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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
MORMON LOVE SONG.

The Valley Tan, published at Salt Lake: City,
came into possession of the following lines, ad-
dressed by a Mormon lover to his new fame, who
seems slightly reluctant to be made ''number six.
teen'' in his little family. They will be pronoun-
ced almost equal to James Gordon Bennett's pa
thetic lines addressed to his "Mary Ann"
Say, Susan, wilt thou come with me, in swee
community to live? Of heart and hand, and home
to thee, sixteenth part I'll freely give
OF all the love that swells my breast of all the
honor of my name; of worldly wealth by me pos
scssed, sixteenth portion thou shalt claim.
Nay, tell me not too many share the blessings
that offer thee. Thou'lt find but fifteen others
there-a household happy, gay and free.
A moderate household, 1 may say my neighbor
has as many more, and Brother Brigham, Ger the
way, luxuriates in forty -four.
I promise thee a life of ease and for tbyself I
let thee choose such duties as thy fancy please;
Susan, canst thou still refuse?
Sophronia cooks and sweeps the floors and Zep-
zlbath makes up the beds, Jemma answers all the
doors, and Prudence combs the children's heads
The household duties all devove on each accord
ing to her lot but from such laburs I'll absolye NV
Susan, if she likes them not.
Into thy hands such tasks as take dignity. will
consign; I'll let thee black NV boots or make
the sock and shirt department thine.
Pn give thee whatso er thou will-so it be but a
sixteenth part 'twould be the deepest dentb of
guilt to slight the rest who share my heart.
Then wilt thou not thy fraction Yield to make
my domestic bliss? Say yes-and let our joy be
sealed with just the sixteenth of kiss
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
The Old school House Bell.

[As Sung by tile Scholars Of Washington School,
The old School House Bell the Old School House
Bell!
How love of its cheerful tones to tell;
Its echoes resounding far and wide
From the silvery dome to the green hill side
And the toll borne on by the breezes cool Z.
Tells the passer by it's the time for School,
Rest from your play, for you know full well
Why thus gently rings the old School House Bell
The mind of youths like the tender vine
That seeks support from the aged pine;
The seeds of knowledge are planted there,
And watered and nurtured till fruits appear;
But hist we know by the merry shout,
And the ringing laugh that School is out.
moment more and the breezes swell
The tones of the old School House Bell.
Many, ah, many have passed away,
Like the setting sun at the close of day
Or like a cloud that floats at even
Mid the spangled arch of yon blue heaven.
Once they were happy aAayoung as We,
With hearts as gay and fancy free;
But their spirits have gone with the blest to dwell
No more to hear the old School House Bell.
Should we not sadden to think of their doom,
Cut down amid their youthful bloomr'V e. -'.''
Yet time will speed on with its feetiug wings 49,
To close the source of 1ife's flowing springs; -,
And our souls will mount on the wings Of love:
And communion hold with the souls above;
But our bodies shall rest in the graves deep cell
Far from the sound of the old School House Bell
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
THE SKELETON OF A FOOT.

The following beautiful stanzas, which would no
disgrace the pen of Byron, appear to have beei
written on seeing the articulated bones OF female
foot, in the window of fashionable boot maker
(Mr. Dowle,) to whom they were sent anonymous
ly.-London critic.
Oh f,eshless fragment of some female form!-.
0f natnre's workmanship the last and best
Which once with life's mysterious fire was warm
What impious hand disturbed thy place of rest
And in CLASSY slipper thee attired,
Loathed BY the many, by the few admireds
The calm observers of the word of God
In thy anatomy His wonders trace
With purer pleasure than, when silken shed,
The smirking food beheld thy mincing pace,
And faultless symmetry, which made him sigh,
Though from thee now he turns his ogling eye.
Let those whose folly seeks to draw line
Of broad distinction between dust and dust,
Thy plebian, or thy noble caste divine!
They cannot-GOd, immutable and just,
Alike to all His heavenly image gave;
IT'S man that makes the monarch and the slave.
Perhaps thou once were cushioned in high state,
Amidst the circles of the drawng-room;
But 10 the bodies of the proud and great
Are wont to rot in vault and marble tomb,
As if the bones of selfstyled noble forms, ~
Should be reserved for better sorts of worms?
Perhaps thou trod' st some humble walk of life,
And vert from truth and virtue led astray
BY one who promised thee the name of wife, -.
And praiSed thy symmetry bst to betray5 -
Thy soul, confding, innocent and young,
That readily believed his aattering tongue. ~
Thy perfect mechanism may have served -
Some opera dancer fraught with every grace
Save modesty-and with that courage nerved
Which. quickly sears young and blushing face
When oft submitted to the searching gaze r..
Ofthousand eyes midst thousand light, full blaze
And where's the soul that oer thy frame once shet
Into what realm the immortal part hath fed?
Or if in misery or Joy it dwell. 5-r
Or if each thoug ght of all its earthly ties
Fades from the memory when the body dies.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

