The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-10-09


currence of frost on Monday and Tuesday morn
ing Sept l3+but probably not enough to injure
the late corn. For week the weather had
been warm for the season.
WISCONSIN JUDICIAL EIECrION.-Whiton, indie
pendent candidate, is chosen Chief Justice over
Larabee, and we are inclined to think, says the
Galena Daily Advertiser, from the returns re-
ceived, that Crawford and Smith, (Dems.) are
the Associate Justices.
A GENEROUS Acr.--At the reception of Gen.
Scott by the people of Columbus, Ohio, a Ger
man blacksmith, named Fellers was very ser-
ously injured by the premature discharge of a
cannon. The following morning Gen. Scott
called to see the sufferer and gave his wife $50.
In the course of the day, Notwithstanding the
efforts of the physicians to save him, the poor
fellow died of his wounds. HereupOn the Cen
eral, with characteristic kindness, sent the wild
ow his check for $500. As much more was con-
tributed by the sympathizing citizens of Colum-
bus.
Political PRosPEcrs.-The New York Day
Book paper which has been bitterly opposed
to Gen. Scott. now says: There is no denying
that Gen. Scott's prospects are growing bright
err" 1t predicts, that Michigan will 60 for
Scott. A highly intelligent gentleman in Gal
ena recently who had been taking recent
observations in that State is of the same opin-
ion. He says he never saw the enthusiasm run
higher. The Day Book concludes: sit is use
less to shut our eyes to the truth; and that there
has been great change in the aspect of things,
within the last few weeks, no one can deny
If the tide continues to roll on, as at present.
till the day of election, Scott will sweep the
country even cleaner than Harrison did in l840
A Coon REAsoN.-The Princeton (Ky.) Re-
publican contains card signed by seventeen
wOrkmen in Beckett & Rigdon's paper manufac-
tory, declaring that they shall vote for the
Wing candidates, because they believe, by so
doing, they will best promote the interests of
the working classes.
John p. Hale has written to the Free Sellers
of Wisconsin, that he will spend q few days in
Wisconsin, during his western tour. He was to
be in Chicago on the 9th of October.
ENCoURAGING.-Soon after Gen. Scott's nomi-
tiOn, the LOcOs would allow him the vote of one
State, but now the most liberal of them allow
him the votes of SIR States.
FREE DEMOCRACY IN New YORK-The Free
Democracy of OswegO have nominated candi-
dates for the Assembly, and the Oswego Times.
says-'A large portion of the Van Buren, branch
of the LOcOfocO party 90 the Hale ticket. and it
now appears probable that Hale will beat Pierce
in OswegO county,
In passing from the Weigh Lock to the mouth
of the river we noticed eight vessels, with as
many flags flying, having OH them ''Scott and
Graham, and Harbor and River improvements y
the corner of a little grocery in the rear and
under the wing of the Canal Collectors Office.
-Ciere. Forest City.
Norton Peters, of Missouri. recently made
a handsome speculation by driving sheep over
land to California. He started with $500 sheep,
and at Salt Lake he sheared them and sold the
wool for 81 800 On reaching California with
1000 of them in good condition. he was offered
eighteen dollars head for the lot, which he re-
fused, being sure of higher price.
At court held in Marlboro district. South
Carolina, 18th ult., Moses Knight was found
guilty of cutting the telegraph wires, and
sentenced to receive thirty-ninc lashcs on the
bare back publicly, to leave the district in ten
days and each and every time he is caught in
the district to receive thrty-nine more lashes
without further trial.
The first locomotive seen on this continent
was imported from Liverpool. and is still in ex-
istencc. \ correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger says it has recently been repaired and
is now running on the Little Schuylkill Rail
road. Its antiquity and the singular arrange
ment of its machinery make it great curl
Osity.
Mrs. Swisshelm, in speaking of the two most
prominent candidates for the Presidency. makes
use of the following language: PERSONALLY,
we have always preferred Gen. Scott to Gen.
Pierce. because we like man to be what he
pretends- succeed in making himself what
he aims to be. So. a military chieftain is bet
ter than man who tried to be hero and
cOuld'nf.' ...
KENTrCKY.-COl. VIM. Preston has been NOM
mated as the Wing candidate for Congress in
the Louisville district. az the successor to Hum
phrey Marshall.
ARREsT-A Spaniard calling himself D'Cas-
ira, alias Captain Valencia of the Mexican Ar
my. has been arrested on suspicion of being the
thief who stole McKie's money, at Cleveland.
DAILY JOURNAL.-This is the name of neat
new Wing paper, published at Madison. Wis,
by David Atwood, Esq. He will make Of II an
able and valuable paper.
LOuIsrANA-The New Orleans Bulletin. one
of the most reliable and intelligent papers in
the country, says: 1.-THE Wing spirit is up, the
masses are aroused, and the evidence that Lou
isiana will go with rush for Scott and Ora
ham is irresistible"
DEATH OF BENJAMIN HARDN-This widely
known Kentuckian lately died at his residence
in Bardstown, Kentucky. Mr.. Hardin has oc-
cupied several prominent official positions in
Kentucky.
The following beautiful sentiment was ut
tered by Gen. Scott. No man holding such
feelings can be "a 'mtreenary soldier :Ihave
served the Union for forty odd years and feel
myself a citizen of every part of it: and what
ever of life and strength may have, shall be
devoted to its preservation
NARIETY.-They have nominated the follow
ing tickets in Philadelphia: Wing ticket, Dem
ocratc ticket, American ticket, Consolidation
ticket, Prohibitary Law ticket and Free Soil
Democratic ticket.