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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
©WENS & JIOORG,
VOLUME 1.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BYJ. P. OWE.YS 4- G. W. MOORE,
Saiat Paul, Minnesota Territory.
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vance-
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For all changca ordered In ad. ertlseuunts, a charge will
be made of thirty c< nu per 1,000 can composition.
We agree to charge the above prices, uttUorutly for ad
vertising.
James M. Coodiiiie, Pioneer,
D. A. Robertson, Democrat,
Owens At Moore, MiuucsotUu.
St. Paul March 74tlt, 135.’.
M. E. AMES.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Paul, Minn.
WILL attend with promptne.-s and fidelity to all law
business Intrusted to th dr care in Mlnucsota, and
the adjoining comities •»( Wl»con»iu.
rr Particular attention wil be given to the collection
of debts, and the ImcaUoU of land warrants. y
W. P. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COl KSKLOK AT LAW,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
Intrusted to him. Ilalvng made himse f a qualnt
ed with 'he quality and situation of the surveyed lands
lu the territory, he is prepared to locate land warrant.-
to the best advantage. Pcrxns a’ a distance may send
Until' warrant* here and their Interest* will be attended
to As If th»*y were present. £3~D!Uco ou Third sreet.
September 17. 1-51.
11. L. MOSS,
Attorney & counsellor at
Law, S.ihwa.er, Mm. Ter., will attend to pro
fessional bu»mc>s m i.i the c-uirts of the Territory > will
*Ucud to the local hut of Land Warrants, £tr.
Laud Warrants for sale.
A. VAN VOHHES,
A TTORNEY Si COUNSELLOR AT
Xm. Uw and Solicitor ill Chancery, will attend to a!:
professional httslu .■*> intrusted tolas eare, in the different
court* of the Territory. (Stillwater, 1357.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
A Law and Solicitor m Oau «<y. Will give prompt
attention to a •> busin-a* intrusted him in the Hue of hi
protessi-.u, in any part *>f tne Territory. Particular at
tention paid to I »ca ing Land Warrants, Paymeiii ot Tax
es, sale of Patents when issued, and Ileal K-luie in gen
eral. Office at St. Anthony, ou Maiu street, opposite the
Fall*.
AY. Richardson,
TVTOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer,and
-Lx Land A-cut. Office* opposite the St. Charles
House, Si. Auihoiiy Fal.s.
TIIOS. P. WATSON.
Attorney, Counsellor Solicitor.
(avocai yrancais.)
Office over Spencer’s store, Third st.,
St. Paul. mtf
VTtLH.IV Ai, VAV KTI’E.Y.
ATTO R N E Y S A T L A W,
Offi* e over Farrington's Brick Store, St Paul.
Or. It, U t KlllftT I'.
HAS I.i* office m the r.ar of LeviSloau’* store, where
he win b•• ready t * attend to professional calls.
Saiut Paul, Nov 29—iuui y
DR. J. 11. DAY,
WILL pr»ct c.* his profession in Saint Paul and vi
cinity. O.Uce on Bench street,
l\ov 29 mm y
L. A. BABCOCK,
LVW Flint,
BABCOCK &. WILKINSON Atturnles and Counsellors
at Law, Solicitors in Chancery, Ac.
Ofttce near the corner of Third aud Huberts streets, St.
Paid- M in- Ter.
U !*.. attend to business of their profession in all the
Couiu >f the Territory,
nov. 22,1851.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
ATTOnSEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
office ou Tuird St. saint Paul.
DAMILL B&LCK. a. L. WILLIAMS,
dec. 4.
\V I. 11 EAR Y WOO d,
ATTOHNKY A. COUXSELKOR AT LAW. Notary
Public, and Land A-vut. Sauk Uapul>, Minnesota
Territory.
JACOB J. JtTOAH,
Attorney at law and justice
of the Peace—Commissioner f »r the State* of Maine,
Connectic u, Ka«**ie Island, N*-w York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana.
Office on Third St., St. Paul.
DU. T. It. POTTS,
Corner Roberts and Sixth strelis, St. Paul,
\\f ILL attend to the duties of his profession in St. Paul
VT aud vicinity. September 17.
U11.1.S OF EXCHANGE,
And DRAKrs »n all I>»ru> t»f tlie United Slates, at the
uitue ol lUe Minuesul* ouiflt, by
CHAS. W. lIORL'P.
J. QULVJf,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corner
uf Third and Miime>ota St>.—4veutleiueu*» boXs
and sho.***; al*o L*lin»’ and Children's *lio**a, made to
order in the neatest aud uio»i durable manner, aud or (he
bet materials.
J. R. BRtWSTER,
House, Sign, and Orn.iineuial Painter.
