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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-31
MCKAY OutdauA.

The Edinburg Journal gives a detailed &C.
count of an immense iron ship, which is now
being constructed for the Australian trade al
a cost of over e40O,O She will be CTS feet
loag, 50 feet wide at her greatest breadth Of
beam and 60 feet deep in the hold. She will
be furnished with paddle wheels and screw
the former of nominal power of 1000, the lat
ter Of 1000 horses: but practically the CON-
bined power may b. estimated at 5000 horses.
The engines when erected and put together,
will be upwards of so feet in height. The
weight Of the entire machinery will be about
5000 tons and Of the hull 10000 tons---mak.
ing $4,000 tons. She will carry several thous-
and tons of coal and merchandise, 1900 pas
sengers and measurement capacity gives about
$4,000 tons burthen.
Notwithstanding, her draught of water will
be but small, not exceeding 20 feet when light
and 30 feet when fully loaded. She will carry
coal enough for voyage round the world. and
is built upon model to ensure great speed
Her ordinary speed is expected to be lS or 20
miles an hour. She is expected to make the
voyage from England to Australia in 80 days
and return by Cape Horn in 80 days more
thus making the circuit of the globe in two
months.
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American Tract Society.

The Executive Committee of tue American
Tract Society met on Monday evening last.
Rev. DIR. Knox in the chair.
Letters were received from the European
Continent.
Letters from France reported that while
preaching to the destitute is somewhat restric.
ted, the Tracts of the Paris Tract Society read
lily receive the government stamp, and circu-
late freely. The American Baptist Mission in
Germany call for tracts for their fifty churches
aud not far from four hundred preaching sta
tions.
In Sweden, 10000 copies of the little book
Come to Jesus" have lately been printed, and
anumber of other evangelical tracts.
The Rev. DR.. King at Athens, is collecting
and reprinting the Modern Greek Tracts, in
neat volumes.
To meet the calls from foreign lands. the
Committee appropriated, to be RENTED in
cash before April l, for France. Germany
Sweden, Italy and other parts of Europe So.
400, for Greece, the Armenians and Others on
the Mediterranean. $4,000, for Northern and
Southern India, $500, for Burmah, SIAM
China, and the Sandwich Islands, S3,O0OAin
all $4,000.
Gov. Vrcom, of New Jersey, U. S. Minister
to the Court of Russia, was appointed dele
gate to the ensuing anniversary of the Tract
Society in London.
The receipts Of the last month were $39,507
Grants Of duplication $3,013.-yNero York Ea-
press.
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1855
st. Paul and her City GoveImen:-City Election
next Tuesday.

St Paul and her City GoveImen;-City Election
next Tuesday.
One year ago, the former town st. Paul
took it upon herself to organize her first city
government, and to select her agents for car
rying it on during the initiatory year of her
Cityship. She was, in the main, fortunate in
those selections. Her good sense predomina-
ted; and as general thing majority of her
voters in the several wards cast their ballots
for men of character and integrity, instead OF
for the mere nominees of this or that factious
fragment of the old and now disbanded nation
al parties. heretofore known as "Democrat"
and "Whig''
What has been the result If this wise action
We find the first official year of the City of St.
Paul about to close with sufficient available
assets in her hands to place her entirely out of
debt and leave a large surplus on her side OF
the books the old fO,ca debt-created by ex-
travagance and official stealing-very nearly
xtingushed; extensive improvements consunl-
ated along all the principle streets and thor
oughfares of the city the character of the
place for order and morality far higher than ii
was one year ago: and in short a general feel
ing prevailing that we have prospered--great-
ly prespered as city-from the day our pres
ent municipal government was organized.
There are those who wish to change this
prosperous state of things. The class of men
who upheld the old order of things during the
existence of the to,Dn of St. Paul, are again
striving for power. They style themselves
Democrats" but it appears very certain to
| even a casual observer about the city, that
| scarce ly a man of the old and tried Democratic
party-not one man, in fact Of that old party
who feels deep and abiding personal interest
in st. Paul and her prosperity-is DESTROYS that
we should 60 back to the old order of munich
pal government. Who wishes to see the taxes
wasted and squandered as they were in the
days previous to the organization of our city
government? Certainly not our property hol
ders and taxpayers. Certainly not the mer
who are most interested in St. Paul and hei
prosperity.
