The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-24


lege of St. Paul for lads, all very good in
their place, but all wholly unable to take the
place of the Public Schools.
Why this apathy? Are the School Laws
defective Are the Trustees faithful Are
the School moneys sacredly kept for the pur-
pose specified by the proper officer2 Are
we to sit still and allow this state of things
to continue? These are queries to ponder.
E. ID. N.
A SLAVE HERorNE.-The Trenton, N. j.,
Gazette records the passage through that
town of a party of fugitive slaves, under the
following remarkable circumstances: Two
years ago slave woman advanced in years
the mother of six children, who had all been
sold from her when old enough to be useful,
overheard her master bargaining for the sale
of her grandson, boy fifteen years old, to
trader. This being the last of her family, |
she resolved not to permit it, and tie same
night fled with the boy. They Travelled by
night northward, guided by the north star,
and, after long wandering, reached Canada.
There she hired herself out for wages, and
two months ago, with the result of her own
and her boys labors, returned to the South,
where concealing herself in the woods, she
revealed her presence only to her friends,
and thus collected seven of her children and |
grandchildren. They started northward,
travelling only by night, and concealing them
selves during the day. Before reaclin
Philadelphia they We're so worn out with
hunger and hardship, as tie be obliged to seek
the aid of friends. These were found, and
the whole party were then fed and clothed
and forwarded safely to Canada. This woman
is nearly sixty years Of age, yet alone she
has done all this.
"Nor WISELY BUT Taco WELL."-The
following "o'er true tale" came to our
knowledge day or two since: A young
lady from this vicinity had been intimate
with, and was engaged to young man of
this city. We believe the day for the we'd
ding even had been fixed. But the incon-
slant Miss, it seems had another flame re-
siding in on adjoining county with whom, on
the very eve of her marriage with lover No.
l she elopcd, and to whom she was married.
But lover No. l was not to be thus easily
baked. lie followed the truant couple, OBJ
tanned an interview with the bride, and bv
force of winning speech and bit of strategy,
led her off in triumph like a second Helen.
He brought her to this city, where he left
her to take care of herself and fled for parts
unknown. The last that was heard Of the
victimizcd husband, he was trying to get a
writ for the arrest of the DESTROYER of his
honeymoon, and trying to find his bride.
Thus tie frail fair one, in her efforts to retain
two lovers, has lost both. She has doubt
less since thought of the fable of the Dog
and his sladow-Utica HYdN.
CooL.--A man being awakened by the
captain of boat with the announcement
that he must not occupy his berth with his
boots on, very considerably replied "Oh,
the bugs won't hurt 'em, l guess they are
an old pair. Let 'em rip"
TOTALLY SMAsHED.-We understand that
gambling ard drinking saloon, kept at Lin
coin by Sam Boyd, was totally demolished
yesterday, by large number of females of
that town, who, it seems, were determined
to put stop to its operations. The keeper
having an intimation of the impending ruin.
barred the doors but the women, nothing
daunted, procured axes, and scceeded in emf,
ting their way through, after which thew
knocked in the heads of all the ssorieinal
packages" and strewed the decanters. cigars.
herring, &c. 1t is said an admirine crowd
of the stern sex were witnesses of the scene. |
This is the last phase of "Woman's Rights
which we have heard Of Like Gen. Jackson
of old, they nowadays ''take the response
bility." Petticoats are great institution
Illinois Journal
HENRY SMITH, the Razor Strop Man, de-
MES any sympathy for, or connection with
the Free Lovers in New York. He saws he
has wife, and doesn't believe there is an.
other of the "same sort left.'
- A gentleman has left at the office
of the Michigan City Enterprise portion of
a pumpkin which contains, in the cavity
where the seeds should be, number of
young pumpkin vines, from three to four in
ches in length. The pumpkin when cut, was
to all appearances perfectly sound.
On Sunday, the 9Th inst, German couple
residing at Buffalo, took their infant child to
a church to have it baptized. The ceremony
having been performed, the mother wrapped
the infant in thick wooden blanket, to BRO
tect it from the cold, and started for home.
Having arrived there, the child was found
smothered to death 7iig ~r7sa ni sbml
The deph of Niagara River under the Sus-
pension Bridge, is estimated by the engineer
% be zoo feet. This, we believe, is deeper
han any otheraapidly running stream in the
world. r3 10 nsaI3iin9a zHDl 10
RESOLUTIONS condemning the proceedings
If Judge Kane, in the case of Passmore
williamson, have been introduced in the
Vermont Legislature. ton 2 -
NEWS from Key West represents the salt ,
ield OF the present season to be less than
en- thousand bushels-scarcely sufficient to
e'ray the expense of keeping the works in i
epair. Heavy storms had prevailed IN the I
'uH, but no wrecks are reported.
~ Brigham Young, the holy prophet a
the Mormon tribe, has, according to a de- t
aration of bis in a late public speech, 800 y
ives and 221 children ), ~