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St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
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A railroad car is above all others the

A railroad car is above all others the
place to witness scenes.
Not long since at a railroad station not
a hundred miles from our own place, we
were the innocent observer of little oc-
currcnce that impressed us deeply.
As soon as the train had halted by The
crowded platform, young lady of really
prepossessing appearance, and one who
evidently belonged to the upper circles"
sprang lightly and expectantly up the
steps and glided into the car. Having cast
her eyes down the row of doing passen-
gers, her countenance lighted up--a half
suppressed exclamation of joy escaped her
81, isl, lips, and the next instant she was
standing beside seat, at the further end
of the car. occupied by gentleman and
lady of very respectable appearance. The
gentleman appeared considerably young,
and somewhat ditiident-the apparel OF
his companion denoting the bride.
No sooner had the young lady reached
the pair, throwing her white arms about
the young mans neck she imprinted a
hasty kiss on his bearded lips and ex-
claimed:
"Why, Fred How do you do? And
is this the dear little wife you wrote us
sbout."
Right here we plainly discerned blush
mantling the young mans face, mingled
with a look Of unparalleled surprise, and
the conntenance o! his companion betoken
ed juvenile thunderstorm. But the
feminine discoverer, not to be discouraged
by any amount Of GOODNESS, continued
But why don't you get off the train
Don't you know you've got homer
Young man hesitated--companion fidg
eted. Affairs were evidently approaching
grand climacteric. Passengers Uttered
reporters took out their note books. A,
last the young lady, frightened at the at
tention she had attracted, and panied by
the indifference of those she had come t
| greet, burst into tears, and placing hel
head upon the young mans shoulder, sob
bed out
"OhsfFre what does all this mean
Have you really forgotten me ~
Young man trembled with emotion
colnpanion began removing her glove 81
the time looking menacnlgly ct the curl
covered head Of the intruder. Reporter,
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A Hard.SheH Sermon.
BY THE REVEREND sLITHERToN sLATHER.

Bretiering, Saints, and &nnerS-aA -
It's sum time sence yore beloved paster
has slung the Scripture at gore pore on
'ssarTStifed beds. He's not been q wraslin
with Satan somewhat else tho. No, breth-
ering. Thar's a paster for every flock,
and the subscriber never mixes in with
outside fights. I've been trainin for the
tall an winter season--a preparin fur to
give old horns and spear tail another mill
in this hyar twenty-tour foot pulpit. I've
been gatherin muscle an gettin my house
in order, for such fight as 20 never
dreamed of, and if l don't split old Satin's
huffs up plum to his knee jints and putt
up his shelters, it wont be fur want of
wind and bottom-that's so.
Yore pastor has been a rustykatin at
Ncwport--ah, whar be drunk old port
alb, at the White Mountains-ah, whar the
dinner were black, and at the Sulphur
Springs-ah, whar the devil war to pay,
and ginerally collected all wanted, and
down thar at Cape Cod-ah, whar the cir
culation meejum ar fish scales and Holsters
eyes f-yes, brethering, thar's whar I've
bin. I've been lookin at sin in all its
shapes. I've eat with it, drunk with it,
loafed with it, but haint brought none Of
it home with me. Nary a wunce. They
couldn't spare morsel of it in them places.
1t war a luxury.
| met Satin thar, but didn't tech him.
It's no uce a tacklin him in hot weather.
Never tackel an enemy on his guano hill.
Wait ontil you catch him away from home.
Ketch Satin in the cold wether, and it's as
good as hip holt in wrastle with Jar
seynian. But knowed that the mint the
old feller got through a collectin his dues
thar, he'd make tracks for yore neighbor-
hood. | knowed that when / opened my
fall season hyar, I'd find him ready for the
fight, and good menny of yore pore,
misserbel sinners and backsliders, reddy to
so yore pile on him. But you'll lose yore
money. A parstor who's had Junne, jew
lye and Orgust toe train in, and hez been
a praeticin with the dun bells Of revela-
ton, and punchin his mawleys inter the
san. bags of Genesis, and gettin up his
Neneycudnezzar ginerally, amt to be putt
-dowffby passed. Of onbelievin heethen-
ah No, not eff the parstor understands
his constitushun, and wears spiked bro
gans to provide against slippin up on the
bannanner rhines of temptation which sin
throws in his way-ah!
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09

still too sensitive to allow theH to do the
same. From being an unwilling bearer,
he soon becomes to be willing partaker,
and the advance is rapid to clarifying in IT.
and himself bee ming the temp er to others
to lead them in the same part he has him
self trodden. |, is by this weakness, this
moral cowardicc, that we are lead into sin,
despite the prnmptings of cur better ma
,urc 1t may be that IN our hearts we de-
spise the men by whom we are I'D, but we
come at last to applaud their sentiments
and adopt their tone.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
POLITICAL AND FAMILY SP PER
ST. PAUL FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1860.

