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THE MINNESOTIAN.
£nlnt pail, Satoiiau, lombtt 27, 1852
The Growth ot St. Paul'
Notwithstanding the many disadvantages that
onr town has labored under during the past
season, owing to the scarcity of money, the
high price of building material, the doubt and
suspense in regard to the ratification of the
Sioux treaties, etc., there has been more than
double the quantity of buildings construct
ed than there was last year; and last year
there was an increase of a hundred per cent on
the year previous. An enumeration of the in
habitants, was made quite late in the year 1851 t
wen it was ascertained that there were a little
leas than 2,000 persons living within the corpo
rate limits of St. Paul. Of course there was
not much of an increase to that number—from
immigration, we mean—until the opening of
navigation in the spring. Now there are at
least 3,000. and some say 3500 inhabitants in
St Paul; and this too, notwithstanding there
has been a large emigration from our place to
the country of the Sioux, since the ratification
of the treaties.
It has always been a matter of great surprise
to strangers, why there should be such a large
town here when the country adjacent is so
sparcely settled. They can't see why, nor how
it is, that the growth of a town can be in ad
vance of the country. Ever since we have
been here, until within the last few months, it
has been the cry, “ Your town is growing too
fust; you will soon have to stop building and
wait till the country is settled around you ; you
hold your town lots too high—in a year or two
we can purchase them for at least one half of
the present rates.” This was the cry three
years ago, and it has been the cry ever since,
until recently, (for we have not heard it so much
since the treaties were ratified.) liut still St.
Paul has progressed, doubling the nuuilter of
her buildings and adding at least 50 percent
to her population with each year. People who
come here are too apt to compare our town
with other towns on the river below us—places
that are created because the couutry back of
them is densely settled, and must have some
place as an outlet for their surplus produce.
Those places only grow as the couutry around
them settles, and when the resources of their
respective localities are fully developed, the j
town ceases to grow.
Not so, St. Paul. Our town would continue
to grow almost as fast if the lands w ithin a cir
cle of ten or fifteen miles were never occupied
no more than at present. St. Paul is a commer
cial place. The first buildings that were erect
ed here, when there were no inhabitants nearer
than Mcndota, were for trading purposes. It is
commerce on which we depend to make her a
large city—superior in point of numbers and
the amount of her business to any place on the 1
river north of St. Louis. Several years of ex
perience have demonstrated that this is the !
head of practicable steamboat navigation on the |
Mississippi. All the business of the upper j
country, both in the valley of the Minnesota and
Mississippi will continue to be done through St. [
Paul; and as this country increases in wealth 1
and population, so will St. Paul increase. Our i
merchants already do an extensive jobbing busi- :
ness with the upper country. There are sever- !
al firms who do scarcely any retailing in com- ‘
parison to the amount of their wholesales; and i
this is a branch of business which late events j
will increase almost four-fold. All up-country
merchants who get their goods from below,
must of necessity leave their money with us for
storage, carting to the Kails, or re-shipping on
smaller boats for the purpose of going up the
Minnesota. Not a dollar's worth of goods pass
through the town, but what is subject to tax for
one of these objects; and of course the larger
the settlements above, the more goods will be
wanted, and the greater will be the revenue to
St Paul. Even the settlements on the St. Croix
river are of advantage to us; for though they
get their supplies through Stillwater, yet we
do a good deal of business with them during the
course of the year. So also with settlements on
the Mississippi for many miles below us.
These things being understood, it is no longer
a matter of surprise that St. Paul has become
what the stranger now beholds her; nor that
she will continue to grow, though the back
country should remain a wilderness. Many
persons of capital who have been here the past
Fummer, saw all this at a glance, and lost no
time in making investments. It will not require
the ratio of increase during the last four years,
to make us a city of 15.000 inhabitants at the
end of the next four ; and if that ratio is materi
ally diminished, we shall be much mistaken.
