Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-10-09

BALTIMORE, Oct. 9.
The wife and daughter of Judge fancy died
Sunday. I'd. .,t 5000 -e I.
We have but few returns from the Georgia
election.
Andrews, the X. n. candidate for Governor,
has in Bib Co., a ma jOritv of $50: in Muscago,
300: Spaul ling, 80; Monroe, 500: TAYLOR. g..
Three precincts, so; Houston; Fort Valley
precinct: Al; Oh than Co., gives johnson, Dem
$40; Andrews, 81 and Seward, Dem for Con-
gress Trip, x. n, for Congress, has major
ity of 10 in Fort Valley, and 43 in Spaudng.
The deaths in Norfolk Saturday were 4, Sun
day and three new cases. In Portsmouth Sat-
urday IA, Sunday Q, with but few new cases.
Flfty-four doctors ana nurses from other places
have returned home.
FREE TRANsLATIrN.-Mr. Kendall in his last
Paris letter to the Picaymne. tells the following:
SIN this connection let me say that saw re-
markuhly free translation of French into English
in the sober Journal des Debates the other day.
Some music dealer, who happens. to be possesser
OF Il couple OF viOlins, real Cremonas Of ancient
make, lets the French public into the secret by
means OF an advert sement in the above Journal
headed "Deur riclens tres rdre.' The happy
thought happening to strike him that he might
perhaps find an English customer for his instru
mcnts, he underneath renders his advertisement!
IN that language. And what do YOU suppo se is the
heading? "IirO violins rery seldom % On con-
sultIng his dictionary he has found that one sig
nj ication OF the Faench word rare in English is
seldom, and he has adopted it as hitting his case
exactly. ro .a 80 .r
ORIGIN OF FooLscAP PApER.-It is well known
that Charles III. of England, granted numerous
monopolies for the support of his government
Among others was the privilege of manufacturing
paper. The er-mark of the finest was the
royal arms of England. The consumption of this
article was great at this time, and fortunes were
made by those who had purchased the exclusive
right to vend it. This among other monopolies,
was set aside by the parliament that brought
Charles to the scaffolJ; and by way of showing
their contempt for the king, they ordered the roy
al arms to be taken from the paper, and a fool,
with his cap and bells, to be substituted. It is
now more than a hundred and seventy five wears
since the fools cap and bells taken from the
paper, but still. paper of the size which the Rump
Parliament ordered for their journals, bears the
name OF the water mark then ordered as an in
dignity to Charles.
WAR STATISTICAL curious correspond
ent Of the New York Mirror furnishes the fol-
lowing:
1T has been investigated that out Of 2S7 wars
the present cxcepted--which has been waged
in Christendom since the Christian era, Is
mainly resulted from the desire of territory, %
from the desire Of plumber, "a from revenge, 8
= settle questions of honor, from disputed
claims, Al from disputed titles, 80 from the pre-
tence Of assisting allies, % from jealousy Of RI
val greatness, 5 from commercial difficulties,
So from civil luminosity, and % from religious
bigory. Surely, how few causes can justify
war;" sae
EY There was another accident on the
New Haven Railroad, near its junction with
the Harlem, on Saturday night, caused by
defective chair" One car was thrown off,
down into gulley, and eleven persons injured,
none of them dangerously however. This ac-
cident (says the Tribune) shows how essential
to safety in the use Of railroads is solidity and
perfect order Of every part Of the road and ap-
paratus. A flaw in a bit of iron half hidden
from sight, like this rusty chair, in which any
defect can only be perceptible to the most acute
and protracted eye, may kill or main hum
dred people, and entail on railroad company