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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
The SOufh COWed.

A correspondent of the Albany Evening
Journal, writing in relation to the last scrim-
mage in the House, says:
The South is cowed l know what say
-cowED. The promptness with which Grow
knocked Keilt down in the very midst of the
Southern side of the Chamber, and the alac-
rity and fire with which some fifty Republi-
cans bounded across the hall to join the
struggle, appalled, the shareholders. Father
Giddings said to-day, Il have sat in this
House twenty years, and l never saw the
slave power so completely baffled and cowed
as during this fifteen hours contest.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

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From the Washington Union.
The absurd statements going the rounds
of the press, to the effect that negotiations
are in progress between the Administration
and Mr.. Bernheisel for the withdrawal of
the army from Utah, the emigration of the
Mormons to some island of the ocean, and
the purchase Of their lands in Salt Lake VAL
ley by the Government, is, of course, alto
gether destitute of foundation in fact.
The army was dispatched to Utah as to
one of the military departments fthe coun-
try, where its presence is required independ-
emily of the Mormons and it would proba-
bly, remain in that department in the strength
that has been dispatched there, though ev.
cry Mormon should evacuate the Territory
The lands of the Salt Lake Valley have
not, we believe, yet, been sold to the Nor
mons. They occupy them as squatters, and
have never yet derived titles from the Gov
ernment. 1t would be remarkable if the
Government should negotiate for the pur-
chase of its own lands which it has never
sold
The Mormons are believed to have no pres
ent intention of evacuating Utah. The
march of a formidable force of U. S. troops
in that direction would probably induce a Sc
rious consideration of the subject on their
part; but, strongly fortified as they are be-
hind their canons and mountain gorges,
we'll provided with ammunition, arms and
provisions, strengthened by manifold and for
mdable alliances with Indian tribes far and
near-not to speak of the strength they COM
mand in Washington through the opposition
that is manifested toward an increase of the
army-the thought has not yet entered their
minds ofpreparing for any early removal from
Salt Lake Valley. The information received
by Government from reliable sources, all con-
ours in ascribing to the Mormons the very
opposite temper and purpose to the one re-
ported and it is not believed that they will
be disposed to think of capitulation upon any
terms, so long as the Government is preven-
ed from sending military force against
them formidable enough to inspire them with
trepidation.
So far from any relaxation being likely to
occur IN the efforts of the Administration to
press on Inducements to the army in Utah.
we have conclusive reasons to believe that
every resource at its command will be exhaus-
ted by the War Department for swelling and
eXpediting those re-inforcements. The prep
arations Of the Administration will be such
that whatever responsibility for mischances
to our gallant army shall attach to the Gov
ernment shall fall alone at the door of Coz
gress.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

THE LATE GENERAL HAvELoCK.-Thisg gen.
eral whose decease in India has been so much
lanented, was not only soldier, but preach
er. He was member Of the Baptist church
in Calcutta, and is said by the missionary
Kincaid, who knew him we'll, to have been a
devoted Christian. He was accustomed to
carry with him preaching tent, in which to
exercise his personal gifts as preacher ofthe
gospel. His influence was great and good IN
the army. Lord Cough used to rely upon
his brigade for the most difficult and danger
Gus work and at one time when required to
send forward force on a particularly PEI IL
Gus and important enterprise, calling Tor
great care as we'll as courage, is said to have
exclaimed Turn out the So nts; !avelock
never blunders, and his men never get
drunk. Boston Journal. 80 .-- --
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
Sorghum NIolasses.

The Grant Co., Wis, Herald records the
following result of an experiment, conducted
on something of large scale, in raising sugar
cane and obtaining syrup in that county:
Mr.. Geo. Ballentine of Millyille. in this
county, raised about three acres of sugar
cane Himself and family made about 200
gallons Of molasses, leaving enough in the
field to make 300 gallons more. He could
evaporate enough juice to make barrel of
good molasses in day with two sheet iron
pans and kettle. lie left about 40 gallons
with Mr.. Paul at Patch Grove, for sale, and
the buyers consider it equal if not superior
to the n. o. molasses. About a month ago
he ground up quantity of frozen stalks ard
made eight gallons of excellent molasses, as
an experiment. He says the labor of rails
ing is about the same as corn. This is the
largest crop and most successful result that
has come to our knowledge among the ex-
periments of Grant county,"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
Coming out Bright.

