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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-04

Regular Course Of Lectures ........ 12 Lectures.
Family, Season Tickets ..... ....... ..... $500
Ticket admitting Lady and Gentleman. ........ 1C0
Single Tickets, admitting one person. IS
Opening Lecture Thursday Evening, De-
cember 9th, by Col ID. A. ROBERTSON.
!SuJject-" Conflict of Christendom and
Islam"
The regular course of lectures will be con-
tinucd during the winter on Thursday even
ing of each week until further notice at the
First Presbyterian Church ON Third street
Among those who have already consented to
lecture are the names of Col. Robertson, Rev
A. B. Paterson, d. d., Ex-Gov. German,
Rev. j. Mattocks, DIR. Simonton, Rev. |. V.
Van Ingcn, d. d., Ignatius Donnelly, Esq,
Of Niningcr, j. W. Taylor, Esq, Of St. Paul,
and Judge Atwater, of ST. Anthony. In ad-
diton to these Gov. Sbley, Ex-G Gov. Ramsey,
aov E. D. Nell, Hen. George L. Becker, j.
W. Wheelock and others have given partial
assurances of lecturing before the association
during the season.
The mode pursued Of disposing oil tickets
has been adopted in preference to that OF max
inc collections as heretofore at each meeting,
being deemed more agreeable and at the same
time more equal in its operations. The tick
cts have been put at such price as to be
brought within the grasp of all; about one
half the price Of similar lectures at the East.
HARDWOOD IGLEHART,
W. WILKIN,
j. P. POM,
ID. G. JONES,
S. ID. GOULD,
Lecture Committee.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-04

ew Pennsylvania has no less than 26 re-
representatives. in the Ministerial and Consular
Bureaus for foreign countries, ranging from the
highest to the lowest
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-04

"And as security therefor, the Governor
shall demand and receive from each of said
Companies before any of said bonds are is
sued, an instrument, pledging the net profits
of its road for the payment of said interest,
hundred and forty sections of land, free from
prior membranes, which such Company is
or may be authorized to hold in trust, for the
better security of the Treasury of the State
from loss on said bonds, which said deed of
trust shall authorize the Governor and Secre-
tary of State to make conveyances of title to
all or any such lands to purchasers agreeing
with the respective Railroad Companies there
for. P'ooided, That before releasing the in
terest of the State to such lands, such sale
shall be approved by the Governor, but the
proceeds of all such sales shall be applied to
the payment of interest accruing upon the
bonds in case of default of the payment of the
same, and as a sinking fund to meet any fu-
ture default in the payment of interest and
the principal thereof when due; and as fur
tier security, an amount Of first mortgage
bonds, on tile roads, lands and franchises Of
the respectioe Companies, corresponding
to the State bonds issued, shall be transfer
red to the Treasurer Of tile State at the time
Of the issue Of State bonds"
Now it is not claimed that the companies do
not comply with the acquisitions of the law in
deciding to the State the first two hundred
and forty sections of land" or in giving to the
State ian instrument pledging the net profits
"of the road for the payment of interest," y
neither is it claimed that any of the companies
refuse "an amount Of first mortgage bonds
" corresponding to the State bonds issued."-
The only question is, as to whether Z" the
amount of first mortgage bonds issued by
the companies, shall be limited to the amount
given to the State, or whether they shall have
the right to issue an amount of bonds CORE
spending to the estimated cost of the road, and,
out of this amount, give to the State such por-
ton as shall correspond to the amounto of State
bonds received. The Governor required that
there should be no " first mortgage bonds, "
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16
THE rIREMEs.

AT A SPECIAL MEETING or COLUMBIA ENGINE
n Company No H. held the Engine House. on Monday
evening FEB b 1858 the following resolutions were nj
rnousy adopted viz
Resolved, Tha, Engine Company No II view with
mingled satisfaction the noble project OF
rance company BY the " the Fremens Fund
rance Company, that " devote half profits
peytnq boIders per chsrity which
lies BEARS J ne widows and Orphans Fund Of
our Pre- Department"
Rs,oved 1h. ih company hereby tenders 10 those who
have instrumental IN the above
named their sarnes acknOwedgmenis for the generous
feeling pred the idea aud beg oer hr nearly
s,npshes opera lon aud good vii n he support OF the
F,reyne MS aud oany
ROBERT BOGERs Chairman.
eH.s A. Gay, Secretary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16
sEGARs.

