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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-23

HHILDREN'S GIGS.-we have now a good assortment
~ ofNYoUd and WiIbw Gigs to which would call the
attention OF persons wanting thing in that line.
ID. SICOLI. ( BRO, ITO Main Street,
apl2 Sign of the Chds' GiS.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12
Senator Thompson,s speech.

The speech of Senator THOMPSON, OF Ken
lucky, which we give in this days issue, will
repay perusal. 1t is justly distinguished
above those of his peers for its wit and satire,
its strong points and hard common sense
Senator T. has just closed his Congressional
career of twenty years service, and is repre-
scented to be so physically infirm, that he was
compelled to deliver the greatest portion Of
his speech in sitting posture. 1t totally up
set the gravity of the Senate, and the Senators
as well as the galleries followed the example OF
the Vice President in almost unrestrained
merriment.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

R- Three men are under sentence of
death in jail at Chicago, for murder. Every
one of the murders, we believe were commit
ted since man was strung up there, on the
broad open prairie, in sight Of the whole city
for an offence Of that kind. The inference
would seem to be that the example has
mall effect in preventing the crime. a.a.l.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

A Suggestion for this years Agricultural
Operattons.-Sheep Hnsbandry I'm Min.
ncsota.
With pleasure We note the fact that our
country paper are urging the farmers Of Min.
nesota to devote their attention, as much .s
may be, to stock raising, IS the facilities for
this profitable branch Of husbandry which
nature has given all the farmers of Minnesota.
are unsurpassed. We believe it will soon
have the attention it merits, and our farmers
reap the reward enterprise deserves, in the
annual droves of fine beef cattle which will be
sent to southern and eastern markets from
our State
Agricultural writer's all over our Union
unite, too, in saying that sheep husbandry
opens one of the most safe, pleasant, and in
Vlting fields now presented to the American
farmer"
Experience has shown that it is highly profit
able in New York, New England and other
parts OF our country in ATTITUDES as high as
our own,-where one hundred and fifty DAYS
feeding in winter are required" If this be
found so in these States, it cannot be doubted
that Minnesota offers still more inducements
to the sheep grazer, and promises profits as
great if not greater. Our immense natural
pastures, with groves of timber to afford shell
ter to flocks, the immense clear and pure lakes
and running streams-the dryness and favor
able features of the climate, the cheapness
with which hay is made, &C., all seem to in
dictate this.
Agricultural writer's say that the profits of
sheep husbandry are of two kinds: the direct
return for the outlay of capital, and the in
creased fertility imported to the land by the
presence OF sheep upon it, for it is claimed
tney increase annually its productive power.
Inere are also two sources from which d.
rect return is sought, the wool and the NUT.
ton, t
The following extract, from London Agri-
cultural paper, probably expresses the senti-
ment Of England:
ut is justly admitted, that of all the dome.t;c
animals reared and fed for profit in Great Britain
sheep are the greatest consequence both indiyi6
uslly and in q national point of view, and afford
better return than can be obtained either from the
rearing or feeding of cattle. Sheep husbandrv
deserves to be esteemed in all its different branch
and claims the priority of consideration strong
ly from agriculturists."
There are, we are informed, many inteli-
gent and experienced farmers in our own
country who consider sheep feeding more pro.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

~ Two young ladies belonging in New
buryport, a few days since, wishing to 20 from
Lowell to Lawrence, preferred skates, and the
Merrimac to the cars and railroad, and made
the passage of ten miles in forty minutes
For some portion Of the way there was a
strong head wind, or the feat might have been
accomplished in less time.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

~ The Grand Jury of Lorraine county,
Ohio, have indicted two Kentuckians who at
tempted to kidnap an alleged fugitive, and the
two Deputy U. s. Marshals who accompanied
them. Itwas for aiding in the rescue of this
fugitive that thirty-seven citizens Of Lorraine
county were indicted.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

