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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

ACQUISITION OFTERRITORY.-The Nation
al Inteligencer says: - ! he outrage COM
mitted some months ago at Panama on the
railroad passengers crossing to the Pacific
doubtless directed the attention of our GOV
ernment to the propriety Of deyi ing some
means by which to save onr citizens from
similar outrages in future, as well as to rem
der the transit of the Isthmus a safe and un-
nolested route for all travellers whatever.
With view, we presume. to effect this i'm
portant object. our Executive has. as we un-
dcrstand, been Negotiating with the govern
ment Of New Granada for the cession or
transfer Of the jurisdiction or sovereignty of
a tract of country on the Isthmus, embrac-
ing Of course the line of the railroad, and
how much more We do not know. The all
thoritics of the !sthmns being unable or un-
willing to repress the banditti which infest
Panama and its neighborhood, an arrange
inent which shall place that power in orr
. wn hands would certainly be very desirable,
if it can be effected without complicating or
involving the exterior relations and respon-
sibilities Of our government to an objection
able extent. We simply state the fact Of the
negotiation. however, without touching on
the political aspect Of the subject, Of which
our knowledge of the details of the matter
are too imperfect 10 permit us to speak
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Hen ppo,,rSr rop ruc E,rrpr Tn,

HIGH PROMISE FOR THE FCTURE.-Indi-
ana. says the Galcna Advertiser, has gone
stronger pro-savery than any other North
ern State. There is in this no reason for
disappointment. The white native citizens
of Indiana. over twenty years of age, who
could not read and write in 1850, numbered
60, ,4j5-greater than tue same class num-
bered in any other State, North or South,
except Virginia and North Carolina, and
more than double the number New York
contained with three times tie population.
The vote of Indiana is thus accounted for
But the future promises well. The census
from which we get the above facts. show
that at the same time, Indiana had 220, ,9Gl
children attending school, but few hun
dreds less than that number sent by Massa-
chusetts, and full in proportion with the
number sent by New York, Ohio, Connecti-
cut, Vermont, and other great Republican
States. The rising generation will redeem,
Indiana in due time.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13
Tuesday YES MORNING, DEC. o, 1885,,
LATEST NEWS. NEWS.
y JOONGEEsSfONAI.

aji f,rj5 "a 1oiru.i1 WAsHINGTaN,, Dec. l. !,
! The L. S. Senate met this morning. Al
the galerids and lob,ies ofsthe ci,fi.oi AZ,
crow'le with, Spectators, AMI gootl ,f,,,no,
everywhere prevails. .Ilssea9 ri f.o.i,o4ib :
There Is u large attendance OF members o
both branches Of Congress. and messages are
being ifteiclanged preliminary to business
and joint committees werc appointed TO wait
upon Tie Presdenta2s 45a of a fafI-yff
/ Mr.. Phelps presented in the H3mse the
credentials OF Mr.. Whitfield, asking that be
be sworn. s"-. 2.'' ~
Mr. Grow objected, cn;endng thit tic
Kansas elections was illegal--the election law
being in violation Of the constitution and tf
TIC organic law of the territory. ~, .l....
i. There isno probability that the Presidents
Message will be sent in to-day. .5. W 500
.- The Report Of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury will he sent off to-day to New. York
boston, Fhlladeiphia anl Baltimore. g.. .....
The bridge of Menasses Gap Railroad
over the Shenandoah, cave way on Saturday
night, rrecipta.in2 an engine AMI five. cars
into the river ad stance ol 10 &c. t. - -.,., ~
The engineer, che fireman and the con-
'snctor were killed. a JTrs ni1st ~.
a passenger belonging to Virginia was
fatally i.Ua!ea.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

