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Hhutesoia Cirats.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1856.
Music hath Charms, &,c. —On Monday
night we were aroused from our slumbers by a
serenading party, who, stopping under our win
dow, delighted us with their sweet tnusic, both
vocal and instrumental. What is more pleasing
than to he startled from a sound sleep, and be
fore you are fairly awake, to hear the beauti
ful notes of the guitar, accompanied by the
voices of accomplished singers? It did not
hardly seem real to us. We were imagining
ourself in dream-land and it was some time
before we comprehended the true state of the
case. We should like to hear the performance
repeated.
'] he Fanny Harris arrived yesterday
afternoon. Site has the follow ing memoranda :
Met the James Lyons, it Buena Vista ; the
Bon Coursin, alCassville ; Lady Franklin a* d
Falls City at Coon Slough; War F.agle in
Lake l’epin ; Excelsior at Prescott; and City
Belle above Hastings.
CtT” The Alhambra, ('apt. Gabbert, J. J.
Hills, llr.'t Clerk, Robert Melville, second Clerk:
arrived yesterday morning. We arc indebted to
the Clerk for tbe following memoranda. Left
Galena Saturday night at 1L o’clovk; Dunleith at
11 o’clock Sunday morning. Passed the Matty
Wayne, from St. Louis, with a barge, is on her
way up; passed the A. G. M ison, at Red \V ing,
e miing up; parsed the Fanny II m is below Win
ona, she left Duntcitli the night before the Al
hambra. The Alhambra had about lO' > passengers.
Freight principally for St. Paul.
The York State ai rived at our b vee yes
te day mornng early, .‘hois the first boat up»
from St. Louis.
r-<r The City Bello left for Galena yesterday
morning.
C-y' The R veille, Capt. Fpencor, left yester
«l y aftorno in for the Minnesot
(' ~J J The Col ici. ill a went out yesterday after
noon,
£ */’ The York State left yesterday afternoon
f >v St. Loui*..
We met on tlie road to Sunrise river, a
few da; s ego. Dr. I'. Miller, of Vernon, Vt. The
Dr., had with him .'One* fifteen or twenty of the
liardv Green Mountain lioys. The company was
in fin" li ■ ilth and sp rits, looking forward, as well
tli y might, to lumpy 1. nne- in Minnesota.
i " Mr. A. S. l’.lfdt is r: O 'iving liis spring
ft" !. of Fanev and Staple Dry Goods. Those in
want "f artleb-s in I»:s line, e in he suited to a T,
both as to p i •;* and quality. Drop in opposite
the Auierlcan House.
(’V Sti m_( r ! d'i j.ouw'sh to find in Minne
sota. a public house where all your wants are an
t’eipate I : n I sonjilic 1. wh a’* cv<*rv comfort and
hr.ury is p: ovid \l. and everv attention paid you V
Mr. H. A. Duel, of the Winslow Hou-e, can in
troduee you to sucli a place.
Cuv .t Astcun.-—The Brussels Independ
riit asserts ti nt the I’rim e Frederick, son o!
\Viliiutii, el Prussia, Las .asked of the King
Lis utiele, his consent to the proposed alliance
with the Princess Boval of England, and that
consent was granted in presence of the Court.
The Prime is 2 i years of age.-
The Cincinnati Juice Current states
that at no time during the last lifteen years,
has there let n such activity, as at present, in
nil the depailinen'.s ol the commerce and trade
of that city.
» complaint has. been made against
the F ist Boston toll man, and captain of the
bury boat, for obstructing the l . I’. mail, they
l.avmg refit.-vd to let the mail carrier pass un
less l.e pan! the increased toll.
E Henry A. Wi**, dr., the son of the Gov
ern. >r of Va., is a' out to !>o ord:iin"d as an Epis
copal hi.ulster.
All the railroad lines leading fr >ui Boston to
New Vi;!, h ive raised the rate of pisseiiger f ire
oao did! ir.
( .. Due of the ••city fatliers"’ of Allegli.-nv !
City, P.i., lia< been lined $5 f. r whipping his j
wife.
C v ' I he L"g:slature «»f Mi-sis ippi has passed j
n hill authoi i/.uig pirt'u s to contract for tin* p iv-
incut of any rat-of inter -t not exceeding ten '
per cent, on the removal of any debt after matu- |
rity.
(~ j I'lie Ktoanier l elip-e from Louisville for '
New Orleans, had Id, it. 10 sacks of corn engaged
at points al mg the Ohio. This will mike the
larges* <• i-go of co u over known to lnivo been
sli’pped on a b. at.
r'y-r A eoinmittee appointed by the business mrn
of Kansas, cons s'iu . of G. \V. Brown, editor of
the Heialdof Free ioni, and others, were in Al
ton, on the Oth, to t ik • tlm initiatory steps for es
t .blishing a iine of si.am ts between Alton and
K ns is, for tli • purpose of transporting free State
• migrants wi ii their goods. They will proceed
li nec to Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and
eastern citi •, to perfect the arrangement.
{ c' The lliclnnotid Enquirer whicli has all
along b .M pv iicFn ; that tli “Abolition Partv,” 1
n it sty 1 s R p iblie ins, c mid n ver g**t even a ;
lootiioid in anv Southern Ft ite, s tvs :
. * *
is n to onnconl tin* f u*t tint tlirro is
Ii nv ii organ 7.ed abid tion party at the South.” I
| The Boston Times says the rate at which
the lot on t!i ■* corner of State in.PKxeh.mge st's.,
in that city, wis recently said, was sso per
►1 1 ire foot, and at the ‘same rate the cost of an
acre weal 1 amount to did.ISLSJO.
