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The Lakesef Minnnesota.

A correspondent of the Mnnesotian sup
plies that paper with table giving the d.
mansions of ninety-three lakes 10 Minnesota,
comprising the larger number Of those most
known. Thousands of others Of smaller ex-
tent are distributed over the surface Of the
country, and great many of mile or two
10 length have been omitted for want Of a
name The largest lakes in the State, ac-
cording to this table, are Red Lake, in Penn
bna county, thirty miles long BY twenty
wide; Stone Lake, thirty miles long by three
wide; Mile Lac, twenty miles long and fifteen
wide; Lac Traverse, twenty-five miles long
by three wide; and Leech Lake, twenty miles
long by eleven wide. Most Of the list, how
ever, are frum one and half to six miles long,
aud from one to three miles wide. The Wa
ter in all these lakes is perfectly pure and
sweet, and they are all Of great beauty Of
shore and surroundings. Tue lakes of Min
nesota form a Distinguishing feature OF the
country, and lend an air OF romance TO the
COuntrV
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Thu American Flag.

On the 18th of April, 1918, the present
4 ~ Of the United States vas holsted fer the
first time over the hall Of the House Of Rep
resentatives. This day is consequently the
fortieth anniversary of the dag, as adopted
and established by an act Of Congress approx
ed April 4, 1918. 1t was designed by Cap
tain Sam. C. Reid who in 1914 when in com,
mnnd of the privateer General Armstrong,
fought with British feet the most brilliant
naval engagement to be found on record
Having thus sustained the houor Of h!s coun'
try's escutcheOn, no one could have been
found more worthy of being the author of the
flag which now floats over the Union.
Previous to the adoption of the present flag
nv Congress, the number of stripes in the old
flag had been increased to eighteen, accord
ing TO the number of States admitted into
the Union, thus destroying the beauty and
perspicuity Of the flag; and, while this or
der was preserved in some, others contain
ed but nine stripes, as fancy Dictated
GA the admission Of lGdiana into the uni
on in 1916, Mr. Peter II. Wendover, Of New
York, offered a resolution that a committee
be appointed to inquire into the expedlen'
cy OF altering the t.g of the United States. q"
4 committee was appointed, who reported
bill on the "a January, 1917, butt was
not acted upon. When the committee had
the matter under consideration, Mr.. Wen
dover called upon Captain Reid, who was
10 Washington at the time, and requested
him to form design OF our flag So as 10
represent the increase of the States with
out destroying its distinctive character, as
the committee were about to increase the
stars and stripes to the whole number Of
States. Captain Reid recommended that
the stripes be reduced to the original num-
Der of thirteen States, and to form the num-
Der of stars representing the whole num-
Der Of States into one great star in the
Union, adding one star for every new State,
thus giving the significant meaning to the
dag, symbolcaIly expressed, OF ~ Pluri-
bus Unum." This design of Captain Reid 5
was adopted in committee, but the bill
did not pass until the next Congress, in
1919 TIuiou
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prems Court, that negroes are not ci'izsns,
aud never can DO. Yet,-it mues be conies-
sed, that if they can admit foreigners ~ho
are not citizens, theJ can, with the same
propriety, admit negroes who are not. b tn
cases are exactly parallel but the truth is,
DOT shadow of right exists in either case:
We are glad to see that three members of
the Senate, Messrs Clay, of Alabama, Ken
nedy, of Maryland, and Yulee, of Florida,
are On the record voting against the accep-
lance of Minnesota into the Union, with such
a Constitution. We should guard the family
of the Union against the admission OF an un-
worthy member, as scrupulously and as ea.-
ously. as the head Of household should
guard the sanctity OF his private d1miciI.-
The whole theory Of cur Government rests
upon the equality of the Staies-but no one
can say that there is equality, when one
Statetakes an unfair advantage OF the 9th
ers, in dispensing the privilege of suffrage
Lynchburg I'irginidR.
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Prudence.

