The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-04-07
es- In an article upon the Religious Life,

ZiOn's Herald says -: The religious life af
fords the highest elevation and the purest en-
joyment to the human spirit of which it is ca
patle, While it springs up in its mysteriou.
depths well of living water, pouring streams
refreshing life over all its powers, it does moi
deprive it Of any true pleasure derivable from
its animal and intellectual natures True, il
prohibits excess in things lawful; it brands Ger.
tain forms of indulgence with the mark of pro-
hibition but not for the purpose of diminish.
ing the sum total of the happiness possible to q
human being. On the contrary, the religious
life, cultivated according to the letter and spi.
rit of the Christian system, yields its possessor
far larger measure of intellectual endowment
through a lifetime, than is possible to the sen.
sualist or the merely intellectual man. ae
VIsIT TO THE BArTL-rIELp-A correspond
ent of the New Orlrans Picayune, at Browns.
vile, writes :-"I have just returned from a
visit to the backgrounds of Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma, but scarcely a vestige re.
mains to denote these fields, which rebound so
much to the gallantry of our regular army. On
the former field cannon ball is occasionally
picked up, which is the only indication that it
was ever used except for the peaceful purpose
of grazing the large herds which at present
roam over it. At the Resaca de la Palma, the
faint outlines of the redoubt which the Mexi-
cans occupied on the west bank Of the Resaca
are still visible, but so Overgrown with brush
and underground. that they can scarcely be
followed. One or two trees still show the
marks of strife, and few shreds of old shoes.
and an occasional battered canteen, are also to
be found in the chapparel but there is naught
else to show that here was the scene of one of
the most closely contested fights Of the war,
where bayonets were often crossed, and where
hand to-hand fights were frequent, as the scat
tered cOmbatahts met beneath the shade OF the
swcet-scented mimosa or amidst the tangled
brushwood." ..
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER GONE
Died in Ulysses: N. Y, on the llth ult., Jepther
Lee, soldier of the Revolution, aged 81 years
and ii days. Mr.. Lee was private in Col.
Lambs regiment of Artillery, was in Fort
Montgomery when it was taken by the British,
and escaped out OF the fort with Gen. James
Clinton and others; was in the battle at Short
Hills, near New York, and at Germantown,
Monmouth, Brandywine, and in various other
battles, and was at the taking of CORVALLIS.
Mr. Lee, says the Ithaca Journal, has lived for
the last fifty years on lot No. ID. in the town of
Ulysses which he drew for his Revolutionary
services.
DEATH OF MIssIONARY.-Intelligen has
been received at the Missionary House, of the
death of the Rev. Nathan Benjamin, Missionary
of the A. B. c. F. NJ. at Constantnople. Mr..
Benjamin died, January 27, after fifteen days
sickness, oftyphus fever. He was one of the
most eficier.t and useful missionaries of the
Board, and brother off W. Benjamin, of AL
bany. -- ...s...-.. ...-...
ACCIDENT.-We are sorry to learn that Mr..
George Douglas, of Hudson, and formerly of
last week-whle travelling near the former
place .
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.-The New York
papers continue to publish tender bulletins Of
the condition of the respected devils who came
so near exterminating each other little while
ago. The unhappy but valorous Poole is no
more. Sad to relate, Mr.. Jim Tnrner's arm
must be amputated. Painful to declare, the
indefatigable Baker has sailed for the Sand
wich Islands. and will henceforth shoot only
the unsophisticated children of that ilk. The
esteemed Harvey Young has been held to bail
in $500 for murder CT two, and eX-pOliceman
Wilder rescued him from quod.-Boston .dtlas.
Gss- In Washington. on Sunday night,
married daughter of Mr. Wales. one of the cap
ito! police, left her room mysteriously, and was
found next morning in neighbor's kitchen,
with her throat cut. She was highly accom-
plished lady.
CARBONpALE, PENN, March II.
Our city election was held yesterday. The
Anti-Know Nothing candidates for Mayor Com
mon Council, Treasurer, and Poor Masters.