The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-08-20

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WEALTHY MEN OF ST. LoriS-Thc St Louis
Republican publishes Il list of ncarl two hum
drctl Eamcs OF citizens Ofthat city, together with
the sum at which the city property of each is
respectively assessed the present year. We
capy IL few:
Thomas Allen &:Iol 60. Elizabeth AshIy $780,
600. Louis A. Ecnoist S270.G0o. Bclchcr & Broth
cr Sl9S.000. l.. V. Bogy S2G6.JO0 O. Boyce
s327. 900. j. b. BrartS3ls. .O0O. p. Chotcau Jr.
S20O,0GO. Henry Chotcau S2O50OO. James
Clcmns. Jr. SIG0.0O0. Geo Collier Sill 900.
J. & ". Fimcy s236.6oo. Wm S. IIarncy S2G6.
600. Mary IIarncy $4,000. Ann l.. Hunt 3G1,
600. Petar LindcllSi22. 900 JIG. LinIcll S1O5,
600, P.& &. LindcllS375 1000. James III. Lucas
SSGO.OOO B. Mullanphy $500, COO John OFal-
Ion $500 900. ID. -. Pagr 5000, 900. IIcnry Shaw
.;24I 900 Isaac Walker S:tzJ.000. etc. The
Republican adds, that the list is important as
slow ng the immense aggregation of wealth in
the city within the last twenty-five years. y
similar assessment at that time would have
placed the WlOlc property of the city within
the compass of the wealth Of one or two of the
richest OF the above.
\ long article in Dlackwood. for May. upon
Spiritual Manifestations, thus humorousIy and
ca',stically closes:
..kcrp your mind easy, dear rcatler!-You
are rot one whit more likely to be disturbed by
ghosts than your fathers Or grandlathcrs were,
and You may set them thoroughly at defiance.
Comport yourself we'll and you may be assured
that neither Your shaving brush nor razor will
spontanc ously smash the window-go to church
regularly and we shall give our guarantee
against your being affixed to the ceiling. BE
easy on the score of your furniture. until you
observe it inconyeniently locomotive. i'll which
case. no doubt you will he able to dispose oft
to some railroad company. And above all
things dcspisc humltigs, and do not follow in the
wake of men who are called or who call them
selves philosophers. Many scientific men, in
matters of reasoning. are dssrs; and it is mer-
cv that il is so since otherwise, through their
crude conccits. they would destroy the equlli-
brum of the material world.
Lava WAnr-Ths is the name Of new arti-
Gle of manufacture. made from iron Stag the
waste of smelti ,g furnaces. Articles of the
ware are now o. exhibition at the Crystal Pal
ace A floor tile in our Office looks AS smoothly
polished and stronger than marble and only
costs about IL tenth as much. Aftcr the iron is
drawn oil, the melt. Il sand and clay mixed with
iron. which remains as waste. greatly in the
wav can be cast into tiles. urns. bowls, table
tops and various usciull things, at a very small
cost As new thing, this is worthy the attcn-
ton of those who are most intcrestcd.-ITib.
The Chinese Repository tells very singu-
lar story Of the punishment inflicted on u '"i-
ncsc criminal. His offence, it seems was "h-
parlonablc. and it wa; determined 20 MAKE an
example of fhim.-Conscqncntiy he was wound
round with cotton saturated with taiioW. anu
having been dipped till he presented the ap-
urarancc of a gigantic candle, was stuck upon
his fathers grave. and lighted. Or course. the
Door fellow pcrished in slow torture. "aseVef
device hcarcd ofso completely dabolical.
sAII. FOR TIE BEST. DIR. Johnson used to
say that a habit of looking at the best side of
every event, is better than a thousand pounds
a year Bishop Hall quantity remarks, for
every bad there mi ght he a worse and when
man breaks his leg. let him be thankful that it
was not his ncck!' When Fcnelons library
was on fire. God be praised, he exclaimed.
that it is not some poor man sdwcllIhg; ms
is the true spirit of suhmissior-onc OF lhe llos'
beautiful traits that can possess the humanhcart;
Resolve to see this world on Its sunny siGe: anu
YOU have almost half won the battle Of lie at
the outset.
To see a wasp-waistcd young lady, in ring
lotc ,pI an abundance OF iounces gracefully
soiI to the head of the table, and with voice
90 anrclc as a tenor flute, call to the waiter for
q nIatc of pork and beans, is the most trying
tbinr romance can encounter
| Emile Girardin has sold onc-thousandth part
of his journal, La Prcsse, for ono thousand dol
lars.