A4sA
scribJ5 n with coin,nendabie desperation :
pass}rs ceased laughing and began ia
synlkiEe Just here the terrified yenng
mani a,nosi sIliotherrd by The ringlets Of
the kbing girl mustered courage to
"RRily, madam, you are mistaken in
the person Ny name isn't Fred-land I
live in Chicago
Tie sensation produced by this an
nouitcement "can be- iInagined"-as the
narelists say Young lady started like
one possessed -incredulously scrutinized
the feature of her slate relative" and after
aword ofkxplanation and apology, bounded
gai)y at her blnnder, and followed by an
explosion from the passengers within.
Il Yomigvinan drew long breath of relief
-cotnpeision replaced her glove and
snotheied the young thunder storm--re-
pcrters stuck their pencils behind their
ears with alook that said "Item, Item
and We individually settled back in our
sea- just as the train started, inwardly
wishing that We, too, had resembled Fred"
moral. = When you expect your BROTH
erS hofse from California, be careful not to
embarrass young Chicago merchants
Oberlin News.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
a Goddess Universe.

A man may, for twenty years, believe
in the Immortality of the soul; in the one
and twentieth, in some great moment, he,
for the first time, discovers with amaze
ment the rich meaning Of his belief No
one in creation is so alone az the dencr of
God; he mournS, with an orphaned heart
that has lost its Great Father, by the
corpse of nature, which no world spirit
moves and holds together, and which
grows in its grave; and he mourns by
that corpse till be hiiusslf crnmbles off
from it, The whole world lies before him
like the Egyptian sphinx of stone, half
buried in the sand and all is the cold iron
wash Of tormles eternity. Jean Paul.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
Prom ihs New York Evening Post
WORDS WRITTEN no MUSIC,

''Lore, the traitor, found me gay,
Lett me sad aud mourning;
When pressed him most TO STAY,
Lett NE without warning;
Though | weep he will not heed me;
Though cali, nc II come no more:
All, beTeaved,
All, deceived,
Love = a cheat, so sign no more"
Should |, wandering, ever meet him.
Shall | bid him 20 or stay:
Kindly greer, or justly beat him,
And drive the rogue away:
But hope whispers, time S healer,
Gates ofbrass he doth o'er.hrow;
Then believe,
He can relieve,
One poor human heart from woe
as Thus complained, the wand'rer
Singing came his horneward way,
And my foolish heart grew foudpr,
When he cried, Twas ouly rlnv."
Bntwiih heart strings now I'll bind muI,
Trust hin, no more from my view,
Good tetide him,
For I'll hide hin
Safe from ~ the World tul Yog. GIL
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
The Jewess and her Child.


An occurrence lately took place al
Mysloyiez, a frontier town of Prussan Pc
land, which strongly reminds us both Of
the scene enacted at Bologna eighteen
months ago by the Papal agents, and the
stirring Incident narrated in "Unclc Tom
Cabin" when a female slave, pursued by
her tasknaster, in order that her child
should not be snatched from her, crossed
river on the floating ice. The heroine in
this case was Jewess, who, having be-
come the mother of an illegitimate child by
Christian, had the boy circumciscd, an d
resolved to bring him up in her religion.
Suddenly the police appeared to take it
from her by force, in order TO bring it up
in the Christian religion. A most exciting
scene now ensued. The Responding moth
er, infant in her arms, fled, but was hotly
pursued by the police, like hare chased
by a number Of dogs. On, on she sped to-
wards the Russian frontier, but her pursu-
ers constantly gained upon her. She had
just reached the brink Of the river that
forms the boundary between the two coun-
tries. No friendly bridge spanned the
stream, no boat pulled from the shore The
fate Of the child seemed unavoidable; the
police had all but laid hands on her. But
no, her infant was not to be snatched from
her. With the courage of despair she
plunged into the food, and, holding with
one hand the child aloft, she swan across
the river and safely reached the opposite
bank, where her pursuers dared not fol
low her. Now, the iniquity of these pro-
ceedings consists, in the first place, in the
circumstance that as the Christian father
neither supported nor recognized the child,
he clearly had forfeited all p ternal rights;
and secondly, in the injustice Of the Prus
sian law, which, whilst it enacts that in all
cases of illegitimacy the child is to be
brought up in the religion of the mother,
prescribes that in the case of Jews the in
FAINT should be brought up in the Christian
religion, wherever The father or mother
happens to be Christian. We under
slant that, ronsed by this iniquity, large
number of Prussian congregations have
petiaoned the Government for the repeal
Of this unnatural law.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
ny.
fiN HONE,

