The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-07-10

TOUCHING INcrpENr.-Mr. Riddle in
letter to his paper the Pittsburgh Com
mercial Journal, describes touching in
cident at the Whig Convention.
The incident of the day which most in
terested and impressed me, was the pre-
sentation of the superb banner, contain
ing medallion full length likeness Of
Henry Clay, in gold, to the Kentucky
delegation, Just before the opening of the
afternoon session. l entered the hall
early, and soon after slender gentle
man at the southern end of the platform,
brought the gathering multitude to pause
with, Gentleman Of the Kentucky Del
legation." 1t proved to be Mr.. Gilpin,
Mayor of Philadelphia, who had been de- !
puted by his delegation to present this ell
egant tribute of affection and admiration
for Henry Clay, to the delegates from Ken
lucky. l could hear little Of what Mr..
|Gilpin said, but the paltomime itself was
striking and stirring, as the mind brought
into connection with the mournful circum-
stances which surround the great Ken
|tuckian at this moment. And when Les
lie Combs, in clarion voice, responded to-
the compliment, and paid noble tribute
to the character of Clay, making at the
close touching allusion to the rapidly
wasting sands Of his life, the band in at !
tendance struck up in full and swelling
harmony, fluid Lang Syne, there were
many masculine cheeks wet with honest
tears. / confess, that l found myself
|choked for an instant, with the emotions
summoned by the incidents and its sad
associations. 1t was spectacle such as
| have rarely encountered, and how elo-
|quent of the true praise of Henry Clay
as enthroned in the affections of the Amer
|ican people.
DEATH OF JOSIAH Al
gloom was spread over the city yesterday, !
|by the announcement that JOSIAH Law
renee so we'll and widely known, had sud
denly d;e1! An eminent merchant and al
good mamie will be regretted by thou
sands, in all circles of life. Mr.. Lawrence|
was at one time merchant in Georgia, and|
a. another in New York, but for the last
twenty-five years has been citizen of
Cincinnati. In all that time he has BEEN
distinguished for the faithful performance
of every duty; for public spirit, and for
acts of liberality and enterprise. He was
for several years President of the La
fayette Bank, and latterly Of an insurance.
company. He took great interest in the
establishment of the Chamber of Com
merce, in whose room may be seen fine
full length portrait of this distinguished
merchant. Mr.. Lawrence was member
Of the Methodist Church, and was firm
and pious disciple of Christianity, and will
be missed from those walks where the,
elders are wont to meet. Mr.. Lawrence
has been for same years in infirm health,
but no special apprehensions were enter
tained of his disease, when suddenly-al-
most in moment-his spirit fled. We
believe his disorder was of the heart,
whose termination is always sudden. He
lived respected, and has died lamented-
at the age of 60 years.-Cm. Gaz.
ETHERIzArIoN OF A LIoN.-A most
novel operation was performed at South |
Boston yesterday afternoon. Francis AL |
ger, Esq, has in his possession, at his
residence in South Boston, lion about
six months old of the species known as
the American lion, and brought short
time since from South America. The
lion, as it has increased in size, has grown
quite ferocious: and it was deemed advis-
able to remove his claws, which were
very sharp, to prevent him from doing
injury to those who might approach his
cage. To accomplish this end, DR..
Charles T. Jackson yesterday admins
tered ether to him. At first, he was quite
cross and snappish, and some difficulty
was experienced in getting the sponge
to his nose. At last, however, sooth-
ing impression was made, and after
pound and half had been administered,
he became perfectly docile, and slept
quietly for twenty minutes. In the ;
meantime, his claws were removed with
pair of pincers, and when his lion
ship awoke from his trance, he found
himself deprived Of his most formidable
weapons Of defence. The lion soon re-
covered his wonted agility, and this morn
ing was as lively as ever. 1t is probable
hat it will be necessary to cut of his
teeth before he would be considered a safe
Traveller.
THE CELESTIAL MINERs.-The pre-
liction we made few days ago in regard
to the Chinese has been verified. The
Illinois brings us intelligence that the
California Legislature, before adjourning,
responded to the Governors Message by
passing an act imposing tax of three
dollors a month upon the foreign miner.
But this does not satisfy orgratify the ha-
tred of the Americans, and throughout all
the mining regions they are committing
outrages, and violently evicting the un-
offending Celestials from the diggings.-
Several of the influential Chinaman in San
Francisco have sent circulars TO their
countrymen at home, informing them of
the state Of affairs in California, and ad-