The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-01-13

CLEAR THE Track! 1T will be seen that the
Messrs. Nettleton have placed line of the old
kind ofhorses on the road between Taylor
Falls and Superior, which is an act OF enter
prise merely anticipatory ofthe advent OF the
Iron Horse over that route in very short time.
Messrs. Burbank & Co. contemplate sending
express packages by this stage line during the
present winter, and next season will have reg
ular messengers employed.
SWEET THNGs--Rauch has a new cOnslgn-
ment Of Stewards celebrated candy, which he
says should have been here before the holidays,
but notwithstanding comes in use for the win
ter festivities. Those fresh oysters Of his are
also sweet.
GREAT SToRM-We were having one of the
snow storms yesterday-the kind that will
make the Minnesota boys in the woods dance
for joy, and enable country people to come into
town safety on runners. This storm is certain
ly practical business operation to Minnesota
at this time.
the meeting contemplative of celebrating the
anniversary of Daniel Webster's birth at the
Winslow House.
DONATION SuPPER.-We are requested to state
that the friends of the Rev. Joshua Bradley and
lady are invited to be present at a Donation
Supper, to be given at their residence, on
bo ut n'o1noly d AZ
no Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the State
Bank of Indiana are in circulation. They are
we'll executed, but are darker than the genu-
inc, and the numbering on both sides are in the
same hand. I'D
STUDY OUT OF SCHOOL HoURs.-The School
Committee Of Boston, upon the recommends
ton of the City Physician and of a sub commit
tee, who have thoroughly examined the sub
ject have rescinded the regulation which per-
mits teachers in public schools to assign les
sons to be learned out of school. This has
been done in consequence of ill health among
the pupils, which is attributed to severe appli-
cation and too much study.
DEATH OF "A MIssIoNARY.-We learn from the
N. Y. Evangelist that Mrs. Scudder, wife of the
Rev. William w. Scudder, and missionary of
the American Board, died at the station in Ma
dras. India, on the 14th of September, at the
age of "a years. The Evangelist promises an
Relics OF THE PAsT.-An antiquarian friend
of ours (says the Nantucket Inquirer) informs
us that he has in his possession tea-cup, which
came out of the ship Mayfower, at the time she
arrived at Plymouth. The same gentleman
has a timber head, about two feet long, which
he sawed off himself from the ship Endeavor,
which vessel accomplished the voyage round
the world under the command of the celebrat-
ed Capt. Cook, having sailed from Deptford,
England, June 30, 176S. Her keel and floor
timbers are now lying on the 5,each At New
port, buried up with the sand. -. =: /:
w- Dick sie Christian philosopher, has re,
ceived substantial aid from his friends in yari:
Gus parts of the United States. He did not re-
alize much from the sale of his works. and in
his old age he was left comparatively poor, but
these contributions, he says, have enabled him
to live, not in affluence, but comfortably.
LORD PALMERsTON's TnEoLoGY.-Lord Palm
erston, in a recent speech at an agricultural
meeting in England, made the following re-
marks, which have been furiously taken up and
belabored by the advocates of rigid orthodoxy,
and the upholders of church and state. The
learned lord would seem to have entirely for
gotten that such a doctrine as natural de-
pravity" was included in the code of the
"Thlrty-Nine Articles:
on will find that all children are born
good. 1t is bad education and bad associations
in early life that corrupt the minds of men. 1t
Is true that there are now and then exceptions
to general principles AS there are men who
have been born with club feet. born blind. or
with other personal defects, SO also it will hap.
pen that children will be born with defective
dispositions but these are rare excentions.
Be persuaded that the mind and heart nf man
are naturally good, and it depends upon train
ing and educating whether that goodness inn
planted at birth, shall continue to DISPLAY r..
SELF or whether. by bad associations, it shall be
corrupted and destroyed"
NJ In severe contest for Municipal of.
hcers at Newburyport, Mass, the Know Moth
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