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Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

CT Spirit Rappngs, as we'll as most other
things, is done on an extensive scale in San Fran
cisco. According 10 the Sun of that city, Mar.
shall North was lately called to house in Suffer
street to trace out and quell some mysterious
noises that were disturbing the inmates. lie
took six men with him, four of whom he posted
outside the building, and the remaining two he
took with him inside. While standing in the
middle of the floor Il startling thump was heard
close to his feet, unaccompanied by any jar. lie
3 arched the house and was convinced that no one
was concealed. He and Mr.. Lees, one Of the of.
fcers, then advanced and opened closet in
which hung large metal waiter over sink he
was not more than foot and half from the
waiter, when it was violently struck, as if with
huge club, producing u loud noise, vet no one
had touched it, andit hung suspended against
the wall. Proceeding thence, he opened another
closet, which contained some clothing, and
while looking in, was startled by IA noise imme-
diately in front of him, resembling the breaking
and cracking Of large stick, yet nothing of the
kind was visible, and no one was present except
MIR. Lees and the lady of the house. lie then
went outside the house where the other officers
were in attendance, and WAS standing in front OF
and close to a window, on the inside of which
hung thick and heavy shawl, when it. appeared
rs ii somebody had thrown a large stone or brick
through the pane of glass near est him, shivering
it into a thousand pieces. Bot the singularity Of
tn fact is, that the glass was neither driven in
to nor out of the house, but crumhled just
where it WAS, some portions falling into and some
out of the house. there was no one in the room
at the time, and there was no missile of any kind
whatever found, nor any indication that a missile
had been thrown. Various other extraordinary
performances were related of the pranks of the
spirits, for which neither the worthy Marshal nor
any of his aids could account.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01
E9y~ A letter from M. De Saussl,re, Of &c

E9y" A letter from M. De Saussl,re, Of &c.
neva. the noted traveller, who is engaged in
making a scientific exploration in Mexico, an
nounces that he lately succeeded in attaining
the SUNNI, of the volcanic mountain Popocat-
APPEL, the highest in Mexico, and which is &c.
900 feet above the level Of the sea. Owing
to the climate, the ascent is stated TO have been
less difficult than that OF Mount Blanc. This
Volcano
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

Ee2y" We have received the American re.pul.
LEGATIONS of the October number of the North
British Review, the November number of the
London Quarterly Review, and Blackwood's
Magazine, for January 1856.
The publishers, Leonard, Scott & Co., Of N.
Y, receive advance sheets Of the British publ.
cations, so that,hey are enabled to lay before
the American public their edition of those
standard works qui'e as soon as if not in ad-
vance of the European edition.
No publications stand higher in the literary
world than The British periodicals-and none
are furnished on more liberal terms See Ad.
ver,semcnt In another column
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

Lately, on a prairie, in the south pr, of Min.
nrsota, a sleigh and horses came up 20 a tav.
ern, and the landlord going to ii, found its oc-
cupants, five men, frozen STIFF iereland Her.
ald.
E.l7 That is all humbug Mr. Herald got
mp Ivy tho sharks who haze entered pretty much
all OF the unoccupied land in Iowa, with the
hope of turning cmigran,s from Minnesota to
that State, TO purchase their land at three or
four prices profit. The story was probably
manufactured out Of the circumstance, that dur
ing our coolest weather sleigh load of passen.
gers broke through the Zun,bro river, and be.
fore they could get to fire their clothes were
frozen stiff" Tut not the men. The same
story came TO ST. Paul, but the passengers ar.
rived Il day or two after. and insisted upon it,
they were not dead. Our friend Case, of the
firm of Emerson & Case, was one Of the fro
zen passengers, notwithstanding we saw him
yesterday alive and well. The Herald TO make
some amends for freezing our citizens to death
should say, that the small party of Minnesota
ans which 1t troZc TO death i'm the southern part
OF tins Territory, on the 18th Of February are
all alive and we'll
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