St. Paul, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
THE undersigned Is agcut for, ami will Insure buildings
and goods in the following Companies:
Utica Insurance Company.
JStna Insurance Company of Utica.
Orient* Insurance Cotupaiiy.
Jackson County Aim oat Company.
New York Frotectiou Company.
—Al^o—
Will insure lives in the Connecticut Mutual Life In»u
rsa■'•Company. ALEX.. WILKIN*
Et. Paul, November 5, 1851 g
F. E. COLLINS,
AUCTIONS COMMISSION HOUSE
TIIE utklersignefl having received an Auctioneer’s Com
mission from the Governor of Minnesota, has opened an
Auction and Commission House, in St* Paul, w here he
will sell oil commission, Groceries, Dry Goods, Furniture,
Sic. He believes that the superior advantages of
St. Paul a* a market, will be a sufMcieut inducement for
business men and manufacturers at a distance, to send
their goods, &c., to !>'• sold on commission at private sale,
or at auctiou. His charges will be m derate.
N. B. Particular attention wijl be paid to the sale of
teal estate, lu or about St. Paul, Su Anthony, or Still wa
fer*
P. E. COLLINS.
March 6
REFERENCES:
Gov. ally. Ramsey, St. Paul,
lion. 11. 11. Sidlev, Hendutn,
“ David Olmsteu, SI rchant, Benton Ct.,
“ J. 0. Hamsev. St. Paul,
*• vt'ni. H. Foubes, j
P.LEELT fc. IIKOI HERS, f „ e .
■ttii. W. SiMrsoN, > Mtrchants, St.
Joint Fabbisuton, I Paul.
D. L. Fuller, J
F BARILIS STEELE, Mer. St. Anthnnr,
vrji. HOfJOMIE.Esc-, S'Ul*atrr.
Ventral noiisp, *t. Paul
CAVE Sl BURTON' have taken this old and well known
house. They have fitted It up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and travellers with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spared to make
the Central House one of lbs best Hotels lu the W'est.
November, 1351.
Msm&Aast usgvsSj
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American House Low
ell, Mass., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything in proper order
for the convenience or travelers, boarders, or families de
siring furni-hed apartments, respectfully Invites his
friends ami the public to give him a call, believing that
he can do as much for their Comfort a- can be expected
In a new country* not yet supplied with regular markets.
Temperance House,
LOT MOFFET, Proprietor,—Corner
of Fourth and Jackson St>., Saint Paul. Perma
nent an I transient hoarder- furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
Ha If-Way House.
JOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
St. Paul and Stillwater,) begs leave to say t*> stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and the public generally, that
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated in the midst
of the most delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with Ash, and In an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to see company from abroad, as well as
from the neighboring villages. They will And the charges
moderate.
R. R. NELSON
Minnesota Boarding-House.
SC McCRAY would inform the pub
• lie —residents and strangers—rhat he ha* taken
the large house on Eagle Street, opposite D. L. Fuller’s
Brick Store, where he Is prepared to ajcomm slate his
customers with the beat style of boarding. The house
has been thoroughly repaired and paint* d. His table will
be furnished with every tliiug the market a fiords; and
th**M* who come prepared to plank up the Ca h every
Saturday night, will tlud the ‘‘Minnesota Boarding House”
a comfortable and plca.-ant home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6 in.
Emmett A Moss,
Attorneys and Solicitors.
IT'ILL attend to professional business
* * In the various Courts or the Territory. Particu
lar attention given to the location of Land Warrants,
buying and selling of lauds, &<•. Land warrants for sale
for cash or on time, office on the corner of Wabasha*
aiul Third streets, St. Paul Mlnnv*„ta.
L. EMMETT,
July 1, 1852. lIENItY L. MOSS.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
V LL persons desiring burial lots can
JA- obtain information by calling upou the Secretary.
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. \V. liorup. 29yl
P. CHOUTEAU, JR. JAS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE*
CHOUTEAU. HARK ISON & VALUE.
Commission Alrrcha :tsand Proprietors of the St.
Louis Koiling Mill.
AND manufactures of bur iron in all its
various shapes, Sheet Iron and Boiler Piat', Nails
and Spik s from the ore of the Iron Mountain. Iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, l>dl.
Nathan Spicer,
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER,
•J at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street,
next door to the St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make gold and .silver watches, rings, spootis.Jnl
i Slc., on short notice. Also to r<-p*ir the same, a- WORkUd
| well as music books, shell corahs, «*r linger rings, D.ac-
I lets and ear drops. He also keeps for sale a great variety
*of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
W. II FORBES,
PUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
A Also Dry (roods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson directs.
