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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWENS & MOORE,
VOLUME 1.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
hY J. P. OWENS Sr G. W. MOORE,
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
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James M. Coodiiue, Pioneer,
1). A. Robert son, Democrat,
Owens it Moure, Miuncsotian.
3t. Paul March 24ih, 1552.
M. K. AMES. R. R. NELSON.
AMES & NELSON,
attorneys and counsellors at law,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Paul, Minn.
WILL attend with promptness and fidelity to all law
busman intrusted to their care m Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties of Wiscon»iu.
tr Particular attention wll be given to the collection
of debts, and the location of land warrant*. y
W. P. tIIRRAV,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ST. Paul, Mixx. Turk.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
intruded 10 him. llalvug made hlmsc f a «ju:dut
ed with 'ho quality and situation of the surveyed lauds
In the territory, he Is prepared to locate land warrants
to the best advantage. Persona at a distance may send
their warrants here and their interests will be attended
to as IX they were present. on Third sreet.
September 17, 1351.
H. L. MOSS,
Attorney & counsellor at
Law, S.iilwa.or, Mm. Ter., will attend to pro
fessional business m a.i the courts of the Territory ; will
attend to (lie location or Land Warrants Ac.
Tlr Laud Warrants for sale.
A. VAN VORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
il. la»w and Solicitor »n Chancery, will attend to all
professional business intrusted to ids care, in the dittercnt
courts of the Territory. [Stillwater, 1«W.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
T. L»« .till >ll Ciian.-i-ry. Will give pruin|>t
attention to any bitsiu- ss intrusted him in the line of his
profession, iu any part of the Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating Laud Warrants, Payment of 'fax
eft, sale ot Pa.cuts when is-U.M, and Ke.il Estate In gen
eral. Olflc.* at St. Anthony, ou Main street, opposite the
Fa Hr.
W. Richardson,
TVOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer,and
A l.fiii'l A.-em. Office. opi'jsili* me Si. Ch«rie>
House, St. Aut li> to Falls.
THOS. P. WATSON.
Attorney, Counsellor <s• Solicitor.
(\VOC AT TB A.VCAIS.)
OlTice over Spencer's store, Third st.,
St. Paul.
WU.H.IV it V IV Bt t’ES.
ATTORNEY S A T L A W,
Ofi h e over Carrington's Brick Store, St Paul.
ur. it, it uiui ri.
HAS lii» otlix in the r.»r ..f Levi Slum’s store, where
he will he res ly to jiteiel to professional eails.
•saini Paul, Nov —mm y
Dll. J. 11. DAY,
WTU.L pravlV -hl* i.rorvv.l'.n in Baint Paul and vl-
If cinitv. Ofll-e on Bench street,
iiuv 29 mm y
L A. BABCOCK,
LVW Film,
BABCOCK & WALK IN SON Attoruics and Counsellor*
at Law, Solicitor.' in Chancery, Ate.
OttL-e twar the corner of Third and Roberts streets, St.
PaU Mia- Ter.
W i*i attend to hu«in<vi nf tludr profession in all tlu*
Ci-utU A tint Territory.
Uv>v. 22,1841.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
attouxeys and counsellors at law.
OFFICE on Tuird Bt. :>anii P.tui.
Pajiiel bnr.iK. A. l. w illiat^
dec. €.
\v»i. IIKAKV WOO J,
ATTOKN KV & COI'NSKI-KOR AT LAW. Notary
rull.tc, and Lau.l Agent. ijßUk Rapid*,.Minnesota
Territory.
JACOB J. NOAH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
of (tie t*.- to.—O'uinilli>h uioT for I hStates of Maine.
Connection, Rhode Island. Note York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia. Alabama and Louisiana.
Omce oil Thiol St., St. Paul.
Dlt. T. It. POTTS,
Corn tut Roberts and Sixth stbeets, St. Pavl,
TIT ILL attend to the duties of his profession In St. Paul
W and vicinity. September 11.
DILLS OF EXt lIAf'GK,
Ay D DRAFTS on all parts of the United Stales, at the
oltlcc ol the Minnesota outlit, by
CUAS. W. ItORLP.
J. QULXX,
"COOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corner
JD at Third and Minnesota si l.eutleuien’.- boys
and shoes; also Lati.s’ and Children’s shu.it, made to
orter In the neatest and most durable manner, and the
beat materials.
J. R. BRtWSTER,
House, Sign, and Orn.inemai Painter.
St. l'aul, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
TUB undersigned Is agent for, ami will insure buildings
and goods in the following Coini»auies:
Utica lnmirance C-.tup.uiy.
insurance Company of Utica.
