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SAINT PAUL.
Saint Paul. Friday, Novembct 30,1860,
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Minnesota, and the history of the alarming cri
sis now agitating the public mind, and threat
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tion largelv exceeding that of any oihernewspaper pub
lished in the State. It is invaluable, therefore, as an
advertising medium. Only a limited number of adver
tisements received.
The Electoral College.
The Electors of President and Yice Pres
ident in the several States are required by
law of Congress to meet on the first Wed
nesday of December next, which is the fifth
day of the month, at such places as may be
designated by the States respectively. In
Minnesota, the place designated is the State
Capital, St. Paul. The commissions to the
Electors must first have been transmitted to
them by the Governor. The Electors,
having met on the day designated, must
proceed to vote by ballot for President and
Vice President of the United States, one
of whom must be a resident of a different
State from themselves. They must then
make three copies of all persons voted for as
President and Vice President, which must
be signed by all the Electors voting—one
to be sent to the President of the U. S.
Senate by a messenger, one to be transmit*
ted to the seme person by mail, and one to
be placed in the hands of the Judge of the
U. S. District Court for the District in
which the voting takes place The cover or
envelope which contains the votes of Elec
tors must be so designated in writing and
duly signed. If any vacancy occurs in the
Electoral College of any State, the act of
Congress authorizes the Legislature of the
State to provide for filling such vacancies.
In case of a vacancy in this State, the Elec
tors present are empowered to select a per
son or persons, in the presence of the Gov
ernor, to fill the same.
“Our Political System.”
Under this head is published to-day a
communication, which,— referring to a pre
ceding contribution from another pen,—at
tributes the cause of our national troubles
and weakness to “ our frequent elections.”
One of the remedies proposed by the writer,
it will be seen, is to “ let our executive and
judicial officers hold for life; subject, of
course, to impeachment.”
Without entering into an argument to
disprove the position of the writer, we take
the liberty of suggesting, that the “execu
tive” branch of his proposition will hardly
be adopted so long as the people shall recol
lect that James Buchanan has been Presi
dent ; nor will the “ judicial” branch find
favor here, so long as it remains a fact that
one of the highest judicial officers of our
State felt himself obliged, while ministering
as such, to take advantage of a technical de
fect in an indictment for perjury, and by
this means, to save himself from the peni
tentiary, and preserve bis legal competency
to continue the exercise of judicial functions.
Advices from Arizonia mention the dis
covery of very rich gold mines near Pino*
alto. Parties were realizing from $4,000
to $5,000 per day. Official despatches
from Gov. Owens, concerning these mines,
are en route to Washington.
The Restoration of National Fraternity
The Winona Republican is pleased with
the stand taken by Hon. Alex. H. Ste
phens, of Georgia, in opposing the seces
sionists. It says:
Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgia, is confessedly
one of the ablest men, intellectually, that the
South oan boast of. We are glad to observe
that his talents do not end with mere intellec
tual brillianoy, bnt that he is also possessed of
that equally valuable, if not so rare gift, a
combination of practical common sense and
sound patriotism. Mr. Stephens, according to
the telegraph, haß delivered a speech in his
State of Georgia, advising moderation, de
nouncing disunion, and commending to the
people loyalty to this rich inheritance of oars,
the Union of the States, The result was simi
lar to that of casting oil upon troubled waters.
The excitement is apparently greatly allayed,
and wiser counsels will undoubtedly henceforth
prevail, despite the treasonable attempts of
desperate and misguided men to foment civil
discord. Mr. Stephens is deserving of all hon
or for the stand he has taken. In times like
these, when the perpetuity of the Union is
threatened by the madmen of the South, he
who steps forward in their midst, and stems the
foul current of disunion sentiment, is entitled
to the gratitude of his loyal countrymen every
where, whatever may have been his political
associations hitherto.
This is all true of Mr. Stephens. He is
one of the ablest statesmen and purest
patriots iD the land ; and in no instance has
he 60 clearly manifested these great quali
ties os in opposing the almost unanimous
sentiment of the people of his State, for
immediate secession. But Mr. Stephens,
if we understand his position correctly, i s
an advocate of secession, in the contingency
that the Northern States refuse to repeal
their unconstitutional and obnoxious Per
sonal Liberty bills. He is so reported by
telegraph. Now, will the Winona Republi
can, and its co-laborers in the Republican
cause, exhibit the same indifference to the
fanaticism of their own section, that has
characterized the course of Mr. Stephens?
