The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-10-07
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTBER 3, 1854.

| DRUNKENNESS AND STABBtNG-A drunken braWl
and free fight occurred in the upper part
% the City, in the vicinity of Eagle Street, on
Sunday evening about six clock in which Mr..
NJ Brenner, a German in the employ of Chas.
Symonds, was stabbed in the breast. He was
living yesterday at three o'clock, but it was
thought by his physician that he could not pos
sibly survive. Brenner has resided in St. Paul
several years, and has borne the reputation 0 f
quiet and inoffensive citizen. John Wood
ward, a merchant tailor carrying on business
in the neighborhood where the affray occurred,
was arrested on charge of committing the deed,
and was undergoing examination before the
city Justice yesterday afternoon.
Since the above was in type, we learn that
the examination, after progressing some time
was adjourned till this morning. Woodward
gave bail for his appearance.
AFRAID OF THE PEoPIE.-The Minnesota Dem
ocrat suggests the prOpriety OF calling a Con-
vention of the people, to be held at st. Paul,
this fall, for the purpose of agreeing upon some
plan for obtaining the Railroad grant. So dcsir-
able to all But the Pioneer thinks this won't
do Why not! Afraid to trust the people :?
.16 unO disces onlne.-WinOna .4rgus.
| MINNESOTA TOEACCO.-On Friday last, we re-
ceived from Ii. Il. Waterman. Esq. dozen We
ry fine cigars manufactured by him from to-
bacco grown upon his farm, eight miles west of
this place, and of course we give them puff
The weed is well favored, the cigars neatly
made, the crop abundant and the problem solv
ed, that Minnesota is yet to be ''some pump
kins" for tobacco Mr. Waterman is one of our
| ,uOSt n nj SinU cifizpnS and what's
clever fellow, as his remembrance OF the print
er most fully attests. Success attend him -
Ipinona .7rgus.
SOMETHING NEw.-Chas. d. Elfelt is opening
Il new and extensive stock of dry goods in
Whitney's building, corner of Third and Cedar
.ES- Cathcart's new advertisements are
worth looking at-so are his new goods.
10 4 correspondent Of the n. Y. Tribune
learns that extensive preparations are making
to open the liquor trade in Japan, when that
country becomes accessible to citizens of the
United States.
G5- In the Ncwburyport Police Court Mon
day afternoon. a gentleman was arraigned and
fined $500, for kissing a buxom Irish lass with
out permission.
Tti5- The celebrated preacher, Rev. Theo-
dore Clapp, of New Orleans, says that south
crn negroes can no more he made fellow citi
zens than pine trees can be turned into sugar
maple.
A Shaker meeting was held at Pittsield,
Mass, last week for the purpose of disseminat-
ing Shaker doctrines. y company of Shakers
have been engaged in proselyting for some
months past in Western Massachusetts, with
the object, as report says. of ofrepairing the large
inroads which matrimonial waywardness has
recently made in their fraternity.-Ch. Sec.
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BOARD.-The an
nual meeting of the American Board of Com
missoncrs for Foreign Missions was held at
Hartford, commencing on Tuesday, Sept. II, at
4 o'clock Z. NJ. The meeting was called to Or
der by Hon. Theodore Frelinghuyscn. Prcsi
dent Prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. Hawes.
The Business Committee was announced to
consist REV. Drs. Bacon and Pond, Rev. H.
Curtis Judge Darling. and Hon. Linus Child.
A Committee on Religious Exercise was an
nounced, of which DR.. IIawes was chairman.
Mr.. Henry Hill read the report of the Treas
urer, which shows debt the part Of the
Board of Sl20I2 40. An abstract of the re-
port was read Gn part) by Rev. DR.. Pomoroy
and Rev. e. W. Wood, Secretaries Of the
Board.
The Board took recess till o'clock.
TUESDAY EVENING.
The annual sermon before the Board was
preached in the Centre church, by President
White, of Wabash College. So great was the
thrOng that it was found necessary to open the
spacious lecturerOOm of the church, which will
accommodate COO people. The meeting was con-
Quoted by Drs. Todd, of Pittsfield, and Maltby,
of Bangor.
The following resolutions were passed, after
an earnest and animated discussion, character
iseI throughout by tone of manly vigor and
of concilatory, christian feeling by a very large
majority:
Resolved, That the Board acknowledge
with gratitude to God, the wisdom and fidelity.
with which so far as appears from the dOcu-
ments which have been submitted to thcm the
Prudential Committee are advising and direct
ing the Missionaries among the Choctaws, in
conformity with the principles asserted 10y them
i'll their correspondence with the missions, re-
ported to the Board of 1913.
| Res0lued, That the decision of the Pruden-
tial Committee, with the concurrence of the
missionaries, not to conduct the boarding
schools of the Choctaw nation. in conformity
with the principles presented by the recent leg
islaton of the Choctaw Council meets the cor
dial appreciation Of the Board
Resolred, That the commission given by
Christ to his dciples TO go and present the gOs-
pei to every creature. which is the warrant OF
Christian missions, is to be respected and obey
ed in all the operations Of the Board and that
while our missionaries among the Choctaws
are allowed in fact to preach the gospel to all
persons, OF whatever complexion or condition.
as they have opportunity, and to preach it in
all its applications to human character and du-
ty, they are to continue patiently in their
work.
Our rreaders are probably most of them fam
iliar with the subject which occasioned these
resolutions. An arrangement has existed for
some time between the Choo taw nation and the
American Boad, by which the missionaries
were employed to teach in the schools and
paid by appropriations from the United States