The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-04-03
NEWS ITEMS.

African servant, who replied. "Massu &C
where is the most devil"
! RICHARD HILDRETH, the historian, and one
of the editors of the New York Iribunf, has
recently been elected an honorary member o.
the Tennessee Historical Society.
The Massachusetts House Of Representa-
tives, by vote of l27 to LOG, have addressed
the Governor in favor OF the removal o
Judge Loring, for acting as Fugitive Slave
Commissioner.
A Washington letter writer says that the
/ bar of one of the fashionable hotels of that
city has taken in $2l, 900 for drinks in the
past fourteen months.
| The Religious Herald has good authority
for saying that in one of the villages in the
town of Simbary, Ct., there is not an adult
to be found, who has not been converted. g.
The Friends Reriew SAYS that Macaulay
who, after conclusive evidence has been fur
nished vindicating William Penn from the
injurious charges in his History of En- land
reiterates the calumny in new edition, tho
now Lord, is not Noble-man.
THE Roman Catholic Bishops of Philadel
phia, Erie, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Richmond,
Charleston, Savannah, and the Vicar of Flor
ida, have been ordered by the Bishop Of Bal
timole to assemble in that city, on Sunday,
May I'd, for the purpose of deliberating upon
matters Of interest to the church at large.
The New York Gurchman will soon be
changed from weekly to daily paper
This, when effected, will be the first instance
of the publication of strictly Christian dai-
ly journal, either in this country or anywhere
else, aid will therefore mark new era in the
history of the religious press.
Col. BENTON is said to be engaged in writ
Ing life of Jackson. He has, doubtless, all
the material necessary for such a purpose,
and cannot fail to make an interesting vol
ume. The ex Senator is apparently as vigor-
Gus as ever, and is one of the most industri-
Gus men living.
THE application to remove the case Of Ira
Stout aud Mrs. Littles to some other than
Monroe county, n. u, for trial, has been
withdrawn by counsel They will, therefore,
be tried in Rochester, the scene of their, al
legged crime.
The indianapolis and Lafayette papers are
filled with the arrests OF counterleiters.-
Among them is a woman. The whole State
seems to be Infested with counterfeiters.
The Democracy of Illinois have held anti
Lecompton conventions in 73 Of the 100
counties III that State, and ON the 2Ist ua,
of April, their regular State Convent m to
State ticket, comes off.
The daily prayer meetings in Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and Harrisburg, are very large
Jayne's Hall, in Philadelphia, will hold over
three thousand persons, and yet it is crowd
ed every day.
THE recusant witness Wolcott, says the
Union remains an inmate of the keeper Of
flee at the Washington Jail, having the priv
lege of taking out-of-door exercise. His
New England friends do all in their power to
make his position endurable.
The notes of the Seneca County, and Uni
on and Sandusky Banks, OF Ohio, are not
bought by the brokers of Cincinnati, at any
price, owing to some new developments of
the late State Treasurer's financiering.
The Boston Journal says that Capt. IIar-
rson, who is to command the Levlathan,
writes that he is to be in Portland Me-, with
his vessel in the latter part of June, and that
he proposes to remain there with her seven
weeks.
PERsEvERING attempts were made TO rob
way from Saccarappa to Portland, Me-, after
concert. They were assaulted two or three
times, but the marauders were not successful
in their efforts to plunder.
THE New York Star says: "The heaviest
failure which has ever occurred in York, Pa,
recently. Mr.. Alexandra Demnte, one of
the oldest and heaviest dry goods and gro
Gerry merchants. His liabilities are rated as
high as $4,000, and even 100000. He
has left for parts unknown.
THE Pittsburgh Christicn .1dcocate states
that in the Virginia Conference Of the Meth
odst Church S57 accessons are reported
within a few weeks in the Erie Conference
over 700; in the jamestown district, more
than 1900; and in the Pittsburgh Conference
over 1000.
AT banquet recently given in Paris BY
a member of the imperial family, the extra
vagance of the dishes is said to have called
down reprimand f..om the Emperor. One
single dish called salade russee, is reported to
have cost over $1,000.
ACCOUNTS of the most encouraging char
acter are received Of the progress OF the re-
ligious revvals in the interior towns Of Hi
nois. In Jacksonville two hundred converts
have been added to one Methodist church
alone, within month or two.
The Ashland (Ohio) Times notices novel
feature in conducting the proceedings of
Courts of Justice. AT the last term of the
Court of Common Pleas for that county, its
sessions were daily opened with prayer, two
clergymen of the place officiating On alter
nate mornings.
SIxrYrwo couples were married few days
since, in a small town in the State of Rhode
Island, within the short space Of three or foul
hours
The Cleveland Plaindealer says: "Of the
10000 Democrats in Ohio who voted fol
James Buchanan, 100000 atleast are oppos
ed to the Lecompton Constitution
THE largest ship that ever sailed from New
Orleans. cleared from that port few days