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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28
Chinese Ceremony Of Burial.

We copy from the San Francisco Morning
Cal of the llth Of October, the following
description of Chinese funeral on the 9th
of that month
The funeral of Chinese millionaire took
place in this city on Friday last, and as such
an occurrence is somewhat rare among us, we
have taken the trouble to collate and print q
short account of the ceremonies with which
the corpse was conveyed to lis last home-
The name of the deceased was Lui-Nui the
body was inferred in Lone Mountain Gene.
try. About three o'clock on the day of fu-
neral, (Friday,) the body was placed in cof
fin made of pine wood, about one inch and
half thick, sealed in various places, and on
which there were numerous Chinese charac-
tiers and the letters F. Y. T., G5, probably
ship-mark, as the remains Of Chinese who lie
in this city are finally shipped to China. y
This office was performed by the near rela-
tives of the deceased, who were dressed in
white, those of more distant blood wearing
merely a white cotton band around the head
When everything was ready, the coffin was
borne out Of Cooper's alley Oh Pacific street,
by six Cinnamon, before whom walked six
women whose faces were enveiopcd in white
cotton cloth and who lamented audibly, in
lN1C Will tulCc SuiuCSc
ing on tambourine, cymbals and reed in
strument, the squeang of which would e.
cipse the attractions OF unoiled machinery
The funeral procession was composed of some
ten or twelve carriages, filled with Celestials,
the nearest relations of the deceased noun
ted, "a Chinamau on horseback being a rare
thing in San Francisco although in days of
yore it was a common sight, and two express
wagons filled with provisions, consisting of q
hog weighing about 80 pounds, a young pig,
embarrassing of banaans, apples, pears,
oranges, melons of various kinds the rinds
carved with Chinese characters-and also nu-
marcus plates of rice, chow chow, ETC., all of
which was deposited on plates in the most
fanciful shapes imaginable. Pots oftea with
cups and saucers, were also provided, to
soothe the defunct traveller on his lonely jour-
ney; also Chinese candles, tapers, slow
matches, and papers with mysterious charac-
ters printed thereon. The procession moved
to the tune of the band before mentioned,
though the oaths of the hackmen who did not
obtain ''frcght,' i'll accorded, in the minds
of stranger, with the march of DEATH"
To US "outside barbarians" there seems a
great Inconsistency in providing such an a.
mount of the 'staif' of lfe'' for a dead mill
ionare, while poor live Celestials are left to
starve on the sand hills. But such appears
to be the practice Of the world. whether in
Chinese or European civilization"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

THE METROPOLIS OF LICENSED CRIME.--
The criminal record of day in the New
York Tribune occupies over three columns,
under the following attractive headings -
ARREST of some of the Mackerelville Rioters
for highway Robbery" Highway Robbery"
"Another Highway Robbery, the Rascals
caught "Still another Highway Robbery,
"Grand Larceny, ""Firing dwelling for Re
venge," "Outrageous Assault upon young
woman" "Thc supposed Murder Case in
Thirty-second Street, Death by violence"
"Attack upon Liquor Store by the Bulls
Head Lights" "Sucidc by Shooting Fatal
Accident" singular Disappearance 'Sup-
posed Suicide" "Still another Death by Vi
olence." Pleasant place to live in, the '.Me-
tropolis.' 1t will be seen that in ono case
"the rascals were caught
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28
insult to Queen Victoria.

