The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-18

1850:
-o,,co., Per head To each square
A"' N umcratet. mile of terry.
1 1Sso ss ss,o, IS Is liz e' So '''
| 1910 l7S,434 ST 2.46 22.2
1920 coS.525 80 BIS $50
| 1880 s!S.5O5 - 2.A So.
1870 sss.s7o IS 4ss IT'S
1880 -l,a62,50o Oos e.s7 o94
1t thus appears that it cost five times as
much to count man now az it did sixty years
ago-aud that although there are great many
more to count, and the Marshais who take the
count are paid less sum per head than for
mcrly.
| THE MAINE LAW IN CulNA.--We are informed
by DR.. Dridgeman I'VE quote from the n. Y. Oh
server) the veteran Missionary in the Celestial
| Empire, that among that great and increasing
faction orthe people called the insurgents"
whose revolutionary movements are forming an
epoch in the history Of the world, all use Of
strong drink, opium and tobacco, is stringcntly
prohibited, except at the special and rare per-
mission of their chiefs. Not only is the Maine
Law there enforced, but also an Introduction of
opium and tobacco. Think of the Chinese prac
. tisiug total abstinence from opium. which has
been their sweet and staple vice for centuries
Think of the example in tobacco those yellow
faced and ignorant men have given us! We
W 20 have sent CUR missionaries to cvangelize
their kingdom, at least to receive from them a
doctrine of which the practice would work
proud reform in our own land. Verify, Thou
that teachest another, teachcst thou not also
thyscll:"
| A CHRISTIAN PoIrTICrAN.--The Presbyterian
| says Judge Pollock, Governor elect Of Penn
sylYania. is, we understand, a consistent mem
Der Of the Reformed Presby teriau Church, and
Sabbath school teacher.
10 DR.. Townsend, OF New York, has donat
cd four lots of ground, valued in the aggregate
at 1000, as site whercon to erect build
ing for the Christian Home for Female Ser.
wants.
HsD> Samuel Rogers. the poet, now over
nGety-two years old, appears to have rcgained
much OF his strength, and may be seen taking
a carriage airing in Regents Park, London
every fine day.
Ia5- Heavy forgeries have just been discov-
cred in London, pcrpctratcd by one ofthe most
eminent lawyers ofthe inner temple. The gen
t:cmcn's name is Edward Lawford, Esq. solici-
ttor to the East India company, and has held
that responsible and lucrative post for many
years II some Cases the forgcries have brought
utter ruin on large number Of piodding per-
sons who had accumulated their property by
years Of close economy.
MALAGA FRUrT.-We are likely to be well
supplied with rais!ns Three cargoes from
Malaga arrived at Boston recently aud the &C
counts from Malaga represent the new crop OF
fruit to b. unusually good.
| Nor So.-The Boston Journal SAYS A des
patch from Boston to Thompsons New York
Reporter, mentions among others as not hav-
ing their bills received at the Suffolk Bank,
the Brunswick Bank, of Brunswick. Me- This
is not so. The bills are and have been 'rccev-
ID there as usual"
AT The Washington Star cautions the pub
lie against receiving the bills Of the AIRING
ton bank" and the Farmers and Merchants
bank" purportcd to be located at Washington
There are no such banks there.
ri The st. Louis Democrat says: THE
majority in Ohio against the repeal OF the Com
promise is equal to the entire vote of Missouri
cast in the recent election
Iu- Enckwheat cakes are not we'll ada pied
to women or children. Men who are engaged
in outdoor occupations have strong digestive
powers, and can dispose of them. but they should
be eaten by no one of Indoor habits d;spos, d
to constipation OF dyspepsia. Children should
never begin to cat them until they have full
| set of teeth, and then should be watched until
they become accustomed to them for they are
.evcrish things at best.
10 The Cincinnati Times publishes a lis,
of subscribers to a fund raised in that city to
carry the late elections the way they did moi
go the Catholic Bishop, Purcell, figures in the
list for $4,000.
Table Of Political Weights.
fre,h alien makes soft
SETS make hard
hards make cliuue
cliques make party
party make 3 platforms.
platform make principles.
0princples make 1000 demagoSues
10 The editor Of a New Jersey paper apol-
osizes to his readers for typographical error
in his first page. A story headed THE Inc
briate's Hut" had been made to read "The In
ebriates Hat''
! GEOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL. CoNrNDRrM-I
The Philadelphia Bulletin propounds the
following:
Why is President Pierce like the Globe
which we nhabt?