The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-11-05

The shipments of Wheat from New York have
been nearly doubled within the last eight months
The exports of provisions have increased and
are still increasing largely. 1t seems to be no
longer question that the European harvest
will be insufficient to meet the wants of the
people, rendering it probable that breadstuffs
will continue to command good prices, whatev-
cr may be the result of the pending hostilities
The French Government, however, fOreseeing
the scarcity, has reduced the duties upon Corn,
Flour, Meal, Rice, &C., imported before the FIRST
of next January, and has exempted the vessels
bringing them from the usual tonnage duties
This tends to increase the present demand but
to decrease the prospects of its continuance.
They have also purchased largely Ofbreadstuffs
to sell again, in order to prevent any extreme
or long continued advance of prices.
EDWARD A. HANNEGAN-This "fallen star ~
seems determined, (says the Chicago Democrat)
to regain his lost position of responsibility and
usefulness. He is at present making temper
ahce speeches in Indiana. At recent temper
ahce camp-meeting, near COvngtOn, he recent
~ made speech, of which we have the follow
ing account from the Covington Times:
HE spoke in the open air with all the elo-
quence, and beauty for which he has so long
been justly celebrated. His voice was exceed.
ingly full and clear. Mr.. flanagan took bold
ground against not merely the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors and Importation within the limits Of
our State for any purpose whatever He de-
clared himself ready to vote for the Maine Law
in the absence of anything better. but express
ed his belief that nothing short of total extir.
patton of the article from the face of the earth
would effect the desired object. The splendid
historical incidents and allusiOn with which the
address abOunded and by which Mr.. flanagan
enforced his arguments, greatly enhanced its
beauty and effect and were very characteristic
of the speaker
SAMPLE CIERK.-Jem b. is a wag. A joke
to Jcm is both food and raiment and whenev-
er there is an opening for fun, he has it,
Jem was recently in drug store, when
youth, apparently fresh from the I" mOuntings,"
entered the store, and at once accosted Jem,
stating that he was in search for job
"What kind of job ~ enquired the wag.
"Oh Almost anythin-I wan: to get kind
of a gentcel job. I'm tired o. farmin' and kin
turn my hand to most anything
Well, we want man a good, strong, heal
thy man. as sample clerk"
Whats the wages"
wages are good We pay $1,000 to man
in that situatiOn.'
What's Teller have to do?"
"Oh. merely to test medicines, that's all. It
requires a stout man. one of good constitution.
and after he gets used to it. he doesn't mind it.
! on see we are very particular about the quail
ity of our medicines, and before we sell any, We
test every parcel. You would be required to
takc-say, six or seven ounces of Castor Oil
some days, with few doses of Rhubarb, Aloes,
CrotOn Oil and similar preparations Some days
you would not be required to take anything;
but as a general thing you may count upon
say from six to ten doses of something daily
As to the ,cork, that does not amount to much
the testing department. would be the princi-
pal labor required of you; and as said before,
it requires person of very healthy organiza-
tion to endure it, but you look hearty, and
guess You would suit us. That young man
(pointing to very pale-faced, slim-looking
youth, who happened to be presently has filled
the post for the past two weeks. but he is hard
ly stout enough to stand it. We should like to
have you take right hold. if YOU are ready, and
| if you say so. we'll begin to-day. Here's a new
barrel of castor oil just come in; I'll 60 and
| draw an OUNCE
Here verdant who had been gazing intcntly
upon the slim youth. interrupted him with
| "N-nO. no | guess nOt-not to-day any,
how. III go down and see my aunt, an Of l
concnde to come I'll come up tcrmorrcr an let
you know"
As be did not return, it is to he supposed he
considered the work rather too hard-C7infOn
COUr0nt.
DURABILITY OF WOOD.-Thc piles under the
London Bridge have been driven 500 years and
on examining them in 1916 they were found to
he little decaycd. Old Savoy Place, in the city
OF London. was built $50 years ago. and the
wooden piles consisting of oak, elm, beach, and
chcSnut were found upon recent examination 10
be perfectly sound. Ofthe durability of timber
In wet state the piles of a bridge built by En-
pcror Iralan, over the Danube, afford a striking
example. One of these piles was taken up and
found to he petrificd to the the depth AN inch:
but the rest of the wood was not different frcm
Its former state. though it had been driven
1000 years.
ALTERNATING PREsIDENT.-It is said that the
President alternatcs every Sabbath between
the different Churches in Washington There is
nothing strange in this. 1t is part of his plan to
hdrmonize the party. He has alternated in eve
rythlng, since he came into Office. First. he ap-
points union Democrat and then a Free Soil
er to otlice.-ln the forenoon he is for the Pacific
Railroad, III the afternoon against it, One day
ne oilers the French Mission to General Dix
the next day to Gen, somebody else And so he
goes. Ii he did not alternate between the ;bur-
ches his course would be inconsistent-He has
fairly earned the name ofalternating President.
-Grdnite State Wig.
a Rich OK DlT-Among other improvements
OF our newly appointed post master is the ar
rangement of a small bell at the letter delive
ry. over which is written: "If Won wish any.
thing ring this bell" One day last week the
Dell sounded and in response, the post master
presented himself at the opening, when he found
himself Uis-a-ris with young, handsome and
smiling damsel, who. in reply to his intcrroga-
tory OF what she would have, said, IA husband,
Or course our polite postmaster was a little
nOn-plussed. but contrivcd to stammcr ont that
he did not deal in the article! The young Ia
dy smiled, bowed and retred-.Nor1raM Err
PERTINENT
New York BANEs.-A statement has been
made within few days, of the condition of the
New York City Banks. 1t is found, that their
loans are about seven and half millions less
lnah they were in February last, and the spe-
Gle is about two and half millions larger
Ihls sound condition of things in that quarter
must have favorable effect on the money mar
ket there. The Sl,2OO,OOO, which went to Eu-
rope few days ago by steamer, was mostly
drawn directly from the Mint, and not from the
Banks or from circulation