The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-30

CELESTIAL.-A Chinese Theatrical Company
have arrived in Californa--having been sent by
spectators in China. The cost of frcighting their
scenery, &c., was about $40 900, including passage
for the performers. BY the way, the Alta California
describes Chinese festival, which came off there
on the 9th of October, thus:
The noise was indie scribaby awful. An avalanche
in the Alps, double distilled patent thunder, a dog
en- grizzlies in cane brake, does not even give an
approximating idea If the nature Of the noise. II.
was confusion worse coniounded in sipcrlative de-
gree. Fortunately the procession moved on, ana il
only after the lapse of an hour that the city re-
slned It's usual quiet and peaceful aspect,
4 recent letter from Young mau in California
says, that the cases of insanity from disappointment
are very numerous in that country.
The Two BROTHERS IN CoNGREss.-A pal
pablo mistake was recently committed by one Of our
Eastern exchanges, in giving it out, a remarkable
fact that brothers, in Illinois, and one in
Maine, had recently been elected TO Congress. 1t
that instances of this character have
happened in our history.
The Rochester Advertiser of a late date allulcs
to the subject in the following conclusive st,le;
The circumstance that L. i. Washburn has been
brother from Maine, is made the subject of comment
IN several of the eastern papers. They speak OF it
something remarkable that two brothers should be
in Congress together and one sapient print suproses
this TO be the first instance of the kind that ha. ever
occurred. We could name dozen such instances
In the present congress there are two brohersFred
Stanton from Tennessee, and Richard Stanton from
Kentucky. They were members OF the next preced-
ing Congress, and in addition there were other two
brothers, John 4. King OF New York, and James
q. kiu5, Of New Jersey. Chas. J. lngcrso!l and
his brother Joseph, now American minister al Lon
dom IN Congress together from Philadelphia for
two terms. Henry IL. Storrs of ibis Stale, and his
brother " .iiian from Connecticut, IN the house
together So of Moses H. Grinnell from y. y ork
and his brother Joseph from Massachusetts,. Z. Z.
Barbour al Virginia, was lii the House while his
brother James III the Senate from the same
state. No two men coud b. more unlike than the
brothers Barbour. They both possessed a good deal
OF talent, thoroughly educated, and both attain
ed to great Official distinction. Philip was chosen
Speaker Of the National House of Representatives,
and at the time of his death was Justice ot the
Supreme Court of the United States. james was
successfully member of two houses of Congress
Secretary OF W. ar, and minister 10 England. Philip
WAS OF d inetaphy sscai turn Of laind--spokc and
wrote with logical precision, and noted Tor his
skill Ia ci,suisry, and the neucss of his distinctions
james, on the other hand, WAS full of dcciamatory
exaggeraon-slch ne loosely. and lacked compactness
and conference. Duff Green called him the earl Of
empty barrels. John Randolph indicated the poem
arles of the two brothers III his usual epigraatic
and antithctical style, to wit: being asked where
he had been, he replied ''iEto the Senate to hear
Jeems Barbour and into the House to hear Phil
Jeems fred at barn door and missed it---Phil fired
at a hair and split it,
Two instances We reColIcct in which father and
son met in Congress, The late Samuel l.. Southland,
OF New Jersey, was in the Senate while his father
was member Of the House from the same State
Henry Dodge is one OF the Senators fiun, Wisconsin,
and his son Augustus Caesar, is member OF The
same body from Iowa. They were in the House at
the same time as delegates from their respective Ter-
iitorles. These not very important reminiscen-
ces hut they to show how little there Is to sur
prise one in the election OF two brothers TO the same
Conoress.