, 1863-02-24
FROM MINNESOTA,
From Our Special Correspondent
ST. PAIL, MINI, Feb. Is, 1868

From Our Special Co7Eespondent.1
ST. PAIL, MINI, Feb. IS, 1868.
TIE LEa1sLAruRK.
The bill for the appointment Of Board of
State Auditors to adjust the outstanding
claims against the State on account Of the In
dian war, has finally passed the Senate. The
House bill lcrying tax Of one dollar on each
voter in the State, soldiers excepted, vas de.
bated at some length, amended, and ordered
to third reading.
a joint resolution relating to the selection
Of lands donated By an act Of Congress, for
the endowment Of d State Agricultural and
Mechanical College, was read third time and
passed. i Icommittee Of the whole number
Of bills and resolutions we're considered:
among others the joint resolution uthorizing
the Governor to call out the militia for the
defense Of the frontier, and to provide for the
removal Of the Winnebago Indians, in case
Congress fails to do SO. The bill providing
for biennial eessions Of the Legislature,
through an amendment to the Constitution,
wns recommended tor passage.
Mr. Br1shaH introduced resolutions con-
deInning Secretary Chase's banking scheme.
4 long and animated discussion ensucd, indi-
eating the political procliyities of the mem
bcrs who participated in II. Various amend
finally the resolutions we're tabled without
printing, by q vote Of p to 10.
LAWS APPROVED.
As the session Of the Legislature draws TO-.
wards close, the members Of both Houses
seem disposed to 70 to work in earnest. A
large amount Of business has been dispatched
during the last two or throe days. Among
the laws approEed | notice the following: An
act to provide for the apporttionmcnt Of the
rial to the Senate and House Of Re-
prreentatives Of the State OF wisconsin. con.
corning the cession of Douglas county, Wis
consin, to the State Of Minnesota. A memo
rial to the Congress OF the United States to
extend the benefits of the pension laws Of
1862, to the sufferers BY the Sioux raid. j..
HEAVY ALLOTMENT.
The State Treasurer received, day or two
since, the allotment OF the 9TH regiment, for
ing TO over 5000.
OUR WEATHER.
We have all the extremes Of weather pecu.
liar to more Southurn latitude. On Satur-
day, q warm, dizzling rain, and tnaw; on
Sunday, cold, clear day; on Monday, anoth-
cr thaw: Tuesday, a regulartpring day, and
to-day, Wednesday, tie streets are flooded
with water, and the hills crowning the city
arc bare Of snow: Farewell to s1cighing!
tsy, there Lave been no sleiighs on the mail
route to Lacrosse.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Capt. H. H. Western, late Of the I'd Mime
sofa regiment, Is at the American House, hay
ing been compelled to resign his so1nn,and on
account Of impaired health.
Companies A, G and Z Of the 9Th regiment,
started this morning for Glencoe, part Of
the forces to be stationed at suitable places
to anticipate, md Il possible, prevent the
threatened Sioux raid in the spring.
SICKNESS.
There arc said to be some cases of small
por III town. Vaccina ion is all the rage Just
now, and "sore arms'' are met with every
where. AS precautionary measure this is
well, but the panic is needless.
The measles Of a very malignant type are
still prevailing. Three members of 4 French
family residing on Pine street ere to be buried
to.day-the mother and two children. Those
persons lived on the frontier last Au-
gust, where the husband of the woman
and father of the children, named David Pas-
qucnadc, was killed By the Indians. Soon af-
ter Mrs. P. married Mr.. Beanscjour who is
now a volunteer In the service ut Fort Ripley,
and who arrived homo only to see his wife aud
stcb-children for the Last time. One child, il
little boy aged nine, is apparently recovering.
Yesterday, Bcauscjour took IN artist to his
now deeolate home to take daguerreotypes of
the slowed and lost"