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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
Admirable Doctrine.

One OF the religious newspapers the E.ram-
iner has taken Rev. Mr.. Beecher to task for
lecturing in Boston for charitable purposes,
before an association iolmed wholly OF partial
ly in the church OF Theodore Parker, alleging
that the lectures reflect q certain luster'' on
the society ,and "the man whose infdelity is its
pervading spirit" In his reply, published in
the Il.dspendent, Mr.. Beechcr says:
"Men do not derive the right to DO good
from the thirty nine Articles, nor need they
90 to the Westminster Confession for liberty
to recover the Incorporate, set free the bond,
feed the hungry, clothe the naked, educate the
ignorant, and give rides to beggar's children
that never before laughed and cuddied IN a
buffalo robe 1t seems to us great deal
better business for a Christian man to encour-
age men in well doing, than to punish them for
wrong thinking. If anybody does right, he
ought to be applauded. If Mr.. Parker does
well, he deserves the credit Of well doing. If
the young men of his charge do well, they
deserve the "lustre" of it. Or, shall we take
ground that no man who is not of sound ortho-
dox faith, is to,.have any 'lustre" for practical
virtues Must everybody be counted ethical
ly right, till he is theologcally sound? Such
doctrine would be monstrous. Every Just
and generous man in the community ought to
rejoice in the good conduct of every man,
without regard to his speculative views or
theolog cal affinities If man institutes a
temperance movement, must refuse to help
him because, being Universalist minister,
my zeal and fidelity in that cause would "re-
fleet lustre' upon him and his sect If a
man would establish and endow hospital,
must refuse to co-work with him because,
being Unitarian, its success would reflect
certain lustre upon that faith? When, in the
pestilence in New Orleans, the Sisters of Char
ity did not count their lives dear to them, but
night and day, fearless of death and defiant
of fatigue, gave their utmost being and
attendants to the sick, must l, Protestant,
refuse admiration or fellowship, for fear a
certain lustre would shine upon the Roman
Catholic Church If Jew does nobly, he
deserves the lustre" which right doing ought
to confer; if an Atheist or an Infidel live vir-
tuous and act ,honorably, he should have
the "lustre" belonging to virtue and hon
or - r. |.. .rr.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
THE DRIFTING BOAT.
BY FRANCES BROWNE.

1t has hoated away from the beach and bay
Out of sight of tower and town,
An empty and battered boat,
But that boat would not 60 down.
The morning rose on the waters wide,
And the night fell cold and dark,
Yet ever on with the wind and tide
Drifted that battered bark.
The sail had passed from its broken mast,
And its painted pride was dim;
The sea-weed clung around its bows,
Which had been so sharp and trim,
Where were the merry mates and free
Who had gone with it afoat,
We never learned, but the worlds wide sea
Hath lives like that drifting boat
Lives that in early storms have lost
Anchor and sail and oar,
And never except on Lethe's shore,
Can come to mOorings more;
Out of whose loveless trustees days
The hope and heart have gone
Good ships 60 down in the stormy sea,
But those empty boats drift on!
They had hearts to sail in the winds eye once
They had hands to reef and steer,
With strength that would not stoOp to chance,
And faith that knew no fear;
But the years were long and the storms strong,
And the rainbow flag was furled,
And they that launched for the skies had grown
But the drift-wOod of the world.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
IMMORTALITY.

1t must be so Plato, thou reasonest we'll:
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
Orwhence this secret dread, and inward horror,
Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul
Back on itself, and startles at destruction?
'Tis the divinity that stirs within u.s.
IT'S heaven itself that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man.
-Addison's Cato
Can it be?
Matter immortal? and shall spirit die2
Above the nobier, shall less nobler rise?
Shall man alone, for whom all else revives,
No resurrection knowg Shall man alone,
Imperial man be sown in barren ground,
Less privileged than grain, on which he feeds?
Young.
o, listen man!
A voice within us speaks that startling word,
Man, thou shalt never diet" Celestial voices
Hymn it unto our souls: according harps,
By angel fingers touched, when the mild stars
OF morning sang together, sound forth still
The song of our great Immortality.
-Dana.
1t is wonderful,
That man should hold himself so haughtily,
And talk of an immortal name, and feed
His proud ambition with such daring hopes
As creatures of more eternal nature
Alone should form.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
WASHINGTON, Feb. II

