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THE MINNESOTIAN.
St. Paul, Minnesota.
SATURDAY, AUGI’ST 7,1852.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE CSI.ED STATES,
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT,
OP NEW JtnSLY.
FOR VICE PItESIDKXT
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
or NORTH CAROLINA.
The North-AVe»teru Indian.—Put, Present and
Falars.
A great change is about to to take place
in the condition of s> large proportion of
the most powerful nation of Indians of
the North-West, residing entirely within
the borders of the United States. VV e,
of course, allude to the Dakotas. Large :
and powerful bands, or we may say fed
eral divisions, of these rude savages of
the plain and wood, are now about to as
sume a more intimate connection with the
government than has heretofore been al
lotted them. The Sissetonwans, the I
Warpetonwans and the Warpekutees have
never, until now, been participants in the j
bountiful annuities which the United!
States annually distributes to those of her '■
red children of whom she has, from time
to time, acquired her national domain;
while by the treaty of Mendota, the Mde
wakantonwans have their annuities large
ly increased over the trifling stipend of.
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars, paid j
them annually since 1837, for the lands j
which now constitute the older settled j
portions of Minnesota. By recent ad
vices from Washington, there is scarcely
a doubt that Congress will, before its ad
journment, appropriate the sums neces
sary to make the first payment under the
treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Men
dota. If this be done, the payment, in- |
voicing the disbursement of about &600,-
000 in money, and considerable in goods
and provisions, will, in all probability, be |
made the coining fall. Of this immense
sum, the Indians have already stipulated
that $500,000 and upwards shall go to
the payment of the debts due their tra
ders. This, of course, let it fall into
whose hands it may, will mostly go out of
Minnesota as it comes—in boxes, leaving
no beneficial effect of its brief advent
among us behind. The remainder will I
mostly go to pay debts contracted since the
treaties were negotiated, or will be taken
care of, as per stipulation, by the officers
of the department, to defray the expenses
of removal. It will thus be seen, that
unless Congress provides for the disburse
ment, at the same time, of the amount
contemplated by a resolution recently in
troduced for the purchase of the Hall- ;
breed tract, the “Sioux money” of this
year, large as the amount is, does not
promise to extend itself widely into the j
various channels of business. We do not \
mention this fact in any’ censorious or j
complaining spirit—deeming it, as we do.
but right and just that the traders should
be paid what is due them to the last cent
—but merely refer to it as a matter of in
terest to our business men, and by way
of cautioning them not to rely too greatly
upon that source for a brisk fall and win
ter trade.
But in future years, the effect of the'
disbursement of these large annuities j
which fall to the Dakotas uiulcr the recent !
treaties, will be different. Their trade
heretofore has been almost solely con- |
trolled by one heavy firm. Those pecunia- !
rily interested in opposing the members
of this firm, and political demagogues,
have called it a monopoly. It is not ne
cessary for us to enquire, in this place,
whether the accusation be true or false.
Suffice it to say, admitting the full force
of the charge for present purposes, it has
been a monopoly which has saved hundreds
of the Indians from that inevitable des- !
truction which is ever the fruit of in
discriminate competition in the Indian
trade. The great destroyer of the race, ]
whisky, has never passed the portals of 1
the Indian country through a trading post
connected with the house of Pierre
Chouteau & Co. On the contrary, the
men connected with the trade have ever
been the most vigilant in preventing the
spread of this curse among the Indians,
and have also labored unceasingly to
ameliorate their temporal condition in
other respects. Particularly is credit
due to Hon. Henry H. Sibley, and those
immediately in his employ and receiving
their outfits through him, for their humane
exertions to benefit the condition of the
Dakotas. It is not to be expected, how
ever, that hereafter things will be allowed
to remain as they are. Already is the
promise of largely increased annuities
exciting to competition in the trade; and
while we have the utmost confidence that
the present officers of the Government
will license no trader of improper char
acter it is not to be expected that there
Will fail to congregate on the frontier, ad
jacent to the new home of the Indians
many of the baser sort of white people!
whose cupidity and avarice will lead them
to commit any deed, however black, to
secure money. While it must be admit
ted, that to counteract the growth of
evils so alarming, a great deal depends
upon the character of the men sent among
the. Indians as officers, and the manner in
which they discharge their duty, still much
more depends upon the white settlers
near the frontier themselves. Let them,
from the start, set their faces, as a wall
of adamant, against the whisky seller.