The standing and most approved appella-
ton Of the slavery press, during the late
campaign appli d to the party Of Freedom,
has been that Of" Black Republican" Two
things 60 to prove that the Buchanan party
is the negro party after all. In the first
place, Buchanan is elected by negroes-or,
what is the same thing, electoral votes based
upon Saves. The South, by the three-f -fifths
rule, gains twenty-one electoral votes, as
well as the same number of members Con-
gress. These negro votes were given to Bu-
chanan. Then, again, his party is fighting
for the occupancy of Kansas by negroes in
stead oi free white laborers. These two
things show which is the :" Black party
leaving out of view entirely their black deeds
of border ruffianism, in Kansas and else.
wher.-HtNlson (Afich.) Courier.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

COLLEGES IN THE L. S.-There are in the
United States one hundred and twenty two
colleges. with more than thousand profess
sors, and having more than twelve thousand
students. They have extensive laboratories
and astronomical instruments and libraries,
containing more than a million of volumes.
There are about forty medical schools, and
about two hundred and fifty professors, and
five thousand students. There are forty -four
theological schools. with one hundred and
twenty-seven professors and between thir.
teen and fourteen hundred students. There
are sixteen law schools, and about six hum
dred students.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

ARTIFICIAL IcE.-Prof. Merriam, of wea-
'ther notoriety, is travelling, and has written
letter to the New York Commercial Ad,
ver'iser, from the banks of the Cuyahoga,
Ohio, dated the 3fst ultimo. We give the
following extract 4 1888 lsaea9 s haa
This afternoon have been engaged in ex-
amining machine made here for produc;no
intense cold by artificial means. The ma.
chine, after having been worked an hour.
brought down the mercury in the ther1no.
meter to the line Of twenty four degrees he.
low zero, which was the lowest daorea
marked ON the scale. cut an apple and
placed 1t Oh the outside Of one of the metal
p pes in which current of ether was made
to pass through the vacuum, and in a few
minutes it was frozen. This machine has
been two years in being brought to it's pre-
sent state OF lorwartlness. 1t is worked by
steam. 1t ireezes water, forming blocks Of
ice twelve inches by six that being the size
Of the metal cells in which the Refrigeration
takes place. Each cell is separated from the
|others by what may be called flue. A
large number of these cells are placed in
what may be called square cistern, and of
sufficient number to produce ton of ice At
one operation. Clothing of persons coming
to quarantine in vessels can be frozen bY
this naehine, and thus divested of the germs
If pestilence. 1t can be made to frost the
entire inside of a ship in few hours, and
thus purify its hold and its apartments and
lit is capable Of reducing the temperature oi
stone warehouses so low as to free the goods
stored in the refrigerated apartments from
everything infected with yellow fever"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13
Political Items.

George t. Hodges, of Rutland, was chc-
sen at the Presidential election to fill the
vacancy in the present Congress from the
First District, caused by Mr.. Meacham's
death. He is a Republican and had three
quarters of the entire vote Of the district.
r. Barnwell Rhett is nominated in the
Charleston Mercury of the 18th ultimo, as
proper candidate for Governor of South
Carolina.
In Shenandoah county, Virginia, there
were five men who voted for Fremont, and
the Democratic Sentinel Of that county has
cut of each one of them, after the manner
of runaway negroes, illustrated in their adj
ve:tising columns.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13
* Bayard Taylor. in ! recent ,s,te, ],

E Bayard Taylor, in recent ktter to
the N. Y. Tribune, from Gotha, gives the fol-
lowing Incident which occurred on landing st
D'eppe: "The night was warm, and went
into the refreshment room at the station to
get bottle of 1i,aoAnde goseuse While twas
being opened, solid, middle-aged English
man standing near Inc said: Dn you need
more than half bottle, sir? Iwapta little
with my brandy shared it with him, and
the bottle having been paid for in advance
was moving away, when he called after me,
How much must pay2 Not hisg,' al :
swercd there was more than aeetled. and
1 had already paid for it, Sir said he
freely, take nothing fror anybody: am
III the habit Of Iaying for what get' Bot
H. l replied, am not in the habit of dealing
in soda-water,' and left him; but he i,nme.
diately called the gareon, and satisfied hi.
independence by paying over again the price
Of half a bottle." = bsd9atts gisAsjaE
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

