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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
The French Rided Cannon.

l have visited to-day the plains of Guild
izzolO, where the battle which began at Sol.
ferino terminated at late hour of the night.
At ten o'clock, in fact, the Sandman and
French cannon could still be heard.
The artillery may be said to have done its
work for the first time during the present
campaign on that occasion. Until then, it
had now and then been brought out, but at
last has played the principal part. The pow
er of the rihed cannon is henceforth estab-
lished. | will cite but one fact in support OF
this assertion. General Desvaux saw in the
distance about thirty squadrons of cavalry,
consisting of Italians and dragons, forming
into masses, and preparing to thunder down
upon the squares of Renaud's division. The
danger was imminent and grave, for the
French troops had their fanks compromised,
and were in front of an Austrian battery,
which worried them with grape. General
DesvauX pointed out the danger to Captain
Fist, commander of the eighth battery of the
tenth regiment of artillery, who at once es-
tablished battery Of rifled cannon upon
small emnence in the plain, and fired four
rounds of shells, containing forty balls, dis
tance of more than two thousand yards
The effect produced seemed like the work Of
enchantmcnt The captain saw in the first
place that wide gaps had been made in the
enemy's ranks, then all of sudden that this
terrible mass of cavalry was dispensing in ev
cry direction, utterly disordered, and without
needing orders or rallying ct the word OF
command Twenty thousand Of the Austri-
an cavalry, upon whose aid every reliance
had been placed, was thus rendered useless,
and it was directly after this catastrop.s"o it
[ am rightly informed, that the Emperor
Francis Joseph abandoned the camp, with
tears od Vexaton and despair in his eyes
Cor. London Telegraph, June %.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
A Constant Miracle.

The bible itself is standing and an aston
ishing miracle. Written, fragment by frag-
1nent, throughout the course of fifteen centu-
res, under different states Of society and in
different languages, by persons of the most op.
posite tempers, talents and conditions, learned
and unlearned, prince and peasant, bond and
free; cast into every form of instructive COM
position and good writing, history, prophecy.
poetry, alIegory, embIematic representation,
judicious Interpretation, literal statement, pre-
cept example, proverbs, disquisition, epistle,
sermon, prayer; in short, all rational shapes
of human discourse, and treating, moreover,
on subjects not obvious, but most difficult
it's authors arc not found, like other writers,
contradcting one another upon the most Or
binary matters of fact and opinion, but are at
harmony upon the whole Of their sublime and
momentous scheme.-Pfcf Mactagan.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
The London Press on the Peace.

The Morning Post contends that the soul
of the Treaty agreed upon is the Nationality
guaranteed under every variety OF local gov
ernment in Confederation of the Italian
States. The Emperor Of Austria is to be King
Of Venetia solely as an internal member OF
the Confederation; he will rule less than
3, 3,OOO, 900 of Italians, and will be controlled
by Confederation ruling not less than 26,-
O0O, 900 The Fope IS shorn virtually of his
emporal supremacy; he is deprived of the
substance, but keeps the shadow.
| The Times says that Venice must hope that
her independence will not be a mere name,
| and that the influence of France and Austria
united will not be more unbearable than that
| Of Austria singly. The Romans must hope
that the Italian Confederacy under the honor
ary presidency Of the Pope, will be nothing
Ike any Government they have hitherto
known. The Papal States are eft as they
were, but with master somewhat greater
than tesure; he is honorary President of the
Italian Confederation and Gen. Guyon holds
the sword at his side. The King of Naples
is made member of the Confederation, and
has to learn the worth of that honor and its
import. Europe has towelcome a new power
the Italian Confederation, older in dignity
if not in time. England has nothing to do
but look on. auStI1a Is SOIneWldI uuLioieu,
but relieved of difficulty. Sardinia is ao-
grandized with province that mistrusts her,
and a neighbor that has earned an imperisha,
BILE and inexhaustible claim to her gratitude
The Grand Dukes, we suppose, are once more
to be reinstated in their thrones. France has
now the game in her own hands. She ha;
Europe before her. She can raise all Italy
and half the Austrian Empire against those
Germans whom she has so often be ,ten-ye
on the very summit of her ambition she re
nounces. France has spent fifty million ster
g ling, and fifty thousand men, only to CIV
Milan Piedmontese instead of an Austrian
master, and to establish the Pope in a tempo
raj dignity even beyond his imagination, ant
capable Of extension. Is all this real ? tn
: Emperors game must be very long one.
The London Neaos affirms that the first hop
and expectations of Italy are deceived.
adds:
2 History wiu call the Emperor to a strict a.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06

