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the West is now prepared Ia execute Dagrerreotype
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Miniatures Hkcn IN any weather ard neatly lock-
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81. Paul. Aug. 3 1852. is-if
KlTTSON'S ADDITION TO ST. PAUL.
FHNIS desirable ground. living in the central and
advantageous part of the basin of 81. Paul, where
must inevitably be the principal business .! the
town, ari afording also most choice and deli ul Loz
IN the rear upon tho bench for dwelling houses
veyed into Lots ard offered for sale, with titles
disputed and mdsl Utabc, reasonably low prices, and
upon iibcral terms o. credit for of the purchase
money! aid Lumber for hG.d!ng LOIS sold in the ad-
luon, viii be furnished at Tie rotary mill. easy
terms. CHARLIE VI. CAKES,
Agent Tor Projectors.
ST Paul, July 81, 1851 Is
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REV e. MAY will, however, remark en- pGssant, that
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accommodate their patrons good many years come
ST. Paul, June 70, io53--,f
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GrGfenberg Vegetable Pills.
Grgienberg Children's Psnacea.
GrgienbeIg Diarrhca ~ rup.
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GrGlenberg Green Mountain Ointment.
Hovakers Rheumatic SPECIFIC.
Swaim's celebrated PanAces
Constock's Medicines.
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ST. Paul, Oct. 6, 1858
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

St Louis, Sept |, le5s-at22. Boston
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INTERESTING LEGAL DECISION.

has been recently decided in the United States
Circuit Court at Richmond before Chief Justice TAxEY
and Judge HAIrDvnro which involves questions Of in
teres to the commercial community and some others
The Richmond MALI gives the points Of the case as
follows
The turned mainly upon the legal effect of letters
written by the creditor the debtor urging the payment
OF negotiable note, and asking the debtor remit the
money and forward the amount Of the note.' Upon
the alleged faith Of these letters the debtor deposited the
money in bank notes The mail in letter addressed to
the creditor in Baltimore The letter lost and
came to the hands of the creditor.
The debtor, H. d. DUS, of Essex county Virginia, had
executed his note to the plaintiffs Selnan Son. of Bal
more, for about $780, payable at the Farmers Bank
Virginia Before it fell due Dun the defendant visited
Baltimore asked that his note might be ordered back
from Richmond (whher it had been sent for coecon)
to Baltimore, and kept there promising pay in whole
or in part before leaving He failing to do this the
plaintiffs wrote him urgently for payment lie replied
stating that he had been Richmond at the time the
fell due to pay it, but could not find it, and asking where
il was To this plaintiffs replied, "yqur note is here,
forward the amount and will send your note to you
The defendant also proved that the merchants in Essex
were in the habit of renting money Baltimore by mail
The plaintiffs counsel relied decision Of the Court
OF Appeals Of Virginia reported in Grattans Reports
IN which it held, in very similar case that proof
OF such local custom could be given to affect the creditor
and that letter directing the debtor ITO remit money did
not authorize transmission Jy mail
Chief Justice fancy in the present case, dsapproved
OF that decision and instructed the Jury that evidence
might DC given OF such CUSTOM and proper ii being
somewhat question of commercial usage that the Jury
might II they pleased infer authority TO remit by mail
in this case that If the creditor used language calculated
TO misead the debtor it at his risk and that
II the defendant Dun might reasonably have supposed
from the circumstances that the plaintiffs intended to
thorze Transmission by mail then the Jury would be JUS
tihed in finding for the defendant.
The Jury returned verdict for the defendant.
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BELGIAN LAW OF DIVORCE.

