Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-03-06
From the Milwaukee Sentinel Of the ~ ult.
Hixhly Important Rum0F..NegO-
tiotiOms Broken of!

..-e, New York, Feb. p.
The latest Telegraphic advices from London re-
port that Peace Negotiations are believed to be
broken of. The Allies are determined to prose-
cute the war vigorously.
LIsuor Law in New York.
ALBANY, Feb. o.
The Prohibitory Liquor Bill passed the Assem-
bly, of this State to-day by q vote of ayes ~,
nays As.
Liqusr Law In Delaware.
WILMINGTON, Feb. 81.
The Prohibitory Liquor Law Bill passed the
House by vote of III to H.
AMERICAN STATESMEN.
HAMLToN's DUEL.-The duel with Burr illus
trates both the weakness and the strength of Ham
iton. He was opposed upon principle to duel
ling. He thought there were higher claims up
on his life than any Burr could set up. He had
large family dependent upon him. His pecunary
affairs were embarrassed. Great interests were
confded to him by clients, which must necessari-
" suffer irreparabiy by his death. He had lively
sense of his Importance to his country, and of his
responsibility for the of his great talents
He was sincerely affected towards religion. His
early youth had been impressed by the teachings
of pious parents, and especially by the precepts
and example of his Huguenot mother. As boy
he was remarked for the purity of his life, and
the evidence he gave at college of fervid piety
and his respect tor relig zion and his sense of its
value returned to him with renewed, though
more silent influence, in later manhood. And on
his death-bed, his thoughts wandered back to his
island-home in the tropics, his halcyon youth rose
up before him, with the face of the sainted moth
er, whose meek eyes, in that far-off cline and
home, looked down on her gallant boy, as softly
rs the stars above them shone upon the frolic
waves of the bright and breathing sea. And when
his wife was weeping bitterly at his bed side, his
consolation was" Remember, Eliza, you aie a
Chrisfidn!"
Considerations more worldly, doubtless, had
their weight. He had reached the age when men
take serious and sober views of life and its uses
when the prurent chivalry of the boy has sue
ceeded TO better estimate of true manliness.-
lie had promised himself important objects in the
future. lie did not wish to kill Burr; and he
knew that Burr was seeking pretext to kill him.
Notwithstanding these weighty considerations he
accepted Burr's challenge, with the premonition
that the event would be fatal to himself, and with
the determination that it should not be fatal to
his foe. lie was proud enough to derive no sat
isfaction from the applause of those whom he DID
not esteem but he could not endure their scorn.
Like the old dogc he belonged to that proud class,
TO whom
.sD,shonor's shadow is substance
Nor terrible than death here or here after
Mel whose vice is TO shrink at vices soothing,
And who, though proof against all Establishments
OF pleasure,
And all panes pain, are feeble,
when the oved name OF which they pinnacled
Their hopes, is breathed on Jealous as the eagle
OF her high a-ie.''
lie was soldier, and he could not bear the
thought of even seeming to be wanting in the SOL
dier's greatest virtue. He thought, too, his flu
ture usefulness depended upon the acceptance OF
the challenge. And the fear of public opinion
ovcrbore his sense of right, as it did in the case
of CLAW. The defence of this moral cowardice by
both is simply dwelling. 1t deceves no one.-
Il, b,.l Ina in have
We have fought from cowardice, from the fear of
the scofcrs.
MECHANICS WIVES. Speaking of the middle
rank Of life, a good writer observes:
There we behold woman in her glory not
doll to carry silk or jewels; not pupet to be
fattered bv profane adoration-reverenced to-
dav, discarded to- morrOw-always jOstled out OF
the place which nature has assigned her, by SEN
suality or by contempt-admircd, but not respect
ed-desired, but not estcemed-ruled by passion,
not affecton-imparting her weakness, not her
consistency, to the sex she could cxalt, the source
and mirror of vanity; we see her wife, partak-
ing the care and cheering the anxiety of hus-
band, dividing the tolls, and by her diligence
spreading cheer around her; for his sake, shar-
inc the decent refnements of the world without
beng vain of them, placing all her joys and hap
piness in the she loves. AS a mother, we
lind her an nlTectionate and ardent instructor of
fancy training them to thought and benevolence,
addressing them rational beings, preparing to
become men and woman in their turn. Mechan-
les daughters become the best wives in the world
SCRIPTURE WELL APPLIED.-The Ohio Organ
gives the following instance of the right applica-
ton of Scripture in time of temptation. 1t is
stated that Bishop Doanc of New Jersey, is strong
" opposed to temperance, and has his slde-board,
&c. A short time since, Rev. Mr.. Perkins of the
same denomination, and member of the 'Sons'
dined with the Bishop, who pouring out glass
of-xine, desired the Rev. gentleman to drink
with him; whcreupOn he replied:
''Can't do it Bishop, swine is a mocker.'"
Stake glass of brandy them" said the dis
tinguishcd ecclcsiastic.
'.Can't do it Bishop, strong drink is raging"
BY this time the Bishop became somewhat
FESTIVE and excited, said to MIR. Perkins, "You'i!
pass the dccanter to the gentleman next to YOU"
s'No, Bishop, l can't do that, 'woe unto him
that putteth the bottleto his neighbours lips"
What was the particular moral state of the
Bishop at this stage of the proceedings, our in
formant did not state.
C75- There is much needed and judicious
movement among our jobbers to reduce the term
of credit given to country dealers. One of the
leading silk houses in Broadway has taken the in
itative step, and have adopted the rule of giving
only six and eight months credit, taking notes
payable NJ Dank. Inc evil VI lOHS CTcultS HAS
long been felt by our jobbers as one of the most
dangerous elements in the Dry Goods business.
Philadelphia and Boston have suffered severely
from granting such credits, in order to attract
trade from New York, and our jObbers appear
now fully awake to the necessity of avoiding
like fate If our sister cities like twelve months
trade. our opinion is that the policy of New York
is to let them enjoy it undsturbed. There are
yet but Il few buyers in town, and their purchases
are comparatively light. We presume the bust
ness of january and February, as far MS Dry
Goods are concerned, is not more than One.half
what it was last year in the same months. The
stocks Of our jobbcrs, although equally well as
sorted as last year, are not, probably, much
more than one-half as large, and the same re-
mark applies to our importers. There will be
certainly, this spring. healthy contraction of
trade, giving buyers an opportunity to make col
lections and pay Of old liabilities.
CO stupenduous project has been started
in Australia, viz railroad with double track
Of seven hundred miles, and single track of
three hundred to connect with Sidney, Melbourne
and Adelaide. The cost is estimated at one hum
dred millions of dollars. The chief features of
the scheme are that it seeks for the protection of
the Home Government, on condition that the lat
ter shall guarantee loan for its construction.
The interest to be chargeable on the general rev.
enue of South Australia,. New South Wales and
Victoria, either in proportion to the length of
railway passing through each colony or in some
other ratio IN the amount of the actual estimated