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

CLIMATE OF MISNEsoTA.-A correspondent o.
the New York Evening Post thus describes th,
climate of Minnesota
Although the cold in Minnesota is so severe
in winter, those who have lived a length o.
time in these regions assert that it is far from
being unfavorable TO health. there being nc
wind stirring, even when the thermometer has
25 degrees below zero before breakfast, as it
does sometimes, or when even the mercury con-
geals the weather not having those sudden
changes which are SO uncomfortable in our lat
titude. The cold season sets in about Novcm-
Der, and there is little cessation TO still, clear
cold, bracing atmosphere for about six months.
and then an uninterrupted Spring advances
vegetation with rapidly quite surprising. till
before we are aware we are thrown into the
lap of Summer,
A friend in California writes that he is so hard
run far yictuals, and other cdibes. that nothing
but a miracle Or highway robbery can save him
from starvation. For two weeks he lived on a
piece of oil CLOTH boiled with an old boot give
it a meaty flavor. Here's situation as is
situation.
What a meaning aud unique expression was
that of a young Irish girl who was rendering
testimony against an individual, in a New Or
leans court a short time since" Arrah, sir;
said she. 81 sure he never made his mother
smile" There is a biography Of unkindness in
that simple sentence.
Congregational Methodists, is the name as
sumed by body ofpeople in Georgia who have
seeded from the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In their published declaration they speakof "the
itinerant system as having done its work and
lost its efficiency; they object to the Methodist
government as uncongenial with our civil insti-
buttons: they retain the Methodist doctrines:
but they commence with organizing general
atiy unity bo
Church. under which local congregations may
organize, each having power to choose its own
pastor and other officers"
A POEM FROM Mrs. MowArr--The Boston Bee
states that Mrs. Mowatt has consented TO read a
poem on the death Of Daniel Webster, before
the Mercantile Library Association, of that
city, at such time as her engagements will
permit.
MRS STowE.-Nlrs Harriet Bcecher Stowe is
decidedly the most popular novelist of the day,
She is soon to commence another story. called
Marx sutherland; Or Power and Principle =
III VIII illustrate 1.-THE genius of our institutions
IN developing and recompensing native talent
in all ranks of society, shown in the history of
planter son. who giving up his patrmonv
ior conscience sake. sets out upon life of toll
and self denial, and through many early trials
adventures and sufferings, carves his way to
merited honors."
=. II is said that the crowds are so great in Eng
land, pressing to see the body of the Duke of
wellington, lying in state, that persons have
been killed in the press.
The Journal of Commerce saws, that an an
plicant for an Office was lately infermed bv
Gen. Pierce, that he did not intend to speak
on politics for three months
The biggest gold stories now come from the
Australian mines. The yield for the month of
July is stated to have been SSO,OOO,OoO.
The Mayor of Baltimore threatens TO resign
city. '' ''' '""'
Coon ExAMPIE.-Some few wears ago. a veal
thy and eccentric bachelor. named Weld. died
In England. having wlled the Queen some two
and half millions of dollars She refuses IN
receive 1t, but has ordered it to be divided a.
mong his relatives. This is an act fit for A
Queen to do.
"SPIRITUALIsM.-The editor of the Cape Cir
ardeau (Mo.) Eagle says one of the unrstcrs
in his office is medium and the other dav
made the office table cut divers strange antics
all around. He says, among other things ..the
table was told to shake hands with certain
man 1t went to the place where he was stand
ing, and dagonally held up one of its }cys -
editor word, he fastcns it with the following
ciincher: Now these are facts. which several
Oh our best citizens can testify to- and who are
SUI incredulous with regard to its spiritual
origin
Mr. Desaussure has been reelected To the
United States Senate from South Carolina.
AUSTRALIA GoI.D.-The Mint received, few
uays ago, $4,000 in Australia gold, deposited
there by Yankee adventurer who crossed over
from California.
:. Inc oldest living printer in the United States
Is man named Carly in Yorkyi1le South CO..
DINA he worked with Ben Russell on tho Roc
ton Centinel, half century ago. and bo vet cots
type by candle-light and is ninety-seven wears
of age. e'i
MAINE LAw.--This law has been declared to
be constitutional, by full Bench of Judges in
Massachusetts,, in suit raised in Boston.
Two Resurrectionists were lately captured in
Troy, n. Y. They were found robbing Cath
Ollie graveyard near the city. One bodv-that
OF female-had been taken up and was lying
exposed when they were captured. Their names
are withheld, it is said, for the present.
new Express Company has been formed in
NV iork, with capital of S50O,OOO for the
. transportation Of money and other property be
Tween New ork, Albany. Buffalo. Cincinnati
lineage and st. Louis The principal parties
IA tne company are II. Dwight. ir., VIM. 4. Liy
lngston, VIM. c. Churchill. Hamilton Snsncor
r. 5. Paxton, c. c. Backus, &c. 1t viii he a
very strong concern. VIII oc "
CUBA.-The Journal Of Commerce s,o,os A..
John {. Calhoun once observed in a conyorso
ton with the editor of that paper, that "Cuha
was forbidden fruit to the United States, and
gave strong reasons against any attempt at its
acquisition. '''
,lRoS.-Pennsylvania now produces as much
IRON as was manufactured in all Great Britain
;.nirty years ago; as much as is manufactured
N france now more than in Sweden and Rus
s'a united and more than in all Germany.
. Inc Vallew Wing says that DR.. Cartwright.