The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-03-20

most imposing Capitol in the Union, ex
cept the National Capitol at Washington.
1t is 3O4 by l84 feet, and covers an area
of 1886 square feet. The Capitol #
Tennessee is next in size, being 1876 by
240, and covers an area of 80, 400 square
feet. The Capitol Ct North Carolina
stands next, l76 by 80, and covers an
area of 1890 feet. The Capitols of
Pennsylvania and Indiana are of an equal
size, $50 by 80.
AwFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. Oil
yer McGill died very suddenly in Fred
erick county, Nd, on Friday Of last
week. 1t appears he was to have been
married on Tuesday of this week, that
his friends had been invited to the we'd
ding, and that up to the moment of his
death he had been busily engaged, in
good health, preparing for the Joyous
event. On Friday evening, he was left
alone for few minutes, having sent his
servant from his room, and on the return
Of the servant he was found lying speech
less, and in moment after he was
corpse. Those who were invited to at
tend his wedding ON Tuesday, followed
his remains to the grave on Monday.
IT'S BORROWED HoRsE.-A friend
Of ours. who was few miles in the
country yesterday, relates the following:
A mile or so from the city he met boy
on horseback, crying with the cold
.'Why don't you get down and lead the
horse? ?" said our friend; "that's the
way TO keep warm" elisa b-b-borryed
horse, and I'll ride him if freeze! ~
SIcNIrICANr "A writer from Taris
says, that when a friend told Louis Napo-
leon !hat he owed his success TO univer-
sal suffrage, his reply was, eyes, it bap-
tlsed me, but l do not intend it shall
drown me-
COINAGE FOR JANURARY.-Gold bull
lion received at the Philadelphia Mint.
in January, $4.l6O,5OO. The gold coin
age for the month was $14,222,ll5,
nearly all in double eagles. Silver, ST.
500, in dimes and half dimes.
The Inscription, Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity" is to be erased from the
public buildings in France. At the
School of Law in Paris, Immediately I'M
der the coat of yellow paint which COW
cred the facade of the building, and on
which time and the inclemencv of the sea-
sons have done their work, may still be
traced, above the modern device, the fol-
lowing words, inscribed by order of the
Commune Of Paris during the Reign of
Terror: " Liberate, EgaiHe, Fraternac,
Unite, hdiuisibilHe de la Republique
Francaise!' AS the effacing OF the in
scription of 1913 is not now by means of
whitewash or paint, but by erasurc, both
the inscriptions will disappear at the same
BALTIMoRE. Feb. %.
The New Orleans papers received BY
the Southern Mail this afternoon. contain
news from the Rio Grande. One account
says. Caravajal has reached the Rio
Grande with 600 American and 200
Mexican troops, and 2 field pieces
With such Il force there was little doubt
of his success in the reduction of Mata-
moras. Gen. Mcjia, of Mexico, arrived
at New Orleans in the steamer Fanny.
with dispatches for the Mexican Minis
ter at Washington, in relation to the Tc-
hauntepcc treaty.
BosroN, Feb. 7.
This forenoon, Enos Ormsby and Silas
w. Bumpas, residing in Charleston, were
run over and killed on The track of the
Boston and Maine Railroad, on the Charles
River Bridge. They both leave families.
IScESDrARIsM.-It is the opinion of
the Chief of the Police of New York,
that sixteen out of every twenty fires in
that CT Y. are purposely klndled. The
former Chief Of the Fire Department
made the proportion still greater.
TRENTON, Mich, Feb. "a.
The steamer Swan, Capt. Dustan, from
Monroe, arrived after hard days work,
in forcing her way through the ice
Capt. D. reports the Lake full of ice.
New YORK, Feb. "a.
Niblo's large Theatre was dcnsely
crowded last night, chiefly by members OF
the New York Historical Society, on the
occasion of its 10th anniversary, to hear
the address Of Mr.. Webster, who spoke
two hours.
The papers inform us that a steam
blowing machine has been invented by a.
L. Watson, of Staten Island. 1t is in
tended for driving IL plows, and perform
the operations Of blowing, sowing, and
narrowing simultaneously.
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