| have bPattif,!l home
BESIDE the freshest sea.
And augclS are wont 10 come
On neighburly visits 10 the.
they come in HE morning grey,
They come in the evening red.
They walk wlth ne by day.
And AT night sit round my bed.
I've an orchard smoothly iinbeh.
And cattle sleek and clean
A garden neatly trimmed.
And lawn forever Green.
And the house within Is sweet
As milk yet warm within IN. paIr.
There's Tire sound of chiid:vl's feet.
But never OF chlIGrc.'s sEi
And the chamber where sleep
Is q perfect eastward room;
There the mornings earliest peep.
WIKI an odor Of clover hA,,rE.
Ny STUDY, The daiu;iest nook
On the wall no useless mark;
And 4 | want book
can Ind 1t IN The dark.
When Deighbors Of heat complain,
There rs cooingsa in my halt;
And no matter how hard The rain.
A sunbeam Un my wall
I've nothing to do but enjoy;
Work does Itself in my plan.
live like a needless boy.
And dread 10 be . man.
! zee the night draw on,
And the sweet stars OPEN tfseir ewes.
| see the morning dawn
Without Thought Of surprise;
see my cattle fed
In the pastures dewy green;
| See lnen moving the mead,
Aud believe that have seen.
Such is my beautiful home.
Beside beautiful sea,
Where angels are wont TO come
On daily visits to me-
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
The Prince OF Wa.es' interview
with the Last Survivor OF Bunker
SGElg

aht fFtNCs OF wales, interview
with the Last Survivor OF Bunker
HilI.
The interview between the Prince of
Wales and Ralph Farnham, who is now
l0f years Of age, and the last survivor of
the battle Of Bunker Hill, took place at the
Revere House, on Thursday morn
ing, the 18th ult He was introduced by
Edward Everett. The Prince received the
veteran so kindly that he said : AZ prin-
ces alters acted like this to body, there
would be less wars"
The meeting was very cordial The
Duke of Newcastle, who, with most of the
suite, was present. asked the veteran if he
saw Burgoyne when he surrendered, ad-
ding, You rather had him there" The
old soldier then remarked chuck iiugly that
hearing so much said in praise Of the
Prince, he began TO fear that the people
were turning royalists This, and Mr..
farnhams manner elected much laughter,
in which the Prince joined. The Prince
then sent Tor pen and ink, and exchanged
autographs with his visitor.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON
- PETAL
BY ALFRED TEANGSoy,

Now sleeps the crimson peal, now the white.
Now waves the cypress in. tie Iialace walk
Now winks the goldtin in tie porpliyry font
The hrehy wakens; waken thou with me
Now droops the milk white peacock like ghost,
Aud like ghost she elintmers unto me.
Now lies the earth all Danae TO The stars
, And ali Thy heat; lies open unto me.
Now slides The silent meteor on, and leaves
4 shining turrow, as thy thoughts in me-
Now folds the lily all heH3sweetness up,
And slips into the bosom of the lake;
80 told myself, my dearest thou, and slip
Into my bosom and be lost in me.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09

The Rasli of Hood.

About the year 1916, Elizabeth Batho,i,
sister of the King Of Poland, and wife of
rich and powerful Hungarian magnate,
was the principle actor in the most singu-
lar and horrible tragedy mentioned. in his
tory. She occupied the castle of Csejta in
Pennsylvania. Like most other ladies of
that period, she was surrounded by troup'
Of young girls, generally the daughser OF
poor but noble parents, who lived in hon
rabls servitude, inTeturn for winch, their
70, a nd theix dowry
ACC il
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
HOW Fred Douglas Answered q White
Chap who Wanted 10 Marry His
Daughter aud $40, 900.

