The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-04-17
NEWS ITEMS.

last week. DR.. Mitchell had high profess
ionable attainments, and at the period OF his
decease held the Chair of Theory and Prac-
tice in Jefferson Medical College. He was
also Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
the Free Masons of Pennsylvania.
ON the 18th of October last E. W. Hod-
Son, police officer in Boston was murpered
while upon his beat. The police investigated
the matter and found reason to believe that
one McNulty was the murderer. A few
days since they discovered the man in the
New Hampshire State Prison, where he was
under sentence for burglary, He has con-
fessed the murder.
ASTArE Convention of the Democracy of
Illinois has been called, to meet at Spring
field on the 2lst of April. The officers to
be nominated are State Treasurer and a
Superintendent of Public instruction. The
election occurs in November, when new Leg
islature also is to be chosen, which will eject
United States Senator to the seat now
held by Douglas. The choice of delegates to
the Convention, of whom there are to be over
five hundred in all, will generally be made
during the next two weeks.
GEN. DUFF GREEN prints in the Stotes, at
Washington. curious historical letter on the
Missouri Compromise, in which he shows the
personal combinations that started the anti
slavery agitation of that period, of which
John Quincy Adams, and Daniel P. Cook, of
Illinois, he says, were the authors; and
proves conclusively too, that Mr.. Clay had
no connection with the 80 deg. Sc min. COM
promise, but only figured in the second COM
promise, year later, which relates to the
State, and had nothing to do with the Ter
ritorial question.
A MEETING of citizens of Philadelphia,
presided over by the Mayor, was held Oh
Monday, to consider the expediency Of pur-
chasing the Collins steamers for the purpose
of establishing an European line to and from
Philadelphia. Capt. West and Mr.. M'Hen-
ry were present, and stated that the three
ships could be secured for $l.5OO,OO0, one
third in cash. A Committee was appointed
with power to call another meeting.
NINE weeks ago family in Philadelphia
named Koehcr, the father, two sons and a
daughter, we're all bitten by little pup, but
a few weeks old. One son was taken down
on Thursday of last week, and died in con.
vulsion on Sunday. On Tuesday the sister
was attacked, and will die without the slight
est doubt the father and the other son are
doomed, and will die also--four more victims
of hydrophobia.
Ex-President Roberts writes from Monrovis
that the settlers were likely to be drawn into
trouble with the atives,owing to the French
system of collecting emigrants on the coas
tor their West India colonies. The chief
had commenced kidnapping and waging wal
on each other, in order to obtain supply Q
hands for export.
THE New Hampshire Patriot was homes
enough to attribute the defeat of its party il
New Hampshire to the attempt to force LIE
compton on the Kansas people, and, as con
sequence, the government advertising, wort
four or five hundred year, is to be take
away from it.
AMONG the bills passed by the Legislature
of Massachusetts is one making two dlvis
ions in the crime of murder,the first of which
where it is premeditated, or life taken Will
in the commission Of felony, is made pun
ishable with death. The second degree
punished by Imprisonment for life.
A NUMBER of New York wholesale hous
es, who, during the pressure, opened retail
rooms. found the operation so proftabl.
that they now propose to continue the retail
branch.
THE New York Pos, says that PROPOSE
ton is on foot in that city, for daily concert
prayer meetings, in behalf of President Bu-
chanan, the members of Congress, and the
heads of Departments. There is some talk
of holding the meetings in Tammany Hail.
"WnEN thou art buying horse or choos-
ing wife," says the Tuscan proverb, "shut
thine eyes and commend thyself to God.''
In single building in Boston, on Thurs
day evening there was prayer meeting on
one floor, boxing exhibition in the room
above, and calico ball in the upper hall.
THE Clerk of the House of Representatives
says that upwards of three hundred thou
sand names. attached to petitions, had been
received in favor of general bankrupt law.
The Legislature of Massachusetts ad
journed on Saturday last having passed one
hundred and seventy-seven acts and four re-
solves. The appropriations made will amount
to about million of dollars, and the reduc-
ton in the State tax is about half a million
of dollars.
GEN. WALKER, the defunct fillibuster, is
at present in Mobile, where his presence
seems to excite no curiosity whatever. The
steamer Fashion, seized by the government
and sold at public auction, is now fitting up
at Mobile, to run between that port and
Galveston.
The indianapolis Journal says that on
opening safe the other day, belonging to
the office of the Treasurer of State, which
had not been opened for years, there was
found within, $1,000 in bills on the Com
mercial Bank of Millington, Maryland, and
the Binshampton Bank, New York. This
batch of bills, it appears from a memoran-
dun found with them, was deposited for safe
keeping.
The Trenton N. Y. Gazette says: 1--WE
understand that about LOO persons have
protested conversion, and have been received
as members of the Methodist Episconal