the autocrat of dress, and restore the figure
oits natural shape. The impression in Paris,
where all things run into extremes, is that
even short waist will be revived. Think OF
that, Master Brooke! Think of ladies waists
directly under their arms Yet this was the
fashion wornin 1904, by Josephine the Grace
full, and by Madame Recamier, then the ac-
knowledged Queen of Beauty. ... -
The short, stumpy woman, will cling the
most tenaciously, We predict, to extraordina-
ry crinoline, remarkable double skirts, multi
atcd founces, and wonderfully long waists
They do not know what best becomes them,
and fancy that because certain shape, style
and quality OF dress suits their neighbors,
who happen to be tall and graceful, this must
also suit themselves, who are only dumpy.
If little ladies could only comprehend how
much it shortens and widens them, it would i'm
mediately be abated. Meanwhile, il Eugene,
really does abolish crinoline, or even abridge
it, she will thereby vindicate her claim to be
considered mistress of the naodes.-Ihtladsl-
Ukiu Press
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
Parfsian Fashions-- What the Empress
..-.. is abo ut to 90.

AS hoops once got out of fashion, so they
will again fail into dsuse. The latest Fash r
ions bulletin from Paris, which EXHIBITS and
describes the molies for july, announces two
facts, highly interesting 10 the female portion
of society. The double skirt is to be discon-
tinued, in consequence OF the change of mode
just beginning, which only permits great
width to the lower part Of the dress, thereby
diminishing the proportion Of the upper
Perhaps" the reporter adds, "this medif-
cation may already be looked upon as sort
OF invasion on the rights Of the long triumph
ant crinoiine." The fact is, the Empress Eu-
genie, who rules the fashions in Paris, has set
her face very decidedly against the excesses
of crinoline, and, if rumor- is to be credited,
intends having them wholly abolished by the
time the next season commences. it IS ner
manifestation against the double skirt which
has already substituted fiounces, OF winch
three or four are to be worn, but none ABOVE
the knee. Indeed, Eugenie seems inclined
to bring back the femsle fashions OF the carry
part of the first Empire, when Josephine was
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
Theodore Parker on the Italian War:
MoNTREUx, Switzerland, June %, 1859

To all the Good People Of the Ts9en:y. EigM
Congregational Society, IN Pic-Nic assem-
bled:
Young Men and Women, and Men and
Women no longer young Far Oft in body,
let me salute you as face to face IN spirit; so
indeed VIC are, fer feel as near you as if my
eve read your welcome and familiar faces,
ard saw there what you have heeH doing the
last five months. A year ago, when l told
YOU of the great oak trees, near by, about as
large as John P. Hale in circumference, who
stood up before you as the unit Of measure, |
had dim presentiment that should not be
with YOU bodily at your next annual meeting
for I then felt the approach of the evils
which have so disturbed me since, and was
long in recovering from the night fatigues OF
that festal day. But l did not then think
that when you should again look at Yelling
ton Hil, 400 or 500 feet high, the Pic du Mi-
| G, lO, 900 feet high, sheeted with snow, would
seem as near to me. How little do we know
what shall hsppeni That tall mountain-it
passes for nothing in this Alpine family Of gi'
ants-looks in at my window all day; and
all night long it glitters white in the surround
inc darkness; then bushes rosy red as
morning comes up the sky. The snow shift:
and varies on its top and sides from day tt
day: but never wholly disappears, It's said
I can throw walnut from my chamber into
the Lake of Geneva, whose blue-green water:
are so fair all day Handsome vineyards art
all around me here; yet their crop is not 81
fair as our own Indian corn-the Pocahonta
of the vegetable world, the great American
Empress of the cereal grasses. The chatea,
Cb;!lon Il within fifteen minutes walk-buil
on a rock in the lake few yards from tn
shore, where the water is 5OO feet deep,
then san. 1t is very old; there was cast
there, used as a prison in sac, and the pres
ent structure was put in its present shape
124S.
A romantic little village, full of old house:
: with its grey-stone church, is Perched on tn
5 side of tne' mountain, one or two hundre
r feet above my head, Most picturesque al
q the pleasant places where the lines OF m
r present lot have fallen to me. So good come
} out of evil
r The people here seem contented and hal
:. py, and look intelligent and virtuous; the
y work less than we save more and enjoy NOR
a The country is rich, not by nature, but by Il
toll of many generations. For while in Ne
o England, our last cultivation of the soil is n
3 240 years old, here you count the triumphs
7 industry by thousands Of years. think t
q vine was cultivated here before the time
julius Caesar not to speak Of corn and OF
;. er n1eedful things which human toll WOO
); out Of this sunny land perhaps 5000 or 40
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
gNDES THE MOON.