We find the following letters in the
Rochester Express, which paper becomes
voucher for their authenticity:
AUBURN, Oct. Is, 1860
Mr.. f. DoUGLAs--Dear Sir Il take the
opportunity to address you few lines as
follows: have been informed that you
had all only daughter ami that you desired
her to marry Wright man and whereup-
on you Civ $4,000 or $40, 900 dollars to
any respectable Wright man that would
marry her and cherish her through life. If
there is any truth in this reyort, 2 s let
me know and will marry your daughter
on those conditions. and will endeavor to
make my self agreeable.
Yours respectfully, CuAs. HAPp.
To f. Douglas.
Direct to Charles Happ, Auburn, N. Y.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09
ROCHESTER, Oct. II. 1860.

CHAs. HAPP, Esq. Dear Sir :-Y GU are
an entire stranger to me, and direct me to
no one from whom can learn your true
character and responsibility. This, if no
other difficulty existed, would seriously
embarass me in making favorable an
swer to your proposition. You should
have at least given me one respectable rsf-
erence. The fact that you have not done
50, with other circumstances connected
with your letter, makes it quite doubtful
whether ! could henorably accede to your
proposition. You date from Auburn, and
tell me to direct to you at Auburn, but
you do not name tho street: Pardon me
for regarding this as suspicious circun-
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09

The Clay monument at Lexington,
Ky, IS still unfinished, and there is no tell
ing when il win be completed.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09

DELIVERED AT TIRE RAIL spLITTERs' WIG
WAN, ST. CLOUD, ON MONDAY, OCT 10Th,
1860.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09

THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF sQuATTER SOW
EREIGNTY AS APPLIED TO THE QUESTION
OF SLAVERY.
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14
NUMBER 6.

when the Constitution is preserved invioate.
go for the Union; but still, what is the Union
worth unless the Constitution is preserved and
maintained iuviolate in all of its provisions?
Sir have no faith in the Union loving senti-
ments of those who will not carry out the Con-
sttution in good faith as our fathers made it,
Professions of fidelity to the Union will be taken
for naught unless they accompanied with
obedience to the Constitution upon which the
Union rests. Then am ready to insist that the
Constitution shall be maintained iuviolate In al
its parts, not only that which suits the temper
of the North, but every clause of that Constitu-
ton, whether they like or dislike 1t. The Con-
stituton binds you to every line, word and syl-
liable to it, and you have no right to say that if
it is in violation of Divine law you will not OBJ.
serve it, and whoever evades any one principle
upon this pretext violates his OATH Then of what
consequence is the pretext, that it Is iu violation
of Divine law IF you believe that instrument to
be in violation of the laws of God, how can
your conscience allow you to take the oath of
office If the Senator from New York still holds
to the declaration, that the clause of the Con-
stitution, relative to fugitive slaves is in yiala-
tion of Divine law, how he, as an honest
man. take an oath to support that instrument?
Thus we see the radical difference between the
Republican party and the Democracy. We stand
by the Constitution as our fathers made 1t, aud
by the decisions of the constituted authorities,
AS pronounced in obedience to the Constitution.
They repudiate the instrument, substitute their
own will for that of the constituted authorities,
and then say will protect all the rights I'M
der the Constitution, as expounded by them
selves and not as expounded by the tribunals
created for that purpose. Mr.. President, shall
not occupy further time in the discussion of this
question. did not intend to utter a word.
| should not have uttered word upon the sub
ject If the Senator from New York had not made
that broad arraignment of the Democratic party,
and especially that portion ofits action for which
| am more Immediately responsible. Every
body knows that brought forward and helped
to carry through the Kansas Nebraska Bill, and
| have heard bad faith attributed to the Demo-
cratic party too long to remain silent and seem
| to sanction it.
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

