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like this. After the herd work of bat
tling with wind and waves, seasoned by
a tramp of half an hour or more through
the thick wood, it may well be supposed
our appetites were suited to the meal.—
We all enjoyed it finely—all except our
friend John Bull, who was wonderfully
annoyed at the accident of our having,
when the stores were packed in the
morning, left the tea behind. Warm
lake water he considered a very bad sub
stitute for the delicate oriental beverage ;
but after dinner he got in a better humor,
and passed an hour in gathering cornel
ians and other curious stones scattered in
profusion along the strand. We waited
until he hod procured nearly enough to
load one of the boats, and then proceeded
to re-embark and voyage
Still farther ap the Lake.
Our dining place was on the south
shore, nearly opposite a point midway of
Owens Island. On the extreme eastern
end of this beautiful and romantic insula
ted point, we understood Judge Meeker
had made a claim ; and when he succeeds
in hunting him up a wife, lie intends to
settle here. Who will be the Aaron
Burr of our new Blanncrhassct in the in
terior of Minnesota ? We landed on the
island for a few moments, and found the
soil and timber equal to any on shore.—
At the head of the island, this division of
the lake begins to narrow, and presently
we find our boats heading toward what
appears to be a gorge of rushes, wild rice
and lilies ; but as we approach a deep
channel, with considerable current, suffi
ciently wide to admit the passage of a
good sized steamboat, opens to our \ icw.*
We made our way up through this chan
nel half a mile or so. The water is l our
feet deep outside of the chadnel,on either
side of us, but heavily covered with the
growth we have just alluded to—the rice
standing like a field of cultivated grain,
some few feet above the surface, the
heavily laden ears nodding and waving
gracefully to the passing breeze. AVc
saw no wild fowl here, which was some
what remarkable; but their traces were
materially visible. In feeding upon the
rice, they incline their heads sidewise, in
a horizontal position with the water, and
with their bills saw asunder the straw of
the grain (which is soft and flexible, and
about the size of oats straw) just at the
surface. When it is thus felled, they
proceed to strip the kernels from the tops.
Ducks, geese, Sac., living amid these rich
banquets furnished them by the hand of na
ture, in a few weeks become so fat that
they can scarcely fly. At the end of
this channel and rice field, wc opened
into a larger division of Minnetonka
than any we had seen. “ The Doctor”
and his boat’s load stopped at the head
of the channel to take fish for supper—
where they had, comparatively, tolerable
luck, but which, almost anywhere else,
would have been considered good luck—
and the other branch of the party proceed
ed some three or four miles further up,
to select a place to
Lamp /or the Night.
On a beautifully wooded shore we pro
ceeded to pitch our tent. The other
boat soon joined us. As our provisions
were becoming short, and affairs at home
demanding the attention of some of us,
with many regrets we had to fix this as
the end of our voyage. After tea—no,
during the repast we were frequently
and loudly reminded wc had no tea —after
our evening meal, two or three of us took
a delightful bathe in the lake. The at
mosphere was warm, the water of a July
temperature, and the unclouded sun just
hiding his broad red face far over the
waves of Minnetonka, to the West. Wc
mention this trifling incident, owing to
the fact that our bath was on the Ith of'
September, under latitude 45 degrees
north, and as pleasant and refreshing as
tve ever had in any country in midsum
mer. This is the kind of September
weather we have in Minnesota. Where
we were raised in southern Ohio, no one
ever dared go in the water during this
month. Sickness would be the inevitable
consequence. In tact, it was generally
too chilly and cold. We would have
slept soundly after this, had it not been
for the lively music kept up by myriads
of rausquitoes, relieved occasionally by
the deep baying of the distant wolf. We
were up, and had our breakfast before
sunrise; and by the time the beams of
the god of day commenced to dance upon
the broad waters, were
Homeward Bound.
