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Year: 1859

SYMPATHY WITH THE IRISH INsURREcTIoNIsTs.-
Some meetings held in this city last night by Ger
tain parties, who sympathze with the young men re-
Gently arrested in Ireland on the charge of being
bers of secret political society, with view we believe
of raising money to deay the legal expenses of their
trial 1t is perhaps quite natural that those who par
tcipated in, friendly to, theunsuccessul attempt
of l848 in that country, should feel under obligation


to assist in the defence of men under prosecution most
probably for evivng maintaining the spirit
which nstigated all previous movements of this charac-
But why should not the fund raised in this
try ten years ago. for the aid and comfort Of the nsur
reconists of that time, be applied to the present pur
pose? 1t strikes us that it might be applied egti
maeIy That money amounted, if we not mistaken,
to $30000 and lodged in the hands of Judge En-
NETT Horace Greeley and Others. II properly invested
that might have nearly doubled itself since-an
amount far greater than could possibly be raised now in
these hard times, with winter pressing upon
that class from whom contributions would be most like
ly to come.-Neuo York Herald.
Year: 1859

The LAST FEMININE FoLLY-A Paris letter writer
gives the following description Of absurd article of
Dress which has just been revived by the ladies Of that
city, and which will ere long cross the Atlantic


half inclined to say that the greatest of all events
just now is the invention of a new dress. But such
dress If husbands and fathers were iladvsed enough
to raise an outcy about crinone what will they do now?
The dress speak of is to make which about eight
andtwenty or thirty yards of stuff are required and the
vestmens is thought to look best when made of velvet
Now just fancy dress of thirty yards composed of vel
vet, at six dollars yard The garment itself is little
else than what used under Louis XIV and XIV, to be
called a grand habittn 1t is a visiting dress and is
curious as to its form and sit Skirt and body hang
together are held to each other by the back in very
singular manner The back of the body spreading out


into kind Of long, large cape as it falls upon the skirt


The BODY is rather loose like what is called caraco"
and does not fit to the waist. The dress buttons all
down the front the width of the dress and the bottom


is eight yards and upon every are sewn ornaments
in passementerie called brandebouras' Such dress
may easily be broughtto cost $1,000, and cannotcost
under $l50. ba1 @esfltssg 7sspS sl453 ~ ~ ~
Year: 1859

The Hong Kong Register Nov l5th contains an
account of the barbarous murder OF French bishop by
the Mandarins in Tonquin. 1t occurred long while
since-the 9th of Juy-but only mention of the cir
cunlstance has been published. We quote from the Re
gster -


Horrible Torture.


Let us pass on to the horrible torture
suffered by the venerable bishop. The two servants
having been executed the eXecutoner stretched mat
the ground placed small carpet upon it, broke the
chain which round the neck of his eminence, and
made him lie down on his back upon the mating. The
bishop at this time nothing but pair of trousers
turned up to the thighs The victim being thus placed,
the eXecuoner took two stakes which he fixed In the
ground each side of him, and to which his hands
tightly bound by cords, causing great pain Two 9TH
then placed under his armpts and crossed
the chest of the bishop SO as to press it tightly Two
other posts then set up at short distance from his
feet The cords with which the feet bound were
passed round these posts and stretched violently the feet
being then pegged down the oins similarly
cured It would be difficult to conceive the orures of
the venerable preate thus bound and raked An order
was then issued first to cut off the feet then the hands,
afterwards the head of the martyr and lastly to evscer
ate him. At this order five executioners commenced
their frightful duty They armed with kind of
bill hook hatche purposey blunted in order to nfict
greater suffering. They commenced by cutting off the
legs above the knees each limb receiving about twelve
blows before it was severed. The process
peated with the arms But the power of speech now
failed the happy martyr, who, long strength
mained had not ceased to call Jesus. His head
then struck of by repeated blows, and lastly his body
was opened, and his entrails drawn out with hook
Such the exact account of the death and torture of
our dear Mechoir the very spot which had been
consecraed two years earlier by the martyrdom of his
predecessor. Immediately after the execution the differ
ent parts of the body wrapped up in the mat and
thrown into pit dug for the purpose The Tenquinese
wished to make the elephants pass the spot
to rampe under foot the grave of the venerable COMES
sor of our fah but these animals less savage and
may almost say, more humane than their masters OBJ
stinaey refused to do so if they would not proane
the relics of the noble martyr Bishop Melchoirs head
was exposed for days the southern gate of Nan
dnh and then broken to pieces and thrown into the
Year: 1859