Orleans Insurance Company.
Jackson County Mumai 1n..-.ranee Company.
New York Jfruucliuu Company.
—ALSO—
Will Insure live* In tbe Connecticut Mutual l.ife Ing
ram a Company. ALKX. WiI.KIN.
St. Paul, November 5, 1851 a
F. E. COLLINS,
AUCTION & COM MISSION lIOUSR
THE undersigned having reach ed an Auctioneer’s Com
mission from the Oovenmr of Minnesota, has opened an
Auction and Commission House, in Si. Raul, where he
will *«ll vu commission. Groceries, Dry Goods, Furniture,
Ac. lie believes that the superior advantages ot
M. Paid as a luarketj will !*• a suftlclent Inducement for
business men and manufacturer* at a distance, to send
their goods, Ac., to be sold on commission at private sale,
or at auction. Ilia charges will he m derate.
X. B. Particular attention will 10 ie sa *® °*
real ertate, in or about St. Pat;l, St* Anthony, or Stillwa
ter*
March 6 F. E. COLLINS.
HBFKRRNCKS:
(lor. A ley. Ramsey, St. Paul,
Hon. 11. 11. Sibley, Mendota,
u David Olmsted, M rchant, Bcnlan Ct.,
“ J. C. Kamsey, St. Paul,
*< Will. 11. KOJtBES, i
Elfelt ts. brothers, f m . c,
J. W. Simpson, } Merch.nts, St.
John Farrington, V
D. U Feller, J
Franklin steele, Mer. Sl Anihonv.
HOL--o>lßr, P««., SH!|T««.r.
I eiitral St. rani.
J houw. They have flttetl 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 ths best Hotels In the West.
November, 1341.
aiassour a&'ssa
ROUNEY PARKER, late of the American noose Low
ell, Ma.ss., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything In proper order
for the convenience of travelers, boarders, or families de
siring furnished apartments, respectfully Invites his
friends and the public to give hlin a rail, believing that
lie can do as much for their comfort as can be expected
in a new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
Temperance House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor.—Corner
A-J of Fourth and Jackson St>., Saint Paul. Perma
nent an i transient boarders furnished with good and com
fortable apart men's. Charges moderate.
Hall-Way House.
TOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
St- Paul and Stillwater,) begs leave to say to stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and the public generally, that
having made his arrangcuicuts complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated tn the midst
of the iuo*t delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with fish, and In an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, lie hopes to see company from abroad, a., well as
from the neighboring villages. They will find the charges
moderate.
Minnesota Boarding-House.
SC McCRAY would inform the pub
• lie —residents .and strangers—that he has taken
the large house on Eagle Street, opposite I). L. Fuller’s
Brick Store, where he Is prepared to accommodate his
customers with the best style of boarding. The house
has been thoroughly repaired and paint l d. Ills table will
be furnished with every thing the market a fiords; and
those who come prepared to plank up the Ca h every
Saturday night, will find the ‘•Minnesota Boarding House”
a comfortable and pleasant home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6 m.
Emmett &. Moss,
% At ornrys and Solicitors.
IT* ILL attend to professional business
* • iu the various Courts of the Territory. Particu
lar attention given to the location of Land Warrants
buying and selling of lands, &•-. Laud warrants for sale
for cash or on time. Oltla* on the corner of \l’aba>haw
and Third streets, St. Paul Minnesota.
L. EMMETT,
July 1, 1842. lIENKY L. MOSS.
July 1, 1842.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. W. IP-nip. 29yl
P. CHOUTEAU. Jit. JAS. HARRISON. FELIX VALLE.
CHOUTEAU. 11ARIUS0N & VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Lonis Rollin'* .Mill.
AND manufactures of bar iron in all its
various shap s, Sheet Iron and Boiler Plate, Nails
and Spik s from th»* ore or the Iron Mountain. Iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, lssl.
Nathan Spicer,
TEWF.LER AND WATCHMAKER,
at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street, 43
next door to tin* St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make gold and silver watches, rings, spoons. J
&c., on short untie-*. Also to repair the sain**, a Unmh
well a- music books, shell combs, or linger rings, b.ag-
lets and ear dro|M. He also keeps for sal** a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
W. H. FORBES,
CUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
AT Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jnr>tr«n»
J. W. BABCOCK,
FORWARDING and Commission Mcr
chant, Upper Landing, Sauil Paul, Jiinnooia Ter
ritory.
Kittson’* Addition.