In the speech of John Minor Bolts, before
the Opposition Convention at Richmond Vir-
ginia, the other day, he said that he had ira
ced with an 'unsparing hand, ~ as with pen
Gil Of light, SO that every man could under
stand it who could read the Lords prayer,
that the origin of every calamity, every evil
and every i'll that had befallen the country
during the last thirty years, originated with
the Democracy. He adds: -.
:" 1 ought, perhaps, to max e an exception
OF the smallpox, of the cholera and of the
yellow fever. Uaughter.) ought, perhaps,
10 make an exception of these-for, whilst
think 1t extremely probable they were all in
troduced by some Democrat into the country,
have no historic data upon which to base
the fact would not hazard the conjec-
twe." -a ,l. .---!-7- -
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

An anonymous contributor to the New
York Ledger, generally supposed to be the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, after describing
how, when boy, he stole cannon ball from
the Navy Yard at Charleston, Massachusetts,,
and with much trepidation, and more head
ache, carried it away in that universal pock-
ct of youth, his hat, winds up with the fol-
lowing reflections reflections which, though
philosophically trite, are conveyed with much
force and freshness: . r' a.-.'
When reached home, had nothing to do
with my shot. did not dare to show it in
the house, nor tell where got it, and after
one or two solitary rolls gave it away on the
same day to Prince -streeter.
But, after all, that six-pounder rolled good
deal of sense into my skull 1 think it was
the last thing that ever stole, excepting a
little matter of heart, now and then,) and
it gave Iue notion of the folly of coveting
more than you can enjoy, which has made
my whole life happier. 1t was rather Sc
we're mode of catechising, but ethics rubbed
in with siX-pound shot are better than none
at all.
But see men doing the same thing-going
into underground and dirty vaults and gath
ering up wealth, which will, when got, roll
round their heads like ball, and be not a
whit softer because it is gold instead of iron,
though there is not man in Wall Street who
will believe that.
have seen a man put himself to every
humiliation to win proud woman who has
been born above him, and when he got her,
he walked all the rest of his life with a cannon
ball in his hat.
have seen young men enrich themselves
by pleasures in the same wise way, sparing
no pains, and scrupling at no sacrifice fprin-
ciple, for the sake, at last, of carrying bur-
den which no man can bear.
All the world are busy in striving for things
that give little pleasure and bring much care ;
and am accustomed, in all my walks among
men, noticing their ways and their folly, to
think, there is a man stealing cannon ball ;
OF, there's man with ball on his head;
know it by the way he walks.
The money which clerk purloins for his
pocket, at last gets into his hat like cannon
ball. Fss-.
Pride, bad temper, selfshness, evil pas
slons, will roll a man as if he had ball on
his head And ten thousand men in New
York will die this year, and as each one falls
his hat will come off, and out will roll an iron
ball, which for years he has worn out his
strength in carrying
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

