Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-07-31

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The New Orleans Delta, July sh, says
Two very likely looking mulatto slave girls
! were emancipated ON the 9TH, by Jury ofslave
holders, on the application Of their owner, who
was also a mulatto; they were also allowed to
remain in the State and enjoy their liberty, up
on the master giving bond and security that
they never should become burthen to the
Commonwealth This is the first case under
the law which was passed by the last Legisla-
ture. Hitherto, the Legislature alone had the
power Of emancipation. eS saT -ssss9
How highly can the people Of St Paul. ap-
preciate the following paragraph fro1a the pen
Of Henry Ward Beeeher.
Alas that we should have SO many rari-
4 fed ffen among US, who are so holy that they
cannot quite touch the ground, and yet they
are not ETHEREAL enough to rise entirely up, and
therefore hang in an unpleasant oscillation be-
tween esrths ard heaven. quite uncertain in
their own minds to which their duties belong"
JAMES MYEss, the clown, and one Of the
proprietors Of Myers and Madigan's Circus
Company, met with an untimely death while
performing on the slack rope at Geneva, lew
days since. The ring by which the rope was
fastened gave way, throwing him to the ground
with so much force as to dash his brains out.
AMosc tie passengers by the last steamer
r ID.
who has for six years been trying his luck on
the Pacific coast. When he left home he was
worth little or nothing, hut by industry has re-
turned home with some $4,000, it is said.
A FfcHr.-A fight occurred yesterday in the
street nearly opposite the American House.
between couple of fellows, who we presume,
have no other way of bringing themselves into
notice, than by their ridiculous conduct.
Eg- Chester Butler, of Pennsylvania, a
member Of the freshman class in Williams Col
lege, (Mass.,) is dead. e
ADVICE TO BARSuM.-Now you've written
your life, try to amend it. Them am our serfi-
ments.
A SHELBY CALr.-Mr. c. E. Plumer, last
week butchered heiier aged about eleven
months, which weighed nett 4s9 pounds.
CO Leavenworh, the wounded duellist, is re-
covering Niagara. The leg in which he was
shot will be shortened about one inch.
CO The Ladies of Virginia, are trying very
hard to raise 100000, to purchase the Mt. Yer
non estate.
CV Lola Monies, prior to leavcing California,
made her will, leaving all her property to Mr..
IIeald, the only man, she asserts, to whom she
was ever really married. u II
G1Yr letter from Havana states that Edward
r. Jencks, of Matarzas, is about to establish
line of steamers between the latter place and Phil.
adelphia, to touch at Havana.
CO A correspondent of the Cleveland Herald
charges President Pierce, with several others con-
nected with the Administration, with being en-
gagged in gigantic land swindle in connection
with Superior city, new town laid out at the
head OF Lake Superior
cY- The Nebraska Legislature has passed a
law prohibiting the sale or manufacture of iu-
toxcating liquors to be used as beverage, and
there is now (says the Nebraskan) not an estab-
lisment in the Territory where intoxicating Ii
quors is sold.
ARRIvALs.-Among the distinguished gentlemen
who have arrived among us the present week, We
notice the name of Hon. S. j. wilkins, Ex.mcmber
of Congress, from Orange county, New York, and
father of Capt. Wilkins of this city.
QuEHY?-One of our cotemporaries announces
the arrival intown of two buffalo calves. wac
at Our elbow asks whether tho two calves really
did arrive or whether the editor aforesaid merely
s'lookcd in the glass - and " saw doublc?''
Gy' Addison Palmer, of Zanesvlc, had his
leg cut eff at the ankle joint, by the blade of n
moving machine. lie was walking in front of it
to warn She driver Of any little stumps that might
he in the way, when he made mss-stcp, which
brought his leg within the sweep of the blade,
C57' Hon. Abbott Lawrence has given five hum
cred towards establishing public library in
Groton, AMI promises to give $500 more within
three years. The town has appropriated $500,
and the library contains 900 volumes.
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ca In Lisbon; n. H., Daniel Priest and n man
named Quimby had quarrel on the 28th ult, in
the course of which Quimby stabbed Priest, in
self defence, and the latter died in about week.
CO Nearly the requisite number of subscribers
for Professor Agassiz's great work on Natural
History of the United States have been obtained.
The city Of New Bedford sends sixty subscribers,
the city of New York three.
CV Robert Allen has been convicted of bdfh-
ing the b"rn of D. B. Mussey, Esq of Newton,
about three months ago, and sentenced to tho
State Prison for three years. aceg
cV Ma or General Home, the new commander
Of the British forces in Canada, arrived by tho
last steamer from England, and is now in Mon
treal. 1l.2 81 -
ca The st. Louis Republicans advocates ths
building Of wire railroad bridge across the Mis-
sissippi at Sts Louis, II would cost, the Repub-