htable, or equally profitable with cattle feed
ing, leaving the wool entirely out Of theques-
ton. In the Northern and Eastern States, the
method adopted for the Improvement Of poor
lands is principally by summer pasturage.-
The manure, which is superior to that from
most other animals, gradually enriches the
soil, and consequently the amount of grasses
is yearly increased. In few years, in this
manner scanty pastures are converted into
productive ones.
Sheep, too, are close feeders. They will
thrive in apparently scanty pastures where
the grasses are not considered nutritious
"These grasses will every year increase" it
is said, land the land will be generally fertili-
Fed by the droppings of the sheep, without =
cents expenditure on it Of any kind |; and
every particle of heritage will be turned to its
most profitable account by being converted
into wool, mutton, and manure. Again, sheep
are exceedingly useful in clearing land of those
briers and shrubs which it is very difficult
often to extirpate without ploughing, and these
often abound on land that cannot be profta-
bly, ploughed"
The sheep will browse on buds and strip
the bark from most shrubs, and in this man
ner they soon destroy them. Sheep also ex-
erta remarkable influence upon the character
of the vegetation of the lands where they
feed. "All wild poor grasses gradually dis
appear from their pastures, and are succeed
ed by the best ones, and the sward becomes
very dense and even. In these statements,
coming 40 they do from unquestionable au-
thority, there is surely much that should
awaken the attention of our Minnesota farm
ers, and lead them to inquire, at the very
least whether here is not field of unusually
fine promise, which has not received as yet
proper consideration.
The incest calculations by experienced gra-
zers show an annual profit iof from twen-
ty-four to fifty per cent-and even more-on
the investment by natural increase, and the
returns of wool and mutton.
The above mentioned facts, for facts they
undoubtedly are-should lead our farmers to
try the experiment. We conversed q few
days since with an experienced English sheep
grazier, who after fair trial of Minnesota
sheep husbandry gives his assurance that it
is unsurpassed. Here then is another source
of profit to US, which must not be overlook
cd. Ere long, too, our immense but now un-
tasked water power will be protitably employ
ed in the manufacture of wooden goods. Cap
ital will be invested in it, the moment that it
will become matter of enough importance,
thus adding to our wealth and prosperity.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12
Tho Position of the Democracy.

Emo Position OF the Democracy.
In the debate on popular sovereignty re.
Gently in the Senate, the position of the De.
mocracy was defined by its leading members,
as follows: .....'
Brown of Mississippi said
He gave the Senate warning, that if the
Legislature of Kansas undertook to abolish
slavery, the people of his State and large
portion of the south, would como to Congress
demanding protection. They demanded ius-
tice and equal rights. This, he repeated. was
an element which must enter into tho neat
tTessdentaI contest, and it was right they
should know where they STOOD"
Mr.. Mason of Virginia said:
" He claimed to know this, and he feared no
dlssentient voice south of the Potomac. that
II this kansas-Nebraska Act was to be inter-
preted to remit the rights of the South in the
Territories from both Congress and Supreme
Court, to the inhabitants of the Territories for
the time being, the Southern States ,oould be
recreant to their honor, if they gave any can
didate standing upon such a platform a soi
tary cote. And if it was to be the signal for
dissolution of the party, let it be dissolved.
and the sooner the better. They would find
no one builder or plank for the reconstruction
of the platform on such basis in the whole
Southern States"
Mr.. Gwin of California said:
Ifhe had understood the Kansas. Nebras.
ka bill as it was now Interpreted by the Sem
ator from Illinois, he never would have voted
for it. He called upon others who voted for
it to state if they so understood it. It was
evident that somebody was cheated" 80
Mr.. Davis of Mississippi said: 4,
Is The Territorial Legislature had no power
which was not delegated by Congress. How,
then, could it get the power to inhabit Slay.
cry? They could assert that power only by
the right of revolutionary rising in rebellion
against this government and achieving their
independence "
Mr.. Green Of Missouri said: -
They had only rumor of the act of
Kansas abolishing slavery when they had
authentic information that such an act had
been passed, if the rights of Shareholders
could not be protected otherwise, he would
bring ina bill repeating the organic act of
the Territory.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

The editor of the Winona Democrat, who
first took grounds against the construction
placed by Attorney General BERRY upon the
University Bonds, after more carefully exam.
lining the question" is now satisfied that the
ruling of the Attorney General is correct as
to these bonds being State Bonds"
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

H Queen Victoria has, in q single ring,
gallery of family portraits, each mere pho
togrsphic speck, but under the magnifying
glass, they display the finish and delicacy Of
. large portrait Victoria has nine children,
all Of whom are in one ring.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12
The Feeling OF Dissrass

In a poli6cal.business letter which we re-
ceiyed from the interior of State few days
since, we are cautioned as follows: snow
don't you come the OWENS over me and pub
lish this letter four or five years hence if
you do, d-n you" If we do, we ought to
Ia
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12
a Rr,xhs Future for our state.