Pm sitting by my desk, George;
Before me on the floor
There lies worn out font of type,
Full twenty thousand score.
And many months have passed, George,
Since they were bright and new;
And many are the tales they've told
The false, the strange, the true.
Their beauty has all gone, George,
You scarcely now may trace
Upon the snowy medium,
The likeness of their face.
They remind me of a man, George,
Whose morn of life was full
Of promise, but at evenings close
Was desolate and dull.
What tales of horror have they told,
OF tempest and of wreck,
OF murder at the midnight hour,
of war full many 'speck,'
OF ships that lost away at sea,
Went down before the blast,
Of stified cries of agony
As life's last moment passed.
OF earthquakes, and of suicides;
OF failing crops of cotton,
OF bank defaulters, broken banks,
And banking systems rotten;
OF boilers bursting, steamboats, snagged;
Of riots, duels fought;
OF robbers who with their prey escaped;
OF thieves with their booty caught.
OF flood, and fire, and accident,
Those worn out types have told;
And how the pestilence has swept
The youthful and the old,
OF marriages. and births and death;
OF things to please and vex US;
OF one man jumping overheard,
Another gone to Texas.
They've told how long sweet summer days
Have faded from our view;
How autumn's chilling winds have swept
The leaf crowned forest through;
How winter rain hath come and gone,
Dark reign of storm and strife
And how the smiling Spring hath warmed
The pale flowers back to life.
can'st pretend to mention half
My inky friends have told,
Since shining bright and beautiful,
They issued from the mould;
How unto some they joys have brought,
To others grief and tears,
Yet faithfully they record kept
Of fast receding years.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
More stock for a Banking Basis.

One Of those orders issued by Agent Mix
to the Winnebagoes for the amount due them
at their next semi-annual cash payment was
offered by an Indian to one Of our merchants
a few days since, but the. words written
across its face, "Good to any licensed Winnie
bago trader prevented its negotiation. 1t is
too bad to restrict such nice little specula-
ton to the licensed traders e
We have no doubt but these orders could
be made available for banking purposes, but
for this exclusiveness. They are as much
United States Stocks as the University bonds
are State bonds-and an official opinion to
this effect could doubtless be easily procured.
-Nankato L,adependent. ~
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
one Of the Minnesota r. F.,s.

f. A sprighdy looking Winnebage boy, some
twelve or fourteen years OF age, ID the full
glory of blanket, breech-clout, and red paint,
pointed 01s to Of rs IN En- streets yester
lies Of Minnesota r. His father is Said to wear
the toga of Senator, and is spoken of in eer-
tain quarters as an aspirant for. Vice Presi-
dental honors. BE should, be rendered the
Craftsmanship Of the Committee on Indian
Affairs. Mankato Intlepeadent
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

az The Ohio Republican State Central
Committee have fixed the 9th of June next as
the time for holding the State Convention.
The Democratic Convention is held twelve
days earlier, to-wit: the 26th Of May.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

E Francis Hecker had laid in Jail at Gin
cinnati three months, awaiting trial for pass
ing counterfeit bank note, and when he was
arraigned the note was pronounced genuine.
For this gross injustice at the hands Of the
State be has no remedy.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
HAND IS BECOKNING US.
BY JOHN @. WHITTIER.

Another hand is beckoning US,
Another call is given;
And glows once more with angels steps
The path that leads to heaven.
D, half we deemed she needed not
The changing of her sphere,
To give to heaven a shining one.
Who walked an angel here.
Unto our Fathers will alone
One thought has reconciled:
That he whose love exceedeth ours
Hath taken home His child.
Fold her, o Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messenger of love between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Still let her mild rebukings stand
Between us and the wrong,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

81 A French physician has discovered
that whooping cough is the result of suppress
sed cutaneous eruptions, and yields invariably
to the production. Of an external rash.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

pie to keep OUT faith t3 the full extent OF the
pledge we. have given, provided always the
other party to the contract does the same We
oet,eve IN performing no more teon s-' zoe "0oe
CONTRACTED TO do. .i-,7' 20 s2I1'i--2
e When the Railroad QGmpsnies shin Ee4uire
aayfbing further, or shall Ailto perform their
paFf 9f the obligation, We rsgarf the People az
rstsqsed from ron, all coasn9ats they may may % nave en-
Should the proposition now being agihted,
to oete q ta1for the purpose of;rendeing the
bo3ds negotiable, be persisted in, We should
not hesitate. moment in the position we
shouih choose. .'-.-'~i t,!2 SnJ :. 7'''~.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05