We hope then for decided and speedy &C
ton upon the part of those who should feel al
interest in their own welfare and the welfare
of the City. The enemies of the City's prosper
ity-those who wish only to become possessed
OF her revenues in order to pocket the peoples
taxes for their own lf-aggrandizement--a
in the field and need vigil ant watching.
1t has been suggested by numbers of those
true men of st. Paul who love their city and
its prosperity better than worn-out and obso
lcte party names. that the citizens Of the sew
eral wards meet at their usual places voting
ing in the several wards, on
Friday Evening, March, 3Oth,
for the purpose Of selecting suitable persons
for Aldermen and other Ward Officers, and tc
appoint delegates to meet in City Convention
on SATURDAY EVENING, March 3lst, to nominate
City Ticket. This plan would seem to meet
the general wish, and we trust it will be ear
ried ont
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Illinois Central Railroad.

It is rumored that the Directors of the
above. the greatest Railroad enterprise the
world has ever beheld, have determined to give
us au Exclusion" the coming season upon a
most grand and magnificent scale. A citizen
of Dubuque writes, (unoffiicially) that we may
look out for another crowd in our city about
the first of May. "The Illinois Central Rail-
road will then have their Road completed to
Dubuque, and they are issuing 5000 invitations
for celebration at that time. The guests will
be taken over the whole road from Chicago to
Carlo, and from Cairo to st. Paul. 1t is inten-
ded to be the greatest thing ever seen, and
will throw the Rock Island Railroad Celebra-
ton far in the shade" Our citizens may rest
assured, that if the "Central' goes into this
business, the entertainment will be given upon
magnificent and even regal plan of arrange
ment. Still, we are disposed to doubt until
more definite and direct information be re.
ceived that the celebration will take place at
the early day named above.
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Tempest in the New Jersey LIE sislatnre.

TRENTON, n. j., March Z.
The House presented most exciting yscene
to-day. Charges of the most foul bribery and
corruption were openly made in connection
with the Free Bank bill. The Mount Holly
Bank was the one under discussion.
Mr.. Hickey stated that one thousand dollars
had been offered to him to vote for the bill.
Another member charged the agents of the
Free Banks with the abduction of member.
a committee was appointed to Investigate
the charges.
Later from California.
New YORK, March IL.
The steamer Illinois from Aspinwall, has put
into this port for coal. She reports safety Of
the sloop of war Decatur, that vessel having
arrived at Valparaiso on the 9Th ult The
Steamship Massachusetts, Ship-of.War John
Adams and Frigate St. Lawrence were also al
Valparaise-all we'll.
The California Legislature has not elected Q
U. S. Senator in the place Of Mr.. Gwinn. He
still held 80 votes. The Legislature refused
to adjourn.
II. b. Field, bearer of dispatches from the
Sandwich Islands came passenger in the Hi
nois and states that there are now no hopes O
annexation. The King and his advisers are
opposed to it.
Virginia 4. Ms.
BALTIMORE, March II.
The Know Nothing Convention at Winches
ter, Va, nominated Stanhope Flourney, of Hal
flax, for Governor; Hon. j. II. Beale, Gan OLE
democrat) of Mason. Lieut.. Governor ant
John N. Patton, of Richmond, Attorney Gen
eral. They all accept.
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Who Lighted the Capitol?

The glory has not entire, there's yet little left
The :: capito Of life and ioind yet quite bereft
The :: Councl' and the sHouse', are gone to their
domestic Joys,
But left their shining ghts' and siugs'' cheer tho
lonely ss boys.''
A tallow-cande half burnt out, thrice shed its u.d
blaze,
And upon surrounding gioom Its somewhat ersGsy
rays,
But who applied the lucfer2 Was 1t Promehean fire?
That struck the light, and thus awoke the opposi,ns'
ire?
Oh :'Boys,' you SHOULD not dare presume to rival thus
the stars;
Do gain thereby, free passage in the cars?
Have you, too, felt the 'oy fee' of bullion from abroad,
That thus triumph in Of this great Railroad
fraud?
Have you, charged b. and H.. had counted out to
you,
do?
Did not fear tie s.toverncl? fear You astray.
