The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-06-10


solved to proceed to erect the bridge forthwith,
and expresses the opinion that the City author
tiles and Railroad Company will unite in max
ing 1t safe and suitable for locomotives as we'll
as general travel. The wreck of the..old bridge
has been SO cleared as to admit the passage of
steamboats,.
gs- lady in Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania,
was few days since divorced. - her original
half an hour in which short period she was le-
gally entitled to bear three distinct names, viz,
that of her former husband, her maiden name,
and the appellatidn Of her present spouse.
NAPOLEON ON RUSSIAN Policy. follow
ing language of Napoleon, at st. Helena, has
already received closer verificatiOn than Of
ten befals inspired prophecy:
In the course of a few years Russia will have
Constantinople, part of Turkey and all Greece.
This hold to be as certain as if it had already
taken place. Almost all the cajolery and fiat
terry that Alexander practised against me, was
to gain my consent to effect that object. l
would not give it, foreseeing that the equilib-
rum of Europe would be destroyed. In the
natural course of things, Turkey must fall to
Russia. The Powers it would injurc and who
would oppose it, are England, France, Prussia
and Austria Now, as to Austria, it would be
very easy for Russia to engage her assistance,
by giving her Servia and other provinces bor-
dcrng upon the Austrian domnions, reaching
near to Constantinoplc. The only hypothesis
that France and England will never be allied
with anything like sincerity, will be to prevent
this. But even this alliance would not avail
France, England aud Prussia united cannot pre-
vent it. Russia and Austria can at any time
effect it. Once mistress of Constantinopie, Rus
sia gets all the commerce of the Mediterranean,
becomes great naval power, and God knows
what may happen"
FACTS IN HUMAN LIFE-The number of Ian
guages spoken in the world amount to S,O64-
5S7 in Europe, s99 in Asia, PIG in Africa, and
1864 in America. The inhabitants of the globe
profess more than 1000 different religions. The
number OF men is about equal to the number of
women. The average Of human life is about 2S
years. One quarter die previous to the age of
years; one half before reaching II F; and those
who pass this age enjoy felicity refused to one
half the human species. To every 1000 per-
sons, only breaches 100 years of life to every
100 only reach the age of &C and not more
than one in 500 live to so years of age. There
are on earth 1000, 100000, and of these $685.
333.333 die every year; 1884 every day /;
$3.50 every hour. and 60 every minute, or one
every second. These losses are about balanced
by an equal number of births. The married are
longer lived than the single. and above all,
those who observe sober and Industrious con-
duct. Tall men live longer than short ones
Women have more chances Of life in their ia
vor, previous to being SO years Of age, than
men have, but fewer afterwards The number
OF marriages is in proportion Of "a to every 1900
individuals. Marriages are more frequent after
the equinoxes; =; that is during the months of
June and December. Those born in the spring
are generally more robust than others. Births
and deaths are more frequent by night than by
day. The number of men capable of bearing
arms is calculated at one fourth of the popula-
tion.-Engiish Repie,c.
gs- We had heavy rains Sunday night and
yesterday which will tend to give the waters
further upward tendency.
A RELIC OF PATRIOTISM. - Gen. Wooster, to
whose memory monument has recently been
erected in Danbury, Mass, was killed at Ridge
field by an English bullet in 1H7. The sur
geon at the Danbury Hospital, where the dy-
ing general was brought, probed his wounds,
and searched for the bullet in vain, and the ball
still remained in the body when it was cOnsign-
ed to the grave. Seventy-seven years after
wards, as we learn from the New-Haven Palla-
dium, in 1854, when it was sought to remove
the remains of Wooster, the exact spot of his
place where few aged persons supposed the
grave to have been, soon the skull and larger
bones of a man were found. Then two punches
of matted wire were thrown out they were
the epaulets Of the dead. Next was found q
portion of plume, and finally lump of clay
was tossed up, which on being broken by the
laborer, was discovered to contain the leaden
bullet This was conclusive proof of the iden-
tity of the remains. The bullet was known to
be of English manufacture from its extraordi-
nary size being much larger than those used
by the Americans. How little the soldier who
sent the fatal messenger Of death imagined that
it would be held to the gaze Of a great concourss
Of people, and hOnOred by them as O precious
relic, II years afterwards.
gT Col. VIM. Rayen, of youngstown, Ohio,
has bequeathed the munifcient sum of $1O0O,-
600 to educate the children Of that town.
1% Judge Stillwell, of Ohio, has just de-
cided that persons injured by getting of or on
railroad cars while in motion are not entitled
to damages.
The Palmer Journal says the Millerites in
Duckyille have been holding meetings for sew
eral weeks. in order to get ready for the grand
ascension, and thinks they must have gone up
last wednesday, as it looked quite smokey in
that direction. Northampton C0u.
Hasty words rankle the wound which injury
gives; soft words assuage; forgiveness cures it;