The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-10-15

HEALTH OF THE CfTY.--Thc continual health
fulncss of the city, and the small number Of dali
| Iy interments. have induced the Board of Health
! to suspend the daily, and commence a series. of
weekly reports, as will be seen ly the notice
appended to the report of yesterday. The sus-
pension will not take place. however, until next
Sunday. Hereafter the reports will be made
up from Sunday to Sunday, complete to q
o'clock, A. M o. Builetin, 23d.
Death OF AN EDiToR.-Frcdrick Scllick late
editor Of the Abbeyille s. c. Banner, died at
that village on Tuesday, the 10th inst. lie sery-
ed during the Mexican campa On under Capt.
Marshall. as Lieut. of the company. He passed
through the war with great credit, and his name
has become matter of hi stCry--as the hero of
the Garita de Bclcn, the first American who
planted lis country standard on the walls of
Mexico.
PRICES OF FARMrxG LANDs.-Good farms in
the ncighboIhood Of our city are rapidly ap.
prcc iatng in value. We hear of an offer Of
SO per acre for a farm in the town OF Lake,
some four miles from the city limits. The own
err how ever declines TO sell at that price.-J'fR-
acauhee Sent.
NAUTICAL. QrERMs.-A "land-lubbcr has
been ridiculous enough to question as follows !:
Does a ship wear whalebone in her stays, and
does She suffer from tightness? Does her pain
ter mix his own colors? What scales do the
sailors weigh the anchor with! How many in
chcs are thcrc in her yards. Does the captain
drive his lady round the deck in his gig! Are
all the victuals mixed together, when the sail
ors have mess? Is their grog kept in port
holes? What do the sailors do with the knots
a ship makes in a day! Is the gunwale like a
mermaid! Do the sailors lash the masts with
whip? l. the ships companion male or
female? Are her shrouds made of flannel =
When she answers to her helm, what does she
say?
FL0GGING WIvEs.-A recent affair at Newport
has made rather a sensation in upper-tcndom.
A fashionable young man, who happens to have
a rich and sharp old chap for father. under
took the other day TO fog his wife. We know
something about the parties. and could make
very readable paragraph on the subject, hui. the
Day Book has 10 taste for Developments Of this
kind 1t is well enough. however, TO remark
that our readers cannot imagine what dreadful
and what unhappy lives are led by the fashion,
able parvcuus OF New York. Bless your stars,
reader. that you are not of the number of those
who, without principle without anteeedents,
except such as to crimson the check, bless your
stars that you arc not rich and live in a large
house, with dissipatcd wife OF a dissipated
husband. that you have not been spoiled by the
follics Of Partisan life, and the example Of re-
turned roucs. If one half Of what is talked of
openly at the clubs found its way to The public,
that public would roll up its eyes, and they
would stay rolled Day Book
Mr.. Eulscmann, the Austrian Minister, had
personal interview with Mr.. Marcy on the 4th.
1t is rumOrcd, that arrangements have been
made for the release Of koszta, and his return
to this country.
Mr.. Vim. II. Powell, who was commissioned
to fiji the vacant panel in TIE rotunda of the
capitol at Washing tOn. has arrived in New York
With his picture of "Dc Sofa discovering the
Mississippi. which is the subject of the paint
ing l." has produced Arrangements will soon
he completed for exhibiting this picture and
others By the same artist. Among them is u
copy of Neroncse's picture Of the Marriage at
Cana The avaIls of the exhibition will be
the only profit the painter derives from his work
it having cost him the whole SUN offered tyCon-
grcss for the work.
| Punch says, THAT proposal has Lccn under
consideration in the magnetic circles of London
to form an expedition for the purpose Of mo-
wing Table Bay"
The man who Ted a knot in a cord of wood
wishes to knew if You ever heard Il hay-cock
crow.
Wisconsin has three candidates for Secrcta-
~ Of tate. aud they arc Ill editors. The pro
iJssOH mast be on The decline over there