.
JK-h~ Tlie Boston Atlas, in reviewing the
scenes enacted in the streets of Boston on the
occasion of Burns arrest aud trial, remarks as
follows :
“The events of yesterday, as well as of the
past week, are full of suggestive as well as
i painful interest. We have not licen blind or
dead to their teachings, nor do wc mean to bo
dumb to them. If we have bowed iu submis
sion to law ; if. during the past three vears. wc
have waived our own convictions of the impol
icy—wo use no harsher term, of this statue,
which may not be enforced, even in the law and
order loving community of Boston, without
the virtual declaration of martial law, and a
state of seige—without our streets being made
to bristle with cannon, bayonets and soldiery,
it has not been because we have ever wavered
for a moment in those views which we so offt n
and so freely expressed at tlie time of its en
actment. For peace and concord between
i the different sections ol the Union, and in a
well intended spirit of patriotism and com
promise, our fellow citizens were willing to
submit to its hateful requirements. They wore
at least willing to give the law a fair trial, in
the belief and expectation that all compromis
es, whether they favored slavery or freedom,
would be observed. In this they have been
disappointed, and at tlie very moment when
our community had been aroused to tlie deep
est indignation by the Nebraska iniquity, our
city has been subjected to the enfurecmuiit of a
law which jars most painfully with all their sen
timents of humanity, under circumstances of
the most aggravating and intolerable descrip
tion. Among these has 1 ceil the inhuman in
terference of Franklin Fierce and liis infamous
District Attorney, to prevent the purchase ot
the claimed fugitive, the unwarrantable usur
pation ol the Court House by United States
troops, to the interruption of our State Courts
and the annoyance of citizens, the employment
of ruffians from our brothels a* guardians ot
the majesty oflaw. All this and more than
this, our citizens have been forced to endure.
Is it to be wondered at that an entire revul
sion has taken place in our community, and
that the repeal ot a statute which subjects ns
to such indignities, in order to restore to sla
very the fugitives from those who trample upon
compromises, should now be so earnestly de
manded ns tlmt the majesty of law should be
vindicated by means which do not degrade and
debase oar common nature? ’
Fatiencr. -Patience, friend, don't swear! why
should you irritate your nerves by a continual
fretting over tlmt which you cannot help, or if
you can help it, why swear over it * Learn a
lesson from your errors and look out for the
future, but do not get out of patience—leave
that for the women ou washing days. I’atience
is a virtue, and he who lias it generally succeeds
better timn lie who libb it not. Irritability ol ’
temper is injurious to health, and when carried
to excess as it very often is with the impatient
man, much evil follows. Be patient, then,
“enduring all things, hoping all things.” and as
you live, you will enjoy life 'letter and make
others happy about you. Be patient.
Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions
and tigers; for we can keep out of the way of
beasts, but bad thoughts win their way every j
where. The cup that is full will hold no more;
keep your bead* and hearts full of good thoughts
that bad thought* may find no room to enter. I
Maooalc Festival.
Saint Johx”* Day.—The anniversary of the
Birth of Saint John will be celebrated on Sat
urday tlie 24th inst, in this city. It is expect
ed that Brethren of the Moeonic Order from
Prarie LaCrossc and other points will partci
pate in it.
A public reception to visiting Brethren will
take place at eleven o'clock on Saturday morn
ing at the Capitol, to which tlie Craft, the la
dies and citizens generally arc invited.
The reception address will be delivered by the
lion. Aaron Goodrich.
In tbe evening a Ball ami Collation will I*?!
given at the Capitol, to which citizens and!
strangers are invited.
No cards of invitation will lie issued.
Tickets of admission to the Ball, price $2,50
may be procured at tbe Central House, Amcri-1
can House, at tlie Book Stores of Ilowitz 4 Co. j
Wm. S. Combs, at tbe stores of N. E. Tyson 4 I
Co., and Louis IJyneman aud at the Banking
House of Messrs Borup 4 Oakes.
By order of the Committee of arrangements.
CHARLES J. HENMSS,
Chairman, j
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Om-lJOlidencc or the New Tor* Tribune.
Frund iu the Nebraska Bill.
Washington, June 1 1.
