, 1863-03-24

llc said s100, coo to the bride WIS nude, con |
Teylng the said property to . ncar aud sharp |
relative for $!5, ,000 leaving the girl within set
Element Of s., 200.
OUR MINNESOTA LETTER. |
Payment Of Church Dcbts-Ind1an
Ex-Gov. sibleJNr Nrhe governor OF |
mfnnesotA-The Ice Movement.
From Onz Own Correspondent |
ST. PAUL, MIMI, Marcl, 10, 1863.
PAYMENT OF CHCRCu DEBTS.
Ono Of the most Interesting features in the |
sacred and religious life Of St, Paul, at the !
present time, is the effort now making to re- |
1icye the church organizations Of Indebted |
ness. The House Of Hope, under the pastoral |
care of Rev. F. A. Noble, organized few
years ago as colony from the First Prcsbytc-
rian Church, has debt Of perlaps three thou
sand dollars, equal in amount to the value Of |
all the real estate and personal property held |
By the corporation. In other respects, the |
congregation is tlourishing. The monetary
crieis Of 1857 found them just entering their
temporary chapel, and preparing to build d
large and costly church. The debt has been
accumulatinr ever since, until it has become
burden too heavy to bear. An effort is now
making to lift It, and with q fair prospect Of
complete success,
The Jackson street Methodist Church has
new and spacious house Of worship, but en-
numbered with obligations to the amount Of
about seven thousand dollars. Large and lib
cral subscriptions have been made to pay the
debt and save the church, and it Is believed
that tie entire amount will be realized.
INDIAN WAR CLAIMS.
The Board Of Auditors, during the recent
session OF three days at st. Cloud, audited
about five thousand claims. The Board win
meet at New Ul1n on the 10Th, for the dis
charge Of business, and then will adjourn to
st. Paul, where its sessions will be held until
NIL business is disposed Of.
THE MINNESOTA FIRST.
Col. Morgan, Of the 1st Minnesota, Leaves
to-day to join his regiment, having been at
home on short furlough. It is his purpose
to make strong appeal tc the Secretary Of
War, In behalf Of the regiment, to secure, if
possible, u furlough, to enable the members
to visit their homes during the summer, and
also 10 fill up the broken ranks.
EX-GOVERNOR sIDEF,
| The failure Of the Senate to confirm the
nomination Of Governor Sibley, rs Brigadier
| General, Is the occasion Of disappointment
| aEd regret TO the people Of Minnesota. This
| throws Governor Slblcy back into private life,
| his Office as Colonel Of the 9Th regiment hay
| ing been illed-and, indeed, this was not con-
| tirmed by the Senate, il the nomination was
made at I'LL. believe thai he was Colonel Of
| the State militia By the appointment Of the
| Governor, until nominated as Drig:1ier Cen
cial by the President, Governor Siblcy's In
dian campaign, last summer, whatever may
be thought Of the slowncss Of bis move
ments, and tie fact that lie had little or no
military experience, WAS crowned with the
prestige Of success, and the feeling Is general
that lis nomination should IAye been
promptly confirmed.
! THE GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA.
It was announced some days ago that Gov
ernor Ramscy was not going to resign. Tie
! has, however, taken his seat in tn: United
States Senate, without the fornulity Of a rcsig-
nation, and by so doing las probably vacated
the Office Of Governor It so, Hon. Henry 4.
Swift is the Governor Of the Commonwealth
Of Mimi esotA On this subject, however,
there is some difference Of opinion, the At
torncy GeneEll Of the State and others hold
ing that the o1lice Of Governor is not vacated,
though.the Revised Statutes, chapter |, Sec
tion II, says expressly, '*No member Of Con
l EFckE QI pElsou lOlHl1l5 All3 1i4lCC uuuEE LUZ
United States, shall execute the Office Of
Governor"
TIE ICE MOVEMENT,
The ice commenced to move yesterday be-
low the bend and canal sopened across the
riycr-the first signal Of the lifting Of our ice
embargo, for which We are looking anxiously.
During the last three days the weather has
been sprIng-like, and genial, the snow has dis
appeared, the icc is breaking up in the ponds
| I aDH 3r1sns 1rt there a RI iTf1fr9ffapH m
hand Of an early opening Of navigation.
Serious efforts have been made during the
winter to prepare tho Lake Pepin ice for cx.
port. a writer in the Lake City Times says:
VIC hare heard Of eight companies engaged in
. and three at other locations upon the Lake. Aud
we ETC informed that they viii cut not far from six
Of a beow
sixty thousand tons! Here it is gathered at less
i than, dollar q ton; to some that have unusual
pay well, notwithstanding high charges for freight
i It 1he hospitals according to contract, fwent!
, The most fctious obstacle to the putting up o
the ice this winter, We learn, 10 limited supply
the lumlcr necessary ior the bqildings; With th
pans in time. And should, next spring the freg,
he e BE-
done upon the Ohio and Allcghany rivers.
The way they do it down there is thus:
The blocks are cut either By plows or sawa int
regular para1efogrn1ne, consisting Of two square
It OF twenty inches that is they arc made twent,
si1inehes broad; aud 9i1y-two inches long. for eol
ice is. this winter, about twenty inches or tn
r fret thick: which IL several iucnes thinner tha
IA our ordinary winters produce, The weight
such block, lat sixty pounds to the cubic foot,)
about half a ton.
is These blocks, he tells us, arc slid by raj
% ways to the ice houses On the shore. lie tut
X e1oqnently diseonrscs On the translucent pur
e, II Of Lake Pepin ice:
u The transparency Of this ice is beyond all tn
q We could have believed No glass, 20 chrystal, +
,r diamond. not the regal koh-f~noor. could cxhih
s. such absolute perfection Of purity as 1t docs. IT
% wonderful clcarness Of one atmosphere, the reg
h that drains its living current from ten thousat
q Rwcet prairics or undisturbcd forests Of the 4
~ North. and alter career Of hundreds Of miles c.
y pands itself and rests in this lovely sheet Of wat
before it earts again in its long against Il
f. Gulf. all concentrate their evidence In these
10 es of ice. II reminds ue Of the ornament as Il
color Of the terrible rhrystal stretched above Il
= throne, that IN the vision Of the prophet Ezeki
gaes like INTO chystal that was before the th1on
c. which the beloved disciple SAW.
x When these blocks were half drawn out Of II
m the part that remained beneath the surface. An
n- almost incredible to tell. when we laid newep
per againet one Of the blocks without any tsan
Email print, through the more than two feet Of
u terycniug substance. What was still more wo
). derful, We could read the common heallpSs of Il
articles, in litte larger type, through the enti
h. ona a fhird! 4 comparison may be challsng
- | with ans other known substance, or with ice
- any other part Of the world.