The Albany Standard announces the death on ca
nal boat in that city, of a named inc Smith, un
der the following circumstances


He was sick and though woman representing her,
self as his wife, board yet when the physicians
examined him. they found that be suffering from an
attack supernduced by dirt and filth and that his body
was then in putrid state from neglect and the want of
care The physicians Immediately made application to
the Overseer of the Poor for his removal to the Aims
House Hospital This was on Wednesday. The per-
nit was granted, but on undertaking to remove him
they had to desst fearing that the would dropapart
in their hands He was therefore allowed to remain
there, and Wednesday night about O'Clock the un-
If ever beheid
Year: 1859

This number Of the WEEKLY MINNEsoTIAN
AND TIMES will be sent to all the subscribers
scribers as are in arrears to either of those
papers will be cut off with this number.
Those who have paid in advance for either
will receive the MINNEsoTIAN AND TINES
Until The expiration of such subscription.
1t is proper that all who are in arrears will
Immediately pay up and subscribe for the
new paper. We hope that this will be q
sufficient notice.
Year: 1859

But little business was transacted in either
branch of the Legislature yesterday. On
Monday the members went to work in earn
est and had it not been for the factious spirit
of few Democratic Senators in placing the
Senate under a call, much business would
have been transacted. On Tuesday evening
a caucus Of the members was held to nomi-
nate United States Senator, but after eight
cen ballots the caucus adjourned without per-
fecting a nomination. Yesterday some con-
siderable wirc-pulling was perceptible and a
disposition was manifested to devote the al
ternoon to a proper understanding of the
members as to the various claims of the
prominent men now on the Senatorial track.
We presume the question was settled last
evening and that the Joint Body will be rea-
dy to vote on it oday. When this question
is disposed of, and few others that just now
initiate against the progress of Legislation,
we hope to see the machinery moving steadi-
ly along, carrying with. it the interests of the
people. We knoo that there is disposition
on the part of the members to facilitate busi-
ness and close up with a short session, and
the people are equally anxious to effect that
result.


Let us impress upon the members then the
necessity of economy in time as well as mon-
ey, and that while they have thus far done well
they can do better by unity ofsentiment and
concentration of action on any important
question which may come before them. Bear
in mind gentlemen, that short and working
session with due attention to retrencfmept,
is the stepping stone to victory in 1860.
Year: 1859

- Not the glorious Union which the South
and Northern Doughaces are talking so much
about-but the Union of the two Republican
papers of this city,-is the topic which at pres
ent most interests you and us, reader. After
repeated efforts the union has been consummated,
and we appear to day stronger and better able
TO combat the corrupt and corrupting influences
of the Democratic party. 1t will be observed
that the name of the paper is the MINNEso-
rIAx AND TINES" and the establishment is
placed on a Joint Stock basis, called the Min
nesotian and Times Printing Company" New
son, MOORE, FOSTER 4 Co, Publishers. With
the combined material of the two Offices, the
joint concern is enabled to execute all styles and
qualities of Printing. and at figures as low as
at any other establishment in the State The
combined subscription lists give the union Office
Daily circulation more than double that Of
any other paper in Minnesota, and Weekly
circulation that will compare favorably with
any paper this side of Chicago. With little
effort on the part of our friends, the MISNEso-
passed by any other paper out of the great
cities


The MISxEsorIAN being the oldest paper and
the name having greater local significance,
takes precedence, while the size of the TINES is
retained. with the narrow columns of the MIN
SEsor1AN Our heading is but temporary. We
have ordered a new and beautiful head which
will be ready in week or so in the meantime
the fayors of our advertisers will be reset and
displayed to suit their tastes. The editors Of
the papers prior TO tier union. tcM continue to
be the editors OF the joim paper.