'I'HIS desirable ground, lying in the
A mst central and advantageous part*! th** basin
of Sf. Paul, where must inevitably be the principal river
Im-dnes* of the town, and affording a»*o th** most choice
and delightful lots in tlie rear, upon tlu* bench for dwel
ling houses; is surveyed into lots and now offered for
sale with titles undisputed and indisputable, at reasona
bly low prices, and upon liberal terms of credit, for most
of the purchase money, and lumber f«>r building on lots
M ,ld in the addition, will be furnished at the rotary saw
mill on easy terms. CHAS. 11. OAKES,
Agent for Proprietors.
M. 5. WILKINSON
SPENCER, KIRKPATRICK A MARKLEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL*
fell 14 22—tf_
S. P. FOLSOM,
County Purveyor.
May hi. found at olllce of of Ki'klst-Tot Deed,, on Third
street, one dour Lvlow Minnesota Oulllt, I' J
K. M> LAGAN,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street. Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota
liKOMPT attention given to all consignments, andcliar-
I gos til.derate.
St Paul, October t», 1851 1
111 EG DORK E. PARKER,
flllorncy mid Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To my old friends,
AND the “REST OF MANKIND/- I would say,
that 1 can be found during the winter, *t tho old
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where 1 will al
ways be happy to wait up.»n them. Bur and house fur
nished with the best of every tiling.
uov. 22. ft. WJI. lIARTSIIOHNE.
SHERMAN U MOREY,on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
the middle **f town. In the building of .Mr. Knox, up
stair>, may be found, ready to attend to Painting in all its
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, "ttd Avil * l
paints of the best quality* If we do our work in a Mov
enlv, tiuw’orknian like maniiner we do not expect to gel
business in ihe enlightened town or Sit. Paul.
Dec. 13, I*sl • SHEUMAn X M<)RK>.
THE subscriber would respectfully infoani the citizens
oi s>t. Paul and it* vicinity, lhai he is now carrying on
the above business in the 2d story of Spencer’s new build
ing, on she corner of Ftth and Roberts street.
Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodical?. JAMES MACKINTOSH,
feb 7
J C Burbank A co. St.rau! J [W L Fawcette A co. St. Louis
NORTH-WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST- LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies.
rpO and from all the principal cities in the United States,
1 Cu 1 urn a and Europe, for the speedy transportation
of money and valuable packages, col ection of drafts, notes,
bills, aciounta, Ac., purchase and sole of ail kiudaol
merchandize.
C. R. Rice ic Co . St. Paul, Otis West, Si. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
j;. b. —particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally.
may l» 33-tf
i?UED. IIARIU* now keeps tins well-known cstablish
-1 in’-nt “on his own book.’ 9 He hopes by a continued
a'teiuion to the wants of his customers, to merit their
patronage as heretofore.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK. MANUFACTORY*
I’llK solicits the patronage of the public,
and Hfisure-* ail purchasers lu his line, that he will
e ll for cash, saddles, haruesa ot a.I kinds, and trunks, of
a belter quality, and cheaper than any other establish
ment in Minin-aota. Pur baser* will do weii to call at
his shop, on Third street, St- Paul, next door east of B.
Ift. Sergcnt’s and Judge lor themselves.
A* R. FRENCH.
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
New Englaud of the West, by E. 3. Seymour. Fur
sale by l-EDCC A ROHKER.
FIRE Ic MARINE INSURANCE,
BY Ike undersigned agent for the Protection insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies Issued upon the
moat favorable term* by
W. f. Murray, Ageut, Mlnueeota.
St. rani, Fahmary CR. 1W - l-lm
I* \i.ntim;.
uuukbixdix;
AMERICAS' SALOON.
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1852
THE MINNESOTIAN.
The Free Soil ’llovemeat o 1 ISJ3.
Tlie “ Free Soil” agitation of the pres
ent year, although not upon so extensive
a scale as that of ’4B, will nevertheless
have a highly important bearing upon the
result of tlie Presidential election now
pending Some of tlie politicians in tlie
States appear to attach quite too little im
portance to this element. An “outsider,”
at this distance, can perhaps judge more
correctly of its bearings than those im
mediately engaged in tile melee of Presi
dent making.
