The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-02-03


Hole-in-the-Day, III - q
Crow-Feather, ----..-.-..-.-..-
Crossing-Sky,
Bad-Boy, ,. -...
And two others whose English titles are not
attached TO their jaw-breaking Indian names. I
Success attend the Treaty! Z
CENsus OF IowA.-By census ofIowa. taken
last summer, the whole population of the State
is found to have been 325,ol4. Number of vo
tiers, 59,ss4. .-l. ........H
FRox IowA.-At the last accounts from Iowa
City, the bill to remove the Capitol from Iowa
City to Fort Des Moines, had passed both Hon.
ses of the Legislature. A Maine Liquor Law
had also passed.
APPROPRIATE CosTuME.-"Never pull out a
gray hair" said gentleman to his daughter,
las two generally come to the funeral" 81
don't care how many come to the funeral, If
they only come dressed in black"
GREAT MEN IN AusTRAIIA--A Cambridge
man writing to the Cambridge Independent
from Melbourne, says: "Twisden Hodges who
was NJ. P. for Rye two or three Parliaments, is
keeping public house here; nephew ofDr.
Whewell, Master of Trinity College, was walk
ing the streets last week without shoe to his
DOT, or a shilling in his pocket; and 1 can
enumerate many instances of the kind. Cen
tlemen having left the University, come to
Melbourne to make fortune, and in few
weeks are found on a heap of stones, studying
stone-cracking.
TREATY WITH Loo CHoo.-From the Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston Advertiser,
we learn that IL q treaty made by Com. Perry,
in July, with the government of Loo Choo, has
been sent to the Senate. Citizens oftle Unit
ed States are to be treated with courtesy and
friendship, and be furnished with products of
the country at reasonable prices. Our ships
may obtain wood and water at any of the is
lands, but other articles only at Napa. Wreck
ed American vessels are to receive prompt as
sistance. Americans are to be permitted to 60
round the country without being followed by
spies, but if they enter houses violently, strife
with women" &C., they are to be punished. A
burial ground for Americans is to be furnished
at Tumal Pilots are to he provided, and IS
is the price fixed for bringing in and carrying
out American vessels. Prices are fixed for
wood and water. ... --.
INTERESTING REVOLUTIONARY RELICS-1n adj
dition to the human skeleton, which was disco
vered by some workmen, near Bunker Hill. on
Friday last, says the Boston Courier of the Sd,
we are told that on the following day several
others were dug up. Beside, these ancient re-
lies there have been brought to light quite
display of implements of the battlefield, such
as muskets balls, fints and buttons, bearing
the number of the regiment, which indicates
that they were originally part Of the dress of
the British infantry. We have seen one of the
Aints produced, which, in appearance, some
what resembles petrfed stone. 1t has been
suggested that few Of the buttons be forward
ed to Queen Victoria, as a mementO of "the
olden time" to be placed in the British Mu
scum. ..t
~ The citizens of Louisville have erected
b ".
shot by Matt. Ward. 1t is an elegant piece Of
Of workmanship, built of Italian marble, and
about ten feet in height. The inscriptions on
its sides are as follows: N ..4H
civilian G.. Fl. Butler, born in Jefferson
county, Indiana, October Sd, 1925; died at
Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. I'd, 1883"
On the reverse '..,I.. I'LL.
"a man without fear and without reproach
OF gentle and retiring disposition. of clear and
vigorous mind an accomplished scholar a de-
voted and successful teacher a meek and hum
BILE Christian" ..,-. ....
On the north side '... .#a. vi
"He fell by the hand of violence, in the pre-
sence of his loving pupils. martyr to his fl
deity in the discharge of his duty" a'nl
On the south side
This monument is erected by his pupils and
bereaved community, to show their apprecia-
ton of his worth, and to perpetuate their hor-
FOR at his murder"
g0- A bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature to secure the State
against loss by foreign paupers.
ED- N. Y. Post, says, "thc export demand
AVA Paou"SS 40 'eiy 1uiet. Inc CTeuCu gov
eminent is buying, through direct agents,
large quantities of pork and corn and the
contractors for the English government, thro,
variety of agents, are buying beef and pork
very extensively. lH
ORANGES AND LEMoNs.-The New York Jour
nal says: 1--WE never in all our born DAYS
knew oranges and lemons so cheap rs they are
now. Very fair and sound oranges are hawk.
ed around our streets, by cart loads at a cent
piece, and lemons half cent. The latter
are not large but otherwise very good look
ing. u. ....... .......-
S% In Aroostook County, Me-, pressed hay
has been sold ut $3.50 per ton. For a number
OF years back the price has ranged from S24 to
SAo per ton. The occasion of its present low
ness is large crop last season, and the alb
senoe OF numbering in that region.
@ short time since. Mr.. W Head n
Springfield, Washington county, Kentucky
burnt up hispocket-book by accident contain.
ing $225, besides several valuable noners Ia
stopped down to pick up some Shawn rs To r,.Lo
fire in the stove, when his pocketboo,, c,,,
unnoticed among the shavings, and with thsn,
was stuffed into the stove