In four months, the effects of the revulsion
OF 1857 have died out more than in four years
after 1887. In other words, the finances,
trade and business generally Of the country
are already Oh foundation more conducive
to safe action and sure payments than they
were in 1S4l, four years after the revusion
of 1887. The foundation for the resumption
of active business is good. Many of the most
eDterprising men of the country are settling
up, or have retired, and are " Micawberizinq;"
but there are, in every section of the country
a sufficient number of solvent, experienced
and talented business men ready and anxious
to do business. The banks in the large
cities are overloaded with specie, and the
country banks are overloaded with currency /;
they are all on the lookout for the right sort
of paper to discount. There never was a
surer or brighter future.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
The Takers and the Writers.

We have an abundance of talking men
they are to be found everywhere, in our
churches, our public halls, our lecture-rooms
and our legislatures. Wind, next to brass
is the power of to-day. Takers, thinking
themselves orators, take up the valuable time
of the people, thrusting their crude and ILL
digested notions upon their attention. Spout
ing men abound everywhere. The tongue
has indeed become an unruly member No
one thinks anybody else much Of fellow,
unless he can talk him down. 1t has come
to such pass, that he who can shout the
loudest and the longest is esteemed the pos
SCISSOR of the greatest amount of talent.
Now there ought to be a radical change in
this matter. We want fewer takers, sp Ut
ers, ranters, orators, and men of wind, and
more writer's, authors, and men of the pen
Bacon says that writing makes the exact
man; and that is tru, enough. Hence to
think with pen in ones hand, is to think
much more to the purpose than with the clap
per of the mouth beating noisily against its
roof There are too few good writer's. Eac
enough know hon to prepare a readable, or eyen
a decent, communication for the press, as many
q bothered editor can testify. And it is the
greater shame still, that so few can express
themselves properly, and exactly as they
mean, in an epistle either Of business or friend
shir.
A good writer is not yet appreciated in
this country as he will be presently. The
press grows more powerful continually. Its
influence is winged, reaching to the farther
corners of the land. Hence man can do
more with his pen, a thousand times, than he
can with his tongue for the spoken word,
however eloquent and apt, falls lieless to the
ground, except 1t be reproduced for the mil
lions to read afterwards.
What We suggest to our restless and ambi-
tious young men therefore, is that instead of
all trying to get into the Legislature, and af-
terwards into Congress, by inficting their
verbiagc on patient and long-suffering COM
murity, part of them turn tteir attention
to the art Of writing. 1t takes more labor,
more steady persistence, more downright,
silent study, and more time, than is required
to become merely snowy talker but it will
be found to pay better at the last. Not pc
cuniarily, but intrinsically. 1t will furnish the
deeper satisfaction. 1t offers the most de-
lightful compensations. 1t promotes the
warmest affections. A speaker is not neces-
sariy good because he can fly long time
only few are really frst-rate, and that will
always be the rule. 1t would please US to
find that men of stuff were more of them
joining the ranks of the professional writer's /;
for where person may make but an indffer-
ent speaker, it is more than possible for him
to become a ready and an impressive writer.
There are scribJlers enough we are asking
only for more real aoruers.-Boston Ledger.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
An Adventure.

