The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-12-10

Young Freedoms furtresSes and soon the day
Shall when right shall rule, and round the thrones
That grid GODS feet shall eddy more srnans.
Little Rock, Ark, Oct. IL, 1883.
The Local of the New York Tribune never
penned more agreeable paragraph than this
which he humorously calls "A Queer Process :"
1T is curious TO see the circulation Of great |
commence in the mUrning-the great city that
had roared itself to sleep. True there was a
feeble pulse all light: the cars beat 10 and fro
a carriage now aud then gave "a II tier. but all, !
there had been a quiet hour. About halfa mil !
lion of the people had been lying dead
level for four or five hours: some on pillows of
down and some Oh curb stones; some beneath /
silken countcrpancs. and some beneath the |
great blue quilt of heaven. Queer figure they |
make in the minds eye, to he surc--4O0. 900
folks more or less. lying on their back-lying
In tiers or rows. five or six miles lOng--thrcc or
four deep In the ccllar--that is the primitive |
then first floor, second third. and so |
on up TO the garnet. Three hundred thousand
people snoring--what CONCERT. Two hun |.
dred thousand people dreaming. Two hundred
thousand people in red nj ght-caps; one hundrtd |
thousand in white, aud here and there one trim
med with lace. Fifty thousand curls twisted
up in papers, giving their owners an appt ar !
ance of having made pillow of cigar lighters. |
Twenty thousand curls hanging over the backs
of chairs or tossed upon tables. How gently /
time touches such people; they never grow |
gray at all! Ten thousand people weeping
and now and thcn one dying; dying in his sleep:
dying in dream. And then the getting up is |
ridiculous enough, though going to bcd-shOuld
we say retire" in these refined times lis a
solemn piece of business whether people think |
OF it or not. But the getting up. the waking
up, is funny enough for Il farce It's process !
species Observation-Disclosures one who has slept |
like top for nine solid hours. and how he be- |
gins to wake; first. its n halflurclI and long
breath and yawn: then an arm is thrust out |
then a foot; the muscles are waking up. Next |
the rattle Of the early wagons strikes his car:
hearing is coming to-. Then. his tongue moves
uneaslly; taste is returning. Last his eyes open,
one after the other-thcn half close then open
again, and the man awake--awakc all over
awake for all day. There's smother, sound
asleep this minute and this. he shakes himself
like huge Newfoundland springs up .percus-
sion, and the thing is done: the fellow has mt
sleepy hair about him.
Snowy quilts that have just risen and fallen
with the soft bosom beneath, begin to grow ur.-
easy. The sweet sleepers are waking. so we'll
draw the curtains and leave them to their tot
lette, Bundles rags in dark. damp corners
toss and tumble: there's someth;a. alive under
meath; Out 1t comes mare rags. Misery makes
~ to'iette, ana there are no curtains to draw.
A correspondent at Peru, Illinois. mentions
the following circumstance in u note to the edi-
tor. 1t struck us in the perusal as q somewhat
novel standard of standing. and one not alto
gether ffattering to our western friends -. Mr..
S-applied for admission into the Presby-
terrain Church, by card dated in 1918, which the
authorities Of the church were disposed to con-
slider ancient "letter of credit but the difficult
ty was overcome by Mr.. S--who guessed he
was and had been all the time. .'as good chris
tisn as most western men, He passed with
out further question.
STRANGE ArraiR.-Thc Springfield Journal
OF the 9TH, contains an account of u somewhat
strange affair which lately happened at Jack
sonvilie 1t appears that man calling himself
J. E. Burrows. yet supposed to he J. f. Burke,
went to Jacksonville from Springfield. taking
with him young woman whom he called Mrs
Burrowes, and took lodgings at the Hamilton
House. Shortly after Burrows left. and the wo-
man was taken i'll ant, died suddenly. Bur-
rowes returned while the woman was sick and
LEFT again, taking with him small Lox con-
tanning, it is thought. letters belonging to her.
olnce tnen ne has not been seen. From q MEM
oranda left by the girl the landlord believes
her real name to he Elizabeth White.
Some Sybarite says -" Our rules for lady
printers would not require them to partic pate
IN the ordinary drudgcry of setting iypc.-
Their sole duty should be the distribution Of
one, two and three sem braces"
EXTRA SEsSiON.-Thc Joliet Signal, supposcd
by some to speak the sentiments of Gov. Mat
teson, continues to speak decidedly against call
ing an extra session of the Legislature
VERNoNT-It is probable that no United
states Senator will be elected in Vermont this
year. The Senate is Wing. and there is no law
compelling this Legislature to elect.
MEsnL., VALIEY.-It has been n grccd lac,
our Munster in the city of Mexico and Santa
anna, that neither American nor Mexican truons
shall occupy the Mesilla Valley while ncpotia-
tions are pending.
FIRE IN THE ONO PENITENrI,ry tho ,,b
uit:, fire occurred in the Ohio penitentiary,
winch came near destroying the entire estab-
llsbment. The fire broke out in a room where
there was neither stOve-pipe nor chimney, and
II Ii supposed therefore, that it was the work of
convict who expected to escape during the
excitement and alarm. The flames after much
.aoof were suhducd, yet not prisoner escaped
tnough they were taken out to work upon the
engines. The loss to the State and in,]iviJuais
is near $4,000.
FROM CrBA.-We understand that private adj
vices were received yesterday. by telegraph,
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against the Government had been discovered ~
BaracOa. on the eastern end of the Island of On.
ba and that fifteen persons implicated had been
seized and imprisoned. Among them were sew
eral soldiers. We shall probably have further
intelligence OF the affair by the next arrival
NJ Y. Times
ILLNESS OF GERRIr SMIru-In Il letter to a
triend, Hon. Gerrit Smith SAYS he is suffering
I .hNe rush OF blood to the head. and fears
.nss II may disqualify him from taking his scat
LIZ S;Engress. 1t is stated that Mr. Miller. his
soa IA Is now at Washington. putting in
TG,Ng oocTH.EThe pile-drivcrs Of the Cen.
trail Railroad, in the lake, have insbsd %. zen
t tSs the main tracks and have been turned for
que parpose Oh aslSing for the side tracks, &C..
Chicago Press. s'ree'.-
LABoRERs OUT OF ExPLoYMENr.-Tbe l,st "a
vices from England announce the cont;nu.. s