No particular incident marked our re
turn voyage. We this time kept to the
north side of Owens Island, where we
found the sheet of water broader than
the south cliannel which we had traversed
the day previous. I n a beautiful and
well-sheltered cove which indented the
shore of the island which wo were now
traversing, lay three or four Indian canoes,
and on land were encamped the same
number of Dakota families. Romance
pictured them taking a last farewell of
this favorite sylvan home of their fathers;
but as wc neared them, they halloed for
* w * h*s«H.T alluded to this locality in Uie concluding
of .n'V p,)nloa ° r o»r narrative puhllahd last
“*• “ " ,n **■ «-» we liavc partially retraced our
stsps, gotoe over the ground, (hit time, m-re minutdr.
cocush (pork.) They were merely look
ing for something to eat —the great end
and aim of the Indian from the cradle to
the grave. We discover plainly the char
acter of the soil around Minnetonka, by
the growth upon it, and from its appear
ance at the headlands as you voyage past
them. It is a black loam, slightly inter
mixed with sand of the same color, ex
tending to the depth of two l'eet. The
subsoil and base are yellow clay. We
reached Stevens’ shanty at ten o'clock.—
After the delay incident to taking a hasty
repast, and allowing our Englishman time
to gather up his stones and other traps
and curiosities be had scattered in the
boats, our team was loaded, and we were
off for St. Anthony, where we all arrived
“in good condition.” The St. Paul por
tion of the party reached home the same
evening.
THE MINNESOTIAN.
St. Paul, ITlinneaota.
SATRDAY, SEPT. 18,1852.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
GEN'. WINFIELD SCOTT,
OF XLW JERiLV.
I'OR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
OI NORTH CAROLINA.
VOLUME TWO.
We here present our readers with the
first number of the second volume of the
Minnesotian. This is its New Year’s
Day.
W e are sadly disappointed in one res
pect. We had hoped to send it forth
upon its •• calls” to-day in a new suit of
clothes, and labored our utmost to accom
plish the desired end; but the sand-bars
of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers
were against us. Whether this is owing
to our deadly opposition to them, and
their friends Pierce and King, we know
not; but such is the fact, and we cannot
avert the consequences. (Jur new type,
although shipped from New York some
weeks since, has not yet arrived. How
ever, this is not the first time an urchin
has been disappointed by the tailor ; and
our youngster, who is a philosopher, will
no doubt console himself with the fact,
that his suit will not become old so soon
by bis being compelled to keep it bright
and clean a week or two longer.
The end of a newspaper year is a mile
post in the editor's toilsome and rough
journey through life, at which lie should
pause and look back over the distance he
has traveled. And if we feel, on this
occasion, like indulging in a few personal
remarks, touching ourself, wc hope wc
will be accused of neither egotism, impro
; priety or abuse of privilege.
Although connected, at intervals, with
the editorial department of the public
| press for the past fourteen years, the
i Minnesotian is the first paper over whose
columns we ever had the leading control.
We were called to this post by the par
tiality of our Whig friends here in Min
nesota, reluctant at first to ev en assume
the place temporarily. The responsibili
ty of conducting the Whig press at the
Capital of the Territory, as is well known
to those then and now most intimate with
our secret thoughts, was one wc did not
feeloursel! equal to assuming. Wc thought
and said we were not the man. But
they—some of whom now rest from their
labors in the silent grave—thought other
wise. An arrangement was made tempo
rarily, which eventually ripened into one
permanent. As it was the wish of others
that it might be so, we did not, with all
our misgivings as to personal ability and
capacity, feel at liberty to decline the res
ponsible charge.
