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"A FAREWELL BENEFIT
GEORGE Il. BARRETT. ESQ,

FikAL
RETIREMENT FROM THE STAGE.
The Committee having In chafe the arrangements for this
merit ed timoDisl the worth and talents Of the
VETERAN ACTOR
whose prtsented for LAST and pairing token Of
which be has been held by the public general
lie psrJ1 and friend. Of the Drama the Stage for
HALF CENTURY.
highest ss con In announcing tina, the Kind an
z.atus cooperation Of greet msjority CT bis professional
nds viii enst th. tbs occasion % unusnasoo
BRILLIANT Array OF TALbNT.
They indebted In being enabled t. bring ose'ner
in the legitimate and time honorsd prod9caen, OF
SHAKESPEARE AND SHERIDAN,
DO the orcuueuce of the MsDssers Of The Broadway and wal
lacks the OF VIII also generously tsnde ms
personal aid and vii sppeu for the -
FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. q,
The PfopIetos Of the Museum the Bovey, the National
The atsr &c. have also cbeeffuy responded
THE FOLLOWING LADIES AND GENrLEhEN
have while the Committee tender 70 eseh
their thanks che eTfu sscIiy manifesed regret ha IN
bef the services OF all could not pc
made sie Is due those unsvoidsbly
absent, or professionally eDgsgeo eleghere
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Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
WHAT Is A MIME RIFLE.

Every account received from the war in
the Crimea is loud in praise of the " Mimic
Rife"
These firearms in the hands of good
marksmen deal certain destruction at an
immense distance, and the wholesale
slaughter of the Russian gunners at the
batteries of Sevastopol, has won for this
weapon Of death the sobriquet of g King of
Fire Arms" So dreaded is this fatal ball
that Russian gunner goes to his station a!
an embrasure as to certain death.
The barrel of the rifle has running the
length Of its inner surface, spiral grooves
or channels-hence the name Of rifle, which
means a rifed or grooved gun. The OBJ
ject Of rifed barrel is to give greater pre-
rotary motion. This motion it receives in
its passage out Of the gun, provided the
ball is so crowded into the barrel as TO fill
up partially or entirely the grooves; and
the more perfectly the ball fits into the bar
rel the truer its course, and the less win
dage there is, the less space there is be-
tween the ball and barrel for the strength
! of the powder to escape. 1t is estimated
/ that when the winjage is only l-20th Of the
calibre of the gun, one third of the powder
escapes and of course its strength Is lost.
The great object therefore to be obtained,
is perfect fit to the barrel by the ball, thus
to give it the rotary motion, and to save the
powder. .
a French gunsmi,h invented rifle which
had lis breech-pin project wedgcd shaped,
about two inches into the barrel
The ball, conical shaped one, was
then dropped into the barrel, and a
few heavy blows by the rammer, drove
the wedge or pin into the ball so as to ill
the grooves in the barrel.
| The mimic ball, now so famous, is an
improvement upon all balls inasnuch as it
makes the powder slug or spread The ball.
instead of the hammer doing the work.
The ball is long with a conical point
In its base it has conical hollow running
half or two-th;rds the length! of the ball.
A cup made Of sheet iron is placed in the
orifice of this hollow, which at the instan,
/ Of firing is driven by the powder with great
force into the ball thus spreadingIt open,
so as in its coursement. to perfectly slug il
or fill the grooved barrel This accomplish
rs the whole object; it saves time in ram.
ming, it destroys windage. thus economisine
in powder and makes taeball perfectly fit the
barrel so as to give the ball complete 70
tary motion, and certainty Of direction
Thus the mimic improvemcnt-taking it
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
TREES AND FLOWERS.

