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THE MINNESOTIAN.
fatstiai, Saanwft 13, 1852.
Presidential Election.
.. At the late election for President, the friends
-of Pierce and King triumphed. It is reported
that Scott has carried but five or six States.—
-' We hare a large mass of returns from five hun
dred different -towns in the different States, but
as they do not seem to be given with any de
gree of accuracy, inasmuch as we find the same
*..).* place reported in fame dirpatch as having giv
en a majority both for Pierce and Scott, we
prefer not.to lumber up our columns till we
-'•get more reliable returns.
That we are excedingly disappointed and ex
ceedingly sorry at this result, it is useless to at
tempt to conceal or deny. It is not a mere
party regret only; for we feel a deep interest
■' ‘-•in the prosperity of the whole country, and es
pecially the interests of the Great West, and
we believe that in the election of Fraukliu
- ,* Pierce tfie interests of the West will be much
' retarded. Mr. Pierce comes from one of the
most narrow-minded, bigoted States in the
Union. It is a State that has always been hos
tile to the settlement and improvement of the
West. Iler representatives in Congress (Mr.
Pierce among the number) have constantly vo
ted against expending a dollar of the national
domain for the improvement of Western rivers
and harbors—a measure of vital importance to
all who live in the valley of the Mississippi—al
though, at the same time, she would vote away
millions for the building and repairing of light
houses on her ow n short sca-coa-t. As an ex
ample of what the people of New Hampshire
think of the people of the West, we have only
to quote the languarge of one of the Senators
... from that State, in answer to a Democrat of
this Territory, who hal been soliciting him to
vote for the Sioux treaty; " Sir,” said he,
“your people arc robbers and land-stealers;”
conveying the idea that the people of the WeEt,
squatted and made pre-emptions on Govern
ment lands, and thereby prevented the old
States from getting what they considerered
their share, and be would not vote for the pur
chase of any more new territory.
How far Mr. Pierce may be affected with
such sentiments in relation to the West we will
not pretend to say, though judging from Uis
past actions we have no reason to hope for any
thing. We do not expect to sec a dollar appro,
priated daring his administration, toward the
improvement of our rivers.
We append the following dispatch w hich we
take from the Galena Advertiser, sLowing how
some of the States have gone :
New York. Nov. 4.
Reported majority in New York, 15.000;
Ohio 20.000. The talk now is. that Scott has
not carried over five or six States—Maine. New
Hampshire. Connecticut, New York, New Jer
sey. Pennsylvania. Maryland, Indiana, Michi
gan have ail gone for Pierce by large majori
ties.
Scott has Massachusetts, Vermont, Kentucky,
and probably Tennessee.
Second Dispatch. —Returns from Lexington,
Ky., say that they have given Pierce 2000 maj.
North Carolina has gone for Pierce. New Jer
sey from 5000 to COOu for Pierce.
Gov. Ramsey and the Indian Money.
It is astonishing what silly and ridiculous'
charges malice and envy will manufacture.—
To show this w e have only to read the follow
ing communication from the St. Louis Republi
can. It is needless to say, in this community
that the charge made by the St. Louis Union
against Gov. Ramsey is wholly untrue; and we
thank ‘-Minnesota” for the prompt'manner in
which he has vindicated truth and the character
of his fellow-citizen :
Editors of the Republican:
My attention has been called to the following
paragraph, which appeared in the St. Louis
Union of October 22d :
Ax Accommodating Officer.— lt will be re
membered that the telegraph announced, a few
days ago, that Governor Alexander Ramsey, of
Minnesota, had received at Washington City,
the sum of SOOO,OOO, which was to be- ajipli.i,l
by him in paying Indian annuities, and al'-o in
settling with those tribes who had surrendered
the large body of lands in the territory of w hich
he is the Chief Executive Officer, to the govern
ment of the United States.
The mone-y was paid to Governor Ramsey in
a draft 011 the Assistant Treasurer at New York,
who paid it, as he should, in coin. The Gover
nor, understanding that there was a slight pres
sure existing in the money market at New \ ork,
feared that if he took the specie away from the
city, the merchant princes and .-peculators of
that metropolis would be put to some inconve
nience ; so he takes the precious metal an-1 has
it deposited iu the Bank of Commerce. Of
course the Indians anil the people of Minnesota
will receive their dues in rags, and we won id
not be at all surprised if the Governor, or some
ofhis associates, before their ele-purture from N.
1 ork, supplies! themselves with a batch of some
ofthe notes of those inst tut’.ons which circulate
best in places remote from the locality of nomi
nal redemption.
The whole dr.ft of this paragraph is to charge
Gov. Ramsey with a criminal malfeasance in of.
flee. It is usual for political celitors who have a
taste for defamation to shelter themselves be
hind some probability, or to offer some circum
stance as an excuse for assailing the character
ofa man so well and favorably known as Gov-
Ramsey. But in the present instance the libel
ler who penned the article alluded to, not only
scouts all probability, in Uis anxiety to exhibit
his malice against a man of whom he knows not
anything, unless, perhaps, as the devil may be
supposed to know the angel Gabriel—by the
•exact opposition of their characters—but is even
ready to hold himself up to contempt, for the
ignorance which he exhibits of the modes and
regulations of the department with w hich Gov-
Ramsey has financial connection. Among the
people of Minnesota, where Gov. Ramsey U
known, the editor would be forced to swallow
such an imputation by his own party. It is suf
ficient to remark, that the charge is wholly un
founded and maliciously false ; that Gov. Ram.
scy passed through Galena some two weeks
since, carrying with him the Indian annuities
in good weighty, Bentonian “yellow boys.”—
And speaking ef Benton, reminds ate that the
editor of the Union could have U tter employed
is time in soliciting the tender mercy of that
gentleman than in writing liU-ls upon Gov.
