The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-09-13
SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA TERRITORY SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1856
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9 EE The Fulton IN. ~ Patriot tells .
story ofa boy who was charmed by a snake
The youth had established most friendly re
lations with the reptile, when the fact wa.
discovered and the snake killed.
i ~ Hon, Anson Burlingame addressed
|, $4,000 Geemen at the Morris Barbecue nea,
J, Chicago, last week. The ladies' of the towr
have formed Burlingarne Club, and appear
ed in the procession mounted on well trained
horses.
! e The Mansfield Express, published
at Mansfield, Tioga cpnnty, Pa, supports
Fremont, and Dayton, and has not hereto.
fore been included {says the Pittsburgh Ga.
zette) in onr published lists. This makes
ninety-three Fremont papers in the s,ate
i EE Mr.. Muse, Of GAINESVILLE, made q
Buchanan speech at MaConnelsvile few
days ago. The Morgan Herald says that by
actual count he used the words e Black Re-
publican y 81 times, ",Croaking Abolition
lists ," l07, and 6 Woolly Heads " SIS times.
| ~ The Scientific American gives quite a
lengthy description of new style of car
riage, which runs on three wheels instead of
four The advantages are said to be, that
there is no hindrance in getting in and out,
and that the vehicle can be more easily and
shortly turned than the ordinary four wheel
ed ph@tons, which it is believed this inven-
tion is destined to supersede.
| IL The Tehuantepec carriage road
across the. Isthmus, is about to he prosecut-
ed, laborers having been sent out recently
from New Orleans. The greatest confidence
exists that tn S road will be open for trave in
the month Of November next. 1t will give
new and nearer route by which California
emigrants can reach the Isthmus.
C. The citizens of New York have re-
mitted to the sufferers by the inundations in
France the sum Of ten thousand dollars,
which, With the amount already forwarded
by the French residents, is equal to 100000
francs. New York never forgets herself
when these great calamities appeal to her
benevolence and liberal;ty. ...s.te.
81 E VIM. McAlillen committed suicide
at Chicago on Thu sday evening last, by
shooting himself with pistol. Failing in
the business of City Express Post,"' he
had been employed in the Recorders Office.
but the cares of suppor ing his family in
state Of poverty, led to depression Of spir-
its that prompted the rash and cowardly
deed
bath are held at Market Hall, Syracuse, N.
Y, in which part of the speakers are fe-
males, on the question whether the Bible is
an infalib.c guide. Some of the women pre-
tend to speak under "spiritual influence"
EE Mr.. Collier is about to produce
new work on Shakespeare, in which he will
produce variety of new readings of obscure
passages; the volume Will also contain twelve
lectures on Shakespeare, by !Coler!dge, never
before published, and now printed from notes
taken by Mr.. Collier as the lectures were de-
livered. ~' l'~ .e-
es- The last man of the English, in the
Crimea, is said to have been one of the land
transport corps, who, long after the Crimea
was given up, and all had embarked, was
found lying very drunk, in one of the ditch
es. He was carried to the beach by six Cos
sacks, and pulled off to the ship quitting the
port. So tipsy Was be that he had to be
hoisted on board. '' Z"
al EL Reports are current that the En-
peror of the French is in really critical
slate of health. His illness consists in d. :.
velopment Of 2 malady of the spine, with
which he has been long afflicted. He is able
o attend to business, and is not in i,nmedi-
te danger. ' "'' - q 'f' '4
IL On Wednesday last, child eigh-
teen months old, was bsttcn on the scalp by
a rat in the house Of its parents, in Worth
street, Ney York. 4 doctor was called in,
who tried in vain to stop the hcmorrhage
and the child died op Thursday morning.
EE Tho amount of force know by the
term horsepower is understood to be that
which will elevate weight of 33 600 lbs.
the height Of one foot in minute Of time,
equal to about 90 pounds at the rate Of four.
miles an hour. ..t,s3.4. erea +--
E Congress passed a bill giving 160
acres of land to each of the officers and
crews, or their descendants, engaged on board
of privateer vessels during any Of the wars Of
the U. s. with other countries. 4
EE The origin Of the word honey
moon,n Is from custom of the Tentines, an
ancient people Of Germany, who drank mead,
or methssien, beverage made with honey,
for thirty days after every wedding.
re- A Boston woman has sent very
brief letter to member Of Congress- from
Massachusetts. It reads as follows b.
laam's~ass spoke once-can't sou Z" si =
tx John Dosher, Of y. 7. city, did not
go to California as his wife expected, but re-
turned to his house and almost killed Char
/ les Cordes, her paramour, whom he f und
1 with her. - ii' fie sfss IN