The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-04-03

the wheel horses of the party, in word,
the foreign born citizens are going over to
the Wings in body. This is a very un-
looked for and startling fact, and must
have had its origin in some unpalatable
action Of the party to which they have
aid.
IHE FREsIDENcY.-1t is the opinion
OF the New York Tribune, that the con-
test in the Democratic National Conven-
ton will finally be between Cass and
Douglass.
WILLIS AND FoRREsr.-The suit of
Willis against Forrest, for the shameful
personal assault made upon him by the
latter, has resulted in verdict for Willis
Of $4,000.
THE New Mormon wri-
ter in the National Intelligencer states,
that Brigham Young and his associates
being well satisfied, that upon a fair rep
resentation of facts TO government by the
returned judges, the civil authority Of the
Territory would be withdrawn from their
control, they have, with their usual cum
ming, located the capital in one of the
most out-ot-the-way, inconvenent and
unsafe districts to be found within the
limits Of the Territory, with the view
not only to expose the officers who might
be sent there to Indian hostiities, but to
remove them so far from Salt Lake CITY
as to prevent them from taking cogni-
zance of crimes and offences there, over
which the church claims exclusive juris-
dic.ion.
A gentleman from Rockford says, that
the Galena and Chicago Railroad has had
very favorable effect on the business of
the country in that vicinity.
THE QuADRASr SurERsEpEp.-The
Rev. Tyler Thatcher is said to have dis
covered a new and superior method of
determining latitude and longitude. The
San Francisco Pacific, the journal which
announces this invention, says:
"His method Of determining the lati-
tude, by single observation of any
heavenly body seen by night or by day,
either on the meridian, or at any angle
with the meridian is pefectly geometrical,
and obvious and certain in its results, as
any case whatever in spherical trigonome-
try.
'.He employs the same observations
also to fix the longitude: The method
by which this is done is partly gcometri-
cal and partly arithmethical but as plain
and certain as demonstration in Euclid's
Elements, or any sum in the Rule Of
Three.
MYSTERIOUS CIRcUMsTAScE.-Al let
ter from Acapulco, dated the 10Th ult.,
relates a most singular circumstance con-
ceri,ing the finding of vessel at sea- the
brig L. Randall, Of Cambridge, Mass,
well known vessel on the Pacific coast,
which has been engaged for some time in
The passenger trade between Panama and
San Francisco. She was picked up at
sea by a Chileno vessel in about lat. 8,
lon. SO, five hundred miles from land.-
When found, her sails were all furled,
her chains run out without an anchor, and
not soul on board. There was a part of
bag of flour in the cabin, and little
water in the casks. No papers or log
book were found, and no officers or sal
lors' chest. The brig did not look as if
she had been robbed at sea; and if We
suppose that she had got away from her
anchorage at San Juan Del Sur, Rcalego,
or any other place, and drilted with the
winds and currents SO far 10 sea, how can
we account for. the absence of the log
book, or the fact that she should be SO
completely deserted in foreign port?
The Emperor of Austria has ordered
the expulsion from Pesth of the English
Protestant Missionaries. The Vienna
correspondent of the Morning Chronicle,
in letter dated Jan. 18th, says: econ
siderable curiosity is felt in political cir
clcs as to the contents Of the next post
from New York. The Austrian conser-
vative party positively affirm that a rup-
ture between the two Governments is
imminent, and they predict with conf
dence the return Of the imperial envoy 10
Vienna. ], for my part, never put any
faith in these rumors, though not to do so
now is like flying in the face OF the tes-
timony."
James C. Hall has received the appoint
ment of Postmaster at Cincinnati, in place
of Maj. w. Oliver, deceased. Mr.. H.
has been an assistant in the Office for
sometime, and is well qualified for tho
post.
ARMY MovEMENrs.-A correspondent
of the St. Louis Times writing from San
Antonio, Western Texas, says: The
town is full oftroops. The first and eighth
regiments of infantry are on their way to
the extreme line Of posts on the frontier,
marked out by Gen. P. F. Smith on his
late tour. There is wailing and weeping
among the army ladies'. They are hefe
in Great numbers. They cannot accom-
pany their husbands, the latter being
Obliged to rough it out for awhile in tents.