J. W .BA BCOCK^
FORWARDING and Commission Mer
chant, Upper laiudiug, Saint Paul, Minnesota Ter
ritory.
Kittson’s Addition.
T’IIIS desirable ground, lying in the
most central and advantageous part « f the basin
of St. Paul, where must inevitably he the principal river
business of the town, and afford mg also the most choice
and delightful lots in the rear, upon the bench for dwel
ling houses; i» surveyed into lots and now offered for
sale with titles undisputed and indisputable, at reasona
bly |o«r prices, and upon liberal terms of credit, for most
of the purchase money, and lumber for building ou bits
sold in the addition, will he furnished at the rotary saw
mill on easy terms. CHAS. 11. OAKES,
Agent for Proprietors.
SPEMER, KIRKPATRICK 4c MARKLEY,
Forwarding aud Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL.
feb 14 T2 zll_
S. P. FOLSOM,
County Surveyor.
May be found at office of of Register of Deeds, on Third
street, one door below Minnesota Outfit. 17—-y
E. M’ LAG AN,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota
1) 11031 PT attention given to all consignments, and char
ges moderate.
St Paul, October 19, 1851 7
M.S. WILKINSON
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To my old Friends,
AND THE “REST OK MANKIND,” I would say,
that 1 can be found during the winter, at tlio old
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where l will al
ways be happy to wait upon them. Bar and house fur
nished with the best of every tiling.
uov. 22. tt. WM. IIARTSIIORXE.
SIIERMAX 6s. MOREY,on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
tlie middle of town, in tlie building of Mr. K.IIOX, up
sfair>, may be fouffd, ready to attend to Painting in all its
departments, llouae painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, onJ .with
paints of tlie best quality. If we do our work in a slov
enly, uuworkmaii like niatitiner we do not expect to gel
business in the enlightened town or £t. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SUERAIAy K MOREY.
HOOK BINDING.
r pnE subscriber would respeetrully iufount the citizens
ot St. Paul and Its vicinity, ihut be is now carrying on
the above business in ih>* ~u story ot SueuceCs new build
llie, on the corner or Full aiul Roberts street.
U - Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and ■
periodicals. JaME3 MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21—tf
J C Burbank fit co. Sl.Paul] [ W L Fawcette&co. St. Louis
NORTH WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH TIIE
American and other Express Companies.
TO and from ail the principal cities in tbe United States,
Ca 1 orn a and Europe, for the speedy trau.*portatioii
of money and valuable packages, coi eclion of draf ts, notes,
bills, accounts, ku, purchase ami tale of all kinds oi
merchandize.
AGENTS.
c. R. Rice Ac Co, St. Paul, OIU West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
I*. B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding ami
commission business generally.
may 1. 33-tf
AMERICAN SALOON.
FRED. HARDY now keeps tins well-known establish
ment “on his own hook.” lie hopes by a continued
aiteuiion to the wants of his customers, to merit their
patronage as heretofore.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
I'UE subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
and assures all purchasers In his line, that he will
e 11 for cash, saddles, harness ot a 1 Winds, and trunks, of
a better <iuallty, and cheaper than any other establish
ment In Minnesota. Pur ha>ers will do well to call at
his shop, on Third street, St. Paul, next door east of S.
U. Sergeut’s and judge lor themselves.
A. R. FRENCH*
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
O New EngUuU of lb. West, by E. s. Sovmour. For
rale by I.EDUC fc KOHKKK.
~ FIRE L MARINE INSURANCE,
BY the undersigned nguut for the Froteciluu Insurance
Company or Hartford, Conn. Folicie. Issued upon the
most favorable term, by
W. P. Muriuy, Af'nt. Mlnnesot..
St Pan!, Ftbru.ry “?8, 1542 f t-lm
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1852.
painting.
Office-Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
THE MINNESOTIAN.
The Test in New Hampshire,
A correspondent of the American Celt,
an influential Democratic paper, issued at
Buffalo, and devoted to the interests of
the Irish Catholics, writes from Washing
ton, under date of June 25th, an able let
ter upon the New Hampshire Anti-Catho
lic provision. As an index of the tem
per of our foreign residents, we give it
entire :
41 On the eve of every Presidential
election, politicians and party men become
extreme'}’ enraptured with Catholics and
Irishmen—so much so, indeed, that if the
lingers of the most incorrigible “foreign
er” of that ilk, living in the neighbor
hood of the Five Points, should pain him
a little, all their sympathy, which had
b >en bottled np for three years and six
m >nths previous, becomes at once in a
state of fermentation, and bursts its brit
tle prison with a loud noise, similar in
sound to ihut expressed by the exclama
tion, “ Who will you ro'e for t" This is
the gist of their love for Irish citizens,
after all the blarney which they arc able
to conjure up and cast upou them on
those occasions. In the coming contest
we shall witness much of such humbug,
and with some success too, on the part of
ilie practical wire-pullers. lam glad to
see, by your last number, that you have
denounced the practice of making our re
ligious opinions parly tests, when there
is not sufficient cause for it. In this I
agree with you precisely. Bn*, sir, how
stands the case between the Stale ot' New
Hampshire and the Catholic population of
the United States? Precisely as docs
England to Ireland on the subject of reli
gion. New Hampshire lias a religious
test act on her statute book, excluding
you and me, and every other Catholic
from the exercise of our rights as Ameri
can citizens; and England, with all her
moral depravity and persecuting propen
sity, has none worse against us.