About sixty or seventy years ago, when
the manufacturing trade was 10 its infancy,
several poor Scotchmen settled in Manches
ter, who ultimately became millionaires, and
whose descendants are still connected with
the city. We were speaking a short time age
with o very old woman who knew one Of these
men in bis early struggles. His landlady
thought he paid too little Tor his room, and
was determined to raise his rent from ls. cd.
to Is Sd. per week. This the Seotchman
stoutly resisted, and resolved to pack up his
baggage and be gone, rather than pay frac-
ton more than eighteen pence. After gain
ing his point, be concluded the dispute with
this maxim, which ought to be remembered
by our young men:-"lt isn't that mind sac
muckle for the odd tuppence-but ye ken,
Betty. it, the breakin' into fresh piece O.
siller!" We met ourselves with similar il.
lustration of Manchester prudence in oonnec.
ton with our great Exhibition. why did
you not take two guinea tickets for yourself
and family" we aeked gentlemen of con-
siderable property, 1.-The guinea investment,
you know, does not admit you on the gay
promenade days" Listen to me, young
man." he said; don't talk without thinking.
It is not that care for two guinea tick
cts but"-droppng bis voice as though be
wished to impress on me secret, new
truth--"don't you see it would have in.
volved 4 twenty guinea dress apiece for
my wife aud two daughters"--Fraser's
N,gCzjyp
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TeieprnphIc Dispatches.

SAvpusKY, (OHIo,) April l2.-LIigh water
has damaged the docks, lumber yards, and
nier. At Cleveland, the Toledo railroad is
damaged, and mile of the track swept
ayay. The trains have been stopped three
days. -.
Sr. LOUIS, April l2--The Republican of
this city learns that the hurricane, on the
9th ultimo, utterly demolished nearly every
house 10 Bentonville, (Arkausas,) killing
twenty-five persons, and wounding a great
number.
PHILADELPHIA, April l2.-The birthday OF
Henry Clay was celebrated this evening by a
meeting of the opponents of the Admlnistra-
ton. A series of resolutions were adopted
for the establishment of national party,
composed of all friends Of the rights of the
people. ,.
formerly member of Congress from this city,
died to-day.
RlcuxoND, April l2.-Pullep, the custom:
house robber. arrested by officers Allen and
Boss, of Washington, plead guilty, and was
sentenced to-day to eight years IN the peni-
Tertiary.
New YORK, April ia Paris letter
reports the QeatO VI ueuoEai L uou~7b "a
sistaut Secretary Of State under the last Ad-
ministrstiop. The cause was typhoid fever.
WASHINGTON, April l2-Senator Bigler
to-day presented to the President the tender
from the Adjutant General Of Pennsylvania,
of a regiment of volunteers.
The Cabinet had long session to-day,
commencing OF o'clock, in reference to the
affairs of Utah 1t is said that the President
contempletes sending message on the sub
ject to Congress.
ST.. LOUIS, April - -The Santa Fs mail
has arrived. Col. Marcy left there Oh the
18th of March, with twelve hundred ami
mails, mostly mules, and one hundred and
sixty troops, and the same number Of herds
men. They expected to join Gen. Johnston
HAoEssrows, April 12.-Ths municipal
election, held here to-day, resulted IN the
election of the whole American ticket. ":
G. Mumms, American, for Mayor, received
80 majority, and the American Council ticket cI,
received an average majority of III. The
majority for Gov. Hicks, in HsserstoWn, was
81 over Col. Groome.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

The third edition Of Kansas conventions
adjourned on the Sd instant after session OF
less than a fortnight A correspondent OF
the St. Louis Republican furnishes that pa
per with the subjoined particulars of the
constitution 1.-The constitution is Topeka
revamped. The principal points are as fol-
lows: The right to bear arms is guaranteed
to individuals; slavery is prohibited, of course;
bail may be refused in capital cases On strong
presumption; election frauds are bar to the
future exercise of the elective franchise; IN
cases of libel the defendant may testify. AT
all elections free male citizens having resi-
dence in the State six months, and ten days
in the precint, and all free males of foreign
birth having resided in the United States one
wear, in the State six months, and ten days
10 the precinct, and who has declared his in
tentions, may VOTE"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14
Passports to Men ofCoior.