Fit lessons you spreading here for ''Young Amere-
kay!''
dwell
From Prescott TO Superior, for having done well,
nd when the cars DO this way, locomotives
light
Shall bring the sfond rcmbrance back' of your past
ton bright. Do THE Boys.
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by MAJOR PATTEN U. s. ARMY,


'' WY doth music charm no mOre?'
I.
Why doth music charm no more2
- 'Tis because thy smile has faded;
Why hath life but little store?
IT'S that thou its joy hast shaded.
Hope hath lost her cherished token,
Love bewais lutte string broken,
Words thy lids should not have spoken,
Memory weepeth DER.
II.
Time there priced thee we'll
Ask ye why the charm Is over?
Words there are full plain will tell:
"R0ving heGrt-incOnsiant iover.''
Myrtle wreath is chans'd for willow
Barque OF Love is wrecked by b!!low--
o'er that bosom and his pillow.
Toll the funeral Knell.
Fort Ripley, NJ. t., March 1855.
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SMALL PoTATOEs FOR SEED.-Mr. G. T. Al
word, of Wilmington, Vermont, in letter to
the Albany Country Gentleman, gives the fol-
lowing as the result of his experience in pota-
toe planting -" Some eight years since, at the
time of planting my potatoes, 1 came short of
seed to plant. Previous to this time had used
large whole potatoes, or the seed ends cut of.
for seed, and supposed no others would an
swer. l resolved to try the experiment of
planting small potatoes the largest being
about the size of common plums, but the most
of them being smaller. carried several bush
els of these little things TO the field, and COM
meneed planting them, putting from two to
four in hill. The potatoes in the different
parts ofthe field came up at the same time, but
the vines from the small potatoes were not as
large and as thrifty as the large ones At the
first hoeing, there was some difference in the
top, but after that the tops from the small po-
tatoes looked as we'll as any of the field. and
continued SO through the season. When 1
came to dig them, found the potatoes where
the small seed was planted, to be as good in
every respect as those where the large potatoes
were planted. AS many were in hill, and the
potatoes were as large, and with as few small
ones, as those from the large seed. Many of
the farmers in this vicinity, after seeing the ex-
pertinent fairly tried, are using small potatoes
for seed. This winter l had several applica-
lions from potatoe dealers for small potatoes
for seed, who inform me that the farmers whom
they purchase from are generally adopting the
way Of using small potatoes for seed"
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The BIsLE IN TIE PUBLIC SCHooLs-The fol-
lowing is an abstract of the bill introduced by
Mr.. Waterbury in the Assembly Of New York
ut prohibits the payment ofany public money
to any school connected with any public or
private asylums or societies Of q sectarian or
UNCONVENTIONAL character, or under the charge
of any religious sect or denomination, or where
in any particular creed or doctrine peculiar 10
any sect or denomination shall be taught ;
and provides that in every school supported in
whole or in part by the public money the ex-
ercise shall be daily opened by the reading of
chapter in the Bible, without note or com.
ment."
G9- The Buffalo Commercial tells the fol-
lowing story about what happened at Wash.
ington:
A eountryman attended one Of the Presi-
dents levees, at which the ladies appeared in
full ball costume, that is to say, with dresses
cut very low in the neck, and leaving not so
much to the imagination a. poetry would re-
quire, as to the charms half concealed and half
disclosed. When the unsophisticated citizen
was about to take his leave, the President ask
ed him-speaking of the levee, of course no
had ever seen such sight before. aNo," said
he, emphstnallY mot sipee sees sseassdx >
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White Bear Lake, March FL, 1855.

EDrroRIAL NorE.-Our worthy friend of White
Bear appears to have entirely misconstrued our
course and ideas in regard to this claim bust
ness. Had he known the Minnesotian longer,
he would have learned that our efforts have
ever been in favor of the actual settler on the
public lands; and to protect this worthy class
from the eormorant grasp of spectators has
been one of the principal ends to which the en-
ergies Of the Minnesotian has been and will be
directed. Spectators" are not often claim
holders under strict construction of the pre-
emptien laws. Their business is more frequent
ly found in buying up claims after they are
pre-empted, or entering lands at the Govern
ment price after they have once been offered
for sale. The paragraphs to which our friend
takes exception were especially intended to be
directed against few reckless spectators who
were at the time engaged in dumping" the
well authenticated claims of bona fde pre-emp-
ton settlers-men residing upon the public
lands by legal authority. We are inclined to
think there is not so much difference between
the views of our correspondent and our own as
he has been led to imagine.