No man, with whatever experience as
j an editor lie might have possessed, could
| l,ave bcci > similarly situated and passed
I through tlic year now closed, without
j committing errors. llow then could it
| be expected of us—new to the position,
; and I’eeling unequal to it—to steer entire
j ly clear of committing wrong and injus
j lice on some occasions ? That we have
[ erred in some instances, wc freely and
I frankly admit; that we ever did so in a
j spirit of malice or revenge, we positively
; deny ; and that we have never, during
I the year, committed a wrong act wilfully
i knowingly, we most unreservedly
j aver. Experience is the only school at
| which our business can be thoroughly
i learned and comprehended ; and wc must
j indeed have been a poor and careless
| sc h«lar, had we not stored away for future
j use something, while passing through the
j stormy and eventful period in the local
i afli;,irs of Minnesota, which stands as the
history of the past twelve months. “To
err is human—to forgive divine.’’ And
while wc can truly say, that personally
we have no feeling of hostility toward a
single living being in Minnesota, we hope
that all can say the same in regard to us.
Thus much in behalf of the senior edi
tor, individually. The editors and pub
lishers of the Minnesotian, jointly, “take
this occasion to again renew their consid
erations of the most distinguished regard
and esteem” towards their patrons, but
with a deeper and more heartfelt mean
mg attached to the hackneyed phrase
than when employed by diplomatists.
We feel what we say. Very few news
papers in the West ever entered their
second year with so bright prospects be
fore them as does the Minnesotian. We
feel that for these favors we are indebted
to the partiality of the people of the Ter
ritory, without distinction of party ; and
under the circumstances it were base in
gratitude not to study more deeply into
their wants, and endeavor, for the future,
more thoroughly to merit their approba
tion.
11 e have ibis to say to the Whigs of
Minnesota: This paper was created to
occupy the position of your central or
gan. Those conducting it have no parti
ality toward any clique or faction in the
Territory, any farther than the opinions of
other men may agree with our own as to
what measures arc best suited to develop
the yet hidden resources of Minnesota,
and carry her prosperously forward to
her high destiny. We unwhig no man
because he has disagreed, or continues to
disagree with us as to men and measures
—unless he is already, or has become,
thoroughly and openly Locoloco— recog
nising in all the right to council and ad
vise with us touching matters pertaining
to the welfare otTVlinnesota and our par
ty. Hie general course we have pursu
ed in regard to local politics, was one
clearly marked out by a majority of the
party at the outset, and one which we
shell not abandon until the same authority
calls upon us to do so. Then we are
ready to obey the call, come when it may,
so that no requirements are exacted of us
treasonable to our principles, and at war
with the great National Faith of our ear
ly adoption, and from which we can nev
er be alienated in the slightest degree.
ALEX. RAMSEY
A faithful servant of the people, such
as he, and one of them, takes no pleasure
in seeing bis name garnished in the news
papers, or rolled voluminously from the
tongues of orators, with the prefixes of
“His Excellency,’" “The Governor,”
&*. Me merely, then, wish to announce,
that Alex. Ramsey, after toiling for three
long years to cfi’ect the extinguishment of
Indian title to 40,000,000 of acres of the
fairest and most fertile portion of the
great IV estern V alley, and toiling success
fully. notwithstanding the basest personal
and political combinations against him
nearly all the while, left on the Dr. Frank
lin, Thursday morning, to lay before the
President the lull consummation of this
great measure, so vital to Minnesota’s
very existence as an organized common
wealth. He goes to the capital with the
end he has so long battled for, thorough
ly reached. He goes to do what he can,
at this late period of our commercial sea
son, to procure the means of subsistence,
■ during the coming winter, of the desti
tute Indians who are now thrown upon
the mercies of the Government. To get
all the money appropriated, bring it hith
er, and pay it out at this late day, is a
task not to be expected by any reasonable
being. Rut to do what mortal man may,
under the circumstances, is the will of
Alex. Ramsey, and Minnesota knows
that the u-ay will not be untried.
WELCOME HOME !