Will they unite in an effort to repeal laws
clearly in violation of the Federal compact,
and which were passed, in almost every
instance, to indicate the hostility of the
Northern people to the institutions of the
South ?
—We are glad to notice that many
prominent eastern journals, which supported
Lincoln, are urging tbe repeal ol all State
enactments, designed to impede the exe
cution of the Fugitive Slave Law, and an
noy and oppress Southern citizens. If the
movement is successful, we will bear ro more
of disunion and secession at the South—
except probably in South Carolina, where
treason is a chronic disease. The repeal of
these laws will strengthen tbe hands of the
conservative men of tbe South; it will leave
the Secessionists withont a single argument
to sustain their movement; and will demon
strate to tbe people that tbe North will fulfill
every constitutional obligation. Their re
peal, we repeat, would be tbe signal for the
restoration of good feeling throughout the
nation.
Death, of Hon. Martin McLeod.
We received information last evening of
the'death of Hon. Martin McLeod, at his
residence in Bloomingfon, Hennepin county,
on Tuesday evening, 20th instant, after a
brief illness.
Mr. McLeod was one of the oldest set
tlers in the State, and a Councillor in the
first Legislative Assembly of the Territory,
which convened in this city on the third of
September, 1849.
He was for many years well known as an
Indian Trader, and in that capacity expe
rienced a full share of romantic adventures
of fortune. He came to
the United States from the Bed River
in the 1837, on snow shoes. His two
companions both perished in a snow
storm near Cheyenne river. He and bis
guide were twenty-six days without seeing
a living soul; and after being five days
without food, ate one of their dogs, and at
last reached the trading post of Hon. Joseph
R. Brown.
He was a native of Montreal, Canada,
and at the time of his death was about forty
seven years of age.
Douglas on Immediate Secession.
We refer our readers to the admirable
letter of Judge Douglas, in reply to an invi
tation extended to him by some hundred
citizens of New Orleans,irrespective of party,
to deliver his views, in a public, speech on
the present condition of the affairs of our
country. While declining the request—not
peceiving that any patriotic objects can be
advanced by any further discussions, on his
part, prior to resuming his seat in the Sen
ate —he gives his views, very frankly, of the
unreasonableness of all attempts to secede
from the Union merely on account of the
election of Mr. Lincoln.
California for Douglas.
The last advices from California, indicate
that Douglas has carried the State, over
Lincoln, by 2,500 majority. His majority
over Brcckinridge will reach 10,000. The
California Legislature is Douglas in both
branches ; thus securing the defeat of Dr
Gwin, who was warmly supported by the
administration forces for re-election.
—Douglas will receive in the Electoral
College, three votes from New Jersey, nine
from Missouri, and four from California.
Oregon remains to be heard from, but it
will probably vote for Lincoln.
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.
Liston l
Listen to a paper which, though profess
sing independence of party, does not always
conceal its strong republican proclivities.
Of the odious “ personal liberty ” laws of
ten anti-slavery States, which have done so
muck, towards exasperating the South and
briigjsg the country into its present criti
cal' condition, Ihe (New York) World
says:
Not ono word can be Said in the defence of
the so-called personal liberty bills, the undis
guised purpose of whioh is to embarrass and
thwart tho operation of the fugitive slave law
We do not believe these faithless enactments
are approved by a majority of the people in
any one of the States in whose statute books
they are found. Our people, indeed, consci
entiously disapprove of slavery; they feel that
it is a hard, an invidious necessity which com
pels them to recognize the right of owners to
their escaped slaves; bnt they, at the same
time, acknowledge the binding force of that
guarantee of the constitution and
they hftve too much manliness and good faith
of » compact without
performing its obligations.
Mr. Lincoln holds, and has always held (as
we showed by his own language yesterday)
that the South is entitled to a fugitive slave-
J®; w > not inferior in efficacy to the present one.
Ihe whole conservative portion of the Repub
lican party shares his opinion most fully ; and
the fact that, with his views on this subject on
record, he was preferred as a candidate, may
fairly be construed as evidence that the party
has voluntarily placed itself onground which
implies an assent to the early repeal of the so
called personal liberty bills. The intention of
those bills is in plain contradiction to the sen
timents of the man they have elected to the
Presidency, as expressed in speeches which
the party has taken pains to circulate as cam
paign documents.
