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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
THE EDITORS WIFE.

The editors wife has no peace of her life,
For the troubles and cares that involve her
"Oh heaven" She said, would the paper were
dead" ~
Never at dinner-never at tea ..
Never An evening at home was he!
And what ~ very improper, he
Left other men now, to dance, hstter and bow,
To take her to church and the opera
Then what still worse-inexPressibly worse
Did she ask u small sum to replenish her purse,
His countenance fell,
Not an iuch but ell
While he vowed he had nothing, not even dollar,
To spend upon crinoine, hounces or COLLAR
That is not to-day though this he would say,
When the PAPER begau TO pay,
To his darling demands he would never say nay
Theu as to the fame he seemed TO crave,
1t took to itself such alarming shapes!
One journal had openly called him " knave >,
While another had dubbed him - jackanapes,
And once, when the bell like gong had rung,
And she peeped from her roon at the heao Oh Tue
STAR,
She saw d man who a horsewhip swung
"a man seven feet high, she was ready to swear)
Who inquired, with a strangely ierocions air,
Was the editor there!
And If he not at home, wnere!
As he had little account TO square!
Giving her such fright, that after, at night,
Her poor bosom was in continual hutter,
Till her husband appeared she constantly feared
To see him brought home on a board or q shutter.
No money for dresses,
No time for caresses-
But only the ghost of the man whom she married.
A pale haggard creature.
With care on each feature,
Bending under the weight she carried.
Six months as We said,
Have like pistolballs sped,
When one day be came home and lay down on the
bed,
And groaned, as he smothered in pillows his head,
" rne paper my darling, the paper is dead!'
That sweet little wife wasn't sorry u bit
"My own love-" she murmured, "Pm so glad OF
it,
And taken thereon, with ahysteric tit,
She laughed and wept alternate.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
"How Now7 A Rat20

Our farmers are now contending with
new enemy, which is doing very much dam
age to the corn We have reference to rats,
which are overrunn,ng and destroying humid
reds of acres of corn. The cause Of their
appearance in the fields is to be attributed to
the fact that there is little old corn in the
country for them to feed on, and to keep them
selves from starving, they take to the fields
and dig up the corn when planted. Marvel
lous stories are told about these rats, and the
number that have been killed or poisoned by
different persons, which, in some cases,
amounts to thousands. The best means to
get rid of them has not yet been determined
on. Some attempt to poson them; others
say the best way is to keep the plow or har'
row moving; while others take the trouble to
pile up heaps of corn in the fields for them to
feed on, and thus prevent them from touching
that which has been planted. The rats will
not touch the corn after the seed has disap-
peared, which is generally the case when the
corn has reached foot in height. This being
the tirst year that our farmers have been seri-
oIsly troubled with these an mals, they We're
taken somewhat by surprise. Hereafter, we
imagine, they will be prepared for the enemy
Springfield (IU.) Correspondent.
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SEVEN SCENES IN ROWDY,S HIS
TORY.

The boy named karricter
Does in his time play many Gurus parts,
At corresponding ages. Fust Sucker,
Pert and ramskunkshus in his mothers arms;
And tnen sarsy youngster. with his clam shell
Crammed with terbacku swearn all the way
To nearest common school. And then Short
Boy,
Also chawin' of his joosy salad,
And smokin' like a turniss. Then, perchanst,
A FiiDuster, bairded like cote;
Full OF gincocktais and brandy slings.
Trainin' by moonlite, car. ying revolvers,
Or p'raps half brick in a stockin' slung,
Orspr n ,-back nife and reddy to "gO inn
And make muss" at corner groceries,
Dsturbin' the perlece. And then Loater,
Rum-soaked and ragged, shuffn thro the streets
Full of bad thorts, willy and dangerous,
And so he gifts played out" Then Seen the
SiXt-
Mebbee the looms, awaitin' for his tryall,
Without shyster friends to put him throo,
Bekase he's nary brad. The bitter eend
OF the untJrtnit rowdy's history
Ken eeser be magend than described
Nir funds nic friends, mic hope, mir everything
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News by the Overland Mail.