At the moment we write, we have no
news from the National Free Soil Con
vention assembled at Pittsburgh on the
11th inst. Iu all probability the result
will reach us before the inside form of
our paper goes to press. But wc can
state at this time, that Hale, of New
Hampshire, for whom a large majority of
the delegates from all the States repre
sented was instructed to vote, will not be
Hit nominee for President. In a letter
dated August 4th, lie peremptorily de
clines the nomination. At the same time,
he- denounces the “ subserviency’’ of
both the old parties to the “ slave power,”
counsels the “ Free Democracy” to keep
up their separate organization, and pledges
his support to the Pittsburgh nominees,
lie says the portion of the Democratic
party who are now supporting Pierce
have “sought, nay begged” the servile
position they occupy at the foot of the
“ slave power,” but intimates the Whigs,
in a great measure, have been forced
there. He goes on to say of the old line
Democracy:
_*' The Independent Democracy of the
North lias deleated tlie Compromise or
pro-slavery Democracy once, because of
its treachery to Freedom and its subser
viency to Slavery. Is its position any
more favorable to the great cause of civil
liberty now than it was four years ago?
On the other hand, is it not infinitely
Worse? Or was there a motive which
could oe addressed to an honest mind to
act with us then, that may not be urged
with much greater force now-? 1 think
not. I have no doubt that the defeat of
the Democratic party lour years since did
tile party greal good, but it was too thor
oughly debauched, corrupted and polluted
by its l.vn ff and all;..noo ~:.u, „..J
subserviency to slavery, to be radically
cured at once. The dose needs to be re
peated to clfect a perfect cure ; and when
that is done, we shall have a Democratic
party that will bo so in deed and truth as
well as in name.”
Mr. Ilalu's real purpose and end in
this campaign is here plainly indicated—
so clearly that “ he who runs may read.”
lie wishes to defeat Frank Pierce; but
whether on account of Frank's “sub
serviency” to the “ slave power,” or be
cause he is a personal rival of the great
champion of “Free Democracy” in the
Stale of New Hampshire, or both, we
will not attempt to judge. Those who
know “Jack Hale,” as he is familiar'v
called at home, say he is an honest, whole
souled fellow, religiously sincere in his
political professions, and above any selfish
feelings in matters of this kind. He
must know, however, that he could, were
he the candidate, poll twice —possibly
thrice the vote that can be carried for
Chase or any other man in the party.—
Particularly is this the fact in reference
to the Western Reserve of Ohio. We
have watched the movements closely in
that quarter during the past two months.
At all the Free Soil meetings, Hale has
been the unanimous choice of those as
sembled. The Cleveland True Demo
crat—the especial organ of Free Soil in
Ohio and the West—has talked Hale and
nothing else. The tergiversation of
Chase, in abandoning the Free Soilers
and supporting Gov. Wood's election last
year, and now turning round and going
for a separate organization, it has exposed
and denounced. The True Democrat
undoubtedly reflects the sentiments of
the Reserve Free Soilers ; and ivc here
venture the prediction, that if Chase he
the nominee for President, lie will not,
in Ohio, rise beyond the Birney vote of
1844, which was eight or ten thousand
only. In 1848, Van Burcn received up
wards of 35.C00. Persons conversant
with Ohio polities can thus calculate the
general hearing the declination of John
P. Hale, coupled with his determination
to “ repeat the dose” administered to the
old line “ Democracy” of the Union in
1848, will have upon the final result.—
It is unreasonable to suppose the medi
cine will have a contrary effect else
where.
Washington, Aug. 4.
Mr. Webster and Mr. Crampton will
return here in a week. The fishing diffi
culty has been temporarily settled. A
despatch has been sent by Mr. Crampton
to the British Government, urging them
[to suspend their orders and withdraw
their naval force.
Office—Corner of Jackson and Filth Streets.
The correspondent of the Cleveland
True Democrat, (Free Soil) gives the
following account of the electioneering
machinery in operation at Washington :
Washington City, July 28.
Messrs. Editors :—One of the curi
ties of this city is the folding room of
the House of Representatives.
The number of pages, messengers and
folders employed there, varies according
to circumstances.
About twenty are usually employed, I
should judge. This is my estimate. The
Superintendent informed me yesterday,
that they were now sending from that
room, of speeches and documents for
electioneering purposes, forty thousand
daily!
Of these, from the best estimate I can
form, the Whigs send off about twenty
five thousand, the Democrats fourteen,
and the Free Soilers one thousand.
It is said that the Whigs have five, and
some times six, steam power presses in
daily operation. One press is under con
tract to furnish 4,000 copies of the picto
rial life of Scott.
There is at the Whig committee room,
ten clerks constantly employed in super
scribing speeches and documents, beside
an additional force occasionally.
The Democrats are operating with less
energy, and. perhaps, with less zeal ; but
with equal system. I think their funds
are less ample. Tlie pictorial life of
Scott is sent throughout the United
Slates.
