The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-03-13

the Senate to-day. On rising 10 speak
he was attacked by vertigo and fell.
He was taken out BY DR.. Sutherland, and
soon revived
J Capt. Henry A. Nagle, of Philadel-
phia, Yesterday called on the Secretary
with the charges against Mr.. Ashnead.
with a letter OF introduction from Secre-
tary Corwin, in which the charges were
I spoken OF as grave, and requiring atten-
tion, but as Mr.. Webster was on the
point of leaving for New York, and as
the charges were matters of detail, the
consideration was postponed till aft his
return. ..'
y...- SAVANNA, ILL, Feb. %.
SIR: | thought You would be glad ia
4 hear that the ice was broken. 1t cleared
away from this place to-day, about 3
o'clock, p. NJ, and is now, at 6 o'clock,
p. M, clear from ice, as far up and down
as we can see.
! The GoLD IN NAUsrRALIA.-The Eng
lish papers continue to publish letters
from Australia, giving the most enthusi-
astic accounts of the richness of the gold
diggings which have been discovered in
these regions. These people are desert
ing all other employments en- masse, and
devoting all their energies to gathering in
the golden harvest. Ships in the harbors
are deserted by their crews, and the scenes
which occurred in California two years
ago, are being acted over again in Aus
tralia. AS a sample of the accounts
which reach England in relation to this
gold excitem mt, we copy the following
extract of letter, dated Sydney, Sept.
l3. 1t should undoubtedly be read with
some allowance for the excitement under
which the writer writes:
"The quantities now likely TO be pro-
duced from this colony of pure gold stag
ger all belief, and must have a powerful
effect OH the gold standard of value in
Europe. About 10000 people are at
work in the creeks, but we have now evil
dence of vast quantities Of gold Astounding
in sort of brown clay, through which
runs veins five or six inches thick, Of
nearly pure gold, besides the mass being
spranglcd with small nuggets of the same
metal. l fear almost to write what is
likely to be produced this year, but am
within bounds in saying many millions,
assuming the accounts veracious this
mnrning, which quito believe, and The
yield to be even one-half the indical ions.
A piece of ore, or rather clod, weighing
one hundred and fifty pounds, has been
brought 10 town this morning, from the
estate of Mr.. w. o. Wentworth, most
curious clod, which is expected to turn
out about one third of pure gold.
"a bridge built some time ago, on the
same gentleman's estate, of mountain
quartz, is, | believe, now being pulled
down, the wfo'e structure being charged
with gold in the matrix. 1t is remarkable
that the roads have actually been mended
for many years with the same materials
this morning produced from Wentworth's
land, and not less singular that the dis
covery has not been earlier made. The
palmy days of gold as the superior and
most valuable metal are waning fast away
in favor of silver. write these things
as we have them this day. and which eve
ry body give credit to. Vast excitement
abounds in our city this morning, in con-
sequence of these wonderful discoveries.
There is no other topic but gold, and peo-
pie who month or two ago, spoke diff
dently of grains, pennyweights and ounces,
now talk confidently of hundred weights
and tons. To all appearances, we are on
the eve of surprising events, in metal
liferous sense, of which l will write more
at leisure. and when facts are closer at
hand, under the searching effects of scien-
tific investigation.
WINTER PASSAGE ACROSS THE ANLAS-
TIc-EeW persons have an adequate idea