St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11
Eee.;eo Cotton

most wonderful specimens of cotton grow
ing wild there The samples are so valu-
able as to range from l3@24 cents Per
, pound So 1t seems We shall have plenty
Of cotton, South Carolina to the contrary
| Notwithstanding.
syrMAxrS FaEQUaAR TuPpER, OF Pro-
verbal Philosophy fame, has written 3
iauditory sonnet to ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
GU DAN. SIQSLEs is said 10 be living
With his wife as happily as thoagh the KEY
tragedy bad never occurred.
sy- Approximate expression for huL
band whose wife had presented him WITH
twins" O, Geminr'
sy- The Legitimists and u!tra-Rousu-
lists called Garibaldi Chensise Rouge L.
Red Shirt the FIRST
ss" The MexicanS are about t. elect
new President. We trust they will set a
Wholesome example, after his election. TO
the Americans Of the North.
.zS.L Lord CowLsY, SO ,one the English
Minister 20 the French Court, it is rumor-
ed will shortly be appointed Governor
SEnci Ai VI ilot2.
Gg JoHH f. WATSON, local historian.
and author Of the Annals OF Fhiladelphia,
died IN that city on Monday morning, the
24th, at an advanced age.
~" Marquis Mario de Gambia, father
Of the celebrated tenor, NJ. Mario. has
been appointed by king Victor. Emanuel,
CoDm>noer-lu Chief Of the military di.
v:son Of the Island Of Sardinia
VS~ The Belgian cotton.s spinners are
successfully working up certain samples Of
Persian and Turkish cottons, forwarded
for that purpose by the Belgian consul at
T.ebiZonde, with view to their introduc.
ton into Belgium,
s- Though the Nespoitans generally
are delighted with the new state Of Of,
fairs, the spperstitious and treachesous iaz.
xsroni are very restl1e under the Sardin,
lar Government. Numerous asassinns
tions OF French and Garihsldisns have ros
Gently taken place.
ssss- Prince Albert has awarded tn t!sy
University Of Cambridge, Of which he in
Chancellor, Al annual gold medal for the
encouragement Of English poetry. lie has
seected for this year the subec. of The
Prince Of Wales at the tomb of Washing
ton The exercises are TO be sem in be-
fore the last day of next March ard are
not to exceed two hundred lines 10 length
~ Maxim has established q Des cas-.
soc!atlon of Hstio1al Unity" which has
for its object to attain the a&.;onal unity
by aiding the practical completion OF Ga.
rbaidjs programme, the unity Of the os-
tor. with Rome as its capital; to assemble
and express, by all possible means, the
wishes Of the country; and to promote the
political and social education of the work.
ing classes.
nat s blessed thing il is," said
Mrs Jones' to the widow ParCington one
day during zoe Isto revival, 'thar SO many
poor souls are being called to be saved."---.
Dear me, yes, replied tie widow II only
wish that my dear late consort, Paul, could
have lived TO see this blessed reyisai. lie
was most imiuear Christian in his day
and generation, Mrs. Jones, although say
it, and Lave no doubt that be is now hap
py jr Beelzebnb's bosom" And the ole
lady closed her eyes TO get glimpse a.
the spiritual viSion.
1S~ Tie call for san earnest and hon.
es. effort 70 preserve the Federal Union"
by the citizens Of Memphis, appears in the
journals Of that city Il was larga.y signed
by tbe best men Of the city.
~ The troubles Of the ccuntry wsrs
alluded to in sermon al Pbila1elplis on
Sunday week, and the preacher, sllu3iag 10
q report that BUCBASAs was about to re-
sign, exclaimed, "God grant that it usy
be sof' to which the whole congregation
responded, "Amen, AmenI'
Judge JOEL PAgKEE, of the Cam.
bridge Law School has published . long
letter, giving ais reasons for believing thu
Personal Liberty Law unconstitutional.
Bat he takes the occasion to exhibit his
opposition to any compromise which would
give additional constitutional guarantees to
slavery, or assume to protect it in any por-
ton Of the national domain.
1y By her engagement in Boston, Miss
CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN cleared about six
thousand; in New York she pocketsd
about ten thousand, ,and there is at aeast four
thousand waiting for her in Philadelphia,
which viii make snug twenty thousand !.
in eighteen wceks.e Miss s CCsaEAN ii u
worth about SS0nQ0Q, and WI. not ~ I,
forsy.ave ysass Of N til her !. AsEt !. ieaa &
day. IS ~ q !. -, "a.
Ey- Mrs. CAlaeux, satS kcf M IN I
tpguished Senater4e has basn ccmpl
Cd by the, Soatns oAnSs s ~ = 1
'dfsifver pit<l a r.
thu wias1uw u,xlta !, 6 ;sRIl lqrllk y NJ
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