L V The Sou’ll Carolina Joint Stock Pro-Shtvo
ry Linigration Aid Company r q liras this pledge
of its Lmigi ants: “Wo agree to go to Kansas
Territory an 1 locate th re uulil it be decided
"lither it shall be a I*. o-Slavu v or Anti-Slavery
State; and we further agree to support ichcn
.■/otc. the Pto*Sbmj p irty.”
Ft" Nova Scotia legislature lias passed the;
Maine Liquor law, by 27 to 2d, to go into effect
immediately.
Cw* ’ih' Kxliiuund Whig gays the chinch-bug |
is alive an 1 kicking in Virginia, and threatens
destruction to the wheat if rain docs not full.
An Important Witness. —A Dutchman was ar
rested ui Cleveland, last week, on charge of mur
dering h s wife, and his examination was held j
on Saturday. It was proved he had struck her;
and abused her, and at last she had strangely J
disappeared. The evidence was getting dark
against the man, when the door opened, and in
walked the wife in perfect health! Tired of his
nbu-e*. she had gone to the poor house, and had
been living there for six weeks, when hearing of
the arrest of her husband, cainc into court as a
witness for him, and produced of course, much '
excitement. The couple w ere once more united, '
and are now living together.
fci*’ Epitaph on a lamb just killed : “Peas to
it* remains.”
*-*SSi rm*.
CorresjiJiulouce of the Times.
Little Falls, April 10,18-36.
Messrs. Editors :—-As probably a great
number of your readers are not aware ol the
rapid-growth and promising advantages ot Lit
tle Falls, perhaps you will give this communi
cation an insertion in one of the columns oi
your paper, it would be interesting to them to
learn of its condition and resources.
Little Fulls is situated on the Mississippi
one hundred and eight miles above St. I aul,
and fifteen miles below Fort Ripley. It has
lately become the county seat ol Morr.son
county, and at this time contain* fully twenty
live buildings occupied by about one hundred
inhabitants. Among the buildings may be
mentioned two stores, one large mill which an
swers ti.e doul le purpose of grinding and saw
ing, a goo 1 blacksmith shop, and a hotel in
erection that would do honor to the first town
of Minnesota. Besides it contains a number
of very handsome private residences. These,
when taking into consideration the fact that a
year ago there were only throe or four houses
in the place, are calculated to set Little Falls
in rather a favorable position before the public.
The i ountry around is beautiful. A large
fertile prairie extends above and below it which
is skirted on the East by oak openings and a
rolling country of goo 1 meadow and farming
lands. Little hikes are interspersed at conven
ient distances, forming admiral le watering
places for farmers. On the West V good tim
bered land, containing timber suital le tor al!
kinds ol business purposes. And the land it
self is of excellent quality. Indeed, it is pro
nounced by some to be of superior worth to
that on the J 'am side. However that may be,
:t is all rapa! le of laisiug an abundant crop.
Ti ere are many good {sinners in l! o vicinity o!
Little Falls, who cultivate a large quantity oi
land, and are well repaid for their exertions.—
fine high price of produce makes this a desi
ra! le : dilation hr them.
Ei ng ird to the vrati r | ow r of the Missis
sippi at lids place, it seems to be the very cap
tion ol privileges. line are some of the
n:o.-t splendid ci.amu s tor a number of large
manufactories on either bank directly opposite
the town. Already tie Little Falls Company,
with a good water power, are doing a l.and
s -me I ti.sii.css in the manmucturing of lumber
and building mateiiui, and they are still ex
tending their works. Last summer they had
in operation two saws, and a rotary, a grist
mill and shingle machine. But this year, when
their spring's arrnngcmcntsarc completed, they
will have in addition another rotary saw, some
lath saws, a pinning machine, and iron and
woo ! n turning lathes. Besides I may men
tion another saw mill, which they are 1 inkling
two or three miles above at the mouth of the
Little Elk, soon to be in operation.
The Company are spaiing no exertions to
build up and ! enefit the place. The site !as
boon survey* d and pa tied into wide, commodi
ous lots, will) alleys, width they are selling to
purchasers at very suitable prices. Being sit
uated on ti e route from St. Paul to Fort Hip
ley, Little Fa!!-* has all the couvenetences of a
good road, ami of the mail plying between
those places. A road has been authorized to
he laid out from tins pl.ee to Otti r 'Tail Lake,
which will be done m cue time, besides a road
from here to Mille Lae will pro! ably be open
ed this sj ring. No doubt yon l.a\c noticed the
favorable opinion c * Little Fails in the report
oi Gov. Steven’s exploring party, as being the
best crossing place ot the Mississippi for a
railroad from Lake Superior to Puget Sound.
This favorable opinion, it is hoped, w ill soon
become a (act. The river is eon.pressed here
into a narrow channel only 1 -30 feet wide, and
the opposite hanks' seemed to have been form
ed almost purposely for a I ridge. They are
composed of solid roeks and wou'd make ex
cellent abutments. The levelu ssof the coun
try ami the abundance of limber favor the idea
ti.at this will Le the passage of a northern
route from Luke Superior. Perhaps you will
It* surprised when I say that Liith* Falls l ids
fair to be one oi t;,e most flourishing towns of
the North '.’test. S. M. P.
They are paying 38 cents per bushel
for corn, in Chicago, to be delivered after the
opening of the canal.