Under the moon, as the twilight breeze
Ripples the water in pulses bright,
We stand on the bridge by the sycamore trees
and listen to the voices that come through the
night.
Under The elm row misty and dank,
Loves sweetest laughter rings from the bank
Surinkled with many deep red lamp,
stretched away through the distant damp
Hark, mid the foliage blossomed with June
Tiukles a serenade under the moon.
Under the moon, in the village street,
Gossipping groups in the shadow meet;
seated at dusky doorways there,
Red-lipped maidens taste Of the air:
Whispering now of their lovers. eyes,
Live as the beautiful summer skies;
Whispering of their batteries sweet,
As Autumn fruitage dropped i the heat,
Until they cadence trembling tune,
Soft as their pulses under the moon.
Under the moon by the cool sea shore,
The wind walks over Its spacious floor,
Courting the snowy -bosomed sails.
Daintily dripping through azure wales;
Over the crisp foam bearing along
The music mariners midnight song,
As by the rising helm with hands
Lit in the compass lamp he stands,
Thinking of those he left at noon,
Sad on the green shore under the moon.
Under the moon by the dusty read,
Pace we on to the old abode;
The lstless splendor floating falls
Over its sycamore roof and walls,
Peering into the easement nook
Piled with many brown old book;
Spirits ere they whose pages TEEN
With thoughtful pity and pictured dream;
Spirits, amid whose silence soon
Our own shall slumber under the moon.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
The Battle of fSalferinO.-.A Curious Cal.
culatlOn.
From the Rochester Democrat.


MEssRs. EDITORS Permit me to call your
attention and that of the public to the follow
ins Eaotc
In the battle of Solferino, between the AL
lies and the Austrians, it is computed that
$4,000 soldiers were engaged for at least IL
hours. Of these 100000 were armed with
muskets. Suppose each one fired once in ten
minutes, or six times in an hour, then the
number of shots fired was 21,3OO,OOO; Or, if
once in five minutes, Al, 200, ,OO0-if once in
ten minutes, then only one shot tells fatally in
72O; if once in five minutes, then only one
in 400 because the number killed from the
beginning to the termination of the battle was
less than 25 ,OO0-thus, 10000 Austrians and
l5 900 Italians and French. Add to the 2l,-
6OO,U shots the tens of thousands OF balls
discharged respectively by the Austrian ana
French fields of ordinance, then how comfort
ing the truth that not much more than hne
| ball in thousand tells fatally in the battle
| feld-a thousand fall harmless atthe soldier S
feet. Amid all the improvements IN this our
are. the improvements in the arts OF war, like
the feelings of Godslnith's pious Vicar, lean
all ON virtues side. The implements OF death
welded at Wagram, Lodi, Austerliz, and
Wate, loo were emnently morelsuccessfui.
" "'o'' JAMES WHY1E.
Rochester, July 1S, 1859.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
Correspondence of the Chicago Press and Tribune.
MfnnesOta-..Its Resources Climate and
scenery.
Sr. ANTHONY. July 25.