The article in Harper's Magazine fer No
vember, which gave offense to the loyal CAN
adams, to such an extent that they resolved
to ostacise it, was the following. 1t appears
under the head of the Editors Easy
Chair :"
There have been of late some remarkable
incidents in the history of authors We hint
ed at them last month. Beranger died, and
the French army had to protect Paris from a
possible revolution over his grave. Dickens
was invited to perform before the English
Queen and court, and declined to appear I'M
less he and his friends, being gentlemen, Were
treated as gentlemen-a natural courtesy
which the Queen (being no gentleman) de-
cned. Thackeray, running for Parliament
in the city of Oxford, was defeated by only a
few votes, and Mr.. Macaulay is now Baron
Macaulay.
The Queen o. England comes of a family
VIGOROUSLY dull, coarse and illiterate The
Hanoverian court of England has never been
renowned for solitary thrill of sympathy
with what is nobest and best in England
Her present fruitful Majesty frowned to death
the Lady Flora HASTINGS tied garter ar
OuHU liz iOSo vi LOuio uIlCCT-
tain son of all uncertain mother-and now
declines to receive as gentlemen the men who
do more for the glory of England than any
other class of Englishmen.
1t is ludicrous to think that William Shak-
spear would not be :ereceived by Victoria
Guelph.
The Queen, Of course, as a Queen, is mere
form. Her state functions are simply ceremo-
Mes But why should she live always in state
ceremonies more than wear her crown and
hold her sceptre in her nursery May not
the Queen of England be lady as we'll as
mother Is it not etiquette for the Queen of
England publicly to honor in her palace the
most illustrious man in England =? May she
publicly receive the most distinguished
roues in the kingdom-the Earl of Cardigan,
for instance-and decline to notice the great
successor of Walter Scott ?
Poor little woman! You pity her for being
imprisoned in all that stale splendor. You
cannot believe that it was she who shut the
door in Dickens face, and the faces of his
friends. The Queen of England may be
firm, but why must Victoria Guelph be a
snob
The snobbishess should have been left en-
TREY to the American gentlemen in Paris,
who declined, year or two since, to ask
Dickens to Washington ball, to which they
did not hesitate to invite one of the most
notorious women in Paris-Princess Mathil
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A New HOTEL IN MINNEApoLIs.-The st.
Anthony Ntrs says:

A New HOTEL IN MINNEApoLIs.-The St.
Anthony Ntus says:
This is five story structure of cream-col-
ored brick, and measuring 100 feet at Wash
ington avenue, and 10 feet on Bridge street.
1t is built on an obtuse angle to accommo-
date the line of the streets. The first story
is to be occupied as stores, banking and land
offices, &c, and will make most elegant
rooms. The building to be sustained by iron
pillars in front, and covered with a fire and
waterproof roof of Galvanic cement. which
is now being laid. The Hotel with all its fix
lures will cost about $4,000, and will be o.
pened in fine style on the first of May next,
by Messrs. Nudd & Eustis, proprietors.-
The interior is not yet far enough completed
for us to judge of its convenience or beauty
of design, but as skilful and experienced work
men are its artisans, we have no doubt that
it will receive a metropolitan finish worthy
Of the West, such as passes among our East
ern visitors as reckless and ruinous extrava-
gance. And as we inherit little of the Jyaq
of our Atlantic friends, we cannot help say
ing here that this Hotel, worthy of New Yoik
or Boston, that is, in spite of the hard times,
rising in the centre Of what is now large and
thriving city, where building lots sell for
$4,000 to $4,000, stands on ground which
only four short years ago was open to pre-
emption as Government land at one dollar and
t'centy.ece cents per- acre
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NUMBER Il.
Destroying the Romance.

| A capital story is told of young fellow.
who, one Sunday strolled into avillage church,
and during the service was electrified and
gratified by the sparkling of pair Of brill
liant black eyes, which were riveted upon his
his face. After theservice, be saw the DOS
SCISSOR OF the witching orbs leave the church
alone, and, emboldened by her glances, he
ventured to follow her, his heart aching with
with rapture. lie saw her look behind and
fancied she evinced some emotion at recog-
nizing him. He then quickened his pace, and
she actually slackened hers, as if to let him
come up with her-but we will permit the
young gentleman to tell the rest in his own
way. a;
"Noble young creature f! thought I-her
artless and warm heart is superior to the
bonds of CUSTOM"
81 reached within a stones throw of her
She suddenly halted, and turned her face tc-
wards me. My heart swelled to bursting,
reached tho spot where she stood. She be-
gan to speak, and I took off my hat as if do
ing reverence to an angel.
"Be you pedlar ?'
'No my dear girl that is not my occupa-
ton"
"Well, l don't know" continued she, not
very hastefully, and cycling me very sternlv,
said, II thought, when saw xeu in the meet
ing house, that you looked ike the pedlar
who passed off pewter half dollar on me
about three weeks ago, and SO I was deter
mined to keep an eye on you. Brother John
has got home now, and he says if he catches
the Teller, he'll ring his neck for him and l
amt sure but you're the good-for- nothing ras-
cal after all -
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

