The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-20
NO. XLVIII.

ton IN Jamaica. hitherto the experiment
has failed, but sanguine expectations are
now entertained Of it.
Mrs. Partington's Comments on Educa-
tton.-"For my part can't deceive what on
airth eddication Is COMM to. When was
young, if q gal only understood the rules of
distraction, provision, multiplying, replen-
ishing, and the common denominat0r, and
knew all about the rivers and their obitua-
ries, the covenants and dOrmitories, tne
provinces and the umpires, they had eddi-
cation enough. But now they have to study
bottomy, Algier bay, aud have to demon
strate suppositions, and about sycophants Of
circuses, tangents and Diogenes of parallel
ograms, to say nothing about the Oxhides,
assheads and abtruse triangles."
'.Sambo, whaf you get dat watch you
wear to meetin' last Sunday?'
"How you know hab watch!"
"Bekase seed de chain hang out de pock.
ct in 'front.'"
$50 way, niger! spose you see a halter
'round my neck, you 'ink dar is Aoss inside
Oh me?"
Loss of California Steamer.-The
Steamer Rhode Island, which hailed from
New York for San Francisco on the 25th Of
January, was totally lostrecentIy. A terri
Lle gale occurred when only two days out,
making her complete wrock. There were
forty-fOur persons Oh board, only twelve Of
whom are known to be saved.
The DAUGHTER OF THE PRFsIpENr.--A
correspondent Of the Nawark Daily Adver-
tiser in the course of an account Of n ievee
held by President Taylor, gives the follow
ing warm description Of Mrs. Bliss, who
acts as hostess on these court occasions.
He says:-
Passing from the old General, we were
presented to his daughter, the accomplished
Mrs. Bliss. She was standing in the middle
of the same room-her back resting against
the centre table, surrounded by host Of
admiring friends of both sexes; she recev-
cd US with polite courtesy and the bland
est smiles. Her part during the whole eve
ming was performed with great dignity Of
manner and with an ease and grace that
would well become any princess Of all East
ern Court. Her face is remarkable for its
compIaccnt beauty, and her figure is rather
slight, and faultless. No one would ever
take her to he the daug hter of her illustri-
Gus sire, judging from the total absence and
want of family resemblance. While the
old Generals face is very strongly marked
with the characteristics of his character,
with heavy natural frown, and rigid ex-
hibitiOn of all those well known traits of
firmness, determination, courage and benev-
o!ence; hers is the sweet and benignant
smile of the rainbow itself-pure, placid,
and modest, indicating natural refinemens
of intellect and a moral excellence, sublime
in its own gentle and tender beauty.
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is short lmbed, long 10 body, terse, rigid.
iron or adamant, hers is the delicate struc-
ture of the fawn, with its grace and gentle
ness, and appears as flexible rs The gazelle.
Her fathers eye is large, lustrous, full oi
expression, and black as nght-her's is suf.
ficiently large, mild IN expression, melting
with kindness and sympathy. and rejecting
back
1.-The glorious tint of Heavens ethereal blue!"
In one personal feature alone she mirrors
forth her sire--in a double row of teeth,
strong, white, and beautifully regular.
They are predominant feature in the Pres
ident, and SO they are with his lovely daugh-
ter.
In dress she is as simple and unostenta-
tious as her republican father. She was
neatly attired in plain pink tulle of lgh,
muslin, with the short-arm-sleeves and neck
edged with narrow point-lace. Not an or
nament or jewel of any description was to
he seen about her person, and in this res
pect proved the truthfulness Of that well
known maxim, ''beauty, when unadorned
adorned the most"
CATHEDRAL Tower IN New ORLEANS.
The New Orleans papers of the 2Otf
allude to the falling of the great Tower
of the Cathedral at New Orleans. The
particulars are not mentioned, excep
that the supporters of the arch of the
central tower had been removed with.
out the consent of the architect, ,-ant
this he did not intend topermit until the
work had become sufficiently strong. Il
will require $4,000 to repair the dam
age Champion.
Mrs. BUTLER-HER APPEARANCE
DREss-SToUTNEss. Boston Mai
has the following in relation to the per.
sonal appearance of this distinguished
lady:
Mrs. Kemble (Butler) has greatly
changed since last the writer Of this ar.
ticle saw her as the fair Rosalind some
eighteen years ago. Then she was the
bright and elegant girl-now she is 'fat.
fair and forty,' or thereabouts; she is
rather a superior specimen Of the stout
English woman, at least in her physical
proportions; at fsticuffs she would whip
Pierce Butler, and give him six for a
start. She looks as though roast beef
and plum pudding had done their perfect
work; but beyond this robust, almost
coarse exterior, the contour of her foa.
lures is highly classic-her forehead is
broad, and would be high, did not hel
thick, jetty hair grow SO far down to-
wards her nose as somewhat to obscure
the real outlines of her 'sdome oi
thought; 'her eyes are dark and lus-
trous as though volcano was burning
behind them-expressive Of all the pas.
sions, emotions, sympathies and d"wealtf
Of words" that press upon her massiv,
brain. a
She was dressed not tbecomingly-fat
stout women never look we'll in white
! tinselled out with lace Her dress wa.
cleanly and neat, and showed her dress
to advantage-to great advantage, for IN
: it she looked almost do,cdy. However
it is no sign, of intellectually to show 6
taste for dress. Fanny Kemble woul,
:, detect want of this taste in others al
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