lead a gallant party blnd-folded, into the camp
of the Philistines.
The very broad intimation of the Times,
that if it's treason to the Republican cause be
not overlooked, 1t aciU break 9o,on the party,
will fail to fiighten the most timid, and only
demonstrates that we are right in our views
of the character of the Times, and the motives
by which it is governed. "Forewarned" of
its treachery, the Republicans of Minnesota
will be ''forearmed'' against it's reasonable
designs.
The Red wing Kepublican-(Repubs
THE BONDS AND TAXATION. Republi-
can of the 18th, thus expresses itself on these
topics
Reputation is an idea that no one honestly
disposed will advocate, until convinced that
worse consequences must follow any other
course Not until absolute suffering or want
is presented as an alternative, will people be
justified in repudiating obligations they have
assumed with full understanding of their
nature. We believe the people of this State
were sufficiently informed Of what they were
doing when they voted to loan their credit to
the amount of Five Millions of dollars; and so
long as the demands of the Railroad Com
panies' are simply those expressed in the pro-
visions Of the Loan Bill, we regard the People
as bound by every obligation Of honor to meet
them.
We were among the number who opposed
the policy the State has adopted, when the
measure was first brought before the people,
and in no particular have our views upon the
subject been changed. We regard it prema-
ture and unnecessary. We believed as tne
people now begin to see, that for SO young q
community to assume so great a burden would
prove the occasion of much trouble and per-
haps suffering, to our people; but having in
CURED the obligation, it is our duty as q peo!
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-17
The Dcmonstrntion Inst Night

An immense gathering Of several thousand
enthusiastic Republicans, headed by band that
filled the air with glorious, triumphant music,
and bearing trausparoncies with significant in
ecriptions, formed into procession aud proceeded
to the residence of Governor Dennison, last
night, aud ndered him the congratulations Of
their warm hearts upon his victory and that Of
the whole State ticket, Legislature and all. A
tremendous bonfire was built in front Of the
Governors house and tire legions of triumphant
Republicans loudly called for his future excel.
lOncy, who appeared beyond his threshold and
welcomed the throng with an eloquent speech,
inviting them in to partako OF refreshments
prepared on the spur Of the moment.
This affair handsomely over, the procession
formed and marched up High street and out
Rich TO the residence of Treasurer Stone. W here,
after giving that popular officer and ably elo
quent Republican seranade and vociierous
cheering, he appeared aud gave them a good
old fashioned welcome and sound Republican
speech
Governor Chase was next visited, and treated
TO the heartfelt admiration of the vast crowd.
The Governor responded with his thanks and
an appropriate story that pleased the assemblage
wonderfully, when the line Of march was again
taken up, and that staunch German Republican
paper, the Presse, in connection with old Ohio
State Journal, came in for a hearty round Of
cheers and a glorious strain of martial music
The procession then dsbanded, evidently salts
fed with the nights round of congratulations.
-Stdte Jour, 18th.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-17
The cnptOr Of tho ohosnpealsc

The latest military and naval intelligence
from England, says the Post, contains an item
of news that is worth recording. The old
frigate Shannon, which captured the United
States frigate Chesapeake on the lst of June,
1913, is about to be broken up at Chatham
She has been known for years as the st. Law
renee in the "Royal navy" The battle in
which the Shannon defeated theC eChesapeake was
brought about by an agreement of the British
aud American commanders "to try theirrespect-
powers" on the deep The Chesapeake was
in the harbOr of Boston when the challenge
was made, and in order not to back down, her
commander, Capt. Lawrence, was compelled
TO take with him in the engagement crew of
inexperienced seamen. The disastrous result
is matter of history. The Chesapeake has
been tcnderly cared for in England Sic was
recently enlarged, improved and strengthened
in every way, and is now attached to the East
India squadron, under command Of the Admi-
raj Hope, who did hot, as has been reported
capture the Endymion. Like the gallant com
mander from whose dying hands she was wrest-
ed, they refuse to "giye up the ship
The great veneration and regard shown by
the British for the old frlgate Shannon il
one of the highest compliments that could
DO conferred on the Prowess Of our Yam
kee tars. 1t is about their only mementc
of victory over the stars and the stripes at mast
bead, If they had taken single ships of wal
by the score and whole fleets as did our Amer
ican Commodores, the Shannon would hayt
been less tenderly cared for.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-17

