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Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26

New PoRr OF DEL1vERY.-The Mackinac
Herald states that the Treasury Department
has authorised Hon. j. A. r.. Wendell. COL
lector Of Customs for; the Michilimackinac
District, to APPOINT . Deputy Collector It
Bayfield,, situated near the Apostle group Of
Islands. This is the central harbor on Lake
Superior. A new lighthouse near by, called
the Chagumegon Light. has just been COM
pleted. 1E@aS H i = -SgE
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26

OF Under the head Of .tanother British
outrage" an article Is going Ssl,e rounds Of
the press With many exhibitsonsof wrath civ.
ing an account ofthe burning oftbe American
brig Rufus Soule on the African coast by The
British steamer Viper. The Rufus Sonle
was seized as SLAYER in accordance with our
treaty for the suppression Of the slave trade.
and the Philadelphia l,edy,r thinks that the
real Outrage" consisted not in the BRITISH.
vessel destroying the yillainous craft, but 10
the using Of the American flag to cover and
defend the piratical slave trade. s...,.z. >:
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26
To Arms!-To Ar,ni!!

Talking about military matters it is sale
that in consideration of the extraordinar,
galentry exhibited by Dr.. Foster, at the f.
NOUS Indian battle at Traverse des Sioux
referred to by Stevens, where for three days
and nights he sustained alone the charges
($45, &C., Of a sqnaw -dron-aot Of horses
he is to Re promoted to a high command II
the next. campaign against the Moccassin.
ties. Although his services have been found
invaluable as drilling and recruiting Off
Ger Tor a. B. infant Try, it is understood tina,
he declines the small responsibilities o
that position, and requires no other reward
for his services than the rank of Breve,
Bunk Corpora, and the gratitude and admi.
ration Of his cd co;::epan:ons Il, arms.-Iso.
seer f. Democrat. = ,..3 ssA'1 q
o. The last repo, IS from MEXICO are
saddening enough. The country, says .
sin the most awful stste from
oneend to the other; the road to Vera Cru.
with the exception Of. some few guarded
points swarms with banditti. Stages are
robbed from one to four times day. In
some cases the robbers have behaved in the
most outrageous manner. The other day
Madame Cortesi, the primx doua, with sew.
eral members Of the opera company, were
seized between Puebia and Orizaba, and ex.
atnined and insnlted ia : manner not at all
sga.e 4sjzz.3..@ ...e!s l..
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26

GnowTH or MINNESOTA COMPARED With
THAT or The NORTHWEST. COMPRISING OBro,
INDIANA. MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, Iowa, Wis
coNsIN AND MINNEsoTA.- .yt..-
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26
Minnesota from 1850

An increase Of 50 pcr
cent Per annum, except
tho last year--the year
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26
Reh lf'ing 5eatiile.t|.
WILLIAM COLVlLI. IT.. En,ror.
RED WING, MINI, FEBY 26, 1859.
G. III. SCRiVEN, So Dearborn street, Chicago,
Is authorized to receive advertisements 1or
this paper.
Look for the z.

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A cross (thus ~ before subscribers
name written ON the margin signifies the
time paid for has expired. -
wOOlI AND PRODUCE. .}
We will allow more than the market price
for WOOD: and Ill kinds Of PRODUCE in
payment Of debts now due ", or for new
subscriptions to- the Sentinel.
SUBSCRIBE.
We will furnish the SENTINEL and
Gonry's LADy's Book, one year for
four dollars in advance also, the
SENTINEL and PErEnsoN's MAGAZINE
tor three dollars, in advance. ID
~ The absence Of our Editor, who is
again "pcrambulating'' round the country,
will have to he our excuse for the small!
amount Of original matter this week.
UNION SToEEs.-A communication with
this heading. which We received this week
and publish in another column, is rattle,
down on the project now on foot, for the
purpose Of establishing one of those institu.
tons in this county, and presents ideas which
rather conflict with those advanced by s. P.
Snow in last weeks Kep.bica While We
withhold our views on this subject for tn.
present we are ;:esirious that the publ.
should hear both sides Of the question, ant
become fully acquainted with the merits ane
dement's Of the whole matter. and as it j!
very advisable to look before leaping, w
would counsel all interested to gise the arti
Gle ar attentive per,qsal a. a:,' e:s4g
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26
Treaty with the Yankton Sioux Ratified.

