The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-12-15
SANTA Annals FINANcEERINc.-AW Wash.
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Times re-
lates the following:

SANTA Annals FINANcEERINc.-AW Wash.
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Times re-
lates the following:
A very SINGULAR fact in relation to the
Mexican Legation at Washington, has been
brought to light here within a few days. 1t
seems that when Santa Anna received intel
lieence that the Messilla treaty had been ra-
titled, and that seven millions had been paid
to Gen. Almonte, and by him deposited in
bank, he became seriously alarmed, lest his
Minister should prove as big rascal as him.
self, and appropriate the money to his own
purposes, The temptation to his corrupt
mind seemed so irresistible that he forthwith
recalled Gen. Almonte, and sent Minister'S
Commission to Senior Arrangoiz, then Next
can Consul General at New York. who by
this means became the trustee of the seven
millions deposit. Arrangoiz, as you know,
availed himself of this opportunity to retain
a commission of one per cent, or $4,000,
for his services (fguratively) of so large an
amount of specie-whereupon Santa Anna
turned him out and re-instated Almonte
Singular to say, this transaction never be-
came public, nor WIS it known to the Gov
eminent of the United States until quite re-
Gently.
E Barnabus Bates, professional inc
briate in Albany, having twice suffered ten
dollars costs for indulgence, tried to make
an arrangement with tie magistrate, to pay
by the year. He calculated to be drunk
twice week upon an average, and proposed
for discount of ten per cent. to pay year
in advance. The proposal was rejected by
the Justice.
| e Prof. Bache notes this singular diff:
ference in the motion of tides in the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. On our own coast, ir
the Atlantic, they flow from east to west OF
the coast of great Britain, from west to east
and on the Pacific their motion is circular
they sweep round by Asia, turn and flow
back.
E The Supreme Court of Virginia ha
given it's decision in an injunction case of tn,
city of Wheeling versus the Baltimore an,
Ohio Railroad Company, in favor of tn
latter on all points. The Company can nov
make a connection at Benwo~d with tn
Central Ohio road.
SHARP PRAcr1cE.-A good joke is told o.
a prominent and enterprising citizen of on
end of town. Having completed an elegan
and substantial block of stone houses, larg
store room was leased to sundry knights q
; the hammer on condition that they woul
not use bell as an advertising medium q
their whereabouts. The condition was full
set forth in the lease, in which the 'sparty {
the second part'' bound themselves to pre-
serve us and our neighbors from the abomir
able nuisance of an auction bell. Nor hav
the auctioneers violated the agreement; the
a do not use bell, but nightly rascally CHI
nese gono: Git must be cracked) sends fort
its Earring, discordant sounds. It's terri
BILE infection on a nervous man, that gong
d Pioneer and Dem.
That's a regular sel-at auction, of one
our sharpest citizens. We have often wo1
dered of late what that gong meant.
Y IL The correspondent of the N.
S Commercial thinks that the recent Kno
i Nothing Convention of Cincinnati has dan
aged the hopes of the "National" manager
of that party. and widened the breach b.
tween the Northern and Southern section
of it.
It ANOTHER MURDER IN WIsCoNsIN.-W
i are informed that an old man by the nan
: of Brown, living on Coon Branch, betwee
Benton and New Diggings, Lafayette count
after spending part of the evening last Sa
g urday, the Oath ult., in grocery at Ne
b Diggings, started homeward and on his Wa
% was attacked and murdered. His purse W
found cut open and some of his clothil
scattered about near the body; and as he hi
q recently been working good diggings al
n was supposed to have considerable none
If he was undoubtedly murdered for the sa
ID of his gold. We do not learn that the fnu
y Iderers have been Observation-Disclosures
Ameyiooa.