But you will ask, what has Franklin
Pierce to do with that—for it is to that
point lam coming ? I answer : person
ally, perhaps, not much, but socially and
politically as the representative of a per
secuting and intolerant State, a great deal.
I frankly acquit Mr. Pierce of all censure
on the ground of sanctioning, or sustain
ing the law complained of, and give him
all credit for liberality on the subject in
question. But that is not the true issue.
It is one between the State of New
Hampshire and four millions of Ameri
can citizens whom sbo degrads, or at
tempts to degrade below all other classes
because of their religion. Why do I say
that the issue lies between that State and
the Catholic body of this country ? Be
cause that State, in January last, in her
sovereign capacity, in Convention, put
Mr. Pierce forward as her representative
an 1 choice for the Chief Magistracy of
the Union, and in doing so, appealed all
fads to those whom she degrades as un
worthy of holding office within her limits,
even tile most menial, to endorse by their
votes, such sovereign recommendation.—
The Baltimore Convention has responded
to her call, and it will be seen whether
the Catholic body of the country will
honor her also, and add, by their act, a
degree of self-abasement to this standing
insult of New Hampshire, for which 1
am not prepared to give them credit.
“ You have known my political partiali
ties long sinee, and that this difficulty
would not have occurred, had a different
man been selected in the [ilace ot Air.
Pierce ly the Baltimore Convention ; but
I have determined as a citizen of these
United States, not to sustain either by
my vote or influence, any man—whether
Whig or Democrat—put forward by that
State for public favors, so long as she
holds that infamous penal code on her
statute books. The alternate be’ween
non-action and positive oppositicn to Mr.
Pierce’s claims for election, is not of our
choosing; but circumstances not anticipa
ted so soon by the sovereign lights of the
State, have forced it reluctantly upon us.
“ If you think that there is a difference
between the moral depravity of Lord
Jolm Russel’s attempt to degrade the
Catholics of Ireland by his late penal
code, and that of a similar penal code en
grafted upon the Constitution of a sover
eign State of this Union, Ido not. The
act is the same—the object acted upon is
identical, and the end in view in both ca
ses is the political and religious degrada
tion of the Catholic.
CATHOLICUS.”
A Curious Historical Fact.—Du
ring the troubles in the reign of Charles
1., a country girl came to London in
search of a place as servant maid, but not
succeeding, she hired herself to carry out
beer from a warehouse, and was one of
those called tub women. The brewer
observing a good-looking girl in this oc
cupation, took her into his family ns a
servant, and after a short time married
her. He died while she was a young
woman, and left the bulk of his fortune.
The business of brewing dropped, and
Mr. Hyde was recommended to the
young woman as a skillful lawyer, to ar
range her husband's affairs. Hyde, who
was afterwards Earl of Clarendon, find
ing the widow’s fortune considerable,
married her. By this marriage there was
no other issue than a daughter, who was
afterwards the wife of James 11., and
mother of Anne, Queen of England.
Humphrey Marshall, backed by a con
siderable force, is besieging the President
for the vacant United States Judgeship.
Certain New York members favor his
pretensions—one or two from the city,
and certainly one from the Western part
of the State.
General Scott In Mexico.
We have at length a copy of the Order
issued by Gen. Scott while Comrnander
in-Chief of the American Army in Mex
ico, with respect to the deportment of his
soldiers in presence of ihe religious (Cath
olic) observances of the Mexicans. We
give the order entire, though part of it
has no relation to the matter of religion.
Here it is:
Headquarters of the Army, 5
Mexico, Sept. 24, 1847. y
general orders —no. 297.
1. Here, as in all Roman Catholic coun
tries, there arc frequent religious proces
sions, in the streets, as well as in church
es—such as Ihe elevation of Ihe hosl, the
viaticum , funerals, &c.
2. The interruption of such processions
has already been prohibited in orders, and
as no civilized person will ever wantonly
do an act to burl the religious feelings of!
others, it is earnestly requested of all j
Protestant Americans either to keep out of j
the way , or to pay to the Catholic religion \
and its ceremonies every decent mark of
respect and deference.