ST. LOUIS, July 19.
The Overland Mail with dates to the 9th
uit., reached Jefferson City this afternoon.
The town of Tehowa had been DESTROYED
by fire-loss 100000.
forty-three convlcts escaped from the peni-
tentiary on the 25th ult The prisoners es-
caped by overpowering the guard. Twelve
were re-captured and eight shot while en-
deavoring to escape.
Inc Italians at San Francisco had raised
Sooo TO send to Victor Emmanuel for tho
benefit of his needy subjects.
lhe people of Carson Valley had called a
convention tor the 18th inst, to consider the
public safety. ~' ''e
In the proposed territory of Nevada an
elecGon for Delegate to Congress had been
fixed for the I'd of July. '' ''''~' 'eeA
ihe weather had been intensely hot thro'
out the State, parching vegetation. Some
parts OF the country were looking as though
they had been burned over.
santa Barbara County was visited Inv n for
rlole slrocco on the 18th, forcing the people
" smut themselves in doors, killing animals
anu literally roasting the fruit on the trees
frazer River mining news continue discour.
aging. ''''u' u'scou'-
me express from Denver CITY 10th. arri-
yea thls evening. Everything in the mining
region was in a t1ourishing condition.
Ihe express brought no pauerS hence M
Important news. Another EXPRESS ;s d,e 70.
.IlOrrow ~" 80 N"o W.
ST. LOUIS, June 20.
Anofher Express arrived from Denver Civ
t.,s afternoon. 1t left on the lst, and br;ncs
" 800 in treasure.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
The Finale Of the Sickles Case,

The telegraph brings US, on the authority
Of the N Y. Tribune, "grand finale" of
the Sickles mess. at once surprising, ridicu-
L>,s and lust to all the survivors of the mixed
transaction, 1t is to the effecc:. :hi,at .i,at NJ and
Mrs. SickleSS I 1--we necn reconciled and have
agreed 10 spend the remainder of their days
together as hush md and wife. If true, the
TACT demonstrates at once that the killing of
Key, the spasns consequent upon the dscov-
cry of his wife's intidelity, the frequent melo-
dramas in the court room during the trial,
and the triumphal march of Sickles from his
dock to his lodgings after his &C Initial, were
| ali arranged for effect In other words, Mr..
Sickles had no honor to be avenged in the first
instance. The crime which his wife confess
ed iE abominable minuteness, and which he
allowed to be published from one end of the
Union to the other, was in his eyes an affair
in no way connected with his title of cuckold.
Yet we are bound to say that so far as Mr..
and Mrs. Sickles and their immediate friends
and relatives are concerned, this finishing up
of the scandal and tragedy is eminently just
and proper. Sickles now admits a fact which
the world has all along recognized, viz: tina,
Mr. Daniel E. Sickles was just good enough
for Mrs. Teresa B. Sickles, and pice uersd, and
that neither was good enough for any one else
i. Chicago Press and Tribune.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial.
New YoKK, July II.
, Mrs. Sickles, sin n'e the trial, has resided al
, her husbands country house, situated on Pri
) vate Avenue, between Eighty Fifth and Nine
, tieth streets, add overlooking the river. Tho
mas G. Fields, AN intimate friend of Mr.. Sickles
r took house about June lst. which is thre
e quarters of mile or so above Mr.. Sickles
: villa. Mr.. Field had not been long in his ne,
+ quarter before his friend Daniel requested tn
f privilege OF occupying room, xhisa wa
granted.
!. 1t was, however, soon observed that Mr..
Is was In the habit Of leaving the house late
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30

R- The Boston Courier, in reviewing the
latest volumes from the pen of BEEcHER which
are issued, says of their author; .
To our view, the most prominent of his
traits is the prodiyious vital force, and arnaz-
ing intellectual energy. The amount OF work
he gets through in the course of year is
something fearful to contemplate. How any
human brain can stand such pressure is
mystery to US; how long he will stand it is
question for him and his friends to consider.
We doubt whether it would have stood it so
long az it has bat for two thingS-his love Of
nature AMI his love of humor both of which
are recreatiag and restoring influences This
propertysof vital force is very marked on ev
cry page Of both these books > there is moth
Ing languid, nothing feeble, nothing tame ab"ut
them. Everywhere there is the beat of q
strsng intellectual pulse 70 b fslt.
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From the Boston Herald, July %.
Poisoning in Cambridgeport. Mass.

