The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-09-17

nate position. since his own party cannot an
prove it. Alone on the battlefield, single:
handed against host it would be but blind
temerty to persist in the unequal combat, and
discretion being the better part of valOr,' we
will accord him the full need of praise due to
his chivalrous valor if he row quit the field
aud say no more about the WinnebagO Treaty:
PROGRESS OF IEoN MANUFACTURING IN TIE CNr-
TIE" SrArEs.-A Company has just been formed
at cleveland, Ohio. composed of one or two
pra't cal iron men with several retired capital.
ISIS, who have subscribed one hundred thousand
dollars In stock, bought eight acres of land be-
tween Nasson car manufactory and the Lake;
commenced improvements, and in few weeks
VIII have their hammers pounding aud their
bellows blowing. 1t is but the beginning Of
the end, the signal of other works soon to fol-
low. All that Cleveland wants to complete
her resources of greatness is likely now to be
speedily supplied. The actual cost of DUMP
ing first quality of coal here is 81 so and 81 10
per ton. When the Saut Canal is done, ore and
blooms from Lake Superior can be delivered
here comparatively cheap.
very extensive establishment in Pittsburg
being remodelled for the manufacture of rail-
road iron. GAINESVILLE is adding largely to her
iron manufactures, and SO is the MahOning Val
ley Works
The largest works in the world for the manu-
f,cture Of rails is now being built at Ironton,
OHIO. This village. which is situated on the
Ohio river, the capital of Lawrence county, was
begun four years ago next month. by a cOmpa-
ny OF associated capitalists, who bought three
hundred and fifty acres of river bottom, and
tour thousand live hundred acres of hill land
for the site. 1t has now $500 inhabitants. with
four churches built or being built, a railroad
extending fifteen miles into the iron region, and
soon to be pushed through to the IIillsborough
and Partnership Ro&d. fOrty-four miles, bringing
1t in connection with Philadelphia and Balti-'
more. Unfinished rs it is, and with little bust;
ness besides the freighting OF coal and iron ore,
this road is paying eighteen per cent. on its
cost. its June receipts having been S2,SO0;
luuing expenses, $1,000 : net earnings. $ 800.
1t is now bringing into IrontOn the products Of
ten blast furnaces. estimated at 20, 600 tons per
annum, and will soon reach five more SUCH
ironton has manu!actory Of railroad iron;
with two more in progrcss-one of them capa-
bic of turning out fifty tons per day, besides
two large foundrics, a machine shop, DC, &C.
Coal is delivered at these works for one dollar
per ton. The great demand for the article has
already induced large investments tf easitaf
in its manufacture, but so long as railroads, for
rails, machinery bridges, &c, &c, are using
such vast quantities of iron, the demand increa-
ses faster than the supply Besides, the recent
rise of labor in England has so enhanced the
price of iron there, that our American capital
lists find large margin in their favor, sad ARC
looking about for favorable locations for invest
ment.-CYereiand HeTalG.
REMOVING A RING FROM IOUNG LADY's FIS-
GER.--Ur. Castle communicates to the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal the following in
genious method, devised by him. for extrcating
a young lady's finger from ring which was
too small for her. We give his story in his own
language
An interesting young lady about seventeen
years of age had presented TO her gold ring,
which she forced over the joints of her middle
finger. After few minutes the finger COM
menced swelling, and the ring could not be re-
moved. The family physician, DR.. -, was
sent for, but could do nothing. The family and
the young lady especially, were now in the
greatest CONSERVATION. a jeweller was sent
for. After many futile attempts to cut the ring
with cutting-nippcrs, and to saw it apart with
fine saw, and after bruising and lacerating
the flesh, warm lamentations and !eeches were
applied. but all without aforling the slightest
benefit. DIR. - requested my presence, with
the compliment that perhaps my mechanical
ingenuity might suggest something l at once
proceeded to the house of the patient, and found
the young lady in a most deplOrable state Of
mental agony, the doctor embarrassed, and tho
family i'll state of excitement ! procured
some prepared chalk, and applied it between
the ridges Of swollen flesh, and all round the
finger and succeeded in drying the OOZing and
abraied flesh; then with a narrow piece of soft
linen | succeeded in )lishing the ring by draw
ing it gently round the ring between the swOt.
] N parts. | then applied quicksilver to ihs
whole surface of the ring. In less than three
minutes the ring was broken (by pressing it
togcther) in four pieces to the great relief Of all
parties.
In similar manner (witbout the chalk)
some time since extracted small brass ring
from the ear of a child, who child-like, had in.
serted it in the cavity of its ear. The operation
was more painful and tedious, but was equally
successful.
The modus operondi. The quicksilver at
once pcrmeates the metals, if clean, with the
exception of iron, steel, platina, and one or two
others,) and amalgamates with them. 1t inn
mediatcly crystaliZes and renders the metal as
hard and as brittle as glass. Hence the ease
with which metals amalgated with quicksilver
can be broken
NEBRASKA TERRITORY Territory having
been set apart by treaties to the several tribes
Of Indians removed there by Government from
sections of country where the whites crowded
them badly, the Commits. ,ner Of Indian Affairs
has felt it to be his duty to personally examine
into their wants and condition. Col. Manypen-
ny is now on a visit to the Territory, and he
has issued a document Oh the subject of Indi-
an Reservations by which it appears that the
Department Of the Interior consider ordinary
white settlements in Nebraska. unlawful at the
present time. The Indian title has never been
extinguished but Congress at its last session
authorized the President to treat with the Indi-
an tribes located along the western boundary
of Iowa and Missouri for the purpose of extn-
gushing their title in whole or in part to the
country they now occupy, and measures are in
progress to effect that object. The Territory is
occupied by number of tribes, some of them
numerous and powerful, and the whites are be-
ginning to encrOach on their hunting grounds
by settlements. SO as to become annoying The
principal tribes are the Omahas, Pawnees, ST.
Oux, Ottoes, Ioways, Sacs, Foxes, Kickapoos,
Delawares Wyandotts, PottOwatomies, Shaw
nees, Ottowas, Chippewas, Kansas, Mamies, O.
sages, Senecas, &c, &c.-Clereland Herald.
SERIOUS CHARGEs.-Last night, in Council Mr.
Egglcston, of the Filth ward, presented COM
munication from three young ladies, recently in
mates Of the City 1niirmary, who allege that