With the inexperienced settler who uses
whisky himself, and thinks it no harm to
give an Indian ? charm oi a cob' wet
morning, let the more careful and judi
cious reason and remonstrate. Let ihe
word be in al* that rich and prom'-ing
' country •“ Win-ky shall not come among
i us.” Had we our own way, we would
1 have a lav, confiscating every steamboat,
or other craft, that enters the Minnesota
river having on board a drop of this cuise
| to man—white and red—and every team
going toward the frontier under like cir
cumstances. We see it as plainly as we
, do the sun at noonday, that unless ti e
people who settle upon the newly ceded
lands are true to themselves in this re
spect, we are to have a frontier beyond
the mouth of the Blue Earth w orse, much
i worse, in every |articular, for both the
j Indian and well-disposed white man, than
■ was ever known upon the borders of
Texas and Arkansas. The close prox
imity to the Missouri river and the back
settlements of lowa, and the facilities the
country affords for reaching, overland, our
frontier from those quarters, will bring
upon our Indians and settlors near them,
a horde of horse thieves, gamblers, cut
throats and whisky sellers, unless the
constant vigilance of officers and goM
citizens be untiringly exercised. The
carcass is large and fat, and there will
the harpies l>e gathered together.
From the character of the people now
settling the Minnesota valley, we hope for
the best. So far as we know, they are
men of true stamina and moral worth.
Their efforts to keep per.ee within their
borders, and to nurture the holy' influen
ces of law and religion within their dom
icils, will be seconded by official integrity
and the unceasing labors of devout min
isters of Christ. The self-sacrificing
spirit of the Missionaries who have so
long labored among the Dakotas, will re
ceive a new impulse, now that the field of
temptation and crime is about to be en
larged to the view < f the unlettered hea
then; and we know enough of them to
say with confidence, that they, at least,
will never falter or fail in the discharge
of their whole duty. The President of
the United Slates, in the discharge of du
ties incumbent on him by the amendment:,
to the treaties, will act with, that broad
philanthropy so characteristic oi his na
ture, and with an eye singly' to the wel
fare. present and prospective, of the red
men. In all probability, he will select as
their future home a portion of the reserve
originally contemplated. We can say, on
the best authority, that lie does not enter
tain the remotest idea of sending them to
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the Missouri river.
We hope the suggestions contained in
(he following will be immediately heeded.
For the Miimcsotfan.
In the latter part of 1848, a meeting
was held in St. Paul to consider the “ best
means of supplying the children of the
town with school rooms lor the winter.”
It was urged by some that were present,
that the town then in its infancy, uught
to erect a commodious building which
would accommodate the scholars of the
town, and at the same time answer for a
house of worship for the several denom
inations. The majority however, thought
it better to erect a small school building
on Jackson street.
In the last eighteen months our district
schools have been partial failures, owing
to the crowded state of the rooms, and the
difficulty of classifying the scholars.
To employ teachers at the rate of fifty
or sixty dollars a month, and furnish them
wiih school rooms that will only accom
modate half the scholars they might teach,
and who would wish to attend, seems an
extravagant proceeding.
It is therefore suggested that the Trus
tees of the several districts of the town
of St. Paul, unite in calling a meeting of
citizens at an early day, to discuss the
propriety of erecting a Union School
House, containing rooms for a male prin
cipal and two or three female assistants.
Should such a building be erected, twice
the number of pupils could receive a bel
ter education for the same amount of mon
ey that lias hitherto been expended.
As Superintendent of Common Schools,
the writer has ventured to call the atten
tion of the public to this important sub
ject. Let the presses agitate the matter
it the proper spirit, and something cannot
fail to be done. Will the Demo, rat and
Pioneer please copy this communication
and make such comments, as they deem
proper. E. D. N.
The State of lowa stands in an envia
ble position for a new State. The
Treasurer gives the following notice:
Treasurer’s Office, lowa City, )
July 20th, 1852. \
U h ? reb / given ’ to all holders of
S th!?r °* a , n y date or denomina
tion, that there are funds in the Treasury
to redeem them.