An astounding fraud lias just been discover-!
ml by Messrs. Campbell of Ohio, Benton, Mace
anil others, in the Nebraska bill. It seems that j
Mr. Richardson stated to the House that hisi
substifute was the senate bill simply, without
the Clayton proviso, when, in fact, he had in-j
serted a clause providing that no persons other :
than the citizens of the United States should
hold oilier once or vote until they had sworn
to support the principles of this bill. It also]
provided for continuing in force all laws local-!
iy applicable. This includes the act of 1834.
excluding from said territories all foreigners,!
on penclty of a thousand dollars, without aj
passport from the War Department, limiting
the time lie shall remain, and route of travel, j
Mr. Mace will introduce a bill amending and
explaining tin 1 NYbuasku act ; and Messrs. Ben
ton. Crmpliell and others, will take tlie floor in
denunciation of the fraud thus imposed on the
country.
C:iarlkston. June 0.
A letter by the Isabel mentions a minor cur
rent iu Havana, that all foreigners in Cuba are
lobe compelled to join the militia or quit tlie
island.
Boston, June 12.
Attempts were made at Manelinster, N. 11.,
ou Saturday, to arrest an alleged fugitive
slave. The citizens, however, got the start of
the slave hunters, and made np a purse of mo
ney which they gave the slave, and started him
off to Canada, accompanied by his wife and
children.
Brooklyn. June 13. I
The persons arrested Sunday for participat
ing in the disturbances, were examined yester
day. One rioter, a lad Hi years of age. was
sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months, and
three men to three days each.
I’IIILADELIUIA, June 11.
Harrisburg papers state that A. Barrett, of
the Harrisburg Keystone, lias been appointed
by the President a.-. Governor ofthc Nebraska
Territory.
Concord, June If.
The Democrats of this State have re-nomi
nated Wells and Hubbard as candidates for
United States Senators.
New Haven. June Hi.
The Liquor Law u hirh had been passed by
the House has passed the Senate to-day.
Richmond. June 15.
Burns, the fugitive slave, is to be sent fur
llior South, to a new master.
Washington, June IC.
It is slated Hint tlie President lias appointed
General W. Butler as Governor of Nebraska
and General Wright of lowa, as Governor of
Kansas.
It is reported that Mr. Slidell lias made a re
port from the foreign affairs Committee, advis
ing tlie withdrawal of the United States squad
ron from the African coast.
Washington, June 10.
SENATE.—The private calender was taken
" I> '
HOI SE.—The House assembled at noon.
Mr. Houston asked leave to report from Com
mittee on Ways and Means a bill to reduce du
ty on imports. Objections ra’scl.
Consideration ol bill to increase rates of in-!
land postage in the United States, was then
resumed.
Mr. Olds, of Ohio, supported tlie bill, show-;
ing that 5 and l<ic. postage created a revenue!
ol 2.500,1100. while 3 aud se. made a deficiency
of half a million.
Bai.timokk, June 15.
New Orleans papers received ridicule the ru
mor that a lillibustcr force has concent rated in
that city.
The cholera has made its appearance at Mil
ledgcville and other portions of Northern
Georgia.
The Salaries ov Ministers.— I That the clergy
are generally poorly paid, is a fact as prover
bial as it is unjust. Men who adopt a profess
ion which has no outside income, should be
handsomely paid. There are some 1.500 cler
gymen ill New England, and we don't know !
bow many there are West. Seven-eights of
these get a scant, rub and-go-living. Old age
finds them poor melt : and that too, after the'
most laborious of lives.
Lately a pamphlet has been published in
Boston, containing a statement of facts from
each religions denomination in New England
respecting Ministers' Salaries. The facts have
been collected and arrainged bv Rev. Charles
Brooks, chairman ofthc Committee of Investi
gation. appointed at the last annual meeting
of 111 ■> ‘ lojicty for the ife'i-f of Aged and des
titute Clergymen.” The Committee consisted
of three clergymen and three laymen, viz.:
Rev. Charles Brooks. Rev. Chrisioper T. Thay
er, of Beverly, and Rev. F. It. Huntington.mid
Joseph Bradlec, Moses Grant, and Albert Fear
ing.
Tlie Committee, after recapitulating the facts
collected, close their report as follow* :
The conclusions warranted by the foregoing
statements scent to l»e the following :
L 'Tlie present low salaries paid to the cler
gy of all denominations in New England, not
only subject ministers to social suffering, and
lessen their respectability in the eve of tlie
world, but tnorercr rob them of due mental in
dependence, and greatly abridge their profess
innal iis- fulness.
2. 1 reearious and incompetent support pre
vents many young men of talent and character
from entering the saered profession.
3. The high Christian scolarship. so iijtpcr
riously demanded by the new wants of the
nineteenth century, will not be likely to ap
pear under existing discouragements.