GOoD.-On certain occasion the council
took some exception to the ruling of the
court on certain point, and dispute a.
rose.
elf the court please" said the council, 81
wish to refer tothis book moments' and
at the same time picked up law vol
ume.
There's no use OF you referring to any
book, exclaimed the court angrily Al have
decided the pint"
"But your Honor'-persisted the attor-
ney.
Nov, I don't want to hear anything on the
subject" yelled the court 81 tell you again,
decided the pint"
81 know that" was the iejoinder 'I'm
satisfied of that-but this is volume of
Blackstone; Pm certain he differs with your
Honor, and 1 only want to show you what a
fool Blackstone was ~
'Ah indeed |" exclaimed the court, smiling
all over NOW you begin to talk
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

WHEN Col. Lee of New York, was collect
ing subscriptions for the equestrian bronze
statue of Washington, now standing a mon
ument of patriotism and art at the corner of
Union Park, he had occasion to visit an old
curmudSeon in the neighborhood, and pull
ing out his subscription paper, requesting
him to add his name to the list. But old
Lucre declined respectfully.
81 do not see,' he said, "what benefit this
statue will be to me; and $500 is a great
deal of money to pay for the qualification of
other people" "Beneft to you ?" replied
the Colonel; 'why, sir, it will benefit you
more than anybody else. The statue can be
seen from every window in your house it
will be an ornament and add dignity to the
whole neighborhood, and it will perpctually
remind you of the Father of his Country
the immortal Washington - 'Ah Colonel"
answered old Lucre, Il do not require a stat
tie to remind me of him, for I always
carry Washington here" and he placed
his hand upon his heart ''Then let me tell
you," replied Col. Lee, eff that is so, all I
have to say is, that you have got Washing
ton in ID tight place !"- Washiyton
Union
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

How TO FArTEN PoULTRY.-Much has
been published of late in our agricultural
journals in relation to the almentary proper
ties Of charcoal. 1t has been repeatedly as
serted that domestic fowls may be fattened
on it without any other food, and that, too,
in a shorter time than on the most nutritive
grains. 81 have recently made an expert
ment," says a writer for Philadelphia pa
paper, land must say that the result surpris-
ed me, as had always been rather skeptical.
Four turkeys were confined in pen and fed
on meal, boiled potatoes and oats Four 9TH
ers, of the same brood, were also at the same
time confined in another pen and fed on the
same articles, but with one pint of very fine
ly pulverized charcoal mixed with their food
mixed meal and boiled potatoes They
had also plentiful supply of broken charcoal
in their pen. The eight were killed on the
same day, and there was difference of one
and half pounds each in favor of the fowls
which had been supplied with the charcoal,
they being much the latest, and the meat
greatly superior in point of tenderness and
tlavor.'-Rural .New Yorker.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28
The Destruction Of supply Trains by
MOrmOns Confirmed.

ST. LOUIS, Nov, l6.-Thc Santa Fe mail
arrived at Independence on the Sth. Bust
hess was dull and money scarce The party
encountered a snow storm this side of Fort
Union. Grass and water were abundant on
the plains.
Cheyenne Indians were around Booth and
Allion's post, on Water Creek, very much
alarmed and anxious to make peace.
Intelligence from Fort X carney confirms
the report of the destruction of the govern.
mcnt trains by the Mormons.
MIR. Lander, chief engicecr of Masraw's
wagon road survey, arrived Saturday en- route
for Washington. The expedition has gone
into winter quarters at Wind River, near
South Pass.
Lander corroborates previous reports of
destruction of government trains by the Nor
mons. In consequence of new discoveries
and explorations by Lander's party, the mill
tary force have abandoned the old route and
were approaching salt Lake Valley by open
plains of western descent of Bear and Malade
Rivers.
Gov. Cumming and Col. Cook met two
days march east Of Fort Laramie.
Brigham Young disclaims any knowledge
of: or participation in the destruction of the
supply trains.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28
The Tribune OF Saturday, says :

