The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-09-22

| draper, J" acutan; WIN. y. Thomas, CannO
Falls
|. Justice Of the Psacs-W. D. Chillson, Re
Wing; $780,
Conssab1esJ. C. Halves, and A. Koch, q
Red Wing;
Road Supervisors B. Middaugh, of Re,
Wing; Charles Spates, Spring Creek, an,
G. W. Billiard, Wacutah.
G. w. BULLARD, Chairman.
w. Brown, Secretary.
e The Boston Gazette says than al
English gentleman has made standing offel
of $4,000 for an oil painting which youne
lady in. that city received as gift on he,
wedding day. The connoiseur believes it te
be Nuerillo, one of six of paintings by that
artist, four only of which are now extant
in this one and three others are said To be in
Europe.
Il ,The. New York Herald learns from
Washington, that General Scott has received
official information from the Department at
Washington, that the back pay allowances
to which he was supposed to be entitled as
Lieut.. General, ate withheld
. e We see it stated in the Ohio papers
that ex-Gov. Wood, late Democratic Govern
or of that State, and appointed Consul at
Valparaiso, by President Pierce, has avowed
his determination to vote for Chase for Gov
ernor. 1 .@fl7=-s
& The aggregate amount contributed
to the fund for the relief of the Norfolk and
Portsmouth sufferers is now not much short
of i bundled thousand dollars.
& 1t is said that since. The prevalence
of the fever at Norfolk, the birds hate
avoided that hAighborhoo,d-not one being
seen within the limits of the City:
e. The stock Of the Galena and Chi
cago Railroad is up to ST. Is.
x A Railroad is to be constructed
across the Alps, via the Simplon, where Ma
poleon took so much trouble to build a COM
mon road.
. Il There was land slide at Quebec a
few days since, by which portion of Champ
laih street was blocked up-near the spot
where Montgomery fell.
EE The monster steamer now building
on the Thames, few miles below London,
is to make her trial trip in the Spring to
Portland, and is to be loaded for the Cana
dian Grand Trunk Railroad Coinpafy
IL The following is found in the ed
tors Drawer" department of Harper's Ma
gazine for September:
81 Say, Pat, Why don't you Sue that Rail-
road Corporation for the injuries you have
your legs are broken all to smash
sue them for damages
"Sue them for DAMAGES. ,eh. bow. I have
dan'ages etotgh already; I'll sue them for
REPAIRS"
E< Fotbes, or trial at Buffalo for Sew
eral days past for shooting a man named
Shaler, who, had seduced his wife, was &C
quilted OF Tuesday on the ground Of insan-
ity at the time of the commission of the
offence. The afifituncefheht Of the verdict
was received by the audience with demon
STATIONS of appreciation.
Il The Courier and Enquirer learns
that prosecutions are about to be commenced
in the Southern District Court for the South
ern District of New York against the Cam
den and Amboy Railroad Company, in be-
half of several of those injured by the recent
accident.
E 1t is now stated that Norfolk has
become So depopulated through the fearful
ravages of yellow fever, that not enough are
left legally to constitute city.
Il Rachel has been requested by her
countrymen in New York, to recite the
"Marseillaise Hymn" but she has declined
doing so on the plea of failure of voice and
ill health. The true reason is supposed to
be the fact that the Marseillaise Hymn is
under interdict in France, and by singing it
even in this country she might lose favor
with Louis Napoleon.
e An "exiled Hungarian Count" who
was recently lionizing at the Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs, in Virginia, and who
created tremendous sensation among the
unmarried ladies, turns out to have been a
journeyman barber, of New York.
ES Speaking of the character of the
audiences which assemble to witness the
dramatic representations of Rachel, the New
York Evening Post says: "Among the
celebrities present there are to be seen mem
bers Of the bar and the bench, thriving poll
ticians, che authors of the day, the leaders
Of fashion, of course, and the unusual spec
tacle at the theatre of an occasional clergy.
man of distinction"
e The fever has broken out at Suf
folk, sixteen miles from Portsmouth, and the
people are flying panic-stricken.
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