The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-05-14
Circumstances Alter Cases.

from Rome
AS Miss c. and Miss; III. .-camc3 from. riding
a snort time ago. they spoke of having met the
rope on the forta Angelica road and OF hav-
ing dismounted before he passed .What, vou
pay such homage to the Pope!' cyclairner,-
why not said Miss H., 4" the worthy old
gentleman was on foot and all the Catholics in
his way were on their knees the,guard would
have commanded us to dismount, if we had not
done SO of our own accord Il would have
turned and gallOpped back or leapcd the hedge
and taken accrOss the fields. or sat upright in
my saddle till the guardsnen pulled me off,
anything to save my pride and principles as
Republican and protestant" This said walk
ing the room, setting my foot down each time
ses4 hs as Ra %as drs %G Miss few on h6 6s
same road, we saw the Pope approaching. He
was walking in front of his carriage, dressed in
white, with red nat and red shoes. preceded
by mounted guards, accompanied by several
Cardinals, and followed by officers of his house
hold and carriages. We were near an open
space, and drew a little of from the road but
still in sight of the procession. One Of the
GUARDIAN Mobile rode slowly by, giving US as
he passed a look of pious anger and rebuke, as
much as to say, I" Frail vessels of heresy, will
We then brave the Holy See itself!' Now, if
bluff Swiss Suardsman had rudely ordered ne
| to disnount should have sat firm in my sad
die and nv sentiments, and looked at my per-
secutor with much the same feeling expressed
by the spirited Miss Squecrs,-" pitties your
ignorance and dispises you" But to be looked
at with fsurh silent scverity-to be thought
wanting in manners and religion by noble
Young Roman. was l must confess, quite anoth-
er thing. / Immediately remarked that !
| thought change of position would do me good
after so long ride, and that really wished to
get nearer view of the Pope. So we dis
mounted, and giving our horses to the groom,
| approached the edge of the bank. over the
road, where we should have had very near
look at his Holiness, and received the full force
of the Papal benedictiOn. But, when only
within some twenty yards Of us, the provoking
Papa paused, turned remounted into his car
riagc and drove back into the Vatican. The
quizzical look of the noble guardsman, as he
repassed u.s. and the laugh raised against me at
dinner arc two things which | shall not soon
forget.
PIoDUCE FROM THE UPPER MIssIsslPPI.-The
season is at hand, and the river is now in prop
cr condition, for heavy arrivals of Grain and
other produce from beyond the Rapids. Al
ready Lead. Barley Oats, and other articles
usually received from that quarter, have COM
menced arriving literally. The prospect for
Lead is thought to be less flattering this than
last year, notwithstanding the many discover
les of new leads, and the unusually high price
! of the article here and in all the principal
markets of the country. We have heard the
total yield of the Upper Mississippi mines esti-
mated for the present year at 100000 pigs. 1t
may be less and it may be more; there is no
way that we know, of ascertaining correctly
1t would seem that if digging ore and smelling
lead were ever profitable, it must be now, when
the unpublished raw material, nearly in its nat
ural state, is worth So per hundred lbs. Half
million of pigs would be a small yield; 7oo,
900 to 800, 600 rather more than the product, or
rather more than the receipts at this port per
annum for several years.
Besides Lead, Grain forms a very important
commodity from the Upper Mississippi, and in
cluded in grain, Barley and Oats stand most
prominent, as the receipts will be much greater
than those of either Wheat or Corn. The great
yield of Barley last harvest caused an unusual
surplus, and the article is now lower in this
market than it has been for years. Oats, al
though plentiful, particularly on the Upper
Mississippi, maintain fair prices. and the cur
rent rates are now fully as high for the season
as i'm former years. In addition to Grain. some
Flour, Whisky, Provisions, Potatoes and minor
articles in liberal quantities may be anticipated
from above the Rapids during the present sea-
son. There are now ten or twelve steamers on
their way to Galena and the points above, and
with low rates of freight and full river, they
will, in all probability, return with large car
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the arrivals of Lead, Barley, Oats and Potatoes
will not diminish materially during the present
fine stage of water Oh the Rap:ds.-St. Louis
.NeUS.
GOLD DRIcks-We yesterday had an oppor-
tunity of inspecting two samples of the bars of
gold authorized by the act of Congress Each
was in the form of brick. The larger one
was about twO-thirds the size of a common
brick, and contained 22O ounces and "a hun
dredths of the precious metal. which weight
was stamped upon it. On the outside was past
ed paper label, stating the intrinsic value of
the ingot to be 81 ,504 81, and that the dcduc-
ton of half per cent. for melting, refining and
stamping left S4,4S2 As as the price which
would be paid for it in gold coins at the mint.
The smaller or miniature block having similar
marks. contained IA ounces and AZ hundredths,
and was worth S233 IL from which we deduct
the half per cent, leaves 1882 "a as the price
which will be paid for it in coin at the mint
We fancy there is here and there stout indi
vidual who of this kind Of bricks would not
object for a short time to carry a brick in his
who would like very much to have their strong
boxes lined with them.-Wash. Rep.
A SMART APRIL FooI.-Among the many at
tempts to play off practical jokes upon the first
of April that of a lady, at one of the boarding
| houses OF our city, is tne Dest we nave ever
heard of. 1t was this: She procured from the
marble yard several pieces Of beautiful white
marble, and breaking them up into nice Jumps,
put them into the sugar-bowels. The counter
felt was complete-no unsuspectlng persons
could have detected the fraud. Soon supper
was ready-the tea was poured and the sugar
bowls passed around the table-nobody's tea
was sweet enough, and the sugar refused posi-
lively to melt. They ground their spoons
against it, and stirred and stirred again, but it
was no 60. The sugar proved to be marble,
and they, for once, proved to be April Fools
Charleston STANDARD.
May is considered an unfortunate marrying
month. A country editor says that girl was
asked, not long since. to unite herself in the
silken tie to a brisk chap who named May In
his proposals The lady tenderly hlnted that
May was an unlucky month for marrying,
q" "Well, make it June, them" honestly replied
the swain, anxious to accommodate. The dam
sci paused moment, hesitated, cast down hcr
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