The vote in the Senate to-day, on confirm
ing the nomination of Potter as collector Of
Toledo, stood 18 for, to Is against This is
the case which led to- the recent angry dis
cussion between Senators Fitch and Douglas.
The impression is very general that the
President will veto the Agricultural land bill.
The evidence before the printing investiga-
ting committee shows settled system by
which officers of the government constantly
collect from 10 to 20 per cent. on every con-
tract. .'- r'.l'7.'-'''i 81.
The Witnesses testified that they could not
get these contracts excepting by submitting
to these .exactions. The books of the Phila.
delphia firm, which one of the partners the
other day swore had been burned. are now
in the hands of the committee. Entries ON
their pages show clearly the motive for the
perjury of the witness. ,r..;.~e 80, ,..
The Philadelphia Democratic Commission
ers met in caucus to-day, and decided to cast
their vote as unit on the tariff question. If
they fail to get the bill before the House on
is own merits, they will endeavor to tack it
ion some appropriation bill. They will continue
to vote against loan bill, and against the re-
issue of Treasury notes until action is had on
the tariff.
a- i.s WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
The Committee ION Ways and Means are
still unable to come to q conclusion on the
tariff, but it is probable that bill revising the
present act will be affixed to one of the general
bills, report to this effect is
prevailing.
: Government received to-day dispatches
giving strong hopes that our misunderstand-
Ing with Paraguay will be amicably settled.
Mr. Hendricks, present commissioner at the
Land Office, is to be District Judge in Ore
gon. - r-.@ .ri'.s
The Board of Army Officers convened by
order of the Secretary of War, to inquire
wherein retrenchment can be made, met to-
lay. They intend to cut down the service
nevery possible manner. g . yJG
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
HYMN TO THE PEOPLE.
BY C. d. STUART.

Not to be blessed with warrior strength,
To WELD the sword and wear the glaive,
Or rise to cOnqueror's fame at length,
Proclaim the good or make the brave.
To have the power to bide the scorn,
And rise above the hate and strife
Of those to wealth and title born,
Is the crown'd courage of our life.
What are the swords that prop king
The banners in his army's van
To strength of soul that dares to spring
And show the monarch in the man ?
Kings and the mightiest men of arms,
Strong as the heads of realms they bide,
Sport as they may with fortunes charms,
They are like leaves upon the tide.
In dim old sepulchers they lie,
The feast Of silence and decay,
While the true world-heart beateth high
And thrones itself upon to-day.
Give me the man whose hands have tossed
The corn-seed to the mellow soil,
Whose feet the forest depths have crossed,
whose brow is nobly crown'd with toll.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
The Great Fraud In IIlinofs-A New
PrOpOsitiOn-Another Leak.

Ne
Correspondence Of the Chicago Press 1 Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. H.
tits proposed by Ex-Goy Matteson's At
torneys to submit bill to the Legislature
for its consideration and action, the pro-
visions of which are substantially as fol-
lows: -.......
Security to be furnished within thirty DAYS
for the repayment, within five years, of the
full amount of the bonds, coupons, interest,
stock and gold obtained from the State by the
funding, by Matteson, of $1O7, 900 paid but
uncanceled "ninety day canal checks" The
bonds specified, now in the hands of the Audi
tor, as security for the issues of the State
Bank of Illinois, at Shawneetown, to remain
where they are other securities from time to
time to be substituted therefor, and when such
bonds are withdrawn, they are to be cancelled
and destroyed by the Governor of the
State. - - -
These are the essential features of the bill.
1t is now in the hands of Messrs. Showing,
Koener and Grimshaw, the Attorneys in be-
half OF the State and, if approved by them,
will be submitted to the Legislature withou
delay. What fate it will meet with there. I
dare not guess. Probably the State officials
and their legal advisers will adopt that meth
cd which seems to them the shortest, of get
ing the money back into the treasury -
and if this is it, they will fall in with it at
once. ''......-y ;......
1t is understood that Gov. Matteson's At
torneys have decided upon this line of action
under the legal conviction that he is liable for
the amount of the loss, no matter how he be.
came possessed Of the checks upon which the
more valuable securities and coin were obtain
ed and they protest that their offer is in no
way to be regarded as an evidence of the cul-
papility of their cllent.
Mr.. Browning has for some days been at
work upon the books in the Office of the Fund
Commissioner, and by the evidence thus far
dug out of their pages, it now seems certain
that another leak, out of which SO, 900 prin-
pal, an equal or greater amount in interest,
has escaped into somebody's pockets, has
been discovered. He is prosecuting his in
quiries of State with great industry and acu-
men; but as the books are not models of
perspicuity in the accountants art, he may
not be able to make it certain that.the amounts
above mentioned have been by anybody fel-
oniously sustained.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
FLOATING AWAY.
By FLORENCE W, BoRRoN

