The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-05-19

THE PARKSvII.I.E iCMTNARY.-The Weston Re
porter says that the mobbing and destruction
OF the Parksvilie Luminary caused by the
following paragraph. which it published
Read and see how much Atoli,ionism there is
in it:
| we nave occupied conservative and nation
srou"o. promptly opposing the measures
and men who have brought OH this crisis. Will
the President NEE, it! Surely he cannot long.
er toiiow counsels from Aboltionists and Null
liners Inc country demands that sound. firm
| auu energetic men have the direction of public
ahairs-who will impress and enforce Justice
and law There is virtually no law in Kanzas,
ana no security for life and property. save in
tne sense OF honor and justice cherished by ev-
cry true piOueer. This MAY save the country
from blOodShed. but the Government is held nm
to rldicnle and contempt. aad its authority dis.
regarded-Judges OF elections has been dis
piaced, ana others appointed--the polls have
IN some instances been guarded with pistols and
hoTle kn'rcs-and some of those elected are
going to the Governor swearing that il he does
not give a certificate of election Immediately.
thcy Will 'cut his throat from ear to carp Is
the flag oi our country to he no longer pro-
lection or are individuals or companies OF
men to declare WE WILL! and it must be so
without regard TO law? Is this what the au
thors OF the Nebraska Kanzas Bill meant by
Squatter Sovereignty
MoRMoNrsM.--A young Engl;sh Mormon writ
ing from the Great Salt Lake city to her fl.
ther, in IsliLgtcn, England, presents Mormon
ism in anything but fattcrng light. She
says:
aWell. finally we got in sight o. the Kingdom
OF God" so called, but think more like the
kingdom OF the Devil than anything else | ev-
er saw under the sun, full of all knus OF abnnl-
nations. Brigham Young. the Governor. has
from fifty to sixty wives he is the most filthy
spoken man ever heard. Marriages and d-
vOrces are matters of traffic. Five dollars is
the charge for releasing wife or husband
from the matrimonial yoke. The whole affair,
is however, conducted more after the manner
of beasts than an institution of God or even
man. Some women have seven living hus-
bands. having been divorced seven times
Most of the men have two or more wives, ,howev-
er poor and distressed they may be. There are
lots OF people, men. women and children near
ly naked for want of clothing. almost perished
begging bread and little iircwood !: and those
brought out by the Ten Pound Company, 9TH
ers by the emigration funds. when they arrive
"in the kingdom so called, they have to buy
the old messing utensils; and have too fre-
qnently to find u refuge under the roof Of some
dcceiver. yet more humane than the heads oil
the Church. The tenth is taken from all Nor
mons. except the widow. orphans. or afflicted
on arrival. to build large houses for The Big
Bugs" so designated by apo>tates of the faith.
together with theatres. danciug-rooms, grand
stables. carriage houses. and to support their
truly practical polygamical abominations.
A NOBLE AcT.-We learn from an Ohio pa
per, that man named John Easement, com
mon laborcr on The Lake Shore Railroad, by
his forethought and fidelity saved from desruc-
ton a large amount Of human life, not to speak
of property of great value. The railroad bridge
had been burned at Painesville. While all the
rest were bcwailing the calamity he took Ian
tern and ran nearly n mile to the short cut be-
yond the western end Of the ruined bridge
There he took his stand. and emptying his
pockets OF letters, and newspaper scraps, he
lighted them and waved them in the air. Case
ment knew that two freight trains were coming
from the East. Soon their lanterns blazed on
the track. He sgnallcd them again with burn.
ing paper. The engineers did not respond with
their whistles. The mans paper was exhaust
ed. With ready wit he drew II linen handkcr-
chief from his pocket, and set it ablaze and
waved. The engineers saw the warning and
needed. it. just in time to save the heavy trains
from plunging Off the forty feet aLutment, into
dreadful ruin. Not to speak Of the value of
the human life saved bv this act of generous Il
deity to corporation. with which be was con-
nected only as gravel contractor, Easement
rescued from instant destruction over $4,000
worth of pre- perty.
AN AMERICAN SENTIMENr.-Georgc Washing
ton said:
The bosom of America is open to rcccve,not
only the Opulent and respectable stranger, but
the oppressed and prosecuted of all nations and
all religions. whom we shall welcome to a par
ticipation in all rights and privileges.
1t is we'll for Washington that he did not
live till 1855. Such sentiments now, would
have hung him in elfigy.-atdany Journal.
STATE CouNCII~-Last week. Know Moth.
ing State Council was in session in Chicago
1t is rumoied, that some modification of the
rules of the order were under discussion. One
party rallies under the cognomen of "Sam,"
and the other under that of Jonathan" It is
also rumored, that Jonathan had it, %
ACCIDENT TO Pro NONO, POPE OF ROME.-The
correspondent at Rome Of the London News.
communicates the details of an accident which
occurred in the monastery of st. Agnes, by
which the Pope. several cardinals, bishops and
civic and diplomatic functionaries, narrowly
escaped being crushed to death. During the
reception Of the pupils of the Propaganda Col,
lege who were admitted to the honor of kiss
ing the Pope's foot the flooring of the large
hall gave way, and all present. with thcfcx
ccption of Cardinal Antonclla,I WHO clung to
ono of the windows. were preciptated into the
vault beneath. His Holiness escaped without
injury, but cardinals Marini and Patrizi were
severely hurt. tarUa3 eai pia' ssgoa saN "a
div sTa li---sEf .sIsfa -tiG- .5ie
gg- The Green Bay Advocate invites one
Foss, a Rhode Island editor, to come to Gre. n
Bay this SIMMER, and bring the ''little fossils"
aicng. b bHT4 e bla aas ie al.-sd y
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The Know NoTHINGs IN CALrroRyIA.--A
Kaow Nothing convention had been held ia
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