We feel the irremediable destruction of
flowers more than we do the stripping OF
trees and shrubs, because these appeal
more than they to our protection and to our
fondness.
We look up to trees as superiors, in
whom reside guardianship and protection.
wearied hope. We see them beaten bare
by submissions. and perfectly content
to stand bare. The moment the winter re-
tents they spring forth again, and all the
summer long you hear them singing, but
never do you hear tree rehearse its
wrongs. 1t forgets the past. 1t lives out
wardIy so long as il can, and then retreats
within itself, patient to wait for better
times. And we feel also, in the case of
trees, something Of the veneration which
antiquity always inspires. They are
old chronologers. They are older than
the oldest living men. That old oak
was an old oak when that crippled old
man yonder was little boy, and it was an
old tree in the days of his fathers. These
faces that grim!y hang upon our walls
the portraits of shadowy ancestors that long
since have ceased to make noise In the
world-these very old faces, in generations
gone by, used to look up into these fresh
and hearty trees that carry themselves SO
youthfully, and marvel how high they were
and wonder that little birds were not afraid
of falling down off from their perilously
high branches. The annual changes Of
trees are therefore devoid of the sense of
death. Leaves die. We pity them. But
trees do not die. They undress. They
- a.
will, when the south wind blows its horn
among the hills, they rouse themselves and
put on again their robes, and 60 forth as at
other times.
1t is not so with flowers. They are like
little infant children. They look up to Us
for protection. They have no life that lasts.
When they are stricken they make no re-
sistance They utterly die. And it is
real pain that we do not wish to encounter,
to go out after the final frost stroke, and see
all the plants which we have nursed and
fondled, not gone, but lying there in colors
SO disgraceful to their former beauty. All
these ine-edged leaves, these delicate lin
cations, these exquisite hues and shades of
color, these matchless forms and symme-
tries, whatever is superla.ive In fineness,
delicacy. variety, profusion, gorgeous rich
ness, now lying heap of undistinguisha-
BILE decay and loathsomeness. The dank
smell Of decomposing vegetation drives you
from your garden as from grave yard.
The brilliant generous verbenas, the PEN
sile and graceful fuchsias, the geraniums,
the manrandyas, the tufted agcratum, and
| the other scores which blossom all the sum-
mer long, from which you had gathered
hundreds of lunches of flowers, to cheer
your parlor, to inspire your pen while wri-
ting, to furnish You silent loving company
as you walked about among frigid men or
barren things, they have here all gone to
corruption before your eyes.--Hsnry Ward
Beecher,
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
name from French officer named MIME

name from French officer named MIME
is MIME ball, not mimic rifle. The con-
zeal shape of the bullet gives it greater
weight of metal than round one, affords
less resistance to the air, and greatly in
creases the distance it can be thrown. This
shaped ball, however, has been used long
time by sportsmen.
A Paris CORRESPONDENT of the Ne,c York
Tribune, some months since, was witness
to experiments made by Major MIME HIM
self with his ball, and saw that officer
plant three balls in succession in target
the size of mans hat at the distance of
three-fourths of mile. And this officer
said he could do it all day long, and teach
any man to do SO.
1t is not to be wondered at that the Rus
slams have a horror of the French chas-
seurs and the mimic ball.
The present popularity of the rifle owes
its origin to the skill of American sharp
shooters bred and trained in our settlements
and who in Indian and other wars have
shown the efficiency of the rifle ball, in
picking off officers, gunners, and promi-
nent objects; but its perfection, we mag
inc, has been accomplished in the hands Of
the French.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
BOYS OUT AT NIGHT.

We recommend the following article,
which We copy from an exchange, to par
rents generally. 1t contains some excellent
hints and suggestions, which they would do
well to act upon-if they have proper re-
gard for the best interest of their children
There are too many boys in our towns spend
ing the evening hours in the street. 1t is a
bad school for them:
| have been an observer. as l am sym.
pathizing lover of hoys-I love to see them
happy, cheerful, gleesome. Indeed, | can
hardly understand how a high-,oned, useful
man can be the ripened fruit of boy, who
had not enjoyed full share of the glad
privileges due to youth. But while watch
with very jealous eye all rights and Gus
toms which en,rench upon the proper rights
of boys, | am equally apprehensive lest pa
rents who are not forethoughtful, and have
not infatuated themselves to close observa.
ton upon the subject, permit their sons in
dulgences, which are most certain to result
| in their Generalization, If not their total ru
in; and among the habits which have OBJ
served tending most surely TO ruin. know
Of none more important than that of parent:
permitting their sons to be in the streets af
&c, nigh.ialh
1t is ruinous to their morals in all instan
ces. They acquire under the cover of nigh
an unhealthy state OF mind, bad, vulgar ant
profane language, obscene practices, crimi
nal sentiments, lawless and riotous bear
| ing. Indeed, it is in the street after night
fall that the boys principally acquire IN
education of the bad, and capacity for be
coming rowdy, dissolute, criminal men
! Parents should in this particular have RI
gid and infexihle rule, that will not PERM
a son under any circumstances whatever t.
go into the streets after nightfall with aviev
Of engaging in outdoor sports. or meet 9th
er boys for social chance occupation. !
rule Of this kind invariably adhered to, vii
soon deaden the desire for such dangerous
pr actices.
Boys should be taught to have Pleasun
:around the family centre table, ia reading
lin conversation and in quiet anusemenfs.-
Boys are seen in the street after nightfaii
behaving 10 manner entirely destructive o
all good morals. Fathers and mothers, keel
your children home at night, and see thaty
take pains to make your homes pleasant, al
trac,ive. and profitable to them; and abov
all, with view TO their security from ful
ther destruction. let them not become, Will
forming their characters for life. SO accus
toned to disregard the moral sense OF sham
as to openly violate the Sabbath day i
street passtime during its day or evenln
hours.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
TIE DIFFERENCE.