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call in the Pioneer of yesterday, for "Demo-
cratic" meetings in all the wards Tomorrow
evening, preparatory to the city election on
Tuesday next. The Pioneer endorses the call.
and the Democrat we understand, will "fall
in" Goodrich and Emerson united to control
the destinies Of the city of St. Paul and-the
spoiis! Well, the cohesive power of public
plumber" tsiH sometimes work wonders, and
no mistake! But let us wait and see how it
will all work out. Let US see this factious and
fractions Democratic team after it is geared
and hitched.
FROM BELow.-Capt. Sam Harlow, pilot, and
Mr.. Miller, engineer of the Luella, arrived on
Monday night from Galena. They left Dubu-
que on Monday morning week. The travelling
Is rather hard ; the ice had not broken no at
Dubuque when they left, and it was generally
conceded among river men that we are to have
late opening this season. No mail came
through by this arrival from any point beyond
Galena. The report published by the Pioneer,
that Capt IS. Harris and his favorite craft,
the War Eagle, were about to retire from the
Packet Line, is not true.
OvERLooKED.---1n noticing the houses illu-
minated in the lower part of the city on Satur-
day night, we were not aware tina! Messrs. Bur.
bank and Whitney, Of the North western Ex-
press Company, were among the lighted, al
though we might have so asserted without &C.
eular proof, had We considered moment
Their windows did much toward lighting up
the benighted region presided over by certain
dark and evil infuences,which have heretofore
controlled, in part, the destinies Of the lower
portion OF the city.
TIE SUSPENSION BRDGE.-A large number OF
wolkmen were on hand yesterday, under the
direction Of Mr.. Griffith, the ngineer, clearing
away the wreck Of the broken suspension
bridge. We are informed that our statement
in regard 10 the anchors giving way is not the
fact. They hold as firmly as ever, and sustain
the cables and towers, none Of which are iniur-
ed the least. twas the ''guy wires" fastened
upon either shore that gave way in the early
part of the storm, and not the anchors. The
bridge will be "up and doing" again in q
month or six weeks.
BETTER LATE THAN NEvER.-The Elmira, IN.
~ Republican says, marriage took place q.
Households last week, the parties to which
were respectively about eighty five and seven
fy-eight years Of age making an aggregate age
Of ene hundred snd aixty three yearsi
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49, At Genessee, N. Y, says an Exchange
on the N. and N. R. R., is drunkery kept by
a cripple. While dead drunk" and lying
helpless upon the track, both his legs were run
over and severed from his body. The legless
sot, seated on stool, now, by the aid of bis
wife, does what he can for the injury Of others
Recently he sold rum to aboy fourteen years
of age. While drunk, the boy yfroSe to death
The corpse, as it was carried home, was the
first news which greeted his friends! The i'm.
agnation shrinks from the contemplation oil
the scene-the unutterable agony Of the mo
Their as she kissed the frozen lips of her boy
How the touch of that cheek Of ice must have
pierced her heart:
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REDEEMED SLAVES IN THE HoUsE-Solomon
Northrup of New York, says al Exchange, who
spent twelve years as slave on the Red Riy-
er, and Ida May, the little redeemed slave, from
Washington, were in the Hall of the House re-
Gently, for short time ,and excited much sym.
pathy and interest. The little girl has no fea-
ture which indicates any negro origin. Her
eyes sparkledj just like those of any ether little
girl when she saw the big Goldfish hanging in
the Hall.
1t will be remembered that Solomon North
rup was freeman in the State of New York,
and was induced to 60 to the city of Washing
ton as driver of a carriage, and when there
was drugged and put into slave pen, and sold
South, where he was held and worked as
slave nearly twelve years. His deliverance
was, in some respects, most interesting and
wonderful event.