A Sum* Swallow* ii re nv thk La\|>. —ln 1840,
:i 1 ir„o shi,- from R iston, wis u.el a* a stor.-
ship at San Franeisa-*. Rv degrees, pile* wore
driven aronn I her and the city crept down h won 1,
until she w is entirely surrounded hv building*,
mil her hull was convert .1 into a hr 'o hotel!
f '-'r’ In 2d lOnnti- sin the western part of New
York, there are s ii 1 to tic forty million of young
fi ait tree* growing.
C ’ 1 x’rao.viinary as it may seem, Horace
Grecl ; .according to th • N. V. Her tl I -f>rre<pon
dent. actanilv d im e l in a <pi i Irillc at the Wa.-li
ington N iti m il fl iil th * other evening.
( e. I:ic first Ii n ing of t!;o >o ison, arrived
at TMinton, M i.ss., on th > 27th uit. It w s sol i
for §1.3 '.
CIT" It has l-e- a ascertained that Bishop ()*
Reilly, of Hartford, was not on board of the
Pacific.
fT?” Mr. \ in Metre In* obtained contributions
to th" Five* f'fi.it* Mission at Freeport, to the
amount of -812 >, !-e*i i •* a hox of elmhing.
( y“ Ih" State Agricultural Fair of Wiscon
sin, w ’i be h-'ld at M.lwaukee on the Btb, 9;h
and 10th of October.
C t?”M:’. John A. Washington, owner of Mount
Vernon, lately wrote to one of the ladies en
gaged in raising money for its purchase, that
the pi iee wis not for sale. The estate is said to
be goitig to decay rapidly.
b'v’ Th.* new Jim> of the Capitol at Wash
ington, will cost, acoordhig to the estimate of
Mr. Walters, th * architect, abo it a million of
dollars. Its construction was commenced with an
-appropriation of SIOO,OOO
iV The Superintcn lent of Public Instruc
tion in California recommends that a conv of
\\ ebster’s l nahriiLe-J D'ctionarv should be
placed in every school in the State.
C 3?” l'ro*ted feet may be easily cured thus :
Heat a brick very hot, and hold the foot over it
as closely as it can he held without burning ;
then cat an onion in two, and dipping it repeated
ly in salt, ru*> all over the foot. The juice of
the onion will be dried into tbe foot, and effot a
cure i*i a verv short time.
C V’ A Philadelphia punster says that in view
of the universal fun made by the American press
over the birth of the prince of Algiers, he pro
poses that the title of the illustiious stranger
should be changed to the “Prince of All jeer*.”
(TP* The best occupation for man to make
choice of is such as shall prove an ornament to
himself ami useful to mankind.
Itaai* from tho fit. Anthony Express.
Wo learn thnt a gentleman is now here from
tho East, with the intention of establishing an
iron foundry. He wishes to securo a good water
Eower on the St. Anthony side and put ud n
uilding capable of accommodating one hundred
workmen. Mr. Chute the agent of the Mill Com
pany is now unfortunately at the East, still it is
thought au arrangement will bo made, and the
foundry be built immediately. Mr. Stone, the
gentleman who proposes building it, is the pro
prietor ol an extensive foundry near Hartford,
Conn. We sincerely hop© that that project may bo
carried through. It would greatly add to the
business of our llourishing city.
Wenotici another improvement which has
just been commenced. A canal .thirty foot wide,
is being cut through Hennepin Islands for the
mill purposes. It comm no- s about oppsitc our
office and is to be extended to the foot ol tho
i-land. We understand that a similar canal i*
soon to li * cut through upon the opposite side of
tin* isl ind. There is a great future for the inari
uf.icttiring interests ot St. Anthony.
We tin hast and that Mr. Jones the brick ma
ke of Minneapolis, has lately r-'turne 1 f’om tlie
East, and intends to recommence his old lots ness
im ii-.di.itelv. He info ins u* thit he will p oha
blv he able to furnish upward* of 2, (KM, 00’)
br;eks tin* en-ning season. Go ah *;id, neighbor
-Iniies; we shall need them all. Minneapolis a*
well as S’. Anthony is-bound to grow this sea
son.
f, V* The Falls present a vry splendid nppe ir
n-e now. They are not only beautiful but they
arc Huldini". The old logs and rubbish which
have hei’etofors so much marred their beauty are
fast dis ipr»e tring. All excepting one jam near
the Minneapolis shore, have gone and this must
disaj-p ".ar, under the immense pressure of Wit
ter which is now playing over it.
C ■<V’ The water is higher now than it ever
has been before for several years and still con
tinues rising. The e was considerable rain last
fall which tilling up the swamps and freezing,
has made it a very easy matter to coax the great
er part of the sno -v, together with the great quan
tity of r <in which has fallen lately, into the river.
The logs mu-t now comedown. It conuotjbe other
wise, as it continues to rain and there is no pros
pect of abatement in the rise of water till it is
much ld.ii -r than it now i*. As far as lumber
is concerned M iuiesota cannot fail to see a pros
perous time this veil - .
Thk Glorious Uncertainties or tub Law.—
Our readers may remember the facts of the ar
rest of a voni.g man at the Astor llous", some
four weeks ago. charged with having left Austra
lia very sudd idy, with some $40,000 of his cm
plovers propertv, and also that a. member of the
linn sueeeded in attaching a large portion of
the nion *y whicli had been placed in the hands of
Messrs Coleman X- Stetson, by the young man for
safe I:c ping. The principal tried the laws of
New York upon his defaul’ng employee, but find
ing that the ease would probably take years to
bring it to a final settlement, concluded to com
promise the m;itt *r, an ! submitted to a loss of
§II,OOO. The late clerk remains in New York,
to spend what lie has left of his ill-gotten gains,
and tli" employer took his departure from Boston
bn Wednesday in the steamer for Liverpool. —A’.