St. Paul occupies an enviable positiou. She
fears no rivalry, and is jealous of no sister town.
She extends the hand of fellowship and wel
comes the immigrant, from whatever laud he
may come. It concerns her very little where he
may settle, so that it is in Minnesota. It is her
interest to have the whole of the government land
in our Territory occupied. She is thoroughly
identified with Minnesota. Their interests are
inseparably connected, and what tends to bene
fit or injure the one, has a corresponding effect
on the other. Finally, she views with pleasure
the building of cities and towns around her, es
pecially if it be on any stream whose waters help
to form the majestic current which is constantly
flowing before her, for she knows that it will be
os much for her prosperity as the building of
towns and the settlement of the West generally,
is for the prosperity of our eastern £caport9.
These facts and reflections are made, not be
cause there is pretended to be any thing new and
original in them, (for it is a matter well under
stood by our citizens) but to place on record
what St Paul now is, and from what source she
intends to derive her future greatness.
Illinois.— The Whigs hare probably carried
a majority of the members of Congress in this
State. It need not be told, that this is a new
thing for ns to do, for we hare never been able
before to elect but a single member at a time.
This has been brought about on the same prin
ciple that the farmer or mechanic succeeds in
anjtfatQgwby hard work and good manage
ment They have pursued a course of liberali
ty in making their nominations, and a frank de
cision of purpose in supporting their men se
lected as candidates, which we hope to see imi
tated always hereafter. The party door should
always be considered open, where all are free
to come ia and partake of the wholesome cheer
of the Whig board, with the only condition,
that each does a Whig’s whole duty. As yet,
we have received few returns of the vote on the
Presidential or State ticket, but presume the
official returns from most of the counties in the
State will be received at Springfield in a few
days, whence we shall receive them accurately.
“"Go/. Adv.
Edward Boughton has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment for laying obstructions on
the railway. Hv was tried at Wethersfield Con.
PACTS AND FANCIES.
The Southern mail arrrived on Tuesday
night, bringing one week’s later news from Ga
lena. It was only thirteen days after the re
ceipt of the Blackhawk’s mail, and had the
Franklin’s mail been received at the time it
ought to have been, it would have been only
ten days from the receipt of a mail by steam
boat to that of one by land. This is a great
improvement on former years. This mail was
brought by the Nominee as far as Lacrosse,
where it was transferred to the land route. A
large number of passengers, who came by the
Nominee, were compelled to come from there
by land. The stage was crowded, while many
came up in other conveyances, and a Btill
greater number started on foot. The road is
represented to be in good condition, owing fo
the energy of the mail contractors, who have
been at great expense in repairing it. P. S. Since
the above was in type, we learn that the Nomi
nee left the mail at Prairie du Cbien, the place
where it ought to be left, instead of bringing it
to Lacrosse.
5160,000 of the Sioux Indian money have
been set apart for the liquidation of their debts.
These are due principally to the traders who
have lived among them. Some of these claims
date many years back, and are rather uncer
tain ; but a large proportion of them are un
doubtedly correct and just. How much these
claims amount to in the aggregate, we have
never learned, but we think it must exceed the
amount thus set apart by a considerable sum.
Sudden Death. —Egidius Keller died very
suddenly on Tuesday last. He had been suffer
ing for several days from a sore upon his heel,
caused probably by being frozen sometime
previous. On Monday his ankle commenced
swelling, and the inflammation soon ran up his
leg, and reaching his body passed to his heart,
lie lived but a few hours. Mr. K. was a very
worthy, respectable German citizen. He was
.an old resident of St. Paul, and has been a
member of the Town Council for the last two
years, which office he held at the time of his
decease. His death will be regretted by all
who knew him.
Sheep. —We should like to see some of our
farmers attempt the experiment of raising sheep
in Minnesota. It may be that the experiment
has been tried, but we have never heard of it-
It appears to us that sheep might be raised in
! this country with profit to the owner. Of course
the farmer would want sheds to keep them in
during the winter, for the warmer an animal
is kept the less food it requires to sustain life.