ISRAEL KISTER,
State Treasurer.
Good for lowa 1 What other member
of the Union can make such a fair show
of being out of debt ?
Whig Extravagance.—' The present
Whig administration, since it come into
power, has paid, of the National debt,
over seventeen millions of dollars.
tmi.hed* * nI~ Jame * E ’ Be,ser » a di,tin
wi hdmw«P em ° crat,c ” Politician, has
fromlhe “Union"
Pacts and Fancies.
The feelings of the people of St. Paul
were painfully shocked on Monday last,
' by learning that Mr. Elijah Terry, brother
of John C Terry', formerly of the Min
nesotiao office, had been murdered by a
war parly of Sioux Indians who had made
their wry to ihe settlements on Pembina
liver. Mr. Terry left here last March
to assume ti e post of tend er upon that
distant frontier, but lias been cut down
eve his career scarcely commenced. He
was a young gentleman of unassuming
.deportment, an exemplary Christian and
universally respected by those who knew
t him. With a companion, Mons. Zasle, a
half-breed, he had started to the wood on
the morning of his death to hew timber,
when they were fired upon by five In
dians in ambush. A hall broke Mr. Ter
ry’s arm, and passing through entered his
body below the shoulder. He was after
wards shot through the body with arrows,
tomahawked and scalped. M. Zastc w'as
wounded in the face, but escaped. The
evening previous, Mr. Rolette was fired
upon, probably by these same Indians, a
short distance from Mr. Kittson’s trading
house. At last accounts, the settlers w'ere
in a great state of alarm, and were con
centrating for defence, and placing the
women and children in a state of security.
It is presumed that the leaders of this
war party were Yanctons, accompanied
probably by some of the Sissetons of Big
Stone Lake. The scalp of Mr. Terry
was in possession of Indians at the latter
place a few days since. The party was
probably the same that fired into Mr. Kitt
son’s camp, a few nights after he left Pem
bina on his recent trip to St. Paul.
The recent murder of a valuable
American citizen at Pembina, is one of
the evil results growing out of the rejec
tion of the Pembina Treaty by the Senate
—an ill-advised act, for which wc great
ly fear sortie of our own citizens are in a
measure responsible. The Government
should at least send troops on an excur
sion to that frontier every season, and by
right should have a permanent garrison
there. Put this the War Department
tells us is impracticable, and so it will be
deemed until the present scenes of the
South-western frontier are re-enacted
upon our northern border. Gov. Ramsey
is doing his utmost to prevent so disas
trous a state of affairs. By Messrs. Kitt
son and Cavileer, who were in St. Paul
when the news of Mr. Terry’s death
reached ! ere, he forwarded to Pemliinu,
powder and lend, to I‘e used by the set
tlers in ‘heir defence, also commissions
lor regimental end company officers, in
| order that a regiment for defence of the
frontier might be formed. Col. Lee,
commandant at Fort Snelling, was applied
,to for the lorn of a field-piece, but had
not the authority to grant the request.—
The Governor has also sent to Big Slone
Lake to procure the scalp of Mr. Terry,
and, if possible, to have arrested and
brought in the Italians who killed him.—
There is oo? much probability, however,
in accomplishing this latter desideratum.
j The Pcvc'cr.it is nt ilsnld work, trying
to i uiuhtig the people of Minnesota again.
It having failed so ••ften at ibis game, one
I Would think it w-nld .lesist. It appears
to forget all the while that our people are
an intelligent, readiris; public, and when
it misrepresents any matter of fact, its
readers are quite as conscious of its men
dacity as its editor. For instance, this
week it asserts that Gen. Scott is so un
popular with the army, hat none of the
i Generals who ibiujit under him in Mcxi
!co will support him. Now let tis see
i who these generals all are: There is
! Brigadier-General Fainting —no, Frank
lin Pierce; Major General Gideon J.
Pillow, who was wounded in the coat
sleeve at Cerro (fordo, and immediately
j ran for dear life, exclaiming he was
| “ shot all to pieces Gen. Shields, a gal
lant and meritorious officer; Gen. Jo.