Let him who desires delightful summer
tour, visit Minnesota The merits and advan-
tages of this beautiful State have been over
sbadowed and overlooked by the din and clam
or about Kansas and Pixies. Peak, but its Won
derful resources will yet assert their superior
itv. She will not much longer remain under
a cloud. Minnesota twenty years hence will
be a mighty State Her population will then
exceed tvo millions. ST. Paul and st. An
thony will have become great cities. Long
before that time system of railroads will be
completed, and the traveller from Chicago to
the Northwest will reach ST. Paulin 10 hours,
and the citu of Pembina in So hours without
break of aHage or change of cars and the dis
tance between st. Paul and Superior City, l3S
miles, will be run in less than five hours
These calculations are based on the present
ordinarysmethod and speed Of railroad travel
Five wears will suffice to connect Chicago by
rail with St. Anthony and ST. Peter, and five
more will rush on the iron track far north to-
wards Pembina and Selkirk, and complete it
to Superior City at the head Of the great lakes.
Minnesota is the largest Of the Western
States containing 10000 square miles, while
Illinois has 54 800 square miles. Much of the
soil of Minnesota is as productive as that of
Illinois or Iowa. 1t would hMtirely safe to
estimate one half the area Of Minnesota as
good farming land. The other halfis covered
with vast forests, and multitude of lakes
and pools. The a. gricultural capacities of Min
nesota are not properly understood or appre.
ciate d in the older States. The prevailing idea
is that the winters are excessively severe and
tediously long; that the summers are short
and cool; that the productions are oats, pota
toes, and little yellow corn and spring wheat
that the soil is thin and stony, and that tht
people are chiefly employed in cutting logs
and floating RATS down the Mississippi, or il
laying out paper cities along its banks. lr
short that the climate and soil closely resem
BILE N ew England, except in being somewha
, further north, with winters longer and cold
er, and that the population are chiefly Nor
wegians and ''half breeds with a sprinklinl
: of Yankee spectators and western lumber
r men. These ideas are wholly erroneous
| Minnesota is relatively the New England o
E the Northwest. The latitude, it is true, j
much the same The climate is not so warn
: as in those Western States bordering on tn
e Ohio River, but it is a great deal NOR
favorable to agricultural pursuits than New
# England The soi.is infinitely richer and NOR
e productive the climate is more genial and ir
e durable.
# The piercing nor casters and the chillin
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06
Singular A1air-.-A Man Falls in Love
With his own Daughter.
From the Albany Standard.

Some fifteen years ago, man named Geo.
Bristol left this city for the shores of the Pa
cific. At the time he left he had a wife and
one child, the latter only three years old. They
resided in the town of Westerlo. At the
time his wife and child were living with her
father. Some two years after, the father and
mother of the woman died their estate was dis
posed of to safety mortgages, and Mrs. Bris-
tol a.aa her chi.d were thrown upon the cnari-
ties of the world for living. She was very
| feeble in health, and, of course, was unable
to take care of herself.
The mother and child came to this city,
where they lived for some five years, at the
expiration of which time the mother died land
the girl was left alone in the world, to DO as
best she could. Being now about ten years
old, and smart, active. good-lookng girl, she
soon found situation in a respectable family.
| Here she remained till she Was fifteen years
old when she bound herself out to milliner.
She served three years at that business, aud
had become mistress of her profession. Now,
the strangest portion of this revelation is to be
told. The girl is now over eighteen years old,
and perfect model of her sex.
During this long interval, it must be re-
membered that the girl had lost all track OF
her father. Her beauty attracted the atten-
tentiGn and admiration of spruce-looking
gentleman who met her on Broadway. He
was a man of about forty years, but his ap-
pearance did not indicate that he had ever
seen over twenty-five summers. An acquailt'
ance was made between her and the gentle.
man above alude to, and final engagement
entered into for marriage. The day was set,
and all the necessary arrangements made Tor
the ceremony.
On the appointed day the pair, accompani-
en by their respective friends, met for the
purpose of having the p!ighted ones joined in
wedlock. Just before the minister commenc-
ed the marriage rites, an old couple entered.
They were formerly neighbors of the Bristol
family, and had watched the girl grow up
from infancy, and were now anxious to see the
choice she had made In partner for life.-
Imagine the surprise Of all about when the old
couple above referred to recognized in the
"mar of the girls heart" her own legitimate
father.
For a moment all was amazement and sad
ness, but on the state of things being fully
recognized, the scene turned to one of Joy
An absent father had recovered lost daugh.
ter, and the assembled throng of friends were
highly delighted that the affair had resulted as
it did. The love that had before burnt so
brightly between the twain had now become a
fame as inextinguishable as the fires of Yes.
uvius. A queer world, this.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-06

count for hd0ing male aoar on false preten-
sions, and signed q mock and sell fish peace
a peace that leaves Austria impregnably forti-
fled in Northern Italy that connects Central
Italy to the patronage of the Pope. and to the
constant menace of military intervention on
the part of the Pope's patrons and protec-
tors, that takes no account of the welfare
of the people, and substitutes for nation
al independence confederation under the
lock and key of Austrian garrisons. The
Emperor of France has sown the seeds of
future wars, and the closer we examine the
pretended pacifcation the more futile and in
iquitous it appears.
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From the American Messenger.
Minncsota.--Presen and Prospective.