About s o'clock last evening, officer Twist,
of Cambrldgeport, arrested on Elm street, in
that place, bright-looking mulatto woman,
named Mary H. L. Blight, on charge of at
tempting to poison her husband and her chill
dren, and causing the death Of one of the lat
ter.
1t appears that about six weeks since a
worthy colored man, living in Cambridge
port, named William Blight marrieda second
wife, the woman above mentioned. By for
mer wife Blight had two children. both girls,
one six and the other three years OF age. He
had no reason to suspect that his second wife
entertained any ill-feeling toward himself OF
his children until Tuesday last. On that day
MIR. Blight went horn and found his wife alb:
sent. He set about preparing his meal, and
was on the point 0f commencing it, when he
noticed that the mustard he was about using
had very singular appearance. He refrain.
ed from using it, and the next day-his wife
having remained absent all night-he took
the mustard to DR.. A. r. Bailey, apothe
cary, Main street, and desired him to examine
it.
DR.. Bailey referred him to DR.. Allen, {
well known physician in Cambridgeport, ant
DIR. Allen sent him to DR.. T. Jackson, in Bos
ton, for the purpose of having the substance
analyzed. DR.. Jackson accordingly analyze'
it. and pronounced the substance to contain
arsenic and another poison known as "Ra
Exterlninator"- furthermore told Bigh
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night, and returning early in the morning.
How often he did this it is impossible to say
But atlength suspicion was aroused and fixed
in the ri,ht direction. A few mornings ago
Mr.. Field happened to be with Mr.. Emanuel
B. Hart, when wh,m should they meet but
Mr.. Sickles on his return from his morning
walk. They asked him where he had Seen,
IS friends do. He fired up and gave an an
swer importing that it was none of their busi-
ness. "But," said Mr.. Fields, sit is my bus
mess, if you have been having clandestine
intercourse with dishonored wife, and living
IN my house the while, because it suits your
martial convenience" The upshot of the
matter was, Mr.. Srkles informed his friends
that that was to be done openly henceforth
which had hitherto been done clandestinely.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
Very Important from Europe.
TWO DAYS LATER.
An Armistice Agreed on, and Hostilities
-........ . Suspended.
GREA T BUO YANCY IN MONEY MA ARKEE.
DEATH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN.
War Between Spain and Turkey.
SPAIN DECLARES HER NEUTRALITY.
New YORK, July

ji g E.a. zs- New York, July 81.
The steamship Africa has arrived with Eu-
ropean dates to the 9th.
An armistice had been agreed on between
the contending parties till the 18th of August.
The effect of this has been a great buoyancy
in all the money markets, and strong hopes
were entertained Of peace.
The WAR.-On the 7th, Napoleon tele-
graphed that an arnistice was agreed upon on
the 9Th. 1t was si.ned at Villa Franco by
Hess and Vaillants. and ends on, the 10Th OF
August 1t stipulates that commercial yes
sells without distinction Of flag be allowed to
navigate the Adriatic unnolested rs >s's =
The Moniteur cautions the public, against
misunderstanding the armistice. 1t says ne
gotiations may commence, but does not see
how the war may be terminated. 3D.
The London Times believes in piece, and
says that it well authenticated that the pro
posal came from France, indicating good
moderation, or the necessities of the French
but does not believe it was the latter. France
reaps all the benefit of the armistice either
way. The armistice caused much excitement
Consols advanced on the Paris Bourse. The
other continental BourSes advanced materi
ally. The Sardinians proceeded vigorously to
the siege of Peschera. But this and other
movements have now lost their interest.
In the Federal Diet on the 7th, Austria pro-
posed to mobilize the whole Federal contn-
gent. and request the Prince Regent of Prus-
sa to assume the command in chief
EIGLAND.-The seizure of the British ship
Laura, at Baltimore, in the coasting trade be-
tween New York and California, via the 18th
mus, claimed the attention of the House Of
Commons. The government promised to re-
present the matter to the Federal authorities
at Washington.
The navy estimates had been introduced in
Parliament, and 10000 additional men asked
for. 1t is reported that the mail steamers
have been notified to prepare to carry arma-
ments according to their contracts.
SECOND DISPATCH
The London Times says, with regard to the
armistice, ''there is little to communicate be-
yond what the public already know. All that
seems to be authenticated is that the proposal
came from France, and was the result Of the
Emperor's own determination. That the En-
perOr Napoleon should stop short in career
Of victory, and make overtures to the fo,
whom he has defeated in two pitched battles
and pushed back to the limits of l. .lnbardy,
argues the moderation or the necessities OF
the French ruler. We can hardly believe that
the latter has been the cause of this sudden
resolve"
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
A Romantic Devotion of Young Wo.