From Niles’ Register, of August 27,
1814, (mark the date) we copy the fol
lowing handsome tribute to Gen. Scott,
from which an idea may be formed of the
estimation in which the boy General was
then held by Ins countrymen.
“ Generals Brown and Scott are doing
well. The former it is thought may have
resumed his command about the 25tli of
August. Scott suffered much, and was
still confined to his bed oil the 13th ; how
ever, there was every prospect of as
speedy a recovery as could be expected.
This gallant soldier who has not yet at
tained his thirtieth year, is a native of
this county (Dinwiddie). In this State
he received his educa'ion and its last pol
ish at the College of William and Alary.
With skill, diligence, perseverance and
unrivaled eloquence, he practised the law
for a short lime in the adjacent counties.
But his great soul aspired to ‘deeds of
arms.’ He entered the service of his
country in 1808, witli the commission of
Captain of Light Artillery, and in a short
♦ imo joinol -tl.e —•'-}• under
General Wilkinson. His arrest, the char
ges against him, and his unparalleled de
fence on that occasion, have long since
been before the public. This noble de
fence convinced the Cabinet at Washing
ton and the world at large, that lie was
the scholar, the politician and the soldier.
Since then no man has ascended the mil
itary ladder with more resplendent rapid
ity than has Winfield Scott— two more
rounds, and lie will have topped the cli
max of military honor! Glowing with
friendship, veneration and pride for the
brave soldier, a number of citizens of
Petersburg, as wc are informed, have re
solved to nave made an elegant sword with
appropriate devices, to be presented to
the hero of Chippewa and Bridgewater.
In his hands we arc confident it will
never be drawn but in defence of his
country’s rights, and never tarnished but
by the blood of our foe.”
What was Frank Pierce doing about
these days ?
The following is among the incidents
in the procession at Niagara. It reminds
one strongly of 1840:
“Among the rest, we noticed a neat
delegation of boys, about ten years of age,
dressed in blue jackets and white pants,
hearing an immense cent upon the top of
a pole, glistening as if just from the mint.
Under the cent was the following: “We
buy oca own Candy, but we go for
Scott.”
. The Gold Fields or Australia.—
Tlie discovery of gold in large quantatics
in Australia has created as much excite
ment in tin- Old World as the California
discoveries did in the New. The Lon
don News, of July 16th, has intelligence
from the Victoria diggings to April. In
the five months preceding, the mines had
yielded the enormous amount of 653.270
ounces of gold, valued at nearly ten mil
lions of dollors. The Bathurst and Tu
ron diggings, which have been longer and
more extensively worked than the Victo
ria, had yielded, up to March, over a
million ounces, the exports up to March
20th being 1,125.317 ounces. These
diggings yield as plen iftilly as ever, and
new localities, abounding in rich depos
ites, arc being met with in abundance.—
In Van Diemun's Land gold has also been
discovered.
People were flocking to the mines of
Australia by thousands from all quarters,
and some towns in the vicinity are nearly
depopulated. It is estimated that 15,000
had qilted the city of Adelaide for the
Melbourne diggings in three months.—
The utmost excitement prevailed in Ade
laide, March 20th, in consequence of the
arrival of the first overland escort with
upwards of a quarter of a ton ot gold!—
The journey was accomplished in eleven
days.
The Wabash and Erie Canal, when
completed, will be the longest in the Uni
ted Slates. It is now open from Toledo
to Maysville in Indiana, 392 miles, and
will be finished through to Evansville in
the spring of 1863.
Captain Marcy’s Command.
By letter from Fort Washita to a gen
tleman of this city, the report of the
massacre of Murcy and his men is con
firmed. One of the letters says :
“ I have this moment heard the melan
choly news of the fate of our friend, Capt.
Marcy and Capt. Strain. We will never
see them more. An express from Fort
Arbuckle, with letters from the command
ing officer there, says beyond a doubt
Marcy's train of 18 wagons and ICO men
has been attacked by the combined forces
ot nine bands of Camanches, and all mur
dered. No one escaped. The news was
brought in by several of tlie Caddoes,
Kickapoos, and Delawares, who state that
the Camanches told them that they stam
peded their horses in a place where
they could not use their guns, as by
some means or oilier the Indians ascer
tained the fact that the command had but
three percu/sion caps apiece. There
were thousands of the common caps but
none would fit their muske's. Hence the
loss of 100 men and 18 teams.
The conflict took place above Cash
Creek, between Red river and Arkansas.
There is no doubt of the murder of the
command who went among the “well fed
by our government to treat and feed them
again.”— Arkansas banner.