Suggested by the parting of "Arthur Clennam, ,
md "Pet," before the marriage of the latter wit,
6 Henry Cow ."-[Vlde Little Dorritt.
The hooded hours are softly closing
The sapphire portals of the sky;
And on the shadowed wave reposing,
The pallid lilies fainting lie:
And tears of night, serene and holy,
Bedew the straight and narrow way"
Hopes clustering gems are sinking lowly,
Around life's scentless wreath of bay,
Down, down the river, floating slowly,
Floating away.
Earth's heeting gifts-love, roses fading
as ralnbows from the watchers view;
While Ger the canvass sweeps the shading
VI the subdued and Rembrant hue:
And through this night no dawn is flushing.
NO Eastern star illumes the way:
While unseen hands the vase are crushing
where once the visioned roses Law:
And feelings down Life's tide are rushing
- Floating away.
And gentle "Minnie Gowan," surely
That name shall seraph power im1art
And stand with &c flaming sword +" securely
Before the Eden of the1h heart:
Lo! deep-hued Tyrian clouds are guiding
Where life's lost angels throng the way f:
Earth's hopes, Eternity is hiding, .-:
While misty shadows, vague and gray,
Are down the rapid river gliding,
Floating away.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26
New York Matters.
New YORK, Feb. Is,

New York, Feb. Is.
The United States Circuit Court, Judge
Ingeasoll, granted % injunctions against par
ties alleged to be infringers of the invention
of A. B. Wilson, for improvements in Sewing
Machines, known as the rough surface feed.
Samuel T. Jones, the alleged bank defaulter,
of Colchester, Conn.,, was this morning taken
from the custody of the officers who were
about carrying him to Connecticut, at the in
stance Of Recorder Barnard, who claimed that
he was answerable, at his court for having
obtained $1,000 by false pretences; that he
had absconded, after his arrest for that offence,
and recently returned, being still liable for his
crime.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26

w "Snobbery" has been aptly described
by an exchange when it says it "is an instl-
tuition that "don't pay" in this country.
Those who affect to turn Up their noses at
others, simply because they follow an honest
calling, or do not happen to wear "store
clothes (" of the Xxx order, are really them
selves objects of contempt. Besides, change
is written on all terrestrial arrangements, and
those who are uppermost to-day may be down
tomorrow. Mrs. Sophtpaight (Softpate), who
fifteen years ago would not allow her children
to play with those of mechanics, is now in the
retail washerwoman business, while her
"dear Arabella is now chamter-maid on
fat-boat, and Clarence Augustus occupies the
responsible post of sergeant-at-arms to a
manure wagon"
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-26

az Since the revolution in Hayt, the cru
city and tyranny Of Solouque comes to light.
At Daboure he had dungeons, where, it is
stated, no less than seven hundred political
prisoners have perished within a few years.
In regard to these dungeons, it is stated that
the miserable captives were chained TO the
floor and left exposed to the flow of the tide
and the inroad of Fernlin, to perish. They
generally die ira few days, but one man was
found alive on the fifteenth day, and was hu-
namely dispatched by bus guards. $50.
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Later s'iefons sEGrspe. .