The fact that the ground isso longcovered with
snow during the winter, would of course make
it more expensive to keep them during that pe
riod of the year; but we do not believe but
what it could be done with profit to the farmer.
At any rate, we shall want to see the experi
ment thoroughly tried, before we shall believe
to the contrary. Every spring our butchers
bring up a large number of sheep. Having just
been sheared, they are generally the poorest
looking animals ever beheld ; and it is almost
enough to make one sick of mutton to look at
them. But after they have run around town
for a few weeks picking off the short grass to be
found in our streets, they become as fat os sheep
generally get to be in any country. They could
not be recognized as the same flock, unless one
saw them every day, although they might have
■ futry ear-marks.
The WEATUEn. —Some of our readers may
consider this a standing subject for a newspaper
paragraph, and wish we would put something
more interesting to them in the place of such
items; but we hope they will reflect that a
large number of our readers live without the
Territory, who take our paper for the purpose
of gaining information in respect to it—the best
way. we will here observe, for the accomplish
ment of that purpose—and who are particular
ly interested in any thing that relates to our
climate. It has not been so cold the past week
as it was the week before, the thermometer be
ing above freezing point during the most of the
time. On Sunday last the snow commenced
falling, and fell to the depth of three or four
inches before night. On Tuesday evening it
commenced snowing again, and snowed almost
constantly for twenty-four hours, while at the
same time we had a warm south wind. The
snow of course is very heavy, there being some
rain, and is now a foot deep, (it is said to be a
foot and a half in the woods.) We learn that
it is from two and a half to three feet deep in
the Rum River pinery, about 100 miles above
St. Paul. The river which had been closed by
the cold weather of the previous week, has
been opened in many places by the subsequent
mild weather. We believe that boats could
now come up as far as Lake Pepin without be
ing obstructed by the ice, although the Nomi
inee was compelled to stop at Lacrosse last
week; and we presume boats have been up there
the present week.
—We learn that the enterprizing Tiger, not
fearing the ice in the river, nor the frigid zone
either, pushed on ahead of all the other boats,
till she became surrounded by the icebergs in
Lake Pepin, with a dull prospect of getting out
at present. We presume that when the news
of the probable fate of the Tiger shall have
reached Dubuque, an expedition will be imme
diately fitted out for the relief of Capt. Max
well and crew, but we greatly fear that like the
many expeditions in search of Sir John Frank
lin, it will only end in vexation and disappoint
ment. Capt. Maxwell, like Sir John, has ven
tured where none will dare follow, and the
sympathizing Duhuquers must wait till spring
for the return of their favorite steamer.—
P. S. We understand that Capt. M. has made
arragements with one of our teamsters for de.
livering the Tiger’s freight here, and that the
team may be expected to bring it along in a
day or two.
Bentos Cocntt Aoricvltvral Societt.— This
Society will hold its second semi-annual meet
ing at Sauk Rapids on the 7th December. An
address will be delivered in the evening by Capt.
J. B. S. Todd, of Fort Ripley. There will be
premiums on crops awarded at this meeting.
What has become of the Ramsey County Agri
cultural Society 7 We believe there was such
an institution chartered last winter, and that it
was afterwards organized, but we have not
heard of any of its transactions. We should
be careful not to let our Benton neighbors get
ahead of us in regard to this matter.
Burbank’s Express. —This express will con
tinue to do business between Galena and Saint
Paul the coming winter. A reference to the
advertisement in another column, will show the
arrangement. Mr. Burbank is well known to
be an efficient business man, and any business
entrusted to his care may be considered as
done.