QUEER NAMEs.-What queer names some
unfortunate mortals are blessed with. We
heard of family in Detroit whose sons were
named One Stickney, Two Stickney, Three
Stickney, and whose daughters were named
First Stickney, Second Stiekney. and so on.
The three elder children of another family
were named Joseph, And, and Another, and
it has been supposed that should they have
any more, they might have named them Also
Moreover, Nevertheless, and Notwithstand-
ing. Another family actually named their
child Finis, supposing it was their last, but
they happened afterward to have daughter
and two sons, whom they called Addenda,
Appendix, and Supplement- Another paren,
set out to perpetrate the Twelve Apostles
and named the fifth chill Acts. man in
Pennsylvania called his second son James
Also, and the third William Likewise.
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Gov. Wise at Wheatla nd.

The question that has startled multitude
of Eastern politicians is, "What is Gov. WIS,
doing at Wheatland % 1t is important to
know whether he was summoned there to be
advised with, or whether he proceeded on his
own hook to make demands The Philadcl-
phia Times says that this novcmcnt OF
Wise has caused great perturbation among
the Buchaneers. That Taper, of Tuesday
hits TIE case thus:
Run ors have been filling the land for sew
eral days back that Mr. Buchanan had de-
termned to use his influence to make Kan
sas free State The Republicans gave nc
credence to this. Bnt so many of the De-
mocratic leaders and orators, in Indiana
Pennsylvania and Illinois, had declared that
he should so act, and the indexes Of opinion
among that portion of their party whom they
su :ceeded in entrapIing into voting for the
Irregular ticket" once more so loudly began
to demand that these promises should be full
filled, that the nervous and excitab!e Mr.
Wise grew restiye under such demonstra-
tions.
He was therefore posted off to Wheatland
to eXtort from Mr.. Buchanan a new pledge
for the acquisition of Cuba, the annexation
of Nicaragua, the forcing of Slavery into Kan
sas, and general jubilee for illibustersu
and public robbery. If not, Bobadil Wise
loomingly threatens to have the Electora
Colleges of the South throw their votes
for new man. Thus the election will go
to the House, where the five thousand dol
lar Per negro hero hopes no election will bt
Effected until the 18th of March. Then Mr.
Breckenridge will become President
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

aav- The Union oad Ameritua of Nashss
vile. Tenn, says that the recent Presidential
canvas has Lad deleterious effect on the
slave population. The negroes manifested
ali unusual interest in the result. and
attended the political meetings of the whites
in large numbers. This is dangerous. The
necessity for watchfulness is very great
The Shareholders must anNiously guard both
ag .inst the attacks Of Northern fanatics. and
the insideOus wiles of enemies; at home
"These are questions, says the T.aoa and
44mesicaa, ''no less worthy of consideration
" than the issues Of the recent canvas. A
"secret enemy is more dangerous than an
"open foe. An explosive ,nlne under our
Gown house is more threatening than the
boiling volcano in the distance, Is rsg.yz
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Later from california;