The following note from senator RICE,
contains news Of Importance to s.lalgs mum:
ber If Our citizens: 7@4Esa VI 3;,.ii7is -
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26
Does it look like Rep ,diaaioa!

One of the sconsetees Of 0oodhns ,o,unkv
told IS s'shert tine sago that 81 ebelo1 :
house for the purpose Of demanding the tax
iu pursuance Of lSw, and found tbe 6kner
on his death bed in tho last stagse Of con-
sumption. The poor man said he had but
one dollar left in the world; and that GID
only knew what wooid becomeof his. fau1ii--
On being informed that his lax was
just Que dollar, he directed his wife to pet
the last dollar and Psyit, whieh shs e
Was:o;a Gazette. 80 ssSs.E.
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26

MuD.-We would call the attention Of
the City Council to the condition of the
cutters on Main street. If the rubbish
with which they are now filled was remov-
ed and tho water allowed free and unob.
structed course, mud would be less plenti.
full than it is now, and the street would dry
1t least two weeks earlier than it otherwise
will. One man can accomplish the beneficial
result in two days work. Crossings At the
corners Of tho streets would b. muci, to the
comfort Of pedestrians and the city cali
make no improvement more acceptable than
two or three Of these conveniences would
be At present.
The 22nd.-- Washington's birthday was
celebrated in St. Paul in patriotic manner.
Military parades. reviews &C., were the
order o: the day, aud Mount Vernon
celebration, the employment Of the evening.
In New York, Boston, Philadelphia and all
the rest Of our great cities, the natal day Of
the "Father Of his Country" was celebrated
with more than usual enthusiasm. In Red
Wing, however, we looked in vain for the
least sPeck Of demonstration in honor Of
the event. Not q flag was hoisted; not
drum was beat; the Red Wing Rifles. never
showed their faces; and everybody seemed
to forget that Washington had any birthday.
Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26

The HAYT1EN EMPIRE OvERrRRowy.-
The last information from Hayti confirms
the intelligence that Solouque's empire is at
an end. and he has taken refuge in Jamaica
and the republic has been again proclaimed.
solouque was originally slave, but attain
ed military distinction during the negro in
surrec'ion which freed the Island Of French
rule. He was elected President in 1847.
but his ambition reached higher and by a
oonp d'e:at he placed himself in imperial
power, and created negro aristocracy, With
pompous titles. His tyranny and his inter-
ference with trade created opposition, which
has finally ended in the present revolution
General Gefiard is now the President Of
the newly proclaimed republic. This revo.
luton has been accomplished in about three
weeks and was commenced under apparent
ly most inauspicious circumstances, General
Gs9tard being joined at first. only BY his
son and two others, one Of whom was not q
Hayden but Frenchman.; No blood was
spilled in this contest. the revolutionary
general seemed to have relied mainly upon
the emperer's nnpopularity and the general
Cor success in his movement,
and in that he has not been disappointed.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-06-23

lad was accordingly purchased by the gentle
man who distributed oranges in the prison, and
was sent to Canada, according to promise
Mr.. GroSsman was addicted to strong drink,
and Aunt Debby had long been in the habit
of preparing a portion for him before he re
tired to rest Il mixed it powerful, dat ar
night said the laughing muIatto =" and put
in something dat the gemmen guv to me. |
reckon he walked up awful late" Mr.. Dns-
more, a maternal uncle of Frank Helpers had
been visiting the South, and was then about
to return to New York. When the story was
told to him, he said nothing would please him
more than to take the fugitiYes under his owu
protection.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-06-23

