The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-17
Ns- We find the following in the Pioneer of

N8- We find the following in the Pioneer of
Saturday. We copy it because grave charge
of duplicity was made against Gov. German,
and it is no more than right that both sides
should be heard. We must be permitted to say,
however, that we know Mr.. Stearns to be a man
who would not knowingly and wilfally state
an untruth to injure the worst enemy he has in
the world. If he stated in his remarks that
which was not true, he was innocently deceiv-
ed into SO doing:
"ST. PAUL, March 9, 1855.
EDITOR OF PIONEER In the Minnesotian of
yesterday, correspondent, in reporting the
proceedings of a meeting held at ST. Anthony
on the 9th inst, in reference to Gov. Germans
refusing to sign certain bills on the last night
of the session, quotes the Hon. &. T. Stearns, as
follows:
The Governor said that if the tenth section
was stricken out, he would sign it (the bill
which proved to have been altered in the tenth
section.) Mr. Brown got it through the Coun-
Gil, agreeable to the wish of the Governor, but
in the meantime, Gov. German spoke in low
tone of voice to Mr.. Foster, and requested
him (Foster) to go up and tell his 0he Cover
nor's) friends to vote against the joint resolu
ton that he had requested Joseph r. Brown to
draw up, striking out the tenth section Of the
bill which was said to be altered
81 suppose am the Mr.. Foster alluded to, as
was the only one of that name in the Execu-
tive Chamber during that evening and | have
only to say, that the foregoing statement made
by Mr. Stearns, is unqualifedly false. Gov.
German had no such conversation with me.
WIN. FOSTER"
@-There was rumor in the city yesterday
~cxo~ hat fhn foo of fha lInjfn Il
States Senate, to whom was referred the annul
ment of the NJ. & N. w. Railroad Charter, had
reported adversely on the subject, and the SEN
ate had refused to concur with the House.
We are inclined to believe this rumor to be true.
- Times of Saturday.
This rumorcd action of the Senate is I'M
doubleday premature. 1t is scarcely probable
the Senate Committee reported in time for any
such news to have arrived here last Friday,
particularly as there had been no arrival from
below for six days previous to the Times pub
LEGATION. But we presume the Times is prepa-
ring to fall easy, and hence the above para
graph.
DROwNED.--An OK team broke through the
ice opposite the lower landing on Saturday,
and one of the cattle went under. A gentle
man crossing on loot about the same time,
broke through near the same spot, but sus-
tanned no damage beyond wet pair of legs
Another yoke of cattle broke through yester-
day but were saved.
PHILoGNoMIoN SocIETY.-The exercises before
this society of young Ladies, at the Baldwin
School, on Friday evening last fully sustained
the high reputation of the previous perform
ances. The "Laurel Wreath" was read by Miss
Barnes, in manner that elected the approba-
ton of large auditory. The next meeting
and the last during the present term, will take
place on Friday evening, the ed inst.
The SCIENCE OF BLACKsMITHING.-The Scien
tifc American says -" Saving heated iron or
steel is not known or thought of by blacksmiths;
and when several forks or branches are to be
formed from one stock, even if the branches are
required to remain eventually nearly in con-
tact and parallel to each other, the usual me-
thod is to split the end of the iron with an awk-
ward chisel, thereby deforming the end of each
branch on which account the branches must
be bent asunder, for the purpose Of hammering,
squarng, and shaping the end of each: after
which they are to be brought together as well
as may be, usually retaining q roughness in
form, if not deficiency in size and strength
this tedious process the iron, when heated,
may be put into vice, and the ends readily
slit with a suitable saw, which would save la
Dor in hammering and filing. A saw for this
purpose should be made thicker al the edge
than at the back, and with uniform teeth one
must be often dipped in water to prevent its
becoming too much heated. There is also
method of saving or cutting hardened steel
which is not generally known as it should be.
A circular piece of common thin iron plate OF
sheet iron, being adjusted to lathe, or by 9TH
er means put into violent rotary motion, will
readily cut file. a cutting tool, or tempered
steel spring, without drawing Or reducing the
temper. There is much mystery in the WON
derful effects of this bur- and it's cutting pro-
perty is attributed to electricity. 1t answers
very convenient purpose, however, when the
altered without effecting their temper 1t fur
nishes convenient method for cutting teeth to
large saws but Objectionable on account of the
newly cut surface being left SO hard that they
cannot be filed by common file. Connected
with the subject of mysterious effects, it may
be stated that bar of iron of almost any size
may be instantly sundered while hot by the
simple application of common roll birthstone
knowledge of this fact will be useful when
some piece of iron work is required to be sew
cred, but which, as sometimes the case, is SO
constructed and situated that no ordinary chisel
or cutting tool can be brought to apply.
Bars or plates Of heated iron may be in
stantly perforated by the application of point
ed pieces of birthstone. This phenomenon is
curious, although it seldom affords much prac-
teal utility"
CALIFORNIA GOLD PRODUCT.-The expectation
of gold from San Francisco, during the year
1854, amounted to S5l SOC, 1872, of which nearly
S45,OO0,0OO were shipped to the United States
The expectation of gold from that port, in each
of the past years, was as follows:
Total value Of gold exported in 1851 s si,4s2,OOO
Do do 1852 45779.OOO
Do do 1898 56,39O,SI2
Do do 1854 6I5O6.I32
The production of gold in 1854 was probably
greater than in either of the previous years