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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

correspondent of the Springfield Rspu6-
ican gives the following sketches of promin-
ent literary people: .......
Emerson looks like refined farmer, medi-
tured beef eater. Holmes like ready
laugh little body, wishing only to be ''as
funny as he can." Everett seems only the
Beecher ruddy, rollicking boy. Whittier
might name Others Not one of these gentle.
cept Beecher, who might be deal handsom-
er. Mrs. Sigourney, the grandmother of
American "felnale" literature, in her prime
(if we may believe her portrait) was quite
handsome. Katherine Beecher is homely.-
Mrs. Beecher Stowe so ordinary in looks that
she has been taken for Mrs. stoves "Biddy"
Mr. E. F. EIlet, looks like washerwoman.
Margaret Fuller was plain. Charlotte CuSh-
man ma a face marked as Daniel W ebSter's,
and quito as strong. So has Elizabeth Black
well. Harriet HoSner looks | ke man.
Mrs. Cakes Smith is considered handsome.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has been New York
belle Francis .. Osgood had lovely, wo-
AdSC. -AihCht l. w CiDy was dliIlOSt
beautiful. Sara j. Hale, in her young days,
quite lovely, unless her picture hbs. The
Davidson sisters, as well as their gifted moth
er, possessed beauty. If we cross the ocean
we find Madame de Slael was fright, but
Hannah Moore was handsome Elizabeth
Fry glorious f; Lettia Laadon pretty !; Mrs.
Helnans wondrously lovely Mary Hewitt
fair and matronly; Mrs. Norton regally beau
tiful Elizabeth Barrett Browning in physi-
que is angular, and though she has magnifi-
cent eyes, her face is digestive of tombstone
Charolette Bronte had look in her eyes bet
ter than all beauty of features. But if we
look at British men of first-class craniums-
Shakespeare and Milton were handsome DR..
johnson was a monster of ugiiness so were
Goldsmith and Pope Addison was tolerably
handsome, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Moore,
Campbell, Burns, all were uncommonly So
Sir Walter Scott looked very ordinary, lin spite
of his fine head. Macaulay is homely. Bull
wer nearly mdeous, although dandy. Chas.
Dickens is called handsome, but covered with
jewelry he can but look like simpleton.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
Greeley's DissOlvfng Views Of the Com-
forts Of Civilization. ,,.I.

Horace Greeley, writing from Pipe Greek,
on the Pixies Peak route, two hundred miles
from the outposts of civilization, says:
1.-The progress have made during the last
fortnight towards the. primitive simplicity of
human existence may be roughly noted thus ):
May th-Chicago-Ch6cola and morn
ing newspapers last seen on the breakfast
table, ii .. ....' ai,
23d-LeavenwQrth- Room bells and baths
make their last appearance.
24th-Topeka-Beefsteak and washbowls
(other than tin) last visible. Barber ditto.
u Observation-Disclosures Potatoes and eggs last
recognized among the blessings that brighten
as they take their flight Chairs ditto.
, 27th-Junction City-Last visitation of a
bootblack, with dissolving views Of board
bedroom. Chairs bid US goodbye. u b5!.I
2Sth-Pipe. Creek--Benches for seats at
meals have disappeared, giving place to bags
and boxes We 1.-TWO passengers Of serb
bling turn) write our letters in the express
wagon that has borne US by day and must
supply US lodgings for the night. Thunder
and lightning from both south and west give
strong promise OF shower before morning.
Dubious looks at several holes in the canvas
covering Of the wagon. Our trust is in buoy
ant hearts and an India-rubber blanket
Goodnight" - ...,i, f.;n- ..rr., :,
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An Exciting Race..-Siaked $257,OOO.