Our tried and laithful delegate, Henry
11. Sibley, arrived home by the Dr. Frank
lin, Wednesday night. Never has a
whole people welcomed the return of one
in his capacity so heartily and sincerely
with the greeting of “ Well done, good
and laithful servant!"’ The session of
Congress just concluded has been for
Minnesota the most eventful 011 c she will
ever have to pass through. Her destiny
has been tixed—irrevocably fixed by the
enactments of this Congress; and to Henry
11. Sibley is she indebted for labors which
no other man within her borders could, in
like capacity, at this lime, have perform
ed. Like Gov. Ramsey, Mr. Sibley has
been traduced, abused and misrepresent
ed, but also like that faithful officer, lie
has passed the ordeal unscathed. His
enemies are now compelled to acknow
ledge their error, and heartily join in the
general commendation.
HUGH TUI.ER
Mr. Tyler paid us a flying visit this
week—coming up with Mr. Sibley, Wed
nesday night, and returning by the same
boat the next morning, in company with
Gov. Ramsey. Hugh, as we have before
had occasion to remark, has stuck to Min
nesota “ through thick and thin ” during
all the long session of Congress just con
cluded, without expectation of favor or
reward. We were rejoiced to find him
in excellent health, ready to make another
trip to Pembina, it the “ exigencies of the
service’’ require it. His numerous friends
here only regretted that lie could not stay
longer with them.
—To Minnesota merchants, traders,
&c., going into the St. Louis market to
buy goods, we would say, by all means
give our customers in that city a call. It
will be seen they have recently replenish
ed our advertising coluin'hs as well as
their stocks.
Messrs. McKusick and Pierse, land
officers at Stillwater, have received their
commissions, qualified, and will enter
upon their duties immediately.
Facta and Fancies.
Minnetonka. —Such was the demand
for our last issue, on account of the de
scription it contained uf Minnetonka, that
the whole edition run completely out
early on Monday morning, leaving the
wants of many of our friends, and several
strangers, entirely unsupplied. We
thought wc had printed a sufficiently large
edition, but were much mistaken. Owing
to this fact, we this week republish the
entire article, having partly re-written
and added considerably to it. In fact,
last week we bad to saw it off about
two-thirds of the way from the latter
end, by the cry of “ enough copy.” VVe
now make an imperceptible splice, con
necting the first and second volumes of
the Minnesotian with the extended nar
rative, which if not interestingly written,
is at least an attempt at describing one of
the most interesting regions in Minnesota.
11 it prove the cause of bringing one in
dustrious, thrifty farmer to Minnesota,
we will be more than repaid for our labor.
We trust it will do much more than this.
Our friends this week can be supplied
with any number of Minnesotians they
may wish for mailing.
The Pioneer.— The last two numbers
of the Pioneer uphold its old reputation
excellently well. Last week it contained
several “ ten strikes ” upon the Demo
crat, which was sufficient to bring down
the ire of the latter, furious and strong.
The New Postmaster General.—
The papers speak in high praise of Hon.
S. D. Hubbard, the present Postmaster
General. He is said to be a man of clear
mind, great energy, practical business
habits, and unremitting application, lie
was a delegate to the National Conven
tion, and a Scott man all the time. The
appointment has greatly encouraged the
W big party, as it betokens a healing of
differences that should never have exist
ed, and a return of full harmony to the
Whig party.
Winter Mails. —Willoughby & Pow
ers have had, lor the past three weeks, a
gang of hands on the road between Prai
rie du Cliien and Willow River, building
bridges over streams and swamps, cutting
through bad portions of the road, and
making it thoroughly practicable for fall,
winter and spring travel. Il is tlicir in
tention to have the route in such a condi
tion. that there will be no reasonable cause
of mail failure at the times of the clos
ing and opening of navigation. They are
doing all this at their own expense, and
should reap a compensating reward, ut
least, for their public spirit. Of course,
wc all wish them to do more than this.—
Last season they lost money. Measures
are now being taking to increase the mail
service to three trips per week. If our
new Postmaster General wishes to do an
act of absolute duty, he will heed the pe
tition, numerously signed by our people,
that has gone forward in relation to this
matter, and also remit the fines imposed
upon the contractors last year. We
know wc speak the general wish of Min
nesota when we say this. Mr. Hub
bald, when this paragraph meets his eye
—and it shall meet it—will please read
and ponder the same.
