The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-02


@- The Times statement that the City
Surveyors Office is located on ST. Anthony
street, is calculated to mislead persons having
business with that officer The Comptroller
Office is at the location mentioned by the Times,
but the Surveyor holds forth in another quar-
ter of the City.
~ The two late cases of cholera mention
ed by some Of our neighbors, resulted no doubt
from the filthy and improper manner in which
those lived who were the sufferers.
1S- Capt Simpson went down to Red Wing
yesterday by the Galena to put in state of
forwardness the bridges across Hay creek and
Cannon river on the Mendoza and Wabasha
road
~ DIR. Charles A. Milett of Lewiston, Me-,
has died of the cholera, which for three weeks
he had been combating among his Irish pa
tients Like true physician, he died in his
harness. 1t vas but few weeks SINCE that we
met the Dr. in ST. Paul
DR.. Miiiet, at the time Of his death, was Pres
ident OF the Maine Medical Association.
The FIRE Is TILE WOODS Is MaNE.-Thc fire
In the woods near Biddeford Maine. last week
burned ever Loco acres, mostly valuable wood
land. One hundred men have been employed
for several days trying to stop the spreading of
the flames
The FIRE IL THE WooDs.-The Albany Ar
gus of 18th ult, says The extent of the fire
noticed yesterday was about 100 cords Of
wood, 1900 of which belonged to Mcssrs. De-
milt & Borthwick, which was on the farm of
Wendell " Bender, and adjoining that of ex-
Sheriff Batterman, in Cumberland, mot in Beth
iehem as stately and 500 on the farm of Mr.
Veeder, adjoining Ar. Batterman's place, the
property of Mcssrs. Pracock & Bancroft. The
loss is estimated at from 1000 to $4,000.
A DRY YEAE.-Ths year is said, by the old
est inhabtant, to be the dricst year since 1926
Boston Bee.
An old TOPPER who has reduced himself TO
vagrancy, insists that il is the dricst year with
him since the year be was born His argument
is that if the Maine Law is enforced everything
and everybody must dry up.'-H7aM.
PUBLIC DNNER-The Salem Gazette says
that it is in contemplation to invite the Sem
ators and Representatives in Congress, from
Massachusetts,, TO public dinner. as a mark Of
approval of their course in relation to the Ne
braska perfdy.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM GREYTowN.-"Capt.
Smith, the American citizen in whose
protection the town was burnt, turns out to
be Portuguese!
20 4 tremendous ciiolt is making to re-
move John Wilson from the General Land Of
fee, but McClelland, the Secretary of the Intc-
rior, insists upon his continuance.
Telesraphic.
New YORK. Aug. %.
The Danish frigatc which has been living in
cur hsrbOr for some time past. sailed this morn
ing for Copenhagen. On passing Dedwell :
island, she LonOred the American flag with a
national salute The compliment was acknow-
lodged by dip of the Star-Spangled Banner.
A meeting of the Erie Directors was held
this morning, when they resolved to issue new
mortgage bonds. redeemable in four payments,
at one, two, three and four years. DRAWN
the usual interest in exchange for the income
bonds due and payable on the first of February.
The great decline in Erie stock is the allah
sorbing topic of discussion on the street.
The stockholders should be called together
at once and a condensed statement of the at
fairs of the company submitted to them.
The books of the Harlem Railroad Company
were duly opened to-day, and Il large amount
of stock transferred.
The new certificates are made to run in the
name of the L. S. Trust Company who certified
their responsibility that such parties are hold
ers of so much stock. The new certificates are
only given on the day after the transfer is made
and the old certificates are given up.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 81.
The steamer United States, with California
mails to Aug. LIST and 100 passengers and a
small amount of specie. arrived to-day.
Her news is IL days later.
The George Law from Aspinwall had on
board about million in specie.
The papers report the occurrence of another
great fire at Marysville whereby property to
the value Of 100000 or 100000 dollars was de-
stroyed.
From the mining regions the news continues
encouraging, and several new discoveries re-
ported
Trade throughout the whole of California
generally dull. Prices for the leading articles
of produce had suffered a decline.
The papers continue to warn parties in the
Atlantic cities against excessive shipments.
The crops were realizing the largest antici-
patiOns-
The revenue cutter Forward left New Lon
don on Sth January, and arrived at San Fran
cisco.
OREGoS-Very late intelligence fully con-
firms the previous reports of discoveries of gold.
Large numbers of the inhabitants had left for
the mines.
~r A printer named DeGaris, foreman in
the Office of the Cincinnati Gazette, comes in
to possession of SIS, 900 by the death of an I'M
Gle in Louisville.
CRINEs.-The New York Tribune furnishes
some singular and rather startling statistics con-
nected with the criminal calendar in that city