The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-02-05

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Starhie Ev. part III. PIP. 429.)
The verdict Of the Jury must be set aside ns
against law and evidence, and the costs are to
abide the event Of the suit.
H.Z. HAYNER.
An acquaintance of ours and bv the by. a
very clever fellow. who has much o!tener visit
ed the theatre and concert room than the church.
was persuaded by his wife last Sunday. the first
t1ihe since their marriage, which occurred sever.
a. years ago, TO accompany her to St Johns
enur9n. ne SAT very uneasily until the fine
toned organ broke forth in the grandest strains
OF delightful harmony he listeued with breath
less attention until the last note died awav
an'idst the eehoirg arches of the vaulted roof
whcn iorgetiul OF the sacred place he was i'm.
nc ne loudly and involuntarily applauded hy stri.
Eing with his cane vebemently on the floor and
did not discover his mistake until the ewes Of
I,. Ine "hoie congregation We're resting upon him.
His confusion can be better imagined than de-
scribcd-Cincinnati. .NonparcM
Not a little Yeno,c Plushv is the following
extraordinary letter purportng to have been
found in bottle, on a voyage from San Fran
cisco to New York. 1t is the last communica.
tion from fond lover at sea to his iuan,oratn
at home: "'''
"My Darlin Julia: We're goin down, At least,
so tne lust matt informs me, very soon and that
KIND gentleman advises me to do up NV little
choars before the Fatal stroke ends nv karecr
on yearth. feel very Quear, having ct no brcx.
fast and my supper having gone the rgnr wa.
The waves is rOllin mountain hi and orr dvini
stuard advises pork and moiasses tied to string.
no-a string to the molasses, and the pork
poared on; no-a stOoard tied to pork-well
never mind. feel very sad. l should like to
take mi hat and go ashore The Capting is very
KIND hearted and I'm so soft she'll stomick'd that
he is always ordering me below, and feel con-
stantly like coming up. Oh if was ashore I
never would come to sea aSaiE-ncyer. uftfr,
| nerer!
"Jist to PLACE me thry'ev bin and saltcd orl
the water. This morning | were sick 10 mi
stumsck, and undertook to get drink, O!
you've no idear how salt it was. ! asked the
matt Wot was the cose, and he said, that it were
on account of all the pork barrels having leak
ed.
There now we're goin'! hecrd the Can.
tlng say to large colored gen'lman, You'd
better light the lamps before you go down.
and can fee! it to. The ship is pitching and
the sailors is doin up the sales to take EN- ashore:
they can swim-what can do? aint used
| to the kiimate, and the worter is 50 damp that
1T come into my bunk last mite. All YOU il ever
know of me will be this ere Bottle, and that
yon can't rely upon ever getting it very sar-
tam, the whales is so thick in this longitude.
g. = Thcre we're goin' down.! Now I
must seal this let-***"
The rest was unintelligiblc
THE CAIoRIC SIIp.-Thc experiment Of Erice-
sons new motive power in propelling ships, is
| regarded by the New York CITY papers as en-
| trely successful. On her second trial On the
llth, she made nine miles an hour against the
tide The consumption of coal is stated at the
rate OF SIN tons i'll "A hours. If this machine
has the power ofcndurance, it will work great
revolution In The use OF motive power
f. W. N. Daily, the original founder of tho
Illustrated London News. has recently died ot
birmingham, Eng. as poor as a church mouse,
| leaving widow and seveaal children; while
the present proprletors of that celebrated sheet,
are reaping rich harvest Of gain.
1t has taken twenty clerks nearly three wears
to compile an index; of the claims of indiyid-
| uals against the United States. The work is
nearly done, and all but six of the clerks have
been discharged.
BAD PEosrEcT.-Orson Pratt holds forth as
follows in his Mormon paper called the Seer,
published at Washington
'The cup Of the iniquity Of this nation is
nearly full: and woe unto them when the time
shall come when they are fully ripe in their
denominations, for they shall utterly perish
from Off the face of this choice land, and the
land shall be left empty and desolate--yea,
their cities shall be destroyed and their houses
shall be desolate."
| A FEMALE DIDDIER.-'A charming Young
lady" has been doing the good people Of
Birmingham, CT, out of considerable sympathy
and some material aid,' by dropping acci-
dcntally among them as an escaped Shakeress
from the Enfield Society of Shakers.
| REMARKABLE WINaER.-The remarkably fine
weather whichwc are now enjoying, extends to
| the lakes; which have not yet been closed by
ice. The Cleveland Forest City says:
The Lake and River still remain free of ice:
which is rather an unusual occurrence at this
advanced stage of the winter. The steamer
| America left here on the I'd of January for
Buffalo, which port she reached in safety: and
the steamer Cleveland left Detroit yesterday
morning for Buffalo.
| a FIGHTING RAT.-A Mr.. Dolan, of PhladcI-
phia, having challenged all the dogs in Ohio to
a combat with fighting rat in his possession,
Daniel Shead, of Columbus, writes to him as
follows: 81 now take leave to inform Mr.. Do
Ian that have small dog of the terrier and
spaniel breed. that am will shall fight his rat
for 500 or any further sum he may please. l
am not a sporting character; but l cannot al
low the great State Of Ohio to be backed out
by Philadelphia rat.'
A Scene NOT Acknowledging the per-
formance of Richard the Third, at our Theatre,
on Monday night, the rain dropped through
the roof Of the building over the stage and over
the pit, causing little confusion among the
actors, and some merriment in the audience
While Richard was calliny loudly for that
horse some wag in the pit, raising para.
chute, sung out" P'raps this umbrella would
answer."-Detroit Free Press.
A young iady-a sensible giriIgives the
| folI loUua of different Kinds of love.
The sweetest-a mothers love; the longest-a
brothers love; the strongest-a woman's love;
the dearest-a mans love; and the sweetest,
longest. strongest, dearest love-a love of
bonnetw
THE ERIcssoN.-The New York Mirror says
of the first trial of this Ship "It was an impos-
ing sight to witness ship 2G0 feet in length by
40 feet breadth Of beam, and capactated for
2,2OO tons burden, moving rapidly and grace.