LANGUAGE OF BoNNErs.--Show us "a lady's bon
net, and we will tell Won what sort of an insti-
tuition she is. If it is shrouded with ribbons, Gu
p;ds, bows, Sc. she is as full of love and poetry
a country inn is of politicians and leafers. -
If it COOS in for wrinkles. plain collars and a
couple of modest knots. she is perfect jewel,
sweet. sunny. mild. but rs afFectionate fresh
~ nursed kitten. If 1t is stuck all with a
paradise of clover. three story ostrich feather,
wax holly hooks and juniper berries, put it square
down that the calico is single establishment,
and viii never sec a fcrtieth birthday. Bonnets
are a true index OF women
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

The SUPPLEMENTAL RETURNs-A FACT OR Two.
We informed by good authority, that it
mas been ascertained that the supplemental re-
turns from the varons clerks up North, although
purporting to be from points many miles apart
are all m he same hand tc,iting. and oil made
out on The same Kind Of paper! The GAINESVILLE
Gazcttee notices the fact that the oath affixed to
all of them, although different from the form pres
cribed 10y law for judges and clerks Of elections,
differs IN the same ray. and is precisely alike in
all. On such grounds Barstow bases his claim
to tie Govcrnorshp.-P i0ttriHe line lean.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

CT We may observe in humorous authors that
tho faults they chiefly inlicatc have often like
knight Grants in him. Sir George Etherege was
unconsciously the Foplin: Fiuttercr of his own
satire. Goldsmith was the same hero to chamber
maids, and coward to ladies that he has inn
mortalized in his charming comedy--and the an
tiauarian frivolties Of Jonathan Oldbuck had
their resemblance in Jonathan Oldbuck's crea-
tor uicer. aIe hat Ge44q ~. tfs
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

CAPITOL OF OREGON BrRNr.-The Capitol build
ing at Salem has been entirsly destroyed, sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary. The
Territorial library was entirely eonsumed--val-'
ued AZ about &c. 600 or 5000. The total loss
of building and library. will not fall much. short
of $4,000. The papers and Journal of'the pres
emit session were destroyed priBcpaas, and wilk
occasion great Inconvenience to the Assembly ra
further duties.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

sl- The Grand Rapids Enquirer says that
disease called black tongue prevails to some
extent among horses in that vicinity. The
writer supposes that it has arisen from putting
frosty bits into their mouths, and humanely
suggests that during the prevalence of the cold
weather the bits should lie warmed.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01
The crop of sugars in Louisiana, 1915, was
so 900 tons less than in the preceding year.
The Shipping List remarks as follows: f.s-

Inc crop OF sugars IN LOUISIANA, lc04-o, was
$4,000 tons less than in the preceding year.
The Shipping List remarks as follows: aa
Notwithstanding the high prices which have
been current during the greater part Of the year
for molasses, the estimated quantity taken in H.
So, for converting into sugar. varies but little
from that so consumed in lS54-we place it ut
$4,000 hhds., yielding IL 100 tons; add to this the
estimated quantity extracted from the maple tree,
say, IA 500 tons, and the estimated consumption
Of California and Oregon, $500 tons, would give
total consumption of sugar in the United
States in 1855, of 40, 357 tons. p tia.
1t seems to be demonstrated fact, that the
production of the sugar growing countries has not
kept pace with the rapidly Increasing consump-
tiou of the wOrld-indeed, it would appear that
for the past two years the supply has been a:min-
ished, and the result is the present high rates
which have obtained, as we'll in the growing, as
in the:cOnsuming countries; and statistics show
ca, that have attributed the high prices that are
now obtained to purely speculative action, are
very wide of the mark.
We believe it is unive sally conceded, that the
pr ,sent crop of Louisiana, VIII CHI f. rms so large
an element IN our consumption, will be materially
less than the yield of lS54-5, owing to the unfa-
vorable weather that prevailed for a portion of
the season, especially while rolling, and the con-
| tinued REIMBURSEMENT by planters, of the culture
of the cane for other products, and that about
1880 tons smaller than the quantity made in
1884. Our contemporaries of the New Orleans
Price Current, who are well informed and cautious
in their statements, writes us under date of 2Sth
ult., saying that lit seems to be the general opin
ion, tn It our crop will be at least 100000 hhds.
short of that of last year, and many parties esti-
mate still greater reduction" AS regards the
supply to be expected from foreign sources, we
have no reliable data at hand to present.
In reference to the wants of the country, the
rent year, indications decidedly are, that shall
require larger supply of foreign growth than we
have yet drawn from those sources, and we shall
therefore be Il more formidable competitor with
Europe in the producing ,narts of the world, than
we have hitherto been and with small socks at
home and abroad in the producing we'll as the
consuming portions of the globe, it would seem
scarcely probable, that low range of prices can
ensue during the year now entered upon, unless
the abilities of the foreign producing countries to
meet increased demands, are much greater than
they were in 2S55.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

