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

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NEWS ITEMS.
CENrRAL RA1LRoAD.-We understand
from Judge Drummond, who returned
last week from Chicago, that there was a
general and undoubting faith among well
informed men, that the Central Railroad
was to be pushed on with persistent Wig
or until it was finished. There was no
doubt about the 100000 loan, nor the
10000 tons purchase of railroad iron be-
ing both bona ,fde transactions. The
opinion of Mr.. Butterfeld concerning the
Chicago Branch had been ovcrru'ed by
the Secretary Of the Interior, and the in
,erests of all parties were harmorizing in
Il satisfactory manner.-Galend .7dr.
Secretary Corwin estimates ,l.at during
the three years ending with the 3Oth
June, 1858, the receipts will exceed the
expenditures $40 OOO,OOO. This will
pay the $6,O0O,OOO OF public debt which
falls due in 1853.
The Dubuque Herald says, that the
rate Of interest in that city, ut this time,
ranges from % to 80 per cent, secured
by mortgage upon real estate.
February 22th completed the ll4th
day of continued good sleighing at St. AL
bans, Vermont.
CHEcK We find the following in the
Detroit Advertiser -" Il is said at Wash
ington, that Senator Douglass has consent.
ed to throw his strength for Buchanan
because if Gen. Cass were to get thu
nomination, it would, in any event, pre-.
vent the Northwest from receiving it il
1856, whereas by going for Mr.. Buchan-
an, Mr.. Douglass stands well for the
next election"
BuFrALo ELEcrIoN.-TheW Wings car.
ried the late charter election in Buffalo
by decided majority.
CAL1roRN1A.-The prospects of men
without capital or means in California,
seems to be decreasing every day, with
the increase of population.
A gentleman, formerly resident of
this city, writes home to another in this
city, giving an account Of affairs there
We have been permitted to make the
following extract:
"--, who lived with me, and re-
Gently with -, wishes TO come 10
this country, and wishes me to write to
him. cannot give him any encourage
ment, will you say to him for me-
Strange as it may appear, hundreds and
thousands are doing badly, (who are in
dustriously disposcd) and seeking en-
plovment without success. 1t is the
worst country in the world to be sick in
and poor" ."-Galena .Adv.
The beautiful workings of an advalo-
rum Tariff are strkingly illustrated by
Mr.. Weed. in letter from Marseilles
Fraccc. He states that large cargoes o.
Rose Blankets are shipped from that por,
to the United States. Our Consul found
these blankets invoiced at five francs .
pair. This, by weight, gives duty Of
about IL cents pound, while the woo
of which they are manufactured is worth
80. After quarrelling with them fol
more than a year, he got their valuation
up from five to sixteen francs.
THE GOLDEN ERA.-Finding May
flower launched on Western rivers in adj
vance Of his boat, Capt. Bersie has nam
ed his boat in commemoration OF pill
grimage IN history, scarcely less promi
nent than that of the prilgrim fathers
This is the "Golden Era" and tn,
Wheeling papers say, Capt. Bersie's boat
in elegance and beauty, well sustains he
name. She is expected to leave Wheel
ing about the 18th for Galena.-Galen.
r .adu. r,i
Politics in St. Louis are getting nixe'
up so, that the most reliable Democrats