Presidential Majorities. —We have not yet
seen the complete returns of the late Presiden
tial election from a single State except Dela
ware, so that we are unable to say what Pierce’s
majority is of the popular vote. The table
of majorities published in the Democrat this
week, which is copied from the New York Her
ald of Nov. sth, cannot be regarded as correct
—scarcely an approximation to accuracy. For
inetance, the Herald puts down New York at
25,000, and the Albany Argus of the 6th, one
day after, publishes returns from all but 18
counties, (about two-thirds of the State,) and
estimates Pierce’s mbjority at 20,000. We do
not say that Pierce's majority in the aggregate
will not amount to as much as is claimed by
the Herald, it may be more, but we do say it
was impossible to give the majorities in every
State in the Union, except California, only three
days after election. Illinois is put down at
12,000, when the returns of the whole State
had not been received in Galena on the 13th
insL, more than a week after the majority was
given in the Herald. The result in lowa is
given, when only a few towns along the river
had been heard from. The majorities are given
in Texas and Florida, when no uewshad been re
ceived from them. Wisconsin is put down at
2,000, when it is probably three or four times
that amount; Ohio and indiana at 15,000 each,
when later reports make the majorities about
20,000 ; Kentucky and Tennessee at small ma
jorities for Pierce, when in fact, as appears by
the following dispatch, which we find in the
Cincinnati Sun of the 10th, they both went for
Gen. Scott:
Louisville, Nov. 7.
Kentucky gives Scott from 2000 to 2500 ma
jority, and Tennessee 1500 to 1800.
When the official returns are received, we
think it will be found that the vote given to
Hale and other candidates will be nearly it
not quite as much as the majority of Pierce
over Scott. In some sections of the Union, the
vote for Hale is very large, fully equal to that
given to Van Buren. Of the States which
Pierce has carried, we believe he carries Maine,
New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois Wisconsin,
and possibly Indiana, by pluralities only.
Democracy and Banes. —At the late election
in Wisconsin, the question on the adoption of
the banking law, passed at the late session of
the Legislature, was submitted to the people.
Although the State went for Pierce by a large
plurality, it has adopted the banking law by a
much larger one. The city of Milwaukee gave
Pierce a plurality of over 800. and the banking
law a majority of 3000. Thus it is : while
Democrats make loud professions of hos
tility agaiust banks and the banking system,
when the question is presented to them of‘‘bank
or no bank,” they are generally found to be
foremost in its support, thereby acknowledg
ing their practical usefulness, though, perhaps,
still opposing them in theory.
Democracy and Abolitionism. —ln the Con
gressional district of New York, composed of
the counties of Madison and Oswego, which
gave Pierce a plurality of one thousand. Gerrit
Smith, the celebrated Abolitionist, was elected
to Congress by a plurality of more than 2000.
He ran as an independent candidate against the
regular nominees of the Whigs and Democrats.
How it was that a portion of the supporters of
Franklin Pierce should vote to send Gerrit
Smith to Congress is a matter that we have not
yet heard explained. Are the Democrats in
that region turning Abolitionists? Mr. Smith
was never a Frse Soiler ; he could not support
Van Buren in 1848, but was himself the candi
date of the Liberty party, and received about
two thousand votes for President, in the State
of New York. We believe, though we are not
positive, that he was not a supporter of Hale.
What will the Democracy of Virginia and South
Carolina think of their brethren of Oswego and
Madison ? Asa man Gerrit Smith is one of the
purest and best living. He is possessed of an
immense property, the entire income of which
is every year expended for benevolent purposes.
Although his sympathies for the colored race
are strong, yet not to the exclusion of deserv
ing whites, to whom he has given away thou
sands of acres of land, and he is a land-reformer
;of the most progressive stamp. Probably the
Democracy might have sent a better supporter
of Pierce’s administration than Gerrit Smith
will be found to be, but we are sure they could
not have sent a better man.