A gentleman connected with this office
had strange adventure recently. While sit
ting at onr desk, he was informed that gen.
tleman named ODonald wished to see him
on the sidewalk. OF course he hurried to
hear what O'Donald had to say As soon as
he reached the sidewalk he saw large horse
whip in O'Donalds right hand. Being some
what opposed to the idea of standing at the
wrong end of anybody's horsewhip, the gen.
tleman was on the point of beating retreat,
retreat was cut off by one of O'Donald' s
friends, who exclaimed, Here he is just
where we want him p The gentleman was
very much astonished at his reception, and
his aStonishment was increased when he saw
ODonald raise his whip in threatening at
titude. He would have made requisition on
his legs, II he had not been perfectly satisfied
that O'Donald would overtake him so he
concluded to stand his ground and make as
good fight as he could for, though he had
no particular objection to being lashed, vet
he felt bound to do something for the credit
of the office with which he is Connected
Besides, he had another motive for showing
fight-one of the rules of this office being
as follows: "When any person connected
with the Pantagraph Office is attacked in the
street or on the side walk, he is expected to
give a good account Of HIMSELF" The gem
tleman, knowing that any neglect or disObe-
dience of the rule above quoted would be
the signal for his immediate discharge from
the Pantagraph Corps, decided to take a
chance in the fight, notwithstanding the dis
advantages under which he labored. When
O'Douald saw that the gentleman had not a
single wea pom about him, not even pocket
knife, he raised his heavy whip, swung it
around his head two or three times, and fl
nally brought the lash down with tremendous
iorce rpon-a big dog that was trying to pull
his buffalo robe out of his sleigh. After
driving the dog away, O'Donald said to the
gentleman Come and take . sleigh ride
Ihe gentlemen stepped into the sleigh-the
"sorrel bob-tails" pranced off in good style,
and passed everything else on the road-the
ride put us III mind of times and scenes long
gone by and when we returned to the of,
ticc, one of our ears had great deal more
frost than blood in it! How it stings -
Bloomington Paragraph.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
Precaution Of Louis Napoleon against
InSurrectfOn.

The Paris correspondent of the Boston
DAILY Iraceller writes as follows, relative to
the immense military camp recently formed
at Chalons by the Emperor Louis Napoleon:
Sin my opinion, Louis Napoleon is now
engaged in building scheme by which he
hopes to secure his throne against accidents
even so great casualty as his assassina-
ton. The plan he has adopted is, like every
thing he does, marked by great reach of
foresight and good deal of astuteness. l
dare say you have seen by the papers that a
great camp has been formed at Chalons 1t
occupies space which covers about thirty
thousand acres. There will be some sixty Or
one hundred thousand men of the best regi-
ments in the army. The camp will be an in
trenched camp-that is, it will be fort-a
stronghold OF thirty thousand acres. Mar
shal Canrobert, that devoted personal adhe-
rent of the Emperor, will command it. The
project of the department is to be picked
man of approved fidelity. The troops are to
be constantly employed in Strengthening the
camp and all its approaches, so as to render
it, as far as possible, impregnable. 1t is
we'll provided with water. The camp ktch-
en- covers nearly four miles in length. The
Imperial quarters form a village alone, so nu-
merous are the kitchens, stables, coach-hous-
es, and other Offices. About eighty or a
hundred wagons have been daily employed
in carrying objects from the Garde Meuble de
la COuronne to furnish the Emperor's quar-
tiers. Never has Garde Meuble seen so
many objects taken at one time out of its
stores.
"It appears to me that Louis Napoleon de-
signs this camp as a place of safety for the
Empress and Imperial Prince, if insurrection
should occur which menaces to assume the
form of a revolution. 1t will serve as mill
tary reservoir with which he may deluge Pa.
ris with soldiers, or as a military stronghold
where he may wait til he conquers an ad-
verse tide of fortune 1t is incredible what
precautions are taken against an insurrection.
Only this week the whole exterior of the Ho-
tel de Vile has been tunneled, so that now
horsemen, mounted may pass under ground
from any part of the Hotel de Vile to the
new barracks of Napoleon. The broad Bou-
levard leading from Vincennes (Which is the
great arsenaD to the Hotel de Vile and the
Tuieries is rapidly being completed. The
army is courted every way, and meritorious
officers are sought ont and well rewarded. l
do not, however, believe that all these re-
sources and expedients will be found to avail,
if the only serious danger which threatens
the throne, the death of Louis Napoleon,
should ensue then the Imperial fabric would
fail as it rose-in a single night. What
mighty destinies hahg upon the life of this
mon ~
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

BY II. 7. rrckERMAN.