Sioux and Chippeivas. —Some weeks
ago, the Sioux killed a Chippewa on the
Chippewa river, Wisconsin. Soon after
we heard that the Sioux were “ dancing
the scalp ’at Red Wing. The circum
stance was no more thought of. until a
few days since we noticed in Forbes’
store a neatly enveloped package, direct
ed : Chippewas of Chippewa river, care
of F. S. Richards, Reed’s Landing, Min
nesota.” Upon enquiry, we learned that
it contained the scalp of the deceased
Chippewa warrior, which the Governor
had compelled the Sioux to surrender,
in order that it might he sent to his friends.
This is only one of the many trifling but
perplexing incidents which demand the
daily attention of the officers who have to
deal with these savages, to say nothing of
affairs of greater magnitude.
Minnesota in Congress. —Mr. Sib
ley informs us that the only measures of
importance which were laid over, were
the bills appropriating money for the com
pletion of our roads and public buildings.
It will be recollected that they passed the
House early in the summer. They were
reported favorably upon by the Senate
Committee on Territories, but were not
reached in their order before the ad
journment. They will undoubtedly be
taken up and passed early the ensuing
session.
Kittson House. —Wc were through
this large and commodious structure the
, °* ber <b *y> o»d found the work progres
i f*"g ra P*dly, and being well and conven
*ently executed. When finished it will
he such a hotel as St. Paul needs—capa
ble of accommodating any number of
guests that may arrive from below to
spend the summer with us.
The old Jackson street bridge, which
stood for eighteen months a crazy, rick
ety disgrace to the town and its rulers,
has been most thoroughly repaired, and
is now better than when new. Dr. Bo
rup furnished the lumber, and “ Uncle
Lot did the work, mainly himself.
Our Chief Justices, Old and New.
—The Democrat, with its wonted consis
tency, “ whistles down the wind” its
old favorite of last year, Chief Justice
Fuller. It eulogised the President for
appointing him, and compliments the Sen
ate for rejecting him ! But this is anoth
er one of our neighbor’s “ peculiar and
embarrassing positions,” which he will
get out of by calling somebody a “ liar,”
“ villain,” “ hypocrite,” &c., at the same
time “avoiding all manner of personal
abuse !” -Here’s what the Troy (N. Y.)
Daily Post says of the new Chief Jus
tice. From what we have heard from
private sources, the remarks of the Troy
editor are well deserved :
J edge or Minnesota. —The President
has appointed and the Senate lias confirm
ed Henry Z. Hayner as Chief Justice of
Minnesota. We were somewhat taken
by surprise by this announcement, since
wo knew that he was not an applicant for
the place, and would not have asked il
while Jerome Fuller held it with a pros
pect of confirmation. The appointment
is a good one. Mr. Hayner is one of the
best lawyers in the State, and well quali
fied by bis legal acquirements, sound
judgment, and courteous demeanor, to
make a most able and acceptable judge.—
He was our law partner for six years,
and we can speak knowingly of his quali
fications. He is well read and deeply
vers ed in the fundamental principles of
the law, as set forth in the works of the
I great masters and teachers, and his clients
always found in him a safe and judicious
(counsellor. A man of bis learning and
intellect will be a valuable acquisition to
the new Territory.
Indi an Troubles.— We learn that the
Indians have become troublesome on the
Viest of the Mississippi opposite St. Paul
and St. Anthony, and that they are driv
ing off the squatters who have gone over
the river to make claims.— Dubuque Her
ald.
Where did “ we” learn any such non
sense and falsehood as this ? If you
can’t get your ague-shaken vicinity set
tled by more honorable means Ilian at
tempting to check immigration hither bv
such bare-faced public slanders, you had
better stop operations.
Our Steamboats. —Wc find the two fol
lowing paragraphs in relation to favorite
boats and boatmen in late numbers of the
Galena Advertiser:
The West Newton. —We learn that
this boat, which has been lying idle here
for some time, will herealter run as a
regular packet between Galena and Mont
rose, under the command of Capt. D. S.
