The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-04-24

.s.tt q NEWS ITEMS.
Some years ago the House Of Delegates Of
Virginia passed bin to create new county
to be called Clay. The Senate struck out
Clay and inserted Ritchie as the name OF the
county. The House concurred, so the county
of R,tchie was accordingly created. AT the
present session the Senate passed bill to
make another new county, to be called Clay
and the House unanimously concurred. ana
SO Virginia is now honored with county
bearing that great name.
ONE of three profane and dissolute. young
men in Boston was converted at prayer
meeting, and going home to the hotel where
he boarded, found his associates engaged in
card. playing; he Immediately addressed them
on the subject of religion, and the three now
attend prayer meetings together, and appear
to be alike interested in personal religion.
In Washington City, on Saturday, Mar
cellus Stoops, messenger in the Treasury
Department. while walking leisurely along in
company with another young man, was shot
with pistol. He died few minutes after.
Eight or ten men of the fighting club there,
called "Swipers," have been arrested.
1t is stated that the largest room that was
ever constructed, is that in which the tobac-
co stores are kept at the London docks. The
room is said to cover nearly six acres, being,
of course, under one roof! 1t is curious
circumstance, that this enormous apartment
should be devoted to an article of mere lux
ury.
The trial of Mrs. Julia NJ. Dewey, alias
Lewis, came off the other day at Oswego, n.
Y. The prisoner was convicted and senten-
ced to three years and two months imprison-
ment in Sing Sing Prison for horse-stealing.
The beauty of the fair criminal had no effect
upon the stony hearts of the jury.
THE Canton (Mo.) Repository states that
the Legislature Of Missouri, at the session of
1867, passed an act instructing the Estate
Librarian to furnish each member of the
Legislature with copy of the Holy Bible,
ST. Janaes's Reyision %
A book was published in England during
the protectoratcd of Cromwell, with the fol-
lowing title-"Eggs of Charity, laid by the
chickens of the Covenant, and boiled by the
waters of Divine Grace, take ye and eat"
Mr.. Samuel Wright, farmer, who resides
in Washington county, Pa, has eighteen chill
dren, ITO grand chidren,and It's great-grand
children. His wife, too, is still living.
AN illustration Of the fury of the gale
which visited the eastern counties of England
is supplied by the fact that two empty bull
lock trucks were blown along the rails from
the March railway station to Fly, distance
of II miles.
DURING the winter $500 loaves of bread,
5000 pounds of meat and 140 bushels of
vegetables were disposed of at the St. James
Soup house of Chicag,. 1850 dinners were
given to the poor andneedy.
DAVID A. NEAL late Vice President of the
Illinois Central Road, has commenced suit
against the company in the U. s. Circuit
Court for $25,OO0 for service rendered to the
company while in its employ. David must
have rendered some valuable services.
A Prussian named Edward Desling was
recently arrested at Paducha, KY, under the
extradition treaty with foreign powers, ,charg-
ed with forgery in Prussia. His case is un-
der advisement, and there seems to be strong
opposition where he was arrested to his ex-
tradition.
IT is estimated that 10000 people attend
ed charity ball at the Crystal Palace, N.
Y, and that from $4,000 to 5000 would be
realized as the result for the benefit of the
poor.
CHINESE coolies are arriving at Havana in
great numbers. In one week 5000 were
landed. They command twenty two ounces
head, as there is steady demand for their
services.
THE Clay Festival Association of New
York will celebrate the anniv versary of MIR
Clay's birth by dinner at the Metropolitan
Hotel, next Monday evening" the 18th inst.
Tue receipts at New York Crystal Palace
Festival on Thursday night in behalf of
Hunter Woods Benevolent Society, amount
ed to $26,OOO.
A LETTER from China estimates the loss of
lives by the bombardment of Canton, at from
5000 to 10 900. The bombardment lasted
about thirty hours.
Two horses and a cart were lately swept
over the GenesSee Falls, at Rochester, N. Y,
the driver, on drunken spree, having reck-
lessly driven them too far into the river.
Francis Cardinal is on his trial in Clinton
county, Mich, for incest committed with his
own daughter. We can conceive of no pun
ishment adequate to such an offence.
IT is said that no less than q persons have
died of sickness contracted last year at the
National Hotel Washington. Out of to-
tai of 5000 sufferers, nearly one-half continue
in state of decrepitude.
Texas has PSI miles of graded railroad,
of which 1872 are completed and the track
laid.
Col. Benton was about IS years of age at
the time of his decease. He was born in
North Carolina in 1888.
Our eastern exchanges state, that the cot
ton mills, which were almost every where
closed during the winter, are now starting
again on full time.
THE house of Daniel Comstock in LIE Roy
Jefferson county, N. Y. was burned a short
time since, and himself and four children,
4Lo oldosf fan Years old had rariShad in the