Democracy and Rowdtism. —Mike Walsh has
been elected to Congress in one of the districts
in New York City. He was the regular nominee
of the Democratic party, aud was elected by
upwards of 2000 majority. Mike has the most
abusive tongue and is the greatest blackguard
we ever heard. He also excels in knock-down
arguments. The party have sent him three
times to the Legislature of New York, and jus
tice once sent him to the penitentiary. He will
make a beautiful Representative.
Democracy and Mormonism. —The notorious
Strang, the Mormon Prophet, has been elected to
the Michigan Legislature. Now we will not pre
tend to say he was elected by the Democrats, for
we have not heard the particulars, but during
the last few years there have been so few mem
bers elected to that body that the Democracy
did not have a hand in, that it is only reasona
ble to conclude that they must have assisted in
the election of Strang. Comment is unneces
sary.
Telegraphic Swearino. —The Presidential
election resulted so badly for the Whigs that
even the Telegraph swore, anavent which nev
er before happened. In eome small town, we
believe in Ohio, where there was a telegraph
station, a large concourse had gathered about
the office anxiously waiting for news. They
did not wait long, for soon came the news that
Pierce had carried Hardscrabble by an over
whelming majority ; Poverty Hollow, Pigeon
Point, Plugville, and twenty other places, had
gone the same way, only more so, and not a
single place could be heard of that had given
a majority for Scott. Suddenly the telegraph
ceased working, and not another item could
be got from it for nearly an hour, when, “click,
click, click, click,” was again heard, and the
clerk read the following profane message :
“Evenr d n thing,
For Pierce and King.”
Preparing tor the Hoijdats. —Messrs. Renz
A Karcher have recently received one of the
largest and best assortments of children’s toys
we have seen for many a day. It comprises
every thing, from a picayune whistle to a music
box, worth $lB. “Children cry for theml”
Willowriver. —The name of this town, which
is the county seat of SL Croix county, Wis.
was changed at the recent session of the Board
of Supervisors of that county, and the name of
Hudson adopted.
Railroad Iron. —The price of this material
has increased, according to late accounts, about
33 per cent. We believe there is not at this
timo a particle of railroad iron manufactured
in this country. It was found that the English
capitalists could ftirnish the article as cheap as
it could be obtained here, and not only that,
but could make the mode of payment much
easier than our manufacturers could afford ;
and as a natural consequence, the business of
fornishing this material has been entirely in the
hands of our English neighbors during the last
{tew years. The English capitalists seeing that
all the furnaces for the manufacture of this
article have suspended operations, besides half
of the other iron furnaces throughout the Un
ion, and know'ing that our manufacturers will
not start them again until our Government a
dopts some adequate system of protection from
foreign competition, and believing from the posi
tion which the Democratic party has of late
assumed toward this subject, that that event is
not very likely soon to happen, have now
raised on their iron. They know that we can
not do without iron, and that we must purchase
of them. This will be a heavy loss to our
country, and it is the more provoking, especial
ly, when we reflect that if our law makers had
not pursued such a suicidal course in regard to
this matter, the possibility of a combination
among foreign capitalists to raiEe the price of
iron in this country would have been avoided.
If we are not mistaken, the price of iron is now
higher than it was under the operation of the
tariff of 1842, and it will not be likely to fall
any until a change of policy has been made by
the Government. The West will feel this more
heavily than other parts of the Union. She
has but just commenced to build railroads, and
as iron is the principal item of expense in build
ing them, the addition of 33 per cent, will not
hasten their completion much. When it that
“good time coming?”