THE SMOKE CAUSED BY THE FINANCIAL PAM
has not all disappeared yet have still many invoce
Of ser.rs on band hat be closed VI sold
"panIc pricesn Wholesale cash buyers are invited toN
anime my stock. o. CHEEKS, II Broadway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16

ITO LET OR LEASE-THE NEW FIVE STORY BUILD
ing No. 800 Broadway, containing four Is ~
feet with wide hall Twentieth suitable PIANO
forte picture galleries, clubs &C. Apply the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16

WILL YOU GO TO THE sTORE'
w AIR-"She Ia far from the land
viii 60 10 the store where good fortune attends
All eomerss" rad TO my Kitty;
where ones certain 10 meet, besides country friend
Lots Of people one knows In the CITY,"
"0f course you mean Rsnnys," my daughter replieds
Az she put on her furs ana her bonnet
wanted a book, and To get II we hied;
She wanted . ring. and she III
Handsome presents presented with all books and Val
entnes purchased at the american Gf and Book House.
broadway. Catalogues free. A. RANNEY, Agent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16

WANTED-A PARTNER, ONE WITH AN EouAt,
w amount Of capital at the Academy House. corner nf
Fourteenth street and Fourth avenue and that knows the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16

ITO LET-FRoM THE FIRST or NAY NEXT THE
well known building ~ Murray street, Of College
place and Murray street four stories high, Is feet
tanning 20 rooms has been occupied hotel several
years Will be leased 70 good tenant years The
Two next buildings MUIR be had
purpose and are now connected Inquire Of VIM Whitley
"a tedar street. up staira
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16

TIE LET LEASE OR FOR sALE-THE BUILDING ~,
and 49S Grand street, occupied oyser saloon
tailoring establishment Old established stands Apply
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16

no LET-IHE UPPER PART OF HOUSE NO lis HE'S
ter street. between Edridge and Forsyth Sta 10 a am All
gepee family consisting Of front back parors with
Kite hen s'scned two bedrooms, 1--WE panries contains
all the modern improvements such bath stationary
wssh tuba &C. Inquire the premises.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

PREvALEScE OF IlEATHESIsM.-At re-.
cent union meeting OF the Presbyterian
churches Of Elizabeth, N. j., Rev. DR.. Riggs,
who is about departing as missionary 10
foreign lands, presented this melancholy re-
port Of the progress of the work of evnngeli.
zing the world:
He said "thnt Christ nscendrd eighteen
hundred years ago, and since that time men
have been striving to spread the gospel; but
up to this period three fourlhs of the inhabi.
tants Of the globe nre in heather darkness,
only one-fourth having embraced Cbristani.
ty, and fifteen -sixieenths Of the world stand
where they did when Christ was on the earth.
The harvest, therefore, is great, and the
time TO gather In this harves, is short; for in
thirty years the whole race will be swept
away. Only one missionary exists in The
heather world 10 $4,000 inhabitants! Fnn-
cy the state Of New Jersey with only one
preacher and thirty years passing before that
becomes two!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20
THE POST,
ATHENS, FRIDAY, AUG. 90, 1853.

CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRs.-A Wash
ington despatch says, that some months ago
when the Presidents of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica jointly met and amicably arranged the
question OF the boundary between the two
countries, they also prepared an address or
appeal in the names of their respective gov
ernments and dispatched it to those of France
and Great Britain, inviting their protection
and assistance against the United States
Our government has, in consequence, pro-
ceeded to act in such manner as will plainly
but firmly indicate to all foreign powers that
the United States will not consent to their
interference in Central American affairs, nor
to any measures which may have the effect
of njuring our interests in that quarter and
obs;ructing the transit routes to and from
the Pacific. The government will act in ac-
cordance with the Monroe doctrine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20
VOL. X.--N0. 5l7.