Ramsey .and if he experiences that lender mer
cy to the full, as we have no doubt he will we
have only to say as to a criminal already on his
way to execution, “May the Lord have mercy
an his soul /”
—b. Blum, the proprietor of the New Y'ork
Bazaar, returned on the Black Hawk the other
day from his recent expedition to New Y'ork
for the purchase of Ladies’ Fancy Goods, of
which he brings a great assortment. Read his
advertisement, and then go and look at his
gtock.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Thursday, Nov. 11.— It has been snowing for
the last eighteen hours, and sleighs are flying
about this morning at a rapid rate. The river
is quite foil of slush ice formed by the falling
snow, which makes it quite difficult for steam
boats to get along. Some are fearful, this morn
ing, that we will hare no more boats this sea.
son, but we confidently expect the Dr. Franklin
here to-day or to-morrow, and the Nominee and
Greek Slave here next week, besides w hich we
presume there will be other boats before the
river is-finally locked up in the icy furniture of
winter. The Greek Slave is now lying at our
Levee, but will start this afternoon for Galena.
Many of onr citizens w ho arc going to spend the
w-inter, or a portion of the winter, in the States)
leave on the Greek Slave to-day. Several of
our merchants are below with their goods, and
will have pretty hard work to get them here
this fall, though we hope they w ill all reach
their destination in season.
Saturday Morning. —Snowing again ; the
snow is now six or eight inches deep, and it
will undoubtedly be increased several inches
more before the present storm is over. It is til
ling up the river, rendering it almost impossible
that there should lie any more boats here this
season. The Dr. Franklin was at Stillwater
yesterday, but would not run the risk of coming
to St. Paul, and we learn she put oil" her freight
at Point Douglass. The Greek Slave did not
venture to g > down the river when she expect
ed, and is still lying at our Levee, where she
iutends to lay up for the winter.
| P. S. We learn that the Greek Slave will start
for below at 12 M., to-day.
IlEir.ni of Mr. R:ce. —iVe were unable to
bear from Mr. Rice this morning, but we learn
that last evening and for twenty-four hours pre
vious his symptoms were decidedly better, and
that there was a reasonable prospect of his re
covery.
Arrest of a Supposed Murderer.—A man by
the name of Grover was committed to jail in
this town the other day for an assault with a
pistol upon a saloon keeper on Roberts street
lie is said to be the person who committed a
murder last summer near LaCrosse, Wis., from
which place he was taken to Prairie du Chien
for safe keeping, but there escaped. We could
not learn, after making diligent enquiry, why
it was supposed he was an escaped murderer,
nor that he had been identified in any manner,
or that he had made a confession of his guilt)
though there is a rumor afloat that he bragged
of hla guilt while under the influence ofliquor,
but we could not trace this to any reliable
source. There are persons in town who can
identify him, if be is the murderer, and we hope
it will be done.
Railroad Meeting. —A meeting was held by
the citizens of St. Anthony at the St. Charles
Hotel on the 29th of October, for the purpose o 1
co-operating with the cities of New Orleansand
St. Louis, in their efforts to build a Railroad on
the west side of the Mississippi, between New
Orleans arid St. Anthony. Judge Meeker pre
sided. assisted by Messrs. Case and Stearns, who
acted as Vice Presidents. Hon. A. E. Ames,
and J. G. Lennon were appointed Secretaries-
Messrs. Atwater, Brown. Hoyt and McAlpin
reported a set of Resolutions which set forth in
a clear manner th ■ practicability of the propos
ed Railroad. A committee of correspondence.
1 composed of Messrs. Ames, Steele, Case, Atwa-
I ter, H. M. Rice and Judge Meeker, was appoint
ed, whose duty it is to correspond with similar
■committees appointed in New Orleans and St.
■ Louis. After some highly pertinent remarks
by a number of gentlemen present, the meeting
adjourned.
Goon News for Outsiders. —For the informa
tion of those people in the States who must visit
Minnesota before next spring, we are happy to
state that Messrs. Willoughby & Powers, Stage
proprietors in St. Paul, have made arrange
ments for tbe running of their stages semi-week
ly between Prairie elu Chien and St. Paul, to
commence on the 15th of November. Therefore
they will see that they must make their way to
Prairie du Chien in the best manner ilit-y can.
when in five days they will find themselves in
; St. Paul, tlie capital of tbe Territory. We see
no reason therefore for outsiders to be discour
aged, because the Mississippi tt-t'eV close up in
the winter season and shut them out from ns t
j when they can get here so easily by land.
—ln our notice of the capture of the Sioux
murderer week before last, eve stated that he
evas brought in by the Indians themselves. We
are informed that such is not the fact, but that
he was captured by the party of thirty-five men
under the command of Lieut. Magruder. We
cheerfully make the above correction in justice
to Lieut. Magruder's command.
Newspaper at Lansing. —A newspaper is
about being started at Lansing, Alamakee Co.,
lowa. Lansing is a growing place and Alama
kee is a thriving county. It has been settled
only about two years, but already contains a
numerous population. The paper is to be call
ed the Aor them lowa Mail, and will be under
the management of Mr. Wst. H. Sumner. Suc
cess to it 1
Hunting. —The editor of the Democrat, with
two or three friends, lately paid a visit to the
valley of the Cannon Rie cr. Near the Warpe
kootay village they saw abuurlance of “ deer,
prairie chickens, grouse, geese and ducks.” the
latter being A-ery abundant. They spent tAvo or
three days in hunting and exploring the coun
try, and returned well satisfied with the expe
dition.
That Omnibus which we spoke of tw-o or three
Avccks ago, has got on the track, and is now
running between the upper and lower town.—
It touches at the Lower Landing and Fort
street. Fare only 5 cents. This will be a de
cided convenience to our citizens, and we hope
to see the enterprise well sustained. Mr. Wool
ridge is the proprietor.
Prairie District.—We learn from the Demo
crat that a second trial will be made in this
District on Monday next to elect a member to
the Legislature. It will be recollected that at
the former election the result was a tie. Hence
a new election.
Galena DisTßierr.—ln the northern Congres
sional district of Illinois, E. B. Washburne.
Whig, has been elected to Congress over Tom
Campbell, Dera., the present member, by abou l
400 majority. All honor to tbe Whigs of Illi
nois. They pulled off their coats and event into
the contest in gallant style, and this is one of
the results of the well-fought battle.
—lt is reported that Long John Wentworth
has been defeated, and that Col. Aldrich, the
Whig candidate for Congress, has been elected
in 2d Congressional district of Illinois. We
•ear this is 100 good to be true.