i, bsleo has % AJAX 1aax. Noy. %.
II .".'s'eamcr ii!innis 9arrivcd this ,isoris ri
~ '}@r"'cH 81; ~ from tsdnwaii. with. (.alifrii
""tes 70 fhe 9TH inst. .1i,sao,b -. y 80 -
i 2he brings So OCo 600 in treasure. -; ,g',i
/. oauofhia has gaae slfr9f Buchanan i aat
".."e.ai13c. 15-i i'''''''4l -.i7 ''Hii
| nc hEifiHh ia'sifh connected with the S,nora
"'ieii of"''s"t ';'.wn leariy two and a quar-,
-. '"o"' 2. h.'foifta4 hse ssa3g5 lsjai Euo
~ rue sa'"p-"i-war Saratoga ltft A>pinwal
ho'h, i"r Norfolk: hia. Havana '''A1
| INC oo'f'ra lett San Fianrsco un thc ,y,i.
''s ~ Tie Pih.. as9v'e5 la1a1ui Iai4d sdi ii
."e e'ection rttnrns received up to g
,'oe" 'oe "'' tiia' day foot ni Buchanan 1900
filli'ore $500, Fremont 1000, 'o "a s''. -, =.
-'"'"'''s 'sh'':te c'neeraing the Leeisla-
'". .ssis
'"' ieIirhs from San Francisco
s"e buchanan lUlover Fremont. and ms. Iaf
-. "s'',s -'.vV over til'more.,los nsy;sgs T
"e "e;'"olcan Legislative ticket pre-
80" !" ''a'' frahcisc", though Bncl,anai,
w. P'"''''' P'' nave ioo ioo majority. 80, -
i, woe u" the cfy MAS mu;!i less than
'''. az 'he state election last years This
e" !" the unfortunate absence of
~, ""' "''s lH'':ticians.
ne e'ect'o' passed on Inietly. ,,-
N'N'ceS were received on the ,lay Of the
s'e"i'efs sailing that lire was raging in Sac
'a''cht" III the National Theatre block.
H. ;. Wei 5, Republican candidate for Nav.
T:'' Asnala county, was killed by being
'hr""n IRON carriage. -aia l .sB.t
The Indians are still resisthss in t,.,;o or
MA. General Casby had fight with a party
I'll The kamath river, killing several. Another
party attacked the whites near Ballad Mo,,.-
tam: killing many. .-s -laea iaF
chester & Spiaguc, proiessed agents of the
United Insurance Company, had abscondcd
from San Francisco after ,wmlliny the citi-
zens.
Nathan y. Cook CINE Passenger in the H.
iinois-he is delegate ia Woshine ton frcm
the Ga.lslcn purchase, who had taken stems
for coming territorial government under
the name ofOrrizonia. !' -4la
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

MARINE DIsAsTERs.-Nearly every ex-
change which arrives nowadays, contains an
account Of some terrible disaster upon the
ocean Or the Lakes, with never-ending ca
talogue of fearful scenes and loss of life.
When railways fail to accomplish their al
most wholesale murders, the elements seem
disposed to take up arms against mankind
and fall but little short of equalling in heart.
rending destruction, their companion-the
locomotive-but their work is not SO speed
ily done,
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From Nicaragua.

NEW YORK, November %.
Adviccs from Callao are to the 26th of Oc-
tobcr, Valparaiso 18th; and Australia, Goth
August. Nothing important.
The steamer Thames arrived at Aspinwall
from Grcytown, Nov. 7tl. Everything qui-
ct in Nicaragua.
Walker had troops posted at San Carlos
and other points. He had just received $50
recruits well provided with arms ammunition
and provisions.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

CoLD WEATHER.-Tho mercury yesterday
morning indicated the coming of winter in
sober earnest. At six o'clock A. NJ, it stood
at twelve degrees below zero, with calm,
clear air and the usual accompanying scenes
of a winter morning as red noses, brisk
walkers and the merry jingle of sleigh-bells
A newcomer very sensibly remarked II
amt so thunderin' bad, after ALL"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13
Ohio Omcfal.

The Democratic Know -Nothings support
ed Buchanan, while the Wing Know-No-
things voted for Fillmore, under the same
influences that caused them to support him
in Illinois. The Pro-Slavery Wings of Ohio
all voted for Buchanan, as they did in the
other Free States 3-3
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LOOK OUT.-The St. Catharine's &C.. W.
Journrl says 4" Ten dollar forged notes on
the Commercial Bank, Canada, are abun-
dant, and so well executed that not one out
of hundred persons would refuse them.
We have seen some Of them that have been
taken by shrewd public pen."
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

A LONG RANGE.-Some soldiers who were
firing Mimic rifle at target at Magde-
burg, at distance of 1000 PAGES, hit and
mortally wounded laborer at work 700
PAGES beyond A sheep was accidentally
killed in England with the Enfield rife. from
a distance of $500 yards.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13
WAsHINGToN. Nov. I