Nothing more has been heard from
Capt. Marcy’s command, and wc wait in
suspense and anxiety to hear from them
We have conversed with several gentle
men from Fort Washita, and they gener
ally believe that the report of the massa
cre of Capt. Marcy and his command to
be true. We are informed that Colonel
Humphries stated that the Camanches
said they were on their way to attack
the Fort at Phantom Hill. They now
say the whites are endeavoring to take
their land from them, and they are deter
mined to drive them oIT, and it is said
they have become desperate, and it is
feared they will combine and do much
more mischief upon our frontier.— Fo t
Smith Herald, 24/h.
Tub Cost or Practical Joking.—
A few days since, near La Grange, the
Conductor of the freight train noticed a
man on the track waving a hankerchief.
Supposing that some accident had oc
curred, the brakes were put on, the en
gine reversed, and the train stopped.—
The man with the handkerchief sloped
across the fields, but the Conductor slo
ped afier him, and overtaking him on a
sloping spot, gave him a deserved thrash
ing witli a bell cord.
Two days afier, a man was discovered
walking on the track. The whistle
squealed and the bell rang out an alarm,
Kilt tlyu jtpdixitri'.m hood eithor.
The brakes were put down and the en
gine reversed, but it seemed impossible
to avoid running over the man—when,
he stepped lightly aside, and as the train
rolled slowly by—applied bis fingers to
his nose, ala b’lioy, and laughed at the
engineer whose train he had checked. The
laugh stopped the train and started the
engineer, who pounced on the funny pe
destrian and gave him a “reasonable”
drubbing. It is supposed that neither of
the gentlemen will stop another train on
the C. C_ and C. Railroad.— Cleveland
Herald.
The Liquor Law. —The Providence
Journal remarks as follows upon the op
eration of this law in Massachusetts:
The liquor law appears to he very gen
erally observed in Massachusetts. In
Boston they are selling under the licenses
granted before the law went into effect;
but the legality of this, we believe, is to
be tested. In Cambridge at the last ac
counts, the warrant, which the officers
refused to serve without a bond of indem
nity, remains unexecuted. In most pla
ces the dealers have voluntarily abandon
ed the sale; in others, the authorities
have issued warnings ; and in many pla
ces voluntary associations of citizens have
been formed to secure the execution of
the law.
Tiie Hollanders. —Dcr Nederlander,
the Dutch paper published at Kalamazoo,
Michigan, and extensively circulated
among the Hollanders in that vicinity,
has espoused the election of Scott and
Graham. The paper is strongly in favor
of River and Harbor Improvements and
Land Reform. There arc very few pa
pers published in America in the Dutch
language.— New York Tribune.
Pierce and King and the Settlers.—
On January 14th, 1839, the following
proposition came up in the U. S. Senate:
And be it further enacted , That when
any of the public lands of the United
States have remained unsold for the space
of fifteen years after the termination of
the public sales, the same may be enter
ed and purchased by actual settlers on
the following terms, to wit: If a settler
desirous to purchase for a residence,
eighty, or less than eighty acres, he may
enter and purchase the same at fifty cents
per acre.
L'pon this proposition the vote stood,
ayes 21, noes 23. Among the noes were
Franklin Pierce and Win. R. King. The
votes of Senators from Ohio, Indiana. Illi
nois, Kentuckv, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Michigan, and Tennessee,
without regard to party, were given for
the provision, which was defeated by the
votes of Pierce and King.
Bi lious Diseases Decreasing. —A
druggist in this city, long extensively en
gaged in business here, also a physician,
informs us that bilious diseases are fast
on the decrease all through the Western
country. In proof of 'this, he says there
is not as much quinine sold now in two
months by druggists, as has been some
times sold in two days. The falling off
is so great, that it has materially affected
■the price of the article. —Galena Adv.
Death ot If on. Robt. Rantoul.
Washington, Aug. 9.
Hon. Robf. Rantoul died this P. M. of
malignant erysipelas.
He was in his seat on Tuesday, and
was not considered dangerously ill until a
few hours before his death.
, His remains left for Boston at four
o’clock, accompanied by his wife and
Messrs. Goodrich and Dunham, Cleve
land of Conn., and Eastman of Wiscon
sin.
In the House, Mr. Mann announced
his colleague's death. He said he had
known him long and intimately, and had
ever lonnd him a devoted friend and up
right man, and that he was taken away in
the prime of life, w hen his talents ’had
just begun to unfold themselves to the
world.
He was followed by Messrs. Corwin
and McClellan, who also pronounced
glowing eulogies.
Washington, Aug. G.
Judge Conklin, of New York, was to
day confirmed as Minister to Mexico.