From al parts of our State come promises
Of the return Of business and prosperity As
soon a. Spring arrives Our Country Ex-
changes are filed with the accounts Of new
buildings to be erected, and other improve
ments to be made, from which we conclude,
that next season will Be busy andprosperous
one, sllover the State. Slowly but surely we are
emerging from the depression caused by the
financial distress, and the clouds which hung
over US SO long are breaking away fast. Our
resources are being developed, we have been
learning our strength and power, and wealth.
and as confidence has been restored, and bus.
mess quickened in every channel, we may con-
fidenty hope for . return of good times"
tits true, prosperity is plant of slow growth
after it has been once crushed. twill come,
not - it leaves, suddenly and Unexpectedly,
but slowly and almost impercepibly. But
come it must. The energies of the people Of
Minnesota have not for one moment tagged
during the whole of the ''hard times"-their
spirit has not been brokenlunder even an &C
emulation of troubles. There is not State
in the Union, whose inhabitants could have
stood up so well under all. that has beset
them,-and exhibited such indomitable ener-
~ as the people and business men of Mime
sofa. They will succeed, too, for the signs
of the times indicate that the long night has
passed away, and that the day is dawning.-
Enterprise, industry and economy will bere-
warded by success and wealth; and our State
1t this day exhibits more prosperous picture
than ever before in. her history.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

We received visit yesterday from Hon.
ST.. A. D. BALcoxBE, of Winona. This well
known and staunch Republican looks well,
and proves that they live fine at Wmona.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

OousiCiH uldil OuCc LDOre anu, alClOugQ IL
has been said that "Old Virginny never tres"
| think, before them she will be getting little
impatient; and her descendants are not so
patient as the Commonwealth; they will get
tired of waiting.
Well, sir, that is fight in which have no
hand. Let them make it up among them.
do not wish to say anything harsh or severe
about the Democracy. l admonish you of
that, because in my position here,
81 feel like one,
Who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted,
Whose lights are fed.
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed"
When I was in politics, and I NAV saw
when was alive laughter, and old man
Clay battled against the Democratic party
lion-hearted as he was, like Richard Occur de-
Lion himself, when he went into the Holv
Land to rescue it from the custody of the In.
fidels, Mr. Clay, with lions heart and his
battle-axe uplifted, fought to rescue what he
believed to be the Constitution and the rights
OF the country from the Democratic party,
that he thought was disloyal and untrue to
them; then, sir, l fought and felt like Field
Marshal.
Well, sir, as to the Democratic party, do
not know that could very well join them
unless see little further into them. could
not be a Locofoco anyway, and understand
that the discipline is extremely rigid. Laugh
ter. They muster their men with great Sc
verify, according to regular drill, and if man
does not chalk up to the mark, overheard he
goes; and the rule is, that it is better to have
an enemy out of the camp than friend in the
camp cutting capers and cutting Shines
John Randolph, Of Virginia, said of the De-
mocratic party-but will not say it of them
that all they wanted was men of sense
enough to lead, and fools enough to follow
and if any man could not subscribe to these
principles, and went into the party as leader,
who had not sense enough to lead, he ought
fe sssys Ess Sa .s s1sasT
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12

public wants. The youngest child in the fam
lily of course will be petted and how much
you are to expend to get her in proper trim,
the Lord only knows.
Two or three very vague notions have been
introduced into this debate. Gentlemen have
talked about Americanizing Cuba. What
sort of Americsnizxtion will 20 on there? I
understand the Senator from Louisiana to ex,
press sympathy with Cubans, who, he said,
were "panting for Liberty" Annex Cuba,
and men from Georgia, from Alabama, from
Kentucky, will 60 there; they will say: "The1
Government has bought it," and, as against
Cuban, they will consider that it is pre-empt-
ed and paid for by them. The truth is, it is
hereditary, or it has been taught to them: At
any rate it is the Anglo-Saxon blood. Our
people believe it is no harm to take away from
a Spaniard or Mexican or an Indian anything
he has got, and they want; and they do not
believe it is homicide or murder to kill him
either. Laughter. What will be done by
our adventures after they land there? Not
to be inviduous, l will take my own State as
an illustration. l will suppose that three
Kentuckians 60 down to Cuba; one of them
an old fellow, with parcel of negroes As
Mr.. Buchanan is going to buy Cuba by sort
of forced sale, without authority of law, warn.
ing off all other bidders, this old fellow would
settle upon some Cuban, hunt him out, and
take possession. He would then begin to sur
vey and denmark for annexation of some other |
mans plantation. Hewould elbow him, brow |
beat him, and frown At him; show him bowie
knives and revolvers; knock him down with |
his fist, perhaps, and stamp on him little in
place where he could not be seen, so as to
escape the law. A man would be inclined,
naturally, under such process to give up
There is sentiment among our people, that
they have . right to do that thing. They
would murder; they would marry; or they
would do anything in the world to get al that[
WAS going. Ia. - n5oz Ery- ~. ,-a J.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-12