THE DEAD Los AND THE LIvE-PRss-
IDKSr.-Mr. William Carey Jones is out in a
long letter in reply 10 what he calls the "Blair
Libels on Col. Benton" And Gen. Duff
Green is, also, out in letter in reply to F.P.
Blair, Sr. 1t now appears that Gen. Jackson
was very angry with Mr.. Buchanan for not
more fully supporting him, than he did, in
the matter of the famous Bargain and Coz
rup;ion charge" against Mr.. Clay, when he
(Mr. Buchanan) was called upon as wit
ness, and actually wrote letter denouncing
Mr.. Buchanan; which letter, upon ccnsulta-
ton among the friends of Gen. Jackson, was
suppressed. Gen. Duff Greer contends that
this letter was written in moment of great
excitement, during the canvass before the
first election, or else that it was written in
the chiliishHcss of decoying age, proof of
insincerity and that his resentments were
stronger and Outlived his sense ofproprieiy
and Justice"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

moment. and not sound stirred the air with
in the house. The ghosts had fled.
arose and and approached the bedside
The patient was aive--drawing his breath
very slowly-dying. The intervals between
his gasps grew longer-then he ceased to
breathe alt0gether-he was dead!
Mrs. Green was sitting in her place. her
elbows resting On her knees, her face buried
in her hands.
closed the open mouth and pressed down
the eyelds of the dead. Then touched her
on the shoulder.
alt is ovcr,"l whispered.
"Thank God!" was the fervent reply.
Then we both started. There was rust
ling of the bed clothesl Nlr. Hayden was
sitting erect, his eyes were wide open, his
chest heaving in mighty effort for one more
inspiration of the blessed air. Before could
reach the bed he spoke:
"My God! she is coming"
At the same instant the wind came bnck
with sudden and appalling gust and wild
shrek as it swept through the crevices OF
the building. There was crush of the out
er door-then staggering ard uncertain
step in the outer room. 1t approached the
sick room-the latch lfted-the door swung
open-and then-mv God! what a specta'
Gle
wonder, even now, that dare describe il
think of it-remember il. ] wonder be.
lieved il then, or now-that did not 60 mad
or drop down dead.
Through the open door there stepped
fgure-not of Mrs. Hayden, no: of her
corpse, not of death-but thousand times
more horribe-a thing Of corruption, decay,
of worms and rottenness.
The features were nearly all gone, and the
skull in places cleaned through, white and
terrible. Her breast abdomen, and neck
were eaten away, her limbs were putrid, green
and inexpressbIy loathsome.
And yet to those putrescent jaws there
was born q voce-smothered, indeed, and
strange, but distinct:
Come, William! they ,oat for you! I
wAIT!"
dared not turn my eyes from the intruder;
| could not, if dared, though | heard groan
behind me and fall.
Then 1.-THE thing before me-sank down
upon the floor, in heap dark and loathsome
"a heap of putres:ence and dismembered
Fragments
remember that did not faint, that did
not cry out How long stood transfxed,
fascinated, knew not; but at last with an
effort and n prayer, turned to the bed. Mr..
Hayden had fallen upon the floor, face down.
ward, stone dead.
raised and replaced him composed his
limbs; closed his eyes and tied up his chin;
crossed his hands upon his breast and tied
them there. Then | bore out the body of
his sister insensibe bu: not dead, into the
pure ar-out of that horror and stencil into
the storm and darkhess-out of death into
life again.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

tY- On the subject of"Btes and Stings,"
Journal of Health has an item which may
be important for some:
Gas many of our readers are preparing TO
travel or going in the country for the Sum-
mer it may be useful to remind them that an
ounce vial of spirits Of hartshorn should be
considered one of the indespensables, as in
case Of being bitten or stung by any poison
Gus animal or insect, the immediate free ap-
plication Of the alkali as n wash to the part
bitten, gives instant, perfect and parmanent
relief, the bite of mad dog, We believe, not
excepted; so will strong ashes and water.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

LIcHT.-The celebrated savan, Niewcntyl,
is said TO have once undertaken to count the
number of PARTICLES of light that escape from
burning candle. BY this computation,
there are thus evolved, at every second Of
time, ten millions times more than the num-
Der of tho grainG of sand competud to be
contained in the whole enrth." Ifany mathe-
matcinn can make more nice and accurate
calculation, it will be best for him TO begin
pretty soon
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

CAPTURE OF A "MERNArp."-In the nets
of Mr.. John Anderson, on the Fourth, mer-
maid, or angle-fsh, nearly ak feetlong, loolbs.
weight, was caught this week. The wings
Of this "wonder of the Deep" which has II
face like that of a frog, and n tail like that
of a shark, are eight inches long. Before
being caught the fisherman saw 1t raise it.
self upright 10 the water, and then fly over
the surface like bird. While diving it was
caught in turbot-net. The belly is pure
white; the back is light brown; the skin be-
ing rough like that of shark or dog fish,
The wings are not unlike two wings of a
thick skate; and the teeth resemble those of
n shark. The fish measures three feet across
the Scotsman.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