acknowledgements and Prospective.
BY REV. DR.. STEVENSON.
In the founding of States, as in the. begin
nirg Of individual character, first influences
are vitality important, for then is given the inn
press which directs and controls the future
development The character, personal and
religious, of Luther and his compeers gave
type to the Reformation. Our nation to- day
is essentially what the Euritans Scotch Pres
bvteriaas, and Huguenots, who formed its
original elements, madeit; each section of our
country, Notwithstanding the immense modi-
fying and even disturbing elements sinceintro-
duced, retaining essentially its original char
acteristics This general truth becomes spe-
ciay noteworthy when applied to the religious
elements Of new state in our centederacy,
because these elements have not only the for
native power of first things, crystalizing about
! themselves and assilnilating new accretions,
| but they attract such elements as will readily
assmilate.
! la view of this fact, the influences which
| give character to new and great state spring
ing up. in the West should be guarded with
careful vigilance; and no state in this plastic
condition is more deserving Christian effort at
this moment, than is Minnesota.
There is not mountain within thousand
miles of its centre; yet the scenery of Mime
sofa is unique, varied and beautiful. The
Rev. E. D.. Nell, historian of the state, de-
scribes it as "en2ircled by rivers and lakes
There is water, water everywhere. The sur
face of the country is dotted with lakes, ano
in some regions it is impossible to travel five
miles without meeting beautiful expanse o
water. Many of these lakes are linked to
gether by small and clear. rivulets, while 9th
ers are isolated Their form is varied and pic
turesque; some are large with precipitou
shores, and contain wooden islands other
are approached by gentle, grassy slopes.v.
Their bottoms are paved with agates, carneli
ans, and other beautiful quartz pebbles. Yer.
: few of them have mud bottoms. The waite
is generally sweet and clear, and as cool an
: refreshing during the heats Of summer as tn
' water of springs or wells. The lakes aboun
t in fish of a quality and flavor greatly super
f or to those of the streams in the middle of tn
e western states -...-;.-- ..f
f This State also contains large, number {
J. water falls. The most distinguished Of thes
d are the falls of st. AnthoDy, nine miles abov
0 St. Paul, and now environed by the cities
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THE EREAPER,S SONG TO THE HAIR.
VEST MOON.
BY WHITTIER.

In the deep silence of the night
We come, oh 1. Harvest Moon,
To dance beneath thy gentle light,
To a merry tune.
We come while thou in thoughtful sheen
Art beaming from the blue,
Through wild wood lone and meadow green,
To tread the mellow dew,
And pledge, ere midnight's solemn noon,
Our vows of love, oh, Harvest Moon!
While thou art Queen Of earth and sky,
Thy stars around the spread;
Among the sheaves of corn and rye
We think of daily bread,
And thank the joyous season passed,
The sunshine and the rain,
The winter snow, the autumnal blast,
For plenty Cf the plain,
Aud call on thee ere mldnight's noon,
70 hear the VOW. oh. Harvest Moon!
And when the joyous dance is Ger.
By twos and threes we pass
Through thicket green and wild wood hoar
To drain the brimfning glass,
AND pledge, in cups of toaming ale,
Our sweethearts and our wives,
And pray that Harvest ne'er may fail,
Nor JOY to good mems lives;
And call on thee, at midnight'S noon,
To hear the VOW, sweet Harvest Moon!
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ew- The customers Of certain cooper out
West caused him a vast deal of trouble by
their saving habits and persistence in getting
all their old tubs and casks repaired, and buy
ing but little new work. =" l stood it, howev-
er," said he, "until one day old Sam Crab
tree brought in an old bung- hole to which
he said he wanted new barrel made. Then
[ Quilted the business in disgust"
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~ Lord Bacon beautifully said, "lf .
man be gracious to strangers, it shows ne is
citizen of the world, and that his heart is no
island cut off from the other lands, but a
continent that joins them"