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THE MINNESOTIAN.
St. Paul, Minnesota. .
SATURDAY, SEPT. 11,1852.
FOR PRESIDENT OF TUB EXITED STATES,
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT,
or FEW jtiue Y.
FOR TICE PRESIBICKT.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
or KORTII CAROLINA.
MINNETONKA AND A TRIP THERETO.
Its IMsearerr sad Nanir.
It U of course incredible to suppose
that a bodj’ of Water forty miles in extent,
could have remained within fifteen or
twenty miles of St. Paul and St. Anthony
until this year, and not have been known by
any one to exist. The mero discovery of
Lake Minnetonka by white men, probably
dates as far back as the time of Father
Hennepin, but a discovery and knowledge
of its vast resources and extent is an
event of this year. That a lake, or scries
of lakes, lay off in that direction, was
known to all the old Indian traders, and
we have heard them speak of the fact fre
quently; but until the explorations, com
menced early last spring by Messrs. Tut
tle and Stevens, it is evident nothing like
a correct idea of the topography of this re
gion was entertained. Minnetonka should
be Mdeatonka; but as the former name has
already been started, and has gone abroad
to the whole world, the charge cannot be
made without great inconvenience. So.
rather than undertake so serious a job as
to attempt the change, it is probably best
to stick to Minnetonka, which simply
means Big Water, while Mdeatonka is
more definite, meaning Big Lake.
It. Location and Extent.
The eastern arm of Lake Minnetonka
is, by the traveled road, about twenty
miles west of the Falls of St. Anthony.
The road now traveled, after you get
west of Lake Calhoun, is rough and diffi
cult to go over with teams. Four miles
before reaching the lake you have to “ take
water,” and traverse the outlet till you
reach the eastern arm. This outlet is
what is known as Little Falls Creek
which, after running through Lakes Cal
houn, Harriet, Amelia. &c., forms the
beautiful and romantic cascade of fifty or
sixty feet, near Fort Snelling. By the
way we speak of, Minnetonka cannot be
reached with teams until a road is made
over sundry high hills and extensive
marshes. It is the opinion of some that a
better and equally near route can be found
directly to the lake shore, by crossing the
country from the Minnesota river. The
general direction of the lake is cast and
west, although its expansive arms stretch
far to the north and south. At some
points we should suppose its navigable
Waters could be reached within eight or
ten miles of the Minnesota. The extent
of the lake is at least forty miles from
east to west; in places it is five or six
miles in width.
We left St. Anthony last Monday for
a hurried exploration of Lake Minne
tonka. Secretary Wilkin, Col. J. H.
Stevens, Dr. Ames, Ed. Murphy, A.
Murphy, Mr. Miller, (formerly of St.
Paul, but for the past two years a resi
dent of Hennepin county) Mr. Lennon,
(brother of the St. Anthony merchant)
Mr. T. Porter, and our humble self com
posed the party destined for the lake.— -
There is no fun or pleasure in excursions
such as this, unless you have the right
kind of company. We were singularly
fortunate in this respect. Most of those
named are well known to our readers.—
Dr. Ames lias resided in the Territory
-since last fall, but is not extensively ac
quainted in St. Paul. lie is a highly in
telligent and liberal-minded gentleman—
sn Eastern man originally', but a resident
of the West lor the past fifteen years—
has become thoroughly imbued with
Western manners and customs—an ex
cellent hand to [t rough it on occasions
like this, and a most agreeable traveling
companion. Mr. Lennon is an English
man who “ came over” the present sea
son—intelligent, well educated and “ read
up thoroughly in the politics and litera
ture of the day; and withal a good foun
dation for a successful American mer
chant and useful citizen, alter he gets
“ broke in” and understands the “ hang
of things.” On this occasion he was the
character of the party, as will be seen
before we are done with him. Well, we
are off—
l< Nine
To da&h through tkt«lr and thin.”