A FAT FIsH.-The siskawit, fish of Lake
Superior, is reported to be the fatest fish that
swms either in fresh or salt water. The
fisherman say that one Of these fish when
hung by the tail in the hot sun of summers
day, will melt, and entirely disappear, except
the bone. In packing about fifty barrels, a
few seasons ago, at the Isle Royale, one of
the fishermen made two and half barrels
of oil from the heads and leaf fat alone,
without the least injury TO the marketable
ness Of the fish. Besides this leaf fat, the
fat or oil is disseminated in layer Of lean
throughout The fish. They are too fat 10 be
eaten fresh, and are put up for market like
the lake white fish and Mackinaw trout.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

A SHoEMAKER's PRoMisE.-The Kinder
hook Rough Notes tell the following about
shoemaker who plies bis awl in that village:
lie once promised to have pair of boots on
n specified day for Ex-President Van BuFen,
but failed TO have them done when called
for. In the meantime the Ex-President star
ted for Europe, and was gone for three years.
Upon his return he called for his boots, and
was told they were finished with the ercep-
ZION Of treeinC ont.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

SUICIDE OF A PHILADELPHIAN.-A young
man named George w. Taylor, formerly Of
Philadelphia, and who lately married young
wife in franklin county, Mo-, blew out his
brains with a revolver at boarding house in
st. Louis. Among his papers was slip,
written with lead pencil, in these words:-
AMY Dear Wife, have wronged you.--
Forgive and pray for me. ! am avllian, and
deserve to die. May God have mercy upon
nv soul"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

New YORK, Aug. l7.-The steamship st.
Louis, from Aspinwal has arrived with Cali
sornia dates to the Goth July.
The Star of the West left Aspinwali on
the Sd instant, with one million five hundred
thousand dollars in treasure.
The Frazer river excitement had somewhat
subsided.
A collision had occurred between the mi
ners and Fremonts men, in which the latter
were victorious.
The Douglasites, under the lead of Brod-
erick, arc con.csting 70. seats in the nomi-
mating convention, with the Administration
democrats.
Gen. Lane and DeLazon Smith, have been
chosen as United States Senators by Oregon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

HlTTNG THE NAIL ON The HEAD.-Here
is the commenting of the Providence Journal
on the light sentence passed on "Peie Daw-
son"-lhe keeper Of the whitewoman slave
pen in Cherry street:
"H is a great politician in his rard; he
judiciary is eLectire."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

A VILLAIN TO BE HUHG.-The PotSddm
Journal says, the Court has refused to grant
Eldridge new trial, and he is sentenced to
be hung on the I'd day of September next.
This is the scoundrel who Won the heart OF
u widow at Masena Springs, and with his
hellsb arts led he, astray, and to conceal
which he uurdered with poison by slow and
repeated doses, totally unsuspected by her,
so mum SO, that in her dying struggle she
raises herself by desperate effort, and
throwing her arms affectouately about his
mex, kissed him last adeu and immediate
~ expired.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

a CABPET SwEEPER.--A little machine
for sweeping carpets has been invented. II
consists Of small box, IN which revclves
the sweeper, while the dirt and dust are col
ecied in another apartment, allowing none
to rise in the air. The box is propelled
along the carpet by handle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20
tE- The author Of the following should
be watched or he might back out:
A destructive durk I'll bi,
I'll bid pharewell 70 every phear,
Then wipe my weeping
And kut my throat phrom ear 10 ear.

CossIpERATE JUDGE.--They hang people
in public in Virginia and Judge Thompson,
of Wheeling, has ordered Burns, (the muir
derer Of his mislrcss) TO be hanged on bill,
where about 100000 people could ge, good
view.
weexpect the Judge was looking forward
TO a reelection.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

SIeYIFrcASr.-Both the Maine and Missis-
sppi papers are publishing, with APPRECIATION
Senator Davis speech at Portland. Is not
this significant An Alabama paper how
ever, one Of the iuene, abuses Davis hear.
tily. II hints that the fate Of Benton, Hous-
ton, ETC, may be his.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

W The Allegheny Mountain Echo tells
tough story of boy, from whom an eme-
tic brought double handful of young crabs
bona fde river or brook crabs, with claws,
legs, broad tails and all. The mother of the
boy exnlained the .cirnnmsiannA ~ etnti"s
that her son was in the habit of spending
much Of his time in the water, and that while
diving he had swallowed nest Of crab eggs,
which hatch ed il his stomach.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20
RAREY's METHOD OF HORSE TANNING.