It is understood that he will at once
proceed to his post.
Mr. Letcher is on his way home.
The report is current that Mr. Corw in
will shortly tender his resignation as Sec
retary of the Treasury.
The Select Committee raised at the in
stance of Gen. Houston, to inquire into
the charge of bribery and corruption
against members of Congress in the pas
sage of certain bills, have entered upon
the duties and are prosecuting the inves
tigations with vigor.
The Fishing Difficulty. —The Bos
ton Advertiser says that the captain of a
fishing vessel just arrived, states that
American fishing vessels had been fired
into and sunk by a English cruiser, for
refusing to come to when ordered. The
truth of the story is doubted.
The Fishery Question.— Mr. Cramp
ton, the British Minister, has had an in
terview with the President, in which he
informed him that Lord Derby had taken
the fishing question out of his hands, and
referred it to the Colonial Government.
Concress. —lt is said that Congress
will do nothing at the present session but
to run through the appropriation bills;
and the Senate •frill not reverse its decis
ion on the Land Bills. The Senate bill
for the better security of life of passen
gers on steamboats, has been reported
with very little amendment. *
The Land Bills Rejected. — A tele
graph despatch to the New Yolk Courier
states that the committee on Public Lands,
in the Senate, have rejected the Home
stead and Land Distribution bills by the
following vote: —On the Homestead Bill,
Messrs. Borland and Dodge voted Ave,
and Messrs. Fetch, Pratt and Underwood,
No. On Mr. Bennett’s Land Distribu
tion Bill, Messrs. Pratt and Underwood.
Aye, and Messrs. Borland and Dodge,
No.
Later.— ln the Senate on the 6th, Mr.
Felcli reported back the following bills
from the House :—Homestead, Land Dis
tribution, and Walker’s giving public
lands to States in which they lie, with re
commendations that all be negatived.—
That probably finishes up the land busi
ness in Congress the present session.—
llow do Land Reformers and people gen
erally like it ?
Netv Youk, Aug. 5.
Jtrlge Nelson has allowed a writ of Ha
beas Corpus in the case of Thomas Kane
before him at his Chambers at Coopers
town, N. Y., on the 11th day of August.
Accompanying this writ the Judge lias
sent a lengthy speech on the case as it
now stands, wherein he doubts the legal
authority of the U. S. Commissioner to
act in the premises. The effect of this
will be to remove the whole of the pro
ceedings before the Supreme Court of the
U. S.
Savannah, Aug. 3.
Great conflagration this afternoon—
seventy houses burnt—loss $75,000 to
SIOO,OOO. It swept every thing from
Hubby street north to Margaret, and south
to Laurel, east of the canal. The houses
were principally of wood. One hundred
families houseless.
Cincinnati, Aug. 4
A fire broke out in Fulton this morn
ing* and destroyed Burton Hnzen’s saw
mill, a large quantity of lumber, and 12
dwelling houses; loss $30,000; very lit
tle insurance.
The weather continues very dry—corn
crops suffering very much; and, it is
said, under the circumstances cannot be
over half a crop in consequence. Corn
very scarce.
Another Duel. —We learn from the
Memphis Enquirer, that Mr. Edward J.
Carrell, who fought a duel recently at
New Orleans with Mr. Barbazon, was
subsequently engaged in an affair of a
similar character. Neither of the parties
were wounded. The Enquirer does r.ot
give the name of Mr. Carrcll's opponent.
Tennessee. —The Whigs of Tennes
see appear to be wide awake, and are at
work manfully. Gen. HaskelJ, a prom
inent man and popular speaker is canvass
ing the State, and in his notice of appoint
ments says, he “ would be pleased to di
vide the time with anv public speaker of
1 the Democratic party.” His appeals can
not fail to tell with signal effect upon the
ranks of his opponents.
Wisconsin Judicial Nominations.—
Charles H. Lirrabee has been nominated
by the Locofoco Judicial Convention of
Wisconsin, as their candidate for Chief
Justice, and Samuel Crawford and A. D.
Smith, for Associate Judge*.
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS.
A Good Omen for Scott. —We gave
our opinion of the New York Herald as
a Whig authority to our friend of the
Lexington, (Mo.) Chronicle, the other
day. The following, from the Aurora
(Ind.) Standard, we trust he will find
somewhat to the same point.— St. Louis
lnt.
We perceive an article from the N. Y.
