The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-08-09
NEWS ITEMS.

u There is strong feeling OF oppo-
sition to Breckenridge in Kentucky, grow
ing out of the trial of Matt. Ward, the MUIR
derer of the schoolmaster at Louisville. It
will be remembered, that Breckenridge was
one of the distinguished counsel" who
volunteered to quit his post at Washington,
to 60 and screen the rich and guilty assassin
from punishment
IL The Rochester Democrat says that
an immense number of cattle, sheep and
hogs, are passing Eastward by the N. York
Central Railroad. On Friday evening last,
ninety cars filled with cattle were sent East.
These would average fourteen head each,
making 1850 in the train. The freight to
Albany on these cattle will amount to &c.
300, oil earned in less than twenty -four
hoprs.
IL The most reckless rail car running
since the Pennsylvania accident, was by the
traip from Buffalo Thursday morning last, to
Rochester, a stance of IS miles, in one hour
and thirty-eight minutes. 1t consisted of
five passenger cars, and made five stops. 1t
is time this kind of amusement was discour-
aged.
IL Over fifty thousand dollars has
been recently raised, chiefly in Georgia,
South Carolina, Alabama and Virginia, in
aid of the Southern Baptist Publication So
ciety, located in Charleston, s. G.
IL A transparent ballot box made Of
glass, in the form of globe, and restin on
four wooden legs with brass lid, through
which to pass the ballots, has been prepared
in New York city, to guard against election
frauds.
e Ehe orthodox churches in Boston
have contributed to the American Board of
Foreign Missions, the present season, $26,
2S5, having fallen off about $4,000 from last
year.
ES A new compound has been discov-
cred to take the place of borax, in welding
iron and steel, and is said to be much cheap
er. 1t has been patented by Homer Ander-
sop, the inventor Of the explosive cannon
ball.
e Hon. H. Hamlin has accepted the
Republican nomination for Governor of
Maine. He proposes to address the people
of every county of the State before election,
and to resign his Office of Senator in case the
Democrats carry the State.
EE Peter P. Lowe, Esq, for many
years leading Democrat in Montgomery
county, Ohio, made an able speech to one
of the Fremont Clubs of Dayton, few
days since.
EDr Wick, of Sussex, Virginia, while
conducting post norton examination few
days ago, accidentally cut his hand. A por-
ton of the virus from the body entered the
wound, causing his death shortly after
wards.
EE The New York Herald says it is
rumored that the employees in the Custom
House and Post Office. commanding about
two thousand votes, are contemplating bolt
from Buchanan TO Fremont.
EE In the region of Wheeling, Va, the
farmer hardly know hoY to get in the i'm
mense quantity of hay which lies before
them, and much will be left uncut for want
of laborers.
EE Hamilton, G. W., is growing city
In l848 its population was trife sboFt OF
10000. By census just taken, the popu-
lation is now shown to be 81, 1855.
IT IS said that it was found, on the late
burning of the steamboat Northern Indiana,
on Ii Ike Erie, that numbers Of the "pre-
servers had been rendered valueless, by
having been used as pipoussiops by lady pas
sengers on retiring.
A MAN employed on the Genesee river new
suspension bridge, near Rochester, slipped,
caught hold of fellow-workman's leg, and
he being pulled off the scaffold, hung by the
wire until both were rescued. They were
hanging 240 feet above the water.
The population of Cuba is estimated at
the present time at about 100000. OF
this number, 65O,OOO are white, 10000
slave black, and about 200, 900 free black. By
a royal order of the 18th of March, 1887,
free colored people were prohibited from
landing in Cuba.
MISS Sally St. Clair, the actress, was rob-
bed on the steamer Michigan, near Memphis
Tenn, last week, of gold watch and chain,
a diamond ring worth $3.50, and $3.50 in
cash. A Louisiana planter was robbed at
the same time of $3.50 in cash.
AwFuL.-Mr. Edmundson, of Virginia,
refuses to associate with those Representa-
tives who voted to censure him for cogni-
zance of the Sumner assault.
ACCORDING to the opposition, Colonel
Fremont is man of many characters. He
is an abolitionist and q slaveholder-a Ro-
man Catholic and Know-Nothing-a mil
lionaire, and Ex-Governor Mel ougal, of Cali
fornia, says he would not give $500 for his
Mariposa claim. Keep on, gentlemen, in
Your Kilkenny cat business.
OLD Mr.. Singlestiek mystifed tea-party
by remarking that women were facts. When
pressed to explain his meaning, he said !:
/" Facts are stubborn things" d nj ao!3is iap 3.
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