3. In the case of the viaticum (visits
of consolation to the sick and dying,)!
commanders of corps are requested, when i
called upon, to allow two Roman Catholic
soldiers to perforin the usual functions on
such occasions.
4. There is every reason to believe
that a very large distribution of knives
and dirks have been made to liberated
convicts (thieves and murderers) for the
purpose of assassinating American sol
diers found drunk or otherwise off their
guard.
5. Measures are in progress to search
out and seize for execution the instiga
tors and leaders of these assassins. In
the meantime guards and patrols will
search all suspicious persons, disarm,
and, if necessary, confine them for trial
and punishment.
By command of Major General Scott.
H. L. Scott, A. A. A. G.
The Opinion or an Old Soldier.—
A few days since, meeting an old soldier,
who had served under Gen. Scott during
his Mexican campaign, lie asked us il
Scott was nominated ? We replied in the
affirmative, and then he said that “ he
had always been a Democrat, and had
never voted for a Whig, but now lie
should do all he could for the old Gener
al. who had been so kind to his soldiers.”
He stated, in substance, that he had served
under the eye.of Gen. Scott in llie Mexi
can campaign, and loved him for his
kindness to his soldiers, and for his mer
cy to the conquered Mexicans, in pro
tecting them in their lives, and property,
and religious worship. To use the sol
dier’s own words—“ he kept us pretty
straight, and would not let any one plun
der or disturb the Mexicans, but he look
good care of us and never exposed our
lives uselessly.” He said that when the
army in its march to the city of Mexico,
approached the fortification of El Penon,
Gen. Scott sent forward a corpse of en
gineers to make recounuisance of the
enemy’s works and position, who after
inspection, reported to him that the posi
tion was well fortified with many heavy
batteries, and defended by a large body of
troops, but that it could be carried by
storm, with not a very great sacrifice of
the lives of the troops. Gen. Scott ex
claimed, “ No, gentlemen, it shall not be,
while there is any other resource. The
life of every soldier is precious to me—
and should not be needlessly exposed.
The army under my command / regard as
my children, for whose comfort, welfare,
and safe relurn to their country, I am
responsible.” The old General then or
dered a division of the army to make a
long circuit and come, upon the enemy in
the rear, and, said our informant, “we
came upon the Mexicans before they
knew it, and carried the place with but a
trifling loss.” And in conclusion, the old
soldier said—“ you will find that all ot
us who served with Gen. Scott, and
know his kindness and care for his sol
diers, will remember him now.”
Could anything belter attest the hu
manity, the goodness of heart, and the
sterling worth of the man, than these
personal testimonials. — Troy Post.
A Scott Club has been organized at
Harrisburg, of which Captain Andrew
Krause is President, who served under
Gen. Scott in the last war with England.
He has always been an active Democrat,
having been lor a number ot years Ser
geanl-at-Arms in the House of Repre
sentatives, but like hundreds of others of
Gen. Scott’s “ companions in arms,” he
will stand by the Old Hero now, as lie
did in 1814. Upon the list of officers
will be found the names of several other
gentlemen who have hitherto acted with
the opposite party.
Georgia Coming to the Rescue. —lt
is now stated, on reliable authority, by
the Georgia Citizen, that Judge Berrien
and Judge Law, of Savannah, and Judge
Warren, of Baker, have declared in favor
of Gen. Scott. The people, too, are
moving in every direction. At Macon,
an enthusiastic meeting in favor of Scott
has been held, which was addressed by
Hon. J. J. Scarborough, G. T. P. Smith
and Col. A. H. Kennan.
The London Times, the organ of the
British aristocracy, hopes that Pierce will
be elected because it deems him favorable
to British interests. It confesses, how
ever, that it never heard of him till after
his nomination, and it attributes the se
lection of such obscure and inferior men
to “ a natural defect in the system of re
publicanism.”
From tin- Milwaukee News,
Death ot a Pioneer of Wisconsin,
Messrs. Editors: I observed in your
paper of lust Thursday, an account of the
death ol old Jacques Vieau, extracted
from a Green Bay paper. As there were
several errors in that account, and as the
public are interested in knowing accurate
particulars concerning those whose names
will pass into history as the pioneers of
our young and rapidly growing State, I
feel at liberty, from my long acquaintance
with the deceased, to give you a correct
statement.
Jaques Vieau was of French extraction,
and was born in Lower Canada. He
came to Wisconsin in 178 G, and lias resi
ded nearly the whole of the time at Green
Bay, where he owned a farm, and was an
Indian trader. I have known him for
thirty-four years. He was fifty-six when
I became acquiiiled with him, and conse
quently was ninety years when he died.