It now remains for the Republican party, in
the States that have enacted these justly offen
sive laws, to make their statute books conform
to their present views of constitutional obliga
tion. 6
The World reprints the following
words, uttered by Mr. Lincoln last winter
at the Cooper Institute, New York, and
calls to them the attention of his now vic
torious party:
“A few words now,” said Mr. Lincoln, “to
the Republicans. It is exceedingly desirable
that all parts of this great confederacy shall
be at peace and in harmony with one another.
Let us Republicans do our part to have it so.
Even though much provoked, let ns do nothing
through passion and ill temper. Even though
the southern people will not so much as listen
to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and
yitld to them if, in our deliberate view of our
duty, we possibly can.”
Messrs. Andrews and Miller.
A correspondent of the N. Y. World,
writing from St. Paul, in giving an account
of the Presidential canvass in this State,
and the orators of the two parties, says :
The most laborious part of the canvass ap
pears to have fallen upon Stephen Miller and
C. C. Andrews, who headed respectively the
Republican and Democratic electoral tickets.
They held thirty-eight joint discussions, their
appointments being distributed among nearly
all of the settled counties. Previous to com
mencing. Mr. Andrews filled appointments in
the St. Croix valley and on the north side of
Lake Superior, and Mr. Miller also spoke at a
number of places on the St. Croix. Their dis
cussions generally attracted large audiences.
Mr. Andrews is about thirty years of age, and
Mr. Miller forty-five, but there is a greater dif
ference in their style of speaking than in their
ages, the former being argumentative, and the
latter rhetorical and humorous, and better fitted
to carry along the crowd. Mr. Miller is re
garded as one of the best Republican stumpers
in the State, and he is besides an untiring
worker for his party.
Douglas vs. Lincoln. —Hon. S. A.
Douglas, in his speech in Mobile, answered
the interrogatory, whether he would take
office under Lincoln, in the following style:
“ I have only to say, that I cannot believe
that any man reputed to be a gentleman
could put such questions to me. [lmmense
applause.] There is no language with which
I can express my scorn and contempt for
the wretch who would intimate that, in any
contingency, I would take office under Lin
coln. [Applause.] The man who would
propound such a question to me would sell
himself in an instant to Lincoln or any other
man who would offer him his price. [Great
applause.]
What It Costa to Get Into Office.
The New Xork World gives the follow
ing as the salaries to the various offices in
New York, and the amount of money it
costs to obtain an office. The amount it
costs to obtain an office is set down as its
premium value:
Office. Salary per annum. Prem value
Councilman No salary S6O
Alderman “ ieo
Assemblyman S3OO 400
State Senator 300 500
City Inspector 5,000 5,000
Mayor 5,000 10,000
District Attorney 5,000 5,000
Congressman 4,000 10,000
Recorder 5,000 10.000
Comptroller 5,000 5,000
City Judge 5,000 10,000
Surrogate 5,000 5,000
Some of the above offices have fees
attached, and others have not. The won
der is, in cases of the offices with no fees
attached, how the successful candidates re
imburse themselves for their expenditure.
In addition to the above, the World says
that the office of County Clerk yields the
income of $35,000 per annum ; the Regis
ter’s $4,000; Corporation Counsel’s $65,-
000; Coroner’s $4,000, and Corporation
Attorney $20,000.
The system of auctioneering off clerkships,
&c., to the highest bidder, prevails in many
of the departments.
An honest “committee” has actually been
found in New York. The committee on
the ball given in honor of the Prince of
Wales, have positively made a full state*
ment of receipts and expenses, showing that
they had charged nothing for visits to Wash
ington or Canada, and actually return
ing $12,260 to subscribers 1 After this
we have no idea that tbe-Union will be dis
solved.
News at Our Own state.
The people of Chisago county voted, at
the recent election, upon the proposition to
.remove the county seat from Taylor Falls
to Centre City. The question of removal
prevailed by a small majority.
A similar proposition in Dakota connty
to remove the county seat from Hastings
to Pine Bend, was lost by a very decisive
vote.
In Wabashaw county, the proposition for
the removal of the county seat to Lake Ci
ty was defeated, and it therefore remains at
Wabashaw.
The number of pupils in attendance on
the pnbiic schools of Stillwater is one hun
dred and ninety-eight.
We publish the followirg information,
frdm a circular issued by tbe authorities of
the State Normal School at Winona :
The first term of this School will close Nov.
28, with thirty three State pupils. The second
term will commence Dec. sth, 1860, under the
same Professor, John Ogden, assisted by other
oompetent teachers.
Applicants for admission most be at least
sixteen years of age, healthy, of good moral
character, able to read and write with ordinary
correctness, to parse a common English sen
tence, and to sustain an examination in the
outlines of Geography and the common Rules
of Arithmetic. They must also express a writ
ten intention to teach school in this State for
two years. Of such no tuition will be demanded.
