The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-01-27

~ celebration OF the birth OF Daniel webster
came of, as per announcement, at the Winslow
House on Thursday evening. We were not
there, and had no reporter present, but all &C
counts agree in the fact that the entertainment
was gotten up in the usual sumptuous style of
the hosts Of the Winslow-Messrs. Clement d
Parker-and that if the spirit of "Old Dan"
lowered over the assembly, it must have been
greatly surprised at the multitude of new
friends q who on this occasion paid honors to
the dead Wing statesman. The number seated
at the festive board was over one hundred
IETNA INSURANCE Co.-INCREAsE OF CASH Ca
PrrAL-The policy holders in the Etna Insur-
ance Company will be pleased to see the an
nouncement, copied below from letter to the
Agent in this city:
CINCINNATI, Dec. 20, 1854.
H. A. SWIFT, ESQ.,:
DEAR SR,-The demands of the business of
Insurance, from its increase and Importance
throughout the Union, Especially in the Sec
ton reporting to this branch,) with the neces-
sity Of its successful prosecution, responsibility
and improved confidence, has caused the 4Etna
Insurance Company to increase its cash capital,
were opened for the additional stock. of t,co
hundred thousand dollars, which was all taken
and paid on that day. The avidity with which
the stock was increased shows the reputation
and confidence the Office maintains at home
the determination of the Directors to make one
Hartford Company, that will be sufficient to
counteract all the unnecessary distrust, grow
ing out of the Protection Company's failure
make policy holders more secure. and place the
Office on that solid basis, no event will shake its
continued prosperity. 1t has been the custom
OF many Offices to increase the capital stock
largely, when considerable claims for losses re-
CURED payment-paying in to pay out-so that
1t may not be improper to state, the present in
crease is not of that character, but of the re-
verse order; being a cash investment unim-
paired, to strengthen to the full benefit it pro-
poses Now, the cash capital of the Etna In
surance Company is half million of dollars.
DIscouNTENANCING IMPoRTATIoNs-TheT Trans
cript alludes to the heavy importations by the
steamships America and Washington, and
says =" Will there be any permanent ease in
the money market, so long as this system of
excessive importations is continued? We
think net. This matter is attracting much at
tention in New York at the present time, and
measures are in progress to form an American
League to discountenancc excessive importa-
ton, and patronize home products. Within a
week we learn that sixty ladies in the city of
New York have signed an obligation, by which
they agree not to purchase any article of TO-
reign manufacture for wear for year to come.
In the present state of our finances, is not this
subject worthy the consideration Of the ladies
Of Boston ~
"SouArrER SOVEREIGNTY" IN A HoRN.-It
Will be seen, by referring to the Legislative
proceedings that Mr.. Brown has introduced
Dill apportloning the legislative districts of the
territory. A clause is inserted by which the
Governor is empowered to apportion the NAM. |
Dor of Representatives! We see no necessitv
OF assembling Legislature if thew transfer
their labor to the shoulders Of the Governor
st. Cr0ir Union. i33asi ts.a "a. 800
TEMPERANCE IN CHISA.-Accounts from Chi.
ma state that the eastern prince, Yang, who
styles himself the Holy Spirit, has issued
proclamation, forbidding the use of wine to all
omcers great and small and to all the breth-
Fen ana sisters throughout the court and camp.
IL declares that the great God very much alb
hors drunkenness, and has sent down his sac
red commands forbidding men to drink wine
that it has been forbidden by the celestial, now.
ers, that he has also himself issued ,roccl.,,,.
ton forbidding the practice, &c. He gives no.
tice that If hereafter any Of them be found ou;,.
~ Of drinking wine, they shall be immediate
~ beheaded without mercy. Vf -
~ The Rev. Bishop Andrew, of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church, South, was married to
Mrs. Childers, at Summerdeld, Ala, on the 22d
nit. It was Bishop AS first wife holding
slaves that caused the division in the Metho. |
dist Church.