Mr. Vieau married at thirty-six, and lived
happily with his wife to the day of his
death. His amiab'e wife still survives
him at the good old age of seventy-two.
in the enjoyment of health and all l.er
faculties.
Mr. Vieau was an inuduslrious, up
right and honorable man, and highly res
pected for his many virtues by all who
knew hi in. At one lime lie had accumu
lated, by his industry, prudence and
economy, a handsome property, but re
verses came and swept it away, and at
the time of his death he was poor.
Ihe changes that hav? occurred in
this Slate since I first became acquainted
with Mr. Vieau, seem moie like a dream
than reality. At that time Green Bay
and Prairie dll Chien were the only pla
ces in the State that boreany trace of civ
ilized life. All the rest was an unbroken
wilderness. Here and (here at great dis
tances was a solitary hut, in which lived
some restless pioneer, ever retreating as
civilization advanced, and following the
sports of Niinro 1 and the desciples of
VValton, with a success that amateurs of
the present day do not dream of.
In 1836 Wi seonsin was organized as a
Territory, having before that time been
only known as a part of (hat tract desig
nated as the North Western Territory.
The only habitation where Milwauke
now stands, was a log house, on the [ire
sent site of Ludington’s store It was
built by a man named Le Clair mam
years—l remember not how long—ago.
Indians belonging to the Chippewa,
Pottawotamie, Ottawa and Menomonee
tribes ranged through the vast forests,
amt over the wide prairies. Now all is
changed. The old settler is lost in tin
progress of improvements. Cities, teem
ing with a busy population, now stand
where I have stood in what was then a
solitary wilderness. The lake that now
bears so many vessels upon its bosom,
was then unruffled save by storms—the
rivers that was then undisturbed, save by
the light canoe, are now beaten into loam
by the factory wheels. A younger gen
eration occupy the Indian’s hunting
grounds and cover them with yellow
grain. The old settlers, like Vieau, have
passed, long since, totheir homes. They
were a brave, industrious and hardy race,
and those who now occupy their ylace
should not forget them.
Yours, &c.,
Solomon Juneau,
New Orleans, July 23d.
Late accounts from Texas report that
in reference to the firing into the steamer
Camanche, Gen. Avalos had stated that
the officers of said steamer had held court
martial in the Ringgold barracks, and bad
acquitted Majors Call and Garnclh of the
7lh Infantry.
Colonel Harney has orders to seize and
disband the Americans under Careava
jul.
Captain Lagarere of the steamer Paw
nee, under arrest for the murder of a pas
senger from St. Louis, has been dischar
ged.
The Picayune learns by an arrival
from the City of Mexico, that the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs had appointed July
9lh for the closing of the contract with
the parties making the best offer for tlie
opening of the road across the Isthmus,
at Tehauntepec.
Telegraph communication between
Mexico and Vera Cruz is now completed.
Many restrictions have been imposed up
on the press by the Government of Gau
temala. A conspiracy bad been discov
ered in one of the towns of Vera Cruz,
which a body of their troops had been
sent to put down.
Boston, July 26.
Mr. Webster’s reception at Marshfield
was highly gratifying. He made an im
portant speech on the fishing difficulties,
which was of the right American stamp.
He said that for the action of the consta
bles and petty local tribunals of the Brit
ish Provinces, in confiscating American
fishing smack, seized within prohibited
water in said Provinces, the British Gov
ernment would be held responsible; also
in reference to such American fishing
vessels as may be captured by her Majes
ty’s armed cruisers.
Washington, July 26.
Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the
Treasury, and Hon. John P. Kennedy,
recently appointed Secretary of the Navy,
have both arrived in Washington.
The documents relative to the Garay
grant dispute with Mexico, will probably
be sent to the Senate to-morrow.
Louisville, July 25.
We learn that Capt. Low, brother-in
law of the late Gov. Calhoun, recently
arrived in St. Louis with a parly of Pue
blo Indians tn roult for Washington. He
reports that the emigrants on the Plains
are generally doing well.
The Man who visits the Watering
Places.— Dickens introduces in the char
acter of Mr. Heavy drop, the man who
may be found at any of the fashionable
watering places during the summer, and
in the winter in a conspicuous box at the
opera, or at the corners of the most fash
ionable streets, when ihe most fashionable
people are abroad. Dickens lias found
him, and taken a note in the following
description:
“ He was a fat old gentleman, with a
false complexion, false teeth, false whisk
ers, and a wig. lie had a fur collar, and
he had a padded breast to his coat, which
only wanted a star, or a broad blue rib
bon, to be complete. He was pinched in
and swelled out, and got up and strapped
down, as much as lie could possibly bear.