I Lane, Gen. Quitman, Gen. Twiggs, Gen.
j P. F. Smith, Gen. Cadwallader, all like
wise gallant and true men, but all firm,
consistent political opponents of Gen.
Scott, save the officer last named, who,
J we would inform the Democrat, is a sup
j porter ot old Chippewa for the Presiden
cy. Is there is anything unnatural or
strange in the fact that these seven firm
! Democrats (one of whom is Gen. Scott’s
I opponent in this contest) do not support
him, any more than there is that Lewis
Cass, Steperi A. Douglas, Win. Vilen, D.
S. Dickinson, Jas. Buchanan, and Martin
Van Buren and his son John do not?—
But we will give our neighbor a speci
men of the manner in which at least one
of these Democratic Generals oppose
Gen. Scott. Let him, and other lihelers
belonging to his party, take a lesson from
Gen. Quitman. While making a speech
recently in Mississippi, he was asked
his opinion of Gen. Scott, and replied as I
follows: ,
"Die American people have never
done Gen. Scott justice. The more that
man s character and claims to distinction
are canvassed, the higher will be the stand
he will take in the admiration and irrati
tude of his countrymen. I am a Demo
crat, and consequently, differing widely
as I do from Gen. Scott, on every politi
cal question, can never give him my sup
port ; but if there is a Whig in the Union
for whom, under any circumstances, I
could cast my vote for President, that
Whig is Winfield Scott.”
The electioneering machinery known
as “ Campaign papers” has this year
extended itself into every considerable
town of the Union. We believe the
Whigs have the greatest number of these
missives afloat, so- 'e of them bearing rath
er quaint tittles. At flarrisburgh, Pa ,
there is the “ Hasty Plate of Soupat
Cleveland, the “Soup Bowl;” and so
they run, al* over the country. Every
body likes to read camjirigii papers in
election times, provided their wit he not
of too gross and personal a character.—
By the way, do our friends over in Wis
consin properly patronize the “Campaign
Sentinel” of Milwaukee ? The Sentinel
is one of the most ably conducted and
spirited sheets in the North-west, and
should be patronized extensively. Send
for it, every one of you. Terms for the
campaign : Itcenly-Jive cents per copy !
Some upstart, who it appears was once
an officer of the army, has a communica
tion in the St. Louis Democrat traducing
Gen. Scott. He institutes several que
ries r.s to what induced the Whig Con
vention to nominate the General. Among
others is this:
“ Was it the wisdom, philanthropy, and :
soldier-like general order No. 53, of
1842, in which he recognized the right of
the soldier to corres|K>iid directly with
the commander-in-chief of the army, 1
without the delay of submitting'a griev- i
ancc to his company, post, regimental or ■
department commander ?”
Grave offence, this, to allow common j
soldiers to make direct complaint to the |
commander-in-cluef of abuse of their
rights and persons by subordinate officers! i
Shouldn’t wonder if thousands of these
same “common soldiers” recollected this :
and other kind attentions of Old Chip’s, on [
or about the second of November next. !
The Deinoerat is happy to inform the
Democracy of Minnesota that Gen. Scott
is going to be badly defeated. We w ish
our neighbor’s muddled pate would occa
sionally strike upon something original.
In this prediction, he l ut quotes from on
address by Santa Anna to the Mexicans,
just before the battle of Cerru Gordo.—
One defeat is just about as probable as was
the other.
Gen. Scott was repudiated by Clay.—
Democrat.
Not content with slandering Air. Clay
during his lifetime, the editor of the
Deinoerat plays the hyena by following
him inti his grave. On the authority of
Gov. Jones, the only man In whom Air.
Clay communicated his dying thoughts
upon political mailers, we pronounce live
above false.
We heard the editor of the Democrat
say. in a public conversation with some
gentleman, just four years ago, that Scott
was the greatest military man of the age,
and that lie had a deep hold upon the affec
tions of the American people, which, had
he been nominated by the Philadelphia
Convention, would have made him much the
strongest candidate the Whigs could have
brought out—a great deed stronger than
Gen Taylor. Now’ he says it is all non
sense to talk of Gen. Scott’s popularity
i Dciiiocratic papers arc trying hard to
get up a catch-name for their candidate.