As a matter of course the hasty manner
in which the papers have been united, gives the
joint paper crude appearance, but few days
will suffice to place us all right, and to present
to our readers journal, worthy, we trust, their
enerous support. We shall make no promises
which we do not intend to fulfill, but we shall
seek to merit the patronage of the party and the
business community, by presenting them with
O Journal which it will be their interest to sus-
tain.
Year: 1859

~ The people Of st. Louis are almost in
sane with the excitement of the first sleigh
ing. The Democrat says: zone of our down
town merchants engaged largo six-horse
sleigh upon on his own individual account, at
the low price Of twenty dollars per hour
Taking a company of ladies and gentlemen
sufficient to al it, the party were driven
through the city, out of town, and back again,
for the space Of four hours, which, at eighty
dollars, was 4 tolerably expensive ride"
Year: 1859

w For business convenience. we wish it
understood that the internal management Of
the united Office at present, GEORGE W.
MooxE acts as Treasurer and Financial Agent
Of the concern.
Year: 1859

CHAPTER VT.

 An Act in addition to An Act for the Regulation

 of Civil Actions -

 B. eaaced by e Senate and House of Representations in General Assembly conuened:

 SEQ. 1. Whenever any justice of the peace shall be disqualified unable, from any cause whatever, to proceed to the trial of any civil action pending before him. the parties to said action may, by writ ten agreement, endorsed upon the writ, and signed by said parties or their attorneys, designate any other justice of the peace,. resident in the town where either of said parties reside who may proceed to t,ia, render judgment and issue execution in said cause; and said judgment and execution shall have the same effect in law, as if they had been rendered said writ.

 SEo. 2. A justice of the peace, before whom any civil action is pending may, by written agreement of the parties thereto, endorsed upon the writ and signed by said parties their attorneys proceed to trial render judgment, and issue execution in said cause at any time after the return of said wrt and previous to the time designated in said writ as the day of trial as may be agreed upon by said parties And such judgment and execution shall have the same effect in law if the trial of said cause had been had on the day designated in said writ.

 Approved, June 1st. 1859.
Year: 1859

The New York Assoc iation for the Re.
lief of the Poor, in its fifteenth annual
report, makes some admirable suggestions
which we condense:


/. Those who owe the poor anything
ought to pay at once. Cash for washing
and ironing, or almost cash, may be Il
slight thing for the employer, but 1t is
great thing for the employed, who has to
pay in this way for room-rert and coal.


9. We recommend it to all persons who
have any work to do, or who can make
work suitable for the various classes who
are chiefly without employment, and there
fore without food, to employ them forth
with, and pay them, promptly, generous
price. If ii poor fellow will consent to
saw and split !. cord of hickory wood 70!
fifty or seventytive cents, and does the
Job neatly and well, pay him dollar, and
let the extra quarter sweelen his frugal
supper. (Of course we have reference III
these recon- mendations to honest and tenn
pelale persons, who will not abuse and
pervert what is done for them.) ouI
washerwoman may agree 10 take hity cents
dozen, but if she has to drag the bag
home and the ba sket back to you, some
times in pinching cold, and scarcity o
clothing, give her IL quarter now and then
to pay for her wearisome tramp, or cap
! or a pair of shoes, to her little boy tha
shares her burdens. 1t will be better
charity than siXpence given to lazy
street beggar, who will turn it into whisky
or lager beer at the next corner.
Year: 1859

EgSpring'is opening early, and now
the dwellers in the country will have their
hands full of work. This is the great
season for active preparation. Everything
about the Homestead, the Barn, and the
Field, needs careful oversight. Early
crops in field and garden should be put in
Look over the orchard and other fruit
trees, scrub the rough bark, split off the
thirnbles Of worms eggs, keep the cattle
off the grain fields and moving lands, put
up the rails that the winds have blown
from the fences, trim up the wood piles,
rake up the chips, knock in pieces the cat
tie droppings upon the sward lands, and
thus be in readiness when the warm days
come on, to go into the heavy Spring work
without hindrance. Keep the working
teams in good heart, so they will not faih
when they come to the heavy plowng and
hauling Ohio CU|tiUator.
Year: 1859

EBWe knew an old man who believed
that what was to be would be. He lived
in Missouri, and was one day going out
several miles through region infested in
early times by very savage Indians. He
always took his gun with him, but this
time found that some of the family had it
out. AS he would not go without it, some
of his friends tantalized him by saying
there was no danger of the Indians, that
he would not die until his time had come
anyhow.