How THE INDIANS MADE STONE ARRoE-HEAps
The heads OF the Indian arrows, spears, jaw
al.uS, &c, often found in many parts OF our
continent, have been admired, hnt the process
ni forming them coujectured. Tue Hon Caleb
Lyon. on q recent visit to California, met with
party of Shasta Indians and ascertained that
they still used those weapons, which In most
tribes have been superseded BY rifles, or al least
ly irou-pointed arrows aud spears. He found
man who could manufacture them. aud saw
him at work at al parts Of the process. The
description which Lyon wrote aud cOmmunca-
ed to the American Eihnological Society,
through DR. L. ii Davis. we copy below:
The Shasta Indian seated himself upon the
floor, and layng the stone anvil upon his knee,
which waS Of compact taicose slate, with one
hOw OF his aLale chiSel be separated the olsi-
dian pebble iuto two parts, then giving anoth-
er Low 70 tie fractured side he split off slab
some fourth oil an inch in thickness Holding
the piece against the anvil with the thumb and
finger Of hS left hand be commenced a series
pi continuous blows. every one Of which chip
ped of fragments OF the brittle substance IL
gradually seemed 10 acquire shape After fin
i,..ing the base of the arrow head fthe whole
being Ouly little over an inch In lengthl he be-
.au striking GcHilcr blows, every one Of which
| expected would break it into pieces Yet such
vas heir adsoit application, his skill and deS-
terily that in little over an hour he produced
perfect Ub>ididn arrowhead. then request
Ell him 10 carve Ine ole from the remains Of IA
rokeu porter bottle, which latter two ia 'lures)
he succeeded in dong He gave as reason
lor his i'll SucceSs, he did not understand the
grain OF the glass. No sculptor ever handled
ci.iscl Eth greater precision, or more careful
y measured The weight aud effect Of every
blow, than this ingenious Indian, for even
among them, arrow-makn- is distinct trade
or profession. Whieh many attempt, but in
which few attain excellence He understood
the capacity OF the material be wrought, AID
before striking the first blow, by surveying the
pebble, he could Judge Of its availability Us well
as the sculptor judges of the perfecthess of
block Of Pdriau. In moment all that had
read upon the subject, written by learned and
speculative antiqHrians Of the haEdeRin. of cop
per, for the working Of lliRt axes, spears, chs
sels. and arFox-head>, vanished before the sim
plrst mechanical process I felt tina. the world
bad been better served bad they driven the per-
less, and tie plough more
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-06-23

E5~ Drinkenoff makes a distinction thus /:
Too much whiskey IS too much, but too much
lager-beer is sboost right"
bD- Foote expressed the belief that GER
tain miser would take the beam out Of his own
eye, if he knew be could sell the timJeFS
ky- Why are the strongest parts OF wall
as weak as q woman's hair ? Because they are
baI:resses (but treSses.)
@ Would you he exempt from uneasi-
ness. do nothing yoa snow or suspect to be
wrong
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-06-23
TOWANDA: ::
Thursday Morning, June 23, 1859.
SeIetttN qoetrp.
BUILDING UPON THE SAND
by ELIZA COOK.

by ELIZA COOK.
'Tis well to WOO, it's well to wed,
For so the world has done
Since myrtles grew, and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun.
But have a care, We young and fair,
BE sure We pledge with truth
Be certain that your love viii wear
Beyond the days Of youth.
For If ye give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand,
You'll find you've played the unwisc part,
And " built upon the sand"
It's well to save, It's well to have,
\ goodly store Of gold,
And hold enough Of shining stun,
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hopes and trust
In that the deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust
UnmiXed with purer things.
And he who piles up wealth alone,
VIII often have to stand
Beside his Golfer chest and own
'Tis built upon the sand"
It's good to speak in kindly guise,
And sOoche whatc'crwe can;
For speech should bind the human mind,
And love link man to man.
But stay not At the gentle words,
Let deeds with language dwell;
The one who pities starving birds,
should scatter crumbs Is well.
The mercy that is warm and true,
Must lend a helping hand,
For those who talk. yet fail to do,
But d" build upon the sand"
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

HARDLY FAIR.-The Trinity Jour-
aaland Columbia Neus concurin expires
singan implication that the Sacramento
Union covertly fayors the sale of the
mineral lands. Our friends are certain
ly in error. We have read the Union
regularly since its establishment in 1851,
and its columns have contained the most
frequent and forcible arguments against
the sale of the mineral lands. The ad-
mission of communications of an oppo-
site opinion is no more than what free
discussion demands, and has not injured
the mining interest in the least, but
rather strengthened it by showing the
full force Of its opponents. If our es-
teemed contemporaries don't like the
Union, that's all right enough; but give
even the devil his due is saying every
way worthy of practice.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