,.r." ..., 80, ,12 oai Z New York, Feb. 9lesdT
The steamship City. of ,Ma9chester left
Liverpool for New York, Jon the Sd inst. XII sao
Great anxiety was felt for the Emperpr'sc
the 7th. = aeeto5aiTg ,775ifSq HI5l.'o- ID
1t was rumored that he was preparing
surprise for the world, and that war is GER
tain. " ..a.. - :, - = = 80, -
The Minister of the Colonies had declared
that the immigration of Africans shall be su- 0
perceded by Chinese. AZ c. 1zYaU
Parliament was opened by the Queen in j.
person! on the Sd. The speech commenced
with congratulations on the state of the coun-
try and on the progress made in India. On :
1oreign affairs she says, L received from all
toreign powers assurances of friendly feelings.
To :cultivat and enforce these feelings. to
maintain inyiolate the faith of our public trea-
ties, and contribute to, as far as my influences
extend, the preservation Of general peace are
the objects of my unceasing solicitude. The 2
re9ecaon OF the treaties in regard to the prin-
ciPles o. commerce with Russia are noticed,
and the latter is referred to an indication Of
the complete re-establ blishmerit Of friendshi be.
tween the two countries ;t-gti.,s 5a,fJ =. ..-
! The treaties with China and japan are
mentioned as promising great commercial ad-
vantages and satisfaction is expressed at the
abolition by France of negro emigration on
the east coast Of Africa, and that the pending
negotiations give promise of total abandon
ment of the system
In respect to Mexico, the speech saws, the
state of the Republic of Mexico, distracted
by civil wars, has induced me to. carry for.
'bearance to the utmost Elimit IN regard to- the
wrongs and indignites to which British resi-
dents have been subject at the hands of the
two contending parties. They have 1t length
been carried to such an extent, that have
been compelled to give instructions to the
commander Of the naval forces in these seas
to. demand and if necessary to enforce repair
alton. -. - 81 r~' sy-7 la-ci... 10.
Increased expenditure in the NAVY is ask
ed on account of the universal introduction of
steam power into Naval warfare.
The rest of the speech is devoted to local
matters, and among the measures promised
are Parliamentary reform and new bankrupt
law. rs.. . ...- t.,-s -, - TT %
- Earl Melville in the House. of Lords. and
Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons.
complain Of the silence in regard to the threat
enmg state Of the Italian question, and other
matters of interest. ...a. b., INC. r......
Warlike rumors still in circulation, but
nothing decisive was known. $50.
France continued her warlike prepara-
tiOns .ae........ ... s..,-; .'.
twas r,mored that Duke de Malakoff
would soon return to Paris and be succeeded
in London by the Duke de Montibelly. '-17
Prince Napoleon and his bride had arrived
at Paris. 81. - .a.'r.s. .s - lr. ...,-f
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FOOTSTEPS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Sitting in my humble doorway,
Gazing out into the night,
Listning to the stormy tumult
With kind of sad delight
Wait for the love who comes not,
One whose step long to hear.
One who, tho he fingers from me,
Still is dearest of the dear.
Soft-he cOmes-now, heart, be quiet
Leaping in triumphant pride:
Oh it is a stranger footstep
Gone By on tie other side !! ., .......e . 81.
All the night seems filed with weeping,
Winds are wailng mournfully,
And the rain-tears blent together
Journey to the restless sea-
can fancy, Sea, your nurmur,
As they with your waters flow,
Like the griefs of single beings,
Making up nations woe
Branches, bid your guests be silent;
Hush moment, fretful rain;
Breeze, stop sighing-let me listen,
God grant not again in vain!
In my cheek the blood is rosy,
Like the bushes of a bride,
Joy!-alas!-s stranger footstep
Goes BY on the other side. p. -. ---i.
All! how many wait forever,
For the steps that do not come;
Wait sntii tie plying eAgsls -" s
Bear them to peaceful home. .> 81
Many in the still Of midnight,
In the streets have lain and died,
While the sound of human footsteps
Went by on the other side.
Many q wretch has paused moment,
Glancing round with crazy eyes;
Death looks up from dreadful waters,
Death looks down from darkened skies;
Paused, then leaped, Where" God knows
He alone heard "Jesus" cried, lonly,
While the sound of careless footsteps
Went6y on the other side!
Ears, so oft you have deceived me;
Heart, such false alarms you beat,
l can scarcely dare to trust you;
Yet, methinks, that up the street
Sounds step, know, now nearer
Comes it with rapid stride
Happy wife! that welcome foOtstep
Passes not the other side!
God grant to all who wait, an ending
To their watch as sweet as mine!
God send out of tears and storm-clOuds
Smiles to cheer and stars to shine!
God bid dropping hearts be hopeful,
That long hours have prayed and sighed,
For. perchance, the steps will sometime
Not go by the other sidel
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Judge Mcmillan of the First District