From l.. D. Bucker, Superintendent cf the
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, the Cleveland
Leo.ler obtains tile following particulars of an
exciting race in which the steeds were iron
horses and the stakes greater than have ever
been known on any track. Mr.. Buckcr had
the facts from John D. Campbell, Esq, Su-
rerintendent of the Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana Railroad. One day last
week, as the eastward-bound Express train
reached Laporte, Ind, a passenger stepeed
off while the engine was belng Ieplenished
with WoOd and water, and walked back and
forth on the platform, and continued to walk
until the whistle sounded. The other passen-
gers got on board and the train passed of,
but the gentleman still walked on A few
minutes after the train had gone, station
man saw the pedestrian, and soing up to him
asked in a surprised tome - '
t"What the - are you doing here ~
The man started, opened his eyes, and
looked around bewildered, The fact was, he
had been fatigued and dropped to sleep while
walking. Rousing himself, he asked ''-.7
"Why! Where am p H'.' @'4-. ~
Where are you? At Laporte ?''. -1e
Where the tram | cain.' on. !" 2a3 >a54t
"That left ten minutes ago." ,s,
"Ten minutes ago and lef. me! / must go
on that train. 1t is a question of life and
death with me. n Can you get me to it p
Have you got1n sngins here { Where's the
Superintendent ?" ,..~ ,,,.r al, -. .sa..r d,
The stationmaster' had an Office near by,
| and the two went to find that official and to
procure an engine. The traveller stated his
| case-he must 60 on-could not delay--and
offered the officer $2aO if he would put him
on board the train. The strange demand and
strange offer caused the station master to has
| ten TO do what he could. The fire was no
cut the engine that had drawn the train tt
that point !; the bargain was settled draf
given to New York for the $3.50, and ip ter
minutes the traveller started with an engine 7!
! ON for thirty or forty mixes some connection
gave way about the engine. The engine wa
stopped-the engineer found the difficulty
4 and in very few minutes had sooodep ,pi
i whitaed out and htted to supply tie dehci
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
WARDS Icc Roat Again.

This enterprise is not abandoned, but its
operations necessarily postponed until winter
again binds in icy chains the Mississippi and
its tributaries. Accompanying the following
brief letter from Mr.. WIZARD, we received
picture Of the Ice Boat Itself,
which we invite our readers to call and see,
and SO get an idea what the thing really looks
like that they may recognize the creature
when it comes sliding along to visit us next
winter. :. o. 81 r"'E> H.goHe .'.9'aal
The, dimensions of the Boat are stated on
the picture as follows Length over all, 4s
feet; Width, IL feet; Cabin 80 feet long, 9
feet wide; Engineers room feet by feet;
Pilot House, feet diameter, octagon; En-
gines, two cylinders, 7 inch diameter, 1s inch
stroke; Speed, 25 miles per hour; Capacity,
80 passengers. Norman Ward, Inventor;
Daniel J. Townsend, Esq, Trustee: " a' d
mm NEwYoRk, June 10, 1859.
To ns Editors ofMe Ainnesotian:
There are in the North and Northwestern
States, %, 900 miles of rivers and waters that
are covered by ice one-third of every year
$4,000 miles of these waters, not including
the great Lakes, are navigated in Summer by
fleet of steamboats, and other crafts, that
are the pride of every citizen of the country.
By my invention, these waters are available
to their very sources, depth of water not be-
ing condition. } and it offers field of enter
prise that will go far to develope the country
and open communication with localities Gas at
Lake SUPERIOR otherwise almost inaccessible
during large partof every year and, as it
has been observed, "offers even better facili-
ties for traffic in Winter than in Summer
At my room 35, in 169 Broadway, corner
Courtland Street, am always pleased to have
information and suggestions tending to help
the success Of the enterprise. alsj 1s-na al
Yours truly,csa7og NORMAN WIZARD.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
SONNIT...TS WHISKI.

By Admirer Nv the Beveridge-Ritten imeJet-
ly Alter taking nip, the Labor interpersed Win
ockashunli Victim my lips with the same.
Whisk, all hale. frun: erlyist boyhood, d. -,.
Hev ardently admyred thi qwalites
Thowst coathed mi mind with strenyth-mi nos IN
richest dyes.
Hale! Whiske, hale Hale potent son OF kye!~
Whe wus grows wus, the bad grows bladder,
Whea trubbuls waves across my ouzzum roll,
nip of thee expands my shrunken sole.
As wind frum boys mouth expands bladder.t
Water is good-no man of sens denise it,
Serch thro old Nacher. and you will not meet
An irtikle 50 hit for washln teett
But a beveridge, taw, there dispise it.
NJ umic turns, and for relief fiji .
To Ie eckstract Nv c0rn-to thee Red Eye.
"Aluding to the plesent fkshun that whiski is
maid NV rye, which is not by no means; ON the
contrary NV corn.
~ butiful smile, approprisly ehozen to show
how the elickser Nv life will man to spred his
Zef
The lberalty NV this sentiment is noble, it is
grand. While assertin the superioriti Of his ia
vor te beveridge he is wiln to allow that sum use
kin oe maid Nv uther ikwids. Such noble minded
ness is retreshin.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