Give me the boon of love-
ask no more for fame;
Far better one unpurchased heart
Than glory's proudest name.
Why wake y fever in the blood,
Or damp the spirit now,
To gain u wreath whose leaves shau wave
Above q withered brow!
Give me the boon OF love!
Ambitions need is vain;
pearer affections earnest smile
Than honor's richest train.
Id rather lean upon a breast
Responsive to my own,
Than sit pavilion gorgeously
Upon \ kingiy throne.
Like the Chaldean sage,
Fame's worshippers adore
The brilliant orbs that scatter light
Ger Heavens azure hoor;
But, in their very hearts enshrined,
The votaries OF love
Keep e'er the holy flame, which once
Iuumed the courts above.
Give me the boon of love,
Renown is but a breath,
Whose loudest echo ever floats
From out the halls Of death.
A loving eye beguiles me more
Than fame's emblazoned seal,
And one sweet note Of tenderness
Than triumph's widest peal.
Give me the boon Of love.
The pa'h of fame is drear,
Aud glory's arch doth ever span
A hillside cold and sere.
One wild flower from the path Of love,
All lowly though II lie,
Is dearer than the wreath that waves
To stern ambitions eye.
Give me the boon of love!
The lamp of fame shines FAR,
But loves soft light glows near anu ~sfm-
A pure and household star.
One tender glance can fill the soul
With a perennial fire;
But glory's flame burns fitfully-
lone funeral pyre.
Give me the boon of love.
Fame's trumpet-strains depart;
But loves sweet Lutte breathes melody
That fingers in the heart.
And the scro of fame will burn
When sea and earth consume,
But the rose of love in a happier sphere,
Will live in deathless bloom.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
An Uncomfortable POsftfO IL .

In referring to the late passage at arms be-
tween Senator Fessenden and Jeff: Davis, q
correspondent of the N. Y. E;ening Post
makes the following hit at a third distinguish
ed individual:
douglas appeared in the debate once or
twice; but the impossiblity of maintaining
his present attitude is manifest to every one
except apparently himself He is in all the
discussions on subjects connected with Kan
sas like the Irishman's frog, on ambitious
animal that couldn't live on land and died in
the water"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
NUMBER %.
Where you zee Them,ere SasseDgers you
don't see NO Dogs.

1nNew York, the other day, two Germans
were arrested for making sausages out of dog
meat. The cavalcade to the Police Office
consisted of officers. prisoners, large wash
tub OF dog meat and big crowd of people.
1t was given in proof that young lady was
disturbed at unreasonable hours in the morn
ing by the yelping of dog, and, going to her
window, she saw the death of big dog, saw
him skinned, and his carcase cut up and pIac-
ed in wash tub, while the wife of the butch
er busted herself in cleaning the entrails for
sausage skins. The officers were informed,
and, making decent secured every part ap-
pertaining to the big dog. One of the pris-
oncrs averred that the dog fat had been rec
commended to him by his doctor as good for
cough, and that he was making the sausag-
es for home consumption. A butcher exam
ined the sausages and said they contained
dogs blood. In the tub was a string of o
dozen or more sausages Bologna size) the
launches of the dog, spare-ribs, fore-paws,
hide. head and tongue.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

The statement that two more men had been
hung in Noble county, Ind, proves to be in
correct. The extreme vigor of lynch law
has only been executed upon one individual.
There has been general routing of the
rogues in Adams, La Grange and Wells
counties, however. 1t is believed that the
movements of the Regulators" have led to
the arrest of fully hundred thieves and
counterfeiters in Indiana and other States to
which they fed. They have recovered stolen
property to the amount of over $1,000
broken up two mints for coming bogus halves,
quarters, dimes, and twenty dollar gold
pieces. Also, one bank, with press, plates,
and everything complete for issuing counter
felt notes. Five different plates on Eastern
banks were found, and about $4,000 in we'll
executed notes.-Chicago Press.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
Low Necks and Short Sleeves.

"Bele Brittian," the witty and sparkling
correspondent of New Orleans Picayune,
writes to that Journal from Washington city,
as follows:
A world touching the great and all en-
crossing topic Of dress, may not be uninter-
esting to your readers. AS I have before
written, the New Y ork ladies as general
rule, are the best dressed ladies in Washing
ton. In this respect we are hard to beat
Not that we wear richer fabrics or costlier
Jewels. Tout an contraire some of your
Southern bellies beat US in their nightly dis
play of laces and dinondss and in " low necks
and short sleeves" But the more tonnish Of
our New York ladies, whatever fondness
they may have for precious stones" and spi-
derived trimmings, think it vulgar always to
wear them. And as to slow necks." We
leave them to Glow people," In the presence
of certain distinguished ladies here, 1 have
felt grateful for the use of q pink fan to con-
ceal my blushes.
Hide, hide those hills of snow," &c.
Now, do not think me squeamish or pru-
dish. am not bit Of it. But there is a
time and place for all things, and mis- celia
neous gathering of ofpromiscuoui people, is not
the proper time and place for stunning ex
hibition Of a beautiful bosom.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
Mormon Joe the Younger.