Harris, and is expected to go through in
48 hours. She will connect at Montrose
with other boats below. The boat, under
its present commander, will be put to the
most useful purpose.
Hauled Off. —The regular boats of
the Keokuk Packet Co., between St.
Louis and Keokuk, have all been hauled
off from that trade, on account of the low
water.
The Black Hawk and Nominee now
make, jointly, two trips per week to Ga
lena. The Black Hawk is punctual in
her arrivals on Thursdays and Saturdays,
with the freight, mail and passengers of
the Nominee—the two boats meeting
each other ball way. Capt. Lodwick,
on the Black Hawk, although not pre
pared to accommodate the traveling pub
lic in the regal style he could on the Ben
Campbell, is nevertheless doing bis best
to make things comfortabe. The Black
Hawk is not to be “ sneeked at” in low
water.
The “ old Doctor,” notwithstanding
the prophesies hurled at her by (lie St.
Anthony Express, some weeks ago, con
tinues to make her regular trips through
to Galena; and on Wednesday night
brought to our landing her largest load of
the season.
—Burbank, of the North-Western Ex
press, a “ whole team” in “ putting things
through in a general sense, has gone into
partnership with Conslans, and when
Randall’s new stone warehouse is finish
ed, the new firm will open out extensive
ly at the lower landing. Thus does busi
ness increase in St. Paul as rapidly as its
facilities open.
Lc Sueur and Traverse dcs Sioux
are now surveyed and plotted. They are
both hound to be considerable towns.
Wc are glad “fhe Traverse” retains its
old name instead oi the one of evil omen
mentioned a few weeks since.
I all Business. —Our merchants are
receiving their goods and preparing for a
heavy fall business, as will be seen by
our advertising columns. First we have
The World's Fair, which displays a
stock in variety, adaptation to the market
and the tastes of our people, and cheap
ness, that wc never expected to find in
Minnesota—at least for the next ten years.
One of our citizens just from the East
assures us, that Curran sells men’s wear
ing apparel cheaper than he could buy in
New York. Other things arc in propor
tion.
Mr. J. T. Chamblin has opened a
new furnishing establishment at the old
stand of Reed on Third street. He is
prepared with every thing in his line, and
is ready to compete with the market.
A. L. Larpenteur is receiving an ex
tensive new stock. Particulars next
week.
Rnj <s" Farmer continue to keep their
stock of groceries well replenished.
Calhcart Sf Tyson have dissolved, and
Tyson continues business at the old
‘tand.
“The Star that never set*.”—
Vermont has gone for the Whig* by an
increased majority over last year. Their
candidate for Governor is elected by the
people, and two members of Congress by
one thousand majority each. In the third
Congressional district, there is no choice
for Congress by the people.
The terms of office of the Building
Commissioners expire on the 12th of Oc
tober. The affairs of the public buildings
then pass into the hands of the Governor,
Secretary and Chief Justice.
lnformation is wanted of Michael
Duncan, an Irishman, and a plasterer by
trade, who came to this city on Saturday
the 4th inst., on the Nominee. He was
in a state of delirium from strong drink
when he left Galena, and was so when he
landed here. He is about five feet eight
inches in height, dark complexion, and
had on a white blanket coat. Information
will be received at this office for his af
flicted wife, who has come up in search
of him.
More Murder! —The steamer Rein
deer recently blew up on North river,
making sad havoc among her passengers
The Cleveland True Democrat has the
following:
The fatal deaths, arising from the ex
plosion on the Reindeer, are declared by
the Coroner the result of accident. That
bout was built to outrun all other boats,
and the Henry Clay was built to outrun
her. The latter beat. But not warned
by her fatal catastrophe, the officers of
the Reindeer attempted to make her the
fastest boat on North river.