Some few years since young Belgian lady fresh from
her convent education appeared in society captivaed
young fellow countryman with weoiled hair and patent
leather boots and after acquaintance Of few weeks
married him The happy pair soourned is often the
custom abroad with the father and mother of the lady The
yourg vile was gay lady, and her husband quite
gay lord AT every ball and party 10 the capital they
presents and married ladies especially selected by
tnental gentlemen for what they call the young
wife, although she got Of It than liked
cred with considerably than pleased her husband The
Inter the lady rebeled and "my wfe mother
soent airone supported her daughter The husband
tied the matter by putting his hat and retiring lis
paterna mansion The marital eud Intense and the
conjugal couple only Of The mind touching
single ubectappcaton to the tribunals for divorce. This
was done but the Belgian law will allow Of such nnnulng
Of marriage contract until the angry parties have renewed
ther demand for divorce for three
Our young couple nourshcd hoir wrath during this rcnnal
period Of probation thrice made the demand and duly
summoned last yeer hear given that they who had
been should heneeorth and forever remain From
different sides of the the married pair witnessed The
tying Of the knot and when they free, they passed
Of the common portal into the public street Approximation
hred friendship, and the gentleman offered his hand the
lady in token that there malice between them Friend
ship had In his torch than he numned the cnders
on the chilled altar of love- and the young couple walked to.
geher to their first married home whence the husband has
never since permanently Withdrawn Church and State Gar
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HIGnrRfcED PrcEREs.-Ata RECEIPT sale in London Of
the Spanish collection Of pictures owned by the late LOUIS
PHILIPPE, ex King Of the French many Of the works
brought the highest prices. The portrait by velasquez
OF the Minister Qvarez sold for 800 portrait
Philip ~ Of Spain, also sad to be by velasquez copied
from the celebrated original Of the Madrid Museum in
inc thrd or vague manner Of the painter sold for 81 $50
The finest Muro in the collection was the mucb-iniured
canvass which once represented in all the spendor OF
color and expression st. Joseph and the Infant Christi
but damaged as it was; il sold for So 200 The "Con-
ception in life size though deprived many places OF
Its glazings brought $4,000 1t is composition in tho
second manner Of Muro. A smaller Conception" by
Aurio IN which the characteristics Of the master we're
also dIsngushabe, was knocked down for 81 800 The
Virgin and Child brought So $50. Another est Jo-
seph and Infant Christ though not favorable specimen
Of the master; brought 800 picture of Jesus and
St John on tho banks Of the Jordan brought $4,000
Inc conception by Marble, sold In Paris last year,
brought over 100000 1t was purchased nv the Freach
Government in the face Of stroEg competition. III
ta Mem Fork Evening POST
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ABOUT WIGS.
An article in late Frasers Magazine treats Of wigs
with some humor and intelligence:

An article in late Frasers Magazine treats Of wigs
with some humor and intelligence:
Many who enjoy these convenient appendages in
uninterrupted tranquility have knowledge of the fact
that at period they thought directly antagonisc
TO the existence Of Christianity ST. Jerome and Tertu
liam hurled thunderbos at them the latter insisting that
all personal disguise is adultery before Cod and when
such reasoning failed suggested the hair used might
from the head of one already damned This, however,
not such clever stroke that dealt by Clemens Of
Alexandria. That worthy informed the astounded wig
that when they knelt at church receive the
blessing they must be good enough to recoect that the
benedicon remained the wig and did not pass through
to the bearer
"when Henry l. Of England was in France, Serron,
Bishop of Seez told him that heaven Disguised the
aspect of Christians in long hair, wearing manly
heads locks that had perhaps from womans brows
that they Of Belia for offending. The King
looked grave The Prelate nsnuatngy invited father
Of his people, who long, il not false locks set
worthy example. 'We think of it,, said the sovereign
No time like the present. rejoned the preate who pro-
duced pair fscssors from his episcopal sleeve and adj
vanced towards Henry prepared sweep OFF honors
which the monarch would fan have But what
the scepre Of the prince to the forces Of the priest
The former meeky sat down at the his TENT
while Bishop serron clipped him with the silfu aacrity
Of Figaro. Noble after noble submitted to the same
operations and while these being locked by the
dignfed clergy host Of inferior eccesiastcs passed
through the ranks Of the grnning soldiers and cut off
hair enough to have made the fortunes of oil the peril
wg-buiders who rolled in gded chariots during the
pamy days Of the Grand Monarque.'"
Under James H. wigs became stupendous in their arch-
tecure The beaux who stood beneath them carried
exquisite combs in their ample pockets with which, whe
her in the mall or in the route in the private box
&c ged in the laborous work of making love- they
and combed their perukes aud rendered themselves
irresistible Wisdom even then thought to be under
wig. "A full wig says Farquhar, in his Love and
Bottle, $685. SIS as infaible token Of wit the au-
rePan assertion which should think Of disput
ing Tloson is the first OF our clergy presented in wig,
and that substitute for the natural head Of hair
remember he says, in Of his sermons since
the wearing Of the hair below the looked upon
sin of the first magnitude and when ministers generally
whatever their text was did either find make occasion
to reprove the great sin Of long hair and they saw any
one in the congregation guilty in that kind they would
point them out particularly, and M fly al him with great
zeal. /"
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any control over their respective bands "The welfare
oi tns whole community is matter which Is
tertained BY them, individually or or
gamzson II they have any, being the veriest rope Of
sand dishonesty is not held in check among Them but
frequent cases occur OF their stealing horses from each
fear Of punishment the chiefs or from
tue nation at large. No such thing as industry is
KIN own among them and lawess worthless tribe
Is nt 70 be found in any portion Of the United States
Hospitality nay % observed among thsm but il is as
much us white mans life is worth to be amerg them
except as trader avery idea that the
Navajo country 10 shut in by high 90 % to hs
inaccessible to enemy except by limited passes
narrow defss Though rude and Wild their country Is
readily accessible by very olerabe roads, into the
canon Of Chellcy their stronghold and main
The grayes error, however is that contained in Mr.
Farnhams statement of the Navajos being the most
civilized of all the wild Indians Of North America From
most frequent and intimate association with them the
past fall and winter deem them to be among the most
rude least intelligent and least civilized Of all the tribes
of Indians have Some trifing Improvement
has come from their frequent intercourse with the Mexico
Spanish population Of the Rio Grande but to an
tent worthy of particular remark. ~
More on this subject perhaps, in future letter.
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The trains on the New York and New Haven road
TO in stop before Iassng any bridge in which there is
draw This is safe regulation. bridgeport Farmer.
The New Haven Register adds
And passengers have seady begun find fault with H.
we heard couple Of gentlemen in late train denouncing it
az o provoking and useless arrangement
The Hartford Times responds
They were right There useless arrangements
this matterfrs the bridges themselves and secondly
the plan OF coming to full stop before each of them The
late occasioned by the Norwak accident leading
TO some absurd notions In that case the company
wholly in fault Passengers do want many stops Ger
anly they care not TO sit aud stare nothing for time just
because adraw bridge ahead But they want TO satisfied
that such has been TO fully protect them even
IL the cars move over them without stopping
just MS we predicted The killing of forty-sx persons
in instant Of time caused immense excitement and
comparatively forgotten The least restraint imposed to
prevent similar calamity becomes irksome in two or
three weeks We trust however that the railroad com
pany will not listen to the murmurers but viii keep up
the wise precaaon Tor the sake Of those who place
vnlue upon their own lives and whose death would be
loss to society. Nee Fork Commercial AdUefisev
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IRON THE LONDON TINES OF nAr17.