MArRtMoxY. buckwheat cakes
warm bed-comfortable slippers-smoking
coilee-round arms-red lips-shirts exult-
ing in buttons-redeemed stockings-boot
jacks--happiness, &c.
SINGLE BLEssEpsEss.-Sheet iron quits
blue noses-frosty bones-ice in the pit
cher-unredeemed linen-heelless socks
coffee sweetened with icicles-gutta percha
biscuits-fabby steak-dull razors-corns,
coughs. and Observation-Disclosures.
cry, &c.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
SATURDAY NIGHT.

How sweet the evening shadows fall
Advancing from the west,
AS ends the weary week Of toll,
And comes the day Of rest.
Bright DER the earth The star Of eve
Her radiant l'eauty sheds;
And myriad sisters calmly weave
The light around their heads.
Rest, man, from labor rest from sin!
The worlds hard contest close;
The holy hours with God begin
Yield thee 10 sweet repose.
Bright DER the earth tho morning ray
Its sacred Iigh. will cast
Fair emblem Of the glorious day
Thatevermore shall last
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11
A LIFE PICTURE.

There is tlood-like simplicity of feeling and
expressi in the fo'lowihg picture, which is ink
ed from life. Joe is not such stuff as drea ms
are made OF" but rea! sdul-s,ricken picture Of
huma nifty who wanders about the quiet streets
of Portsmouth with child gentleness, and
looks as if he were wondering why he seems 50
out of place! Joe always appeared to me as it
he had relationship to the autumn wind. In the
mids, of the children he seems like q breath Of
October among the flowers.
JOE.
All day long with a vacant stare,
Alone in the chilling Autumn air.
With naked feet he wanders slow
Over the ci,y--the idiot Joe!
ofen marvel why he was barn.
- A child Of humanity thus forlorn;
Unoved, un noticed by all below
What cherries thing is the life Of Joe!
Beauty can throw no spell DER him;
His inner rision is weak and dim,
And Nature in all her varied show,
Weareth no charms for the eyes Of Joe.
Earth may wake at the kiss of Spring,
Flowers may blossom and birds may sing,
Joyous and free the streams may flow;
They never make glad the hear, Of Joe.
His vague and wandering though is snfold
No dreams OF glory-no schemes ofgold;
He knows not the blight Of hopes; yet, Oh,
What blighted thing is tho life Of Joe.
Who would not bear the ills oflife,
Its numberless wrongs-its sin and strife,
And willingly bear its weights of woe,
Rather than be the idiot Joe.
In the cheerful light Of the happy day,
think of him, and often say
Oh! that the light of reason would throw
One ray er the darkened soul Of Joe.
think of him in the silent night,
When every star seems a beacon light.
To guide Us wanderers here below,
To the better laRd-the home Of Joe.
For lie who hears when the ravens call,
And watches even the sparrow's fall;
lie, in his measnreless love, know.
Will kindly care for the soul Of Joe.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11

