The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-08-28

Two plain and sensible appearing farm
ers who were acquain'ances, met ard
shook hands near Haplin's tavern.-
"Well," said one of them to the other,
'.what brought you TO Wing Conven-
ton? You are not Wing believe %
4" No." replied the other-"I am not a
Whig, but have heard OF Gen. Scott,
who is the Wing candidate for President
but l give you my word, though | pro-
fcss TO be reading man for farmer.
never heard of our candidate until he was
nominated. shall vote for Gen. Scott.
because he has shown himself a true man,
and patriot." "Well," replied the 9TH
er, IL have determined to do the same
thing for the same reason. Had we'll
known, patriotic, democratic statesman
been nominated, should have supported
him against Gen. Scott; but am not
politician enough to vote for mere man
Of straw, solely because the politicians
have seen fit to nominate him. ."-Detroi
.4dv.
INDIAN CoRS AND IRrsn PorAToEs.-
The English papers last received repre-
sent the sudden re-appearancc Of the po-
tato rot. The signs were developed i'm
ineda,ely after the great thunderstorm
Of July 22d, the leaves and stems in the
vicinity of London appearing wilhered
and burnt. y Liverpool paper states
that in that neighborhood the disease. in
all cases, has been unusually rapid in ac-
tion; tubers which had been perfectly
sound ten days before, had since been cut
off by the blight. No report, as yet, of
the progress OF the disease in Ireland.
Should the visitation of this potato rot
prove general one 10 Great Britain and
Ireland. there will be increased demand
for Indian corn from this country during
the fall ana winter, and the growing crop
in many sections Of the West is not as
promising as usual. The supplies of
corn now in London and Liverpool are
light. and the shipments from the United
States have been nearly one-third less
than last year.
On the list of graduates at West Point
for 1852, who have been appointed to the
regiment Of mounted riflennan is the name
OF Cadet Jerome Napoleon Bonapartc
who stood No. IL in his class at the time
of his examination. Lieut.. Bonaparte is
a grandson of jerome Bonaparte, the ex-
King Of We>tphalia. and now President
Of the French Senate. by Miss Patterson
Of Baltimore, the American wife married
by Jerome Bonaparte, from whom he Was
divorced by papal decree, in order To
marry German princess. The father.
Jerome n. Bunaparte, Sr., is gentleman
Of large wealth, now resident at Balii-
more. His mother, Madame Patterson,
we understand is also living at Baltimore
in Possession of a considerable fortune.
An article in the London News con-
tains the following happy picture of Mr..
Clay in debate:
Henry Clay's reported speeches par
take of the neutrality of which he ever
boasted in the compromises which were
the principles of his craftsmanship. 1t
needed to see the mois.ened eye, the quiv-
ering lip, the tremulous hands playing
with the spcctaces, and the movement of
the tall 1.-THE figure; it needed to hear the
wonderful variety Of his tones, and TO
have thrilled TO the exquisite pathos OF
his voice, to understand the power which
he exercised over the whole mind of those
who listened 10 him in silence which
seemed as if it could never be broken.
The silence has changed sides now. 1t
is he who is mnte, while every voice is
busy discussing his powers and his
deeds.'
RIVER AND HARBoR BrLL.-Mr. Da-
Wis, from the Committee on Commerce in
The Senate, has reported the River and
Harbor Bill, with amendments, appropria-
ting in the aggregate $lGO,OOO for i'm
provements not included in the bill as it
came from the House. Among them.
$40 600 for Huron harbor, and $4,000
for Ashtabua harbor. Should the bill
pass the Senate thus amended, it will go
back TO the House which will increase
the chances of its defeat. We fear it will
iail in that event, as only al Democrats
in the House voted for the bill without
Cleveland Herald.
NArIoSAL FLAc.-The following is
the original resolution adopting the Stars
and Stripes:
"In Congress, June 18th, l777, Re-
solved, That the flag Of the thirteen Uni
ted States, be thirteen stripes alternately
red and white; that the Union be thirteen
STARS, white in blue field, representing
Il new constellation"
As new States were added to the Union,
from time TO time, new stripes were added
to the flag, till the number had increased
to fifteen or twenty. At length, about
thirty years ago, the stripes were redu-
ced by act Of Congress to the original
number of thirteen.
A curious case is related by the Troy
Budget of girl, in that city, losing her
speech for whole week! Being DISC
bedient, and refusing TO answer her moth
er, when spoken to, she found-after sit
ting dumpishly in the corner for about an