One of his biographers says he was in
his youth “a wild young colt,” whereupon
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, re
marks, “although there is no certainty
that Frank Pierce was ever a raff, we
can nevertheless vouch for his descent
from a horse!" One editor styles him
i“an old war-horse” We think this
good, its far as circumstances will carry
out the idea. He has certainly one attri
bute of the war-horse mentioned in the
book of Job—“He smellefh the battle
ajar off!"
A Democratic grand juryman insisted
on a Presidential ballot in Ithaca last week.
To accommodate him a vote was taken,
and it stood, Scott 15; Pierce, 3; Pier
son, 1. Hurrah for Pierson! — Elmira
( JV*. Y. ) Jirjmblican.
Wonder if that's our Pierson ?
Nomination. —Hon. Humphrey Mar
shall, of Kentucky, has been nominated
as Commissioner to China. It is regarded
as a good appointment. He is a Fillmore
man and a bolter front the nomination.
The above is in the Pioneer in the form
of a selected paragraph, but without
credit. We don’t know where it came
from, but the record proves the latter
clause of the last sentence false. Mr.
Marshall, it is true, was a strong Fill
more man previous to the Convention, but <
has since refused flatly, as he has slated
in the Washington papers, to sign the!
Toombs and Stevens manifesto, and if in
the country at the time of the election, j
will support the nominees. This may be
a small matter and of no consequence
out here ; but we don’t like the impres
sion to go abroad that our excellent Whig \
President is playing false to his princi- i
pies, when we know he is not.
Crops of oats, wheat, corn and potatoes
look remarkably well in the White Bear
Lake settlement. In truth there is no
richer agricultural region hereabouts than
in that vicinity, and the settlers there are
men of the right stamp to make a good
country show itself in all its glory. The
White Bear country is bound to go ahead.
Elections. —The Presidential election*
take place on the second day of Novem
ber next, in all the States on the same
day. Previous to that time the follow
ing elections will be held : Alabama, Au
gust 2d; Kentucky, Indiana, lowa, and
Missouri, do; North Carolina and Ten
nessee, August slh ; Vermont, Sept. 7th ;
Maine, Sept. 13lh ; Georgia and Arkan
sas, Oct. 4th; Maryland, Oct. Gth ; South
Carolina, Oct. 1 Itli: Pennsylvania and
Ohio, Oct. 12th.
Wc believ e the above, erroneous as it
is, has been in half (he )>apers of the coun
try , and we at last find it in the Pioneer.
There are no elections this nonlh, save
in Imva, Missouri and North Carolina,
all of which are now passed. The State
election in Indiana is in October, the first
Monday wc believe. Tennessee has no
Slate election this year.
The children of this country delight in
candy.— Wim.onsin paper.
Send for Gen. Pierce, then, by all
means. lie, “although an entire strin -
ger” to the Wisconsin population in pan
talets and loose trowsers, will no doubt
fork over a cent to those who arc “cry
ing for candy” and have “no money to
buy any.”
Gen Pieiice. —lt has heev n matter of
accident that the nominee Ibr the presi
dency is less know n in the West than in
any oilier part of the Union.— Pioneer.
Our neighbor is mistaken. Gen. Pierce
is well known in the West—known as
having voted against every thing she ever
asked for while he was member of Con
gress, and against allowing a year’s sala
ry to the destitute widow of President
Harrison, one of the fathers of the West,
who died poor in the service of his coun
try. Rest assured, neighbor, the West
know and appreciate Gen. Pierce.
A few weeks ago all tlio Democratic
papers were tierce upon Gen. Scott,
charging him with having favored the
bankrupt law of 1841. Tint it having
been discovered that Win. R. King votel
in 1827, for the passage of a much more
.odious bankrupt act, we hear nothing
I more about the matter. So their guns
| are spiked, Chippewa fashion, as fast as
they are aimed.
xVIr. O’Conner, a young Irishman of
Museali’ie, is stumping it Ibr Scut l through
lowa. He is spoken of as a talented ami
highly effective speaker.— Galena .hlv.