The intelligence we receive from China while il adds
but little to the information recently laid before the read
of this Journal confirms in all important respects the
apprebensons vcntured to express concerning this
markabe rebellion 1t does not indeed seem to be def
nitey known that Nankin had fallen as was lately re-
ported into the hands Of the insurgents but IL this event
has not actually occurred ii is in the highest degree pro
babe. No doubt exists respecting the progress Of the
rebel army and though mhny particulars Of this revou
ton are unfortunately obscure know for certain that
the insurgents have aversed the Empire from the south
west to the northeast that they have hitherto repulsed
the Royal troops Tint they have either captured are
on the point Of capturing the city of Nankin that they
are menacing Pekn with similar fate and that, ac
cord'ng TO all computablc chances they viii succeed thus
lar ~ suoyerng the Government Of China
WIN thcse general facts, however our knowledge ends
ana - 'he uncertainty hanging all other particulars
y becomes exceedingly difficult to speculate the
sequences q The event We without any substantial
Information o. to the origin objects Of the rebellion.
We cannot discover with any certainty whether it has
been promoted Tor the recovery Of any political rights
the maintenance Of any dynastc claims the removal OF
administrative abuses tie establishment Of any de-
srabe institutions. We arc unable TO learn with what
views y mas been regarded By the general population Of
the Bmpire-Whether the inhabitants 81 the more i'm
Poran provinces haYe been assentng dissenting or ne-
ra or what part hhs been taken by the more consider
able local authorities We do not even know what form ~
government policy II is proposed to substitute for that
attacked. We can infer with olerabc safety fat the
snccess Of the insurgents will ultimately involve the pro
camation Of Sovcreign bot aher this event will
be attended with any internal changes or INV od6ca
ton Of such external relations the Chinese Emrre has
hitherto maintained il Is quite impossible to say We
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EXTENSIVE CONFEDERATION ON THE 0TTAwA-We regret
to learn that last week the woods the North Shore
the Otowa, near the Grand Calumet Island, sixty
miles above the Bytown having taken fire. the conhagra-
ton extended four miles wide tract Of country,
consuming, besides immense amount Of valuable tim
ber great number Of the houses BARNS and other build
ngs of the settlers Our information also states that
many lives have fallen sacrifice to the widespread en-
lamty Montreal Herald 25fh instant
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UTAH TERRIToRY-The Deseret News gives us some
insight into the progress of the settlements in the Nor
mon region. From this source we learn that Palmyra
contains one hundred families the first house having
built in September last 1t is surrounded by fine farm
ing region and has good water facilities Springye has
more than one hundred and thirty families besides grst
mill and sawmil brass band and school for teach
ing the French and German languages Provo is large
town, and much crowded Many new buildings are in
progress German and French schools taught and
dramatic association is in operation A bridge across
the stream at Provo replace swept away by spring
flood, is in progress, besides Touring mill and com
pany turning the Grown river its old channel to
prevent oyerfows The town Of Cedar, in Iron county,
contains seventy about half being employed by the
Deseret Iron Company. This place has dam and water
course, several furnaces and casting house. The town
of Harmony in the county, has iron foundry in
rapid progress Parordan also in Iron county, is extern
svey engaged both in the lumber and trades They
have iron works there Several other settlements in the
iron region are named all apparently quite hourishing.
THE TExAs DERIVE learn from good authority that
certain creditors of Texas having
thorty and having been advised that nasmuch as the
State OF Texas unequvocay accepted the terms offered
by the Congress Of the United States thereby rfvinq
the act of annexation have determined to apply to the
Federal Court for an injunction esop the State of
Iexas from giving to the several railroad companies the
public domain 1t Is well known that by the act Of an
nexaton the public domain Of the late Republic OF Texas
was set apart for the security and payment of the exist
ing debt; and the question is shall the State of
Texas contayene the spirit and design Of the act OF
nexation, act of the United States Congress- Our
opinion s that the State Of Texas has no right to give
away foot OF the public domain until the debt for the
payment OF which 1t was set apart, is first paid The
public domain is not the property Of the State Of Texas
The act Of annexation clearly forth that the domain
shall remain pledge for the payment Of the debt and
not until its payment can the domain pass to the State
Hence the State of Texas possesses no title and the
suit must be that the donees-the railroad companies
cannot succeed to either legal equitable title thereto
as long as the domain remains subject Of pledge which
must be the case until it is relieved from
duress.--NeD Orleans Bulletin
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The Lunatic Asylum AZ Columbus, Ohio, is now full,
containing upwards of 500 patients In fourteen years
there have been admitted l6 patients Of which 038
were. discharged recovered. OF the number admitted
sos were farmers being more than twelve times the
Der OF those Of any other occupation except aborers Of
which class there leo. The next highest on the
list is teachers, being 10 There we're "a clerks %
preachers, 81 ailors, lawyers printers captains
musicians, medical students, &C. Among the oasscs
spirit-rappings Is Cow the most frequent. III
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Specu1ations upon The probable action Of he British
interUenton on the part Of England France,
aadhe United States suggested
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7 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE CHINESE REVOLT.

