Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-26

W- The New Albany Gnd) Tribune says
that Jeffersonville can boast of the only oil
stone mandatory in the United States. II
belongs to Messrs. j. Louis Bro, and ships
stones to New York, Texas, Massachusetts,,
and all parts of the Union.
eB. The Chicago Herald seriously thinks
too much of the religious element is infus-
ing itself into the political parties. The Her.
ads party cannot be suspected OF having
such an element in it.
tW- The princely brother of the Abyssin'
ian King Negoussie, when returning from his
embassy to Paris, on the Egyptian steamer
Mariout, was lost on the 9th of July, on the
coast of Egypt.
He The latest advices from VIM. II.
Seward are from Jaffa, in the Mediterranean
sea. He completed his journey up the val
lev of the Nile to ancient Thebes, had sur
veyed the pyramids, and he was about to
proceed to Jerusalem, and thence by DamaS-
Gus to Constantinople.
swe Senator Sumner was to sail in the
Canada from Liverpool on Saturday week,
and will probably arrive in Boston the fore
part of next week.
~ The Albany Evening Journal says
that when Old Browns sons were murdered
by Missouri border rutfians, and his daugh-
er, who witnessed the murder, became ma
mac the Administration journals were ridicul-
ing the "shrieks from Kansas They are
keenly sensitive to the shrieks from Virginia.
ew- The stock is all taken for a telegraph
line between Pensacola and Mobile, and is to
be completed in ninety days.
nar The La Crosse Democrat, daily and
weekly. has given up the ghost-probably tor
want of breath. The Republican continues
its daily issue, as if there was no such word
as fail 1t is good paper, and deserves well
of the La Crosse folks.
- Mr. WINDOW. Congressman elect
from Minnesota left Winona last week for
Washington. He Will make brief sojourn
in Ohio.
e A history of the lie and times OF
DR.. Baly, late editor of the National Era, is
said to be contemplated. 1t will include a
history of an important period in the history
of the Anti-Slavery party in America, IN
which DR.. Bailey was one OF the most saga
cious leaders.
~ The New York Times suggests that
we NAV now expect the abdication OF Mr.. Bu-
chanan. the Constitution having soemnly
staked the character and existence OF his Gov
ernment upon the elections in New Jercsy and
New York, and Mr.. Slidell having led his leg
ions to defeat in Louisiana.
~ Mathew Ewing, one Of the oldest set
tiers of Winona, and formerly the possessor
of considerable property, but recently con-
firmed sot, died at Rochester few days since.
w-The contest for the United States Sen.
atorship in the next Ohio Legislature, to MI
Puch's place, is to be foreshadOwed by the
choice of Speaker, Richard Z. Parsons OF
Cleveland being the Chase candidate, and
Edwin A. Parrot of Dayton, (brother OF
the Kansas delegate,) the Commissioners
candidate. The House stands 5S kepuollcans
and As Democrats.
,s@ Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who has
been in England for some time past, will spend
the winter in Switzerland. Tier husband,
Prof Stowe, will return home Immediately
- The Milwaukee Free Democrat OF
Nov. l4th, says: "Carl Schurz and family
left our city on Saturday, on his way to Bos-
ton and the East, to fill lecturing appoinnt-
ments."
80 1t is said at Washington that an ef-
fort will be made to exclude the Hon. IL. Win
ter Davis, of Baltimore, from his seat, on the
ground that the late election in that city was
not legal one.
n.y. Mr.. George Gerhart, at the first toll
gate on the New Holland turnpike, Lancaster
county, Pa, has ounce tree now full OF
blossoms, which bore fruit during the sum
mer. 1t was raised from seed sent from Ger
MANY, and was transplanted last February.
Lay An arrival at Boston, from st. Hele-
ma. reports two slavers at the latter port,
which mad been captured by British cruiser
ON the African coast, and condemned by the
British Admiralty Court. One OF the slaverS
was the Samuel Ii. Townsend, of New Or
leans.
rw- The Maharajah of Cashmere has sent
as a present to Queen Victoria most costly
shawl tent, which will contains moreover bed.
stead of solid gold. The value OF this royal
Offering is said to exceed fifteen lacs--tl5o,-
0OO
NF A destructive fire occurred in Maria
ma, Ga, on the 2sth ult. A large livery sta
BILE and handsome row of buildings, on the
west side of the public square, were burned.
The loss is estimated at from $GO,OOO to
$4,000 Insured to the amount of S27 900.
c-g- Prof. FELTON, is spoken of as the sue
cessor of President Walker, who has resigned
the Presidency of Harvard College.
s9y A golden eagle was killed few weeks
ago on the Lower ST. Lawrence, and brought
to Quebec, which was shot while endeavorlnS
to carry off a child about three years OF age.
This is the only bird in America that VIII at
tack the human species. They breed in the
north, following at this season the birds and
animals that seek a milder climate.
sw- A Tennessee paper states that the
census of 1850 reported upwards OF seventy
seven thousand native white persons in the
State. who had acknowledged to the census
takers that they were unable to read, which is
about one fourth of the real number. The in
fluence of free schools cannot be great in that
part Of the world.
ry A vigilance committee has been ap-
pointed in Gonzales, Texas. 1t grew out of
the affray between the Baltzells and the Nc
Cows, which resulted in the death of ID. Bait
zell and the wounding of his brother.
sP The population Of Memphis, Tenn,
by census just completed, Is % 900, or
double the population of 1854, and four times
larger than in 1850. The valuation of real
estate in the city is also put down at eighteen
millions. During the past season fifteen hun
dred houses have been put up in the city, at
an estimated cost of three millions.
~ The oldest painting in the world is
Madonna and Child, painted A. d. ss6. The
oldest in England are said to be the portraits
of Chaucer, painted in panel, in the early part
of the fourteenth century, and of Henry Nv,
done in the beginning Of the fifteenth century.
~ The Utica Observer of the 10th says
that Gerrit Smith. though very deranged, is
not violent. He is suffering from bodily as
well as mental illness. An Albany paper has
published the statement that TOR some time
mast Mr.. Smith had his house surrounded by
armed men, to prevent his being taken to Nir-