Wc are glad to hear of onr old friend
being in such go-nl business. A more
gallant and true hearted son of the
Emerald Isle is not is- the West. By the
way. these “young Irishmen” are doing
yeoman’s serviee all over the e..untry.
Mr. Gibbons, an attorney of Cincinnati,
and a talented ai d leading Irishman, until
recently acting with llie Democrats, is
stumping for Scott in Ohio. He says lie
would as soon think of votrg for the
| Duke ol Wellington for President as for
a New Hampshire Democrat.
If you want In see a specimen of 1852
whiggery, read the M. C’s. speed in the
Uim csolian of last week.— Democrat.
< >ur lieigldior has certainly beet: faint
ing, a-la-Frank Pierce. “The M. C.’»
speech in the Miiinesolian of last week”
is a historical sketch of the battle of Lun
d)’s Lane, by a gentleman who never
thought of going to Congress. Try again,
neighbor, when the blear gets oil’ your
eyes.
Did an\ prediction in political matters,
made by the editor of the Democrat since
he has resided in Minnesota, ever come t<>
I pass ? No, not one. \\ ho then will put
1 confidence in his gassing about the elec
tion of Pierce and King.
The Whigs charge Gen. Pierce with
i being a drunkard.— Democrat.
This is wrong in the Whigs, if it he
not true—a bad charge—almost as liad its
Gen. Scott’s charge proved to the Mexi
cans at Cherubusco, under which the
New Hampshire General '■‘■fainted and
fell from his horse!”
1 Gen. Leslie Combs is running all over
the country, trying to get up a military
furor in favor of Gen. Scott.— Dem. jia
i /ter.
i Gen. Combs is a gallant old Whig sol
dier, and will do his duty in this light.
He can “run and not weary—walk and
not faint."
We seek no controversy with the St.
Anthony Express, and don’t intend to be
driven into one, let the provocation be
however great. We care not for its un
just personalities contained in the num
i ber of last week, but will keep the even
tenor of our way, just as though we had
not been charged with being mercenary.
Our feelings towards the Express have
always been of a different nature front
those of it towards the Minnesotian; yet
:we will not violate an obligation of duty,
i however great the personal aggravation.
We have, perhaps, done more to ensure
the success of the Express than its edi
tor is aware of, or has been seen to the
! public through our columns, or by our
open acts. For all this we have been re
paid by such ingratitude and misrepre
sentation as was exhibited two weeks
ago in the columns < f that journal, which
truth and self-respect compelled us to no
tice in the mild and gentle way we did.
For this our character is blackened, and
a further attempt made to injure our busi
ness by further misrepresentation. But
we have naught to fear from the Express
in Benton county—where our nubscrip
lion list is rapidly increasing, despite our
neighbor’* effort to prevent it—or any
where else. Wishing the Express long
life and prosperity, with a slight infusion
of the manly and Christian virtues into
die heart of its editor, we drop this idle
side talk, we trust forever. “ Go, little
fly ! The world is surely wide enough
lor thee and me.”
First Green Corn — Early —Through
the politeness of Win. Welch, of this
village, our dinner table was supplied
with excellent green corn, that was
plucked front his garden this morning.
This is very early, especially for this sea
son, for corn, and is the first that we have
heard of being picked. —. Madison ( IVis.)
Palladium, 21s/ tilt.
Call that early do you, away down
south there, almost on the Illinois line.
Wc had the article up here, grown in the
neighborhood of St. Paul, three or four
days before tbe 21st; although, as a dis
tinguished American Senator once re
marked, “ circuinstaiK es beyond our con
trol’’prevented its coming upon our ta
ble.
Pierce’s name has always been attend
ed with prosperous omens. He has
always been a lucky man.— Pioneer.
Very true. Had. he not fallen from his
horse when on l.is way to the battle of
Contreras, he might have been in the bat
tle and fared worse. Had lie not faint
ed ilip next day, just before the charge
was made at Chcrubusco, some of the
“greasers” might have let daylight
through him. Had be got to Molino del
Rey in time, he might have shared the
fate of the gallant Martin Scott and other
heroes who fell there. And had he not
been taken sick a few minutes before
Chepultcjici- was stormed, who can tell
that lie would ever have lived to run for
President by chance ? Yes, Pierce is a
lucky man. The world lias not seen
such a run of luck as l>e bad in Mexico
since Fallstalf was at Shrewsbury.
