Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-04-17
G1Y A mail arrived on Thursday evening"
There is no news of Importance.

a." mail arrived on Thursday evening"
There is no news of Importance.
cS'AtToledo, o., the anti Know Nothing ticket
was elected throughout, on the first of April.
c-y Baker has been seen at Lewiston, on his
way to Canada.
CT The report that orders had been given for
greater activity in fitting out Government vessels,
is groundless.
Judge Phelps, of Vermont, died on the 25th
inst. lie was United States Senator from that
State.
CT- The Phoenix Oil and Candle works ut
Brooklyn, have been destroyed by fire. Loss $780,
600.
Gy- The number of operatives in Manchester.
who arc on strike, number 5000. The citizens
sympathize with the strikers.
CO Tho Know Nothings have elected their
Mayor in Cleveland, and have been victorious in
Columbus.
Cg- OF the ten lectures which have been de-
livered in Galena the past season, three were by
Printers Taylor and Lowell.
60" The deaths of FIX Senator Archer and
Hon. James S. Rhett, are announced in our cx
changes.
C5@ We learn from the Galena Advertiser, that
a man by the name of Brady was drowned in n
shallow pond, near Bowling Furnace, on the 18th
of April. 1t is supposed that he was intoxicated.
CO 4 Know Nothing Mayor of the city of Co.
lumbia, S. c. has been elected. This Know Moth
ing fever seems to be quite prevalent throughout
the country.
Go Bishop Hughes has returned from
Europe and appeared in the pulpit of St. Patrck's
Cathedral on the lst of April. His discourse
was on the subject of the immaculate conception.
CY More arrests had taken place in Havana
among the number is Don Corlos Aslito, man
agcr of the Bank af Savings, whose crime is, SYM
pathy for Pinto.
AwrrL--TwEHrY-FIvE MEN BrRxEp.--A dis
patch states that the Glass Factory at Progress,
n. j. had been blown down, AMI twenty-five men
burned to death. Eight bodies had been taken
out of the ruins. Loss $l4 900.
ST. Louisville Know Kothings have been sue
ccssful in St. Louis, cecting their Mayor by 1000
majority. The balance of the ticket, with two
exceptions, was elected. There was no dstur-
bancc, as the liquor shops were all closed.
CO The Globe arrived yesterday afternoon
from the Minnesota river, with quite large num-
Der of passengers. She did not 60 further than
Traverse des Sioux, and reports the water in the
river falling. The claim jumping difficulty at
Traverse, had in measure, subsidized.
Our MAILs.-The Galena Advertiser speaking
of the mail route on the West side of the river,
very justly remarks
When we take into consideration, that by the
old and tried line on the other side of the river,
our Minnesota friends could get their mails in
three four days,it certainly seems that they
called upon to pay unreasOnably large tribute
to the whimsical vanity of Dubuque.
We arc, but we hope for better times soon.
LAKE SUPERIoR.-Thc Lake Superior Mining
News says that Lake Superior covers a space of
$4,000 square miles; that it is 20 miles from
Saul Ste. Marie to the entrance Of the Lake and
40 miles from Saul Ste. Marie to the entrance of
Lake Huron. Lake Superior is fed by so streams,
and the river Ontonagon is GOO miles long.
ey A terrible accident occurred recently at
Martinsvillc, Indiana. In raising the cupola on
a new Baptist Church, the scaffolding gave way,
and the timber, roof and joists were carried to
the cellar, burying under the ruins twelve of the
workmcn. Eight of the twelve were seriously in
jured-four fatally.
Mrs. WEBsTER.-It i reported that the health
of this lady is improving, and there are hopes of
her final recovery. 1t will be remembered that
she was injured in jumping from arriagc in n.
York.
CY' \ large number of disreputablc females,
who have been in IL habit of walking the streets
of New York, have been arrested, and ordered to
Blackwell's Island. 1t is thought that they will
be liberated on writ of habeas corpus, but if
found in the streets again they will most surely
be conveyed to the lookup.
Cz5T The shipwrccks for the last Is months
count up to 5000 dead.
New BANKING LAW OF IxDrANA.--All banks
arc prohibited from issuing more than one twen-
heth of their bill circulation in denominations
under five dollars. No bank can Reissue the bills
of banks of other States. The ma jority of the
stock of any bank must be owned by resident citi-
zcns of the State. The stocks allowed to be taken
''such as form any portion of the public debt
to1 ho, ftn, 70 oa kol H. H.,