EYT l: is SUP posed that with the exception of
the Bible, the photographic works of Noah Web
ster have the largest circulation of any books in
the English language. Nearly twelve hundred
thousand copies of Webstcr's spelling book were
sold by one firm in this city last year, and it is es-
tmated that more than ten times rs many are
sold of Webster's Dictionaries as of any othe:
series in this country. Four fths Of all the school
books published in the United States are said to
own Webster as their standard. The State of
New York has placed ten thousand copies IF Web
ster's Unabridged in many of her public
schools. Massachusetts has, in like manner sup
piled 3,248 of her schools; and Wisconsin and
New Jersey have provided for all their schools.
N. Y. Com. AdU. y
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

A LITTLE Too FAsr.--Mr. Greeley, wr-
ting from Washington on the I'd, tells the fol-
lowing story: ''At the Levee, last evening, the
President congratulated Mr.. Aiken in advance
on his election to the Speakership, saying that
he knew he would be chosen and that he might
not see him to congratulate him immediately
afterward'
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

CO After some three years Of vexatious de-
lays, New Workers have finally secured the Cen.
trail Park, with its 600 acres Of la nd-its de-
lishtful scenery and pure atmospheric fact up
on which we most heartily congratulate them
This park will be larger than any other Of its
kind in the world. Large as Boston Common app
pears to the beholder, it contains but As acres of
ground the Central Park will be about twelve
times as large.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

ner's Office in New York the other day with
what she supposed to be her dead baby. While
talking with the Coroner about an inquest, the
baby revived from its apparent death, and the
woman went away rejoiced.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01
NEW York, Feb, Is.

NEW YORK, Feb, 1S..
A Washington correspondent Of the Herald tel
egraphs that Gov. Shannon left this p. NJ. for
Kansas. He will travel night and day until he
reaches Shawnee Mission. The President desired
him t, arrive there before the Free State Legis-
lature assembled at Topeka, On the 4th of March
next. -t'hts@ 'a ak@Jtfl rhE.1f.f
lie has full power uDderstated to arrest the.
members Of that legislature, its meeting is:
deemed to be overt act, and as. such, deserving
severe punishment. If he carries out his instruc-
tions, it is thought there will be collision be-
tween the Federal authorities and the Free State
men.
az.-st,ee see s-, NKw YoRK, Feb. IL.
Private letters the Canada to parties in Hal
flax state that the Pacific put into Shannon river
on account of the severe weather. The report is
not fully credited by the agents Of tho steamer
here.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

- The Quincy papers are urging the con-
ssrnc,ion Of an extension railroad from Camp
Point on the Quincy and Chicago Railroad, to
the Illinois River, opposite Naples or Meredo-
STA, TO connect with The Great Western Rail-
road aFtsss 70 sssssiI seSFse
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

Gv Ihe Country Gentleman bad very sensi-
BILE article headed &c She never kept her husband
waiting" and to that, the Valley Farmer respond
ed in most touching editorial, g He never kept
his wife waiting" from which last article We clip
as follows:
Husband. if you love your wife, do not keep
her waiting, if you meet your friend on your way
to dinner, do not let him keep you for your bo-
som friend is waiting and watching for you.--
When the business of the day is over, do not talk
politics, or take stroll with companion for
tea is ready, and tired and half sick wife is
waiting for your company and sympathisng words
If she enjoys your society much, ought it not
to be reciprocal? She, who gave herself alone
to YOU in all her youth and beauty, and who is
willing to stay secluded at home to care for your
comfort and watch over your little ones, ought
you not Co prize her company more than all be-
sides more than societies, clubs. or the most in
telligent or brilliant companions?
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