F. llrpr esr.
Julia-Marir-Ann Cauliflower says, “when
slu* fell in love, slm felt as if she was sliding
down an ice mountain on a little hand sled,
with a chunk of rainbow in her bosom as big
as a pound of swan-down, expecting to be land
ed in a lake of-honey filled with islands all
covered with posy beds.” The thermometer
being twenty-eight degrees below zero, the gal
didn’t faint. .
f 'vT” Indiscretion is the fountain whence mis
fornie* ever flow, lmt hope and fortune ever grow
for lum who has a pru lent mind.
A medical writer says that the rot king
chairs, as now constructed, ought never to be
used, for they produce a double bind of the
spine inwardly, and of the shoulders forward,
which is preventive of free respiration. lie
says they might be constructed to flare exactly
the other way—their sid>-s warping outwardly,
and their tops turning backward, with infill te
benefit. Some chair maker might do well to
improve on this very rational hint.
CTyT” A lover, writing to hi* sweetheart, says :
“Delicate dear—You arc so sweet that honey
wool I l>!ii*!i in your presence and molasses stand
appalled.”
£ S nco 1840, th; whole number of inter
ments in Greenwood C lirmtrv, New York, have
been 47.223.
Several millers near Manchester, Eng
land, have been heavily fined for mixing white
clay with their flour. The proportion found
in several samples was about two per cent. —
The court ordered all the flour they ! ad on
band to be sold for feeding swine, ami the pro
ceeds given to the poor.
C 3?° The editor of the N«*iv York Herald
speaks of th eo e !itnr*, by one of whom ha is
call'd a Know Nothing, by the second a Soft
Democrat, and by the third a Black Republican.
\V*e suppose the three got hold of three different
numbers of hi* p-ip«*r, published, probably on
three consrcotwe days.
The Philadelphia Dispatch give* nn Re
count of the bursting of a lady’s hoop in tho
street, by which calamity the outside lirrng of
her dress was torn into ribbon*, and her little
boy walking by her *id i knocked into the gutter,
senseless. He was, however, rc*cu"d from
drowning by a hack driver, who gallantly
plu’.egcd in an I brought him ashore. The lady
escaped uninjured.
Th i California piper; ridicule the
charge* in ado against Gen. Wool by the Legisla
ture of Oregon. They declare th it the acts of
viol uico done by th * In li mi hive bem caused
by waiito» d;>uon s y and intrigue on the part
of tho whites.
CNT” The patrons of the Th *ulogieal Seminary
are making efforts to raise §130,000, for its bet
ter endowment, so as to raise the salaries of it*
Professors and build a fire proof building.
(/if* It i* reported that .since hi* retirement
from the Washington Union, Mr. Forney i* em
ploying hi* lei ure hours in writing :v bi igraphy
of Mr. Buchanan.
Ct" Birnum has again been up on a judge’s
warrant. II * says he can do nothing for hi*
creditor* but surren lcr his prop *rty. lie ac
couote 1 for the disapp *arance of hi* fortnne of
nearly half a million by clock debts paid end
secured, $70.(M9; !o*s of bonds on Jerome Co.,
§3').o >.) sacrifice on Connecticut property, §300,-
000; o:h r losses $53,000, and family expenses.
Woman. — An exchange says that “God inten
ded all women to be b uiutiful as much as he did
the rose* and morning glories ; and that he in
tended they should obey his laws, and cut indo
lence ami corset strings and indulge in frevdotn
and fresh air. For a girl to expect to be hand
some with the action of her lungs dependent upon
the exp :n-ive nature of a cent’s worth of tape,
is as absurd us to look for tulips in a snow
bank, or a full grown oak ia a little flower-pot.”
The Tver Battrey. —Mr. Fye, of the New
York Pres, being called on to reply to a toast
in honor of the craft at the late celebration of
tbe Typographical Society, made a very excel
lent speech—the speech of the evening deci
dedly, in the course of which he said:
“There are two kinds of weapons. We hare
P tisan guns, Minnie rifles and Sharp’s rifles ;
hut there is one thinzt hat shoots further than all
these, it is the shot from the type battery. It
goes round the world; it circles and threads
plains; it wends its way through woods; it rat
tles in the rising of the' shio in the most distant
seas ; it is never snent when aimed high, but
ricochets striking with fresh force ererr form of
evil, d;sbcnoi and oppression. In firing, then,
let yoor aim always be true, and remember that
to hit the mark aim a little above it.”
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1856.
The Growth or Houses. —As we were
coming up Third street a few evenings since,
a gentleman who had visited St. Paul two
years ago, overtook us, and alter the usual
salutations, and remarks about tbe weather
were interchanged, our friend stopped short, ns
though he bad been stiuck with a fit of paraly
sis. Any one who had seen hia**countenance
at this moment, would have fallen back aghast,
at the terrible amazement and horror depicted
therein ; for a few seconds he stood transfixed,
but recovering himself, as if from a dream, he
drawled out, “When I was here two years
Minnesota was considered “some pumpkins,”
and I thought it was a pretty smart place, my
self. I heard a great deal sai lof the fertili
ty of tho soil, and of rapid vegetation, but hang
me il I could ever lelievo that houses grew if
I had not w itnessed it with my own eyes.”—
The case is this—for some time past the grad
ing of Third street has been in operation, and
as the earth had been leveled to the bottoms
of the cell rs, the vacuums thus caused had
been filled in with stores, making the buildings
appear as though the lower stories had grown
out of tho ground. Our friend could not un
derstand the explanation and left with the im
pression that everything grew in Minnesota.—
The last that was heard of him he was oa the
cars en route (or Michigan, intending to j ur
chase a large stock of worn out type and sev
eral “A No. 1, Northrup presses,” saying that
he would plant them in the fertile soil of Min
nesota, till they grow to be new and then he
would be able to assist in the publication of tbe
Cheese Press, providing tne rapidly increasing
circulation of that valuable sheet should re
quire any aid and comfort.