Senator Wilson recently applied at the
State Department for a passport for d. j. S.
Rock, a colo.ed man, of Boston, and received
the following reply from the Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WAsHIsGTos, AprI2
To the Hon Henry Wilson, Senate CHAMBER.
SIR: have had the honor to receive your
note of yesterday, with its accomplishments
10 reply, have to inform you that it is
not the practice of the department TO issue
any other paper than passports to persons
going abroad from this country. A passpor,
being certificate Of citizenship, has never
since the foundation Of the Government been
granted to persons of color No change in
this respect has taken place 10 consequence
Of the decision Of the bred Scott case Re.
turning the inclosure in your letter l have
the honor to be. sir,
Your obedient servant, LEWIS CAn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14
Wine kingIn nIia.o,.,

Among the receipts in our cty by ,l. D.
cifc railroad, few days ag,, were o.,
thousand gallons Of Catawba wine fr,,, n 49,
mann. This wine has been bouob, ~.
Longworth Of Cincinnati, to be mapur,,,,. ,
into sparkling Catawba, and was On =.
tn that city. The price paid for this ~"
Hermann was 81 ,2o per gallon, and the IS .s. :
ment was therefore worth $4,000. ~''
The annual grape yield 10 Nilsson.
been found liable TO great fuctus,!ou, S vs.
grower in Hermann VI Pjescbel an,3 -. ~
product one year from bis vineyard ~. ~.
eleven hundred gallous; the year ella"
it was only one hundred gallons. To,, :
lated fact would look discourAglng. In. =,
found that 50 remarkable a falin, ~ -
occurred one year in ten, and tha, n,
erage yield OF wine to the acre Of o., -
preserves as great regularity THROUGH
ries of years as is shown by any J;be, a..
in this climate and latitude.
/. may be calculated to stlrtle those ill.,.
of the soil who know nothing Of G,are ~
ture in the West, to learn that N. Pos.cb.r.
vineyard, at Hermann, Missouri, has vsIi.'
during the past ten years an average Of e..
hundred and twenty five gallons of wios >,
acre per year, and this wine has been ,,li y.
from one to two dollars per gallon T.
quires but brief figuring to ascertain tina,
Pueschel has realized over fye buDdrai +,
lars per acre per annum from his grara o.
ture. VIM. POeschel, brother of the oh.
cultiyating smaller vineyard, bad erar
greater yield. The latter received a,rn,r'
one hundred and fifty dollars worth Of ~.
from two hundred and fifty vines planted 8,
by eight feet apart and his ayerars ys,
per snnum per acre was four hundred =,
eight-seyen gallons, or over SIX hundred
lars per acre. If we take the usual crsr,
wheat, corn, oats, or tobacco grown in NJ.
souri,, it will be found that at least ouce; -.
years there will happen as near total a.
ure as has happened with the grape cr57 :.
that, by the actual showing Of experienc, n,
thing can be deduced T. the prelude.
grape growing as compared with other c,.,.
for certainty Of yield; while as - prafat.
ness and the lessened labor and in,Ie,...
pleasabtness arising from the small conrs
Of oversight required, the ODDS are inc4lcua
bly, 10 favor Of grape growing.
There has never failed TO he ready salee,
all the wine produced in Missouri. Ia 70,
mer years it was sold mainly to Cincinnati
manufacturers, but in 1853 three of the ms;
enterprisng citizens Of ST. LOnis-WiIlau
Glasgow, jr., A. Valles, aud A. II. Classy
formed a partnership for the manufacture x
wines in St. Louis. After one year 4 ops,
alton o charter was obtained, Gni thg ers,
prise was merged in the missouri Wr.
Company" About twenty stockh0iler. fora
this company, and under the intel go,
management Of Mr.. Glasgow as presided a
company has gone Oh to establish a rspua
ton for Missouri wines Inferior 10 ugas
the United States; and with many Of lie b..
judges the Missouri wine stands at tie Les.
ST. LOuiS Mars,
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Negroes OF the McDonoSh Estate.

