Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-12

The Rev. Joseph c. Talbot, who was elect
ed missionary bishop of the Northwest, by
the Protestant Episcopal General Convention
at Richmond, was originally member of the
Society of Friends, and many OF his relatives
of that Society reside in Philadelphia.
Two sheet iron cars are in course of con-
struction, at the machine shops of the Illinois
Central Railroad, for the purpose of carrying
pow der and other dangerous combustible ma
terials. They have India rubber jointings.
and close up perfectly air-tight. ~.
A hyena which was exhibited at Warsaw,
Poland, lately managed to escape, and killed
about twenty persons. 1t was not until it
had held entire supremacy of the surrounding
country for six days that the animal was Fl
nally overcome by the poor rustics.
King. of Boston, whose bust of Burns and
Agassiz have proved such deserved favorites,
has lately modelled head of Mr.. Emerson.
He received the commission from the Allan
tic Club, who contributed thereto with a view
of securing good ''counterfeit presentment''
of the Concord philosopher. aa -a I
A desperate cutting and stabbing affair oc-
CURED at New Orleans last week. One man
was cut and stabbed seven times by a single
person. He received two large cuts in the
neck, one in the breast, one nearly severing
the wrist, and two stabs in the right side, all
severe and dangerous wounds. b.
A Northwestern editor boasts of the spa
| ciousness OF of his columns. They are like
some OF the spacious hoops we see occasion
ally there's nothing Of much consequence in
them Lou. Jour.
A conflict having arisen between President
Buchanan and Governor Wise as to which,
shall have the honor of hanging poor Brown,
it is respectfully suggested, by high inter
vening party, that he be hung between the
two.
By telegraph we learn that Ex-Gov James
c. Jones Of Tennessee, died at Memphis OH
Saturday last, after lingering illness. Gov.
Jones was U. S. Senator from l84S to 1857,
ard Governor of Tenn from 1S4l to lS45.-
He defeated James X. Polk, afterwards Pres.
ldent of the United States, in 1889 and 1s43,
in the race for Governor.
1t is said that the cost of the Leviathan, or
Great Eastern steamship, when completed,
will be about $5,OOO,O0O. The interest on
this large sum, it is thought will far exceed
hSA iCSSiPNo, uOWCNCI cACclIcllt ltlc DuSlIlCSS
in which she may be engaged.
Madame Lola Montez recently arrived in
New York FROM Europe, and is living very
quietly in lodgings up town, under the name
! of Mrs. Held. Madame la Comtesse has join
ed the New Connection Methodists," under
| stood to the straightest of dssenters and it
is stated that she has come here to dissent.
nate what Mr.. Chadband would call the "bles-
sed teruth," according to the "New Connec-
| ton view of the article.
eY@ A tract of land about 200 by 700
feet, in Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, re-
Gently sunk to the depth of Is or 80 feet,
swallowing up barn, from which the people
had barely time to escape. The catastrophe
was produced by the action of subterranean
springs.
N Finn, the celebrated comedian, once
| fell over lot of wOodenware in front of a
store, when the storekeeper cried out
"Faix an you came near kicking the buck
ct that time, master"
"On, no." said Finn, quite coolly, 81 only
turned a little pale"
e" An old lady reading an account of a
distinguished old lawyer, who was said to be
| the father of the New York bar, exclaimed -
"POor man ! he had a most dreadful set oi
children"
~- Physicians in India raise blisters with
red hot irons, and dress them with cayenne
pepper. If such treatment does not make the
people smart" we don't know anything else
that would.
- 1t is the glorious doom of literature,
says the Edinburgh Review, that the evil per-
| ishes and the good remains.
aY5" wv hats the matter with you, Jack p
"Why, there's new girl come out, with
twenty thousand year, and | went yester.
day and engaged myself to Fanny, who has
only fifteen t. .Ousand ~
W The following alarming evidence ol
the progress OF the Photographic art : A lady
last week had her likeness taken by photo
graphist, and he executed it so well that her
husband prefers it to the original.
sW" A merchant in Burlington, Vermont
having sunk his shop floor couple of feet
announces that in ''in consequence of recent
improvements, goods will be sold considerabl,
lower that formerly.
s7Y A wretched being has had the temer
ity to ask us the following question Sup
| pooS q NVpudSuS COulu Spcdh, WlhI WOuN
it utter?" "a tomb's tone ~ The simple
ton was treated with contempt
Prof. Agassiz has opened his class at Cam
bridge, with between eighty and ninety pupils
Among the number are ladies from ten diff
ferent States.
Liszt, the pianist, has been nominated b,
the Pope, commander of the order of st. Gre
| q for fho cacraI
which he has composed.
The King of Siam has named son of hi
George Washington.
- The Registry is completed in New
York city, showing $4,000 names-12, ,OO'
more than there were votes polled at the Stat
election in 1858.
The New York Erening Post suggests tha
Virginia be hereafter called "John Brown
tract"
W If you wish to increase the size an
prominence of your eyes, just keep an accoun
of the money you spend foolishly, and add
up at the end of the year.
N- The Hon. Edward Everett has accep,
, ed an invitation to deliver an address at tn
| StdtC rdI, W DC lciu htldHId ITOI
the oath to the 2Sth of October.
~ The Baton Rouge Gazette, speakin
of the Office of Superintendent of Public Ed
ucation in Louisiana, says: "This is a yer
onerous Office, requiring the occupant to sig
, his name as many as four times year.
! Now the salary is $4,000, SO that the luck
imcumbant gett $3.50 every time he signs h
name.
|, sY" The Hon. F. p Blair, of Missouri,
few days since, cmancipated five slaves, col
sisting of one man, and a mother and thre
daughters, at the Circnt Court in St. Loui
s ~ A candidate for Office, whilst goir
2 the rounds, not long ago. met an old Germa
farmer, whom he annoyed with requests
vote for him. The honest old fellow carrie
' a stick that had two faces upon it, and whe
: asked for his suffrage by the candidate, al