He hud sucli a neckcloth on, (pulling his
very eyes out of their natural shape,)
and his chin, and even his cars, so sunk
into it, that it seemed as though lie must
inevitably double up, if it were cast loose.
He had under his arm a hat of great size
and weight, shelving downward from the
crown to the brim; and in his hand a
pair of white gloves, with which he
flapped it as lie stood poised on one le<r,
in a high-shouldered, round-elbowed slate
of elegance, not to be surpassed.—
He had a c; nc, he had an eye-glass, he
had a snuff-box, he had rings, he had
waistbands, he had every thing but nnv
touch of nature; he was not like voutlf;
he was not like age; he was like nothing
in tile world but a model of deportment.”
The following we find in the Lebanon
(Ky.) Post of the 21st. It is one of the
most bloody rencounters we have ever
read :
A most terrific and bloody affrav oc
curred oil Friday last,at or near the town
of Willisburg, Washington comfy. As
near as we cun glean, the particulars arc
these : It seems that some eight or ten
men were playing cards in a room, when
several little altercations took place be
tween different parties, w liich, however,
were quieted down. At length two ol
them got together, w hen the others taking
sides, weapons were drawn, and the
bloody work commenced.
James Vest was shot through, his
brains knocked out, and rumor says, his
throat cut. He died instantly. J. L.
Seay was shot and stabbed, but not dan
gerously. Wat Shoemaker was shot
twice ; one wound through the stomach
thought to be mortal. Abraham Kelly
had a bullet glanced off his forehead, do
ing nothing more than stunning him.—
Tom Farriss had the skin which covers
tlie windpipe cut by :> Kali Twenty
shots at least are said to have been fired.
Lace.— Mr. Weed, in one of bis
agreeable letters from Europe, gives the
following notice of the mania for line
lace, which is conspicuous among the
forms of modern extravagance:
“ The ladies visited the principal Lace
Manufactory, where llie Brussels article
is made and sold for sums of money that
would frighten [undent people. What
do you think, lor example, of trimming a
dress with lace at $250 to S3CO a yard.
But just now the rage is for old lace. In
Florence, Rome, Naples, Venice, &e ,
traffic in old lace is very active. Ladies
look lor it with more solicitude than for
any other article of dress. Neither jew
elry nor precious stones are so much
prized as lace known to have been worn
by a Cardinal or a Monk a century or
two ago. No lady thiks of leaving Italy
without securing some of their precious
spoils. Of course the supply of old laces
keeps pace with the rapidly increasing
demand! llow much of it is genuine I
will not undertake to say. Every lady is
quite sure she can detect the antique
from the modern.
Freak or Nature. —We yesterday
accepted the invitation extended to us by
the proprietor, Mr. J. C. Pervis, of Che
raw, S. C., and visited two children,
(twins,) at Friends’ Hotel, Sycamore
street. It is the most remarkable curi
osity we have ever seen. They are per
fect in all respects, but united just at the
lower part of the vertebra. Tlie two
spinal columns at the lower extremity
merge into one, and they lay, generally,
back to back, but experience no difficulty
in turning as they please. They are now
just twelve months old, well grown for
their ages, appear lively, sprightly, and
playful as kittens. —Pittsburgh Intelli
gencer.
Imporant Bill. —The bill introduced
in the Senate of the United States, by Mr.
Davis, of Massachusetts, to prevent
steamboat accidents, has passed that body.
It has been very carefully prepared, alter
consultation with experienced comman
ders and engineers. It is very minute in
its details, and apparently neglects no
precautions that can be of service. It
provides for the appointment of inspec
tors in all the principal ports, and also a
general board of supervision. It also
regulates the material and construction
of boiler machinery, the qualifications of
engineers, &c. There are forty-five sec
tions in the bill.—[Chicago Trib.
Tnu Menomonee Indians. —President
Fillmore has extended the period allowed
for the removal of this tribe of Indians
until the first of October next, and they
will then in all probability be sent to the
headwaters of the Wolf, Lake Shawano,
&c., instead of the Crow Wing country.
This change is made in compliance with
the request of the tribe, and is credita
ble to the humane disposition of the
President.
Weak doses of washboard are now re
commended by physicians for ladies who
complain of dyspepsia. Young men
troubled in the same way can be cured by
a strong preparation of wood-saw.
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS.
Famine in Germany. —The famine ia
the mountain districts of southern Ger
many has not yet abated. A letter to the
New York Express, dated Prague, Juno
3d, says :
“ Families, formerly in easy circum
stances, are reduced to beggary and se
vere sufferings front hunger. Bakers
sell hre. dof rye and oat bran at high pri
ces ; people gather common grass along
the public roads and highways, and moss
in the woods, and cook and eat it to ap
pease their hunger, and thus prevent
starvation. Such are a few of the many
glaring features of the great famine, not
in the least exaggerated, but authentica
ted by the official report of the local au
thorities ol their respective Governments,
Truly, the wrath of God is upon the
country!”
