Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-11-20
NEWS ITEMS.


rope and South America to furnish hospitals
or the wounded in battle and says the giving
Of the mission to Jones as the reward of de-
feat, is rather temptation to candidate for
Congress to let his election 60 by default
There is some truth in this.
W The Message of Gov. Brown, of Geor-
yia, delivered to the Legislature last week, en-
:irely omits allusion to Northern fanaticism''
md reasonable conspiracies." The Cover
nor of Georgia evidently sleeps sweetly in his
bed, and is at ease in his mind, undismayed
by the Vaccinations of Abolition plotters or
the evil designs of the Union splitters. 1t is
SO rare an event to find Message of South
ern Governor wholly devoted to the affairs Of
the State, that the fact is refreshing.
W- A Sorghum mill near Akron, Ohio, has
this season manufactured over 800 gallons Of
syrup from the Chinese Sugar Cane. The
same mill, it was expected, would make 700
gallons more this season. Experiments upon
the different qualities of cane have ascertain
ed that the cane grown On the uplands con-
tains less juice but more saccharine matter
than that grown on the lower or bottom lands;
but the latter makes molasses of lighter CO.
lor.
W The result of the election this Fall, in
the northern States, foot up gain to the Re-
publican party of twenty eight members of
the National House of Representatives, and
three members of the U. S. Senate. The
only pro-slavery members from the northern
States, who will be left in the Senate after the
4th of March, will be the California Senators,
Pugh who misrepresents Ohio, Bigler who
misrepresents Pennsylvania, the bogus Sena-
tor from Indiana, Rice misrepresenting Min
nesota, and Thompson misrepresenting New
Jersey.
~ Of Judge Douglas slaves, on Lou
isiana plantation, the Chicago Tribune says
"We betray no confidence when we say that
Mr.. Slidell, when in this city, declared that
the condition of these slaves was disgrace
to their owner that they were badly fed,
badly clothed, and excessively over-work-
ed ~
sW Gov. Wise and Caleb Gushing were
injured at Richmond, Va, the other day, by
the upsetting of carriage. Mr.. Gushing re-
ceived slight cut on the arm, and the Gov
ernor's leg was so badly cut that he could
not attend the agricultural banquet the next
day.
20" The Cincinnati Gazette says that a
son of Mr.. Keist, in returning from ball and
finding the door fastened attempted to enter
by balcony, when his father supposing him
a burglar fired three shots at the son from a
revolver, one of which took effect, but the
wound was not fatal.
~ The New Orleans Delta, says that a
lady was saved at the most critical stage of
the yellow fever, when hermorrhage takes
place from the mouth, by the injection of blood
from the veins of person who had just re-
covered from the fever.
~ Utah correspondents states that
the leading Mormons in that Territory conf
IDENTIFY anticipate admission into the Union as
State during the next session of Congress.
They claim population of one hundred thou
eapd "~a +h"4 tho Tinted States has no right
to r1thhold State Government. The popu-
lation, however, is greatly overrated, and the
Saints will probably have to wait while on
other grounds.
W The Norwalk, o.. Reflector says that
the boxes &C., in the Post Office in that village
were sold by the Marshal on a judgment re-
covered by the Government against the late
Postmaster, Mr.. Sutton.
~ For some time previous to the election
the Boston Democrats maintained "reading
and writing school" for the benefit of the
foreign population, but closed it Immediately
after!
/ W The member of Congress from Dela-
ware, Whitby, reelected the other day, is
said to owe his election to the fact that he is a
Tariff man.
rW A strange epidemic must have seized
the chess players across the water. The great
players are all sick. Harrwitz was forced to
throw up his contest with Morphy after the
fifth game, and now Staunton excuses himself
from meeting Morphy on the score Of i'll health
and business.
e- DR.. Frederick Dorsey, died at Ha-
gerstown. Nd, on the Oath ult., aged 83. He
had been an eminent physician for over half
century.
~ The number of members of the Evan
gelical Churches of the United States, during
the last fifty years, has increased from 4OO,-
600 to 100000, being an increase of eight
fold, while our population has increased only
four-fold.
rY" The Administration is in great tribu-
lation over the success of Douglas in Illinois.
The official organ declares it to be "a barren
and ignominious triumph. over which the Re-
publicans have reason to exult, and do eXult
more than the good and trne democracy"
e-9y- The Indianapolis Journal, says that
wedding was appointed, supper prepared,
guests on hand the bride-a widow-dressed
and waiting but the groom came not. He
left that afternoon to marry woman in Hart
ford Ind
~ James Hope, Of Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, having been convicted of libel
on young lady, hung himself to tree
near his residence. He was about fifty
years of age, and the father of twelve child
ren
w A Texas paper, recording fight be-
tween two boys, during which one shot the
other in the back of the head, observes that
it is a common thing there to see boys of the
ages of ten to fourteen years Of age carry
ing about their person bowie-knives and pis-
tolls.
Ey- Col. John A. Alston, of Charleston,
died on the 26th ult.. of yellow fever lie