The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-12-25

CHANGES OF A LIFE-TIME.-Mrs Fellows, wife
of Mr.. Henry Fellows, of Penfield, Monroe CO.,
n. T., died a few days ago, aged IS. She was the
daughter of Mrs. Hannah Sanborn the oldest
living resident of Canandaigua, and one of the
very first settlers Of that place. She is now
80. and retains vigor aud vivacity which few
females possess at 60. She was born in Lyme.
Conn, and the Albany Register thus speaks of
the Pioneer Woman:
More than thirty years ago her husband. Mr..
Sanborn-an adventurous and "go ahead"
Yankee-left Connecticut with some of his
neighbOrs, and penetrated the wilds of Western
New York, as far as Canandaigua. There he
cast his lot, made clearing erected a rude log
house, and then returned to Connecticut to
"move out" to his new home. When they left
the good old town of Lyme to make Journey
which can now be accomplished comfortably
within few hours, their neighbors bid them an
affectionate farewell, and never expected to see
mem again, if they should ever hear from
them Inc Journey woe no light undertaking
The little party were Just SIR ,ceeks making the
trip from Schenectady to Canandagua! 1t
can now be accomplished by Lightning Ey-
press" in as many hours and ':Aunt Sanborn, y
as she is familarly called, has lived to do il =
They went up the Mohawk, as far as practica-
BILE, in canoe and thence Mrs. SanbOrn Jour-
neyed on horseback, having frequently to tarry
by the way till road could be made through
the forest. But at length the task was accom-
plished, and she was the first white woman who
ever visited Canandaigua. The old ladyused not
long ago, to come down to Albany every wear
and visit her friends, who were always rcjoiced
to meet her. She is Connecticut woman of
the old school, and as remarkable for strength of
intellect and general information, as for every
other adOrnment of the female character Lat
terly the infirmties Of age have reached her,
and she is now unable to journey so far. May
she live to accomplish her century of years!
THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Review for the present month, reiterates the
appeal often urged upon Congress for grants
to carry out enlarged improvements at the
mouth Of the Mississippi. Three plans have
been presented and discussed at different peri
ods for the accomplishment of the object. One
is to deepen by dredging machines two of the
principal passes at an estimated cost of $780,
900, with subsequent annual expenditure of
$4,000. Another, to close all but one of the
passes where they leave the river trunk esti-
mated cost, S527 ,0OO The third, to cut ship
canal from point below Fort jackson to the
Gulf, costing including all contingencies, SI0,-
100000. Considering the immense commerce
of this great inland sea, any of these amounts
is Insignificant in comparison with the end to
be accomplished. DeBow publishes a diagram
representing the appearance Of the Bar in May
last, when property valued az 81 ,5OG ,O9O was.
detained. 1t is computed thai the ioPses from
detention alone would in single year pay for
almost the entire Improvement. The Review
remarks: -. -.
"Upon the single item Of freigsts alone. il is.
estimated that the use of smaller vessels to
which the shallowness of water is driving the
commerce Of the West, instead of those of larg-
er size and capacity, will be attended with
loss of 50 per bale, or S2,S00,00O annually upon
the cotton crop and equally as much, perhaps
upon the total Of other articles of export. In
all, about $5,000,0 600 per annum"
TRAVELLERS WHO SEE THEMsELvEs.-The fol-
lowing, from the New York Times, is clever
hit at class of travellers who much abound in
these days:
1T will be great day for literature and our
patience when travellers learn to see the cOun-
try they travel Though rather than Themselves
in every land. What care we whether they
dined on trout or on dry crackers and cheese,
whether they got their feet wet in crossing
stream over which a good log was thrown, Or
kept their wits about them and went over dry
shOd. They 20 to the Holy Land not to see
the land but to see how they shall feel on it,
They paint for US not the country, its habits
and customs, but themselves in the foreground
with few cedars of Lebanon and palm groves
as background to fill up the picture. They
are like those persons who stop as they walk
up Broadway and look carefully in at shop
windows, not to see the rich goods but to see
in the reflection of their own persons whether
their collars stand upright and whether their
cravats are properly adjusted"
The Cunard Steamship Company are about
to add six new screw propeller steamers to
their line, with the intention Of running twice
month between Liverpool and New-York !;
New-York, Kingston and Chagres Chagres,
Havana and New-York, and New-York and
Liverpool. Four of the vessels are to be OF
1,400 tons, and two of 1000 tons burden, Brit
ish measurement; and all are constructing at
Glasgow Each will be furnised with two steam