A few days ago, an industrious young me-
chanic left this city for Baltimore, to find
work, and about the same time several other
young men, out of employment, went to
Norfolk to ship in the United States service.
The departure Of the former was kept secret
for tim. from young lady living in the
western part of the city, to whom he was en-
gagged to he married, and when she heard it,
she suspected that he had accompanied the
others, and intended to go to sea. Greatly
distressed in mind, but fixed in her purpose
of sharing his fortunes, she went to Norfolk,
either for the purpose of reclaiming or accom-
panying him wherever he went, and it is said
that she even applied at the naval stations for
employment, hoping in is way to meet him,
but was refused she subsequently encoun-
tered friend acquainted with all the crcum-
stances, and he quieted her fears by inform.
ing her of the truth of the case, and assuring
her that her lover was too honorable to des.
ert her, and that so soon as he had made suf-
ficient money in Baltimore, would return,
aud lead her to the hymenial altar. She re-
turned on Friday iast.-Pstersbu'g Ka., Es-
press.
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New YORK, July 20.
The Herald of to-day contains q letter to
the editor from Hon. Daniel E. Sickl.s in
which ne correct statement made in that na.
per yesterday, regarding the recent event in
MS domestic relation. L ne reconcilia iou ie
says, was my own act without consultation
"Nh any relative, friend adviser Wh.,.v
er blame, II any belongs to the step. shonla
tall upon me: am prepared to defend whit
l have done before the only tribunals recon-
NE as having the slightest claim to juri,dic-
tion over the subject, my own conscience ard
the Bar OF Heaven. | am not aware of any
statute tr code of morals which makes it infa
nous TO forgive women nor is it usual to make
our domestic life subject of consultation with
friends, no matter how near and dear to us
and cannot allow even all the world com,
blned to dictate to me the reputation of INV
wife, when think it right to forgive her aud
restore her to my confidence and protection.
If lever failed to comprehend the utte desc.
late position of an offending, though ,nitent
woman, the hopless future with air it's dark
possibilities of danger to which she doomed
when prescribed as an outcast, | can now see
plainly enough, in the almost universal howl
OF denunciatlon with which she is followed to
my threshold, the misery and perls from
which have rescued the mother of nv child.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
Commercial Matters In New York.

New YORK, July 81.
The money market to-day is favorably af-
fected by the foreign news, which when taken
in connection with the shipments OF gold, has
peculiar Importance. The transactions in
money to-day do not indicate any change in
the sales of interest The Africa's news has
had marked effect upon commercial and f.
nanci j affairs, as regards the future of the
money market. There seems to be but one
opinion, as the Termination Of the war would
at once remove any disturbing influence, and
give freer action to confidence and credit.
While admitting the general good which is
to result from the resumption OF peaceful reia-
tons throughout Europe, the fact that the
news is unfavorabe to western interests can
not be lost sight Of The restoration of the
West through an export demand for bread
stuffs and provisions now appears more re
mote, useless the crops of Europe should not
be harvested in good order, Assuming that
peace is the result from the armis.ice, this
| would seem to be the only contingency which
is to enable Western merchants to emerge al
| once from embarrassment and take freely Of
the goods now pouring in upon us by every
European arrival. Long faces are quite nu-
merous on the Corn Exchange to-day. The
foreign news proving disappointing, the de-
cline in -four is equal to lO@l5 per bbl.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
A Father Running OF with his Family.

