, 1863-03-17
OUR MINNESOTA LETTER.
United States Scnator-The Democrat
fc {lub-nIcterOIog1ca Notes.-The
EndiAD Prfk0neFK at Niahkato-State
Ncsvs-Railrond to st. Cloud-Itgcr
Items.
From onr Own Correspondents
ST. PAUL, Minn., March II, 1868.

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hpt .rho+l,or he u;1l +,Lo h,s ,,,,.. 49, c,..to
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ornor ~ nrosont .r, tha question ,,as % saon @
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Nv oe"A'' .0u -, A'e1'Alo4 - nc unlsco e'ateS
een'"s, ~ NV e.eA1s 'ans' Ane Attorney
General, Mr. McColc, has given a written
opinion, which is on file in the Executive
Office, and which I had the privilege of read,
~ nar.o-aa1 49, 49,. =. ~ '0-
ins Yesterday taat tnere Ii not. lie says
there Is nothing In the Constitution of the
State, nor in that Of the United States. to nrc-
vcnt ~ Tho onest;on ~ ;ssuo enoa,s - r.. ~
~. ..4,ss- a's.A ~ ~ 4asa9 Sesn9 ~ W
tms' "aelher tne guoefnatof1al ONCE is actu-
ally vacated by assuming the duties Of United
States Senator. It Ia to me a new ouest;on
and one on which at first CIew t. wo7,,a sso1,,
a,'u WV w "nlsA ~ nae. 'ae" ~ "ooao seem
that there could be but one opinion. Tie
Press of this morning SAWS editor:a11r uWc
,.o ;nr,-oa ...-t,..I
~ 4AIot W 5oou "a,uo'4's slh,' 'osefnos
Ramsey, agrecahly to tie earnest desire Of
lis constitutional successor. has consented
~ H. ror;,,, Am f.ora-ro-,i,,,> e..
artH
ruy ,r,,oc, n,c o,
~ uA"ue!1Ai!o ~ eAon.
Tile Democratic Club, which still holds its
rer7,lar sessions Mt Markot Tall socms ~
- ,.o..,1 ~
law soole ol4Acu41J III ee'tlh9 1nto WORKING
order. The Peace and War Democrats do not
agree with the PRINCIPLES to be enuncfated
and the kind of n,ncrs tn hc orao-,;1 e>,r +,.s
49, ~ C,.,,. Ts,sS, 'o' 'ns
use OF inc clno. colonel Robertson mnae q
patriotic speech few evenings ago, which
fell among the Copperhead leaders Of the
Club like bomb shell. lie exposed their
reasonable designs and scored them most
mcrcilessly, thong gh lis speech was In FAVOR 81
'hs e. Dem9SIa,ae Ma9snna pllnelpites ta and party.
fee5 Sap oo the M G as1 MSs9fgs s1s3 At $ G9
copies Il Tue ehisaso %s so colonel q aea RoS aa
ssat b. visr a ?Ssss'z Viii asf5s tSs
1epels a1 any pr1ce-aaying down our arms
and !etsing 1Aem 50, but he Col. r. wanted
aal slaes 10 10 oe represented: He moyed to add
INentf-nve copies Of the Chicago Ihst, War
Democratic paper. DR.. Massey replied In a
characteristic specch. iE which he declared
that he had been misrrnresrut ~ hv CoI Rnh.
Tt,n -o.,1,4;,1, VIVA. .
a3Ionrned. "'~ ''A"-@o' '@'o '1s '1'D
A .
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.
In former letters reference has been made
to the climate, weather, and sudden and ex.
traordinary changes Of Temperature during
ti'e last winter For the following more de:
hoe1a1e statements an indebted to tho me,
.oo1or e .1a;r;s,,. ". HsSs. ~. tnc
JanuarT. and la5ted l;ttic n,orc than 1 threa -,
weeks. The first len t1ovs of Frhrnarr c.re
promise that Tho month von1d e1n,1 ~ Ella. Ella
ness, that az 1sG2-one ri thn cn}anst asar nv
Ucrirnrcd in Minnnsotnxtbo ,1,n,., .o,,,,,oro ~
furc heinz Int fTinn ahora -nro n,,t X ~
thc 1afh witi, 1,;n ~, "a ,sth H., ut .se.
moderated and cnrt;r,e1 MA ~ ~, ss.i y
ti,c month. 'N1"eo ''l''o ~ tos eno "
80
,n % OF lac thermometer yielded the fol
.oN'uE 'ese.s;
f.s:. MaA3n,um o1 Tue H:onth utdh}
I's.sI i1i..hcet d,51r mc,n i,7,b, sso'.''''',sis
Lowest id, ,.'.....-'-s- ..... '5s 5esza
Grcatcst daily range {i6t1,. ass
La.t ..., tssth}.....-..-.........4s j.
EanGe Of the month: .-....:,......-...-.71o
n. an temperature Of inc month. .15o! q
Rain fell on ono day 70 the a1nonnt OF 20 Of al
,neh. II % fhowGa On toor a5s M 70 ne depth Of tet
ne ,mc y depos.tet
Tie Winds were variable. and oulyonce Al ali h;!h
coming Chiefly from points to the east and wcst o
south.
Early In Marcl, there was heavy fall o