wife, and she with another womans hus.
band, and wished to know the difference in
their moral depravity.- -a' .h-..-
This was puzzle to the dark-eyed Kan
tippe, who, by way Of answer said she had
always hated her liege lord, and always
would hate him.
The blone then spoke to her husband, the
brunette's companion, of his 2faithlessness,
but excused it in consequence of her own,
assuring him he need not endeayor to change
her purpose, for she would never live with
him again.
When the party became cool, they appear
ed well satisfied with the exchange OF wives,
and were in favor of continuing the arrange
ment, although at a loss for some time to de-
termine how they had met at the depot.
The couples were neighbOrs, and the men
had for some months been enamored Of each
others spouses, dislking their own according
ly. The consequence was an elopement on a
certain night, when both happened to choose,
ignorant of the intention of the other until
they had met as we have related.
Singular as it may appear, it is actually
true, and shows the strangeness of coinciden-
ces in many cases in which it seems preGeter-
mined H--,. s# 'l'
The women liked theirlovers, but abhorred
leir husbands, and therefore concluded-not
unusually, it may be-that they would take
what was agreeable to them, and leave the
unpleasant part behind.
The husbands were satisfied and the wives
were delighted, and the quartet agreed to 60
on to st. Louis, and live there in the new re-
lation they had assumed. They had found
their affinity" and were inclined to adhere
thereto, in spite of their husband, law and
fate. . ..... ..y. ........ ....g gl
The two couples got ON two different cars.
The locomotive whistled, the train started,
and the droll party passed through the shad-
ows of the night beyond the reach of vision.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

The despatch from Washington of June 3,
from the news correspondent of the "Asso-
ciated Press - Of the East, contains the follow
ing interesting information about the remote
probabilities Of a peaceful acquisition of Cuba
through negotiation. The only plan that will
work is, evidently, for the Democracy to steal
it, just as the southern wing of that party IS
now stealing negroes from Africa: d ..
.t aWAsHINsroS, June IL. d.
q Recently received information from MADRID
Of an altogether reliable character, SHOWS tnat'
however desirable it may be for the United
States TO ACQUIRE Cuba, there is no prospect
whatever of sneh a consiimmation, nor Is there
any probability of the negotiation Of a COM
mercial treaty . between Spain and this coun-
tvx, -. raf -
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
From the Cincinn ati Enquirer, May ~.
Blonde and Observation-Disclosures Hus.
Lands for Life.


Lands for Life,
Evening before last just before the $40
P. NJ. St. Louis train left the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad Depot, well-dressed and
honest looking man, in company with fair
haired woman, arrived at the station, and
wished his baggage checked to the Mound
City. While the baggage master was picking
out the strangers trunks, another couple,
masculine and feminaine, the latter dark
haired and black-eyed, went up for the same
purpose, and were waiting patiently, when
the brunette stared at the twain and said !:
" Why, you are my husband; what are you
doing, and with this hussy, too p applying
terms to the blonde more remarkable for
o;;ensitv than their poteness. So roundiy
did. She abuse her that the blonde could not
withhold a, very provoking reply, Whereupon
the brunette leaped at her throat IKE tlser,
and would have strangled her, perhaps, mad
not her adversary protected herself resofu'e'
". -.s- .,i l.z. a..d = A : ,u.l, -, y :.
Then followed grand scene, The two fe'
males fought after their peculiar fashion ener:
getically, tearing each others clothes and
hair, and scratching each others faces mosl
industrously. Their protectors made no ef
fort to separate them, seeming rather to en-
joy the sport but at last, two or three Of tht
railway attaches interfered and caused a ces
sation of hostilities. ytini'up 2ihJ q. U@7. -sa
The brunette by this tine WAS crying VIC
lently, and began to upbraid her husband fo
deserting her, provoking the truth, of wha
Montaigne says Of the Sex. The husband re
marked that he was doing: no more than sh
l,--thst hewss running OF fheanotlssc mani
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BY the Poet Laureate, SIN a Horn.''

There is a sound of thunder afar,
\ mountain of kegs that darkens the day,
Storm ot lager and tnunder Of car,
We'll, 1t IS rolling on TINS wav.
storm; storm; Lagermeu form;
Read; Ue ready to meet the storm: .-..
Las,ermen, around the table form,
Be not deaf to the sound that warns,
:: Be not guifd by ii temperance plea,
Is brandy of rye, ale of corng
How can body On lager beer spree?
Form; form, Lagermen form;
Ready; be ready 10 drink when drawn;
Lagermen, around tue table form.
Let your pipes for a moment go,
Look to the butts and take your mugs,
Better a sinking buwl or so,
Than dre confusion and empty Jugs.
form; form Lagermen forIn
Ready; be ready to drink when drawn;
Lagermen around the table form.
Form; ready to drink or die, f... r.
Form in Iemperance's name and the laws !:
True, IN the +" Act" we have an ally, .,
But the devil alone knows whence it flows.
Form; form; ,.agermen form;
Ready; be ready to drink when drawn:
Lagermen, around the table form -
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The hattle of Montbello i'm 1900.