From file of Hong Kong papers to the oath Of
March we copy the annexed articles respecting the
formidable revolt now spreading through the Chi
nese Empire. The first is summary account (from
the China Mai) of the rise and progress Of the re-
bellion; the second, from the same paper, copy
of the Emperors edict on the subject of the revolt
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-11-24
From the Evening Star.
Washington News And Gossip

LOBBYING Ex-MEMBERs OF CoNGREss.-
We are destined to have stationed in Wash
ington, from thirty to fifty ex-members who
come to sell their personal influence for hard
cash on the nail and contingencies; their in
fuence aforesaid for such consideration, to
be used to get through Congress any legis-
lation whatever, desired to put money in
the pockets Of the payees. Some of these
gentlemen have followed this business for
years past, until they are well known around
the halls of Congress as "lobby members" :"
Their former position in the public service
gives them at all times an entree into both
Chambers, which affords advantages for
electioneering for schemes on the treasury
for which spectators pay literally. Their
knowledge of the rules governing the trans
action of business in Congress also makes
them somewhat desirable agents. These
advantages, backed by the fact that they are
VIGOROUSLY less scrupulous in their means Of
carrying their points than most others, have,
up to this time, rendered them SO successful
as professional legislative drummers that
they have, among them, shared much Of the
public money which never should have left
the treasury of the United States. Little
good it does them however, as in spite OF
our laws and the efforts of our police, fare
banks still flourish in Washington. We
have reason to believe that heavy force oil
this description is already engaged to work
through Cohgtess the New York Pacific
railroad scheme, through which il is design.
ed to get the government to build the road
and then to virtually make it present to 1
dozen or so speculatdrs in nearly every
State in the Union. These ex-members are
to be paid for their services here, in stock
provided they carry the project through
We shall have to keep our attention fxeG
upon them affectonately. As they show
their hands, we shall inform the public, ant
more especially honest members Of Con.
gress, what schemes on the treasury eacl
may have in hand, so that they may bewar,
of the plots of these, gentlemen. The rule
of thu House and Senate should prompt,
be SO amended, as that er-member CLAIM
agents or drummers, shall be excluded fror
the halls, as other claim agents are e1
cluded,