POETRY AND PoLITfCs.-The sub.
Joined fine extract is from an article in
the Marysville Democrat;
The science of politics and the art Of
poetry would seem to be Incompatible.
Certainly they are very different In
many respects, but not necessarily so in-
congrous as to forbid a union of the
qualities characteristic of each in one
and the same person. For that matter,
there is more or less poetry in every
thing. Wherever there is great ex-
altation of feeling, from any cause what
ever, strong infusion of sentiment, a
lively effort of the imagination, more
than ordinary eloquence of expression,
the poetical spirit is present. Therefor,
even political article may contain the
essential elements of poetry, and no po-
litical speech that was ever delivered
has ever become truly eloquent, without
a rich endowment of the genius OF po-
etry. No great orator ever lived, and
no truly great writer ever lived, who
was not largely gifted with the poetic
temperament. His imagination may
not be trained to the measured step of
yersifcation, and he may have been un-
able to command the wondrous power
of rhyme and melody; but the rich and
abounding imagination was his, .and he
flung its radiant glory over the dry facts
of every day life and gave to the common
places of thought new and unaccustom-
ed interest.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

OCEAN CHARACTERISTICS phrase is
often used as bold figure in poetical
compositions, and we forget in reading
it that it had for the ancients literal
meaning. A writer in the Edinburgh
Rcuicac for January. referring to this
subject, thus observes:
"The confidence of Columbus in the
existence of western continent, or
rather in the projection of Asia towards
the east, and the incredulity which so
long resisted his faith, can perhaps be
understood only if we call to mind the
prejudices of the ancients, both learned
and simple, respecting the Western
Ocean. To them the Fortunate Islands
were the outposts of the habltable globe:
beyond these the Atlantic plunged down
measureless precipices nor were rumors
wanting that some hapless vessels had
been hurried over the brink into a
whirlpool below, in comparison with
whose thunders the cataracts of the Nile
was like the breath of the south wind
in the first warm days of spring. How
profound that conviction was may be
seen in a passage of Florus, whose usu-
ally plain prose acquires something akin
to sublimity in speaking of the Atlantic.
The Roman soldiers, he says, when
from the sea-board of Lusitania they
beheld the sun sink in the waves, and
its flames quenched in the water, recoiled
with terror as if they had seen or done
a sacriligious act. +"
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16


A MAGNIFICENT GLAcIER.-We
copy this beautiful picture of the glacier
of the Rhone from Longfellow's Hyper
ion-a work which is full of poetry:
GA frozen cataract, more than two
thousand feet in height, and many miles
broad at Its base. 1t fills the whole val.
ley between two mountains, running
back to their SUBMITS. At the base it
is arched, like a dome; and above, jagged
and rough, and resembles mass of gi-
gantic crystals, of pale emerald tint,
mingled with white. A snowy crust
covers its surface; but at every rent and
crevice the pale green ice shines clear
in the sun. Its shape is that of glove,
lying with the palm downwards, and the
fingers crooked and close together. 1t
Is gauntlet of ice, which, centuries
ago, Winter, the king of these noun
tains, threw down in defiance to the Sun
and year by year the Sun strives in vain
to lift it from the ground on the point
Of his glittcring spear"
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

ENLARGEMENT OF PARIs.-A new
extension of the city of Paris is said to
have been decided upon, by which the
present octroi limits will be carried back
to the Notifications. The space between
these two points comprises, says the
Paris correspondent of the National
MteUigencer vast belt filled with peo-
pie and industry, under government dis
tinst from the city population. During
the space of about nineteen hundred
years the walls of Paris have been al
tered nine times, encircling wider terri.
tory The first enclosure under Julius
Caesar contained bnt forty-fve acres.
In the thirteenth century, under Philip
Augustus, the enclosure was seven hum
dred and fifty acres. Under Henry w.
it was enlarged to fifteen hundred and
sixty acres; this was the sixteenth CEN
tury A century later, under Louis
XIV, it was enlarged to two thousand
six hundred acres. Under Louis XIV,
a century ago, it was enlarged to eight
thousand acres; and to-day the walls
enclose about eight thousand FIVE hum
dred acres. The proposed measure Of
enlargement will make the area equal
to eighteen thousand six hundred and
twenty-five acres, and will add $4,000
souls. The population of Paris proper
in 1856, is given at 1,174,0OO souls.
With the added territory, therefore, it
will amount to 1924 900.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