The Canadian woter.Walker, M. Hickok,
who has performed sundry excursions on the
water 70 the surprise Of our neighbors across
tho Lakes, undertook recently to walk from lIo'
boken to New York, on The North River, but
fAued TO accomplish the feat because his feet
were not encased in boots properly made. The
Tribune says
"The boots were made Of tin, about three feet
long by one wide, and nearly one derp. They
are shaped into waterNtight tubes, the forward
part pointed The tubes arc oval shaped, the
broadside moving against the water the wear.
er's feet being inserted in tin top boot on the
upper side. The tubes are provided undcr~
meath with fins or valves, which, when the
wearer moves forward, io fiat, but arc forced
open by and chcck any retrograde motion. The
movement in water walking is sort of glde
or something like the movement In snow shoes
or skating Mr. llickox will soon give a sue
cessful exhibition. At Toronto he has done
40 several times, as we learn from the newspa.
pers Of that city. Mr.. llckok does not claim
that his Invention is of any practical utility;
but he thinks it not impossible that water
walking moy yet become as common, aa pleas
ant, and as easy an accomplishment us ska
ting"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-17
THO pntrInfch Reechcr.

The venerable DR.. Lyman Beocher, one Of
the most remarkable men of the age, reached
his s4th year on the 18th inst, still hale and
wearing the autumn crown of years with the
glory of the giant forest oak. The Indepcnd
ent says:
During the past Summer he has visited siN
of his children, residing in Connecticut and
Massachusetts,. While in Hartford he attended
the wedding of one of his granJ.daughters, and
while on his return trip, visit GulfOrd, Conn,
to roview the scenes of his early life, where he
married his first wife tin l700), the mother OF
seven children now living. His health is gen
orally good, enabling him to attend nearly all
the meetings at Plymouth Church, in which he
often bears a part. lie spent his birthday with
his most intimate college friend and classmate
the venerable 8. T. Staples, ESq., OF New
York
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-17
penns,IrnnIn EleetLon---nuehnnnp.

The Pittsburgh Gazette of the 10Th puts
down the election of the Republican State
ticket by Twenty Thousand majority, and thinks
it probable the majority will exceed that round
figure. The Legislature is decidedly Republi-
can in both branches, there being majority Of
nine in the Senate, and about forty-two in the
House. This will give the Republicans a ma
jOrity of fity(Ons on joint ballot, securing the
election Of Republican State Treasurer.
President Buchanan gave the Democratic
party the weight of his presence in Pennsylva-
MIA for some time previous to the election, and
returned to Washington after staying just long
enough to see and hear how the people had
voted. Lancaster City which gave him 900
majority for President, turned iis back upon
him and his party notwithstanding his presence
by giving over 900 majority for tho Peoples
ticket. Tho consolation Mr.. b. picked up as
he travelled through Lancaster and York coun-
ties was of the same sort, and his reflections,
as he left the Keystone for the White House,
must have been far from comfortable.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-17

GRAND RECEPTION OF AN ENGLISH CARDINAL
by THE Sons OF MALTA Mr. J. A. D. Key, prom
inent member of this mysterious society in Eng
land, who holds the rank of Grand Cardinal, aud
who Is now in this country on business connected
with the order, visited our city last week. The
Sons gave him a splendid reception at their Hall
last Friday evening where the magnificent cere
mony of the Feast Of the Nine Cardinals
was performed. A number OF sworn s9ec-
tators were admitted on the payment oI
an admission fec $5 each. Everything passed
of in the most agreeable and satisfactory manner.
Mr.. Key expressed himself highly pleased with
the "good condition" of the order in this country,
which he says is in far better condition than the
order in England. lie left on the invitation ct
the Sons of Cincinnati to attend one Of their
feasts to come of this week.
Mr.. Key is a half-brother of Mr., Bone, Of tho
Herald, between whom there is striking family
resemblance.