The y ew Orleans Bulletin Of the 9Th inst,
says
The disposition of the negroes which
constitute portion of this valuable estate is
40 Gun barrassing piece oil business. They are
eighty-sx in number; the larger part OF them
young, healthy, and able to make their own
way; nine of them are superannuated, or
otherwise helpless; the maintenance OF whom
will necessarily become charge on the two
cities of New Orleans and Baltimore. Seven
others, for meritorious services, and general
good character and in consideration of their
social relations, are recommended by the
Commissioners of the estate as BIT subjects
of emancipation. The rest are physically
and morally in every respect bit for the pur-
pose Of colonization, and it is very desirable
that their destiny should be accomplished
with the least possible delay. The eccentric
testatCr directed in his will that these ne
groes should serve his general Iegatees fifteen
years from aud after his death, and that his
executors shall, after such service, deliver
them up to the Colonization Society, to be
sent to Liberia, bearing a proportion Of the
necessary expenses of transportation, equip
ments, etc, jointly. In consequence of the
legal Interpretation that has been put upon
several provisions Of this strange will, the
cities before mentioned can, if they are SO
disposed, carry into effect, without any fur
ther delay. the clearly expressed purpose OF
the testator, and send them to their place Of
destination forthwith"
The Bulletin thinks their colonization i'm
mediately would be best for themselves and
the two cities interested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14
N.vspap.rs, a widow. Right.

A Vermont Judge of Probate has incor.
porated it as part Of the law of his court,
that the Administrator of sD estate must al
low the widow the COS. of newspaper, she
making her own selection, from the common
fund. The common law of America now
recognizes the newspaper as family and in.
dividusl necessity. 1t is claesed with pigs
and potatoes, cashmere and calico, o thing
to ts exsmp,sd-like the family Bible-nev.
eT to suffer from rspaeous creditors, never
to be parted with Ia diIsst poverty.
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Beecher at BurtOn's'

Daring one Of the Reverend eentlen''
stir ng exhortations, be declared that be u"
the .erns christians and sinners 81
didn't like to say Saints and Sinners ,
some brethren, for no one felt the neeigi 2.
dOnips grace more than true chrI''lah' o.
asked il any one in the vast audience e ~.
be excluded from the rank Of sinner .
well dressed man 10 the parquette JuuPs,' :.
and std. II must be excluded, becau-s .
free fpn sim" Mr.. Beecher iDstar'i Z.
piled with characteristic emphasis, -.
blessd be God, you ought TO have o ,
beavo long ago--that's more than ! f" .,
of th, rest Of US can say. 1t Is more -. =.
mipiters OF Christ can say, and the .,.
the lord takes w home to himsel Ins 7.
(Gras laughter) | cannot say n'f w.. =.
| bethe man not to say, Father ior3'''
my ally sins" We preachers preach ~.
muo, as though we were too good our, -.
anHon't keep religion enough tor o'II -.
SUMPTION. Clergy on the stage cFig 90. -
hea We may as well, returned pr ,..,,.
mae an open confession. We Oa'e I''. -,
theiogy at the schools, AID We" >.
teaning it like school boys saying 'D'.' "a
son, and the ordination that macy
clRy themselves wanted was coh's''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14
PUBLISHED nAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
ALEXANDRIA,:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL IA, 1883

Complaints have been made against the
Washington Union for its recent structures
upon some of the Democratic members OF
Congress, for not voting for what are called
the measures of the Administration. 1t
answers -
1--WE are told of the gable Of mischief
makers, who allege that We are reading
men out of the party" phrase that never
did have any meaning, and never can have
any meaning, so long as political parties are
voluntary organizations, incompetent to dele
gate the power of binding and loosns," to
priest or press. Our complaint is not against
individuals, but it is against the impotency
Of the democratic party to carry its measures;
it is against the fact that its measures habit
ually fail, by detachnents of forces filing of
and voting with the enemy"
And it adds" The citizen may change bis
political principles and party associations
without dishonor; the representative cannot
change them without infamy. For, the re-
preventative is the depositary of sacred
trust; he is commissioned and instructed by
the peopleto support the principles on which
they elected him by supporting in good faith
the party pledged to carry those principles
into effect.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

Governor Thomas Ford, of Ohio, long
known as powerful political speaker has
been converted in the revival. On Wednes-
day last be appeared at the Union prayer
meeting in Columbus, and made statement
which is reported as follows: He remarked
that for long years the world had been bis
master; for it be had lived; to it be had given
his strength and heart. But now he had
chosen another and q better master, the Lord
Jesus Christ. He spoke with humility of his
uuworthiness and ascribed his hope of saliva,
ton wholly to the grace of God.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

