The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-10-14
The "Mcn of our Time,-

The s'Mcn of our Time.''
A closely printed volume Of five hundred and sixtv-
four pages, Just issued from The press of Mr. Rediold
bears the above ntle. The Of orr tne, acco,d-
ing to thIs pul,catinp ns.r lour hundred AID 6i,y
of whom short biographical sketches are given
ne women oi our tule have mention III this woi K
nor the chlid,en Of time not even such children
as Paui Juhen, the Batcmnns and Tom Thumb
Several gentcmcn, also, who consider th mscvcs de
cdedN men 0i our time, and a few who are 50 con-
sIieicd by others, have been accidentally omitted.
W ith these drawbacks, the compilation a useful
one, and infe revised editions viii, doubtless, be
more 50. We select a iew facts fr"m the fln hun
d'ed ani hits biographies, ior rca4cl =. liumina-
ton.
Running finger down the 4. column Of the table
OF contents, light upon Professor Aga-sis, who
We md, Is the SON Of a Swiss cerg, man, and now
iotv-tve years DID, The historian Alison Is in his
2INteth year; hIS father Was also clergyman; AL
son holds the lucrative place ct SHERIFF Of Glasgow.
hdiiey, the author at - testu>, IN his ihi,N-
si>th year, - the of Il Nottingham editor. Ban
croft, whose father doctor Of iivinity, old
as the nlmtccnth ccntny-hhy-iwo vca,s. Oh Biy-
ana, aged i'ty-ctsh, the father, grtndather and great
?rdudiather were phS stcianS. Ole Bull original
y destined ior the church, bot would he Il musician
ne Is frty-iwo years old. Bulwer, the son of Gene
raj BuwcI, has written about lhmty FIVE novels and
plays; asr not far ton fifty. Booker, the poet, j..
only iwenty-eight wears of aye. Benton. the Iolit-
cI'n, Is siNty-nine Cal,lr. the son OF "A small far
mer IN Scotland, is tn, eight; his G,st passion was
m''hemntc>--not literature. Ca<s Is sevcnt, wears
OF arc. thoate Is fit, three. C,uik hank, aged
hity-e3ht Is the son Of an eu,aycr and carcatrist
he was converted 10 tce-utalisn hy "Ihc Bottle. -
Dana, The poet, is sixiy-iiyc years ofagc hi, lthcs
was the distinguished fraacis Dana who was mlnie-
ter "a Russia, etc; his Is te celebrated author
oi "Two ears Before the Mast" Charles Dickens
= III his ioftieth year; "pchwiok," says our book,
made the authors reputation and the publishc,'s >
fortune" B'l>iacb, the Right Hon. j. .urfy-sey
he wrote "Nivau Grey" ''whilc vet a minor" Du-
mas aged forty nnc, first drawn 20 literature hy
hearing IN English company perform "Hauict."--
Dr. Dewey. aged tty-cieht, l. the Of "A Bcrk shire
iafncr; he took she first honor graduating. Raleh
alto Emerson Is dcsCrbed as an American Meta
physician;" he is or,-ninc years old: his tthcr =
nitarian clergyman and be was himself ioi 1, ,hor,
time, oi tie same prof ssion and denomination Ed
ward Everett is fil, eight; hs father was cicrgy-
man Of Boston. President FilImores father WIS and
rs = tiGmer in Erie county. New York. where che
culuSates small ium with his own hands - the
president and the cen,ur, are OF the same are
Ui"'uou9h - torty-scvon; While IN college he fur
nIshed the de-ign Of the Bunker Hin Monumem-
uuzot, son of an advocate who lost hi> head IN the
French revolution, - sixty five o age lio
OreeteS Is io'iy-onc; he was Il lover Of newspapers
and po,it,cs fom childhood. Peter Plrlc, Goodrict.