The QUESTION OF SAvoY.-The London Morn.
ing Post contains the following important para.
graph: This question no longer adds to the
complications of Europe. 1t arose out of cir
cumstances not within the control of France
The Emperor Napoleon had foreseen and urged
a confederation in Italy. The course of events
pointed in the direction of an Italian kingdom
In such an event it was obvious that great in
venience would arise from the French slopes oil
the Alps being portion of that Kingdoms hence
the suggestion for the cession of Savoy. The
French Government has now, however, express
ed its willingness to defer to the decision that
may be arrived at by the Great Powers of Eu-
rope on the question, and all fear of collision
may therefore be considered as definitely obv-
ated."
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14
Moveable Personal Property,


belonging to persons who do not o,cn real estate
,cithin the county. And that taxpayers may
fully understand my position, and comprehend
their duty touching this matter, I herewith ap-
pend Section nine of the Revenue Law:
Sec. 8. The Tax Collector is hereby author
lied and required (unless otherwise directed by
the board of Supervisors in the respective coun-
ties) either in person or by deputy, to accompa-
ny the assessor through the county, and upon
the entry of any assessment ofmoveable personal
property to any person, firm, corporation, asso-
citation or company, who does not own real es-
tate within the county, to demand the payment
of the taxes on the same; and if any such per-
son, firm, corporation, association or company
shall neglect or refuse to pay such taxes, the tax
collector, or his deputy, shall seize sufficient of
the personal property of the party so neglecting
or refusing to pay, to satisfy the taxes and costs,
and shall post notice of such seizure, with a
description of the property, and the time and
place where it will be sold, in three public
places in the township where it is seized, and
shall then, at the expiration five days, proceed
to sell, at public auction, at the time and place
mentioned to the highest bidder for cash, a
sufficient quantity of said property to pay the
taxes and expenses incurred and for this ser
vice, the tax collector shall be allowed from the
delinquent party, fine of three dollars, and the
same mileage that sheriff would be entitled to
receive for travelling to the place to make levy.
And upon the payment of the purchase money,
he shall deliver to the purchaser the property
sold, together with a certificate of the sale, and
the amount oftaxes or assessments and expenses
thereon, for which the property was sold, where
upon the title to the property so sold shall vest
absolutely in the purchaser. The tax-collector
shall, once in every two weeks, return to the
auditor and the clerk of the board of equaliza-
ton, list of all collections made under this
section, and it shall be the duty of the clerk o.
the board of equalization to mark the WORD
"paid" on the general assessment ROLL opposite
the name of each party whose taxes are SO paid
Moods Digest p. Gil.
A. SKILLMAN
mr24 Tax Collector.
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

be- Judge Thomas, of Georgia, heretofore
the right hand man of Howell Cobb, has pro-
claimed himself in favor of the nomination of
Douglas. Albert Rust, member of Congress
from Arkansas, also has avowed his preference
for the great Illinois Senator
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

LEAP YEAR.-A Scotch statute of 1928 reads
as follows " 1t is statut and ordaint that during
the refine of her maist blisst Magestie, ik fourth
year, know as leap year, ilk maiden layde of
bath high and and low estait, shall hae liberty
to bespeak ye man she likes; albyit, if he re-
fuses to tax hir to be his wifi he shall be mulcted
in ye sum of pound (e1) less. as his
estait moi be- except and avis if he can make it
appear that he is betrothed to ane woman, that
he shall then be free"
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

gS5H Walsh, the editor of the Varieties, has
been sentenced to term of one year in the city
prison for publishing lbellious matter; and
Brewster, his carrier, was at the same time
of circulating the same.
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

SHORTEST PASSAGE ON RECORD FROM New
YoRK.--The clipper ship Andrew Jackson,
which arrived at San Francisco Sunday from
New York, made the passage says the Alta, "in
the unprecedented time of eighty mine days and
seven hours, beating the quickest voyage of the
clipper spip Flying Cloud, Capt. Cressy, six
hours. The Flying Cloud made the voyages to
this port which were never equalled until this
one of the Andrew Jackson"
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

WASH YoUR FRUIT TREEs-The present is the
time to cleanse all fruit trees that are troubled
with moss or with insects. Make good strong
wash of soap suds, and with swab of wooden
rags give the body and large limbs Of the trees
good washing After this has been done, the
bark Of the trees will put on a bright yellow
green look, changed entirely in appearance to
the eye, the general health of the tree being
greatly improved Potash, three pounds to q
barrel of water, will also make good wash.
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

D- u Where did you get that hat, Jerry?'-
" borrowed it," borrowed itip "Ya-a-s-
borrowed it of a feller asleep in the Park. Pete
Myers borrowed his coat-Pat Caffany his boots
| borrowed his hat. Do you think I'd steal p
No I'd scorn the action
The Shasta courier., 1860-04-14

FaF wag says it is folly to expect a girl to
love man whom every body speaks well Of
Get up persecution, and her affections will
cling so fast that a dozen guardians can't begin
to remove them.