The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-07-26

M. Godard says the people were very kind
to him in Londonderry, and rendered him
every assistance.
! SENTIMENTALIsM.--M Swisshelm, no.
ticing the publication of new love story,
makes these remarks: GAIL that stuff about
woman's love has been said over and over
again hundred thousand times, to the great
detriments Of the best interests of humani-
ty. There is no kind of necessity for using
the press to persuade silly girls that it is
! very romantic and womanly to love scoun-
drel; to leave her affections unguarded by
reason or experience, and drift helplessly in
to sin, shame and despair, as an evidence Of
her unsuspecting womanhood.
"It is not true that woman's affections
are any stronger or more durable than mans.
We think the opposite is the case, and two
thirds of all the women who pine away and
die of love, do so for want of something bet
ter to do.
"Everything calculated to make love sick
ness feminine requirement is great iniu-
ry; but to strew the path of the suicide with
the flowers of poesy and romance is in de-
gree reprehensibe.
The best motto to guide young girls
through the mazes of love is-"Do right and
trust in God" A girl who has done no
wrong has little cause to mourn over the
fickleness of a pretended lover. Better he
should change his mind before than after
marriage"
THE Ravenna Democrat says that the dis
tress of the terrified Democracy is quite ap-
parent from their desperate efforts to turn
aside the current which is overwhelming to
them. The last fetch is the cry of bribery
The Buchanan papers claim, that Colonel
Fremont is using the wealth of his Maripo-
sa estate in California to buy up votes. We
were not before aware that the " incorrupt-
| IDLE democr. cy" were in the market But
the Buchanan papers seem TO understand it.
Such of our Buchanan friends as wish to sell
out, should g walk Up to the captains Of
flee and settle" without delay, for the gal
liant colonel's change may soon be ex-
| hausted
| The Dem ocrat adds " 1t is our opinion,
formed after mature elaboration, that if the
Buchananites cannot find anybody. to buy
them, they had better give themselves away
rather than longer degrade their manhood by
doing the servile work of the Black Power
of the South"
E Daniel Webster was fond of a
practical joke, but only of an amusing
and generally harmless one. He had in
Mortified, across the river from his Frank
lin farm, small piece of sandy, barren
land with poor house upon it, in which a
very destitute family had been living for
some time without paying any rent.
| Upon one of his visits to the place, the
good woman expressed her anxiety about
being able to remain. She expected to be
turned out, and didn't know where to 60.
She hoped Mr.. Webster wouldn't be hard
with her.
He heard her through, and then told her,
with great gravity, that he knew it was a
hard case for her he wished reconsider her
and didn't mean to be unkind that he had
la great many to provide for. At the same
time putting his hand into his pocket he
took out five dollar bill and handed it to
her, saying he was sorry he couldn't do bet
ter by her, buff she could afford to stay on
the place another year for that, he should be
very glad, and rode off.
tx A meeting of the clergy and laity
has been held in Boston, to adopt measures
for carrying out plan of systematic benef-
lcence. 1t is proposed that church members
1give ten per cent of their income for benevo.
lent purposes.
The LATE FLOOD IN FRANcE.-The inju.
ry done to the crops by the late foundations
in France is estimated at one hundred and
fifty millions of francs, of which thirty mil
lions are referable to the mulberry trees fol
silk worms. The above does not include the
damage done to houses, cattle, farm utensils
or railroads.
e. The Newarker Zeitung, the organ
of the German population Of Newark the
Concord Reporter, the Manchester American
the Portsmouth Ballot and the Milwaukee.
Wisconsin have all thrown the Fremont ban
ner to the. breeze.
QUIrE an excitement has occurred OF
change in New York, in reference to tn
adulteration of lard by the use of farina dis
solved in water. The practice is said t.
have been common in England and other Eu
ropean ports but has only lately been intro
duced here. 1t can be detected only b,
melting.