Herald, going tlie rounds of the Demo*
cratic papers. Said article is a violent
attack on Scott—says he has no chance
tor being elected, wc therefore consider
his election certain, Bennett being a noto
riously lalse prophet. The followingwero
Bennett's views (in the New York Her
ald) on tlie nomination of Gen. Harrison
in 1840:
“ w a s reported in the city yesterday
morning that tlie Whig Convention had
nominated Gen. Harrison lor their candi*
dale at tlie coming election, the news wai
talked over, doubted over, laughed over,
sneered over, but not believed ; the arri
val ot the mail settled the question, pla
cing the question beyond a doubt. And
this is the result of the Whig Convention ?
to pass such men as Clav, Webster, Mc-
Ican, &c., to nominate Harrison! 4 Pet
ticoat Harrison.’ Oh most lame and in
nocent conclusion of Whig wisdom 1”
Our Democratic friends arc tolerably
w ell posted up as to the result of th*e
election of 1840, and can judge of the
truth ol Bennett's prophecy.
On the nomination ot J. K. Polk, Betl
nctt thus commented in tlie Herald:
“Ol the nomination of Polk we hardly
know how to speak seriously; a more
lorlorn, contemptible, ridiculous candidate
was never put forth by any party. He is
a sort of fourth, or rather fortieth rate
lawyer of Tennessee, who was once, by
accident. Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives. Between such a man as
Clay, there can be no contest. ‘Harry
ol tlie West" will only have to walk over
the ground.”
He own that the Whigs need no re
minder of tlie result of the election of
1844, and the total defeat of tlie lamented
Henry Clay, by this forlorn,” &c.
Are the Democrats willing to take the
results of Bennett’s prophecies respecting
Harrison and Polk, os a criterion of his
prophecy respecting Scott? If so, why
make such a flourish of trumpets and rat
tle of drums over it ?
Tlie steamers Nominee, Ben Campbell,
and Dr. Franklin, St. Paul and Galena
packets, are laid up, the water being too
low lor thetn to run. Wc learn that it is
the intention of their owners to procure
lighter boats to replace them during tho
the low water.— . Mo. Rep., 7/A.
For the ml urination of shippers below,
we would say, that the Franklin and Nom
inee continue their regular trips, and that
none of the above boats are laid up.
There is nothing in the present stage
of water that prevents their making one
trip a week to St. Paul. But in antici
pation of lower water, the company have
purchased the Badger Slate and Black
Hawk, which will have no difficulty in
running at any stage of low water which
lias occurred heretofore.— Galena Jldv .
The excess receipts of the Michigan
Central Railroad this year, over those of
last year, amounts to $108,189. The
1 >ss to the Company by tlie firing of the
Depot at Detroit, and stranding of the
Mayflower, is set down at SBO,OOO.
Overboard. —We mentioned yester
day, that Col. Bissell had been thrown
overboard by a Convention of his party;
but we judge from a communication in
the Bellville Advocate. Loco, that he will
be a candidate nevertheless.
Narrow Escape or two Editors.—
We learn that Mr. Dorr, editor of the
Bellevue Democrat, escaped an election
to the lowa Legislature by seven votes,
and that Mr. Lu Cossitt, editor of the
Muscatine Inquirer, escaped a similar
honor by two votes. Both these gentle
men arc Locos, and good Whigs take the
places.
The Wheat Crop.—Wc judge that
the wheat crop, throughout the country,
is better than it lias been for many years,
and has been secured in belter condition.
In lliis part of (he State, we hear that
the quality is excellent. —Galena Adv.
Dr. Franklin No. 2. —We have seen
the statement that the above boat lias
been purchased to go into the St. Louis
and Louisville trade.— Galena Adv.
Incendiary Arrested. —Thos. Wythe,
supposed to be one of the Montreal in
cendiaries, lias been arrested in New
York, and taken to that city.
Mr. Edney, of North Carolina, has
been nominated as charge to Gautemala,
He was a delegate to the Baltimore Whig
Convention.
New W'heat. —The St. Louis Eve
ning News of a late dale says, that the
steamer Niagara arrived from the Ulinoia
river one day last week, with a eargo of
one thousand sacks of wheat, of excellent
quality. The prices at the opening of
the trade ranges from 60 to 75 cents per
bushel.
Devoured by a Shark. —The other
night one of the hands on hoard the U.
S. ship Pennsylvania, at Norfolk, attempt
ed to make his escape from the serv ice
by pltinging overboard, in expectation of
reaching the shore in safety. The poor
fellow had scarcely, however, touched
the water, when he was seized by a shark
and speedily despatched.
John Doe and Richard Roe will cease
to exist in English Law after the 24th of
October next, when writs of ejectment
will be issued against the persons in
possession of the property claimed.
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