The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-12-10
NUMBER 13.
AMERICAN STATE PAPERs.-The London News
pays the following handsome compliment to

From the tim, of Alexander Hamilton 10
that of Edward Everett. the reports and CORES
pondencc sent out by Congressional Commit
tees and heads of departments have been Of
such singular merit as to fix the attention or
society in Europe, wherever the English laIl-
guage is familiarly read The wonder is less
to persons familiar with the structure and work
ings of the American Government. than to those
who know only European ways. The states
men at Washington are usually educ stcd gen
tlemcn and Of business at Once-usually pro-
ftssiOnal men, who yet have had occasion. in
the course of their lives to do with their own
hands much of the real business of life and
there is nothing like that sort of experience,
when combined with liberal education, for
enabling men to take and express sound and
clear views of political subjects. Webster used
to say that he did his business all the better for
having taken his fathers horse 10 water before
he went to College and Clay boastcd Of his
manual tolls as one of the chief preparations of
his statesmallsiiip. Chosen from among the
people. the chief officers of Government know
how to address the popular mind-and the po
pular mind in America. when dispassionate, is
a mind cf high order;
THE NEW CAriroI~-!Thc new Capitol. rs we
learn frolp our Columbus correspondent. will
he so far completed by year from this time, as
to accommodate the two houses of the Legisla-
turc at its extra session. The magnificent edi-
fee is now completed to the height of seventy
five feet from the ground. and already affords q
good view of its imposing proportions: it is
three hundred and fonr feet in length (frOnD
by one hundred and eighty in depth. The
wOrkmen ere now engaged on the great dome
of the rOtuntla. which rises one hundred feet
above the main building making total eleva-
tion of one hundred and sevcnty-five feet.
There are engaged on the new State House, al
together. three hundred and fifty men OF these
one hundred are cOnvicts. and two hundred
and fifty free laborcrs One hundred men are
constantly employed at the government quar-
ries a few miles from Columbus between which
and the Capitol the State has built railroad
for the transportation of the vast quantities of
stone and timber required. The new State
House covers an area of one and third acres.
Gin. COnr.
FRENCH aND ExGIIsm SrIGEEY.-Sir Ashley
Cooper on visiting the French capital, was ask
cd by the surgeon en- chef of the empire how
many times he had performed some wonderful
feat of surgery. He replied that he had per-
formed the operation thirteen tiInss. All, but
Monsieur. have done him one hundred and
sixty time.-IIow many times did you save his
life" continued the curious Frcnchman, after
he looked into the blank amaZement OF Sir
Astlcy's face. 81 said the Englshman,
saved eleven cut of thirteen. How many did
you save out of one hundred and sixty? p - All.
Monsieur. lose dem all, but de operation was
very brillantc'" 1t is hard for man who
has seen England and France both in motion.
to forget this story.
"OLD FOLKS At IIOME. John Greiner, for
meris State Librarian at Columbus, and re-
Gently Indian Agent in New Mexico, has re-
turned to Santa Fc on private adventure, and
in a letter to the Ohio State Journal. says -
We also met on the Arkansas Il number OF
Kioways, with their wives and children Some
of the women were at work dressing sheep
SKINS and making Iariats, and wishing to make
their acquaintance we took a seat among them
but they were too busy-thcy had no time to
talk to U.S. Mr. Nicholson, who is a fine singer,
strnck up a Methodist song, to the tune of the
"Old Folks at Home and after listening
moment their rude tools fell from their hands,
the work was stopped, and with eyes glistening
and mouth extended. they drank in the music,
and sat like statues until the song was ended.
B0n;tO. muy bOnif0. (gOOd. very gOOd.) said
they. as they resumed their work and not anO-
ther word could we get out of them. Verify.
there is music in the "Old Folks at Home"
GREAT SroRM-We learn by the New York
Herald of the 18th that on Sunday last great
storm occurred in New York. New Jersey and
Connecticut destroying life and property in
various places. In New York City house
called the mission Church. was blown down
by which one woman was killed. and man
and several children severely injured. The
embankments of various railroads running into
the City were washed away, SO that several OF
the trains could not be run.
At Newark y. j.. the rain washed the rail-
way so badly as to prevent the trains from run
ming regularly. and other damage was done, to
a considerable extent i'll the city.
In Connecticut the storm was very severe
At Derby four lives were lost by the flood. The
lumber yard of the Derby Building Company
was wholly washed out and the lumber carried
away The loss to the Company is from $780,
900 to $4,000 The trains due at New Haven
on the 14th did not arrive at the usual hour on
account of the storm.
MoRMoxIsM IN WALEs-An English paper
states that the ranks of the adherents of Nor
monism are at present being greatly strength
ened, especially in Carmaerthenshire, GlamOr-
ganshirc. and other important districts in South
Wales. Numbers of these people have lately
iOined the sect, including many persons OF high
respectability and middlc-class station well
known Welch lecturer, named Robyn Dhu,
whose influence with the people is very great.
has lately joined the ranks, and his eloquence
seems Irresistible Immense numbers have late
ly left South Wales for the Salt Lake. and many
others are now preparing for departure in the
spring.
A locomotive Is DullulIg dt AuBhCiu ,1noee.,
for the Hudson River Railroad Company, which
is to carry six passenger cars between Albany
and New York, in two hours end half The
distance is l44 miles. 1t will cost 81 ZOO and
weighs over thirty tons.
GEORGIA FNANCEs.-GOv. CObbs message,
transmitted to the Legislature on the sth IN
stant states that the public debt OF the STATE OF
Georgia ia a.. 2.685. .472 ". This amount In
c,udas saGa zoo incurred by the State in wind
inc % up the affairs of the Central Bank. The
sinking Fund of the State. appropriated to the
navment of the Public Debt amounts TO
$I66,OOO.
The surest way to prevent young couple
from marrying is not to oppose them. Tell
them YOU "would sooner see them in their
graves" and twelve months afterwards their
baby will pass you twice day in willow
wagon.
The Canada Indians say that the coming win
ter is to be severe one. They derive their