"Yes," said the old fellow, "but sup
pose was to meet an Indian, and his time
had come, it woul dn't do not to have my
gum


1t is said that this old feller was frs
cousin to bob Logic"
Year: 1859

Gsg" The sorrow for tho dead is the only
sorrow from which We refuse to be di-
vorced. Every other wound we seek to
heaI--every other affllction to forget; but
this wound we consider it a duty to keep
Open-this affection we cherish aud brood
over in sIence.-TUiR1.
Year: 1859

Quartz is nearly pure silicic acid. The fine
white sand found in the beds of streams is
quartz that which is whitest is the purest !;
many sandstones are nearly pure quartz, but
more generally are mixed with oxide of iron,
lime, etc. Flint and rock crystal are quartz,
the latter being pure silica, that is; sliccn (the
base) united with oxygen in the proportion of
one of silicon to three of oxygen. Silicic acid
combines with the bases of metals and miner
ais forming silicates almost all the rocks and
minerals consist of these silicates, more espe-
cially those of alumina, lime, magresia, oxide
of iron, potash and soda, all of which, except
those containing an excess of the stronger aka
lies, are insoluble in water. The silica is rem
dered soluble by tue action of potash and soda
in the soil, SO that it may be absorbed by the
plant, as it is a necessary ingredientin forming
the outer coat of the stalk OF wheat and corn,
by which these plants obtain their solidity and
stiffness. Plants, whose length and thinness
of stalks or stems are exposed to destructive in
fuences require both solidity and stiffness to
support them in an erect position, and this in
all probability is the reason why the stems of
the cereals rather than any other class of plants
contain so large aquanttiy of silica deposited in
the stem and chat, scarcely any in the grains
1t always exists in free state in plants, and
does not participate to any important extent in
the direct nutrition of vegetable life.


ALUMINA, OF pure clay is everywhere found
in great abundance. The sapphire and ruby
are crystalizod forms of alumina, and emery is
Year: 1859

Alone, mid the ruin of all he loved
On the earth around him strewed-
In the face OF death, but all unmoyed


Inc klamath warrior stood
A hundred rifles in deadly rest.


Marked his heart with fatal aim,
But no quickenedt throb stirred his gallant breast,
No tremor shook his frame.
DE saw the foes Of his race before.


host 'gainst his single arm,
Their hands dyed deep with the crimson gore,
That yet oozed thick and warm
From the mangled forms o: his sons that lay
On the dusty and smoke stained field,
Where he stood like lion turned at bay
10 perish, but not to yield.
And yet cen his falcon eye grew dim,
And ashen his lips of scorn,
And the slavish fetters weighed down each limb
vi the heir of the mountain born.
But not in dread did his courage fail,


Nor his cheek grow white with fear,
Nor In deadly strife did his strong arm quail,
When the stroke of death was near
They brought there Manatta, his souls delight,
Manatta, his life's last lamp,
Whose eye, like the star of the fading night
lllumined his dusky camp
Whose silvery laugh deeper thrilled his breast
Than the war-whoop's ringing shout
whose grasshopper fxins he loved the best
Whose salmon was never out"
And when she, timid and trembling, came.
Like birding from its nest
They turned from his bosom their murd'rous


aim,


10 cover her heaving breast
One agonized glance to her warrior proud,
One smothered and fearful cry,
And his knees grew weak and his swart head


bowed,


AS he murmured low, ~ dry !" [up.l
And far away to the bleak Reserve,


Was that mountain hero borne
A slave meath the white mans lash to serve,
And mark for the white mans scorn.
But still is one glmmer of sunshine shed
Ger his heart, by misfortune struck,
For Manatta bakes ever his acorn bread,
And mixes his loved chemuck.
Go, warrior stout, down the vale of age
Your wearisome trail to trace
One name written fair upon Honor's page
Shall redeem your maligned race.
And oh, son of the pale-face, forbear to grin,
As his costume unique you view,
For that tarred head may cover soul within
AS dauntless as tender and true.