A drive of five or six miles across the
most beautiful prairie in American, —
which we have often mentioned to our
readers--and we haul up in front of the
Brisette House on the pleasant shores of
This ia a sheet of water whose fame
is world-wide. We had heard of it years
•before we came to Minnesota. It was
named by officers of the'anny, in honor
of John C. Calhoun, thirty-five years ago
when he was Secretary of War. Its
lovely mate and near neighbor just below
it, Lake Harriet, was named at the same
iime, in honor of the lady of Col. Snel
ling. We Wve Lake Calhoun alter a
I
Onr Party
I/Blce Calhoun.
few moment*’ respite for our horses,
keeping round its northern shore, and
shortly find ourselves at
Cedar Lake.
| By what means it ever got this name
Iwe arc at a loss to imagine, as there is
! not so much as a shrub of cedar anywhere
, near it. It ii a beautiful little sheet of
| water, and a great place for fish, which
I fact we can prove by Gairns and Capt.
I Monfort; for it was here they caught their
I two-horse wagon load, mentioned in the
! Minnesotian three weeks since. We
i thought of calling it Lake Monfort or
I Lake Gairns, we don’t care which. From
| here our course was nearly due west, but
over one of the roughest countries out of
doors. The soil is generally good, with
a thick growth of hazel, wild cherry bush
es, &c., but very little timber. Plenty of
water for stock, and excellent hay mead
ow ; far off to the right is seen groves of
tamarac and other good timber. After
sundry poundings and joltings over four
or five miles of this wooden country, we
came to another beautiful little lake on
our left, which, in honor of our excellent
and popular Secretary we named
lake Wilkin.
We don’t know whether it was ever
named before, and don’t eare; hereafter
it is to be thus known. We forgot to
mention that “ Cedar Lake,” although
within a mile of Lake Calhoun, does
not belong to the Calhoun and Harriet
family. It pours its waters out to the
north, through the creek which enters
the Mississippi just above the Cataract of
St. Anthony. Lake Wilkin we think is
one of the Calhoun chain. Three or four
miles on, we came for the first time to
Little Falls creek, which we crossed.
The land along this creek is good, and
mill privileges plenty. The growth of
weeds, grass and hazel is as high as a
man’s shoulders. The surface, however,
is too much broken to invite settlement
while less elevated and depressed sections
remain open. Crossing one of the high
peaks hereabouts, while the team was
making the circuit of a wet meadow, we
found a bunch of the wild sage, which
is mentioned by Fremont and others as
growing so extensively upon the plains of
Oregon and California. We were not
before aware that it grew in this country.
The whole of Minnesota is a rich and
inviting garden for the explorations of
the botanist, and we wish greater atten
tion were paid to this matter. On our
right rises the highest peak of this hilly
region, from which it is said a view can
be had of Lake Minnetonka, the course
|of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers,
the village of St. Anthony, Incite miles
distant, and the place where St. Paul is.
j It is called Mount Ararat, from the fact
that here Noah (Major Noah) rested on
his return last June from an exploration
|of the deluge of waters (Minnetonka)
beyond. Four miles farther, and we haul
up in front of
SteYfns* Shanty
This is situated on t|i&;X}Tcek, and is
the cud of landjptM'fieying and the port of
entry for Minnetonka. It is the claim
of Mr. Simon Stevens, (brother of J. II.)
and as fine a mill privilege as can be
found in Minnesota. The creek is about
two rods wide, and from two to six feet
deep. The water is clear with gravel and
rock bottom. Mr. Stevens is now hauling
the lumber to build a mil). The location
selected for this purpose will allow him
to raise a head of five or six feet. This
spot cannot he far from the geographical
centre of the county of Hennepin, and
may one day be the county seat. A com
fortable and welcome shanty is this of
Stevens’ with a good, whole-souled fcl
fellow, Mr. Shaver, inside of it. He
volunteers to become our cook, not
only lor (he present occasion, but for
the trip up the lake; and so here we un
pack.
Incidents of the Evening and Mght.