4. The inevitable consequence of the above
facts is, that the Christaiu church, in all its
branches must greatly suffer, and its conflict
sin and inGdclity lie more and more feeble. j
5. The effectual remedies for this state of
things arc these.—a thorough reform of public
opinion on tlie subject of supporting preachers
of the gospel, and a new rally of all the friends
of tlie Cross. I
These conclusions we regard as logical, and
supported by facts. The community demand
of the preacher at the present day. learning. I
thought, originality, talent. To soppily this;
demand lie must he about’ ivant, its oppress
ions, tortures, depressions. To remedy this
state of matters, one of two tilings must lie done 1
—either pay more money to tin; clergy, or re- j
•luce their numlier. We trust Hie representa-,
tions ofthc Committee will so act upon the pub
lic mind as to produce one or the other of these j
effects, though we should deplore a reduction 1
of the clergy. —Boftm flee.
Kiad Ward*.
llow softly on tbe braised heart
A word of kindness falls,
And to the dry and parched foul
The moistening tear-drop calls J
O, If they knew, who walk the earth,
’Mid sorrow, grief and pain,
The power a word of kindness hath,
Twere paradise again.
The weakest and the poorest may
The simple pittance give.
And bid delight to withered hearts
Ketorn again and live ;
Oh, what Is life If love he lost,
ir man’s unkind to man ?
Or, what the heaven that walls beyond
This brief and mortal span ?
As stars upon the tranquil sea
In mimic glory shine,
So words or kindness on the heart
Reflect I he source divine;
Oli, then he kind, whoe’er thoa art,
That hreatheet mortal breath.
And it shall brlghh'n all thy life,
Ami sweeten even death.
The Voice of the Grass.
Hero 1 come creeping, creeping everywhere
Ilv tbe dusty roadside,
Onlhestmiiy hill side,
Close by the not-y brook,
In ev, rv shady nook,
1 come creeping, crceidng everywhere.
Here t conic creeping, smiling everywhere
.tllarotfnd the njs-n iTo.tr,
Where sll the aged poor,
Here wlier ■ Hi,* chiidf-n ptav
In the bright and merry Ala*,
1 come creeping, creeping everywhere.
11. re I come creeping, creeping ever, whese
In the noisy city street,
Aty pleasant face- vim’ll meet,
Cheering tbe sick nf heart,
1 oil foe h's hn y part,
Silently creeping, creeping every** hero.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere
Y"0 cannot sec me coming,
Nor hear my low sweet humming,
>'.>r hi tire starry night.
Ami the glad morning ligV.
I come quiet:*, creeping everywhere.
H re I cane creeping, creeping everywhere:
More wclcom- than the flowers,
In se.nmi. rs pleasant hours;
The geillie CoW l- glad.
And the tnorr* hinl n**t soil
To see me creeping, creeping every vie f...
If re I cmi“ creejMiig, creeping everywhere
When y. u’re numliorcd w ill, tire .lead,
t» your sliil and narrow bed.
In lie' happy sirring I’ll coruc,
An-1 deck your silent home,
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.
ller*. I mine creeping, creeping cvcrywhorr
My hnuibte s«sig of praise,
Mo-t gratelutly 1 raise
To II ; m at whom- command
I beautify the land.
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.
Carver Claim. —Letters are occasionally recei
ved at St. Anthony, making inquiries in regard
to Carver's claim, from persons at the East, who
bate purchased interests in tlie same, and desi
rous of ascertaining the precise loeation of their
posessious, and their value. All such verdant
spooneys as have made inrstnients in this spec
ies of property are notified, that speculations
on Real E-tate owned by the Man in the Moon,
or by tbe subterranean inhabitants of Capt.
Sytiui.es’Hole will probably turn out quite as
profitable, as those int'arver'sClaim.Tradition
relates that such an individual as Capt. Carver
once perambulated this -ecUon of country, and
procured a sort of Indian assent to his bolding
an immense tract of land, somewhere in this re
gion. This w as some hundred years ago. He has
made sundry attempts to have his claim recog
nized by the Government of Great Britain a*
well as our ow n, but with very indifferent suc
cess. The old gentleman lias long since gone
to liis rest, and his heirs have never made an
actual settlement, ‘marked out tbeir claims,’
or made ‘fifty dollars worth o( improvement*,'
thoy will hardly stand an even chance, with
the hard fisted squatters of the present day.