Mail Lost. —We learn from the St. Peter
Courier that on Thursday last, the entire mail
from the Winnebago Agency, Mankato, Kaso
ta, St. Peter. Traverse des Sioux and Le
Sueur, was lost in Le Sueur Creek. It ap
pears that the stream was much swollen by the
recent rains, and that the driver heedlessly and
without regard to the danger attempted to drive
across. The water was so deep that it floated
off the bed of the wagon which immediately
upset, throwing the mail into the stream. In
the letter bag there were many letters -of im
portance, and their loss together with the rest
of the mail matter has caused a feeling of bit
terness throughout the community, as it is aver
red tbe whole thing was the result of abject
carelessness.
tt-OT* lbe St. Louis Democrat publishes a
letter from Old Bullion which is, in substance,
his farewell to public life. The old hero will
devote the declining years of his life to the
completion of the literary task which lie has so
nobly begun.
A Grow ing Town. — The Rome
vertiser states that town now numbers about
live thousand inhabitants, and ti nt by tin* cen
sus oi JSiB it had then only five hundred and
eighty. Her Railroad and the navigation ol
the l pp r Coosa river have contributed very
large.v to this great increase and prosperity of
Rome.
You call that a grow ing town, do you ? Why,
in 1818 >t. Paul could not count eighty inhab
itants, and now she numbers almost sev*.n ihci
s;tnd.
A new., ti am saw mill is in progress
of erection at Traverse ties Sioux.
The St. Peter Courier says that a se
vere hail storm passed over that village a few
d.tys since.
The woik of grading Fort and Chest
nut streets is progressing finely.
The A. G. Mason arrived from St,
Louis on Tuesday night.
The Mattie Wayue, from St. Louis,
arrived yesterday forenoon, with a heavy freight
and about 40 passengers.
‘‘Lardner’s lull) tilings worth knowing”
i* a cheap publication (only 25 cent*). recently
issued by 11. Long & Bro., X. Y., whicli should
lie in the hand* of every young poison or everv
head of a family. It clearly explain* how to do
almost every thing that can he n 'cssarv in the
kitchen, parlor or drawing room, and discloses
mo t valuable receipt* mil iri-t;u tion in the
useful and domestic arts.
A traveler in San Joaquin Valley des
cribes a wild and vivid scene. “Captain Egan
resumed command, and sent six of us into the
valley, where the wild mustang horses roamed
in bands of tens and thousands. The sound
made by their feet was likedis’ant heavy thun
der; large herds ol elk were playing around,
and the heavens were darkened by the millions
of water fowls, and at times we stopped for
hours to let the mustangs cross our trail.”
Louis Napoleon, it is said, will soon
pay a visit to the island of Corsica, with the
object of regenerating the place, and leaving
behind monuments that will honor his name.
Two men have been arrested at Tren
ton charged with having been concerned in the
murder of Joseph Sebold, a pedlar, about four
years ago.
-A policeman in Bidiulo, left a pair of
handcuffs in a store, and went away out of
town. The same day, a porter, in the store,
thought he would try them on. The handcuffs
were so constructed that they lock by moans of
a spring and cannot be opened except by a pe
culiar shaped key which is made to fit each
pail. The mark's wrists were soon inserted,
but they were not so easily removed. He rush
ed frantically to the Police Office, and then, in
turn, to all the policemen, but no one could un
lock the cuffs. He wore the ornaments from
Saturday til! Monday, when lie was released. <
Aaron Gage, alia Wm. A. Gage, alias
Aaron W. Gage, alias Dbniel Read, has been
arrested for breaking ir.to the store of B. M.
Clark & Co., Orfordville, N. H., from which
he abstracted a full suit of clothes, rings and
so-forth; but into the safe he could not get.
though he picked away at it all night.
The loss of cattle by the cold weather
in Texas has been immense Not less than
one-tliird of the stock in many counties, it is
thought, has been lost.
Serious Loss—Tbe Boston Transcript says
tbe loss of the Worcester Railroad Company,
by the burning of their depots at South Farm
ington, is SIO,OOO. The engine house and
600 cords of wood were burnt.
• •
tS m The late Kentucky Legislature fixed
the weight of a bushel of bituminous coal at
eighty pounds, whilst that of cannel coal has
been reduced to serenty pounds.
Haydon, who stole $27,000 worth of
jewelry from Ball, Black &C0.,0f New York,
states that he was driven to the act by the dis
tress of his mother in England, who continual*
iy wrote to him for assistance. He was also
in love with a girl whose name he had rather
not mention.
Within a radius of five miles around
Sebastopol, it is supposed that more blood has
been spilt, lives sacrificed, and more mis
ery inflicted in a year, than in any other equal
extent of the earth’s surface in the same time,
since the days of Noah's flood.