Is only 6iytwo, after all. Hawthorne about forty
COLLEGE Salem, Mass, !. his birthplace Hallam
Is seventy -four; to him given of the two
h;tt -guiaea gold mc,ia> stuck by George ". 10 re
ward merit n historical composition; the other was
assigned To " n>hngtnn living. 9. ". ilulmcs the
gentleman that never "darc- 10 write as funny H. he
can, Is iotv-'hrcc. William Howu IS titv-scveu;
Re published verses at the agc Of ihircn IIumb1 Il
Is cisht, three. Leigh Hunt l. eight. Fitz-
Grconc lialleck y htty-scvcD. Washing on l,Nl nag.
son oi IN eminent New York merchant, - sixty nine.
years Of age: his nineteenth he began T. cou-
tribute 10 his brothers paper the Morning Chronicle
Douglas Jeroid forty # age, is the son
o the manager "t the Sbeerness theatre Ihc was
his FIRST iovc. and Cor short time he served a. md
sh,pman OH boatd uiau-ot-war. G.. j. II. James -
about htt, years oid it was Washington living who
first recommended 10 HIM a career Of althoi ship
Sheridan knowles. sxt, eight wears of age J.. the
son p' 'am"ns i;>h Schoolmaster who was a cogsin
o' Richard Brn,ic, sheridan; Mr. knuwics wtotr
hi, o., play in his twcmt, -GtS wear; hi, pa,s are
thIiiero IN number; he ena>s government pcri-
sion of two hundred pounds Lamartinc is
siNty-iwo; h's father rlaiog in the F,enca ca
vahy, under Louis XVI. Abbot Lawrence is in his
siNteth year. Longiclow, forty-i,e Of aye, is
the Of The Hon. Stephen Longl,,n; Portland.
Maine Is the bnth- place o the poet; he appoint
cd professor at Caubi dgc, in hs twenty eighth wear
Micauiay, son Of wealthy African mrschant, Is hfy-
two wears ri age; his essay on Milton wa written
~ his tWcufy,ixih year for The Edinburgh Review q.
Macre5'iy il hf, -ninc; his father ,he,t,cat
manager Herman Melville is III, son of an import
ing merchant of ths city he is thht three years Of
age his grandfather OF the Boston tea par
tv; he hcIau his wandaiings IN h eighteenth Ntar,
sailnr before tn ua>t; he y the authur e scvcn
,opulsr woks. Nrucrnch Is scScusv-ninc. Tx
Marvel. thItV three Wears ii age, ~ Bative of d.
wch, Conr,ctir graduate Of ale, and resident
Of New York. J X Pauldns. whose collected
works 6I twenty five volumes cnt three ,eais
Of aye; he is a native Of Duchess Couaiv, in this
State Prentice is a Yankee, born al Preston, Con-
necticut To- weight Necs ago. he ha- Docn IN. ei-
tor Of the Louisville journal since 1884 ay b. 1--we
10 ,okc ten more presidents The white house.
Prescott the historian, is IN his hiiy-s,Nth ycar.
Powers, the sculptor, is forty->cven; has parents
''merc plain country people, who cultivated small
farm in vermont. Seward is fifty years old. Tai
found G(,,-scvcu TcnneN son, son of clergyman, j.
to tY-tWo. Tha, keray, born at Calcutta, j. f v-one
Ticknor. sixtv-onc. II. r. Tuckermas, thifty.ninc.
Victoria IS ihiri, three years of age -he has SAYS
our amhor Sa large and rapidly increasing .mil, -
(Which the Distinguishing mtik Of the Hano-
yerian DYNASTY. .''iio'ae Juyi,ei
The Bangor tMo.) Mercury says ;he custom of
gentlemen takin. the h. ad OF the pew IN chmch ,
came ia vogue in the carly settlement Of TIN, count
when it was necessary to carry mushets to the lhre
of worship as defence against Indian dcpfe iativs.
The seuor editor of Anhcrs, Cabinet, speaking Of
the ripid scrutiny which the characters OF the Ptcs
DENTAL candidates are undergoing, very dcvouy eX-
,,,ims-ssfiow careful then az. ought TO bc t.
what manner Of persons We are, lest We may some
lime OF other become candidates for the Presidency
to which all liahie, an TINS land OF hbcriy
obligation and responsibility
CHrAp.--The Boston Traveller saws: "The very