We found at the shanty Messrs. Mor
rison and Frost, of St. Anthony, who had
come out in a buggy to join us in the ex
cursion. The first thing to be dor.e was
to provide fish for supper. We found
them down in the creek, awaiting our ar
rival. 44 The Doctor ” is considerable
of a sportsman among the finny tribes. He
and another of the party cast in their lines,
and quicker than it will take us to relate
the fact, they flung to the shore more bass
than twelve hungry men could devour at
one meal. They continued fishing fifteen
| or twenty minutes, and the product was
j about forty pounds—all bass of the largest
size. After supper “the Doctor” and Mr.
Miller again tried their luck, and in a few
moments had as many more. It appeared
sinful to take more than could be used for
supper and breakfast; but just after sun
down an incident occurred which kept
a large quantity of them from spoiling on
our hands. This was the arrival of four
of the St. Paul b’hoys, viz: Geo. Reis
dorf, Markley,Gump and Turnbull. They
were seeking cranberries, and were about
as hungry and noisy a set of 44 varmints ”
as wc ever met with. They walked into
the lish with a will, and after supper
pitched their tent alongside the shanty.
Their arrival was as w elcome to us as the
appearance of a theatrical company in
an interior town. We won’t tell alt the
incidents of that evening; but must at
least remark that if they had not arrived,
| appearances indicated we would have had
a dull, quiet evening. Our own party
being, to a considerable extent, as yet,
strangers to each other, no one felt like
“letting himself loose;” and besides,
“ the Captain,” whose reputation for the.
best of “ boon companions ” is well estab
ed, was very unwell and had to retire .
“the Doctor” was also unwell; Col.
Stevens was busy, planning where the
Publie Square and Court House should
be located; and our friend Lennon—a fel
low of infinite wit and jest—began to get
his John Bull up about something, and had
not a word to say. So we would have
been poorly off for amusements hud not
the St. Paul boys come to our relief.
Dance, song and yell was the order of the
night until the margin of the “ short
hours;” when, by sharp listening, it was
ascertained that a distant wolf could,
now-and-lhen, get in a howl edgewise.
Then we slept.
John Bali amid the Wilds ol Minnesota.
Bull in his travels is the same every
where. On the plains of America ; amid
the ruins of Colosseum and the Pantheon ;
in the interior of Africa, he is a distinct
ive character, and can be pointed out a
hundred yards distant. He carries his
nationality on his face, and his country in
his manners and disposition. Our John
did full justice to his paternity. Could
Queen Victoria have seen him, she
would have instantly settled a pension
upon him, for his faithful deliniation of
the leading points in the character of the
great British nation. The true Yankee
and the true Bull, notwithstanding the
old original relation, have become anti
podes wherever found. Yankee must al
ways be playing his pranks on Bull,
“ getting ahead of him,” and edging him
off into narrower quarters. This pro
pensity strongly “ stuck out ” at our camp
last Monday night. There not being suf
ficient accommodations in the shanty for
all hands, buffaloes were spread out
doors, and four or five retired to this sky
canopied apartment. Among them was
Lennon, who took an outside birth, which
happened to be just in front of the wag
on. During the antics of the night,
while he slept soundly, “ the Captain,”
although sick, concluded he must have
his joke at Bull’s expense; so he and Ed.
Murphy quietly rolled the gentleman
from the robe, and placed him under the
wagon-tongue on the bare ground. He
slept soundly during the operation, and
until morning, with nothing but the wag
on-tongue for a cover. He enjoved an
excellent night’s rest; but when he
awoke there was one mad individual in
that crowd, certain. The getting mad
part, after he had slept well, is English ;
to have laughed it off would have been
Yankee. But we must hurry and start
Up the Lake
At eight o’clock Tuesday morning we
embarked in two battcaux, and voyaged
up the creek about four miles to ils head.
Here opens the eastern arm of Min
netonka, or Lake Browning, as Mrs. El
lett named this division, in honor of
(since the death of Margaret Fuller) the
greatest living authoress of England or
America, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.—
Wc have no objections to the name, but
there is no propriety in giving separate
names to the different divisions of Min
netonka, any more than there would be
in changing the name of the Mississippi
at every bend from hereto New Orleans.
