The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-30


su,,x M.mor,es Of Forsi.n Lands.
MRS. stoves new book is decldediy one OF
The most interesting published during the sea-
son. There il not chapter, nor page, nor a
limo Init vvh.. o.n,o;ns sometb;no that .rrses
""' So"
INTERESTS or anords ioou ior 'hougn'. "egNe
a few extracts:
NIGHT on sHIpBoARp.
Dor,, 3, ro,,u ,orth with tho soa b;ss;no and
8vzI;ng n;ra,;na and booming within an inch
of YOUR ear and then the steward comes along
at twelve o'clock and puts out your light, aud
more dark and dismal There, in profound ig-
nOrence and blindness. you lie, and feel your
self rolled upwards and downwards. and side
ways and all ways like cork in tub OF wa
pose IL 10 DE, were one heaueu up III parrc'
ana thrown INTO the sea. occasiona'ly ":se
comes Win thump against your ear US "
great hammer were khocked on your barrel ri ~
see mat all WITHIN was saie anu souhu. ihcn
you pcgin TO thlhk OF krahehs anu snurhS, anu
porpoises, anu sea-serPeh,s; anu an 'ne "'on.
strous' SHINY, cold' nopeoplin proou VINO, pr
haps. are your next-door ne'snoors ana tne
oiu piue-nalred ocean "I,spets 'nloas" anu
pianks. Here you are I've gov YOU iouI
grand snip is my playth'ns. can 40 waa1
IKE Win IT,. lheh you near every hliu VI ouu
NOISE III Tue snip; cre"N'lS ~ Z.
sclaPlns' pou"".S, VI
steam each OF Which W yo"r ""Pr"o'scu ear
is signihcant oil some Impending ca'as,ToPhe )
you lie "iue aMahe, ns'e"'aS Will al YIN o;,,
might. as II your wa.cnne u,u any soou, .nl
at last steep o'crcoines you' anu inc nVin,hs
ilSht cohVihces you una. no'ns par 'I";a, aS
pccn 'ne l, .' ""u 'na' .,",a., ILL.,. -
NOISES are 'hc ncocSs''y "'''''''A'' u """' ''
caiieu eoou run
Dickens himself never wrote a more graphlc
description than that
WASHINGTON, Sept. IA.
The Union" Publishes an official Proclaim
ton that the Queen of En- land has ratified the
Reciprocity Treaty.
A STRICKEN CITy.-Sayannah. Georgia. is a
stricIen deserted civ. The yellow fever and
a bioh state of billions fever are carving death
before them at fearful rate. The same rela-
two nronortion of deaths in the CITY of New
York wnuld he ten or twelve hundred pcr day.
Not only are ninty six of the principal bust
hOnSpS
;,r bouscs are closed t,rethpr with the Pulas.
their prOprctOrs takcL 10 Night. Inc Marsh
all House, another large hote is also, 1t is stat
ed, about to close. business throughout the
city is almost cntircl! suspended.
\ letter says:
'Thc city is almost deserted every one who
could leave has gone Five Of the physicians,
with their families have left town. Two are
sick with the yellow fever. Miss-inquircd
what was for dinner, and was dead at 3 0 clock
ard buried at five. Mrs. b. is dying with the
yellow fever, and since she was attacked, her
husband was taken is dead and buried. and she
knows nothing oft. DIS mother died on
the 18th one child was taken yesterday morn
ing, and another in the evening.
They are sick all around me. 1t is attacking
all classes but the blacks-they never have the
regular yellow fever. Every person is panic
stricken. l sickcn when think oft
Galveston, too, is food for the pcstilence, and
horror sits upon every face. A letter from
there dated on the 9Th ult.. says:
"All business is at stand nothing hut
hcarses are seen. Doctors buggies and peO-
pie are hurrying along in the greatest cOnster-
nation. This state of affairs, they tell me. is
unprecedented, for never before has the fever
prevailed to this extent in Galveston, but it
Only tuhcS tit piaCc vi tHC SuolSlo, "uiSH nv
say cannot exist there"
THE Crors NOT 50 RAD AFTER ALA good
deal of unnecessary alarm has been created in
REGARD to the crops Of thr nrescnt wear in many
cases with speculative purposes in view. There
can be no doubt that the wheat and oats crops.
as general thing, were unusually heavy. and
with the prospect Of very little export demand
for brcadstutfs. these is prospect of an album
dant supply for the home demand In every
iously affected the crops of corn, potatoes, &C.,
and it may be said that there is a total failure
The extreme south eastern counties form ex-
ceptions our accounts leading us to believe
that fine crops will be raised. Those who have
failed in the production of corn for their own
use will of course have to rely upon others.
and to pay what eren now seems extravagant
prices STILL there will be corn enough pro-
duccd in this and adjoining States to supply
the demand.
We learn from Minnesota, Wisconsin. the
northern portion of Illinois. and much more
than half of Iowa. that the crops of corn, 10
tatoes. &C.. never promised better returns for
the labor of the farmer. Soft will bc. as we