The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-11-06

verted into n hall ROOM for the entertainment
of the officers on that station. She is the larg-
est shin in the American Navy, and the most
costly, She carries 40 guns, and the only voy-
ooe she ever made was from Philadelphia to
Norfolk. A correspondent of the Utica Gazette,
in writing from Norfolk, Sept 10TH speaks of
this ship as follows:
1.-THE narrow inlet, which is her present
quarters. not allowing her to swing at anchor
with the tide and exposing constantly the same
side to the sum- her timbers have decayed, and
would require an immense outlay to replace
The sand has formed bars around her, the Oys-
tiers taken up their beds beside her and fastcn-
ed her to the bottom, and if she ever moves
again, it will be done, like Gen. SCOTS eleva-
ton to the Presidency-by carrying the coun-
try with her.
Professor Graham, of London, an able chem
list, has made report to the Lords of the Board
of Trade on the subject of the burning of the
Amazon, in which he speaks of the dangerous
practice of mixing the various engineers stores
in one room, near the boilers of steamships
He says
Tow or cotton waste. saturated with OIL by
exposing much surface to the air often OXidates
rapidly, and heats spontaneously. He has
known of olive oil, spilled among saw-dust do
ing this: also greasy rags, cloth covered with
varnish. &c. Fires in coach works, oil stores,
engine rooms. &C.. have been caused by such
means Ground charcoal and lampblack, if any
oil obtains access to them, should never be od-
mittcd as ships stores. Oil cans, and those
containing turpentine, should never be slowed
in Il warm place, as the liquid expands one vol
ume in thirty, by rise of sixty degrees in tenn
perature. a moderate heat increases the ten
iency of Goals to spontaneous combustion Goals
have taken fire in more than one instance by
being hcapcd against heated wall. The COW
cring of wood with iron to protect it from fire is
dangerous practice, for the iron is Il good con-
ductOr of heat. and the wood below is heated
nearly as much as if itwcrc not covered. Wood,
by repeated relocating, is brought to an cNtraor-
binary degree of combustiblity, and is liable to
spontaneous ignition. Wood has frequently is-
nited by long contact with iron pipes. which
conveyed hot water for heating PURPOSES
Goals should always DC taken aboard Of a steam
boat in dry state, and as an obnoxious vapor
always rises before Goals ignite spontaneously,
they should at once be turned over when this
vapor is noticed. The oil of turpcntinc gives Off
Il vapor sufficiently dense, when heated to one
hundred and ten degrees, which, ifmixed with
air, will explode by contact with the flame of a
candle. Newly painted or tarrcd wood is liable
to be ignited very quickly, when exposed to a
degree of heat of two hundred and twelve de-
lighted lamp. Great care should be exercised
by those loading ships in respect to stores which
arc liable to ignite spontaneously.
An Irish paper, the Clare Journal, thus
mourns over the immense emigration of her
most valuable citizens, to the United States:
"AH parties among us are seemingly turning
their faces towards the far Wcst-thc home be-
yOnd the deep. Old. middle-aged, and young
are on the move. leaving the old country. where
there seems to be no hope for the young. where
hope is building with the certainty. in their i'm
agination, of bearing good fruit. 1t is really
distressing TO contemplate the changes that a
few years will effect in Old Ireland if the desire
for leaving that now agitates the people shall
continue. Before this period of the year until
the present all idea for leaving for America was
deferred until spring returned again The
season for emigration closed at the beginning
of our harvest, and the people never thought of
facing the wintry blast before the coming spring:
but now spring. summer, and autumn are alike.
The streets are daily crowded by families on the
move. 1t seems as if they had only to travel Il
hundred miles, instead of thousands. And why
is this: There is nov one great inducement in
addition to that which before induced thcm.-
few months since are waiting. with the blush of
hope, to assist them to leap ashore on the land
OF their adoption. and to sleep once more under
the same roof with son or daughter that they
never hoped to see on this side of the grave.
This is now great cause for the long contin-
ued stream Of emigration. Yesterday nearly
the entire day, the street was crowded with cars
waiting for families to complete their arrange
ments with the emigration agent. They are
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blank in the parish where they resided that
will not be easily iillcd.''
The Milwaukee Wisconsin of the l 18th, gives
the following particulars in relation to the
shooting of Lace, in that city:
This forenoon, between 10 and IL o'clock.
John NJ. W. Lace, well known in this CITY. was
shot. While standing looking at the prints in the
window of Hopkins Book Store, on Wisconsin
street, by woman who came mp silently behind
him. and fired pistol close TO the back of his
head. He fell dead without groan. his blood
gushing out and forming pools upon the pave
ment. His body WAS raised by those who hap
pcned to be near. and borne to his lodgings
The woman who committed the deed is named
Ann Wheeler, an American. and form. rly of
Cleveland, Ohio, where her parents and friends
now reside. She lisa mantua- maker and millin-
er, having rooms in the basement of No. II Wis
consin-st. She did not speak to her victim when
she shot him, and he could not have known her
intention or presence. She drew the pistol from
her dress and held it firmly, as the result shows.
When she saw him fall, she offered the pistol
to those who surrounded her. and declared her
readiness to submit herself to the authorities.
declaring that she had accomplished her object.
She was Immediately conducted to Jail by OH
Ger rage. to whom she delivered a dirk. which
she had held in reserve. 1t is said that she had
met Lace few minutes before. and demanded
whether he intended to marry her, and received
negative answer. Such an act as this argues
great depravity, or some grievous wrong which
the laws do not redress. The dirk was pur-
chased yesterday, at ono of our hardware stores.
lis, more properly speaking, dirk-knif She
went to the store in the morning and examined
the article and returned in the afternoon to
complete the purchase, thus showing fixed de-
termination. The pistol isdoublc-Iarrelcd and
apparently new, and the second barrel contains
a full charge.
The T.nni1on nicnotch Of al, nv,