try now; and it would have been entirely too
large but for the fortunate turn up of gold in
California. That was q godsend to the CONN.,
try; and if it had not been that we found cold
there to redeem the country from the position
it was in, the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
would have been blistering sore to us for
years and years to come. So, when we bought
Louisiana, we made lucky hit; but in buy
ing Cuba there is no chance of anything of
that sort. We buy the negroes for the own
ers to keep them; and we buy the land for
the owners to keep it. We trade for the SOW
ereignty; that is, the burden of taking care
of them, and protecting them and civilizing
them. There is no godsend left there.
Why do you want Cuba? Some gentlemen
talk about graviLation, and say it gravitates
this way and others tell us that there is .
political necessity for our tide of emigration
going in that direction. Well, sir, 1 know
that if you go out into the country and talk to
the people, you will find them in favor of the
next war, or some war, and of getting more
land and it is pretty safe platform to 90
upon. .,-.-... .s...''.
Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Adams were not at the
head of the Government when they spoke of
this gravitation. They spoke of it, I suppose.
as kind of humbug for the South; but thew
put off the time of acquiring it indefinitely.
until Buchanan at last has brought it up..
After Mr.. Clay wrote his letter, and John @.
Adams came into power, did they practice
what they said Not at all. They held Il
up as happy delusion to all the Gulf States
that they must eventually have Cuba. and
would have it at no remote day; that such was
manifest destiny and passional attraction, &C
,ordng to the free-love school; that Cuba
you'd Just rush into our arms any how
Laughter. 1t is said she is gravitating to-
ward US that is the term. Well, sir, she |
las not gravitaed an inch from where she stood |
when they wrote; and if the Cubans under
'tand how the Americans viii treat them, it |
vii not, with their consent, gravitate this way
much longer, but they win keep +" painting for ]
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-08
An Incident of the Mexican Wa

An Incident of the Mexican War.
Captain Thomas F. Marshall (the whilom
temperance lecturer) was in the habit of
coming on parade in state quite subversive
of all discipline and army rules. Captain
Clay though notsthe strictest of all the cap
tains in obeying and requiring obedience,
determined to give Marshall hint OF his dis
app oval. So soon as he became ''officer
of the day." when his command was the
highest. next TO that of the Colonel, he
donned his military dress, and, riding up to
the guard house, he cried out with loud
voice, '.Officer of the guard" When the
guard-oficer appeared he said, 81 command
you to empty the gaarG-house of all the
prisoners; SO long as have command Of
this regiment, 10 soldier shall be punished
while captains are allowed to violate the
rules of war with impunity." The guard
house was emptied, and expectation was on
tip,oe TO see the issue of this flagrant breach
of duty. But no notice was taken of the
affair by the Colonel. At the next encamp-
ment the,famous qaurrel took place, in.the
presence of the whole regiment, between
Captains Clay and Thomas F. Marshal.
Clay proposed to fight Marshal on the spot
with broad swords, but Marshall pleaded
that it would embroil the whole regiment.
Thereupon Clay most bitterly replied that
Marshall, at Lexington, did not fear to pro-
woke, BY the most infammatory appeals, an
affray, when women and children were in
danger, and, Clay himself overpowered
by superior force, but here, when they met
on equal terms, where men wore swords
and war was the profession of all, he feared
to embroil others! Such plea was the
refuge the poltroon and OF assassin" The
next DAY Marshall tried to drown himself in
the San Juan river. Such was Cassius NJ
Clay's reveng upon the leader of the Lexing
ton mob of lSI6.-N.Y. Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-08
Haytian Proverbs.

Mr. James Redpath publishes in The
Tribune, in his correspondence from Hayti.
series OF two hundred native Proverbs,
collected by himself The pegIo would
appear TO possess an aptitude for this species
of wisdom. We select few which have a
characteristic look. "a snake that wishes
to live should not walk on the highway -
at is only the knife that knows what IS in
the heart of the yam" "A crab has got ten
feet. but he can't walk in ten roads" "The
cock wears spurs, but lie is no horseman
for all that" "When the OK dies he leaves
trouble ABOUT his skin" ga monkey is
sure OF what is in his belly. but what's only
in his mouth he is not sure Of" "'Ali
that want said the ,mulatto. SIS sufiicien!
to enjoy myself" "The Bible, the good
preacher, who neither eats nor drinks
Don't take medicine at Mard;gras.
Mr. Redpath adds a simple and and beau
tilul stanza which he found in book of
poems by Haytian author, written in
French, which he thus translates:
LAST WISH OF MOTHER.
Oh, God she lantly said, upon her dying bed,
II | have followed Thy Divine bequest,
As my entire reward grant this request:
Make me the Guardian Angel ofmy babes when
dead.