MINNESOTA
I Returned. —We were rejoiced to see among
i the passengers on the Greek Slave, Attorney
General L. A. Babcock, who has just returned
from bis visit of several weeks at the East. He
looks like one in excellent health, and be has
followed the fashion of many of oar young men
’ who have been East this summer, in bringing
i back with him a wife.
Distributing Post-Office at Gai.ena. —On
■ and after the Ist of January next, the Galena
Tost-Office is authorized to act as a Distributing
I’ost-Office. This is a measure that has long
been demanded by the people of Northern Illi
nois, lowa, Western Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and we are gratified to learn that it has finally
been accomplised.
Sioux Payment. —Maj. McLean, the Agent for
the “Mississippi and St. Peter’s Sioux,” has
been busy paying them off during the past week-
Several Bands were paid off on Wednesday and
Thursday, who went on their way rejoicing.—
This payment, we believe, amounts to about
$30,000 in money and goods.
Secretary of State. —We learn that the Hon
! Edward Everett has been appointed Secretary
| of State in place of Daniel Webster, deceased.—
j Mr. Everett is not unknown. lie was Governor
lof Massachusetts for several years : has been
; Minister to England, and at present is. we be
lieve. President of Harvard University. He is
| a good scholar and an accomplished gentleman;
; and his appointment to tills station is spoken of
j very favorably, both by the Whig and Demo
cratic press.
I New Goods. —Messrs. Elfelt & Brothers have
just brought on a very large stock of goods)
which they are anxious to dispose ot to the la
dies of St. Paul. They inform us that they had
completely disposed of their old stock, so that
they have nothing but new goods for their cus
tomers. See their advertisement in another
column, which will inform the reader more
about it.
Singing. —Mr. B. E. Messer commences his
Singing School on Saturday night at the Court
House. We hope to see him have a large
school. It was our good fortune to he acquaint'
ed with Mr. Messer several years ago in the
State of New York, and we have no hesitation
in saying, from the reputation he there possess
ed as a teacher of vocal music, that those who
attend his class will be amply remunerated for
their time and money.
—Mr. Magner has opened a night school in
the Catholic Church at this place. See his ad
vertisement in another column. We have seen
testimonials of his cnpacity from the head of the
State Normal School of Connecticut, of which
he was a member.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF WASHINGTON" COUNTY.
PRAIRIE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
For Representatives, John Colby, Caleb Truax,
Cottage Grove, 43 ' 16
Pt. Douglass, 6 33
49 49
STILLWATER LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
For Representatives.
Alvah D. Heaton, 57
N. Greene Wilcox, 58
Albert Stlmsou. 72
Mahlon black, 44
Abraham Van Vorhces, 44
Cornelius Lyman, 13
Peter Flynn, 4ti
Norbert kiruick, 34
Scattering. 2
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Pt. Doug. Cot. Gruve Stlllw’r Total*
t Judge of Probate
j Harvey Wilson, 28 15 87 131
Co. 'lreasurer
i Jas. D. McCombe, 27 15 83 125
! William Willim, 10 45 110 lts
i Coroner
. Matthew Tnisc-v, £7 15 S 3 125
| Harley Curtis, 9 45 110 114
I Co. Commissioners
i Socrates Nelson, 7 40 135 ISB
! James S. Norris, 9 48 109 ltiti
j Noah McKusick, 25 14 39 78
| Wm. B. Dibble, 33 14 78 125
I Asstssors
' John D. Trumblc, 25 15 87 1.7
; Joseph Haskell, 27 15 45 90
j James Shearer. 29 15 02 100
11. A. Jackman, 7 45 107 159
| Jacob Mosher, 10 45 108 103
' Harvey Walker, 8 45 107 100
; Asa B. Green, 17 17
Road Supervisors
Wm. R. brown, 29 14 84 127
John C. Foster, 27 15 80 128
H ram Burkey, 27 15 80 128
Joseph Jackman, 8 46 109 103
John Atkinson, 7 47 109 103
Benj. Folds, 7 45 94 140
M. Wclchouse, . n
Justices of the Peace Elected.
David Hone, )„- . _ ,
G. W. Campbell, \ Point Douglass.
Wm. C. Johnson, ) .
John Tobin, j - larinc.
Constables Elected.
Pa?rick \ r ° int Dou e lass -
Wavren Atkinson, ) n „
E. M. Cox, f Cottage Grove.
Norbert Kimlck, > r..-,, ,
Frederick Curtis, j Stillwater.
M. U. Cartwcll, \ Marmo '
RAMSEY COUNTY.
• County Commissioner.
Louis Roberts, 45C
George Irvine, 374
County Treasurer.
Ira B. Kingsley, 389
Robert Cummings, 445
Judge of Probate,
Wm. 11. Welch. 019
Henry A. Lambert, 333
Assessors.
C. R. Conway, 357 Lott Moffct, 494
Isaac I. Lewis, 376 Wm. Freeborn, 587
Joseph Lemay, 345 Wm. Richardson, 420
County Surveyor.
Wm. R. Marshall, 590
DAKOTA AND HENNEPIN LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representatives.
Alfred E. Ames, 708
B. H. Randall, 153
J. W. Brown, 28
Alexander McLeod, 9
WABASHA LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
For Representatives.
James Wells, 32
Alexis Bailly, 19
Fordyce S. Richards. 12
HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICERS.
At the late election. Hennepin County was
organized, by the election of the following
officers:
Co. Corn's. Jos. Dean. J. Jockcns, A. Moore.
Sheriff—lnane Browu.
Judge of Probate— Joel B. Basset
District Attorney—Vi arren Bristol
Register of Deeds— John 11. Stevens.
Coroner — David Gorham.
Surveyor —Charles W. Christmas.
Assessors— Eli Pettijohn, E. Hedderly, William
Chambers.
Treasurer —John S. Mann.
Justices of the Peace— E. Pettijohn, E. Hedderly.
Constables —Edward Stanley, Cyrus C. Jenis.
Supervisor of Roads —George Parka
Correspondence ot the HlnneutUa.
St. Lock, Oct. 25, 1852.
