The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-22
A New AMERICAS CoMrnv-we see #

A NEW AMERICAN CoMRDY.-We see it
announced IN the Albany Express, that
new comedy, entitled Taking the Chances"
has been written for McVicker, the come
dian. That it possesses merit there can be
no doubt, from the fact that it is to be prc-
: duced at Burton's Theatre, New York, with
the names of Burton, McVicker, II. A. Per-
~, and Mrs. Chas. Howard in the cast. It
Is unusual for Star to have piece writer,
for him containing character sufficiently
good to call forth the talent of the above
named artists, but we understand the price
of the comedy depended on the number of
good parts. Mr.. McVicker's offer to the
author being $500 for three act comedy
containing part for himself, and $3.50 for
each part latter his OWN sufficiently good
to be personated by first class artist in
principal Theatre. Thus, the price will cost
$3.50, the largest amount, we believe, ever
paid for three act comedy in America.
THEoLoGIANs OF HUMBLE ORIGIN.-The
reformer, Zwingle, emerged from a shep-
herds hut among the Alps. Melanthon
was workman in an armorer's shop. Martin
Luther was the child of poor miser. DR.:
Adam Clark was the child of Irish Gotta
gers. John Foster was weaver: Andrew
Fuller was farm Servant DIR. Morris,
translator of the Bible into Chinese, was d
last maker. DR.. Milne was herd boy:
e Returns from the Indian Agencies
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in Texas, shows that the State contains 90
QUO Camanches and Kioways, 5000 Arioka-
rees, 800 WAGES, Towacanoes and Keechies,
$50 Lipans, 400 Mescalegros, 960 Wichites,
and Apaches, CadGoes and other tribes in
numbers not estimated, but mostly small.
e The receipts of customs at New
York on the 9th February, were larger than
ever before known at that, or any other port
of the United States. $415,OGO were de-
posted in the SubTreasury, but the actual
payments were $4,000. The simultane-
Gus entries by three steamers, the Atlantic,
Asia, and Etna, caused these large pay
ments.
LETTERS from Honolulu give a startling
picture of affairs at the Hawiian Court
King Kamehameha w, is said to have no
higher pleasure than in boxing and keeping
company with Yankee Sullivan. On one oc-
casOn Sulivan's wife was in the royal box
at the circus, and the Ambassadors of France
and England sought admttance and were re-
fused.
e An old maid died at Newton, New
Hampshire, lately, leaving S3S,4l9. She
was all her life preparing to get married, and
had stored up 1872 sheets, 63 coverlids, so
blankets, q beds, with :12O pounds Of
feathers, "a towels, "a table covers, and 43
handkerchiefs, while the whole amount of
her wearing did not exceed ten dollars in
real value.
Two hundred and fifty United States SOL
diers sailed from New York recently, to fight
the Indians in Florida.
THE Irish American states that Catherine
Hays loses ss27 000 by the failure of Saun-
ders & Brown, of San Francisco.
Il The Supreme Court of Vermont,
at its recent session at Rutland granted 9
divorces. Three of the applications were
made by the husbands, the rest by the
wives.
Es Tie New York Tribune has been
shown by Genin, the halter, specked trout
&c inches in length, and weighing - pounds.
1t was caught in Lake O'Claire, hundred
miles Northeast of Montreal
~ 1t is said that a Russian agent was
in Worcester, Massachusetts,, a few days
since, and made contract with f1lantlfac-
turer there for several thousand rifles.
| g Twenty-Five million sponges were
sent to New York from Florida last year,
says the New York Express, costing in Flor
ida forty cents pound. Five years since,
they cost twelve and half cents per pound.
The annual value of the shipment to New
York is $4,000.
CHEvALIER CLAUssEN, in his experiments
to discover among the various plants ma
terlal with a strong fibre, capable of being
easily bleached, and of which an unlimited
supply must be obtained, says that the COM
mon PUSHES contain 40 per cent. of fibre,
and is perfect substitute for rags in the
manufacture Of paper, and that one ton of
rushes contains more fibre than two tons of
flax straw.
Odd FELLOWSHIP was organized in Amer
lea at Baltimore in 1919. 1t is proposed to
celebrate its anniversary on the 25th of
April in Cincinnati. The Order comprises
now membership of over 100000.
"This is the only cheap place to live in I
have seen. have a dining-room and two
chambers and servants room, and have for
breakfast and dinner whatever 1 want.
have an excellent Swiss servant, who speaks
French and Italian, a coachman and pair
OF horses, two carriages, and all this costs
me $l2O a month. My man servant waits
upon me and goes on the carriage, and has
nothing to do with cooking for me. That is
done by the house for me, and is included in
the above estimate