The Louisville Journal makes the fol
lowing acknowledgement: “Jefferson was a
great man and undoubtedly a patriot, but a
Southern editor would expose himself to the
danger of mob violence if he were to use such
language as Jefferson us'd.”
Breaking Down Mountains dy Water.
—Mr. Ewbank, in his work on Brazil, relatas
that mountains in some of the mining districts
of Brazil are often broken down by the simple
yet philosophical plan of digging wells into
them and in the rainy season filling them with
water by means of gutteis. By this device
the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid columns
forces off masses from the- face of the moun
tains which would require hundreds of men
for months to accomplish with the mattock and
shovel.
D euline in Corn. —Corn in Nashville,
Tennessee, on the 12th iust., was quoted from
15 to 20 cents per bushel.
Sir David Bre water is now preparing
a wotk on the Stereoscope, which will also em
brace bis views, in full, on optics in general.—
It will also contain a discussion on the subject,
in which the views of others will be given.
fP-f* The whole number of land warrants
issued under the act of the 31 of March, 1555,
is now 100,853.
fv-T” A poor German woman had her pock
et picked of S3OO in gold at Albany, N. Y.,
lately. Her husband is a shoemaker, and the
money was the savings from his labor for the
past eleven years. They had just arrived in
Albany from New York, and are left penni
less.
lowa for Buchanan.— The Duluque Ex
press says that Buchanan is unquestionably the
choice oi a majority ol the party in lowa, for
the Presidency. This is a “lick back*’ that
Douglas has not expected, and that Mr. Pierce
who has eaten more dirt in lowa than any man
alive, will not like.
A Bad Cafital. —Frankfort, the capital
city of Kentucky, is bankrupt, and has made
an assignment of all its properly for the bene
fit of its creditors. The “effects” assigned
consists of the Capitol Hotel—a building erect
ed by the city for the accommodation of the Le
gislature—G;is Works, Water Works, and va
rious other public ‘traps.” It is stated that
the amount which will probally be realized
| from their s will not be more than half s"f-
I ficient to liquidate the indebtedness of the city,
! and that the remaining liabilities will have to
I be repud.ated.
There are twenty women in the em
ployment of the United Stales, at various points,
as keepers of light-houses, beacon-lights, &c.
Three or four have the prefix of “Miss” before
their names, in tlreir reports to the government.
There was a sensation in one of the
Boston churches, on a recent Sunday, caused
by the discovery of a considerable volume of
smoke issuing from the organ during sermon
time. An examination disclosed the two “blow
ers” in the little coop behind the instrument,
comfortably enjoying their segars.aml the alarm
abated.
A strong demonstration is about being
got ti]) in Sonora and (malm.la, in favor of in
dependence from Mexico, anil annexation to
the United States. Some parties are now' in
correspondence with the friends of the revolu
tionists in the United States, and the work is
privately going on, of preparations for a form
al declaration of independence at a time not
far distant.
The American colonization society have
an opportunity to secure the freedom of more
than one hundred slaves, if they can obtain
funds and send them to Africa. They appeal
to the liberal for £-21,C00 before June Is*, for
this and other purposes.
Senator Butler, of S. C., says that he
would vote to dissolve the Union at once, if
slaveholders cannot be permi ted to go where
they please with their property.
On the 26t!i tilt., a large mail bag from
Buffalo, containing mail matter from various
parts of New York, intended for Chicago and
the West, was cut open on the cars between
Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio, and the letters
scattered along the track. About a hundred,
with the envelopes torn off, have been picked
up, and will be returned to'their authors.
Rev. E. 11. Nevin, of Boston, and two
other gentlemen, have purchased 12,000 acres
of land in lowa, on which they purpose to col
onize 100 families, mostly fro n New Hamp
shire and Maine.
There are in the slate of Maine fifteen
railways, whose aggregate length within the
State is 406 miles. Their entire cost is §19,-
272,-191. This includes the entire cost of the
Boston and Maine and Atlantic and St. Law
rence roads, large portions of which lie in oth
er States.
Henry McDonald, baggage-master at
Michigan City, Ind., is under arrest for robbing
the mails. He confessed his guilt, restored
some S9OO in money, and SIO,OOO in drafts,
and promised to obtain some SBOO in money in
addition, which had been secreted.
Not a paper in Michigan has hoisted
the flag for Fillmore. A gentleman in Aikan
has made a present of an “immense American
eagle” to the editor of the Louisville Journal,
and the said editor promises substantially to re
lease the noble bird, on the election of Mr.
Fillmore to the Presidency. The poor bird is
imprisoned for life.
only SIO,OOO to learn how to play faro, in New
York. This gave him only the first principles.
CST A. La Grange, who was recently mulcted
in Albany, in the saw of $9,000 damages, for a
breach of promise of marriage, with and seduc
tion of Mies Elisabeth Compbell, has negotiated
• marriage with the fair proseentriau
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1866.
MltOfts! CarraapoDdence.
Alkur—A Bird my* Tltw ti the Aeeimbly.
Albany, April 15th, 1856.
In my last, I alluded to the general appear
ance of Albany. In this, I purpose to speak
more particularly of the assembled wisdom
recently gathered here and the public build
ings which give to Albany a name “ht home
and abroad. Conspicuous among these buildings
is the Capitol at the bead of State Street. It
is not a very pleasant day, but I think we can
keep warm by walking fast, so taks my trm
and wc will enter the place where those who
have been elected by the people to make their
laws, are convened, and where men stoop
from their exalted positions as men, to the ig
noble depths of low, cunning politicians. We
enter the iron enclosure of the Park (which is
quite small,) and ascend the steps. Do you
see that little group of wire-workers in yonder
corner, earnestly engaged in conversation ?