It is all Minnetonka; and we fear that
Mrs. Ellett’s Lukes Browning, Bryant
and Ellett, semi-separated as they are
merely by peninsulas, with channels, de
void of current, half a mile wide, con
necting them, will not stand as long as
the trees ashore upon which their names
are pencilled. In fact, this eastern arm is
scarcely worthy the name of lake, as the
greater portion of its surface is covered
with a thick growth of wild rice, water
lilies and rushes. Passing over about a
mile, we turn an acute angular point and
enter a water of much more imposing
appearance. As we approached the point,
which runs from north to south, myriads
of ducks rose from the rice thicket along
the shore. An adroit sportsman might,
in a few hours, load a boat with them.—
In the branches of a dead cedar on shore
was an eagle’s nest, and near by, on an
adjacent tree, sat one of the 44 birds of
Jove” watching his eyrie. We turn the
headland and enter what Mrs. Ellett
calls
Lalcr Bryant.
Here we began to realize something we
had imagined in regard to Minnetonka.
The lake is clear of waler-growth, and
begins to assume the deep blueish green
of old Erie itself. The shores improve
greatly, and indicate that the timber is
becoming good. The extent of this di
vision is about two miles from east to
west and a mile and a half from north to
south. In giving these distances, it must
be borne in mind that the shores of Min
netonka are a succession of deep indenta
tions and jutting promontories and penin
sulas; and between these headlands we
measure distances from point to point,
taking the widest portions of the inter
vening waters. We landed and walked
some distance along the south shore, find
ing a heavy undergrowth with rich soil,
but as yet not very large timber We em
barked and run for what was previously
named Cedar Point, but for reasons which
will soon be explained we named
Point Wikoi.
This is an elevated promontory half
a mile in length, running out from the
southern shore of the lake. At the ex
treme point, and for fifteen or twenty
rods back, it is not over two rods in
width. The shores on either side run up
with a gradual inclination, except just at
the point, where they are more abrupt.—
The prevailing growth on this promonto
ry is red cedar, very large, with an en
tangled jungle of undergrowth, which
shoots up between the matted limbs of
fallen and decaying cedars, some of which
indicate that they were felled centuries
ago. This place is undoubtedly Holy
G ound, for here arc the unmistukeable
signs of Dakota worship from ages ago
to the present time. Therefore we say
let this be Point If akon.* It deserves a
more meaning cognomen than Cedar
Point. The heathen orgies of a great
and powerful race, for whose ancient
homes we have just bartered a pittance of
our trashy gold, here were celebrated
long before the “ world-seeking Genoese”
reared the flaunting standard of Castile and
Aragon upon the shores of the Haytian
seas. The appearance of the ground;
the marks upon the trees ; the ruins of
rude altars ; remnants of old scalp hoops ;
the painted stones, and all such imple
ments of savage rites, prove eur theory
bevond the possibility of controversy.—
We arc told that until a month or six
weeks ago, a finely painted rock, sacred
to the Dakota, was here preserved with
religious care. The reeking scalp of the
Chippewa had lain ifpoii it, and around it
had danced the Dakota Brave for genera
tions. But the white man came, and
with the grasp of the Vandal laid his
sacreligious hands upon it, to be deposit
ed in some two-penny museum ! W r hy
should not this sacred relic of a departing
race have rested here forever? We
admire the taste of the being who stole it
away! But no Minnesotian will deem
the base deed unaccountable, when they
are informed that it was perpetrated by
but we won’t name him, knowing that
notoriety is as sweet to him as well
earned fame.
<k Thf» youth that flrot! tho Kph-*Man donio,
Outlive* in fame the pious fool who built It.”
View from Point Walton,
Up the lake it is grand beyond lies
cription. Heavens, what a subject for the
pencil of a Cole or a Sontagg! The wind
is beginning to rise, and the dark blue
waves are tumbling up on the clear sandy
beach at our feet, the white spray plash
ing over against the boulders farther from
shore, and then again gently receding into
the bosom of the lake. Upon a tree
against which we leaned, was the name,
in bold pencil-mark, of “ Elizabeth F.
