Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-12-26

We've sought to grasp sunshine
And only found-the shade!
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT on THE OHIO.-Some time
Saturday evening, the Ohio river, opposite Six
mile Island, was the scene of bloody fight be.
tween two parties, hunters and raftsmen, who
had been over the river hunting, and were return
ing in skiffs. One of the boats was manned by
John Ray and Harvey Wells, who were armed
with long guns. The other boat contained two
or three men, two of whom were Robert V. Card
well and Oscar Priest, of Westport, KY, armed
with short-sixes, revolvers. According to the
version of the hunting party, the men in the other
skif gave the first offence by running into them,
and one of the raftsmen striking Ray over the
head time or two with At thi, the coIu-
panion of Ray fired broadside into the RATS
men with his double barreled gun, or would have
fired, but the caps only bursted. The boats then
separated for a brief space, when the raftsmen
returned to the charge, and fred a couple of
shot or balls from one of their short skies, the
balls taking effect in the arm and breast of
Ray, who returned the FIRE with broadside
from both his long guns, wounding and Gripping
the raftsmen more severely, who were compelled
to beat retreat. Before they got out of the range
the hunters gave them another broadside, with
what effect is not known, as then and there the
battle eIded.-LouisUilte Courier, 7th.
CO The Herald is advising Louis Napoleon to
concliate the French Republicans and save his
tottering throne, so ominously shaken by the con-
vulsions attending the great European struggle
Hear! Heart!
"Napoleon's course is clear and plain. From
whatever the hostility existing between
him and the Democrats has sprung, it is his duty,
as we'll as theirs, to use all practical means to
bring it to an end. Safety for him means Demo-
cracy the throne is deadly. On him devolves
the duty Of convincing these fractions Republic
cans, who call him murderer and so forth, that
the necessity of establishing strong Government
frequently justies arbitrary acts, just as the ap-
pearance Of the disease necessitates amputation;
and that his Second December was not half so
desperate a deed many which mark the history
of Republican Rome. lie must show the Repub-
licans of France that their hopes only be rea-
lized by his success that his fall will be their
fall, his triumph their triumph, and his arms their
arms. To do this, he must liberalize his insttu-
tions. Let him give freedom to the press, and
liberty of discussion to the people 1t being fully
understood that any attempt to misuse these rights,
and to OrerthrOu him at home, riH be merciiessly
met tcih grape and canister"
Funny "rights" these would be, would MT they?
Funny republic, this of Louis Napoleon's, SO long
rs he chooses to keep up the farce. Funny paper
is The Herald. In short, the above is decidedly
the joke of the season.-N Y. Tribune.
EIGHTEEN YEARS A CAPTIVE AMONG INDIANS
The Macoupia Ill., Statesman gives an account
of a man named Jos. Barney who made his es-
cape in May last from the Flat Head Indians,
in Oregon, after being in captivity for eighteen
captive at the same time. The account thus
narrates what occurred after they were taken to
the camp of the Indians:
"They were unbound and confined in a hut.
where they we're fed, but not allowed to escape.
The chief offered them his two daughters if they
would marry and remain with the tribe. Finding
escape utterly impossible for the time being, the
terms were accepted and the marriage took
place. The fruits of this marriage were two
children, both of which are still living, daugh-
ter, l6, and son, ii, both of which he left
with the tribe. Two years ago Robertson at
burned alive, leaving three children with the
tribe. Seven years ago Barney attempted to
escape but was recapturcd and would have been
put to death but for the interpostiOn of his wife
who was the daughter of the chief"
In May last, during the absence Of the chief,
Barney made all the rest of the Indians drunk,
and then escaped, and although pursued for sever
nj days they failed to overtake him. He is SO
years of age, originally from France, but form
erly lived in Otscgo county, n. Y.
CT An Indian had gone to Albany one cold
winters day, and got very drunk. On his way
home, he became completely overcome, laid down
and was frozen to death. His tribe was at that
time much disposed to initiate the habits of white
men, and accordingly held an inquest over the
dead body. After a long pow-wow, they finally
agreed upon the verdict, that the deceased came
to his death 60 by mixing too much water in his
whiskey, which had frozen in him and killed
him.
c5+ The latest advices from England states
that the continuance of the present British min
istry in Office depends entirely upon the fall, of
Sebastopol. If Sebastopol should not fall,a
change of ministry must take place. 1t is be-
lieved that new ministry would attempt to man
age the Eastern difficulty in very different way.
They would sympathize with the liberals of Eu-
rope, and add to their active force the revou
tionary element in Hungary, Italy and other
places. This was the programme of hostilites
urged by Kossuth at the very inception of the
war. He believes it to be the ouly successful
way of fighting the Russian bear.
BUFFALO, Dec. 3, 1854.
About o'clock p. NJ, to-day, a fire broke out
in the Frontier Flour Mill, at Black Rock, which,
with all its contents, was consumed. Some if
teen thousand bushels of grain and three thousand
barrels of -four where in the mill at the time.
The propeller International, lying at her dock,
took fire, burned to the waters edge, and then
sunk. She was owned by the Buffalo and Brant-
ford Railroad Company, and was worth about