Tlie cause of the accident, was racing—
a wicked recklessness. Of this there is
no doubt. And what a fatal result! This
is the chapter:
Killed and dead, - - 2(i
Scalded, many sure to die, - 21
Saved, - - - - 168
The new steamboat law goes into effect
in the districts of Nashville. New Orleans,
St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pitts
burgh, Wheeling, Mobile, Galveston,
Jan. 1, —in all the country March 1,
tliereaitcr. Till it takes effect we can
have no adequate security from these
murders.
In consequence of sickness among our
printers, we are not able to work off this
week's issue in time for all the mails.
This we very much regret, but cannot
help. We have engaged a sufficient
force to get the paper out punctually, and
are determined it shall be done.—Shaw
neelown Tel.
\ es, and you might engage as great a
force as Gen. Scott whipped in the valley
of Mexico, and King Ague would pros
trate all of them under your “stands,”
strewing them over the floor as thick as
types at the feet ot a slovenly compositor.
Our printers never get sick. It is true,
some eight or ten cases of slight bilious
attacks have prevailed in St. Paul the past
ten days, but without exception the suf
ferers were people who bad been below
on the river sometime during the season.
No deaths and no probability of any from
this cause.
—Gen. Cass took off his coat for Pieice
| the other night at Tammany Hall. Dan
I Webster only waits to get his shirt re
| paired, which he tore trying to get nomi-
I nated at Baltimore, to take off his for
i Gen. Scott. Go it, old Fogies !
| Jack Frost has paid his devoirs to
j Minnesota this year nearly one month
[earlier than usual. W’e had slight visi
tations Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
of this week, sufficient to nip all species
of tender vegetation. Every thing, how
ever, of consequence, except buckwheat,
was out of its way, and most of that
grain had ripened. Melons, tomatoes,
&c., caught it. By the way, speaking of
melons, Mr. Axtcll treated all St. Paul
the other day on a single muskmclon from
the farm of Mr. Gibbs, near town. It
weighed fifteen pounds.
Gen. Cass and Gen. Scott.— We
can reciprocate the Democrat’s compli
ment to Gen. Haskell, of Tennessee
which comes with an ill grace, however,
from that editor—by quoting the follow
ing from a recent speech of Gen. Cass.
In the Senate of the United States on the
241 h of August, Gen. Cass spoke of the
“ wonderful proneness for abuse and
slander in our country during all our po
litical contests,” and added:
Europe interested in the example of our
institutions it must be deplorable. In the
Old World it must seem as though no
man were properly qualified !o be a can
| didate for the Chief Magistracy of this
mighty country unless he is about the
greatest rascal in it. Now, sir, I will
| take no part or lot in such warfare. I
have no appetite for such vicious food.
ror myself, I repudiate and reject it. I
believe that Gen. Soott is an honorable
and patriotic citizen, and that he lias
written his name and deeds on one of the
: bri f best pages of his country’s history;
[and not one breath of calumny from me
. shall ever wither a single leaf of the lau
j rel tl,at . encircles his brow. His wreath
j was fairly won, and I will not be one to
prevent it from being fairly worn. I
hav e enjoyed Ins personal friendship for
h.s election to the Presidency; every
body W, 'U, Cooral PieL i, raj.
~ en ‘ Scott has already, or soon
will, issue an order for the erection of a
f ort on the Minnesota river above the
mouth of the Blue Earth.
Religious Notice. —Delegates from
the Baptist churches in St. Anthony, St.
Paul, Stillwater, Willow River, Rolling
Stone and La Crosse are expected to
meet in Council at the Baptist Church in
St. Paul on next Friday, Sept. 24, at 10
o’clock, A. M. The object of the meet
ing will be to lorm an Association for
missionary and other purposes. The
meetings will be introduced with a ser
mon on Friday at half-past 10 o’clock, A.
M., will all be of a public character, and
continued at least until Sabbath evening.
This community are respectfully invited
to attend.
