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

Messrs. Nettleton have placed line of the old
kind of horses on the road between Taylor s
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 THINGs--Rauch has q new cOnsign-
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.
~ We call attention to the proceedings OF
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
Thursday, the 18th January, at o'clock, ?. NJ
Eo- Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the State
Bank of Indiana arc in circulation. They are
well executed, but are darker than the genu-
inc, and the numbering on both sides are in the
same hand.
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ject, have rescinded the regulation which per-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 learn ID 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
obituary notice of Mrs. S. in a future number
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 Maynower, at the time she
arrived at Plymouth. The same gentleman
has 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
cd Capt. Cook, having sailed from Deptford,
England, June 80, 17Gs. Her keel and floor
timbers are now lying on the 5,each at New
port, buried up with the sand. :.:::e =: :.
ms- Dick, ihe 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 allluence, but comfortably.
LORD PALMEHsTONs THEOLoGY-Lord Palm
erston, in recent speech at an agricultural
meeting in England, made the following re-
marks, which have been furiously taken up and
bclabored by the advocates of rigid orthodoxy,
and the upholdcrs of church and state. The
learned lord would seem to have entirely for
gotten that such doctrine as natural de-
pravity'' was included in the code of the