Fey In the discussion of the resolution in
the Senate arpropriatlng 81 500 for the benefit
of the poor of Washington, several members
thought that if the Senate could pay $4,000 to
furnish Kossuth and suite with brandy, wine
and cigars, it would certainly get over the con-
s,itutional objection to give the poor trife.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

-The Portland State of Maine says that
by the end Of this year there will be 4 con,ipu-
Gus line Of. railway from the Atlantic Ocean al
Portland TO Iowa City, a distance Of l ,436
miles, making, it says, the most magnificent
line of railway OH the globe.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

-- 1t seems not to be generally known
that Congress, at its last session, wisely provi-
vided for the establishment Of full consulship
at Monrovia. Liberia, with salary of one
thousand dollars per annum. Can any one tell
why the office thus created still remains va
cant!
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

New WAY OF PRosPEcrINc.-Our distinguish
ed fellow citizen, Bob Patten, says the North
Californian, yesterday discovered a very casy way
of prospecting for gold hereabouts. He rode
over to the Garden Ranch, and on returning
found, his Undiscovered with tgood looking dirt''
which he had the curiosity to pan out this he
did with a wash basin, and the result was about
foe cents in fine gold! Who will now say this il
not gold country?
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

A VALUABLE INyENTIoN.-James Harri-
son. jr., OF Milwaukee, Wis, has produced
paddock, the moving parts Of which are few,
and so imbeded in solid metal that the lock
cannot be smashed. Indeed, it has no shell,
nor is there eny interior cavity. Striking up
on j. is ike pounding on thick solid block Of
cast stcel-of which the lock is made.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

- Peter Rizen, aged 102 years and z
days, the last Of the revolutionary band .resid-
ing in Perry County, Ohio, died at his resi-
dence in Hopewell township, Perry County, OF
the 1lth. He had been married four fines,
was the father Of twenty-five children, and
leaves a widow sixty-nine grand- children, and
twenty-three great-grand- children.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

MINNESOTA HIsToRIcAL SOCIETY LECTURE.
The Lecture will be delivered at the First
Presbyterian Church, on Friday Evening, Feb
ruary 29th, commencing at half-past O'Clock,
by Morton S. Wilkinson, Esq. Subject
The Physical Character OF America, and its
influence upon its Inha bitants and their lnsttu-
TONS" BY order of the Executive Committee.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01


Now then if the repeating act is a nullity,
the original grant holds good, and will vest a
4; oacAise, and ultimately the fee of the land in
the Territory of Minnesota.-Free Press.
E6s- Let US for a moment turn back to the
past. Our Legislature chartered the North
Western Go. The same winter an effort was
being made to obtain grant Of lands for rail-
road purposes. Then, as now, this Company
was opposed by the present Executive, with
others, and an attempt was made by them to-
obtain grant Of land from Congress, by the
wording of which grant, this Company should
/. be excluded from participation in its benefits
such bill was introduced, but not passed
The one that was passed, by its phraseoiogy'
gave the grant to this Company, and there was
no other Company in existence then, nor alter
wards and before the multiplying act,-tiiat could
take the grant. This Company, after the bill
granting the land became law, accepted the
grant by their acts, and did all that could be
done to vest the grant in them before the re-
pealing act was passed, and their rights be-
came vested, and as to this Company and their
rights, the repeating act is nullity.
But not so as to the Territory. 1t, by itself
or agents, did not signify its acceptance of the
grant-did not proceed under it--and after the
grant was repealed they were in precisely the
same condition as they were before. Not so
with the Company, and here lies the dstinc-
ton which has been heretofore recognized by
the opposition, and which is correct as I; mat
ter Of law, Hence, while the repeating law is
nuity as to the Company, on account OF their
vested rights, it is valid as against the Terrific
ry which has none. And therefore the propo-
si,ion heretofore made by us--'that if this
Company do not succeed in obtaining the grant
it is hopelessly lost" is true. The Territory
as party plaintiff, have no rights vested, or
otherwise upon which to predicate a suit
Congress gave, and it took away, leaving Gas
we have before said in substance) the Terrific
ry in Matu quo.
The distinction above made is familiar one
grants, deeds, and other acts, may be void
as to one party and good as to others "a deed
Of lands-to instance-nay be good as against
the grantor but void as against the grantors
credaors--good as to one grantee ana cold as
| to other grantees
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

