The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-04
REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENT--Lieutenant John

REvOLurIoNAgY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS John
Heath. patriot VI the Revolution. aged nine
ty eight years, died recently at Windsor, Broom
county. New York. While Heath was at Ban
kcr I'LL, the enemy at one time received from
the Tories in that vicinity drove of stall-ted
cattle, which they were pasturing just over q
rise of ground, at short distance from the |
American encampment. and opposite to where !
Lieut.. Heath. then Il private, was situated as
picket guard Heath upon discovering the /
cattle, unable to resist the temptation. left his
post. which was in range OF the British guns.
and went and drove into the American camp
forty four Of the enemys cattle receiving,
while in the act the compliments of the Brit !
ish in the shape of two twenty-iour pound shot,
but without injury. On hearing the report Of
the British guns. General Washington dispatch
ed one of his colonies to reconnoitcr. who met
Mr.. II. with the cattle, just as he had passed
the summit of the hill. Mr.. III. related to the
colonel what he had done the colonel told
him to go along with the cattle, and he would
take charge Of his post until he CAME back. He
was absent from his post only about half an
hour Heath heard nothing more i'll relation to
his exploit from his officers, till the next morn
ing. when he was summoned to General Wash
,ngtOn's quarters. The General demanded to
know Of him how or why he had dared to leave
his post? Mr. II. replied that he knew he was
guilty OF violation of his duty; bat the tempt
alton was SO strong that he could not resist it.
General Washington reprmanded him. said he
must never be guilty OF leaving his post again;
that he would excuse him this time, and di
rected Major Humphrey to take down his name
and Heath to leave. In the course oflhat day,
General Washington sent him thirty nine sill
yer dollars and "a hind quarter OF beef that
weighed one thousand six hundred and four
pounds.-BnG haspton Dcn.
A CoXsmEv ,rIyE VlEw.-1hc Southern Wing
Press have themselves to blame, in good de-
gree, for the present excitement i'll the North.
They did not stand up 10 the - rack OF 1870 III
the way they ought to have done. 1t Was the
understanding and agreement unwritten if not
writtcn--nay. written OH certain documents
that that decision WAS Il :. iiHaiity' and Il - to-
! tally" in the cant phrases Of the day. Ii is
very true. that they have adopted the principle
of 1850. that slavery and aati-slavery should be
left to itself III the new territorics-(and it is
| constitutional principlc)- it is not the less
trne that after some effort in 1850 to repeal the
Missouri restriction act, ii was settled. in pub
/ lie uu,crsau and belief, that the act should
stand is it was---in short that there was IL "to-
/ tally" and iinality." Who unsettled what
was settled, Who broke faith implied, if not
expressed: Who raised the storm after we had
once uuciltti IL MR. III tHt NOltH VI liO uii-
/ locked Bedam aud let The Bcdlamitcs loose?
/ Now the " Express is, among other Conscr-
valye Northern Wing journals. called upon by
the Washington Globe the Richmond En-
quircr,H and such Ike journals, to shut up Bed
/ lam again. Well, we shall think of it.-but
we are not yet ready Tor that work. We are
not at all sure-if We should try--that some OF
/ these Journals We name would not fellowship
quicker with the blacklist sort OF Northern ADO
/ Ia
Office or pay. AT present, We are more ANXIOUS
! to see kansas settled with an anti >iay ing
population. than about anything else. We
/ want to sec the tables Tins turned upon men
whom we think g,iily of bad iaith.--.Ntw l'o,h
| Express.
TIE BiriE--If the Bible is not revelation
! from God. then is there nothing in all the uni
verse than can fill the longing soul Of man.
Then must that dca:hcss spirit. on wing for
ever pcrpctually hover over an abyss of unia-
! thomahle doubt. If truth is not found in this
book. where then is She TO be found: In de-
ism? They tell us that natures religion is
sufficient Tor all the wants Of Our race. But
where is her solace for that soul that longs for
something more substantial than aught that
can he found Oh earth: something enduring
something that will shine forth in peerless
F., spl"ndor when nature shall heavc her last
gfo:l. TN Ni'lt 90 YOU ma all tllS III ut
ism. What dcnuc have | from nature :
book that shall be at last found superior to
the brutc--;lint | sIa live when this material
structure Shall have crumblcd into dust? None
whatever. Fer. ii before the period Of my Gre
alton all was non-cNistencc. how do know tina:
after the terminus Of my mortal race there will
not again be an eternal non existence! One
thing am taught from the religion of nature.
that " God is love- From this | conclude
most positively that he would not create our
race with ali oar powers and capacities o!
mind without granting us an additional mani
fcstatiOn OF his gO0lncss--trlling lis something
o: our destiny when time is no more. But in
| the universe there is 10 such knowlcdg e OBJ
tanned if il is not found in the Bible. con
cludc therefore that this is IA" Eo"li of God
the best gift Of mcrc;tul Father to man.
Here life and Immortality are brought to
light "Blrsscd BE- the Lord for his great
goodness and wonderful works to the children
Of men
\ RAILWAY MIIIIoNAlEr.-Thc gentleman 50
handsomely noticed in the following extract i.
'railroadiny in Canada on great scale. We
believe that he is the principal contractor OF,
the Grand Trunk Line
Thomas Bra scy is one of the chief OF The ar
! stocracy that has arisen in these latest times
upon the foundations of commercial enterprise
IA prince Of the new dynasty v hose tlcnom;na-
ton extends wherever civilization is fostcretl
hy the rail, and whose dominion cOronet is IL
on He commenced life as Il surveyor, a Birk-
enirad and his first connection with Il rail
way was 4 contract to supply for viaduct o!
the Manchester and Liverpool" Since that
time his llbors has been iuccssant and cxtrapr-
binary. both i'll his own country and out OF it.
Since 1916, lie has, upon his own responsibility
and credit, constructed upwa ards Of 500 mile
of railway. representing an aggregate Of ga
2J0,000 of contract money. In France and
Spain his Joint contracts with Mr.. Mackenzie
were for $50 En"lish miles of road, and for
nearly .c30p0. 900 sterling His engagement
in Scotland and Eny!and. with Mr. Mackenzie
and Mr.. Stevenson. from 1881 TO 1871, compris
ed 81 miles Of railway. and All aggregate OF!
g 100000. His hands are still full and his
men are carrying ont his bchcsts in all part,
Of the world. la more schemes than one. the
career Of Thomas Brassey may be described as
princcly. The Bar.ntinc viaduct Of y arches
on the Ronen aud llavrc line tumbcd down
| when all lUlt comniptpl and Eth, cnu.alty in