The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-03
The MINES 7 IA N.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. %, 1856.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. %, 1856.
DssrRucrrvr FIRE At ANoKA.-We learn that
the Grist Mil at Anoka, in this County, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday last. The mill
had been but recently completed and put in
operation, and its destruction will prove q Sc
we're loss, not only to the owners, but to the
surrounding neighborhood. There were ABOUT
1000 bushels Of wheat in the mill, which was
.lso DESTROYED, Total loss about $4,000. No
insurance.
~ We would call attention to the adver-
tisement ofMessrs. Borup Champlin, in ano-
Their column. They have purchased the inter.
est Of Burbank & Co. in the Forwarding bust
ness, and having leased the Wharf Boat. have
superior facilities for the prosecution of their
business.
~ The widow of President Harrison is IN
. lingering illness, and is not expected to re-
cover. She has resided since the death OF her
husband in the mansion so we'll known as the
Log Cabin, at North Bend. An undaunted pl-
ETY. has crowned the virtues of her life, and
gives peace to her declining days. l.. . r..
HANDSOME LEGAcY.-The editor ofthe Provr
dence Mirror, Mr.. Parmenter, has received IN
tnligence of legacy Of over $4,000 lett MIN
bv a brother-in-law lately deceased in Callfor-
mia. He had been brought up by Mr.. Parmen-
ter. and dying without direct heirs, gratefully
remembered his old benefactor.
SAN Houston ON RELIGIoN.-"I met" says
the Washington correspondent of the Crusader,
the Hon. Sam Houston, and was pleased to
see and converse with the hero of Texas he
has changed much in appearance. and seems to
be worn out by some serious subject He man
ifested to me his desire of leaving forever pub
lie life, and has mind to resign soon his Office
of United States Senator. He told me that his
mind is continually troubled by the idea OF
predestination, and is sincerely converted to
religion in private life he will find that peace
and enjoyment which is denied to public men,
who. like him are so much surrounded by poll
ticiana"
INTERNATIONAL CrvnITIEs.-A letter writer
from the French camp before Sebastopol gives
the following -" The other day Russian OH
Ger presented himself at the point where the
trenches end, with flag of truce The works
and firing Immediately ceased on that point.
The Russian approached, and the officer on du-
ty went out to meet him. He was the bearer
of a letter for the Commander-in-Chief Hav-
ing made his official communications, the Rus
sian officer, who spoke very good French, in
uuired how we got on in the cold weather
we don't mind it, was the reply. well,
said the Russian, for our part, we are tired Of
it, A good deal of courtesy prevails. Dur
ing the interview the rifemen of a Russian am
buscade, at about $50 metres from our trenches
showed themselves to our soldiers and politely
saluted them, which politeness was returned
BY our men, As soon as the Russian had left,
and TIE flag of truce was hauled down, the
crack of the rife was again as lively as ever.
No one could have supposed that but few
minutes previously there was suspension Of
hostilities, for the bullets (the mouches, as the
men call them) came whistling past the ears Of
the men at their WORK. In war, 1T given sig
nal, salutes are exchanged; on another, the
same men try to kill each other. This is mill
tary custom. The ground in the vicinity OF
the camp, is strewn with cannon balls
and fragments of shells, &c, &c. In some
places the balls lie as thick as potatoes
just dug up in field. Near the town there are
not SO many cannon-balls, but more fragments
of shells and grenades. The clay soil is often
marked with dark streaks Of blood or gunpow-
der; yet we have very few wounded"
FEMALE LovELINEss.-Female loneliness ne
yer appears to so good advantage as when set
off with simplicity Of dress. No artist ever
decked his angels with towering feathers and
gaudy jewelry, and our dear human angels, if
they would make good their titles to that
name, should carefully avoid ornaments which
properly belong to squaws and African prin-
ces Those tinselsies may serve for effect on
daily life there is no substitute for the charm
of simplicity. A vulgar taste is not to be dis
guised by gold and diamonds.
TWENTY YEARS MARRIED AND JUST BEGUN TO
LIvE.-A woman in Connecticut whose husband
has been reclaimed from drunkenness, through
the instrumentality of the Maine Law. said to
physician short time since, al have been
married twenty years, but it seems as if my hus-
band and had just begun to 1.-Two together
Talk about hard times I never had such ca
sy times! Tea, sugar, flour in abundance, two
pigs in the barrel and twenty-five dollars due
my husband when he has finished job of work.
Formerly, when he had butchered his pork, he
could do nothing but drink and carouse the
remainder ofthe day. This year he got up
his team and brought home a load Of wood"
Il it strange that that woman believed in the
virtue Of the Maine Law!
- A short time ago, Gays an Exchange
two of the most distinguished millionaires in
aourishing southern city met in social CHAT,
and discussed their mutual merits In the
course of the confab, the Judge battered the
Colonel, and offered to bet five dollars that
the latter could not say the Lords Prayer
The Colonel accepted the bet; and putting
himself into solemn attitude, began to repeat,
keeping time by the swaying of his body, and
pronouncing with emphatic force alternate on
each syllable, these lines -
ssNow 1 lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord my soul to keep,
III should die,