Editors of Minnesotian:
Arrived in tbiscity last Friday and found the
“Rapids Convention.” which met last year and
adjourned to meet at this place, about to assem
ble. They met this morning according to ap
pokrtment. A large number of Delegates are
in attendance, and you may depend upon effi
cient measures being taken to rightly apply the
small sum of "money already appropriated by
Congress, and to urge the matter through to an
effectual completion. It is to be regretted that
a larger delegation is not here to represent
Minnesota in consultation upon these measures,
to her to vitally important. I believe lam the
only representative in the city. Another con
vention of the friends of the great New Orleans
and St. PanJ Railroad is called for the third
Monday of November. This will make it next
to impossible for a Delegation from St. Paul to
be in attendance. A Railroad west of the Mis
sissippi, through Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
lowa and Minnesota, will be urged, and if the
different parts of the country interested take
hold of it as they should, it will undoubtedly
receive government assistance, and will he
built. Its immense importance to Minnesota, I
cannot have time to remark upon ; but certainly
every encouragement will be given in that quar
ter. Colonel Benton, Edward Bates, 11011. 11. S-
Gey. r. and othi r distinguished gentlemen attend
the Convent on now in session, and manifest
great interest in its action.
Yours truly, Voyageur.
The Rapids Goitren’.lon.
It will be recollected that a convention was
held one year ago at Burlington, for the pur
pose of taking measures for the improvement
of the rapids on the Mississippi. An adjourned
mectiug of that body was lately held in St.
Louis. The proceedings have reached us
through the St. Louis papers, but as a general
thing, they are not of sufficient interest to war
rant a re-publication in this place. We will
merely introduce a couple of speeches which
were delivered before that body by Col. Benton
and W. G. Le Due. Esq., of St. Paul, which we
find reported in the St. Louis Intelligencer, in
the following manner:
Speeches ol Col. Benton and Mr. Le Due.
From the short time allowed for preparing
yesterday morning s proceedings in the Rapids
Convent.on, for our evening edition of yester
day, we were obliged to omit our report of Col.
Benton’s speech. We give it below, as al.-o the
remarks of Mr. Le Due, of Minnesota, on ollir
ing his resolution.
Col. Bentou said that an easy task was as
signtd h m since he had only to address the
Convention on matters of general interest, after
their work had been well aecompl shed, lie
had listened with pleasure and instruction to
the detail ot facts 111 rclat'on to the proposed
improvements. Of the practicability of remov
ing the obstruct ons in the natural'channcl of
the river, tiny had both the test inonr of engi
ne, r?, and the observat.ous of practical men.—
Such a combination of science w.th practice
gave value to schi mes of improvement.
He favored a full, free* and sate navigation of
our rivers, anil desired to have- as few burdens
upon commerce- as possible. He had often ta
keu into considerat on the taxes which the
farmer had to bear before his labors received
the.r ultimate reward. Thus, when lie scatter
ed the seed upon the earth, the- birds took their
toll whilst it was r.polling, and when ripe loss
es were suite-red; when taken to the ni li. tho
rn Her took his toll, and in taking the Hour to
market, he farmer, pays another toll upon
the highways. But upon the mighty i-Ivcrc.
which were free, 110 pay had to lie given, lie
had learned that it was contemplated to exact
pay by making a canal around tbe Rapids, to
enable boats to pass iu low water. The evil )f
--fects arising from this he had seen exemplified
at the canal bii.lt around the falls of the Ohio
j river, for passing through which, boats wi re- not
j taxed but Jineil, for such was the enormity of
j the toll levied, it amounted to a fine—a mulct.
I With masters of steamers he had often made- es
11.mutes ot the amount of co.-t upon boats run
ning trom St. Louis to Louisville, and found
! upon a careful est mate, that within a few years
i the toll paid to the canal company amount) d
| to nearly the cost of the boat.
I t\ hat would the fnrnn r think if the taxes on
! his land thus equalled in a few years, the w hole
j value of his farm? He would not think it a
; tax. but a fine or punishment for raising crops,
i Hie Convention had adopted with great
- unanimity the course which he had dei mid the
I right one. and w hich w as sanct oned l.v science
, and practice. At the same t.me, as hail been
1 well remarked, this was in no way an impedi
: ment to otlurs to build a canal if thev chose, or
I any other artificial w ay. The question w as,
however, to decide upon something immediate
and practicable, something upon the spot.—
1 hi y could not think of projecting plans to be
executed ceutur.es hence. The present nge
was one of steam, thunder and lightning:
every one went ahead, and each man seemed
to be possessed of a greater degree of-animat ion
than was character.st.c of mankind in past
ages.
An appropr.at'on has been obtained to be ap
plied to the improvement of the Rap'd*. it
might not be enough, but the obtaining of this
approbation had been aided through the ac
t on ot the Burlington Convention, and the ac-
1 1 oil of the Convent on in St. Louis would as
| sist in incur.ng the addit.onal appvopr at ons.
j Such unanimity of act.on on the part of dele
gates from dii.erent States amt Terr.tories
'could not fail to st mulate Congress to appro
prate addit.onal sums, if necessary. Wlmt was
nlty thousand dollars compared with what was
des.red to be accomplished ' A flea-bite! Mil
hous ol money could be spent annually for the
protection of foreign commerce, and yet foreign
commerce dwindled into insigniticence compar
ed to interior and domestic commerce. Jhe
foreign commerce might amount to two hund
red m. 11 ons for exports, and an equal amount
of import-', but eve ry year thousands of m 1 lions
were being transported upon our stiarmrs. A
steam vessel arrived at New York from a for
eign port with a hundred passengirs—the fact
was sent upon the telegraph w.res all ovir the
• United States. But hourly steami rs are urr.v
l-ing at hundreds of places upon the Western
'rivers, currying hundreds upon hundreds of
| passengers. In most other countries most of
the great rivers are nparated ly uunurous
j mountains, but h gh upon the M ssissippi. we
I come to a vast level land, and Northward from
| there ran the waters of the Red river tiow.ng
; with others into Hudson's Bay. A canoe might
float from Hudson’s Bay to New Orleans. We
were charged in our day with working at one
point at this line, but all points were yet to be
worked at. He was not one of those who lie-
Jieved that any one means of transportation
was going to monopolize the business of the
world. On the contrary he believed that one
means of transportation increased the business
on every kind of line. Thus he believed that
the steamboat would contribute to the business
ot the railroad.and the railroad would contrib
ute to the business of the steamboat, and tbe
more there were of both, the more business
would be done. Nature had plaeed a line of
| water communication from the Gulf of Mexico
to Hudson's Bay. Following the same land 1
| line, and we had natural facilities for laying
down nn even track for the flying cars the
whole length. And this would surely be done.