If there are vacant scholarships, in any Sen
atorial Districts at the opening of the term,
they may be filled by pnpils residing in other
Districts, on the terms above described.
Those wishing to enter the School are re
quested to be present for examination on Dec.
4th, at 9 o’clock a. m.
Over one hundred and sixty quarter sec
tions in Olmsted county were “paid np on”
during the pendency ol the recent land sales
—thus adding at least $25,000 to the taxa
ble prospects of the county.
The Late Foreign News.
According to statistics published in a re
cent number of tbe Nationale, which are
supposed to be correct enough for all prac
tical purposes, the population of the several
provinces of which the Italian monarchy i 3
likely to consist will be as follows:
Naples 6,843.355
Sicily 2,208,392
The Two Sicilies 9,051,747
Piedmont 4,368,972
Deduct for Savoy aDd Nice.. 513,500
Total 3,855,472
The Island of Sardinia 547,112
Piedmont and Sardinia... 4,402,584
Lombardy 2,835,219
The Roman States, minus Rome ana
Comarca 2,681,771
Tuscany 1,817,466
Modena 600,676
Parmo and Piacenza 508,784
General total 21,887,247
Some idea of the unanimity of the Nea
politans, on the subject of annexation to
Sardiania, may be had from the vote which
was declared on the 3d inst. For annexa
tion, there were 1,302,064; against, 10,312.
On the 4th inst., the people of Perugia, one
of the Papal States, now occupied by
French troops, commenced voting on the
same proposition, will be adopted by a
similar majority.
The Neapolitan army suffered a signal
defeat on the Garigliano, in opposing
the passage of the Piedmontese army, un
der command of Victor Emanuel. The
royalists then fell back upon Gaeta, the
only place left to them in Naples. The
next news will probably announce the down
fall of that fortress.
A letter from Naples, dated the 29th of
October, gives an interesting account of an
interview between Garibaldi and Victor
Emanuel, at the head quarters of the
King’s army, on the 26th of October:
Garibaldi lett his quarters with his staff, and
three-quarters of au hour afterwards he came
in sight of the head of the Piedmontese column.
He put 3purs to his horse. The Piedmontese
advanced. The columns presented arms to
Garibaldi, and opened for him to pass through.
Gialdini rushed forward, and Garibaldi, jump
ing off his horse, embraced him affectionately.
After exchanging a few words, Garibaldi re
mounted to meet the king. Victor Emanuel
was not far behind, leading on his own division.
Seeing the red shirts the king took a telescope,
and, recognizing Garibaldi, put spurs to his
horse and galloped toward him. Garibaldi did
the same. When they were within ten paces
of each other, the officers of the king and of
Garibaldi shouted: “Long live Victor Emanu
el !’’ Garibaldi advanced, took off his hat,
and,in a voice somewhat hoarse from emotion:
said : “ King of Italy !” Victor Emanuel put
his hand to his kepi, then held it out to Gari
baldi, and, equally moved, replied: “Thank
you !” They stood thus, hand in hand, nearly a
minute, without uttering another word.
Garibaldi and the King, still holding each
other’s hand, followed the troopß for about a
quarter of an hour. Their suites had mingled
together, and followed at a short distance be
hind them. Passing a group of officers Gari
baldi saluted them. Among them were Fari
ni, Minister of War, in the foraging cap of a
staff officer, and General Fanti. The King and
Garibaldi were conversing. His Majesty was
at the head of 30,000 men.
Before reaching Teano, King Victor Emanu
el halted, and ordered a portion of his army
to file off in presence of Garibaldi, that every
one might observe the good feeling which pre
vailed between him and the chieftain.
Sir Charles Napier, “ one of the illus
trious men who came into the world in the
same decade with the French revolution,”
is dead. The London limes, who thus
describes him, says in its typographical
sketch ot his life, that—
In his name is summed up all that he was.
A Napier is a man possessed of high spirits,
immense courage, great ingenuity, prodigious
egotism, and a critical or theoretical faculty
which incites to deeds of astounding audacity.
And so another Napier, another cf the “Ready,
aye ready’* school, is gone. We shall never
more set his ruddy, jolly countenance twitch
ing under his broadbrim, as in his blue coat
and white trousers, he trudged down to the
House, heavily burdened with a speech on the
sorrows of the navy. He jiaa fired his last
gun; he is gone to the haven of his rest. We
will forget long speeches and wordy letters, to
remember him only as he was in his prime—
the daring and the brilliant captain.
