The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-22

~ Capt. J. B. s. Todd and Hon. s. B. Ohm
stead are in the city. They report crops as
looking finely in Benton county. Benton. in
other respects. is prospecting we'll this season,
and the people of that interesting region are
rejoicing at the prospect of an abundant har-
vest.
ANOTHER ADDIrIoN.-Those people who may
wish to enjoy the delights Of a Suburban resi-
deDce, will have an opportunity of so doing.
and Of getting lots cheap, and on time. by CAL
ling upon Messrs. Brewster Il Co., Third street.
About forty acres on the bill, Immediately back
of the Capitol, will shortly be laid out into the
most convenient family lots yet devised We
have received statement of the plan, and if
we are judges, that addition to St. Paul is 60
ing to stake" beyond all others.
re- 1t is now five o'clock. P. N. Friday, and
no mail boat since Tuesday. 1t is presumed
that either the Mississippi river, or the Galena
river or the Galcna Packets, have been discon
tinucd.
~ The tones OF the Central Presbyterian
Church bell were heard for the first time yes
terday afternoon. The bell is one of the finest
yet hung in st. Paul.
OK Born SIDEs.-The Times app rs to have
been accused by somebody of entertaining a
wish that the President would veto the Land
Bill. This accusation it denies at the foot of
its first editorial column but at the head of the
second, it says, a 'great wrong has been COM
mittcd on this community" in the passage of
this same BILL The Times we take it, means to
he "risht on the record.' in regard to this
great question; but the editor is certainly
Aoundcring in fog and muddy water cutting
right and left-doubtful all the while as to
whether it is best to get out by swimming,
wading or diving. Go to work, neighbor, and
pursue that straightforward course" and let
lis have less promises.
! nS- The Nominee was at Saltwater yester-
day afternoon, and of course will be found at
our landing this morning, no accident prevent
/ ing. Capt. d. b. Morehouse was a passenger.
and having come across by land, we are in
debted to him for Galena papers of Tuesday.
! THEATRICAL.-The Varieties Theatrical Com
pany came up by the Nominee, and will open
Immediately at Market Hall-just the thing to
create a lively sensation these monotanous
days. Their card appears this morning in an
other column.
KS We understand that Mr.. Edwards sales
| of choice books at auction. at Blum's New York
Bazaar, will be closed this evening, and we
would remind our friends who would make good
selections. that the opportunity is very desir-
able one, as the books are selling at exceedingly
low prices.
"HIGH LEGAL ArrAINMENTs.' 80 We are not
practitioners at the bar Of justice, but we new
ertheess have great respect for the legal pro-
fcssion and we had always supposed that gen.
tlemen Of I" high legal attachments" were in the
habit. whenever those attachments" were
called into requisiton for discussing law
point either before court Or before the public,
of considering it essential to success that they
should base their argument upon legally au-
thenticated provisions Of the law, and not upon
newspaper reports Of what is supposed to be
the law. We find. however, we were mistaken.
The times endorses correspondent yesterday
as one of "high legal attachments" who bases
his whole argument against the railroad upon
Ia false quotation from the statute, taken from
the columns of the Times newspaper. Truly,
"high legal attainmcnts," are descending to a
low ebb in Minnesota. if this lie correct ex-
hbition of those attachments"
| Mi5~ An attempt has been recently made to
burn St. Matthew's Chapel, Quebec.
rs In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr.. Fes-
sender of Maine presented the petition of 800
voters of Milton, N. H., {the birth place Of
President Pierce,) for the repeal Of the fugitive
slave law. twas referred without opposition.
The petition contained the names of nearly all
the voters in the town.
Causes OF CHOLERA IN New YORK.-By the
neglect OF the authorities, many of the streets,
particularly those near the rivers, have been
permitted to become dangerously filthy. and
there are many other nuisances prejudical to
health which require prompt and decisive ac-
ton for their abatement. The superintendent
of sanitary inspection has recently made some
disgusting and terrible discoveries. 1t is said
that in one place he found. in densely popu-
lated locality the store house Of bone collect
ors, and having broken into several Sheds
which the occupants refused to open, he got
ont n cart load of bones which had been gath
! cred from the streets sending forth stencil
which drove the inspectors into the street to
breathe. The alleys and cellars of the build
ings were covered with garbage and excrement
to such all extent that night scavengers carts
were necessarily employed to convey 1t away
In one of the cellars was family of six per
sons, of whom five were unable to sit up. Two
or three we're emaciated skeletons more corps
es than living beings. In this one building