The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-05-28
WARRINGTON. May IL.

WASHINGTON. May IL.
The oath of Office was administered, to-day,
to several clerks recently appointed, among
them, Edward II. Fuller, who was shot by
Schaumberg, who appeared to have fully reco-
vered his health. =
WASHINGTON, May Is.
The report that the Hawaiian governments
had made proposition to the United States LOT
annexation, is true. The proposition is now
before the administration.
EMIGRATION TO MINNEsOTA-Among the arri-
walls at our place during the past week, we no
ticed several families destined for Minnesota.
We learn it is their purpose to settle on the
"Sioux purchase" somewhere in this vicinity,
on the opposite side of the Mississippi We are
pleased to see that emigrants destined for that
section of the country are beginning to under
stand the advantages of this point as Landing
place from which to start for their fntuEc homes.
La Crosse Democrat.
A late German writer says that the people Of
the United States can burst more steamboats,
and chew more tobacco than any other five ma
tons in the world. Complimentary, that.
GREAT FLOOD IN TIE GAscOHADE.-A letter
from reliable source on the Gasconade river.
of the 9th, gives a melancholy account of the
destruction of property caused by frcshct in
that quarter. On the 9Th, it is stated, that
the RATS of humber which had been cut, but in
twenty four hours from that time the river rose
seventeen or eighteen feet, and broke loose Sc
ven out of ten RATS, and fOated off about
100, 900 feet from the steam mill, No. 1, only
part of which can be recovered Forts mill
and part of the dam was washed off; Lynchs
dam was badly broken Stephens mill was
washed off; Hedrick's dam was broken Trus-
ty S dam broken; and Old Mill washed away,
and also Ormsbys MILL with about 100000 feet
of lumber; Burnett Il Bates mill not much
damaged, being situated on Springs. All the
mills and dams destroyed or injured, and not
much lumber can be expected from that quar-
ter. until the mills are rebuilt. Nearly all the
farms on the river were very much damaged
the fencing washed off, and the soil either
washed off or covered with sand. The water
covered large portions of the country, to the
depth Of four or five feet.-St Louis Rrpub.
THE WAY THEY DIE IN FRASCE--A gentle
man in Paris, feeling slight itching in his ear,
took up friction match in order to dspel it.
In the ardOr of conversation he was sustain
ing, he introduced the sulphurous end the con-
tact soon produced ignition, and the downy lin
ing of the ear caught fire !; a portion of the sui
phur adhered to the flesh and burnt there per-
sistcntly. The unfortunate never spoke again.
His sufferings were agonizing that his tongue
became pOweress. and after two day 5 torment
and unavailing efforts of the surgeons, he died.
a WHOLESALE POLYGAMIsT.-A fellow, named
Joseph Wardle, was. in September last, COM
mitted by the district magistrate to Gloucester
| (Eng.) Jail, to wait his trial for bigamy at the
spring assizes. 1t has since been asccrtained
that the prisoner has married as many as six
wives. all of whom are now living.
Curious ATTEMPT TO UPSET A SrEEPIE-The
Wilkesbarre Pa.,) Times, of the 22nd ult.,
says: An attempt was made to blow down
the steeple on the square, on Sunday night last.
Holes had been bored in three of the posts sur
rounding the bell. and charges of powder put
in, secured by plugs. A small gimblct hole
served to Introduce the match. Two of the
charges went off about midnight with a sound
like the discharge of a cannon, splitting the
posts, but not seriously endangcring the stabil-
ity of the steeple. The third charge remained
on Monday morning. The design was evident
ly to throw the steepe down on to the main
building, to destroy it,
In the town of Essex, Massachusetts, young
lady, who was medium, suddenly became
SO widely dcranged on Monday morning last,
as to require constant restraint. night and day.
The /" mania prevails to an alarming extent in
that place. Two of the principal mediums,
however, have recently renowned the faith and
pronounced the idea of communication with the
spirits of the departed an illusion.
LIGHTNING ExPREss TO New YoHK.-We sec
by the Chicago papers on yesterday, the Mich
| lgan Southern Railroad commenced running a
fast train to Toledo. Leaving Chicago at 6
o'clock in the morning and arriving at Toledo
| IN time to dine on one of the fine steamers con-
nectcd with this line. 1t only takes from thirty
six to forty hours to reach New York.
Gov. Sladc passed through Cincinnati few
days ago, having in charge sixteen Yankee
girls Ell route for the West. They are to he dis
tributed in different locations to become teach
ers.
! INCOME OF GERMAN misunderstanding to
returns just published, the net income on all the
Germany railways shows an average of 4 $40
per cent.
| TIPPECANOE BATTLE GROrHD.-On the | lth in
slant. the corner stone of a monument was to
be laid upon Tippecanoe Battle Ground, by the
Masonic Fraternity of Indiana in commcmora-
ton of the members Of the Order. and others
who fell in the battle upon that memorable
field.
GrANO DIsCovERY-The Journal Of Com
mercc states that parties in New York have as
certaincd the existence of large deposit Of
'IuanO, on a barren and uninhabitcd island of
the ocean, lying more than 200 miles from the
main land. and are negotiating with the United
States Government for the protection of their
rights. in case an effort should be made to Sc
cure these hitherto unknown treasures Not
less than l00, 900 tons Of guano from the Lobos
Islands, and yet on its way, have already been
sold, and it is estimated that the lamentations
OF the present year will exceed POO 600 tons. for
which the farmers of the United States will nav
several million dollars.
The footprint of the savage traced in the sand
is sufficient to attest the presence of man to the
atheist, who will not recognize God whose
hand is impressed on the entire universe.
ENGLISH CiIEEsE.-As the warm weather adj
vances, this article resumes its wOntcd activity.
We note the best Cheshire lively. with slight
upward tendency till it reaches the age of the
tablc.-Dutehman.
A modest young lady on being asked by a
gentleman why she had a covering over her
dressing bureau, replied, 81 don't want to
see it's drawers"