W. 13. White. Esq., Librarian, has ar
rived home in good health from a three
months’ tour East. He caine from New
York to Galena in less than three days,
lie is direct from Washington, but brings
no public news of importance.
The City or t:ie Plains. —Wc learn
that it. M. ltice, Esq., has laid out a city
in prospective, at Traverse des Sioux, to
which he has given the above appropri
ate name.— Democrat.
We are always ready to do justice to
Mr. Uii c as an enterprising citizen and
energetic town builder, and doubt not
that under his auspices Traverse des
Sioux will s -on be :• place of considera
ble note. JJul it strikes us, that instead
of being “ appropriate, ” he has chosen
a very singular and fatal name for his
new city. 1\ e hope it will fare l»etter
«’*d stand longer than those cities known
by the same title, whose sail history is re
corded in the nineteenth chapter of Gen
esis, and that the character of the inhab
j it ants may greatly vary from those dwcll
| ing therein.
Friday. three P. M.—No boat from
| below since ti e Nomr-ec, Wednesday
| morning. Where arc tlicy all? What
lias become of tbc West Newton? Une
10l tbe mail boats is ..Iso due: but we
hear talk of the Ben Campbell not run
j niiig hereafter any further up than La
Crosse, where she will change freight
and passengers with the Dr. Franklin,
which boat will ply between St. Paul and
that port. The Jenny Lind and Black
Hawk have gone below. Four o’clock.
1 lie Dr. Franklin arri, ed within tin
last linur. Sbc met the Bon Campbell
above Dubuque and took her freight and
passengers. She experienced considera
ble difficulty getting up, having grounded
several times ; reports the West Newton
gone to St. Louis, and ll>e Ben Campbell
and Brunette also started below to go into
tin- Keokuk and St. Louis trade. The
Mail Com pa; iy have procured the 'Badger
State and other light boats to run from
Galena to St. Paul. Freight from Galena
is now 50 cts. per hundred, and passage
six dollars.
Our old and much esteemed friend,
Col. C. S. Todd, formerly of Kentucky,
has arrived home with his family, after
considerable more delay in arranging his
affiirs in the States than he anticipated
when he left us last fall. Meeting him
just at this time, brings back to our re
collection many of the pleasant scenes of
1840 in 01-io and Kentucky,
“ wl ’" n f—fsM ti.r-re f..r ll.htlm.ii,
A 1....-r i'-.e a,...”
We shall always hold the Colonel respon
sible for our being an editor. Whether
“ for weal or for woe” to the public, to
our party, or to ourself, we must insist he
is responsible. For it was he, during
the eventful year in our political history
named above, that spent patient hours
over the poor printer boy’s cramped
manuscript and unintelligible sentences,
and sent them forth to the world in his
paper, correctly framed and worded, with
“lines of fair encouragement” to the
youthful writer. We love our profess
ion, and therefore must ever turn to the
recollection of those times with the live
liest sense of gratitude and esteem.
Four steamboats were at thp lower land
ing, St. Paul, at one time last Monday
morning, viz: the St, Paul, Dr. Frank
lin, Black Hawk and Jenny Lind. A
like incident never happened previously.
We regret to learn that Col. Goodhue,
of the Pioneer, has been confined the
past week by dangerous illness. Most of
the time, he has been so low that it was
deemed imprudent to allow his friends-to
visit him. We were pleased to hear yes
terday, however, that he was convales
cent.
A man was found in the marsh hack of
St. Paul, on Thursday afternoon, under
the influence of mania potu. He was
lying down in the mud and water, and re
fused to get up until the person who dis
covered him threatened chastisement with
a chili. He then made his way to dry
land, l aving nothing on but a shirt rather
the worse for service.
We learn the Indians have been killing
some of the settlers’ cattle in the neigh
borhood of Traverse des Sioux.
Triunan M. Smith is agent for that
sterling periodical, the American Whig
Review. The July number contains a
tru'hfid portrait of Hon. Thos. Corwin 1
Secretary of the Treasury, and fully sus
tains, throughout, its high political and
literary reputation.
