The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-12-15

MIR. SPARRowGRAss. ON CHILDREN.-Tt
following is the opening passage of Liyin
in the Country" in the November numbe
of Putnam's Monthly:
: Children, God bless them Who can he'll
loving then2 Children, God bless them
arc the only beings for whom we have n
imperfect sympathies. We love them throug
and through. There is nothing convention
al in the hearty laugh of child. The smil
OF child is unacceptable of artiffce. ono
corrected one of my children, and put hin
to bed for hating been stubborn at his let
| tiers. Then waited until he fell asleep ant
then watched beside him until he slumber
ed out his SORROWS. When he opened hi.
eyes, he stretched out his little arms, smiled
up in my face, and forgave me. The Lore
forgive me for the whaling l gave him.
owe him an apology, which intend to make
as soon as he is old enough to understand it
There is nothing so odious to child as inius-
tlce, and young married persons are prone to
expect too much, and exact too much from
their first born.
Ii, Them we are unjustly severe, from our
want of experience, it seems to me there is
something due, some reparation on our part;
due to the individual whose feelings we have
injured. If we lose temper with gentle
man six feet high and call him hard names,
we often find it convenient to apologize. 1t
seems to me three feet of wounded sensibili-
ty is entitled to respectful consideration
What do you think of that Mrs. Sparrow
grass? Mrs. Sparrowgrass said she thought
it was true. "How MUCH" continued re-
fectively, children occupy the fathers
mimd." eyes, and the mothers said Mrs
Sparrowgrass "Children," said l, "are to
the father as weights to clock-they keen
him steady, and they keep him busy" Mrs.
Sparrowgrass looked up from the plaid patch
OF new gingham she was needing into the
breast OF faded gingham apron, and nod
ded significantly: "True," said she, "you
are the hour hand, but am the minute
hand" AS this was the most brilliant re-
mark Mrs. S. had made for some months,
was silent for some time.
IHE PROFIT THERE IS IN SLAvERY.-A
correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat,
says: GA prominent STAKEHOLDER from one of
our northwestern counties, recently remark
ed that Atchison's movements in connection
with Kansas Territory, had already deprecia-
ted the price or real value of land to an
amount greatly exceeding the value of the
slaves in Missouri. He has turned away
trade from St. Louis and the Missouri river,
OF towns of the greatest Importance to them
which can never be regained while his fol-
lowers rule on our western border. Emf
grants now pass north of us and purchase
their wagons and teams and general supplies
in Iowa, who would have secured their chief
supplies here, and greatly augmented the
profits of steamboat capital and labor, while
they would have increased the amount and
value Of business done in all the important
towns bordering Kansas.
A STOLEN HORSE KILLED ON RAIL-
RoAD.-We have received information of a
which occurred on the Ohio and
Railroad last week Some I'M
known scOundrel stole a fine horse, valued at
one hundred and fifty dollars, from Mr.
w hitcomb, a miller, residing between North
Vernon and Seymour, on the above road
Some time during the same night the freight
train going down overlook a horseman on the
track, near some trestle work, at a point
where escape for the horse was impossible
The engineer did not discover the obstru,
ton in time to stop, and consequently the
poor animal was hurled lifeless and headlono
into deep ravine beneath the road. What
became of the rider is mystery. The en-
gineer states that he saw him distinctly
previous to the collision, and thought
it impossible for him to escape impending
1t may be that the thief was
killed, and that his mangled remains now lie
at the bottom of deep pool Of water adjoin-
ing the place of collision. The fact of the
horse having been stolen was brought to
light by reward of twenty-five dollars
being offered for his recovery by Mr.. Whit
comb, which, meeting the observation of the
engineer, developed the above narrative
Gin. Times.
neutrality-suspicious. new "Song
of Hiawatha" is attracting the attention of
the press in all quarters. Some of the crit
les are condemning it very severely, and 9TH
ers contend that it possesses great merit
Among those who commend it are the Ma
tional Intelligencer and the New York Com
mercial. The last named journal thinks there
is not in the whole range of poetical litera-
ture more graphic picture of Winter and
Famine than the one contained in the poem
and adds: Gin our humble judgment, had
Mr.. Longfellow written nothing but The
Song of Hiawatha,' it would have been
enough in itself to have established his rep
utation as poet"
PUBLIC ScHooLs.-The expenses of the
Public School system in New York, increase
faster than the population. They have al
ready reached million and a quarter of dol
lars annually sum which amounts to near
ly two dollars head for every inhabitant the
city contains, including the women and chill
dren.
Presidents MEssAcE,-A dspatch from