Kerosene oil, is likely to prove very ac-
septable feature of domestic economy. 1t is
capable OF producin an excellent light at
very moderate expenditure. 1t burns with
an uuwavering fame, and dffuses a very
soft and grateful illumination, especially
agreeable to the eye. Like any other medl-
um of artificial light, it may be increased to
any extent by the size Of the lamp or the
number of the burners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

The New York Evening Post says that q
new work is about to be published by Hon.
John r. Giddings, to be called the "E1iles
of Florida" 1t will be a purely historical
work, based upon and derived from docu'
ments in the achives at Washington known
to but few, but to which Mr.. Giddingss. posi-
ton on committees of Congress during
long series of years, has given him the fullest
acCess.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

The Washington correspondent Of the Ne"
York Herald says :-"Gen. Csss has compile
ted bis letter to Lord Napier on the African
slave trade, and will communicate it to his
lordsbip tomorrow. 1t is very elaborate,
covering some twenty whole pages of fool
scap. 1t goes into the question from its ear,
lest history down to the present time. l
hazard nothing in saying that it is one OF the
sblest State papers that has ever emanated
from that department"
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EclIce OIslni,

Turin letter says: Orsinl'S pG'ttn" J.
alibe printshop windows here ani pU. -. Z.
gnps assemble to gaze at It. fIs0 0,.,,is!
To walls announcing pamphlet co., ~ y
hi, are adorned with vignette: oil zoe s - ~
cssuled grensdes. NJ. FavrG'' as'' os5 y.
p,lica,ion Of the celebrated letter, pa ..
cm and even dignifei manner 10 W., W. g..
o,nder appears to have met bis dsa 'n.,,.,
ca.inly, combined, 10 the eyes u . no =,
Ilians, cas-. a halo Of heroism f0uDt r,o!!.
nmory of Felice Orsiui. And thu. s,.5ss.
bmurde.er, 10 made hero oi' s0' vs."
fsous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

The Pottsville Miners Journal. in speak
ing of the depressed condition of the coal
trade, says :--"Some of our operators who
had started their colleres, intend stopping
again, unless the demand increases and pri-
ces improve. They refuse to sell coal at the
low rates at which some was sold at the
opening Of navigation. There is no disposi'
ton manifested to push the business IN the
present state of the trade"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

A letter in the Richmond Enquirer says'
"that whilst the politicians are with the Presl-
dent, we assure you the masses in the South
Western part of Virginia are overwhelming
" with Gov. Wise; and this will be fully
shown when the proper time comes. Some
of us have not forgotten the position taken
BY the protes:in the Senate OF the United
States BY Messrs. Mason, Hunter and Others
against the admission of California.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

On Wednesday afternoon while the three
O'Clock train on the Northern Central rail-
way was passing the Oakland farm, in York
county, Pa, belonging to Mrs. Harper, and
occupied by Mr.. Jeffries, a spark from the
locomotive set the dead grass on fire, and be-
fore it could be checked some fifteen acres
we're burned over. Much of the underground
of timber was destroyed. The FIRE was not
checked until ten O'Clock at night, when MIR.
Jeffres, with the aid Of several of his neigh
bors, succeeded in extiuguishing it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14
Lieut. Brookes, of the United States Navy,

Lieut.. Brookes, Of the United States Navy,
inventor of the Deep Sea Sounding instru-
ment, has given to the country another evi.
dence of his genius and usefulness, by bis
recent invention or device, by which small
boats can be lowered with perfect safety to
their occupants, in any kind Of weather, with
out danger of the boats getting swamped.-.
This invention has met with the approval OF
numerous nautical men who have had an OPP
portunity Of examining it, and it is likely to
be used extensively in this country and else
xhera
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

The Cooper Institute in New York, devo-
ted to science and art, erected by Peter Coop
er, ess., is now completed, and will probably
be opened on the Sd Of next month with an
address BY Mr.. Cooper, and other public ex.
ercises. The building 10 said to be one OF
the most massive and imposing in the city,
is built wholly of stone and iron, and cost
not far from $3.50, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-14

The run of sbad in the Delaware, near
Bristol, and at most Of the fisheries both
above and below that borough, was greater
during the past week than for many years
past. 1t vas so great on Monday and Tues.
day that some of the seines broke down 10
der the immense quantities Of fish enclosed
and many shad escaped through the rents.