Mrs. E. F. Ellctt, well known as u
popular American authoress, has been
upon n visit to our Territory the past
week.
No Galena or Dubuque papers were
received by the mail yesterday—a serious
grievance to us at least. What is the
matter? We have no news af the Mis
souri and lowa elections.
Washington, July 27,
Hon. Humphrey Marshall, M. C. from
Ky., was yesterday nominated as Com
missioner to China.
The President has not yet sent to the
Senate a reply to the resolutions calling
for informal i n on the fishing affairs, or
the correspondence relative to the Te
hanntepec controversy.
It is stated that there are no documents
in the possession ol the Government in re
lation to the fishing troub'es. eveept the
proclamation published by Mr. Webster.
The ]• ree Soilers arc wavering between
S. P. Chase and John P. Hale as their
candidate for tin- Presidency.
W
ASUINGTON, July 28.
The Intelligencer has a semi-official
editorial, stating that the llrilish Govern
ment no'ified the American GoAernment,
on the 7th inst.,of ils intention to protect
the fisheries, and of having sent vessels
of war to the Ray of Fun ly for that pur
pose. The British Minister, at the same
time, informed the President, that the
commanders or British vessels of war
were specially enjoined to avoid any in
terference with vessels of friendly low
ers. except violating and resisting the
treaty, and upon all occasions to avoid
any cause for complaint. It also says,
that the 1 . S. Government has given or
ders to send our best vessels into the dis
turbed region to protect Americans and
enquire into abuses, and warn all parties
from invading their rights.
New Orleans, July 27.
Toe news of the Indian massacre has
created the li\licst tcelings of apprehen
sion as to a general Indian war. A com
pany of mounted rifles have been ordered
t" " IP frontier ol Texas, from llie interi
or, to pn lect the inhabitants against dim
attacks. °
A genera l system of organization, it is
said, has been discovered among the In
dians.
New York, July 27.
Orders have been received at the Navv
l ard toget the frigate Constitution ready
lor sea. The sloop of war, Warren,brig
Dolphin, and nne or two other vessels ly
ing at the Yard, have been ordered to get
ready for sea at once.
Tim Whig Mass Meeting in Tompkins
Square was well attended. The Demo
crats attempted to gain possession of the
ground, hut failed. The Democrats re
turtied to the city last night about 11
o clock Irom their Mass Meeting at New
burgh. D
! Boston, July 26.
The Newburyport Herald, of to-dav
contains the Following :—“ The U s'
frigate Saranac, at Philadelphia, and the
Hoop ot war Albany, at Boston, have
been ordered to the Bay of St. Lawrence
lor the protection of American seamen
in compliance with the request of Com
modore Long, who is appointed to the
command, l’hc owners of fishing ves
sels in this port have deputized two of
their number to wait upon hi,,, immedi .
atcly and advise Inin as to the nature and
condition ol the fishing grounds, and all
matters pertaining thereto.”
We learn Irom Eastport that the
schooner Lumber was lately seized by
the Nettler ami carried into St. Johns -1
She was at that time off Grand Men'an.
1 he Captain ol the seized vessel says lie
ran in lor bait, while the English say he
was fishing The case will be tried at
the Court ol Admiralty of St. Johns
1 here are a number of vessels ready to
sail Iron, the seaport towns near hear, as
soon as they lean, that they will be pro
tected irom seizure. “
! Baltimore, July 27.
Gen Scott is still at Old Point Com
rt. lie had entirely recovered, and
was hi In. usual good health, last even
mg, when he was waited upon by the
Mayor and Council of Baltimore, now on
a visit to the point. It was a most pleas
ant interchange. ’
i . Cincinnati, July 24.
i This morning, three boilers in the saw
mill of the Marine Railroad and Dry
Dock Company,at Fulton,exploded The
boilers were torn to fragments, and the
whole building shattered to pieces Sev
era! pieces of the boilers were thrown
30C yards distant irom the building. The
loreinan, a German, was instantly killed
and Ins body torn to pieces. Several
others were wounded. About forty hands
were employed there, and it is considered
remarkable that so few were injured
1 he loss is about four thousand dollars.