The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-04-19


and Others. Harmony against the Admins
tratlon party was the universal sentiment.
zen. Pomeroy, of Kansas, also spoke of the
proceedings there during the disturbances
and relative to further prospects. His pri-
vate letters say that immigration into Kansas
is at the rate Of one thousand per week
since navigation opened, and eight out of ten
are Free State men.
The Kansas investigation commission be-
tore leaving the city, made an arrangement
with private parties for supply of money
IN anticipation that the $4,000 w~uld be
directed to be paid out
- A San Francisco letter in the New
York Commercial Advertiser, says that Cali
lorna Is now more prosperous than ever.
Her agricultural prospects are excellent, and
her exports of wheat will this year be very
large. Those best qualified to judge, esti-
mate the yield in gold in 1856 at $50, 100000
of which total it is supposed at least 500
OOO, 900 will be retained in the State.
DAMAGE To FRUIT TREEs.-Mr. V. Aid
rich, who has fruit orchard of some three
hundred acres in the vicinity of Princeton,
Illinois, writes to the Democrat of that
place that his peach, apricot and almond
trees are all killed to the ground, and his
pear, cherry and plum trees are partially
killed. His apple orchard, of over five hun
dred trees, one hundred of which are in
bearing, is uninjured, except perhaps one or
two summer varieties. An Usage orange
hedge, five years old, which inclosed the
orchard on three sides, is completely killed
on the west side, and injured in other direc-
tons. Grape vines on tie east side of the
hedge were Sc well protected as not to be
much injured.
~ The steamer A. B: Chambers vas
snagged and sunk at Rushville Landing, on
the Missouri, on Wednesday last She was
nearly new and cost $35, 900.
SPURIOUS GOLD Co1N.-The Washington
Star cautions the public against spurious
quarter eagles which have made their Ne
pearance in Philadelphia, Baltimore and other
cities. They are dated ":1S54," and in point
of execution are calculated to deceive tho
in color they are as light as brass, as we'll as
deficient in weight. The various shades of
color of the genuine coin will assist in the
passing of the spurious, but when compared
with the genuine the difference in weight is
easily perceived.
The Puget Sound Courier of Jan.
18th, announces the death at that place of
Mr.. j. W. Reams, formerly of Pipestone,
Berren County, Michigan, aged Al years.
He leaves a widow and eight children in
Michigan.
- On Monday of last week there was
an election for Councilman in Leavenworth,
Kansas. The contest was between tic pro-
slavery and free State parties, and the for
mer triumphed by 102 majority. What
amount of fraud and violence was necessary
to produce this result, we have not learned.
Great rejoicing followed.
At the late session of the Lyon
(ky.) Circuit Court, Mrs. Durham was con-
vcted of murder in the first degree. Tie
murder, in which she was an accomplicc of
her husband, took place several years since
near Stacker's furnace. Her husband was
convicted, but escaped.
E A nursery of five thousand peach
trees cultivated by Mr.. Burnet, of Vincen-
mes, Indiana, has been all destroyed, with
the exception of fifty, by the long continued
frost.
- a number of citizens of Hamilton.
Canada West, have set on foot scheme for
the purpose Of procuring and settling on
William Lyon Mackenzie suitable testi-
monlal as an appreciation of his services as
public man during the past thirty years.
The Banner says that the contemplated tes-
tlmonial is to cons st of good homestead.
which will make the old man and his inter-
esting family comfortable and independent
for life.
81 Mr.. Clayton stated in the Senate,
the other day, that the cost of publishing
Lieut. Wilkes book, giving an account of the
exploring expedition, had already amounted
to one million and quarter of dollars
Commodore Perry's book on Japan has cost
the Government 100000 and the report of
the survey of the Pacific Railroad is put
down at $3OO,O0O
IL A letter from Calhoun, Gordon Co.
Georgia, published in the Dablonega Noun
tain Signal, states that during the previous
week three men were murdered in the street
OF that town, viz: Abner Scott, shot dead
by 5. Hawkins, A. G. Cooper, killed by a
blow from hammer, in the hands of man
named Stanton, and Jamas II. Carter, shot
dead by VIM. Barnes.
SOME of the contractors of the British
Army turn out to be immense roeues. 1t |
has been proved in several cases, that when !
the founding of cannon was imperfect, the |
defect was concealed by detached pieces of
iron, and hence it was that so much of the
ordnance used at Sweaborg became useless
after firing few rounds. !