Ellelt,” traced by her own hand only a
few days previous. Watching the gam
bols of the waves, intuitively came up
permost in our thoughts her own beauti
ful lines—which we first read in our
schoolboy days—commencing :
‘•Tlie MTf, that on the sparkling saint
Their foaming crests upheave—
Lightly recoiling irom Ihe land,
Seem not a trace to leave;
Those billows, in their ceAseless play,
Have worn the solid rocks away.'’
These waves were tumbling in from
the huge water, which one of the party
■ with her at the time of her visit named
i Lake Ellett. Feeling poetic, in this par
ticular place, how natural that these fa
vorite lines should spring to our lips!
This division of Minnetonka is about ten
miles lrom east to west, and, generallv,
about five from north to south. The
headlands at the upper terminus were
visible in a blue outline, with the inter
vening shores, sloping up gradually to a
great distance, thickly covered with a
growth of timber such as we had not be
fore seen in Minnesota. The beach, all
the way round, is from ten to twenty
feet wide, mostly of firm, clean sand and
gravel, intermixed with beautiful corne
lians ; but at intervals dikes of small
boulders reach to the water’s edge. The
same description will answer for all por
tions of these shores, after leaving the
extreme eastern arm. Near by us, up
the lake, is a beautiful little wooded isl
and of four or live acres. This is called
Ellett island. Beyond, midway in this
division, is a much larger island; but we
are about embarking again, and will soon
be alongside it. Some of the company
insisted upon naming it
Owens Island
i Now, we care nothing about such
j empty compliments. If it was named
j something else previously, (and we don’t
know whether it was or not) let it go by
its original title, whatever it may be. If
we had the claim to it, the name might
go to the dogs. It is a fine body of land,
embracing some thousand acres, heavily
timbered, and high above the water. It
is a favorite place, we are told, for Indian
sugar making. The growth is mostly
inform tin- distant Trader, that H'akon ia
in<! Dakota tom, j or anything mysterious, spiritual or »u
--peiratnral, "
sugar maple—tree* very large. We had
a strong head wind and Tough sea to
plough through, anti *ome of the party
were unable to swim, which made things
a little ticklish. But with Porter, an ex
pert boatmen, at the helm, we pushed
through safely, and landed for dinner
about five miles above Point Wakon, at a
place known as
Point Morrison.
This was named some time since for
Mr. Morrison, one of our party, who has
made several voyages up the lake. We
went back into the woods some distance;
and must be permitted to say, in all can
dor, that never even in Ohio have we
seen better timbered land or belter soil.
The similarity between this and the sugar
maple groves of Ohio, including tile un
dergrowth of pea-vine, nettle, ginseng,
&c., is very great. Wc measured one
sugar-tree which was three feet in diam
eter. There is also, interspersed, white
oak, white-hickory, white-ash, basswood,
&c. The base of the soil is yellow clav.
No better wheat land can be found in any
country. We saw no prairie anywhere
near the lake. After dinner we ran about
ten miles further up, passing from the
division we were then in through a nar
row channel, halt a mile long, having con
siderable current, into a still larger divis
ion, on the western shore of which we
encamped for the night. We were only
about half way to the head of the lake,
but were compelled to turn homeward the
next morning.
The L’ndrreloprd Resources of Minnesota.
This is a vast as well a gratifying sub
ject. If our thousands of countrymen
struggling to earn a living on the exhaust
ed lands of the Atlantic States, or the
millions of laboring men in downtrodden
Europe could be made acquainted with
the countless resources of our young and
vigorous Territory, the tide of immigra
tion to the shores of the Pacific would
cease, and a noble State would soon be
formed on the elevated plateau containing
the sources of the Mississippi, the Bed
river of the North and the St. Louis of
Lake Superior. No portion of the Uni
ted States combines as much health with
a rich soil. It contains the best pinery
in the nation, with the most valuable mar
ket, extending 2000 miles to the Gulf of
Mexico. But the true riches of Min
nesota will be found to consist in her
deep luxuriant soil. Her agricultural
wealth, yet unhappily undeveloped, is her
brightest jewel, and is destined at no dis
tant day to place her in the front rank of
great and prosperous States. Her rich
soil, her beautiful prairies, and her match
less climate arc daily inviting the people
of other climes to come and occupy.
