The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-08-25

TIE ALBANY EVENING JoURNAL.-This we'll
known newspaper contains feeling and manly
article from the pen of Thurlow Weed, an
nouncing his retirement from the concern with
which for quarter Of century he has been
connected. We copy paragraph or two:
Our services have been more than requitcd--
our wishes more than gratifed-by the con-
fidence, the munifcence, The fidelity and the
kindness of partizans and friends In all these
relations we have been peculiarly happy. Few
men have had their pathway through life
frightened by so many beautiful manifesto
tions. The remembrance of all the constancy
and truth-all the generosity and warmth Of
troops of friends brings with it an oppressive
sense of gratitude. We cannot expect, nor do
we ask, strangers to comprehend the feeling Of
obligation that weighs us down. These audi
BILE pulsatiOnS of a burthened heart address
themselves only to those with whom we com-
mune through these columns.-Those whose
who lives have been swectened and solaced
by enduring friendship; whom its flowers and
fragrance have blessed I; whose households are
consecrated by its Souvenirs. will pardon the
weakness which. in view of a separation, whe-
Their immediate or remote, finds relief in the
indulgence of long welled-up emotions.
The Buffalo Telegraphic Despatch, though
premature, did not err in pointing to Samuel
Wilkeson, Esq, as our successor. But in d.
vesting ourself, as is contemplated, of all Pc
cuniary interest in the Journal, it is not our
intention to shirk any political duty. avoid
any labor, desert any friend, or abatc any
effort required to advance the cause and main
tain the principles which it represents. On
the contrary, with the advantage of having
neither aspirations, interests or wishes, other
than such as concern the general welfare, we
Shall linger, from habit and inclination. around
this old political shrine, working freely and
cheerfully for those to whom we are SO largely
debtor. until we discover the secret that Gil
Dlass impaired to tn Archbishop of Grenada.
PLATFORM MANUFACToRY.-Thc Democracy
were certainly sitting for picture when the
Cleveland Herald made the following sketch:
We advise a platform mandatory where
they can be built by the quantity-as they
build vessels at France Greek, on the St. Law
rence-by the mile, and cut them off to suit
customers. Conventions tread upon each 9th
er's heals; and as fast as delegates roll off ffom
one platform, (and the operation seems just as
easy as rolling off log) they spring to their
feet jump into the cars, and as quick as light
mug turn up at some remote point, out with
their tool chest and with adj and lack plane
knock up another frame
To the Platform-masters.,,
and they spring upon it, and, hats off, three
cheers ''for our side,'
CHOLERA AT CINcTNNATI.-By the official re-
port of the Board of Health, it appears that for
the week ending August 7th the deaths nv
cholera were eighty. The greatest number Of
deaths in any one day was August 4th, being
twenty-five.
ne Hon. J. Scott Harrison, son of the hero
of Tippecanoe, declines the honor of being
candidate for the Office Of governor of Ohio, in
opposition to S. p. Chase.