—The editor of the Democrat com
plained, in a speech he made a few weeks
ago, against the formation of a military
company, that he was in a “ peculiar and
embarrassing position.” Its peculiarity is
not very great to him, but its embarrass
ments are certa nly increasing every dav.
They will reach the climax about tin
twelfth of October.
—Neighbor Robertson’s “ Democrats
party”—Lot Moffct, Chairman of Commit
tee —have called a meeting next Satur
day, to nominate candidates for the Octo
ber election. “ Set ’em up again, boys !
—Gen. Scott is spending a few weeks
at West Point. His boys are at work all
over the country ; and now Congress has
adjourned, the enthusiasm of the cam
paign is beginning to develop itself. Thu
country never yet descried her old sol
diers, and she never will. The right
feeling is abroad among the people. Rid
ing in railroad cars, stopping at the “first
class” hotels, and associating with aristo
crats and old fogies about Boston and New
York, is no way to find out public senti
ment. Everything is working well.—
The documents have been distributed, and
they are now telling with wonderful ef
fect.
Will the editor of the Democrat in
form us whether lie considers it “ person
al abuse ’’ to comment upon any position
lie may assume as an editor ? Where
docs he draw the line? He complains
that lie lias been abused, personally, re
cently, by a correspondent of the Miimeso
tian—one we know to be a man cntirclx
above any such act, were he conscious ot
it. And wc, ourselves, are cxceedingU
anxious to please his fastidious taste, if lie
will only “define his boundary.” We
will agree to almost anything to keep him
in a good humor from now till after the
election.
—lf we cannot triumph in the ap
proaching campaign without following the
editor ul’ the Democrat into the “Banet u
ary, ’ or any where else he may choose to
go in a pi irate capacity, disconnected
with his course as an editor and political
opponent, wc are willing to be defeated
He mean just what we say ,• and hope lie
has enough of honor left to appreciate il.
—From indications in the last number,
the Democrat is again,for the fourth time,
about to change its position on the Maine
Liquor Law. Look out for another
grand somerset.
—The Democrat still dreams of suc
cess at tlie October election—but it is all
a dream Vi c are bound to beat him, take
what course he may. We know exactly
hour we arc going to do it. The result is
clear—conclusive—inevitable. Mark the
prediction. Wc have studied the work
ings of Minnesota politics four years, and
were never mistaken yef, while the Demo
crat man has been sold on every occasion.
He is bound to go overboard further from
land this time than ever. We hare got
the implements to put him there; and if he
is sensible he knows it. Defeat—over
whelming defeat—stares him in the face,
and avert it he cannot.
Latrst Vmi-i from thr Upprr Minnesota River.
The caravan for Red River, composed
mostly of Mr. Kittson's brigade of carts,
had reached as far as the Pomme de Tere,
fifteen miles west from Lac qui Parle,
on the 28th ult. From previous reports
received from Pembina, there had fears
been entertained of molestation on the
route from the prowling Yancton vaga
bonds of the plains, but Mr. Kittson then
had no serious apprehension.
Subsequently some Sissctoans brought
intelligence that the Yancton party, justly
dreading an attack from the Red River
hall-breeds had all moved off toward the
Missouri. This would leave the route
clear of the plain Indians who subsist on
pursuit of the buffalo, and the bands of
the F pper Minnesota have shown no dis
position to molest or annoy the traveler
from or to the Red River. "
Rev. Mr. Corbet, missionary, lately from
England, with his wife, were with Mr.
Kittson’s parly on their way to the Brit
ish colony of Red River. Mr. C. was
pleased with his journey, although he
would not admit that the roads were as
the turnpikes of old England. But no
prairie travelling could be better, for a
coach and four might with ease have
been driven from Traverse dcs Sioux for
500 to 1000 miles north or west without
obstruction, every small stream being
fordable.
The Chippewas have latterly been very
troublesome in the neighborhood of Lie
qui Parle, lurking about in small war
parties. They some time ago killed ami
scalped a Dakota.