Ax Enterprising Hog. —The other day while
a sleigh, loaded with several sacks of corn was
standing in front of one of the stores on Third
street, one of these animals, knowing probably
the high price and scarcity of corn in our market,
and thinking undoubtedly that this was his only
chance for securing a supply ; or else, being
aware of the high price of pork, and deeming
it his duty to get fat, went up the sleigh, and
with the greatest nonchalence pulled a sack,
containing, two bushels from off the load, and
commenced dragging it off. A bystander, who
witnessed the operation, thought he would stop
him ; but the hog hung to the sack as a hungry
dog would to a piece of fresh meat, and could
not be induced to let go until he had received
sundry kicks in the forehead. The bystanders
then went to inform the owner, who was in the
store; and in the meantime porkey had again
taken possession of the sack, and had got it
nearly across the Etreet. This time he deter
mined to keep possession at all hazards, even
at the risk of “losing his bacon,” concluding
that it would “ never do to give it up so." They
found they could not drive him away by any
external applications of shoe leather, and that
he kept gradually getting the sack further
from the load. The owner seeing that some
thing else must be done, seized hold of the oth
er end of the sack. One pulled one way, and
the other pulled in an opposite direction. It
was a dead set; neither of them could gain
much, but as the hog was pulling down hill and
it was slippery he had the advantage, which lie
seemed to be conscious of. At length the sack
getting torn, nearly all the corn was spilled on
the ground, and the hog seeing it was impossi
ble to get the sack of corn to his quarters, qui
etly retired in digust, though with dignity.
Wood. —Dry wood is very scarce and high in
St. Paul at this time. It brings three dollars
and a half per cord. There is plenty of green
wood at $3 00. Tamarac wood can be got at
$3 00 per cord, French measurement. The pe
culiarity of this measurement is that the sticks
which ought to be four feet, are cut from three
to three and a half feet in length, so that when
a person thinks he is getting a cord of wood, if
he does not make allowance for this deficit, he
gets but little over three quarters. The best
way to buy this kind of wood is to get a load of
poles which is often brought to town. They
are generally from eight to ten feet in length,
and the sticks lie closer on the sled than split
wood. It is believed that as soon as the river
gets so that it can be crossed with teams, wood
will be considerable cheaper, at least fifty cents
and probably one dollar per cord. There is a
large amount of wood over there already cut,
and they are cutting it all the time. It is a mis
take to suppose that people who have claims
there are not going to let their wood be cut, for
a great many of them are laborers who iutend
to cut their wood as the most profitable employ
ment to which they can turn their attention.
We heard of a man the other day who seems to
be doing a heavy business in wood speculation.
He bought a claim on the other side of the river,
on which there is a large amount of wood, which
he is to pay for in wood, and set several hands
to cutting it, whom he pays in wood. He hires
their board, for which he pays in wood ; and fi
nally he has made a contract for hauling it to
town, and pays for it in a similar manner. Of
what use is money, when business can be done
in this way ?
The Knickerbocker. —The November number
of this invaluable monthly is on our table. To
say that it fully sustains its previous reputa
tion, is not saying much for it, for every one
who is the least familiar with “old Knick,”
knows that it cannot depreciate. But to see
how each number outdoes its predecessor is
something which both astonishes and pleases
its friends.
Lumberimo. —We had all along supposed, and
so it has been currently reported, that in con
sequence of the large quantity of logs which
our lumbermen, on account of the low water,
were unable to get to market last summer, that
they would not drive a very brisk business
in cutting logs this winter in the pineries : but
we are informed differently. A gentleman with
whom we conversed yesterday, who had just
come down from the Rum River pineries, states
that the men had not all commenced operations
yet, but from the quantity of teams which he
saw going in, that the quantity of logs likely to
be cut this winter, will exceed that of last.
There will be quite an array of personages
in the next Congress whom the public have
been so long familiar with that they are more
or less notorious: Thomas H. Benton, J. R.
Giddings, Gerrit Smith, Mike Walsh and Long
John Wentworth. What a singular combina
tion ! Suppose they were placed upon an im
portant committee, what two would agree?
The first and last mentioned might possibly, but
no others.