When Benton had said thirty years ago, and
put it in the papers, that St. Louis was destin
ed to be the great central city of the continent,
a great many did not believe it. They were
now beginning to admit the truth of his predic
tion—yet it had hardly its start. A few years
hence, with the trains of cars arriving and de
parting from the city and flying on their course
at the rate of thirty and forty miles per hour,
to increase the facilities of communication w ith
us, its increase then must be proportionately
faster. A mighty line of railroad across the
continent from £wt to West, and. another fra 1
North to South—the two crossing at right an
gles at St. Louie, were certain to be construct
ed. They would make St. Louis such a cross
roeAs as the world never saw. With these
roads would be connected hundreds and thou
sands of other lines, like the tributaries feeding
tbe great river.
It was instructive to contemplate the extent
of the improvements which the white race are
distined to make in mechanics, whilst the other
races of men for thousands of years had occu
pied but flic same position with respect to me
chanical pursuits. By the multiplication of
powers the population of a single i-l&nd, con
taing but a handful of people comparatively,
outweigh four hundred mill'ons of people in
Asia. We increased in tills respect more than
any other nation. Our free institutions per
mitted men to turn their talents to such uses as
their inclinations led them. Evidence of this
existed in the Great Exhibition in Londem. one
of the proudest ever witnessed. On that great
occasion, literature, sc’ence. wealth, nobility,
came to do homage to the powi r of inventive
genius. Anil what American heart but beat
proudly to know that America stood first in
the ranks of utilitarian achievements
We were also a people rapidly increasing in
numbers. Every twenty-five years our popu
lation doubled. 111 1900 we would niimlnr a
hundred millions of souls, and our mechanical
power would have then increased so that a
single man would count more than fifty of a
century back. At the tone of the reign of
Charles I. and Charles 11. of England, post
couches were invented, guaranteed to run fifty
miles per day in siimmi r. and thirty iu winter.
111 consequence of their traveling with that ra
pidity. they were denominated flying coaches.
What changes have transp'red since then 1
Now men daily formed acquaintances at the
hotels, on the boats, iu the cars, who lived
thousands of miles distant from each other.—
Indeed, such was the present fac 1 ties of com
mon cation that St. Lou's was now twice, yes,
three times near, r New Orb 1111 s than NcivOr
leans was to the mouth of the Mississippi, be
fore steam was applied to propel boats. Then
three weeks was the average time cousunie-d in
passing from the Bulizc to New Orleans. Now,
one week was the average time from New Or
leans to St. Louis.
IV e were engaged in a mighty work; vast
was the field before us, and the harmony with
w hich were progressing together, showed that
matters of great and vital interest to us all
were superceding all minor objc cts.
Col. Benton concluded his remarks by briefly
alluding to the successful accomplishment of
the objects for wh'cli the Conventon hail as
semblcd.and took his seat amid great cheering.
Mr. W. G. Le Due rose to offer tribute of res
pect to the memory of Jas. M. Goodhue, one of
the Vice Presidents, deceased since the last
Convention, and offered the following resolu
tion, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved. That this Convention, in the death
of Ja=. M. Goodhue, ed tor of the Minnesota
Pioneer, and a Vice President of the Rapids
Convention which assembled at Burlington in
1851. mourn the loss of one of the ablest and
most devoted friends and advocates of all
Western inti rests, and sympathize with liis
friends in their great bereavement.
In supporting this resolution, Mr. Le Due
spoke in terms of warm eulogy of Col. Good
hue, as one of the ponei-rs of Minnesota, and
an unwearied and able advocate of the interests
of that Territory. Four years ago. he sa'd.
Col. Goodhue had come to St. Paul. Through
every discouragement and against every obsta
cle of an unsettle d region lie-bad labored, set
ting tip his printing press in a carpenter's shop,
and ebecting more through the columns of his
paper, the M nnesota Pioneer, to spread a
knowledge of the character and resources of
country, than had been done by any other per
son. Paying this high and mi r.ti d tribute to
the energy and talents of Col. Goodhue. Mr. L.
spoke at some length of the growth e-f St. Paul,
to which he bad contributed so much. It was
now a town of 3.500 inhabitants; and to illus
trate tfie business of the place, a single firm
now did a yearly business of $300,000 Mr. L.
thought Hint till- piople of St. Louis scarcely
real zed the importance of the trade of that re
gion. Hie people there looked to this city as
their natural mart for their products and their
commerce, lint unless its merchants were
, awake to the importance of retaining it. by I'u
cMitating the natural river communication,
there wa> danger it would he diverted ea.-t
--> ward, and 10.-t to them.
lie- gave an interesting sketch of the more
important points above- St. Paul, one of which
'va> a l.r t >h settb ment of about ten thorn-anil
Minis, producing much win at and other articles
of importance, lit had found too little knenvl
eilge ot those regions, both at St. Louis and
New Orleans: and hail been a«tonishr<l to find
Spaniards in Cuba better acqiiu.nted with them
than his oavii countrymen, one of Avlinm. in
New Orleans, hail neve r Ik aril of St. Paul, anil
believed Minnesota Terr lory “somewhere out
near the Mormon country.” He referred to
the projected roads to connect Minnesota with
Fond (lit Lae and other points on Lake Superi
or. and to the value of the copper and other
; mines 011 the shores of the Lake. Avhose pro
' duct-, through a av'isc energy, might be brought
1 to sAvell the trade of St. Louis.
To increase the prospir.ty and savcll the in
terests ot this rich and griming region, had
been the chosen object of Col. Goodhue's later
years, anil in him the West had 10.-t a zi alous
and most valuable worker.
Mr. Le Due's remarks aa-itc full of interest
and information, ami Avtre heard \\ :t!> great at
-1 tantion.
The following resolutions were submitted to
the Convention :
1. The- resolutions of the Convent on held at
I Burlington. Inua. on the 2 3d and 24th of Octo
ber. A. D. 1851, rt ported ly the comm.ttie on
Kisolut'ons. are re-affirmed anil iieioptid ns the
sense of tli s Convent on. That the appropr.a
--t on made by Congress to improve- the Rap els,
if properly and prucentlv expended, aa .11 un
doubtedly do much towards r> moving the ob
struct'ons in the Rap'ds; anil we call upon
Congress to continue appropriat 011 s from yiar
to yearantil this important work is finally com
pleted.
