The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-19
NEWS ITEMS.

eghty-five years ago, the imports of Virgin
ia announced to $4,OS5, 473, and those of
New York to $9O7 200 Virgina's imports
now amount to about $500, 900, and her ex.
ports some three million and half. The i'm
ports of New York amounted to 500, COX, 900,
and her exports to 1877 100000.
DEATH OF Rev. JAMES B. FINLEY.-Thls
pioneer Methodist preacher, familiarity known
as the Old Chief" died at Easton, Ohlo
few days since, Of paralysis. He was born in
North Carolina in 1870, but came from Ken
lucky to Ohio in 1896. For nearly fifty
years he was faithful minister of the gospel,
and was one of thu men of generation now
rapidly passing away, to whom the West
owes muco, and whose memories she should
cherish.
AN Illinois correspondent, writing from
Calhoun county, says that there had been cut
there a mammoth tree which made 5000
slaves, that were sold for $ll per thousand
total $55 and the top made six cords and a
half of wood, sold at s. per cord-total
$3.50. Total product Of the tree $S74,5O.
Brown UNIVERSITY The eighty-ninth
anniversary of Brown University, at Provi-
denee r. l., was celebrated last week. The
University has funds to the amount of $780,
600; the libraries have $4,000 bound vol
umes; the University has graduated 1900
&c .vIo I "a.
mence,nent exercises went off in lively style.
The honorary degree Of Doctor of Laws was
conferred on the Hon. Benjamin r. Curtis,
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States.
THE British Government is Offering great
inducements to French half-pay snd pension
ed officers to enlist for the Indian army
They are to serve not less than two nor more
than five years, and are to be sent ont and
back at the Government expense. The pay
of captains to be 10000 francs of first lieu
| tenants, $1,000 francs, and of sub-ieutenants,
| 10000 francs.
The New York and Boston papers bring
to US the gratifying intelligence that the sugar
market, which had already greatly declined,
is still falling, and that there is prospect
of still greater decline. The fall from the
highest point to which spectators had held is
full three cents pound, and already the losses
of holders are very heavy.
The New York independent estimated, a
| few weeks since, that the stock on hand in
that market alone, was $4,000 tons, besides
100000 gallons of molasses, and that the
loss at that time was fully three and half
millions of dollars. This amount has alrea-
dy doubled if not trebled. The os-
ton Traveller estimates the loss on sugar
throughout America and Europe at O,OOO,-
600. No one will cry over this result ex-
cept the spectators.
| A steam hod carrier has been invented
and is in constant use in Philadelphia. With
u man to feed it, another to tend the engine
and third to empty the hod, it performs
quietly and cheaply the work of twenty
| men.
The American sculptor, Randolph Rodgers
lately arrived at New York from Rome, with
photographs of the splendid massive doors
for the capitol extension at Washington city,
which important work was intrusted to him
and the celebrated Crawford but as the
homeless state of the latter's health precludes
further use of the chisel, his unfinished
works will probably be placed in the hands
of Mr. Rogers for completion.
TALKING CANARY BIRD.-Mr. Henry U.
Holmes, says the Troy Wing, grocery pro-
prietor at the corner of River and Division
streets, Troy, N. Y, is the owner Of an Eng
lish canary bird, which speaks words as plain
as parrot. Such an instance seldom if ever
occurred as a talking canary bird; but such
is the case, as the increduious, if they will
call, will find it.
THE Iowa State Gazette says a yellow
bear has been seen in the region OF Lake
Superior supposed to be cross of the Po-
lar and Black Bear, and as large as two OF
the common black species. One of the cubs
of this bear was taken by the Indians, and
by them carried to Green aBy, where his jul
venile bersfip was regarded as great GU
riosity.
The completion Of the Louvre cost 10000,
! 600 of francs 5000 was the average daily
number of workmen; l54 statuaries were
constantly employed; painters and other dec
orators without number.
A correspondent writing sof the various
tortures inflicted on ladies and gentlemen by
the mutineers and low Mahommedans of In
dia says that they slit the skin around the
throats of their victims, and pull off mask,
scalp and all.
! Last Thursday afternoon, patient in the
New York Hospital named Kearney B. Wag-
ner, was frightfully stabbed by John Mead, a
lunatic under treatment in the institution
The Philadelphia Eeeming Journal sug-
gests that two American cities which have
attained prominence in moral obliquity-
New York and New Orleans-will be good
striking places for the next comet.
CONNECTED with the panic in the money
market, is the important decline which has
taken place in sugar Ii to 20 per cent, on
most brands.
The bank circulation of Ohio Indiana
Illinois and Missouri, among six millions o.
people, is less than that of the State of New
York alone.
~ Ayoung man, Of Covington, a brakes
man on the K. G. R. r., named George Laffert
was killed on Thursday last near Falmouth
KY, by falling off the cars, which ran over
him, fearfully mutilating him.
THE Lowell Citizen says it has been deci-
ded to stop the Appleton mills for ole month
shutting down the gates till the 5th of DC.
Der and that the Massachusetts, and Pres
colt mills will suspend operations, in few
days, for couple of weeks or SO. The
mills of these corporations employ 100 fe-
males and 500 males.
~ Near Heart Grove, ILL.,, person can
stand on an eminence, and at one view, see
upwards of thirty thousand acres of growing