Teaming. —This winter will be one of the bu
siest seasons for teamsters that they have seen
for many a day. Aside from the usual amount
of hauling to the upper country, there is a
large amount of freight to be brought from be
low, which now lies at different points on the
river, from Point Douglas to Lacrosse, that
must be brought up this winter. Then there is
a large amount of teaming to be done to the
settlements on the Minnesota—ten times as
much as in any former winter. All this, to
gether with the wood business, will be likely to
keep teamsters and their teams moving, and
we think there are some who sold their horses
to the Indians because they could get a big
price for them, will regret it before spring.
Thanksgiving. —In most if not all of the
States, Thanksgiving was observed on Thurs
day last. When shall we have ours, is a ques
tion that we hear asked daily. We hope] the
time will be fixed soon.
—We have been often asked why we did not
publish the valuable letters of “T. T. M.,” des
criptive of Minnesota, in our paper. We an
swer, that they were originally published in
the New York Tribune, a paper which is more
extensively read in the Northern and Western
States than any other, and they have also been
published by all our cotemporaries in Minneso
ta, whereby a very large proportion of our
readers have bad the opportunity of reading
them.
—We learn from the St. Anthony Express
that a meeting was held by the citizens of Itas
ca, one day last week, to offer their co-opera
tfon, in the prosecution of the Louisiana and
Minnesota railroad scheme.
St. Charles llocse. —This establishment has
been closed for the season, as will be observed
by the card of the proprietor, to be found in this
number of the Minnesotian. It is to be enlarged
and refitted during the winter.
—The Illinois Central Railroad Company
have advertised for proposals to build their
road from Galena to Dubuque.
New* by Telegraph.
(Reported Expressly for the Galena Dally Advertiser.]
Later from Havana.
New Orleans, Nov. 6.
As the Crescent City approached Havana,
she was met by a Pilot who refused to take her
in because Smith was on board. Capt. Daven
port paid no attention to this and taking the
responsibility proceeded to his usual anchorage.
The Captain ol the port shortly visited the
steamer ; no communication allowed with the
shore, because Smith was on board; said the
Captain General would allow mail and regular
passengers to land, but no others.
Capt. D. then exhibited letters from the
American Consul just received, in which assur
ance was given that late difficulties had been
fully settled in an interview between the Cap
tain General and Judge Conkling. The Captain
of the Fort replied that the difficulty had not
been settled, but that the mail and regular pas
sengers would be allowed to land on this occa
sion. He stated that if Purser Smith continued
on board w hen the steamer returned, she would
on no condition be permitted to communicate
with the shore. He also stated that a special
minister at Washington had written to the Cap
tain General, informing him on authority of the
Secretary of State, that Purser Smith would be
prohibited from going into Havana. Captain
Davenport answered that Mr. Smith was a pri
vate cittzcn of the United States, and could go
where and when he pleased, without hindrance
or interferance on the part of the General Gov
ernment. The Captain of the port then had a
second consultation with the Captain General,
previous to which he gave the officers on board
permission to land their passengers. Captain
Davenport refused to let them land until satis
fied that the American Consul had been fully
appraised of the condition of affairs.
The Captain of the Port returned with au
thority from the Captain General, for all the
passengers and officers to land, excepting Mr.
Smith, who was prohibited from landing under
any circumstances. He also informed the Cap
tain that should Purser Smith return again on
the Crescent City, she would be ordered off.
Captain Davenport then wrote to the American
Consul that passengers might do as they pleas
ed. but as Captain Porter had been ordered not
to land on the Island, he himself would not ac
cept a privilege denied to Purser Smith. Judge
Sharkey, the Consul, on receiving the letter,
went on board and held a long consultation
with Captain D. Morales, of the firm of Drake
it Morales, consignees of the Crescent City,
made his appearance, and stated on authority,
that if Mr. Smith would address a letter to the
Captain General, denying the charges preferred
against him. proceedings, without difficulty,
could be adjusted. Captain D. replied, that he
would, under no circumstances, suffer any offi
cer under his command to make any commu
nication on the subject to the Cuban authori
ties, inasmuch as Captain Porter, on two differ
ent occasions, had directly disavowed the im
putation. The Crescent City thereupon run
up our national flag, and etarted away for New
Orleans.