They belong to the Third House, (St. Paul
has a Third House, judging from a pamphlet
I have recently seen,) and have come from
New York to create an outside pressure on the
members in order to get through the Legisla
ture the Bridge Bill. They are what the world
calls shrewd men, and represents a high de
gree of respectability, and wealth to the amount
of millions. And yet what are they doing?
Pledging thousands of dollars to this and that
member to secure his influence—promising
offices of trust and honor to others, who, daz
zled with the bright castles so gorgeously set
upon golden clouds, shut out the better prompt
ings of the heart, and cause them to do the bid
ding of scheming men. They succeed, and
the Bi’l, granting a Bridge across the Hudson,
to the detriment of the commerce of that noble
river, passes and becomes a law, and yet Low
little knows the outside world of the causes
brought to operate in the accomplishment of
the end. And such has been, and for ought I
can see. will be for years to come, the cotilrol
ing influence that is ever perverting the Right
and perpetuating the Wrong; still, I conceive
a period at no distant day, in the history of the
World, when men will be actuated by higher
motives than at present govern too many of
those who wear the cloak of Respectability be
neath which lurk bad and designing hearts.
But let us pass on. We ascend a pair of
stairs, turn to the right and enter the chamber
of the Senate. It is a small room, not near so
large as the Council chamber in the Capitol at
St. Paul. There are thirty-two members, and
they sit in a sort of amphi-theatre, occupying
but little space. In the centre, at the outer
circle of this amphi-theatre, is the Speaker’s
desk, slightly elevated in order that he may
see the members. On bis right is the Chief
Clerk, —on his left the Assistant. Small boys
in the capacity of pages, are moving silently
from one member to another, carrying and
conveying messages to various parts of the
house within the railing, thereby superseding
the necessity of the members moving from
their seats, a feature I commend to the Legis
lature of Minnesota as worthy of imitation, as
it avoids much confusion and gives to worthy
and intelligent lads employment calculated to
benefit them in future years. Outside of the
railing, and on the rigl.t of the Speaker, are
chairs for ladies—on the left are seats for gen
tlemen. Ushers are at each door to wait upon
you, and thus, in the Senate Chamber of the
Legislature of New York, a system is attain
ed which at once commends itself as fraught
with most excellent results. By this system
each member can easily ascertain what is go
ing on about him ; can distinctly bear, and if
he possesses ordinary common sense, and the
Speaker makes himself intelligible, can fully
understand every mo'ion brought before the
Hotly. To me it was a luxury to sit in this
chamber and watch the movement ol the ma
chinery which at the end of each day turned
out work to be approved or disapproved by the
thousands of citizens of the great Empire
State. While we sit here let us scan the char
acters of several of those who compose the As
sembly, and first, do you see that small man,
not much larger than myself, with not a very
high, nor very broad forehead, but indicating
compactness and completeness? That is Mr.
Raymond, Editor of the N.-York Times, and
President of the Senate. Watch him. See
how restless his ey» s are ; twink ing from one
side to the other, and apparently cognizant ol
everything transpiring about him. A member
has just arisen, and before Tie has time to ad
dress the Chair, bow quickly the President de
tects him and announces bis name, arid then
subsides again into that same restless, compre
hensive position. The member has taken bis
seat. Observe now how distinctly and quickly
the President puts the motion, apparently with
a full knowledge of the subject before him, —
the eye still rolling from side to side and the
mind still reaching forward 1o catclymd under
stand and dispatch whatever business may be
offered by other members. Mr. Raymond is
certainly one of the lest Speakers I ever saw
in the chair, and though he has not that open
and trank countenance which 1 admire, but
rather of the political, trickery order, slid he
deports himself in such a way as to prove to
my mind that lie has much influence with those
with whom he is associated. I cannot say
that I admire the continual smile which plays
upon his features, for it carries with it the idea
of deinagogueism, and ol all traits in a man's
character this I detest. Mr. Raymond isslitn
in person, and will disappoint those-who know
him only through the columns of the Times,
and as Lt. Gov. of the State of New York. —
His countenance is not striking, but the mind
changes when you hear and see him dispatch
the business brought before the Senate. I
should judge that he is one of the youngest
members of the Senate—certainly not over 33
or 34.
That tall, foppish-looking young man, with
mustaches and goatee, very much resembling
in statue, John B. Gough, is Senator Dan Sick
les, well known to the Democracy of the city
of New York. He has arisen from his seat
and is about to speak. He has a full, round
head, well developed, with a lock of hair care
lessly falling on the left of the forehead—in
tentional doubtless. His general appearance
is that of a foreigner, but his manners are easy
and bis delivery cool and distinct. His rea
soning is good; bo is very sarcastic, clear, log
ical and argumentative in debate. His voice
is wbiniog, bat when tasked to itsfaU compass
rings dearly, and distinctly. Daring three
boars debate on the Bridge question, be acquit
ted himself gallantly, and in reply to a charge
of Mr. Richardson, that hc (Sickles) had mis
represented that Senator, he made a moat
scathing yet gentlemanly retort, which, not
withstanding the place, called forth appbtose
from the spectators. He is a promising young •
man, and although directly opposed to me in
politics and an admirer and supporter of Gen- .
era! Pierce, whom I absolutely, hate, yet I
most cheerfully accord to him the credit due his
talents. Judging from his effort on the Bridge
question I consider him the ablest man at the
Senate. Should say he was 34 or 5 years old.
