The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-02-26

DRAIN I-ABOR.-IO many persons 1t seems .
small thing to sit down and prepare matter for
the periodical press; but let those inexperi-
enced with the pen, and whose brains have
never been trained to systematic labor, attempt
to furnish intellectual food and recreation to
their fellows, and they will soon realize that
mental labor is the most destructive to health
OF all other toll. We're one to grub the stumps
out of the earth, or to swing the slcdgc hammer
twelve hours q day, he would be able to stand
the drudgery with less injury to the body and
soul than half the number of hours devoted to
mental employment, in the way of writing for
the book or newspaper press. Those pithy ar
ticles, which constantly appear in the periodi-
calls of the day, contain the very essence of mind
or thought, and such literary gentlemen as are
best at itemiZing, are the first whose cOnstitu-
tiOns are broken dOwn-.N Y. Sun.
A NEW GrN.-Col p W. Porter of Tennessee,
has invented Repeating Rife, where the CYL
inder revolves vertically, Gnstead of horizon
tally, like COlt's.) and carries nine charges
This gun primes and cocks itself and may be
fired once second, or as often as the trigger
can be pulled. With magazine of sixty char
ges which is furnished with it, it may be fired
nearly sixty times in a minute. 1t seems to be
quite simple in construction, is little heavier
than the ordinary rifle, shoots with great force,
and is said to be easily kept in order. To a
marksman of our sort, who might chance to tree
a squirrel or other game, we should think such
gun would not come amiss. In figt with a
Grizzly Bear, Californian would find it useful,
provided the bear would kecpa proper distance,
which some badly educated cubs seem not to
understand. For desperate duelists, it must
have great attractions. We believe its cost
without magazine) is $50
EXTRAORDINARY SEIr-MrTnArIox-The Bel
fact hot a fnl,I Ia
at Laine, having got drunk, was afterwards met
by his minister, who, demonstrating with him
on his error. said that he should have cut off
his right hand before he had been guilty Of such
a sin. The reproof sank deeply; and the often
der, after rejecting for few moments, when
the minister had passed on, walked quietly into
butchers stall close by, and taking the cleav-
er first in his left and afterwards in his right
hand deliberately shopped off about half the
fingers of the left hand !; then regarding them
for an instant or so, and apparently thinking
he had not sufficiently expiated his offence, he
again placed his hand on the block, and with
another blow of the cleaver, severed the fingers
completely from his hand, remarking as he did
so, that since he could not repair the error he
had committed he could. at least, infct such
punishment as he deserved
The Springfield Republican, (Whig paper,)
speaking of the recent accident by which the
son of the President elect lost his life, remarks:
It is very remarkable fact in the history of
the United States that none of the great names
among the Americans elected President, had
children. No one who was ever reelected had
a son. Washington had no children be held
Office eight years. John Adams had children;
he was not reelected. Jefferson had no chill
dren; he was reelected, and held office eight
years. Madison had no children /; he held office
eight years. Monroe had no son; held the
Presidency eight years. John Quincy Adams
had sons; he was not reelected Van bnren
had children; not reelected. Harrison died.
Polk had no children. Taylor died: Ana now
among the great names without children, Is the
next elected President after Taylor-President
Pierce who, by this accident, is childless.
The event alone, added to his well-known indif-
ference to holding power, will make him re-
elected by his great childless predecessors, and
those who live will see our prediction verified.
A woman in New York. named Hester White,
met man at dusk on Monday evening, in an
open street in that city, knocked him down,
and rihed his pockets Of $2s.