Minnesota weekly times., 1857-04-18

I, a. Please find Col. Hayward's notice Of our
city and Territory in another column. The Col
oiel gives ample evidence Of his public spirit and
the interest be feels in the general welfare Of
Minnesota, and like all entsrprising men, will
reap bis reward. aw wee Il ss ~,
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Z 0T 1t will be seen by an extract from COR
respondence from Washington Territory, which
We publish to-day, that the sstraitors" (that is,
iRepnblicans) are not all dead yet, but thorough.
ly alive and kicking the Nebraska bill, 10. The
bill passed by the Legislature, incorporating a
Pacific R. r. Co., is Of pressing and vital inter-
est to all our people. 9t
ET Mr.. l.. A. Carrier made balloon ascen-
sion last Friday afternoon, from Richmond, Va.
When 5000 feet above the earth, he was in immi-
nent danger Of perishing, as he encountered a
severe snow storm. He landed at 8 O'Clock near
Washington. }e atii
3 eT The Boston Ledger says that ssmurders
and suicides are as plenty as blackberries just
now all over the country" Considering the sea-
son Of theyear we think the comparison is not q
just one.
Y-Once, at the Holland House, the conversa-
tion turned upon first love. Tom Moore compar-
ed it TO a potato, ssbecause it shoots from the
eyes," "Or, rather" exclaimed Byron, "because
it becomes all the less by por;ng.'
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GT The Legislature of North Carolina, at their
recent session, blotted out the preamble of 1846,
that implied condemnation of the Mexican war,
and threw the whole blame of that war upon
President James K. Polk.
GY The salary Of the New York city Postmas-
ter is $4,000 per year, and the, perquisites are
said to amount to $83,5l2 more No wonder the
followers of Buchanan in that city are licking
their lips over the spoils. so
lT A Parisian dentist is now selling artificial
teeth for the babies. He sells great quantity
Of them to wet nurses in Paris who are in the
habit of receiving presents on the first tooth of
the baby. ''" ~ i'A Ts- " @@@a
lOJ The Cleaveland Plaindealer of the End
inst. contains an account Of the arrest of mail
robber and forger in Plymouth, Ind. His came
is Corbely, and he was arrested by Thos. M'Kin-
stry, ESQ.,, Special Mail Agent.
"A bill was last week introduced into the
Legislature of Rhode Island to amend the Consti-
tuition of that gallant little State so as to reme-
dy the injustice done the black men and women
within her jurisdiction, by the decision of the
case Of Dred Scott.
- A Bible distributor in Kentucky reports
that of thirty thousand families he visited, one
fourth had no bible, and many had never heard of
such a book at all There were three regul arly
ordained ministers also, who had no copy of the
Scriptures. gs ii Is.r..
Ga During the past twelve months, there have
been II commitments to the Philadelphia county
Prison for arson, 54 for burglary, fortu-sir for
murder, l3 for rape, IS for robbery, 3 for man
slaughter. 20 for. highway robbery--for assault
and battery, 2,llS stealing, 1861!
NY An advertisement in Philadephia pa
per reads as follows:-ss watch worth one
hundred dollars. If the thief will return it, be
shall be Informed, gratis, where he may steal one
worth two of it and no questions asked
The constitutional amendment, requiring
electors to read and write, has passed both hous.
es of the Massachusetts Legislature, and now on
ly requires the approval of the people.
"a Monday the 9th of this month. was election
day in Connecticut. We have not learned the
rssult. A Governor and all the State officers, be-
sides four Representatives in Congress, are to be
chosen. $500
CT Died recently, at Salt Lake City, Utah
Territory, Jedediah Grant, President of the Nor
mons. The Saint was much beloved by the Nor
mons, and leaves fourteen disconsolate widows to
mourn his loss.
b c. A grand parade of military companies Is
to be had in New York on the Goth of this month.
1t is to be in some sort a commemoration of the
battle of Lexington. Some $4,000 men will be
under arms.
GT The New Bedford Standard says that
Hon. Mark Trafton, NJ. C. from the Springfield
District, is to return to the pulpit, and will be-
come pastor of the PyHehen street Methodist
Church of Springfield over which he was stationed
some years ago. ,a.u Is
W In point of comparison between the room
enjoyed by the members of the U. s. House of
Representatives and the members Of the House
Of Commons in England, the former have from
two to four times more than the latter.
GT Twenty FIVE years ago Miles Greenwood
went to Cincinnati poor man, and started q
blacksmith shop in the outskirts of the town.
He now employs $50 men, pays $4,000 per week
for wages, affords support to 100 persons, and
turns out $500, 900 worth of work annually. Last
week he gave grand feast to his people, to eel.
ebrate the quarter century.
ca A party hunting in Angelina Co., Texas,
found 200 bodies in a cave. entirely petriHed and
dressed in a style neither European nor Indian
On one was found buckle OF gold, three inches
in diameter, embedded in the body. The feat
ures were not much sunk, the eyes partly closed
and even traces of the eyebrows could be seer
very plainly. -
ca A resolution to amend the Constitution SO
as to allow colored persons to vote without a
property qualification, has passed the New York
Senate by vote of q yeas to nays. This is a
just and manly acknowledgment of vested rights,
but the value of this contemplated change il
hardly clear, when We consider that all sscolored
persons" have ample '.property quali6cations''
under the recent decision of the Supreme Court
- From present indications more maple su.
gar and molasses will be made this spring than in
any previous spring for many years. The high
price of sugar will tend to this result. In Ken
tucky, sugar camps that have been used for years
will be made to yield their utmost; so in other
States.