Eastern Money Market. —Money
is said to be nearly one per cent, higher
in Boston than in New York, and large
amounts go from the latter to the former
city. A very large aggregate capitul is
unemployed.
The Chicago Trilune has the follow
ing: It is said that since the tracks of the
railroads around llie Lake were laid down,
but one single wolf lias been seen or
heard of south of them, and it is thought
lie has never been north since their con
struction. The farmers of Twenty Mile
| Prairie, and ad jacent country, are no lon
; ger troubled about herding their sheep
I in pens, during each night, as they were
j lonncrly. The wolf is at all times ex
ceedingly suspicious of traps, and is not
[disposed to venture near iron or steel,
| however tempting the bait may be that
| lies near it; hence their fear of crossing
the railroad track to commit depredations
l on the flocks in the farming country
south. At night, too, when they leavs
■heir dens, the locomotives pass, and their
hideous noise is not calculated to inspire
the varmints with any degree of confi
dence and security from danger.
There was an explosion of a powder
magazine in Lafayette, Ind, last week.
One hundred kegs of powder was in it.
The damage is estimated at $50,000.
Scarce a lu uie in town but was more or
lc'S injured. Large buildings three or
four squares from the explosion, wers
moved from their foundations, doors buist
open, windows broken, plaster knocked
off, walls cracked, and other injuries sus
tained. The wind*.w* of the Catholic
church, over half a mile disiant, were
nearly all broken in. Hon. John Petit’s
residence, in tlie quarter not very distant
from the magazine, was so badly injured
that it cannot be repaired for less than the
original cost of the bouse. The residence
of Judge Ball, R. C. Gregory, J. Spears,
and Mr, Patterson, among those most in
jured, and that of Air. Petit. The explo
sion, it is thought, must have been heard
at a distance of fifty miles.
Mr. Perry Hicks, of Milan, was last
evening cimmitted to the county jail, on
account of insanity of such a dangerous
character that it is not deemed prudent
by his frii lids that he should be at large.
Mr. Hicks is an intelligent and enterpris
ing citizen, but is said to be a victim to
the “Spiritual” delusion, now, or lately,
s i rife in some portions of this county.—
It is intimated that fears arc entertained
for the sanity of others, who have devo
ted much of their time and attention to
this hurnbugry. —Sandusky Register.
The English elections have resulted In
the complete triumph of the Liberalists,
and must cause the overthrow of the
Derby Ministry, whose policy has been
repudiated. The triumph of the liberal
party is received with much satisfaction
on this side tlie Atlantic.
Tlie last question discussed before the
Shake-leg Debating Society was : Where
does a candle go to when it goes out ?
The question, after much discussion, was
unanimously decided in the affirmative.
Well Put. —The following is said of
the distinguished Democrats, Benjamin
F. Butler, of this State, and Gov. Wood,
of Ohio, who chanced to meet since the
Baltimore Convention. Wood is an ar
t dent admirer and warm friend of Gen.
Cass, and labored hard for his nomination,
while Butler pushed his hostility to the
General to the bitter end. After ex
changing friendly salutations, Butler said
to Wood rather sneeringly—“ Well, Gov
ernor, I suppose the ‘ noise and confu
sion’ was so great at Baltimore, that you
couldn’t get Gen. Cass nominated.”—
“ No,” responded the Governor coolly,
“ I do not think that was the cause of it—
I am of the opinion, Mr. Butler, that it
was for the want of ‘Me staled preaching
o f the Gospel! ’’’ Mr. Butler left— Buff .
Jldvertiser.
Presbyterian Foreign Missions.—
We have received a copy of the 15th
Annual Report of the Board of Foreign
Missions of ihc Presbyterian Church of
Ihe United States of Americans present
ed to the Gtneral Assembly in May last.
Total receipts during the year, then end
ing,sll 7,882 90, of which the Presbyte
ry of New York (city) contributed s9>-
736. The affairs of the Board appear to
be in a most flourishing situation.
The editor of the New Orleans Pica
yune, has lately seen a handkerchief made
from the silk-grass of Honduras, which,
for fineness of texture and durability, far
exceeds any linen he had ever seen. It
was one of a number made in London
from this very common grass in Honduras,
Yucaton, &0.. sent there by the gentle
man who exhibited it as an experiment.
The grass i» a finer variety of that from
which the hammocks in Central America
are made, and. it is thought, can be made
an article of considerable export.
NUMBER 47.