Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-31
From :. The Peoples Pres 50 Salem North Carolina


From The Peoples Press,' Salem, North Carolina.
ST. PAUL.
\ friend has furnished us with a letter from
this new CITY of the North West, few extracts
from which show it to be one of the wonders of
the are.
'.The growth of St. Paul has been indescrba-
bly, rapid. Five years ago it was Il French ira
ding post, consisting of few log huts, and the
red man roamed at pleasure over his native wildS.
Indian vi gwalGs were pitched where now are spa
cious hotels and crowded thorougfarcs. Our pop
oation is about 5000, and Real Estate of
all kinds has advanced correSpondingly. There
are plenty of instances where investments have
realized 200 or 800 per cent. within few months.
Such rapid advances of course cannot be expected
to continue, but advances of 80 10 100 per cent.
per annum are still quite frequent. | have no
hesitation in guarantying an advance of at least
~ per cent. per annum on reasonably good pur
chase, while the chances are that even an advance
of 30 to 100 per cent. may be realized.
As regards the facilities for trade business. &C..
an attentive study of her situation ut the head of
navigation, a line of the great chain of North
lakes, and rs a granl central commercial
point of immense region of country. unsur-
passed in mineral and agricultural resources, cam
not fail to convince any candid enquirer that ST.
Paul is destined to become The city Of the great
Northwest. In the nature Of things there must
be at least three great cities on the :" father of
wate:s'' to develope the resources of the valley
of the Mississippi and its tributaries. New Or
leans OF its foot, st. Louis in the centre, and ST.
Paul at the head of navigation. No city can ri
val ST. Paul in the North West region. She pos
sesses and must continue to possess the trade of
all that vast country North and West of us. We
have soil of exhauStle>s fertility, a bracing and
delightful climate, an intelligent and enterprising
population. and generally such internal resources
rs predestincs Minnesota to rank among the first
States, and st. Paul. as her capital, among the
great cities Of our Unon.'
Horrible MURDER.-Thc Albany Evening Tran
script gives an account of horrible murder at
place called New Scotland near that city. The
murder was committed by Mrs. Christina Sin
gerland. The Transcript says:
o From Mr. Huyck, iailor, of this city, to whom
the murdcress confessed her guilt, we learn that
she placed one hand over the mouth of the babe,
while with the other she compressed its throat,
aided bv the hand of its father until death ensucd
from sufiocaton.
The unfortunate woman also stated that she
was forced to do the murder by her husband.
who for days past has pcrsistently insisted
that she should do l.. Upon her refusal to do
he assaulted her with knife, iniictlng several
severe wounds upon her body. She bears marks
of his brutality about her person, having severe
wound OYER her left eye, another on the left
breast. and still another on one of her legs.
she SAYS tTat aiter nc cut her over Tue eye lie
Knocked her down and stabbed her in the breast
and leg when she. fearful that he would murder
her, consented to kill her child.
Both of the parties b, ar very dlSreputable
character. Mrs. Slingcrland is, however, consd-
.cred to be partially foolish
Missouri CoMrRoMIsE.-Read what Senator
Douglas thought of the Missouri Compromise in
1915. Turn to the recent elections in Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana, and see what the people
think of the man or men who desired that Com
promise broken, or rather who broke it. Let
politicians for the future take warning:
ssThc Missouri Compromise has been in practi-
cal operation for about quarter of century,
and has received the sanction and appreciation of
men of all parties in every section vi the Union.
1t had alayed sectional iealousics and rritat;ons
growing out of this vcxcd question, and harmon
lied and tranquized the whole country. 1t had
an origin akin to that Of the constitution, con-
ceivcd in the same spirit of fratcrnal affection
and calculated to remove, forever, the only dan
ger which seemed to threaten to sever the Union.
All the evidences of public opinion seemed to in
dictate that this Compromise had been canon!zed
in the hearts of the American people as a sacred
thing which no ruthless hand would he
reckless enough to disturb" -Senatof Douglas
Speech at Springfield. Ill.,, 1854.
Too BrsY-No TINE TO READ.-This is a world
Of in.iexiblc commerce. nothing ergivcn away,
but everything is bought and paid for. IL by cx-
elusive and absolute surrender of ourselves to
material pursuit. we matcrialize the mind we lose
that class of satisfaction of which the mind is
the region and the source. \ young man in bu-
sness, for instance, beg ms to feel the cxhilirat-
ating glory of success, and deliberately deter
mines to abandon himself to its delicious whrl.
lie saws to himself, will think of nothing u
business till | have made much money, and
then will begin a new life. will gather around
me books and pictures, and friends. will have
knowledge, taste and cultivation, the perfumes of
scholarship, and winning speech, and graceful
manners. | will foreign countries, and con-
verse with accomplished men. | will drink deep
of the fountain of classic lore. Philosophy shall
guide me, history sh Ill instruct, and poetry shall
charm me. Science shill open to me her world
of wonders. | shall then remember my present
life of drudgery one recalls a pleasant dream
when the morning has dawned. lie keeps his
sclf-recistcrcd vow. lie bends his thoughts down.
ward, and nails them to the dust. Every power,
every affection, every taste, except those which
his particular occupation calls into play, is left to
starye. Over the gates of his mind he writes in
letters which he who runs may read, ''No admit
lance except on business
In time he reaches the goal of his hopes, but
now nSultcd nature begins to claim her revenge.
That which once unnatural is now natural to
him. The enforced consraint has become a rigid
deformity. The spring OF his mlnd is br0ken-
lie can no longer lift his thoughts from the
ground. Books and knowledge, and wise dis
course. and the amenities of art, and the cordial
Of friendship, like woes in a strange tongue.
To the hard, smoothe surface of his soul, nothing
genial, graceful or winning will cling. He can
not even purge his voice of its fawnng tone, or
mask which the daasss % mot o6 ma0assfysns
ceasing to smile. Amid the grace and ornaments
of wealth, he is like blind man in picture gal
lcry. That which he has done he must continue
to do, he must: accumulate riches which he cannot
enjoy, and contemplate the drcary prospect of
growing old without anything to make age vcner-
able or attractive, for age without wisdom and
without knowledge is the winters cold without
the winters frc.-GeO. S. Hillard.
GSs~The Touring mill of Alessrs. Rollins, Eastman
Upton is nearly completed. and will soon be in
active operation. 1t will be of great advantage,
not only to this place, but to the surrounding
country. 1t is but the commencement of the de-
velopment of our immense water power, which as
the surrounding country is filled up, must and will
be dcveloped.-Erpress.
WOLF IN SLEEPS CLoruING.-The ALBANY
Evening Journal relates 4 funny tale of rascal
ly fellow in Albany who dressed himself in wo-
mans clothes and hired out as a servant girl Ia
a lady living in Schoharie county, with whom for
kindness, good temper and industry, she became