2. That it is important that the work be com
menced at as ( arlv a day as possible, and prose
cuted vigorously, unl.l a channel is opened
that will perm t the pa-sage of boats at all sta
: ges of the Avutcr. Av.th ri aeonablc safety.
! J- That it is all important to the commerce
and prosperity of the- p< ople residing above tbe
i Rap.ds, that all expend.lures ly the General
Government should be made in improving anil
opening the natural channel of the river; and
iu the opinion of this Convention, no otlnr
mode of improve ment Mill meet tbe wants or
ans Aver th-- expectat 011 s of those Avbo are mo-t
deeply interested in this improvement, ’lhat
this Convent 0:1 fully approve the act'on of
Congress, when making the ajipropr at on. in
fixing the manner iu nhicb the appropr.at'.on
sbail be applied.
4. That a comm'ttee of seven be appointed,
whose duty it shall be to observe the progre.s
of this work, and that they have poiver, and
are required to call a Convention when they
may de-e-m it advisable.
5. That the Committee recommend that the.-
Hon. Janies B. Bowlin be continued as the pre
siding ottii-i r of this Convention.
Mr. Le Due,of Minnesota, moved that a com
mittee of six be appointed to collect statistics
of the population, trade and commerce ol the
I pper Mississippi river, the amount of tonnage
iviiich annually passes over the Rapids, the
number of steamboat disasters which have oc
curred upon them, and the annual loss sustain
ed by the people of the upper valley in conse
quence of the obstructions, and to embody sucli
statistics in the form ot a memorial to Con
gress.
Col. Hall suggested that this committee be
appointed from the citizens of St. Louis.
A. B. Chambers, Win. M. Morrison. Nathan
Ranney, Wm. L. Ewing. M. Kennett, of St.
Louis, and Mr. Le Due. of Minnesota, were ap
pointed said committee.
New Bedford. Oct. 28.—The wbaleship Geo.
Howland, which was seized some time since by
the convicts of Gallipago Islands, arrived here
yesterday. ' Capt. N. B. Beacock and her officers
are the only persons of the original ship’s com
pany that have returned. Three of them died
* ’starvation.
NETT* SUMMARY.
The N. Y. Tribune says that the line hereto
fore known as the O’Reilly and the Morse West
ern have united under the management of J. D.
Reid, Esq., and through his untiringenergy and
well directed efiorfs, and those of his attentive
assistants, the Press, and the public arc now
served with promptness and regularity.
A female horse-thief was arrested in N. York,
a day or two since. While she had the team —
a doctor's horse and gig—she contrived to get
run over by a train of cars, and came near los
ing her life.
The Court of Appeals of New York has decid
ed that the Art Union is a lottery, and there
fore illegal. Its funds, amounting to about one
hundred thousand dollars, are declared to lie
long to its subscribers. The decision does not
affect the right ot property drawn pictures.
The owner of the yacht America has chal
lenged the yachts of all nations except America
to sail for £SOO or £I.OOO.
The Dublin Freeman publishes the following
extract of a letter from W. S. O'Brien, in which
he says. “I am iu good health, but my existence
here is ‘weary, flat, stale and unprofitable,’ bar
ren in regarii of present enjoyment; still more
barren in regard of hope for the future. Neve r
tbeless. I endure with iturepining patience, con
tent to w ait for such changes in my destiny -as
the progress of events' and the will of Goel may
evolve.”
The Tallahassee Floridian, in speaking of tile
late gale in Florida, says-—‘ The- accounts from
the country are awful .ind appall ng ; we have
not heard from a solitary plaiitat'on which has
not sulk-reel to tin amount of thousands. Some
planters have lost tlie’r entire crop of cotton.—
We suppose that in thiscounty alone- half a m l
lion bus been lost in cotton, to say nothing of
the negro houses blown down, the fences pros
trated and the t'ml er destroyed. On th - tur
pentine pla itat ons the number of trees blown
down is greater than was ever caused by any
storm which has heretofore visited this section
of country.”
The force under the command of Commodore
Perry, for Japan, w ill, including Commodore
Ringgold's surveying squadron, exceed 3,000
men and 150 guns, and it is believed that every
ship that can be fitted out under the appropr.a
tlous for 1852-3 w ill be afloat.
The failure of the vintage, resulting from tin
recent I,light upon the grape, lias produced the
greatest distress among the inhabitants of Ma
de'ru. and threatens with absolute starvation
large masses of the laboring classes. Ribe'ro,
tin- civil governor of the island, lias issued ac r
culnr. acknowledging the impotence of the I’or
tugiu-se government to meet the emergency
with anything like adequate relief, and appeal
ing to the Christian sympathies of foreign na
tions for aid to avert the impending calamity.
The arrivals of gold in England from Austral
ia are large. One sh'p. tin- Medway, carried in
$1,350,000. and several smaller sums areri port
ed l>y otlnr vessels, in all. $2,( 00 000 in a sin
gle week. During the same week. $1,355,000
arrived from the West Indies, and $340,000
from New York.
A boy was recently killed in Cleveland by
eating too many cln-simts. Another case lias
occurred in Cincinnati. The Commercial snvs.
•• these two instances should serve as a w arning
to persons who indulge in the eating of ches
nuts. than which, in a raw state, as usually sold
in onr markets, nothing can be more injurious
and attended with greater danger, when taken
into the stomach in large quantities.”
A Royai. Claim. —All the papers for a cla'm
of land have lately been tiled with tie Land
Commissioner in California, covering four hun
dred square leagues of land, (3,000 square
miles) to lie located on the west bank of Sacra
mento river, extending from I’uta Creek to a
point above Shasta city, and reaching back to
Clear Lake and the Coast Range. The tract
specified includes nearly all of Shasta, Colusi.
and Yolo counties. The claimants are the heirs
of Augustin de Iturbide, the first Emperor of
■Mexico, who was once banished, returned w ith
a military expedition and was taken and shot.