BtRDs.-A bird is a model ship construc-
ted by the hand of God, in which the con-
di,ions Of swiftness,- manageabiIity, and
lightness are absolutely AMI necessarily
the same as vessels built by the hand of
man There are nst in the world two
things which resemble each other more
strongly, mechanically and physically
speaking, than the caress AMI framework
of bird and ship. The breastbone so
exactly resembles keel, that the English
language has retained the name. The
wings are the oars, the tail the rudder-
That original Observer, Huber the Gene
vese, who has carefully noticed the fight
of birds of prey, has even made use
Of the metaphor thus suggested to ess
iablish characteristic distinction between
rowers and sailors. The rowers are fall
cons, who have the first or second wing
feather tue longest, and who are able by
means of this powerful oar to dart right
into the winds eye. The mere sailors are
the eagles. the vul.ures, and the buzzards,
whose more rounded wings resemble sails.
Household Words.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-11

All noble enthusiasm passes through a
feverish stage. and grows wiser and more
seyene.- Channiag. M
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-07

Death OF DR.. CONE.-The Rev. DIR.
Cone, President of the American Bible
Union, and pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of New York city, died on We'd
nesday last. He has been for nearly forty
years prominent member and leader
among the Baptists. He maintained his
vigor to the end of long and useful life
On the 10th of August, he was struck with
paralysis, and at the age of seventy has
gone to his rest.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-07

PERPETUAL MOTION Eureka" The long
sought principle of perpetual motion, which
abs for ages been pursued by the inventive
genius of the civilized world, is at length dis
covered, and by Bellevlle mechanic Mr.
Henry Opp, of this city, has been engaged dur
ing this year in perfecting a machine of his
own invention, constructed on the pricciple of
perpetual motion and selfpropelling. 1t is
now nearly finished, and having been urged by
many of our citizens to exhibit his invention,
he will submit it to the examination of the
curious in such matters, on Sunday morning
at nine o'clock, in Barniko]s' garden, at West
Belleville. The entire appal atus is construct
ed of wrought IRON and from all we have
heard about the success of the experiments
with it thus far, we are inclined to believe
"theres something in it." At any rate, We
advise mechanics and others, to 60 and see it
working.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-07

CIRCUMCIsION.--A child of Mr.. Louis Leu
isson, of Providence, and of the scriptural age,
"eight days DID, was circumcised according
to the ancient Jewish methad, at the house Of
its father, on Thursday last. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr. Wolf of that
city. The Providence Journal says that
'quite number of gentlemen, Gentiles as
well US Jews, assembled to witness the rite
and as Is usual on these occasions among the
Hebrews, after the conclusion of the cere-
monies the guests were invited to bountiful-
ly spread table,
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NOTICE..

DURSUANT to section three of the entitled An
act prescribing rules and regulations for the
on Of the trusts arising under the act of Congress ent
tiled Gan act for the relief of towns upon lands
of the Uai:ed States, under certain circumstances,
passed March 81, 1855:
Public Notice is hereby gwen that on the eighteenth
day of August A. 1855 the subscriber entered at the
Land Office at Red Wing, NJ T., the lands constituting
the site of the town of SHAKOPEE, in the county of
Scott NJ T., in trust for the several and benefit of
the occupants thereof according TO their Iepectve inter
esss which lands described in the duplicate receipt
OftIe Receiver for the money received by him in pay
meht therefor as follOws.-Lots five, six, and
eight, and the South half Of the South East quarter Of
Section one in Township No. hundred and fifteen
North, of Range Twenty Three West, containing two
hundred and forty and thirty six one hun
dredths
Each and every person. association, company of
persons claiming to be occupant occupants, to
have possess be entitled to the right Of occupancy
possession of such lands any block lot parcel
share thereof is required by the fourth section Ofhe said
act to file within sixty days after the first publication Of
this notice. in the Office Of the subscriber at Belle Paine
in said county Of Scott statement in writing containing
accurate description of the particular pieces parts
thereof in which he she they respectively claim
have interest and cf the specific right interest
tate which he she they respectively claim to be emit
tied to receive, or be forever barred thereof
A. G. CHATFIEID,
Dated Sept. I'd, 1855. Judge, &c.
Sept Z daw 3W
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DESCRIPTION OF SwEABoURG, &c.--The strong
fortress of Sweaborg, which has lately fallen
into the hands of the Allies, is the most impor-
tant conquest yet made by the naval forces in
the Baltic. 1t commands HelsingiOrs, the
principal seaport town in Finland, and the
capital of that Duchy, and is situated opposite
and within a days all Of Rcvcl, on the coast
of Russia proper.
The forts of Sweaborg Tor, in the Finnish
tongue, Neaborg y were built for the defence
of the harbOr of Helsingfors, and they cover
several small islands. The Notifications mount
ed three hundred cannon, with barracks and
classmates for garrison of 10000 men. The
strength of this fortress is such that it has been
termed the Gibraltar of the North. The orig
inal fortress was erected by Count Ehrensva-
erd, Fild Marshal of Swele by the command
of Gustavus the First it was destroyed in the
Russian war, and Swedish army under Count
Levenhaupt surrendered by capitulation to the
Russians. The last stone of the lew citadel
was laid in 1853; and after the conquest of
Niborg and Ingermania by Peter the Great,
this fortress was the last rampant of Sweden
against the Russians, and the rallying point of
the troops and fleet. In March, 1908, it was
besieged by the Russians; and two months af-
ter Admiral COnstadt, who defended the place
with 800 men and two frigates, capitulated,
though we'll furnished with every munition OF
war. The secret of this stipulation, without
example in history, was never known. 1t has
now fallen into the hands Of the Alles-or,
rather they have destroyed it by lombard
ment.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-07

