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

Ne- The Washington correspondent OF the
NY. Observer says 81 the usual attend
ance at church on the Sabbath be taken as
fair criterion, then the people of this city are
emphatically a church going people. Quite
number of Congressman are church members
and honor their profession. The same is true
of the Judges of the Supreme Court. The ven
cradle form of Judge Mclean, now the eldest
Judge on the bench, may be seen. sometimes at
the Capitol on the Sabbath, and more frequent
ly at the Methodist Church, of which he has
long been member. Justice Grier attends the
Presbyterian church 60. S. in which branch,
at home, he is ruling elder. The Chief Jus
tice is Roman Catholic. Some of the other
Judges are Episcopalans, and one is Congre-
nationalist. Ofthe Cabinet, nearly all are reg
ular attendants at church the Postmaster Gen
eral is a Roman Catholic, the others are distri-
buted among several Protestant denominations,
the Episcopal church having the preponder-
ance"
MINNEsoTA-The N. Y. Mirror :-"Gov.
German, the fighting Governor of that Terri
tory, it is understood, will be removed from
the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs
on the 3lst of March. He has addressed a
long message to the Territorial Legislature,
which that body has refused to print. 1t has,
however, seen the light. He is death on all
banks, on land spectators and on the Know
Nothings. OF the latter he says-"such an Or
ganizaton might we'll soon be expected to pro-
scribe the Sun because he dares first to shine
on the Oriental world"
Nzs- In the debate in the House of Repre-
sentatives on the Colt patent case, Mr.. Pratt,
of Connecticut, caused considerable merriment
by saying ''if any member has been bribed let
him speak" No one answering, the case was
regarded as settled.
1N By the Council Bluffs Bugle 'we learn,
that vexed question as to where the Capital
of Nebraska should be located, has been deeid-
ed by the Legislature of that Territory to be at
Omaha, by a vote of II to H."
FAnED.-The Albany Transcript says that
the "Renssalser County Insurance Company"
at Lansingburgh, have made an assignment of
their effects, and receiver has been appointed.
Its affairs have for some time past been embar-
raised, in consequence of heavy losses. The
Company was joint stock and Mutual con-
Germ, and was organized some eighteen or
twenty years ago.
NEW YORK CRY BANKs.-By the last weekly
staten mt of the New York City Banks it ap-
pears that the discounts are sl,7OO,OO0 less
than at the same period last year, while their
specie strength is S. 62 900 greater.
Ne- Major Isaac Means, of Taylor county,
Va, native of Hampshire, has fourteen chill
dren, one hundred and seven grandchildren,
and fourty -four great grandchildren. He is
now in his cighty-f year.
EFFECT OF RAnnoADs.-In the northern part
of Vermont is q little town called Brighton,
which year ago contained about 200 inhabi-
tants. but now number 1000. This large in
crease is owing to the Atlantic & St. Lawrence
Railroad, which passes through the place.
ne The amouat Of wool grown in the Unit
ed States in 1854, was $1,000, 900 pounds. The
importations for the same PERIOD mostly in
manufactured state, were 100000 pounds,
making over 100000 pounds consumed in
the United States in one year.
~ Gen. Hinton, who made his escape
from Ohio, on being charged with extensive
sive mail robberies, q few years ago, is work
ing as a journeyman house-carpenter at Ho-
Aolulu, Sandwich Islands.