The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-10
1 HE MIN NESOT IA n .
MORNING, MARCH Z, 1855.


have received earlier attention at our hands
The public, at home and abroad, can feel en-
tirely safe in entrusting any business connect
ed with land sales or purchases to these gen.
tlemen, as their responsibility, knowledge Of
their business and familiarity with the country
and the people here resident. will enable them
to do entire justice to all who may require
their services. t.. l......r...
DRUG SToRE.-Dr. Foster has resurrected
from his misfortune Of being burned out on
Saturday night week, and as will be seen has
opened the "Phoenix Drug Store" on the OPP
posite side Of st. Anthony street from his old
stand. eart..t .t. ..
The "Old Brown"--Bond & Kellogg-is still
prospecting in its old position. Its advertise
ments speak for themselves.
~ The Wisconsin Senate, by vote OF u
to 2, have passed the Assembly bill abolshin2
all Emigrant Agencies.
no A writer in the N. Y. Times states that
for fourteen years, the class-suppers given by
the professors of the Crosby street Medical
school, have never been disgraced by drop O
alcoholic liquors. A good example.
~ S. S. Randall, Superintendent of schools
recommends the instruction of young ladies il
bookkeeping to qualify them to fill stations tt
perform that labor.
7 III &l,n1 lat Hi
rope, has received an invitation to visit Aus
tralia. A large sum, it is said, has been prom
ised him, by way of remuneration.
AMERICAN APPLEs.-It is conceded that the
best apples in the world are produced in the
United States, and the best sCinter apples grow
north of SO Q north latitude. Within a few years
past, several thousand barrels of fresh apple
have been shipped from New York to Liver
pool and London, at remnnerative prices-th
best quality, in good condition, bringing iron
So to $40 barrel, and in some instances evel
$40 barrel. The charges for freight by clip
per ships are from 30 to so cents barrel
Steamers charge from 50 to So. The best va
rieties for shipping are the Newtown Pippin
Baldwin, Esopus Spitzenburg, Tompkins Coun
ty King, Lady Apple and Red Canada. Their
are probably other sorts of hardy apples, whicl
would succeed well.
J@r Elder Paine, of Kittery, Me-, was pas
sing over the main road from Portsmouth t.
Elliot, recently. and found three ruffans beat
ing man numerically. The Elder babe then
desist but they refused, and attacked him.
This kind of game he was not inclined to sub
nit to, and in regular order laid the whole o
them sprawling,-remarking at the same time
if he could not administer the Maine Law, b,
would the Paine Law.
SLAVERY IN EGYPT.-The Paris correspon
dent of the Journal of Commerce thus speak
ola late decree promulgated by the Vicero
Of Egypt, in regard to the Introduction {
slaves 1.-THE vicercy of Egypt has solemn
interdicted for the future, the Introduction
slaves into his provinces but as to those a
ready in Egypt. they are to remain in stat
quo. A change, says the decree, would sui
vert the economy or prescriptive constitution
of the dussulman family; the anti-slaver.
principle, however, is inaugurated. The Vice
roy was educated chiefly in Paris, and has act
ed wisely from the ideas which he imbibet
here, and under the influence of his British ant
French councils. That tenderness for the do
mestic life of the Moslems, provided in the de
cree, may be thought of in Europe and tn
American Union, in favor of all the habits an,
interests of our slave-holding States 1t up
pears from the testimony of travellers that til
number of bondsmen throughout Egypt is con
siderable, and the lot Of the majority wretche,
enough"
To- The injunction served on the Bostor
& Maine, Lowell & Lawrence, and Salem 4
Lowell Railroad Companies, by the Boston
Lowell Railroad, has put stop, for the pres
ent at least, to travel between Lowell and Bos
ton via Wilmington. The penalty for viola
ton is $4,000
N1- Three first class lower Mississippi
steamboats,, have recently sunk. causing los
OF property amounting to 100000. They ar
the Dresden, the Jas. Robb, and the H. d. Ba
con.
&l- The Washington Union has got som
items of information, which have escaped u
near at home ; we give them for what they ar
worth at is represented that the Sioux In
dians are claiming that they still own the Ian,
lying between the Little and Big Sioux rivers
and that they intend to occupy the same, ant
plant corn there during the coming season not
withstanding that portion of the State was lon,
since purchased by the United States, and il
now occupied by white settlers. 1t will be
recollected that the Black Hawk War origi
mated under precisely similar state of affairs
and experience in our intercourse with the In
dian tribes of the Northwest teaches the i'm.
portance Of providing means for the immcdi.
ate suppression of those difficulties
~ Gov. Wright, ofIndiana, has approved
the prohibitory liquor bill, which is now the
law OF the state. The announcement was re.
ceived by both houses with hearty cheers.
MoLATTo Boy TURNED OUT OF ScHooL.-A few
Gays slnce,says the N. Y. Tribune, Miss Isabella
Newell teacher in one of the public schools
III cincinnati applied to the Board of Edu-
cation OF that city, soliciting the dismssion Of
one OF her pupils, not for improper conduct
nor on account OF his inability or unwilling.
ness to receive instruction -.