DEFECTI
A despatch from Washington says that
the President will send to Congress his an
nual message, on the third day of tbe ses
sion. Copies will be sent to publishers in
advance, as far north as Boston, and South
to Richmond.
That illustrious statesman, Senator Zach
ary Chandler, of Michigan, it is announced
by telegraph, will not enter the Lincoln
Cabinet.
A despatch from Washington to the
New York papers, states that Secretary
Thompson, of the Interior Department, had
a fall and free conference with Ex-Gov.
Corwin, as to measures to be taken by the
outgoing and incoming administrations, to
avert the impending danger to the Union.
The great Southern Commercial Conven
tion, which adjourned at Vicksburg, Miss.,
on the 13th of May, 1859, to meet in At
lanta, Ga., on Monday, November 12, has
finally given up the ghost. Not a delegate
was in attendance at Atlanta on the 12th.
An agent of Edwin Forrest served pa
pers on Mr. Eddy and the proprietors of
the Gayety Theatre, at Albany, on the 17th,
forbidding them to produce “ Jack Cade.”
Notwithstanding this the piece was per
formed to an immense audience.
The grand jury of the U. S. District
Court at Chicago, on Monday last, brought
in bills of indictment against nine of the
rescuers of a fugitive slave in that city, on
the week previous. The namas of these
Chicago Nullifiers are as follows :
Calvin DeWolf, Republican Justice of the
Peace.
George Anderson,Republican Deputy Sheriff.
Isaiah H. Williams, Republican Lieutenant of
Police.
Holland H. Harris, Republican City Police
man.
Edward Longley,Republican City Policeman.
Chancellor L. Jenks, Republican practitioner
of law.
Dantel Webster, a negro.
Benjamin Mercer, a negro.
Henry Lisbes, (probably Isbell,) a negro.
A Washington correspondent says:
•The progress made in the census justifies
the expectation that tbe Secretary of the
Interior will be enabled, at a very early day
in the coming session, to present an approx
imate statement [of the population of the
United States and Territories, and indicate
what will be the apportionment for the
Thirty-eighth Congress. As it is, the
country will be informed during the census
year of many of the most important results
connected with tbe eighth enumeration—a
consummation never before attained.
Colonel Michael Corcoran, of the six
ty-ninth New York Irish regiment, has
been arrested lor disobedience of the orders
of General Sandford, in refusing to parade
with his regiment on the occasion of the
reception of the Prince of Wales. The
ground taken by the Colonel was that the
General had no authority to order the pa
rade, two parades by division having already
been made, but it is claimed that the law
clearly gives the General discretionary pow
er in this respect.
The majority for Bell in Virginia is set
down at 1,700 —certain. Good.
The Postmaster General has ordered the
printing of envelopes embossed with the
)ne cent stamp, from a newly executed die,
representing the head of Franklin, to be
used for circulars and drop letters. The
letter envelopes will also be prepared with
a one cent stamp, in juxtaposition with the
three cent stamps.
A levee was given to Gov. Banks and
lady by the citizens of Boston on the night
of the 20th.
The steamer Pacific, from Louisville [to
New Orleans, was burned at Uniontown
on the 18th. Capt. Lamb lost; the re
mainder of the officers, crew and passengers
saved.
The trial of R. S. Richardson and Sarah
Ann Heally, for poisoning Stephen Heally,
husband of the latter, closed at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, on the 19th. Mrs. Heally
was acquitted. Richardson was convicted
of manslaughter in the second degree, and
was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment
in the State Prison.
Gov. Moore will convene the Louisiana
Legislature on the 10th of December.
The ship John R. Wood, with 900 bales
of cotton, and the bark Evadne, with 3,000
barrels of lime, were burned at New Orleans
on the 18th. The former’s loss will be from
$75,000 to SBO,OOO.
The following table presents the compa
rative progress of New York and Philadel
phia, in population, since 1790.
Mew York. Philadelphia.
1790 33,131 42.520
1800 60,489 70,287
1810 96,373 96,387
1820 123.706 119,325
1830 202,589 167,325
1840. 312,852 258,037
1850 515,394 408,762
1360 821,113 568,034
The official vote of Illinois is as follows:
Lincoln, 170,545 ; Douglas, 160,549 ; Bell,
4,840 ; Breckinridge, 2,272. Increase in
vote since ’56, 103,131. Lincoln over
Douglas, 9,996 ; over all, 7,112.