1t is interesting to mark the similarity,
doubtless, in the great part intentional, be-
tween the opening Of the Italian Campaign
by Napoleon in 1900, and Louis Napoleon
in 1859 The following is an account of the
first battle at Montebello Z asHdp4aT 9dt
r., The following laconic and characteristic
order was issued by the First Consul to Lam
mas and Mnrat. '''>
: ~" Gather your forces on the River Stradel-
Ia. On the 9Th, or 9th Of June at then latest
you will have ON your hands fifteen or eighteen
thousand Austrians. Meet, them, cut them
to pieces. It will be SO many enemies less
upon our hands on the day of decisive battle
we. are to toexpectwith the entire afiny Of Me
las" go ! ..l hici % zsgs. b-s ,goiiUy gGs
20 The prediction was true. An Austrian force
advanced, eighteen thousand strong. Lannes
met them ON the field Of MontebelIo. They
were strongly posted, with batteries ranged
upon the bill sides which swept the whole
plain. 1t was yof the utmost importance
that this body should be. prevented from com
timing with the other vast forces Of the
AuserAns@ ,Iaases HAD bat eight Thousand
men. Could he sustain the unequal conflict
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
Gl.sLHGOD.
BY L. y. ).

Bright, buoyant. as butterfly on wing,
DImprs ANA smiles around Thy lip always,
Within thy laughing eyes, the sunbeam plays,
Iny thOuguts-tne nalo of perpetual spring.
For thee the Earth's fairy pageant CLEANS,
The west winds SIGH along the nooniit shore,
The summers wIldiTg flowers, and rosy store,
tht the young neart WIN a sweet world vi dreams.
Stainless Is some pure lake, the virgin mind,
NJ love all tiilngs falls like dews from heaven,
A ,aIr corouet oi buds combined,
tuy earnest friendships are Us quickly riven.
And folded IN the depths of thy fond breast
one secret nestles wltu Dasnfui JOY,
Cupid, the rogue has found vacant nest,
sweet g,rlnooi, why sloull time the .ream de-
stroy:
Gin Times
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
1wUD KNOTT DYE In WINTUR, &c.

By THE oRTHOH OF EFFORTS On A FAnID ROKA."
wud knott dye in wintur,
When whiskie punchiz flo
When pooty gals are skating
Oar tealds oI ice anu sno-
When sassidge meet IL phrying
AID Hickeri knuttS Is thick;
Owe. VINO kud think of dighing,
Or even getting sick?
wud knot dye in spring item,
Aud miss the turn up greens,
And the pooty song by the leetle frawgs,
And the ski larkS arly skreem;
When burds begin thare wobhlng
And taters gin to sprout-
When turkies go gobblering,
| wud knott then peg out.
Iwud knott dye in summur,
And leeve the gardin sass
The roasted lam and butter milk
The kool phase inn the grass;
wud knott dy in summer
When evry things 50 hott,
And leeve the whiski Jew-lips-
Owe know ide ruther knott.
wud knot di in ortum,
With peaches hit for eating;
When tue wavy korn is getting wripe
And candidates are treeting.
rhOr these, and other wreasons,
Idc knott di in the phall;
And sense i've thort it over
wui knot dI a tall.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

ency. With this, on they flew. The train of
course had many miles the start of them, and
despite the wooden pin the engineer, crowded
on steam and tore through the country at
fearful rate. Thirty miles of the distance
passed through was run in q minutes, but
the engagement was that they should overtake
the train, and do it they assst, and do it they
did, but not until more than 100 miles had
been run, and they were approaching Toledo.
Having at length overtaken and stopped the
tram and hurried on board, the traveller went
eagerly to a berth in the sleeping car, and
took therefrom carpet bag containing $275,-
900. His treasure was safe-none had mo-
Tested it, and, dismissing his faithful courier,
he went Oh his way rejoicing at the success of
his perilous and exciting adventure. s- So.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25
Kit Carson,s Adventure with Besrs.

Late one afternoon, just after the little
party had gone into, camp, Kit having linger-
ed sometime behind, suddenly rode into the
camp ground and leaped from his horse, CIV
ing it in care of one of the men. With his
rifle, he then started in pursuit of game for
supper. He walked on about one mile from
the camp, and then came upon the fresh
tracks OF some elk. Following UP the trail,
he discovered the game grazing on the sfdeof
ahil. In the neighborhood of. the animals
there was some low and crsggy pine trees.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

W The time we live ought to be comput-
ed not by the number ofyears, but by the use
that has been made of it. -l.-'i "... .
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severe storm at Balsimore.

