The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-01-05

| 1hlrQ W ara hehevoIent Society.
The ladies of the Third Ward met at the
School House in Walnut street, on Monday
last, and adopted Constitution. The Ward
was divided into four Districts and visitors
appointed.
District No. 1.-West of Walnut street.
between Mississippi river and Fort street.
Directors, Mrs. Banning, Mrs. Hollinshead
and Mrs. Cady. .-s
District No. 2.-Between Walnut and St.
Anthony streets south and east of Fort st.
Directors, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Mccormick,
and Mrs. Symonds. .,ars
District No. 3.-North of Fort and west
of St. Anthony street. Directors, Mrs.
Robertson, Mrs. Hoffman, and Mrs. Selby.
District No. 5.-North and east of Saint
Anthony street. Directors, Mrs. German,
Mrs King and Mrs. Winslow.
The following officers were chosen:
President-Mrs. Ramsey. 81
Vice President-Mrs. Nicols.
Secretary-Mrs. Moss.
Treasurer-Alrs. Becker.
Any person can become a member of the
Association by paying one dollar.
E The bids for $4,5OO,OOO New York
5 per cent loan, were opened at Albany on
the 18th. Highest bids 1O3; lowest 95. q.
E A London correspondent Of the
Christian, states that Methodist Church
had been formed in the British army in the
Crimea, numbering about three hundred
non-commissioned officers and priyates.
E The Rochester Union, of the 18th,
says that many Of the farmers of Monroe
and Ontario Counties are blowing, SO little
has the ground frozen.
E& The Richmond Despatch says that
the Legislature of Virginia has passed bill
for the voluntary enslavement of q negro
of Southampton County. He was sixty
years of age, and having been recently eman-
cipated was anxious to return to his old con-
dition. g$1
E The number of Colts pistols manu-
factured at Hartford, up to February last
was 100000.
E The Burlington Hawkeye estimates
that fifteen thousand hogs have been for
warded Chicago-wards this season from that
city. a -4" 2l
e During the year 1855, in Boston,
seven persons have been burnt to death,
thirty-two drowned, and about eighty killed
by various accidents, such as falling out of
windows, &c.
E The Albany Express says: ''Float-
ing on the stream of town gossip, is free and
frequent allusion to the large emigration
from Albany. The death of young men has
become subject of remark. 1t is said of
certain church, old, respectable, and to use
an expressive phrase, popular that two
thirds of the congregation have emigrated
within the last eight years."
EE The Henry Clay Fire Insurance
Company Of New York City has burst up.
@ The suit brought against Colonel
Collier, Collector at San Francisco under the
Fillmore administration by the government,
to secure an alleged defalcation, has resulted
in the Court certifying that the government
owes Mr.. Collier $S, Ito 90.
A. new bank, with capital of
$125, 900, has been started at Auburn, New
York, called the Exchange Bank of Auburn.
e The Boston Post says the dead
letter branch ofthe finance bureau was never
before so efficient as at present. Nearly one
and a half millions of dead letters were
opened during the last quarter. Three
letters during that period, contain
ed money to an amount exceeding eighteen
thousand dollars, above seyen-eights of which
had been promptly restored to the owners
the remainder is transmitted agreeable to
the regulations of the Department, and
still larger proportion may yet be disposed
Of
A LONG WAY TO MILL.-The ship Adel-
aide arrived here on the 18th of October
from San Francisco, bringing cargo Of Cal
ifornia wheat, barley, &C., which paid prof
it to the shipper of nearly 40 per cent. clear
of expenses, the wheat selling at an average
of about So per bushel. The same vessel is
now up for California with 1,500 bbls. of
-four on board to go back to the same port
from which she brought the wheat. Some
would think that $4,000 miles was a long
way to come to mill.-N. Y. Journal of Com
neTce. @ 80
EThe Schenectady Locomotive Works
have just turned out tor the N. Y~Central
Railroad 90. an immense locomotive for
drawing freight cars. It has ten wheels, six
of which are drivers 81 inches in diameter
with stroke Of % inches. II is called the
s. Drullard. ~
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