Park Benjamin, a literary celebrity, is lectur
ing in Ch'cago on niatti rs anil tilings in general
and Matrimony in particular.
The Avork on tbe New Y'ork Crystal Palace is
going steadily fonvard. The mason work is
more than half done, the iron contracts princi
pally made, and the chief part of the castings
will be delivered by the 15th of November.
By the census taken. Ohio City numbe rs 7,-
404 sinils. an increase of .'i()0:) over the census
of 1850. The increase in Ch’cago issbll great
er. and will show a population of but little less
than 30.000.
Sewing machines threaten to effect a com
plete revolution in thread and needle opera
tions. About live hundred are noiv ineqnia
t on in this country, and they are ordered from
the nianiifacturi rs fasti r than they can be sup
plied. They are now adapted to sewing boots
and shoes.
$5:.7.048 in silve-r have lieen coined at the
Ph ladclpliia Mint between January and Sep
tember. t
About six hundred thousand dollars have
be en subscribed to the Pittsburgh and Erie
Railroad.
Gov. Wood of Giro, has appointed the annu
al Thanksgiving tor Tliur day. November 25th,
The- t mo is fixed by arrangement with the Gov
-1 rnors of other States, and it is to be a general
thing on r the Union.
A Virginia paper mentions that the Van
Clure gold nines, at Freder cksburg. have been
sold tor $300,000. They will be worked by an
English company.
A Mr. Turner and Miss Webster, of Wavvrly.
a few days since- Avere marr ed oil the-sand bar.
opposite Alton. That sand bar is lacom ng a
famous place for distressed love rs.
The Hon. Horace Maim has been chosen
Preside nt of Ant och College. Ohio. The Com
momii alth says he will prol ablv accept of it :
but liis sirvice-s w ill not be required until 1854.
lie will not decline being the Free Soil candi
date for Governor.
The products of Cal'.forn'a mines in 1851 was
$55,(38,2 32'.
I nited States Circuit Court now in session at
Columbus, is largely atteneled by gentlemen of
the green lag. wit nesses ami jurors. The dock
et is understood to lie very In avv. The trial
of Capt. A. McEwt n for aieiing in the late Cu
ban expedition, has been postponed.
An old copper rn'in-of extraordinary richness
lias n cently lieen discovered on what is called
the H II Vein, in the Lake Sup) rior country.—
Certain c'rcum-tances recently brought to
light lv its discovery indicate that it was
worked long before the discovery of America
1 y Columbus.
Louis Napoleon has returned to Paris after
the deliberation of the Senate. The form of
government will be changed. The result will
be submitted to the people. The entree of
Louis Napoleon into Paris on the ltith. was
celebrated with gre-at etclat. The Paris corres
pondent of the Globe says :—Louis Napoleon's
marriage vyitli the Princess Vasa, is a settled
fact, and will be solemnized at his coronation.
A wealthy citizen of New Y'ork has offered
the Common Council u bonus of $1,000,000 for
the right to construct a railroad through Broad
wav.
In Rochester, on Friday, Simeon J. Jocelyn
recovered a verdict of $2,550 against the But V
ain and Rochester Railroad Company The
plaintiff was in the cars when they were thrown
Irom the track, and he was severely hurt for
which the suit was brought.
Suicide.— A young German named Nockin,
eide uii' l W - , Vf V K - V< a . r :“ ot aße ’ co ' n n>i‘tcd sui
hi-1. v • n g r' by taklnK mor phine and open-
Im't 1 ti 111 " S a , rm \ . Hp re sided a t Wettsein s
sml « w . as ,)f « i»Jfhly respectable family,
and worth about $20,000. Reported causc
imanity. produced by disappointment in a love
affair. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The late census puts the cotton crop of Ala
bama at 504,429 bales of 400 pounds, Georgia
stands next, with a crop of 496.091 bales—and
•Mississippi next,when a crop of 484,293 bales.
Alabana, therefore, is at the head of the cotton
growing States.
Jesse Hutchinson writes to the Tribune from
California, that tbe Spirit Rappings are quite
prevalent in the land of gold “ There are
now said to be some twenty good mediums in
San Francisco. They have seized upon tbe edit
ors and public press. I believe the llerald is now
the only sheet as yet unblest by their presence;
certainly, one of the editors ofthe Alla has be
comea medium. Also theprinc’pal editor ofthe
Whig, and one of the- editors afthe Placi r Times,
is an enthusiastic believer and medium.”
Immense Corn Crop in Missouri. —The Bruns--
wicker ofthe 25th September, says. “ The yield
of corn this season in the Grand Rive r country
will be unprecedented, and will probably bring
fortli the best fattened hogs we have eve-r bad,
as that will be the most ready way of turning
corn into cash.— Stock animals of all kinds are
in great demand among us, and we shall have
for years a great market for all kinds of lie e
str-ck. Three year old steers now sell at from
sls to $lB. four years old ot from S2O to $25;
and sucking mule colts at $30.”
Jesse Hutchinson writes to the New Y ork Tri
bune. that the Atlcgbanians have been very suc
cessful!. and will realize more solid golden
profit this year, in California, than in a lifetime
almost in the States.
Joshno Bates, Esq., a member ofthe firm of
Baring, Brothers & Co., has presented $50,000
to the Boston City Library.
Washington. Oct. 28.
It lias acc’elontly transpired at W asbington.
that the gentle-men concerned in the Guano
speculation, have dispatched a messenger to
Madrid to negot'ate through the American
Min'sti r to the- Spanhh Government, for the
lease or purchase of the Lobos Islands. This is
said to have been done by the advice of emi
nent counsel, wi o was of the opinion that if
any nation owns these Islands, it is the Spanish,
who discovered them, named them, and from
whom Peru claims to derive her title to them.
Washington, Oct. 20.
A rumpus ern’i ig in n fist fight, took place
th's mor.iing. in the Winder's building. Two
olic rs. named Col. Roberts and Capt. McLane,
both of the United States Army. Col. Roberts
bail rather the w orst of it. The contest grew out
of Capt. McLane's letter respecting Gener
al Pierce. Capt. Ilnrdcastle was also a party
in the quarrel. Adjutant Gem ral gave imme
elia-e orders for the arrest of Capt. McLane, for
str.king his superior.