The examination Of Philip Denniug and
Gesaquin Negret on the alleged charge ef
being engaged in the Slave Trade, COM
,aence,i this A. NJ Hon. Il. Hal.ct conclu-
ded the case for the Government. The les
timony mp to noon developed nothing impol-
tant.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

Mr.. LYMAN ScuDDER, of New Boston, Ill.,,
while on a shooting excursion with several
young men, on the 18th ult., was accident
ally fired at while lying in the grass-lis
comrades thinking they were shooting at
geese. He lies in very critical condition.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

REFUSES TO BE COUNTED IN.-The Com
mon Council Of Nashville, Tennessee, has re-
fused, by vote of II to 6, to send delegates
to the new "South Commercial Conven-
tion," which tLey understand very well to
be nothing more than pow-wow of the
Secessionists. q - !.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

~ OF the thirty American doctors who
served in the Russian army during the war,
about one-third have died, and the rest have
returned home, without ex ;eption.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

VERY NATURAL.-The Richmond Enquir-
er regards it as altogether impertinent for
the Northern people to discuss the constitu-
ton of Mr. Buchanan's cabinet.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-13

Benz. ASHLEY, the man that built the
first steamboat on the Connecticntriv died
the other day at Springfield, Mass, aged 81.
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From New YOrk.


Advioes hive been received from the CITY
OF Mexico mp to the 9th ult
Gen. Gendar, whose d feat by the revo-
lasionIsts a: Sonoia, was reported from Ca
i'fornia. had put himself at the head of 5, o
| Indians and captured the town of Horcal-
General Moreno expected to fight dec-
siye battle with the insurgents at puebla on
the 9th. ,.t-....- ,.f...... ert..f
Many of the government officers have
| been shot in battle by the pronounciadors.
Great outrages by the Indians are re-
ported.
They had murdered DR.. Beers, an Amer
ican and all his family, near Monterey.
The Indians had defeated the government
troops at Bosario.
The Santiago river had risen and Overflow
ed the Valley of IIoxca!la. ---a
An invasion from Spain was still feared
and til people were preparing for stout
resistance. .,
En- lands expected naval demonstration
was looked upon as pretty certain to take
place.
The Herald's Washington correspondent
says movement will be made early in the
session for the amendment of the Canadian
Reciprocity Treaty, for the repeal Of the act
giving it effect. To this end call will he
made on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to the working of the Treaty,
and it is believe,lit will show that the I'M
ted States have lost largely, as far as revenue
is concerned, while the Canadians have re
ceived all the benefit
The amendment s',ncht is to enlarge the
free list between the two countries to all ar
ticles actually grown by each respectively
This will include sn.ar and tobacco, which
are now excluded, and from the duties on
which the Canadian Government is mainly
supported. In case of an amendment, notice
is to be given so as to put an end to the tiea-
ty.
New York. Nov. 90.
We had the first snow storm Of the sea
son this evening, but it speedily changed in
to rain. I-.
The Hon. n. p. Banks, Speaker of the
House of Representatives,, delivered a lee
turc OH the Commercial Age, before the Mer-
camille Library Association, last evening"
The audience was numerous, and the Ice
ture was received with frequent manifesto
ton Of favor.
The Times Washington corresi ondent sa,
the President has decided to appoint Mr.
Chase of Louisiana, Special Minister to New
G. enada, and that gentleman accepts it,
His instructions are pressing, and he will
leave for Aspinwall.
Among the claims against New Grenada
which make up TIE sum Of million Of dol
lars heretofore announced, is a large claim
Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, fol
the head tax upon passengers, paid for eight
years-claimed as being in violation of the
treaty of speculation.
| The Executive has determined TO order
! the United States steamer Massachusetts te
proceed to the islands of American guano
and report on their harborage, location &C.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-11
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s. WE presume no Medical Prepar'

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The Pain Killer is sold by Gray 4 Ballantyne, and
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