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PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JEsUs.-COrnelius
GGtulicas. distinguished historical and DO
etical writer, who was Roman Consul in the
time of Jesus Christ, thus describes the person.
al appearance of the founder of our religion !:
"A tall well proportional man, straight in
stature, Of nearly six feet in height; his hair
was Of the color of new wine from the roots to
the ears, aud from thence to the shoulders it
curled, and fell down to the lowest part of
them upon the crown of his head it parted in
two, after the manner of the Nazarenes his
forehead was fat and fair his eyes were gray.
large, and extremely lively; his nose and
mouth were we'll proportioned his face was
neither round Ror sharp, resembled bis moth
er's, and ordained with very graceful vermil-
ion his beard was thick aud forked, and of
the color of his hair, which he wore leng, the
scissors having never been used upon his head,
nor had the hand of any one touched him ex-
cept that ofhis mother, when he was child !;
his neck was not stiff, nor was his carriage
proud he stopped little with his head; his
hands were very large and spreading, and his
arms were very beautiful there was an air of
serenity in his countenance which attracted
the love and reverence of all beholders in his
reproofs he was terrible, but in his exhortations
amable and corteous he was never seen to
laugh, but was often seen to weep gravity.
prudence, meekness and olemency, were
strongly depicted in his countenance."
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LUNBER-Grcat scarcity Of lumber exists in
all parts of the Territory. The mammoth pile
of boards that was stuck up" south of the
post office in this city, has disappeared, and
people cannot procure sufficient building mate
rial to answer their purposes We greatly fear
that good many of the buildings that are 60
ing up this year will have to be built of green
lumber. We either want more mills or fewer
purchases for this useful commodity.
In answer to the enquiry of friend, who
wished to know who was the first merchant in
our city, we would state that R. P. Russell
opened store in 1848 This was discontinued
we believe, the same year. III the summer of
1849, ]. NJ. & VIM. R. Marshall built the store
now owned by Mr.. Jarrett, adjoining the Ex-
press office. They traded and did good bust
ness, until they sold out to Mr.. D. Stanchfield.
r. P. Upton is the oldest merchant now engag-
ed in the mercantile business in st. Anthony.
All our merchants have been on the whole sue
oessful in business.
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4HE REfCbLiCANo'--Ao quay iS TIC tibie dp
pointed for the assemblage of the Republican
Convention at st. Anthony. A large number
of our citizens are going up.
Hon. Fl. NJ. RICs.-A letter from II. NJ. Rice
to the Democrat, says: ga bill has passed
Congress, giving mail contractors west of the
Mississippi River, the right to enter at SIPS
per acre, 800 acres, at every one of their sta
tons, provided said stations are not nearer than
20 miles to each other.
The important memorials, all in fact, reach
ed NEON the End inst ; of course to late to be
Of service. was in hopes to have got some
thing for roads in the southern part of The Ter
ritory, but was not furnished with data in time
and in fact had no time to look after more
than did. shall remain about month to
finish up business at the departments-such as
getting out patents, getting post offices estab-
lished, &C., &c-and shall then start for the
country in search of pure air. The Indians
will all start home this week, and most of the
white Minnesotians will also leave.
The New Posi- OFFICE BILL.-This bill says
the Democrat, is likhly to work many impor-
tant changes not to say Improvements in our
postal system. Everything is to be prepaid
after July, and the postage to California is to
be ten cents instead Of six.
The bill provides that, in lieu of the rates
now established by law, there shall, after the
commencement of the next fiscal quarter, be
charged for every single letter in manuscript
or paper of any kind which information shall
be asked or communicated in writing, or by
marks or signs conveyed in the mail for any
distance not exceeding three thousand miles,
three cents j; for any distance exceeding three
thousand miles, ten cents. For double let
ter the charge.is to be double, for treble let
ter. treble, and for quadruple letter, quad
ripple these rates.
"A GOOD MAN FALLEN-Rev. John Rea. one
of the oldest Presbyterian Ministers in Ohio,
died at Cadiz on the 18th inst. Mr.. Rea was
upwards of 80 years of age, has been a minis.
ter of the Gospel for 60 years, and was pastor
of one congregation As years.
@- George Law, of New York, has writ
ten two column letter to the Know Nothings
of the Pennsylvania Legislature, in answer to
their letter to him on the Presidential question.
Mr.. Law pitched into the old parties, and an.
proves of the Know Nothing platform,
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BETTER LATE THAN NEvER.-The Elmira, IN.
~ Republican says, marriage took place a.
Households last week, the parties to which
were respectively about eighty-ave and seven
ty-eight years Of age, making an aggregate age
Of sns hundred snd aixty three yeasI~