Ti.f Metropolitan Hotel of New York
The Journal of Commerce gives a
glowing description of this magnificent
hotel. The ground on which it is situa
ted cost $300,000. The building, which
lias a frontage on Broadway and Prince
streets of 51(3 feet, or nearly onc-sixth of
a mile, is five stories in height, having
100 parlors with both rooms and cham
bers attached; besides 200 gentlemen’s
rooms with hot and cold baths. The en
tire building will accommodate from 600
to 700 guests, and cost $f;00,000; furni
ture, &e., $150,000 ; being a grand total
of $950,000.
Europeans visiting our country arc
struck with the excellent and extensive
arrangements in our hotels in all of the
principal cities ; but this gigantic estab
lishment will be an object of special
wonder, furnishing additional proof of
tlie utilitarian progress of our great
country.
It is time to begin to think about the
October election. An open field and
victory arc bclore us. Select good men
and true as candidates for office, raise the
democratic banner, and the result of our
next election will be hailed throughout
the Union as a Democratic triumph, and
when General Pierce shall be President,
(lie Democrats of Minnesota u-ill be suifa
■ bly and substantially remembered, as men
who have done their duly, and contribu
ted all the influence they possessed to the
National Victory of 1852.— Democrat.
That’s the way to talk it! There’s
some sense in coming right out and own
ing up that you are fighting merely that
you may “be suitably and substantially
remembered” in the distribution of the
spoils. This is the only incentive to vic
tory tlvat pricks on the ardor of our neigh
bor. If there were no spoils in the case,
his columns would be as tame as a seven
day kitten. But he has, some how or,
other, worked himself up into the belief
that a narrow-minded bigot from the big
oted nnd intolerant State of New Hamp- j
j shire is going to be elected President
over such a man as Winfild Scott, and the
shadow of the spoils haunts him as did i
the visionary dagger the disordered
brain of Macbeth. In his insane ravings
he imagines the honest men of his party
are in a like state of desperation, when
in reality the great body of them care not j
a rush who hold office. They are entire
ly independent about the matter, so far as
the mere pay is concerned, and only wish
the offices filled by competent men.
Minnesota all right in Congress—every
thing through—no room for particulars
this week.
Facts and Fancies.
All the treaties “ fixed up ’’ fully this
week—lndians all signed the amendments
—officers and traders all worked like
beavers for the interests of Minnesota —
Forbes, Rice, Borup, &c., pulling together
manfully—Gov. Ramsey expects to go to
Washington immediately for the money —
payment this fall, and the good time, so
long promised, now coining certain, and
lhat soon
Hon. Marlin McLeod is down from
beyond Lac-qui-Parle, and brings some
interesting items which arc crowded out.
Kittson and parly were far on their way
—all well.
The stock of goods now opening at the
World’s Fair has never been beaten in the
Western country. Our lady readers can
rely on this, and will please govern them
selves accordingly.
The Greek Slave arrived last night,
with a good trip. Capt. Ruberts, aside
from commanding his boat, is three deck
hands below and a steam whistle above.
It is the duty of every man in St. Paul to
throw whatever business he can into the
hands of the Greek Slave.
L. M. Oliver, Esq., requests us to
state that the Dakota Claim Association
will meet at the house of Alex. McLeod
next Saturday, at one o’clock P. M.
Our citizens, who have been away re
creating and attending to business during
the hot weather arc getting home. Among
the arrivals since our last, we are pleas
ed to meet our old friend and fellow-Buck
cye, W. P. Murray, Esq., in good health.
Every thing, he informs us, prospers
finely in “Ollier’' except the Smith fami
ly ; they, we are sorry to say, are still
“ going it ’’ after the old fashion.