“Tiie First Bale ofCotton.” —ln a late num
ber of De Bow’s Review, in an elaborate article
on the Cotton Culture, it is stated, as a matter
beyond dispute, that “not a single bale of this
country's growth was exported previous to tbe
year 1787." This statement was made long
ago: it has been corrected, but somehow the
correction seems never to have overtaken the
error, and it has a great chance of In-coming
h’story by dint of repet tic>n. The precise elate
of tbe inlroduct'on of cotton into Carolina we
have no me ans of fixing: but it is certain that
it was exported from Charleston more than a
century ago. 111 a pul.l cation entitled “A De
scription of South Carolina,” put forth in Lon
don in 17(1. there is a minute statement of the
exports of the products of the Province from
this port for the year ending the Ist Nove-mlnr,
1848. 111 that list we find “cotton w 001. 7 1-ags,
at £ls South Carolina currency, per 1 ap.”—
There may ye t be discovered elocume-nts show
ing at what precise time anil by whose hand the
germ of this w ondtrful culture was first planted.
— S. C. Poptr.
Desperate Indian Fight. —The Austin (Texs)
American of the 10th ult. has the offic'al ac
count of Captain Owen Shaw, ofthe Texas Ran
gers. d'rccti <1 to the Govern) r of Texas, of a se
vere light between his command and a party of
Indians. The dispatch is dated “ Camp Bee,
fifteen mil's above Laredo. September 22d.”
Tin- light took place on the 17th. It appears
that the Indians numbred niuete-eu tnen and
two women : of ties number but one certainly
ese aped. Nine wi r - killed 011 tbe ground, and
the-remaindi r we redespe rately wounded. Twen
ty three horses and mules, with saddles, and
Mex can l.lank- t-. arms Ac. win- among the
art'cle s captured. One horse w ound) d was the
only damage to the Rangers.
A Large Lump ok C'aui.orxta Gold.—A solid
lump of gold, in it- rough state, weighing
twenty six ami a half / omuls, avo rdupois
w eight, has been d< posited at the importing
house of Messrs. Richard Patrick A Co.. No.
241. Pi ai l street. I v a Texan miner, who dug
tin- same from a mine seventy feet deep, in
Cal.fornia. It is probably one c f tbe largest
specimens ever brought from tin- gold shores;
and. from close examination, it is supposed to
contain about live pi r cent, quartz.
The Methodist Ciivcch Property C ase.— ln
the su.t respecting the- division of the Church
prop) rty. instituted I y the Southern Branch of
the Methodist Mpi-copal Church against the
Book Concern at Cincinnati, the Court has de
cided iu favor ot the- Church North—the reverse
| °f the decision given I y the Court at New York
lon the same issue. With so piuctical ail illus-
I trillion ot the- -glorious uncertainty of the law,”
the l tigants will prol.ablv see bow uselessly
| t me and money have been expended, and wil'l
save the properly of the Church from further
reduct.on bv --law expenses," by an amicable
arrang) ment: or. if it In- now abscdutclv mces
sary to take the matter to a higlnr Court, will
agree jointly to “make a ense” for the Court's
consideraUon. as the cheapest and most Incom
ing tin thod of re aching the end of the controver
sy.—vV. y. Com. Adv.
A Mother and Three Chiidrex Bntvr to
Beatii ! At Alton Bay. Mr. Israel Sawyer,
with bis w ife and four children lived in thesec
oml story of an old unoccupied store. On
Tuesday morn ng. about three o’clock Mr
Sawy, r being absent. Mrs. S. was awakened by
an alarm of lire, when she found the building
enveloped in flnmes. She took h. r youngest
cb Id. a year old. who was in tied with In r. and
running to a window threw it out, anil the lit
tle thing was caught and saved from injury bv
some men asst milled below. M rs. Saw v< r then
went to aiiollu r room where her three other
children were nsleip. to rescue tin m. but she
was seen no more. With her three daughters,
from three to eight years of age, she perished
in the flames—a martyr to a mother’s heroic
devot o i to her children.— Concord f.V. II. )
Patriot.
Birtiidat Cei.ebratio.v. —Mrs: Sarah Fi.iss
of Rcboboth. ( Mass.) r f ached the age of one
hundred years on the liitU of this month. On
the oceas on of In r birthday there was assem
bled a large company at the house of her son,
Cyrus Bliss. Among them were quite a number
ol her ninety-four descendants—children, grand
children, great-grand children, great-great
grand children, Seventy-live ol her descendants
arc believed to lie now living. There were
present in the company twenty-one persons
Seventy years of age and upwards, whoswaggre
gate age was eight bundled and seventy-nine
years. —[Paictticki t Chronicle.
married.
At XlnnriAe, Wl*., Oct. her 6. 1P54. 1 y R*r. U-. Woo-t.
llall* T C ' KNOX ’ °* St ' Pa " 1 ’ 10 Ml,s Kliiadetii M.
died.
At Stlllwnt'-r on Welnvwtay the 10th Inst., of Smalt
ox, UTHAmn, wifi* of (vurue W. Itatii'F, uti-ldaugh
ter or tue Rev. Lemuel Xoblen,
1-y the vu l«lr n ami unexpected decease of Mr*. Battle.*,
her many rehtlvui and friend* are called to mourn th®
loss of one to whom they were m.,*t idnccrcly attached by
the tender lie* of affection and of love.
But a Utile more than two weeks since Mrs. Battle* was
In the enj« yment of the most perfect health, surrounded
by her family and friends,
The tender leaves of hope,**
little thinking that ere this a frost would come, «a killing
froat” and wither All her earthly hop_»>. o, how slender
a thread Is that which binds us to tills ||f«* * n ow
tenure by which wo hold an earthly existence.
TMi bemvraiem fall* win, tinmen,* weight upon iha
relative. »mt frlenrtenf ihe dcceesed, and per lia wr.y up.
on her haslAiid end sued parent.*, who, when the, were
lesst expecting It, were bereft of * kind and effectlon.to
companion and dutiful child.
May their consolation be that the departed has gone to
a purer sol a better world, there to enjoy the society ot
the blest without Interruption forever. COM*
.J^?''. Antho r/' on MTeilneoday evening tut, of billon*
typhoid fever, Mr. A- H. Doha, aged about 30 run for
merly of Sradley, Maine. ’ rHn>