A gentle mingling of the sublime and rdicu-
lous, that, we think The ridiculous part should
have been omitted, friend Skurb"1
Year: 1859

TN I S CELEBRATED GIN-pretendiug to
i nothing but what it is viz pure and I'M
adultcrated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not, some of its rival imi-
tators do-after five years of public approval
and very extensive sales in California, has been
pronounced by the public to be superior, not on
ly as a beverage of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it, bnt is


Unrivalled in its Medical Efficiency
in most cases of complaint To opersons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West, North to South, who are constantly chang
ing their water as well as their climate: who are
drinking indeed, dozen kinds of water in ev-
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonism
to the preceding one, thereby causing an unnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use
counteracting agent. From the fact that the


"London Club House Gin"
is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies
and to act as we know it will act, as an anti
dote, we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article in the country. The name of q Aromatic
Scheidam Schnapps1 has never been attached
in any way TO this article In first presenting
the


"London Club House Gin"
to the public, my aim was to give them pure
and unadulterated article of Gin, and to call it
by its right name. The success attending its
introduction aud extensive sale in California is
sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
of the article by consumers.


Various parties have from time to time put up
and shipped to California an article which they
call "Club House Gin" My Gin, which has
gained such a reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases,


cold London Club House Gin--y m. H d."
The bottles also have a white label with fac
smile of my signature. caution all parties to
beware of fimmitations WM II. DAILY,
f5tfis Sole Importer, New York
Year: 1859

TIE BED.--


o bed O bed delicious bed
That heaven upon earth 10 the weary head
But place that to name would be llbred,


TO the head with n waltefnl trouble
'Tis held by such different lease
To one q place Of comfort and peace,
All stuffed with the down Of sInbble geese,


TO another with only the stubble
Year: 1859

ODD Fellows ANNIvERsARY-Tbc 2Gth ult,
was day of general rejoicing on the Pacific
coast No festal event ever attracted such gene
Americans In almost every city, town and mi
ming camp in the State, the day was properly
Observed 1t is commendabe to see men thus
throw aside the petty sriies of every day life,
and as one common brotherhood nobly working
for common good.
Year: 1859

An interesting report has just been sub
mitted by the Convention of the South
Carolinian Episcopal Church, at their
session in 1859, in respect to the marriage
of slaves. The following is the substance
Of the decision arrived at by the Commit
tee: The relation Of husband and wife
is declared to be Of divine institution, and
to be equally binding on the slave as we'll
as on the master. The injunction Of the
Savior :orbidding the separation of hus-
band and wife is obligatory on the master,
and every master should SO regulate the
disposal of the slavo as not to infringe
the divine injunction. Voluntary aban-
doumcnt, on the part of a married slave.
ought to come within the same rule as in
the case of a free person; but when the
abandonment is involuntary, and caused
by circumstances without the control of
the parties, the refusal to allow a second
would often produce much evil and hard
ship; but in giving its sanction to such
second marriage, the Convention would
do so in the qualified language applied by
the Apostle to cases of sclf-res!raint. The
report makes the remarkable statement
that there is no instance in South Carroll
na of legal divorce.





To FARMERs.-Farmers and others,
owning property in the neighborhood of
towns, are greatly annoyed by having
their fences, enclosing their lands, torn
down and the rails carried of for fire
wood. 1t may be some advantage for
them to know that law exists in this
State, giving power to every Justice of
the Peace, before whom any one is con-
yicted of breaking down, and carrying
away, any part Of a fence, to fine them
the sum of ten dollars, one half to be
paid to the iDtormer, aud the other half
to the county. In default Of payment
the Justice has the power, under the law,
to imprison the offender for thirty days
in the county Jail.
Year: 1859

The very heavy shower of rain which
fell here on Tuesday last served 70 remind
US that about two years ago some ''person or
persons to US unknown" borrowed our
umbrella, and failed to return it. sThis
therefore is to notify the ''said individual
that he had better bring it back forthwith.
The Supreme court of-no matter what
State, having recently decided that umbrel-
lars are not public property, if ours is not
returned by the next shower we shall pro-
ceed to sue out writ of '.precogi-tartar"
(which, as Weller would say, sis one what
gifts feller as well where he aint as where
he is'' for the man who has it. If we
can't get anything else, we want the frame
of it either for pre-emption shanty, or to
secure town lot.