The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-02-10

TROUBLE IN TIE WIGwAM.-A voluminous
correspondence Of personal character. has re-
Gently taken place between Gen. Wool and
Secretary Jefferson DAVIS. The former COM
plains that he has been harshly treated by the
admin !stratiOn. in the Withholding from b III
due credit for specific services, and that he has
been placed in false position. The Secretary
replies in his usually Sc, ere style-he accuses
the General OF failure to obey his instructions,
with neglect OF official duty. error of jud..
ment. inconsistency. and the want of syst IN
ia the discharge of his duties lie dors not
charge him with falsehood; and yet aims 10
show decided discrepancies Il, TIVE IN the Gene
rails statement and the truth and closes with
-licat"ly conveyed but unmstakable iuti-
nation that Gen. Wool has lost The confidence
OF the President and lost it. too in consequence
of his own Offiti Al acts.
1t i, sa that the Cause of this "tempest in a
| teapot is. that Gen. Wool fancies that Presi-
ident Pierce is jealous of him As a rival cand:.
date for the Presidency. This may be So
and ct were it known to be the case the
course VIII CHI the General has seen fit to pur-
sue, would not. we imagine. enhance his pros.
poets for the qualification of his ambition.
SIR ISAAC NEwToN-AN EXAMPLE FOR Boys
In the middle OF the seventeenth century tbeie
was an English boy of mean aud dimlnutive
appearance. and behind all other boys of his
age. He was constantly at the foot OF his class
and verify it was believed that this boy would
b chnic only bungler OF some kind for surely
the soul of learning was not in him.
At the age OF twelve years change was
wrought IN the cha acter and fortune Of the
youth. thai had never obtained q reward Of
merit. and was regarded by teachr aud
schOOlmaster as an Inferior At this time an
altercat on took place between this backward
b'yjand the one above him in the class where
N tod ,v;t ind;
violence.
The pride of the boy was outraged lie
could not revenge the insult by blow. bt cause
he was too weak to cope with his opponent ply
slcally. How. them shall he humble his assai-
ant! de resolved to surpass him in study. get
above him in the class and there remain. to
look down upon his enemy, and clip from him
the laurels he so indist reelly wear. He re-
became most devoted
scholar commenced a career of glory and Sir
Isaac Newton appeared with key TO unlock
the mysteries Of motion. and to draft a true
chart OF the stupendous universe.-Sci. fin.
NEW YORK on SUNDAY.-It was a sober day
in New York OH Sunday last and the Mayors
orders to close all lars on that day we're
promptly carried out, The New York Times
has the following lively description of them on
that day:
Yesterday was a dry day in town. Twas
cool. tight day-the wind sharp and piercing
the sun bright and pleasant enough. but the
water in the cutters stood as stiff as ever and
only the tops of the mud-heaps were thawcd.
a dry day out OF doors. but a drier one in
doors. The old sOakers that came out of their
cribs to get their 'eye-openers " found the
doors shut of their haunts. They tried the
doors that leads into the alley. but STAR
stood there so solemn and Observant that they
went back again with the cobwehs in their
threats undsturbed. The men came out
yawning to get their "eleven o'clock hut
the corner grocery was close and it was of no
Use to thump on the shutters. Nobody was in
side evidently. They sat down on the barrels
outside an on the edge OF the coal bin, and
talked over Mayor Woods dull ways-thpse
men that voted fnrhim. and threw I'D their hats
for h m. and took treats FROM him. and did
expect decent treatment" "rhnre was an
alien look about them sure. SOM thought
that Gov. Clarke had made Maine Law. and
some cursed the Know Nothngs, who must
have done it. aF
Szb- A healthy male child. says the Mil
waukee Sentinel. about two weeks Old. snugly
slowed away ina basket. was left at the
house Of one of our citizens living On Wiscon-
sin street. recently. e.st :.