Senator Brooks, (Editor of the N. Y. Ex
press,) is a larger man than either Sickles or
Raymond. He stands before us with his bushy
head of black hair and dark, frowning brow,
with a forehead by no means prominent as to
comprehensiveness or intellectuality. His coun
tenance is not pleasing, for to me he appears
to be dissatisfied with himself and everybody
else, and instead of seeking to demonstrate by
argument that his opponent is wrong, he seems
over anxious to crush him by physical force.—
lie has a mulish, ambitious, wire-working, nar
row-minded look, which comports Well with
any previous idea of his character, though that
idea may be erroneous, ilia identification
with the Know Nothings and his proscriptive
course with every thing he does not under
stand and appreciate, fully confirm my view of
the inan. lie is said to be, by those who
train in the same troop with him, a gentleman
of power and ability, but in my opinion there
is something more needed to make a man than>
brains. A bold, fearless stand in the cause of
Truth, with a kind, generous sympathy for hu
manity, is far more acceptable tome, and make
a truer man than great ability, with a cold,
selfish, ambitious heart.
Senator Nixon is among the youngest and
smartest men of the Senate—strikes fearlessly,
effectively and underslandingly. Says only
what he has to say, and then stops. I feel
sure that the people cf N. Y. will hear from
him again.
Senator Kelly has a pleasing countenance ;
brow high and hair erect; light complexion—
speaks seldom, but well. I have not time to
speak of other Senators, among whom there
are some twelve gray-haired men, but I can
say this, without infringing upon my conscience,
that the Senate ol New York is a very orderly
and dignified body. The members seem to be
governed by higher and manlier motives than
those composing the other house*.
The room occupied by the members of the
Assembly, is very large—larger than both the
rooms in the Capitol at St. Paul, and you will
readily see that it is necessary to be so, when
127 members take their seats therein. The
Speaker’s desk is high; below him are the
clerks. Just in front of the clerks are the Re
porters chairs, facing the members, an excel
lent arrangement. On the other side of the
Speaker are the Engrossing and Enrolling
clerks, and there are quite a number of pages
(boys) moving about as in the other house.—
The Speaker is Orville Robinson, an elder
ly man of good proportions, and a good par
liamentarian. lie is by no means as quick as
Raymond, nor as comprehensive in Ins mind,
but nevertheless presides with much dignity
and ability. The majority of those composing
the House are by no means irttelleclual-look
ing, an! but few possess the ability to express
their views intelligently, much less to speak
well. The leading member is Mr. Northrop,
of Washington County, a large man, who nev
er rises but lie commands attention, and who
always leans to the side of the weak and the
defenceless. I wisli there were more such
men in the country, anu I feel sure that our
prosperity would be greater and humanity much
better. There are galleries at one end of the
room, for spectators, and the same care to pre
vent confusion, is taken here ns in the Senate,
but without that success.
Let us leave the House and pa3s into the
chamber of the Exeeutive. He is all alone,
cosily seated in his chair examining his papers,
and'on my introduction to him, Ik* becomes
suddenly interested in the far west, and in a
quiet, dignified, yet affable manner, rnters in
to conversation—the topic, as a matter of course,
being Minnesota. Gov. Clark is a tall,
but by no means fleshy man, with a pale, ema
ciated, care-worn countenance, quiet and pleas
ing in his deportment. He carries his heart
on his arm. and is ns unfit for a politician as I
am for the Ministry. The liquor men and the
advocates of hanging and rowdyism in gener
al, hate him as intensely as Satan hated the
Savior, and great efforts have been made, and
will continue to be made, by this rabble to an
noy him, but the people are with him, and if he
should run again, 1 believe he would be re
elected to his present high position.
VVe have lingered long enough in the Capi
tol and will retrace our steps, haring learnt
something of the politics and politicians of the
Empire State. As you leave the Park, take
a look at the building. There is nothing about
particularly attractive ; no architectural beauty;
no splendid dome, but an ordinary, common
place-looking edifice, in. keeping with the time
at which it was built, but out of keeping with
the progressive spirit of the age.
—My letter is already too long, and I close
asking pardon of the readers of the Truss for
the infliction imposed upon them, and whets
next I write, I hope to be less garraloos.
The New York Colony, of which I spoke ior
a previous letter, have increased their number
to 127 or 130. They leave on the 23d, and
will settle near the Great Bend on the Minne
sota river, and not Crow River as 1 stated.
gy The Galena Advertiser of the 24th baa
the following item :
Dr. Root, of St. Louis, just sold for $24,872
a site in St. Paul, Minnesota, which be purchased
for S6OO six years ago.
vr a fire broke oat on Sunday last, about
taro o’clock P •>!., in the packing bouse of Messrs*
Toby k Booth, of Chicago, situated immedi
ately opposite the Michigan Central It. R. Depot,
and was totally consumed with the most of its
contents, —Pork and bogs lard. Loss about
$6,000. No insurance. The Are is supposed to
be the work of an incendiary igpemoeb as no ire
had been in the building for some time.
gy We notice among the arrivals by tfco
steamer Royal Arch yesterday morning, R. W.
Hamilton, Esq., of this city, who has bam ab- .
seat at the East for about two months.
WSTThe Metropolitan arrived from St. '
Louis yesterday morning, with a heavy freight
bat few passengers.
00-Tbe Royml Arch and Metropolitan left
for below yesterday afternoon.
T. M. N.