"BuLLY-BuLLY No Capital city
in the Union experiences fewer disrup-
tions of social evenness, or originates
less scandal, than Sacramento. Nor is
there city where society is more hand
somely equalized or less disposed to
classify for the purpose of reading those
out Of the party who are stuck up or
jammed down. We should, however,
go ahead to say that vulgarity as well as
refinement finds abundant susceptibility
in Sacramento; absurd and abominable
phrases can obtain front seats on beauty S
lip without inconvenience, and execrable
puns and foolish slang run naked into
the presence of ladies out of the mouths
of gentlemen. Some of the worst vul-
garisms may have been acquired from
the annual meetings of the State Leg
islature; perhaps, then, the Capital
ought to be removed. Albeit, society
has this winter achieved decoration
which outshines 'you bet, " 'that's 81"
"tis hoss," or any of that class of en-
belishments-''it takes 'cm all down."
A young lady asks young gentleman
how he feels after the party last night.
He promptly replies Oh! bully!
buly!" A young gentleman asks a
young lady how she was pleased with
the sermon this morning. She grace
fully exalts her sparkling eyes and ex-
claims: Oh! bully! bully!"
Sierra Citizen.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

PRETTY MILKMAIDs.-Th good folks
of San Leandro are served every morn
ing with the lacteal fluid by two pretty
milk-girls, who are described by an en-
thusiastic bachelor(?) writing to the
Nopa Reporter, as being graced with a
modesty and gentility of behavior that
would shame city belle.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

Under the panning caption of "Con.
stantinople enlightened" the Scientific
Amerfcds saysthat Istamboul- City
of the Sultan-is fast becoming infdel,
and premises at an early date to be illu-
mined with stream Of light from Chris.
endom. Gas pipes are now being laid
down, by the order Of the municipal
council, in its streets which, heretofore,
have been almost impossible after dark
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

LIVING Too FAST. A philosopher
in the Union Democrat has discovered
that the chief cause of the social ills
that af1ict California is to be fonnd in
the fact that most persons live beyond
their means. We think the chief cause
is the scarcity of women; but hear what
he says. The following is certainly
good advice; @ ra
"Let all learn and fully compre-
hend that if they would succeed in the
battle of life they must live aoithin their
means-that is, in such way that they
may always have a suficiency of the
ncedful for incidentals of which they
know not. If this rule was adopted
much of the sin and misery so glaringly
manifested in our every day life might
be spared, and in its stead succeed true
happiness, and healthy, well-regulated
state of society,"" ta
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16
RELIGIOUS MINERs.-The Sonor;

RELIGIOUS MINERs.-The Sonora
Democrat, describing very rich quartz
claim called the "Blakely and Vincent,
says that every member of the company
owning it is member of the Metho
dist Church in Springfield, and that
the Church itself owns share in the
claim. We are tempted to remark
their faith is founded on rock, and
though they seek in vein yet shall they
be rewarded.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16

All the principal ports of Japan are
now open to such nations as have made
treaties with that country. If half the
stories told about the japanese are trse,
they are most peculiar, admirable peo.
pie, and it makes one melancholy to
think how rapidly their simplicity and
virtue will be corrupted by intercourse
with Christian foreigners. Their an
cient exclusive policy was the best for
their own happiness.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-16
The atydraulie 9ress.
B. p. AVERY. EDITOR.
AMERICAN s SkERY.-We reeor

AMERICAN 8 HERY.-We recorded
lately that a Frenchman proposed to
publish an epic poem on the American
revolution; and now present another
e; ;idence of the increasing attention this
country is attracting from foreigners
desirous of fame. Ferdinand Richardt,
Danish artist, has on exhibition in
New York gallery of seventy splendid
paintings, which faithfully represent the
most beautiful and interesting scenery
in America. They are the result Of
many years of travel, undertaken by the
enthusiastic Dane for that object alone.
He has had them all engraved by dis
tinguished European engraver, and in
tends to publish work in monthly
parts with descriptive letter-press, every
part to contain an impression of one of
the plates.
1t is matter of national reproach
that the only extensive and creditable
illustrations of American scenery here
tofore published, have been the produc-
tion Of foreign artists. Bartlett, an
Englishman, first gave to the world a
series of correct and attractive sketches
of our noted places and scenes; and now
comes this Dane to follow if not surpass
him. Why has not American scenery
been adequately reproduced, for popular
delight and edi6cation, by American
painters and engravers? No limners
of earth's beauty can surpass our Coles,
Durands and Cropseys, and they have
not been idle, though perhaps, like Du-
rand they may have wasted their powers
on compositions instead of transferring
to their canvas the actual scenes every
where inviting the artist sattention. But
what they haze done in this way has
not been copied by the engraver aud
united in one portfolio Of art-gems
As this is hardly a fit subject for a
mountain paper, we will say no more.