A TIGHT PLACE FOR RAILROAD TRAIN.
The mail train from Ogdensburgh to Rouse's
Point, on Monday night lay by in rather
tight spot. Being on the lookout for danger,
as the train was in the vicinity Of Marble
Brook cast of Chateaugay, the conductor dis
covered that he could 60 no further, in con-
sequence of the washing away of culvert
and some of the embankment. He immedi-
atey put out his stern lights and commenced
backing, out but had not got far before he
discovered ''fre in the rear The water
had carried away the embankment where he
had just passed over, and rendered his fur.
Their retreat unsafe, if not impossible. Here
was dilemma with single horn-a fix
and a fix in which conductor, passengers, train
and all, had to remain over one of the raini-
est and darkest nights ever known. Supper
less, the passengers went to bed in the seats
where they sat- and walked up ithout the
prospect of an early breakfast. An engine,
train offreight cars and gang of men went
to their relief on Tuesday morning.-lMalone
Palladium.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28
State Constitution of Kansas.

ST. LOUIS Nov. to.
Kansas advices state that the Constitution
was adopted by the Convention by vote of
% to 4. The whole number of delegates
was 60, and consequently the Constitution
was adopted by a minority of the Conven-
ton. The majority and minority report
Committee on Schedule merged into one
The schedule provides for an election on the
2lst OF December to ratify Or reject the Con-
situation. The voting is to be by ballot, and
the votes cast to be endorsed @Constitution
with Slavery" and CONSTITUTION without
Slayery;' also ali election to be held on the
first Monday in January next, for the election
of State and Congressional ckets.
Bacon, Cook & Co., Of Lawrence, have
suspended.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28
TFOHt VIC FFOUlteFIUOU.
Sank RAPIDS Items.

Deer, rabbits, pheasants and grouse are
plenty in the neighborhood, and just east of
this good ''sprinkling' of bear. One good
Nmrod might supply dozen families with
meat. Young men who are idle, 20 out and
try your luck.
FIRE.-We have just learned that house
and two stables belonging to Ivory Staples,
eight miles west of this, on Sank River, was
burned night before last, destroying some
two hundred bushels of corn, and ten tons of
hay. The loss must be severely felt these
hard times.
The Frontie1man talks up to some delin-
quents:
Do you wish the Eontie1man discontin-
ued /? If you do not, those, we mean, who
are Indebted to US for the paper or for ad-
vertising, must pay up. Some have paid
like gentlemen-others who promised aid
before we ventured to start the paper, have
not only not fulfilled their promises to pay
such subscriptions, but have actually received
the paper ever since it was published, with
out paying one farthing for that. Gentle
men, there will be exhibited, before long, q
terrible black list. But common ''fry" need
not be alarmed about it, for they will see
their names associated with some of the
great ones of the land.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28


Over seven millions of dollars in three
weeks or nearly two and half millions per
week, or at the rate of ten millions per month!
How long will it take for the business of the
country to revive, and our Banks to resume,
under the influence of such golden freights as
these?
The statement of the New York City
Banks published Monday, exhibits the extra
ordinary fact that these Banks now hold over
$l2,OOO,O00 of specie, which is 100000
more than they held when the late run upon
them commenced, ard is fully up TO the aver
age of the year. Gold was bought in New
York last Saturday, for the West, at three
eighths premium, and there is scarcely any
sale for it in New York at over one per cent.
After the suspension of 1887, gold went up
in New York to thirteen per cent premium.
Is there any simlitude between that pressure
and this panic
There are many who believe, ana we think
Justly, that the recovery of business and val
ues in this country will be as rapid as their
late decline.
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NinReSOtidR.
THE SLAVES DIX EAM.
Ry yyo. A. N'poSALp.