One of the best discourses wc have
listened to for a long time was delivered
last Sabbath by Mr. Neill, upon the sphere
and influence of Woman. He kept inside
the ultraisms of the day in regard to this
subject, and at the same time gave the
other sex a high and commanding position
in society. W e wish every woman in
Minnesota could have heard it. Its pub
lication would do good.
Rev. Mr. Sorin an able divine of the
Methodist persuasion, who we recollect
was one of a large number of gentlemen
who visited Minnesota about the time wc
came here to reside, has recently become
a permanent settler among us. lie has
chosen as his residence a beautiful site,
immediately beyond Trout Brook, which
overlooks the town, upon which he has
already built a substantial residence.
Wc catne home the other day after be
ing away three days, and found more
alterations in the way of improvements in
St Paul, than could he discerned in most
towns after three week’s absence.
The Democrat promises its friends
abroad what it calls a “ Democratic victo
ry ”in Minnesota next month. That's
the same old story the editor told last
year, but when election day catne, tlie
pcop'.c had quite a different idea about the
matter. So will it be again.
Citizens of judgment, not time-serving
office beggars, who have returned from
below recently, inform us that the elec
tion of Scott and Graham is a sure thing.
Democrats as well as Whigs who have
traveled arrive at this conclusion.
By reference to the news on our out
side, it will be seen that the River and
Harbor bill, as amended by the Senate,
has become a law, no thanks to William
R. Kino and the Pierce portion of the
New Hampshire delegation, who voted
against it all the time.
! We learn that Rev. Mr. Cressey, pas
• tor of the Baptist Church in this town,
, will deliver three or four lectures upon
- the Divine institution of the Sabbath,
t ] tracing it from Eden, through the Patri
• archal and Mosaic to the Christian dis
’ pensation; upon the reasons for its ob
, servance being changed from the seventh
. to the first day ot the week, and upon
• the manner in which it should be kept by
; all men. These Lectures will be coin
’ mcnced at 3 o’clock next Sabbath after
noon at the Baptist Church, and continued
upon the same hour upon the succeeding
Sabbaths until closed.
*) ...
Some canting hypocrite makes an ass
of himself by a driveling attempt in the
last Minnesotian, to say something very
severe against the editor of the Dem
ocrat, whose honest independence is gnll
. and wormwood 1o the sneaking maw
worms that infest this community. The
stupid and lying scamp, who, no doubt,
makes great pretensions of piety and
good manners, attempts to create the im
pression that wc are opposing the execu
t ion of the laws, &.c. If the cloak of cant
were stript from the shoulders of this
“ Loyal Son of Minnesota ” a naked, in
tolerant, self-sharpened, blundering knave
would stand exposed to public contempt.
— Democrat.
That will do, considering it comes from
| that pure and sainted pen that never al
j,ow * ? word of “ Personal abuse ”to drop
from its consecrated point! It appears
we arc to have the old tirade of the fish
market over again previous to the Octo
ber election, with a slight variation from
the “ Ramsey and Sibley ” hashing up of
last year. Instead of the war this year
being directed agrainst the Corpus Juris
Civilis, it i* to be against the Corpus Ju
t u Canonici. It didn’t pay to attack the
power* of tho State, so our neighbor must
now needs try what virtue there is in run
ning a tih against the Church. Well,
there’s nothing like having a variety.
We want, however, all of our own friends,
as well as the friends of the Democrat,
just to note this “ opening of the cam
paign ” of 1852, and bear witness as to
which paper uncovers the fi'th-sewers of
personal abuse. The above is the com
mencement, and is applied to the writer
of a respectful communication, who, as a
faithful, prominent and useful citizen of
Minnesota, stands with the editor of the
Democrat as “Hyperion to a Satyr.’
Our neighbor will learn before the elec
tion, as was the result in the case of Gov.
Ramsey and Mr. Sibley last year, that lie
has again mistaken his man. Since
the above was in type, the “ Loyal Son ”
has attended to his own case, as will be
seen. Although he quotes the same par
agraph, we have concluded to let our ar
ticle go as it is, as wc want to lose no op
portunity to let our readers sec the method
by which neighbor Robertson keeps entire
ty from his columns all manner of “ per
sonal abuse.”