RAREYs METHOD OF HORSE IAMlNG.-
The Scientific American says:
This new system of tanning horses is foun-
ded on the we'll known process employed in
subduing buffalo calves and wild horses ia.
ken by the asso, and consists in simply grad
ualy advancing towards the horse to be sub
dued until you are able to place your hand
on the animals nose and over his eyes, and
then to breath strongly and gently, as judg-
ment may dictate, into the nostrils. We
have the authority of Catlin, in his Letters
and notes on the American Indians, that this
process is the one practiced by the Indians in
tanning the wild horse of the prairies, and
that it is invariably attended with success.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

Sr. Louis, Aug. l0.-An arrival here from
Albuquerque announces that three hundred
and seventy.fve men were met at the Paw
nee Fork, on their way to join Walker in
Sonora. They understood that Walker would
be at the Pass with eight hundred mounted
men, armed with Minnie rifles, and eight
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

,Y- English barristers have lndicrous
habit of identifying themselves with their
client by speaking in the plural number,
"Gentlemen Of the jury" said luminnry
Of the western circuit, "at the moment the
policeman saws no saw us In the trap, | will
prove that we were in the watchhouse In
state of intoxication."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

~ A lady of Portsmouth, Va, being
poor, gave up her daughter several years ago,
to n gentlemen, who adopted her as his own
child. On the 2lst, the girl having grown
up q beautiful yonng lady Of eighteen, the
mother claimed her child, and the COURT at
Norfolk, in trial on habeas corpus, decided
that she should take her, but ihe young lady
refused TO 90 with her, and drove of, leaving
her mother sobbing in the street.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

14g- lady recently cleared her house of
flies by putting honey on her husbands whs-
kers when he was asleep. The flies stuck
fast, and when he went out of the house he
carried them off with him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

t3s- We see il stated that several of the
clergy of New York intended to preach ser,
mons on last Sabbath, from the text selected
by Queen Victoria, ns the first message which
she would send by the telegraph cable: "Glo-
nv 20 God in the highest-and on earth
pcncc. rood will TO mem"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

For LoSDoS.-Two business messages
from New York merchants TO their cores
pondents in England. passed through the
American Telegraph office, Traveller Build
ings, from New York, en- route for London,
on Thursday, at p. m. One of them con-
tanning ifty-seven words, paid through, fifty
dollars, and the other, twenty seven words,
for which twenty-seven dollars was paid
Boston Traveller.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF GEN. CAss.-The
Cleveland Plaindealer says:
"Gen. Cass is in a critical state Of health.
He is suffering from diarrhe, and has both
nge and season against him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

New ENGLAND MoRALITY.-lt is alleged
that Neal Dow, md some of his Maine con-
freres, receive fifty thousand dollars from n
Boston firm, for securing them the monop.
oily of the sale of liquor to the town agents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

sY-A detective officer, from Chicago
fell asleep while travelling over the Alton
railroad few days since, and some light
dagcred fellow actually stole his boots.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

REMARKABLE Works OF HUMAN LABOR.
-Nnevah was fifteen miles long, eight wide,
and forty miles round, with n wall one hun
dred feet high, and thick enough for three
charots abreast. Babylon was fifty miles
within the walls, which were seventy. six
feet thick and one hundred high, within ifty
brAzen gates. The temple of Diana, at
EPhesus, was four hundred and twenty feet
to the support of the roof 1t was hundred
yearsin building. The largest of the pyra-
mids was -four hundred and eighty one feet
high, and six hundred and ifty-three on the
sides; its base covers eleven ncres. The
stones are about sixty feet in length, and
the layers are two hundred and eighty. Il
employed 100000 men in building. The
labyrinth in Egypt presents ruins twenty
seven miles round, and one hundred gates.-
Carthage was twenty-nine miles round
Athens was twenty-five miles roand, and
contained 100000 citizens and 400 Slaves
The temple of Delphos was so rich in dona-
tion that il was plundered of S5O,OOO,OOO,
and Nero carried away from it two hundred
and ninety statues. The walls of Rome
were thirteen miles round