Prentice of the Louisville Journal gives
notice that he will print his paper in the
Union till the 4th of March, 1865. He
says be don’t like the idea of collecting
New Albany, Indiana, and Jeffersonville
items under the head of foreign news.
PAGE
The News.
Oar Political System.
To the Editors of the Pioneer and Democrat
I have read attentively and with much
satisfaction the communication in your
paper of to-day, on “ The Philosophy of
Politics.” The want of a national policy is
doubtless tbe cause of all our weakness and
troubles; but that cause is but tbe effect
of another and a deeper cause. If our ex
perience has not already proved it, a few
years more of folly and recklessness cer
tainly will make it plain, beyond dispute,
that our frequent elections are at the bottom
oi the general disregard of our greatest in
terests as a nation. Let our executive and
judicial officers hold for life, subject, of
course, to impeachment, and the terms of
the legislative service be double, or rather
treble what they now are; let the quackery
of cheap government as advocated in this
country (the most expensive in tbe world
considered with regard to its efficiency) be
abandoned, and ell public officers handsome
ly paid, and rest assured our inherent
strength will immediately begin to develop,
Patriotism—sincere; and hearty, not the
windy talk about it which now disgusts
every intelligent man in the community—
will spring into life among both govern
ors and the governed, and the thou
sand avenues and temptations to politi
cal and official corruption will be cut
off. We boast much of our rapid
growth. But surely to the calm observer
it must be evident this is not what it might
have been, had the energies of the nation
been less occupied with party rivalry. The
fact is, Almighty God has done for us what
He has done for no other people. He has
brought to our very doors, poured into our
laps, an overflowing abundance of every
species of material wealth, almost without
effort on our part, and this we mistake for
the natural result of our own political sys
tem and fancied power. Never was a
nation more blessed with the means of
wealth, and never has a civilized people
accomplished so little in proportion to their
means. In the midst ol our pride and vain
glory, the weakness of our government
seems about to exhibit itself to the world :
we have not strength enough, or enough of
national spirit, or loyalty, to hold together.
Our whole system is one of individual sel
fishness, of disintegration, and this our
theory of elections is carrying on to
its legitimate, its necessary consequen
ces. In the mania which prevails
for periodical political strife—which we call
liberty—it is not likely that the voice of
the opponents of frequent elections will be
listened to ,* but it is certain that unless the
system be speedily abandoned, disintegra
tion will go on until anarchy and ruin will
overtake us. In the mealtime, all that can
be done by those who foresee with the cer
tainty of conviction, the fruits of our pres
ent infatuation, is to raise their voices in
warning and solemn protest, in the hope
that when all shall have been sufficiently
convinced by the logic of events, we may
labor together in the work of reforming the
fundamental errors of our political system,
and strengthening our government by the
adoption of those measures which the teach
ings of Divine Providence, as illustrated in
the history of the world, have shown to be
necessary to the true prosperity,nay, to the
continued existence of a nation.
November 20st, 1860.
The Wife of the Prince of Wales.—
A few days ago the telegraph brought the
information that a paper published in Saxe-
Coburg-Gotha announces the selection of
the only daughter of the Grand Duke of
Saxe-Meiningen as the future wife of the
Princo of Wales. The ducal house of
Saxe-Meiningen is a dynasty closely allied
with that of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and the
only daughter of the reigning Duke Bernard
is the Princess Augusta Louise Caroline
Ids, born on the 6th of August, 1843, and,
therefore, not quite two years younger than
her prospective spouse. Her mother is a
daughter of the late William 111, Elector
of Hesse Cassel. It is possible that the
matter has been arranged—subject, we hope
to the approval of Albert Edward himself—
by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert,
during their recent visit to Germany.
A Committeeman in School. —We find
the following good one from an authentic
source. A sub committee of a School
Board, not a thousand miles from the city
of Lynn, were examining a class in a
primary school. One of the committee, to
sharpen up their wits, propounded the
following question:
“If I had a mince pie and should give
two-'twelfths to John, two twelfths to Isaac,
two-twellths to Harry, and should keep half
of the pie for myself, what would there be
left?”
There was a profound study among the
scholars, but finally one lad held up his
hand as a signal that he was ready to an
swer.
“Well, sir, what would there be left?
Speak up loud, so that all can hear,” said
the committeeman.
“The plate,” shouted the hopeful fellow.
The committeeman turned red in the face,
while the other members roared aloud. The
boy was excused from answering any more
questions.