On Saturday last an old negro man of Steu-
benville, named Tom Snowden, in connection
with one or two other sable gentlemen of that
place, hitched up conveyance and went to
West Liberty, in this county, for the purpose
Of carrying away a slave girl and her child,
mother and brother, the property of Josiah
Chapline. The old man Snowden is the father
of the family. In the evening the family was
sent down to the mouth of a lane some dis
tance from the house, where they were to take
a carriage provided for the purpose. Some
of the citizens of the vicinity having observed
the colored folks during the day, decided to
watch their movements and so intercepted the
carriage as it was moving away with its load
The citizens demanded halt under :. penalty
of cold lead When the two parties came to-
gether, 1t Is sal. the old man Snowdsn fought
dee:sperat"'.- ,nd was several times Knocked
| down before ne would yield. All the negroes
engaged in the affair, slave and free, were ar
rested and committed to Jail by magistrate
brought to this city, and safely confined fol
| trial
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
THE VILLAGE BEAUTY.
pY PAUL II. HAYNE,

BY PAUL II. HAYNE.
The glowing tints of Tropic eve
Burn on her radiant cheek,
And know that her voice is rich and low,
Though we have never heard her speak;
So full are her gracious eyes OF joy,
That the blissful food runs Ger,
And wherever her tranquil pathway tends,
A glory flies on before.
Oh! very grand are the city bellies!
Of brilliant and stately mi n.
As tney walk the steps of the languid dance,
And fiirt in the pause between;
But beneath the boughs of the hoary oak,
Where the minstrel l-iountains play,
think that the artless village girl!
Is sweeter by far than they.
Oh very grand are the city bellies!
But their hearts are worn away lost
By the keen edged world, and their lives have
The beauty and mirth of May;
They move where the sun and the starry dews
Reign not they are naughty and bold,
And they do not shrink from the cursed Mart
Where Faith is the slave of Gold.
".
But the starry dews on the genial sun
Have gladdened her guileless youth,
And her brow is bright with the flush of hope,
And her soul with the seal of truth;
Her feet ar, beautiful on the hills
AS the steps of AN Orient morn,
And Ruth was never more fair to see
In the midst OF the autumn corn!
-Columbia Courant.
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TIE YANKEE AND THE ENGLIsHNAN.-An
Englishman, in one of our towns, was boast
ing of his country, and among the rest, he
said
There are springs in our country, where
the most sparkling soda water can be had, al,
ready prepared" '~ '':'' = - >
"Why, that is nothing to lake out West, "
said one of his hearers, with perfectly seri.
GUS countenance, there you can procure the
most delicious champagne, and the banks are
made of spongecakc."
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30

w- The Whig General Committee, at
their meeting in New York on the 18th in
slant, adopted resolution against the re-
opening of the African Slave Trade. just
previously they had passed a resolution
against the agitation of the slavery question.
They give as an excuse for referring to the
slave trade question, that they are "surpris-
ed" We fancy that by carrying ont their
notion of ignoring the slavery question, they
will be "surprised" quite often. during the
next few years. y ss s9ass
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rr0m Mexico.
WASHINGTON. july

WASHINGTON, July 81. I.
A Special dispatch to the Charleston Cour-
Ter, from New Orleans on the 9Th, says the
State of Tamaulipas desires an American
force of 5000 men to aid them in the prosecu.
ton of war. Some Americans had already
arrived at Tampico to aiI the Liberals. Gen.
eral de Gallado was at Tanpico, and General
Garaza at Vera Cruz. Minister McLane has
positively made no definite treaty with Jua
reZ
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WEEP NOT FOR THOSE.
BY THOMAS MOORE.

Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb,
In liie's happy morning. hath hid from our sale.
Ere sin threw blight Ger the spirits young
bloom,
Or earth had profaned what was born for the
Death chilled the fair fountain ere sorrow had
stand it,
Twas frozen in all the pure light of its course,
And but sleeps till the sunshine of heaven has un-
chain it.,
To water tha, Eden where first was its source!
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Hung by a Mob.

ST. LOUIS. May 20.
A special despatch to the Bulletin SAYS
that three negroes who were on trial at Mar
shall, Mo-, yesterday, for murder and rape,
were taken from the Jail, and one was burned
to death, and the other two hung by the mob
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Maryland Democratic Convention.

BALTIMORE, July 81.
The Democratic Convention held at Fred
erick yesterday, nominated Abraham s. jar
rett, of Hartford County, for Comptroller of
the Treasury, and adopted resolutions en-
dorsing the views Of the Administration in re-
gard to the rights of naturalized citizens in
foreign countries.
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w A little girl showing her little cousin,
a boy of four years of age, star, said:
That star you sec up there is bigger than
this world"
"NO, it ain't," says he.
"Yes, It is"
"Then why don't it keep the rain off?''
said he.