Our advice to the owners of these claims is,
not to hold oil anticipating a rise in the mark
et. but to dispose of them on the first offer of
fifty cents on the dollar, even if compelled to
take pay in some of the w orthless shin plasters,
now circulating so plentifully in this market.
St. Anthony Express.
Tlie gold mines of Maine arc likely to turn
out the genuine article to a considerable ex
tont, though not lo realize much Tor individual
diggers. They are located in Madrid and Sa
lem towns or tow nships. Franklin county, anti
the editor of the Farmington Chronicle, who
says that he is familiar w ith the geological fea
tures o! tlie region, declares it to bo all itufori
ous formation, lie tells us that years iiefore
gold was discovered in California, he predicted
to some scientific friends that the precious met
al would some day be found in that section of
Maine, nml that now he has no doubt the own
nors of certain tracts of land will realize hand
some fortunes. h urther. lie expresses tlie opin
ion that tin e is more gold in the vicinity of
certain localities there, which he names, than
lias ever yet been dug from a similar section in
California. This sounds very much like exag
geration, especially in view of the condition
which the editor gives that much labor and
vast expense will be required to get at the
gold. Nevertheless lie niakes it out very plau
s'blv thus:
“To speak in the language of geolgv, the
stratum containing the original ih positof tbe
gold—and where alone it will Ik- found iu largo
qiiantit c i, in most in 1 1 nces, overlaid by
masses id debris from tlie cloud capped summit
•ami slopes of the mountains, which will occa
sion enormous expense in reaching it. lienee,
though in some small tracts where it “crops
out," fortunes possibly may lie made sudden
ly, we are of opinion then*is very little induce
tiient for multidiics, without capital, to rush to
the diggins. Most of the profit that will bo
realized from the gold mines of Franklin will
li ■ ob a nod by cimpnn'es who have sufl -
ciont capital to enable them tospend thousand*
of dollars, often, perhaps in ineffectual attempts
to reach the original deposit.”
Religion axo Politics.— I The celebrated Roh
licit Hall, in his admirable article entitleil
t hristiamly consistent with a love of Freedom,
utters ihe following opinions, which are es
pecially pertinent to the present state of
affairs among us :
“Though Christianity does not assume any
immediate direction in the affairs of govern
ment. it inculcates those duties and recom
mends Hint spirit which will ever prompt u» to
cherish the prineples of freedom. It teache*
ns to cheek every selfish passion, to consider
ourselves as part of a great community, and to
abound in ail the fruit of an active benevolence.
I lie particular operations of this principle will
be regulated by circumstances as they arise,
but our obligation to cultivate it is clcnr • •
II we are bound to protect a neighbor or even
an enemy from v.olence, togirc raiment when
lie is naked, or food when he is hungry, much
more ought we (ministers) to do our part to
ward the preservation ol a free government of
the only basis on which the enjoyment of these
blessings ran securely rest. J| e who break*
he fetters of slarrry and delivers a nation from
nil.(Morn, forms in my opinion, the nohlrtt
comment on Hie great law o»’ love whilst be
distribute* tlie greatest blessings which a man
can receive from niau ; but next to that is the
merit ol l.!m who. in times like the present,
watches over the edifice of public liberty, re
paiis its foundations and strengthens its cement
w hen he beholds it hastening to decay.”
The N’kv Law.— At a meeting of the Clove
land Council recently, a memorial was present
ed from 327 citizens, praying that, in view of
the great evils resulting to the city from the
sale ot intoxicating liquors as a beverage, In
tnc creation of taxes, poverty and crime, the
ouncil pas* an ordinance, or resolution, make
tng it the especial duty of the executive offi
cers of the city diligently to inquire after, and
prosecute to conviction and punishment all
violations of tbe law passed at tbe last session
of our State Legislature, to prevent tbe evil*
resulting from the sale of intoxicating drink*.
Oakland Cemetery.
THE pufitlc arc ti. Tvby uutitted that tlie gmonda set
ai-art i.,r burial purpoees, under the above deehroa-
Ilon, have IK-«n a y Mirvcycd Into lot*, which are now of
for si»le at the lowest rnte which will cover the ex
penses of the lainl, anti the improvements which the trm.
teen contemplate niskinc thereon. Those desiring i n *m
may apply to Mr. B. K. Iloyf, or to the secretary of
ssm.ciation, at hU office.
, „ ALEX. RAM SET, Prttt.
.1. Esaias Warkek, Stc’y. *
I>t. F*ul, November 12, ’63— 9tf