INSPECTOR AND GUAGER.-The City COun-
Gil has passed an Ordinance requiring the
inspection of Flour and guaging of all Ii
quors sold in this market. The measure is
one that has long been required, and will
put stop to serious abuses At the meet
ing of the Council, on Tuesday evening last,
our old and respected townsman Thomas
BURTON, was elected to fill the Office of In
spector and Guager, and will enter upon
the discharge of his duties Immediately.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-07
A. l.. LARPENTEUR,
WHOLESALE GROCER Il COMMISSgON
MERCHANT.

Corner Third and Jackson streets, St. Paul, NJ
II ) now receiving from the South and East an i'm
Il mense stock of Groceries, purchased with special
invite the attention of purchasers Of Groceries general
y, and Gas he designs doing exclusively wholesale
busness that OF City and Country dealers
whom he will furnish with Groceries at ST. Louis mi
ces adding the expense oftransportaon and insurance
He is confident that he offer inducements to mer-
chants from the interior to purchase their Groceries in
st. Paul, instead of going below for Them us they have
hereto fore found it to their interest do An inspec
ton oil his stock, and comparison of his scale of prices
with those OF wholesale dealers in Galena Chicago and
St. Louis, most respectfully solicited from Country
merchants visiting Saint Paul.
st. Paul, Aug e. 1855. daw I'm
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b@-PurNAM's MONTHLY for September,
has been received by HAMILTON 4 Co., in
the Upper Town. 1t is brilliant Aumber,
and advances the character of this valuable
Magazine .........
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-07

CAuGHr.-A young man named DE LACY
has been arrested, charged with robbing
the Albany Post Office Keys were found
Oh him which would open twenty boxes.
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nBrTHE BERLIN has made her first trip
as a regular packet between this city and
Saltwater, and on Wednesday evening she
arrived here with two large barge loads Of
lamber in tOw-the contents measuring
$4,000 feet She leaves again to-day, and
we trust our business people win patronize
her faithfully.
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D@ An extensive operator in the -four
trade has suddenly disappeared from New
York city, it is alleged, leaving his friend
short some $50, 900 or $40, 900.
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SAINT PAUL
BLANK BOOK MANDATORY

AND BOOK BINDERT
Third street, between Minnesota and Roberts over
Presley's Grocery and Provision Store
uNHE undersigned having completed his arrangements
IL for Ruling and Binding, is now prepared to furnish
to order BLANK BOOKS,
OF every description, Ruled and hound to any desired
pattern, with or without printed headings. Particular
and prompt attention paid to orders from county Off
GERS banks, &c.
Bill-heads, shipping bills, &c, ruled and printed to
order Magazines, pamphlets, music, &C. bound in any
style. Packages, containing directions for binding
promptly attended to. IA. M. HOISINGTON
st. Paul, Aug. "a, 1855. DIFF
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p9 During the funeral of Lord RAG
Lam not Russian gun was fired. In re-
turn, as soon as the church bells began tol-
ling, announcing the interment Of Admiral
NAcHMoFr, all the batteries were silehced.