IiERoIc.-As evidence of tie devotion Of
the Free State party of Kansas i'll their princi-
pies, we invite our readers to bear the response
of Gen. Lane to the Missouri invader TO sur
render our arms. Gen. Lane is fair repre-
senlation of the Kansas squatter; kind and
courteous TO all; cool and collected in the hour
OF rcril-ready to perish Rather tl.an sacrifice
principle.
The demand was made by Col. Boone--up-
on the bill overlooking the city in view of the
working parties in TIE trenches Col. Boone
said lie was instructed to demand the surren-
der of our guns, which he did. Gen. Lane,
pointing towards the city responded ,-"Col.
Boone, you see those men at wol in the trench
cs-no, one Of them, it h. had ten thousand
lives, hut would freely sacrifice them all rather
than deliver single gun. AS for myself,
Sir, if had ten thousand Iives-tcn thousand
wives and each wife had ten thousand children
i would see them all sink into burning hell
rather than permit the surrender Of the small
est part of the most useless gun we Lave
Kansas HeraId Of Freeion,.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

eV Some new-fansled religious zealots bold,
that this earth will soon be destroyed by FIRE. II
there was no other argument TO refute their theo-
ry, the long and obstinate spell Of cold weather
we have had, would be refutarion enough. We
incline to the opinion that the fire which is to
consume this globe has not been kindled. g
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

A ToUcnISG ScESz.--A corrcs pondent Of
the Elmira Republican says that in Il recent
trip over the New York and Erie Railroad, an
incidrn, occurred that touched every beholder
with pity a comparatively young LADY, dress
ed IN deep mourning-her husband having re-
Gently dicd-was travelling southwark having
in her care and keepinga young daughter of
some six years. The ltlt girl WAS miId-eyed
as all aulunnal sky, and as delicate as the ly-
acint!--her enacaed fingers us delicate and
transparent as the pearls OF CcyIon. Touch
ing ~ beautiful was the affection Of her heart
for the mother, whose solcitude for the daugh-
ters comfort was uncraslng y manliested.-
Looking ever and anon from the car window,
she turned TO her mother saying "Molher |
am weary-when shall we get home g AZ
ter time she fell ino a slumber, and awaken
ing suddenly--a radiant smile oversprcadiug
her ieatures-she exclaimed, pointing upward:
''Mo,her-tlerc is papa home at last ard
expired. 1t was Yet many weary miles to The
mothers home. but the angels, pi,ying the lit
tie sufferer, gathered her to the paradise OF In
nOcenCe.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

mechanical skill and labor add to the value of
raw material, the British Quarterly Review gives
this instructive calculation. ga bar of Iron val.
ned at So, worked into horse shoes, is worth $40
so; needles $3.50; penknife-blades 3,2S5; shirt
buttons 500, 45O; balance springs of watches $780,
900. Thirty one pounds of iron have been made
into wire upwards of one hundred and eleven
miles in length and so fine was-the fabric, that
part Of it was converted in lieu Of horse hair,
into a barristcr's wig. fN
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

John Fitzgerald, convicted at Auburn
of the murder Of his father mother and BROTH
er, has been sentenced to be hung on Friday,
the 2Sth day of March. -
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

Ia P. I. sBarnum had been put into bank
ruptcy at New Haven. -snd Frederick, Cros-
well, Esq, has been appointed trustee of his
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

Elijah w. Brown. a drover of Union
Co., Ohio, has been detected in forgeries Of
some 10000; the banks in Pique, Urbana
and Delaware discoun,ing the forged paper
VI. sloped for California, and is pursued
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-01

4 STATE on A SpREE.-We learn from cores
pendent of tho last Galveston News. that the en-
tire Legislature of Texas got on "royal bendcr''
a few weeks ago. After adjournng to the street,
the members managed to knock up few fights
among themselves. The Speaker and other OIL
GERS were along, and business was transacted in
the regular manner. Motions s. to drink like
those $ to adiourn,' being always in order. It
was part of the duty of the door-keencr to rule
outsiders froiu The Fights