The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-07-11
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? WisalserOs, July

WAsaINo1on, July ~
! Alargs Two story brick building In tie
avenue nearly opposite the Natiousl sIao1Sl
was fired By A incepdiary, and burned dom
last night. 1t was owned BY Ettleton 4
Nean, md occupied 81 Reese. rss litter -
Dsnnseef Painter g Monck, gun md Win,
smitha The bniidine was entirely ysluleaa.
and uninsured. The aggregate loss OF the oe.
cupants 10 from six to seven thousand dollars.
Monck 4 Reese are insured but the loss Of
Doungcf i not les than $500. goed zsa 70
There was tremendous hail storm ct Fred
ericksburgh between four and ave O'Clock res
terdaX accompanied by terrific thundsr.-
Some OF the hail stones were % large e hens
eggs. All windows on the windward sideg 81
the houses were demolished, and IN the mae.
nets except one in the telegraph Office wess
burned - t
The destruction 81 the tees and crope II
b supposed, was immense. ss.iy4 S-Noa'
The track Of the Railroad lton Aqua Greek
10 Fredericksburg was badly wsshed. Both
the railway trains were Temporarily ,delayed.
and one coming from the North was thrown
from the track and three passengers seriuous
ly injured. ~ va'irsoai i1sG 3 2,an g1a1 "a
WAsHfxorox, June 80.
The Post-Msster General, With the sppro.
baton Of the President, has selected the fol.
lowing route overland to California, viz -
beginning ct St Louis and Memphis on the
Mississippi River, hence forming . junction
ct Little Rock, Arkansas thence in the di-
rection of Preston, on the Rio Grande, a.
the most suitable crossing Of that river, to
Fort Fillmore or Donna Anna; thence along
the new road being made under the objection
Of the Secretary Of the Interior, 10 Fort Ya-
ma; thence by the best passes through the
best valleys TOR safe and expeditions staging
to San Francisco. 500 als., -r-sfs Ia p -
The P. NJ General with the appreciation
OF the President, has given the contract to
John Butterfield, w. B. Densmore, w. q.
Fargo, j. p. v. Gardener Marquis Kenyon,
and A. Holland, Of New York, and Hsmil-
ton & Spencer, Of Ills. at the price of $685.
GOO, semi-weekly service, they being the low
est bidders, and IS they win perform 400
miles more than the other bidders proposed.
Five Of the persons engaged in the election
riot on the LIST Of June, had been convicted;
two Of them had Fed from Justice, the Other
three were sentenced to one years imprisoa.
ment and fined twenty dollars each. !.
The Court Of Claims has adjourned till Oc-
tober.c - bssssus - 81 ~ 1.es TlaiGi
w. Cary Jones, Col. Benton's son-in-lsw.
who recently left Panama on the q. 8. .loop
OF war Decatur, is known to have been sent
out by the Administration a. secret agent
to the Central American States, to ascertain
the views Of the American government in
reference to the division of Nicangua, and
the opening of the Nicaragua interoceanic
route. SOY -
The net amount Of gold on the Treasury
subject to draft is $20000,O0O; n fol-
lows. sf..r,,-., e..., -5f &c.. & f.,,.--
In Boston ss,ooo,ooo in New York,
$2l, 100000 st. Louis nearly 81 200, 600;
in Philadelphia, over $2,O0O,OO0 in New
Orleans, upwards of s., 00O, 900 and in San
Francisco, $l,50O,OOO. rrs folfg~.
Thos. w. Sutherland has been appointed
Collector Of Customs, at Sacramento, vice
Ackley removed. '9.F t' l q
Lord Napier has engaged family summer
residence at Frost being near Cumber-
land.
$4,000 Of Treasury notes issued in 1856
and 1857 are outstanding. -
A delegation of the Tonawanda Indian AT.
fairs to-day in conference to the adjustment
of their reserved lands. :,
Robert Cross, another of the election riot
era, was arrested this morning after desper-
ate resistance, and seriously wounding officer
nopinsou. us asHaE -.s1I3 #.-