The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-01-05
NUMBER is.
The VICES OF THE IrALlANss-Gov. Ana
thony of the Providence JQurnal writes
from Naples rs follows: =. { So. 2

6plate0S lnnaDltlngs the most beautiful Dor-
ton of the globe and surrounded by the
Iproldest monuments of ancient civilization,
sinking intoa tsce Of petty cheats and swim
1iers; with me- noble occupations, and no
manly aspirations, Mith 30 little courage in
the men, and 30 little virtue = The; women.
That there are conspicuous exceptions to.
this the events Of the recent struggle prove;
but that such is'the gentrs1 cli61actsr, the
hmentable failure Of that struggle and the
present .eonditiou Of the- people afe by no
means the only evidences. There are also
more than individual exceptions, as the hes
roic resistance of Venice against Austria, and
Rome against France attest; resistance.
that might well illustrate the brightest an-
mails OF Italy. But such Is the sad destiny
of the land where thepeople have the strength
and the virtue to maintain, q governm1nt.
they are oYerpoyered by foreign inyaaions !
Prentice, Of the louisville journal, has
received from his friends new ovefcosts--,
He issaa enthusiastic about it as asboyin his
first boots, and says: SIT Ats us as well as
five had been melted and poured into it.'s
EE Rev. E, H. Chaplin is a Wit Il "a vell
as divine and a lecturer. The Springfield
Republican reports that on being asked what
his object was in lecturing so extensively,
he replied that be lectured for FAME,
which is the short for fifty and my expen-
ses. ss e. ss.A ssf.yr5- :
A Brokers REsPeNsIBILITY.-Itha has been
decided recently in the Baltimore Superior
~ hat yb,v, L..
without disclosing the name OF his principal
at the time, ,Sof negotiation, and the paper
should afterwards prove to be forged, he is
liable to refund The money, though having no
interest in the transaction than the commits
sion earned by the business It thus ap-
pears to be the duty of a broker to know
that the paper he passes to third parties are
genuine signatures, and he is only exempted
from its necessity by revealing the name Of
the parties to whom this paper belongs.
E Jenny Lind ais giving . series Of
concerts in London, or rather was, at the
sailing of the last steamer ~ -
13 ess- -.Ss : s..ss.fs. "a
IL It seems that his Imperial Majesty
Faustin /, has not renounced the idoa of
the Spanish part Of Hayti te his
Empire. Atsthe date Of our last advices he
was about to march forth with the entire
army, and made no secret Of bis inten4ienl
to spend New Years in San Domingo City.
,EEWalter, 4. Hin, brother of the late
Isaac Hill, died ii the insane hospital at
Concord, New Hampshire, on the 9th inst,
aged 88. ss - s5
Doors AND SHOES BY MAcHINERY.-Pre-
parations are actively being made for en-:
tering upon the manufacture Of boots and
shoes by machinery, in the building former
ly occupied by the carpet factory. The ma
chine by which the labor is to be performed
is the invention of French mechanic. It
is claimed that with one Of the machines, o
single man can perform an amount of labor
equal to that done by eight men, in the old
method. 'ss.
The company establishing this manufacl
tory own the patent right orzthe United
States, They intend extending the business
to Europe and viii probably furnish boots TO
the French soldiers in the Crimea 1iey
Whsg.- esses ss
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CATHOLIC PR1EsTs DECREASING. - The
Catholic Herald of Philadelphia, lamenting
the decrease of their priests, says they can
not hope at present to supply their ranks
from this country, as, Zone of the last pur-
suits Catholic parents, rich or poor, are like
ly to desire their children, is the ministry
of Roman Catholicism. y It also states, that
while the main portion of the supply has
been of irish origin, that is now on the de-
cline, as "every year brings less priests from
that country, and less young men desirous
of becoming priests, than the preceding
year didy' ii ..--.......-.,.-e
PETER PARLEY.-The Boston Courier, IN
a notice of Mr.. Kettell, late editor of that
paper, whose death has been announced, says
that " many of those historical compendi-
ums which come out under the name Of
Peter Farley, were in fact tho work of Mr.,
ketten. He is the yeritable Peter Farley"
IL The Salem, Mass, Register says
the last Thanksgiving witnessed the reunien
Of the family of Benjamin Cox, Esq, Of that
place, for the seyenty-second consecutive
time in the same room. asss.c. -
E Two boys aged fourteen and SIX
;een years fought duel in Baltimore, : fsw
lays since. Both were slightly-not dan
,erously injured.
IL A company Of Americans ftow New
York and New Orleans, have purchased the
Ten known silver mine SIX leagues from
catorce, Mexico. The Mexican traditions
Ind old Spanish records both give almost
abulous accounts Of the remarkable yield
If this mine in the days Of the yiceroys, be-
Iore the internal troubles drove OF the: work.
Non and filed up the shafts and gangways
with water.
~ .za New Yoax, Dec. 24s
! The store Of Laffrsy & Son, Broadway,
was robbed on Sunday morning Of Iaees,
silks. &C., to the amount of tWenty-ffve
thousand dollars. The goods were altar
wards found by the PolEes at m x]joining
store, where they had been renao4edby the
burglars. The thieres escapedx s