The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-04
NEW lonT. Oct 81.

NEW DIX. Oct. q.
OAc of tie Metallic Life Boats from the Arc
tic. containing three passengers and several of
the crew. arrived al 81. johns, tNewluuudluu,lj
GA The Ith Instant.
BosroN, Oct. Il.
The British Iri- Ann. from st. johns. y. T.
Iur Eo.iun. was spoken at sea Il few DAYS after
lcal ing port. with the choeIa on board. She
had 4 iar-r number of passengers. many of
W'.uiG ar sad to- -" survivors Of the wrecked
Il, amer City OF Philadelphia.
EAITl~0tI:. Get. Is.
I Tho New Orleans ricayunc of tie 18th. con-
tains Havana news to the lith received ny the
BLACK Warrior.
General Cu:icha Ind onrrcl largo rev ard
:nr the apprehension Of the assassin Of Gen.
Ia-lanc,iu.
THE CORE pon'icutS Of some Of the New Or-
i,aE> lHIrr- giNe III" "details Of some scenes
enacted q: the funeral Of Ca~tanctio. A row
occurred. ami al attempt was mad" to prevent
OF two being kilrd. CdS;aHa1o had been threat
ca"d with assassination. and hal been constant
J watched.
Ec,Nn,:r.-Prov;s.oa are high. Everything
we cat is uHpgccodcnie'lly dear. How are the
working clas-c, TO get through the comm q Win
ter. vida the ncccs>aries Of life railing at such
enormous rates: The Albany Register saws
The answer and the only true one is. let eve
r. body practice n rigid economy. Let the
luNuric> and supcriljtics Of life he dispensed
with for the present at least.
Let everybody who is dependent upcn his Ia
nor for support. he irnral and INDUSTRIOUS. ami
above all things. spend no siXp"nccs or shil-
iin2| for Intoxicating drinks.
Bread is better thau whi>kcy, or rum or
brandy. Or b".T. ana when called upon To
ci.ocs' tween 4 loaf of the ohc ant, -la>- OF
the u,HrI. let tlc l0horing man. let every one
remember Those who are at home. wivc, and
Hide one. and choose the bread. 1t is quite
true that the TN : are hard. but st0U: and
hen. s. heart VIII carry H. all safely through
them, il We WORK diligently aal leave oil that
useless and hur;lul habit. whatever il may be.
that constitutes our bcsctt!3g sin. We hold
tilat almost every man ha, a way OF spending
moGo,. to Il greater or less extent u-rlcssly
EuHc by the iuiul geEcc OF Ouc habit. ana sCmc
!y another.
In these hard times H,nt habit, Ike The l.u.li-
ing of railroads. should he suspended. and the
dollars that its indulgence cost, be applied to
supply the actual necessities or substantial
comforts %. life IN this way we can ride ont
the storm and he Jolly all The day and Sleep
calmly Il; night, hard though he times may be.
Yesterday morning We had the FIRST carne-;
of winter: three inches of snow fell in tie
morning. which. however. melted away very
fast. The snow Is rather earlier than usua!
FOR the last ten years the first winters snow
has usually fallen from the 2Gth to The ZSlh 81
this month.--.Nontreai Transcript, 18th.
on TIT Goop.-A certain old gentleman
had three sonS: the two eldest wcrn REMARKED
bic for their flial picty and obedience, and
were consequently beloved by all who knew
them. The youngest on the contrary Was an
incorrigablc scapc-cracc. and was hated as
much a. the others were loved. The Old gen
tcman in the common course Of human events
got very sick. and assembled his family about
him. to have his will read in his presence. II
WAS as follows: TO my cldcs: son, William.
hopucth all my landed property. &c. to which
William exclaimed. Father. hope You may
live long 10 enjoy it yourself ITO my son
Edward. hcquc'h all monies now in my bank
crs hands. together with my household turni-
ture." The second son also replied in the
same manner a. the tirst-'F ather. hop" you
may live long to enjoy it yorrsef. Then
turning TO the youngest. who was waiiin" in
silent anticipation for his division fthe proper
~. he said As for you. you proiiigatc scOun
dcrcl. leave You a shilling to buy a rope &c
hang yourself To the surprise and constcr-
nation of all present. he answered in the same
pous strain of the others. Father hope you
will live long and happy to enjoy it your.
SELF
; OPEN To DECATUR-Thc Illinois Central
Railroad is now open to Decatur. Thus anoth
cr important point is reached. The road j:
finished south of Decatur some forty miles
A few weeks more and we shall have direct
: line to Carlo. All Iight--clear the track
Go'end JET.