.9r-srG "a aaad s"BALrrMoRE, June 16.
10 A. severe hail storm prevailed at Gavens-
town, Baltimore County, this evening, causing
considerable damage The hail: stones wersi
very large, The storm in Baltimore was az.
ceuipanied with vivid lightning A high wind
and torrents of rain.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

H Life may be merry as well as useful
Every person that owns a mouth has always
q good opening for laugh. ......
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

,rsw He who finds pain in virtue, and
pleasure in vice, is q, novice in the one and
The other. D'r"
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AN ~sTRIAN PROCLAMATION.

The Indipendente of Tourin, attributes the
following atrocous proclamation to the Austrl-
an Gen. Zobel, commanding the 7th corps ~
armie:
:" If any Piedmontese or French dctach-
ments, or any patrols, scouts, or agents Of
of the two armies, whether in uniform or in
disguise, shall appear, under any pretext
whatsoever in any part of the territory occu-
pied by the imperial and royal troops, every
commune and every individual inhabitant of
every commune is required, under severe
penalty, Immediately to inform the command
ant Of the station, and if the particular dis
trict should not be actually occupied by the
imperial and royal troops, then the chief Of
the nearest military post. Every commune
within which any detachment, or single SOL
dier belonging to the Austrian army, may
find any patrol or agent of the enemy, will
suffer without remission the severest penal
ties provided by martial law. In every such
cGse tie commune sciU be sentenced to pay a
aoar contribution, under no less a penalty than
being detivered up to pillage; topns compro-
mise1t soitl be burnt, and indioidaals aoiu be
shot aoithout mercy. The oomnunes are or
dered to cause this pro lamation to be read in
all churches by the clergy from the pulpit, and
to be made public in every otherpossible man
ner
1.-THE Commandant of the 7th Corps u
armie" ..... ttH -"
Mortara, May "a. ,.n ZOBEL.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

~ Virtues are lost in self interest as riv-
crs are lost in the sea. h+ ''''
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

H- The sunshine of life is made up of q
very few beams that are bright all the
time.
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p W@sItis the height of folly to wait for the
improvement of fools, .4J y g-.--t '.i ~iat
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tw The court is like the sea; everything
depends upon the wind. . sa.-agz .-'
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ZOBEL.
The Parise Steele publishes the following a

The Parise Steele publishes the following as
a communique: B'.-..a
90. :" The day after tho battle Of Montebello
the Austrians reproached q farmer belonging
to the little village of Cassatisma with not
having told them that the French were at
Motebello, and they instantly shot the man
and his sons, the youngest of whom was II
years of age" oF2aa "' 9Ed.+ j..
The London Obserosr says /: Among the
officers who distinguished themselves, at
Montebello the young Captain Bonaparte is
mentioned. (This is the grandson of Prince
Jerome by his marriage with the American la
dy, Miss. Patterson.) gIe 81 ... =
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-09
BY TELEGRApH

BALTIMORE July sFlour very dull sales Howard ST. and
t 30 wheat has an advancing tendency here; choice
w h sens at Corn firm but not In active demand:
unchanged Whisky dull ut &c NA 4 Ou'
July s-rhe Plour market to-day is COM
anu prices rule very irregular ~; there was
o. mixed extra at IS rs but holders are dema nd
ing W the receipts Of the extremely light
inE TO 4oOO Dolls Rye Flour dull $425 Corn Meai In
peter aemand $40 bills Penna sold at rs New Wheat
SH more freely and prices dtclinnE sales
Rye steady at S5c. ~ ~ W 'sU ~ $t'4V'
nc July S-FlOur has steady demand at $3.50
GOO Ior suPerhne Wheat III fair request from ouSis
buyers new being offered Oats better demand at 4sc
OF light Barley neglected. I've
monanIy 9"e very dull Corn steady Sic Whisky c
per GAL PROVISIONS held firmly last quotations: 81
Lard at lie; clear sides 1u Mess PORK at $iS75
NEw Y9Rx, July Section closed steady sales 200
pales To-Day at 4l1@!l@ for Upland mtddngs. Pvur
neaEy sales OF 1O,OU bbls. $62hu7U for southsrn
Wheat dun; sales 1sOUO bus rn; sales 2OooU bus
otu Is quoted at S. Pork $616 25 for mess
anu 81 for prime Lard heavy at:U15sli-
LIN on ssaoy Lard oil al at $500. TGbarco quiet
ana easter; Kentucky T4@2IO. Tnllow firm Wool drn.
sales lbs Of fleece at pulled quiet at 856
Porto Rico 6169Tl&; Muscovado 5IQGai SNN'