A son of the original Joe Smith, the Proph-
ct, founder of the Mormons, now resides at
Nauvoo. On him the Prophets mantle was
to have fallen. Brigham Young has exercis-
ed the Chief Presidency only as regent, du-
ring the minority Joseph of the younger The
latter is now twnety-four years of age, and
though believing in the Church, is opposed
to polygamy. Delegates arrive every year
from Salt Lake to receive blessing, and urge,
him to the leadership of the Church. The
St. Louis Republican is positive that Joseph
intends to assume the leadership of the
CAurch next Spring, and suggests that Gov
,rnment should encourage the people of Utah
in acknowledging hin, and thus Kidding them.
selves Of Brigham Young.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

Ex-Gov. MoRoN, of Mass, and his son
are both members of the Leg stature, as they
were of the Constitutional Convention of
1880. A Boston paper as the fol owing in
cident connected with the election of Sergeant.
at.Arms-the clerk was calling the roll
Marcus Morton Yes responded the ex-
Governor clearly, but rather feebly near the
char. Marcus Morton, Jr,' called the clerk.
No, was the vigorous response of the mem
Der from Andover, from the centre of the
Hall -o.- e
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27
Fire I'm Boston.
BosroN, Feb. II

At eleven o'clock last night, fire broke
out in No. A Union street, which was nearly
destroyed, together with Nos. 40 and 46, and
also small building in the rear a fire earli.
er in the evening destroyed No. 1877. Hano.
yer street among the occupants of the build.
ing wero Mr.. A. Barnes, hardware merchant,
Chamberlin & Co., stoves, Williams & Mo.
rend sheet-iron workers. Amount Of loss
from SIS 900 to $4,000.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

WELL ExPLAINED.-God made Washing
ton chiidiess, that nation might call him
ia'her. Can any one explain why God made
buchanan childless ?-Mobie Mercury.
mat we might not look upon his like
again. - - -.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-27

JOHN EIrzER, A German, was burned to
death at Cleveland, on Monday evening"
His house was on fire, and after saving his
wife and children, he went back to get his
money, when he sufocated.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-04

LEToN-MAN-FLEsHLEss DIGGER OF Hum
BoLDT.-A passenger from Humboldt states that
when Capt Messec recently destroyed an Tndiad
rancheria, one of his men-Hank Smith-enter-
ed a deserted hut, but came out a great deal
faster than he went in, with each particular hair
on end, and declaring that there was ghost
within The jests of the others induced the
man to go back, but again he returned, more
precipitately, and swore that there was a NOV
ing skeleton in the lodge. Afterwards an open
ing was made in the hut, and a Hring skeleton
was discovered crouching under basket-an
animated anatomy of skinned bones, five feet
six inches high, which weighed but sirteen
pounds! The thing is declared to be a complete
embodiment of death, without particle of flesh
discoyerable on the limbs or face, and small
enough at the waist to be spanned by mans
hand, yet capable of walking and intelligent
action. The prisoners employ the Skeleton Man
in mixing Bread in which his long, bony claws
exhibit considerable dexterity. So far as the
credulity of our informant goes-and we have
no reason to question his veracity-the forego-
ing is no hoax; he declares that he has seen the
living skeleton, which will shortly be sent to the
settlements as the greatest physiological phen-
cmenon OF the age. Hiscaptors believe that the
attenuated creature is the consequence of some
unknown disease which has slowly wasted the
flesh without expelling life from the ghastly tab
ernacle. If that be the sort of enemy which
Messec has to fight we implore him to raise the
siege and come home for, even Texan
Ranger" cannot be expected TO encounter Death
and Hell.--1rnity Journal.