Judge MCMILLAN is now temporarily pre-
siding over the District Court of Ramsey
county, for the purpose of trying some cases
in which Judge PALMER was an attorney or
interested before his election to the Judicial
Office. In regard to Judge MCMILLAN, we find
the following in the Saltwater Messenger:
na Judge Mcmillan, of this city, has been hold
ing term of court in the Fourth District. for
the hearing of such cases as the Judge in that
District was associated with as attorney be-
fore going on the Bench We clip the follow
ing complimentary notice of him, prefacing a
highly fattering acknowledgment by the
members of the Bar of the Fourth District,
from the Pittsburgh Morning Post, of the
4th inst. -.' .." q ~-,
Hon S. j. r. McMILLAN.-It affords us
sincere pleasure to publish the following com:
pliment, paid to the Hon. S. j. r. Mcmillan,
of Minnesota. Mr. Mcmillan was born in
Pittsburgh; and we .recollect when quite
young, he was clerk for several years in the
courts of this district. He was also, for a
long time in the law office of A. w. Loomis,
of this city; and when he migrated to the west,
it was predicted Of him, that he would make
q high and honorable mark in his profession.
ue ndS IucIciy anu only TeallZeu Cue eApec-
tations of his friends, in arriving at such an
carly and eminent distinction in his profess
sion. 1t
-.s DISTRICT COURT RooN, BEsTor Co., MIH,
January Is, 1852 I
WHEREAS: A special term of the District
Court in Benton county, held by Hon. S. j.
r. Mcmillan, Judge of the First Judicial Dis
trict, is about to close and, whereas the
members of the bar from the Counties Of
Benton, Hennepin, Morrison, Shurburn, ,Stearns
and Wright, who have had occasion to prac-
tice before said court, have witnessed with De-
culiar satisfaction the impartiality, learning,
dignity and energy which have characterized
Judge Mcmillan in the discharge of his Judi
cial duties, therefore. -. -.
Resotued, That in parting with Judge Nc
MILAN, we beg leave to tender to him our
thanks for his acceptable services and to as
sure him of our very cordial and respectful
regard. lz-a g':a4s,s o ~. y 20. E-.. ~ !
: oC.C.. andrews, - Wm. Henry Wood,
James G. Shepley, james Hall,
Charles King, T. G. Baldwin,
Edward Hartley, Henry Z. wait,
Geo. w. Sweet. w. F. Moore. 2.
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From Toronto.
ToRoNro, Feb. Is.

,-., .-....., ToRoNTo, Feb. Is.
The Parliamentary debate on the Govern
or's speech closed this morning. All the
clauses of the address in reply thereto were
carried, by majorities ranging from five to
fifty. The address was presented to the Gov
ernor to-day. '.'z ''''' -'-'''h
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Launch Of Gun Boats.
BOsToN, Feb. 15.

'7- BOSTON, Feb. 10.
The gun boat No. 8, built for the U. S.
Navy was successfully launched from Charles
ton Navy Yard to-day. She is of nine hum
dred tons, and will mount broadside guns,
and carry heavy shell gun on a pivot mid
ships. s---
The gun boat built at Portsmouth, N. H.,
Of a similar tonnage and armament, was. sue
cessfully launched today.
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az In French papea we find the, an
asonce of a IN. Konard, public scribe, who
audits accounts, explains the language of
flowers, and sells fried potatoes.nl A Acanard,
probably, .s..i, .-.iJ:
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w j. v. Anthony has been. appointed
Deputy q. s. Marshal for the Southern Dis
trict Of Iowa. sas';arT e9iY -v3
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