The stars were twinsling in the sky.
And their silent vigils kept;
A poor old slave wept on his straw
While others soundly slept.
He thought on friends far far away
His wife, his rustic cot,
His little ones that gamboled-
Each well remembered spot.
Hard's the fate of the poor old slave;
Few friends on earth has he;
Man binds his limbs with iron bands
But in heaven his soul is free.
He asks himself why was it so,
That the white mans ruthless hand
Tore him from all he held SO dear
From his own loved Afric's land?
Then balmy sleep, the captive's friend,
Stole softly Ger his eyes;
His pains, his tolls were all forgot,
For a pleasant dream did rise.
Hard's the fate of the poor old slave. &c.
He thought himself in his old home
With his wife and children dear:
No scowling master did he dread
No tyrant did he fear.
Hi. fond wife's kiss was on his cheek,
His babe sat OF his knee;
He laughed, he felt a happy man
As of the mighty free.
Hard's the fate of the roor old slave, &c.
His Dinah wept with tears of joy;
lie vowed they ne'er should part
They talked Of happy days to come,
In the fulness of their heart.
Bat the morning sun lit up his cot
With bright and golden gleam-
The poor old man was still a slave
Alas twas all dream.
Hard's the fate Of the poor old slave, &c.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

Or the one sermon- a-day question which
is being agitated, Henry Ward Beecher
says:
No minister can write more than one good
sermon week, and very few can do as much
as that. If all the congregations were to say
to their clergymen, "give US one good SER
mon-the best you can-on the Snbbath, and
we will be content-we will occupy the rest
Of the time in the Sunday School and confer
ence meeting, and in rejecting on what we
have heard"-thcy would be greatly the gain
ers. For, in the first place, one good sermon
in a day is as much as any congregation can
digest, and if it is poor one, the less there
is of them the better. 1t is not the number
of words but their quality which constitute
the life and power of preaching
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

MUNCHAUsEN's HEIR IN THE AIR.-During
the storm last week, an Irish tenant of
house in East Twelfth street, New York,
reached out of third story window to shut
a blind which the wind was slamming with
much violence. She held nursing child
at her breast but either from being slightly
intoxicated, or from the force of the gale her
hold upon it was not strong enough, and the
little fellow was blown out of her arms -
Provdcntially, the child was carried by the
wind into tree, On the other side of the
street, where it was found, by member of
the Metropolitan Police, hanging by its shirt
to twig and screaming Justify.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

How PRESIDENT BUCHANAN RECEIVES THE
LAD1Es.-A Washington correspondent of
the Richmond South says:
''Mr. Buchanan still continues to have hosts
Of lady visitors, and scarcely pretty woman
comes to Washington, but she must see the
bachelor President. His manners towards
his fair visitory show that he is no GLADYS
man = his graceful commonplace seems to
fail him with them and have seen him evil
IDENTIFY sorely taxed to find few words to say
to the fair danes who will find their way to
his reception room. He is said to have been
compelled to have recourse to stercotyped
phrases, which he invariably addresses by
turn to the ladies, as he runs the gauntlet of
them at reception hours. They are these ::
"Madam, is this your first visit to Washing
ton ?" Answer A pause, and then, MADAM,
Ewould advise- you to visit the Smithsonian
Institute. After which the lady is expect
ed to vamose."
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-28

FEMALE NJ. DIS are becoming more and
more numerous in this country-which will
account, we think for the alarming spread of
disease in certain localities. Not that we
would insinuate that the Doctresses of Med
icine are lacking in skill, but we fear young
men are in no hurry to recover, while thus
attended. Who wouldn't even take pleas
ure in being sick, if he could have a gay, beau
tiful, fascinating witch of a girl tripping into
his room every morning to feel his pulse, and
inquire in tender accents, how he slept the
night before? intoxicating thoughts it
not? Hundreds of young men, no doubt
who might be on their legs, are playing "pos-
sum- on this account, are hugging, caressing,
and cherishing their diseases, as the source of
their richest and purest joys. We pity the
male practitioners, where they come into CON-
petition with these new disciples of Hippo
crates. Ill the business they will get from
their own sex won't keep them in salt-to
say nothing of mustard.
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The Californians take the news of our FL
nancial troubles coolly. They had their turn
of revulsion, depression, etc., some time ago,
and regard the turmoil along the Atlantic
coast without surprise or alarm. Their grain
crop, they boast is enormous, and while the
riches of their soil are yielded to the farmer,
the miner still finds his toll rewarded golden
ly. The San Francisco Herald asserts that
''mainly during the three months" ending
Oct. 9Th. there had been decrease of over
"four millions in the export of gold from San
Francisco Eastward" andthat the New York
crs not being prepared for the decrease in the
shipments Of specie, the revulson and PAN
ic ensued.