Fur the MinnesotlMi.
The Democrat Ajain
Mr. Editor: —In my communication
of lust week, I felt it due to the dignity
of this community lhat the tergiversations
and mediocre attainments of the editor of
the Democrat, should be commented upon,
as they deserve— strictly and truly. This
gentleman, not having a just estimate of
his own powers, or a proper estimate of
ihe intelligence of the people of this
Territory, has assumed towards them a
manner of tirade and abuse which can
only be accounted lor by the shallowness
of his pretensions coupled with an over
weening vanity, which, however they
may account for his course do not excuse
it. It is true that among small men, an ordi
nary mind,inflated with vanity and stimula
ted by an ill regulated ambition, and having
as its organ a weekly press over which it
presides, may, among such men, be re
garded as something of an oracle; but
thanks to a generous providence such is
not the character of the great mass of
the people of Minnesota. No editor in
this Territory can hope to be regarded
with rcsjiect and consideration, except so
far us he can and does heartily and cour
teously respect the feelings and judgment
of the great majority of the people, con
stituting the moral worth and strength
of the body politic. This respect the
other papers of the Territory have gen
erally shown,and the consequence is that
they are reaping that return of respect
and consideration which such a course is
always calculated to produce.
But, Mr. Editor, it is not called for at
this present moment to pursue this mat
| ter in all the detail which it may be prop
er toot some future time. The epposi
! lion of the Democrat at the outset to the
Maine Liquor Law, being engrailed on
; our civil polity, is well known to all who
i have been readers of that paper for the
j last six months. It is equally well know
| to all such that just before the vote of
: the people in regard to the law,hcch:tng
j ed his views and strongly urged the con
j sent of the people to the'law. It is also
I well known, that at the election he had
•‘gain changed his views, for lie vote l
point blank against the law. It is also
, now known that since the confirmation of
; *l |e law by the people, he has been using all
his ingenuity to bring the law into con
j tempt, and thus, ii possible, force the
majority of the people to a repeal of the
law. And not only this; he ha* even had
the assurance to rail at the masses—reli
gious, moral, and militarv—because for
sooth, they hate not felt disposed to
wheel about as he has done and stultify
themselves to their own dishonor and
that of the Territory! But, Mr. Editor,
what more could be expected from n man
who could be willing to let such stuff as
the following pass current as a measure
ol his editorial standing and mental ca
pacity ? I extract the article, z'erhatim
el literatim from the editorial of this
week’s Democrat:
“ Some canting hypocrite makes an ass
of Himself by a drivling attempt in the
last Minnesotian, to sav something very
severe against the editor of the Derno
crat, whose honest independence is gall
and wormwood to the sneaking maw
worms that intest this community. The
stupid and lying scamp, who. no doubt,
makes great pretensions of piety and
good manners, attempts to create the im
pression that we are opposing the execu
tion of the laws, &c. If the cloak of
cant were stript from the shoulders of
this '-Loyal Son of .Minnesota," a na
ked, intolerant, self-sharpened, blundering
knave would stand exposed to public con
tempt.”
Surely, some men arc bent on a low
place in the estimation of the people of this
Territory, and if such be the aim of the
editor of the Democrat. I hope lie will
find no fault with me if I do something
towards helping him to if , by thc c ; rcnlll .
lion of his editorials.
A Loyal Sox or Minnesota.
firm Morin,
New Orleans, Aug. 28,
At Mobile, on Wednesday and Thurs
day, an immense amount of propertv was
destroyed by sea and land. The water
submerged the lower part of thc city.—
Over a million of dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed. The water was up
the street to the Advertiser office. A
number of steamers were injured. Houses
were unroofed and many lives lost.
Memphis, Aug. 23.
A tremendous rain storm occurred
here on Sunday morning, destroying and
injuring property to the extent of $15,-
000 or $20,000.
New York, Aug. 26.
The Express of this morning says that
some letters 0 f high authority states that
the p ishery question was settled. The
'tneumenfs cam** in the Asia.