Baltimore, Nov. 9.
The New York Courier of Saturday learns
from an undeniable source, that a Cuban expe
dition is in a forward state of preparation, The
leaders have taken the utmost care not to
violate the American neutrality laws, all the
arms and ammunition are obtained abroad in
large quantities, and deposited in a depot out
side of the United States. Nothing is purchas
ed in this country. Men will leave as emigrants,
unarmed, from different points. All their meas
ures are taken with the utmost precaution.
New York, Nov. 9.
The Star of the West, with California news,
arrived on the Bth, with three hundred passen
gers and $500,000 iu gold. She left Sun Juan
on the 21st.
The Pacific arrived at San Juan del Sud on
the 30th. with dates from San Francisco of the
16th. The Steamer Daniel Webster arrived at
San Juan on the 20th.
The steamers Brother Jonathan, Cortes and
California had arrived at San Francisco.
At a great mass meeting held there by the mer
chants in regard to the orders of the Treasury,
prohibiting the receipt of SSO ingots for cus
toms, it was voted to memorialize the Secre
tary.
Political excitement ran high.
A new French hanking house had been estab
lished with a capital of $200,000.
News from the diggings cheering.
California papers are filled with the names of
the dead overland emigrants.
Several parties had arrived at Oregon, in a
distressed condition.
Markets firm—provisons high.
Massachusetts Election.
Boston, Nov. 9.
The returns from nearly the whole State arc
in, and the vote stands as follows: For the Whig
candidate for Governor 56,500; the Democrat
ic candidate 35,400 ; Freesoilers 33,400.
There are 11 Whig Senators elected ; 8 oppo
sition, and 21 vacancies. 80 Whig representa
tives ; 60 opposition, and 22 no choice.
Three Whig members of Congress have been
elected ; the others no choice.
The burning of the prairies in Allamakee
county, last month, occasioned the destruction
of much hay, grain and fencing. We have
heard of one person whose dwelling, with its
contents, was burned. It is feared that stock
will suffer from lack of provender the coming
Winter. —Dubuque Tribune.
Wisconsin . —Eastman is elected to Congress
in the Mineral Point district, and Wells in the
Milwaukee district—both Locos. The news
from the third district favors the election of
McShaftrr, Whig.
NEWS ITEMS.
The Whig Spirit.—A Washington correspon
dent writes under date of the 3d :
“ The Whigs feel thoroughly beaten, but not
so exasperated or dispirited os after Mr. Clay’s
defeat.” The Albany Journal says: “The Whig
party of this State and nation now goes into a
minority. Of some of the causes we may or may
not have occasion to speak. For vt there it no
terror in this change. Adversity teaches its
lessons and has its uses. Having helped to
work the Whig party out of worse positions
than that to which it has now been brought, we
can look even this defeat in the face without
quailing. Jewels are extracted from things
‘ ugly and venomous.’ This overthrow re
lieves us from many incumbrances; and though
apparently ‘crushed to earth,’ the Whig party
will spring up in freshness and vigor aud grow
to the fullest dimensions of its former suprema
cy.”
Daniel Webster was in Congress for nearly
twenty-seven years of his life. He was for eight
years a member of the House of Representatives,
and for nineteen years a Senator from Massa
chusetts.
Chicago and Galena Railroad. —We learn
that the grading between Rockford and Free
port is now completed, with the exception of
two or three small sections. —Galena Adver
tiser.
The Fall Trade. —The Fall Trade in this
city has been unusually large. It is the opin
ion of those competent to judge, that it will
exceed by at least 33 per cent., that of any for
mer season. Though stocks of Dry Goods and
Groceries, thought to be enormously dispropor
tioned to the market, have been received by our
merchants, there is now no doubt that, before
Winter is over, the stores and shops will be ef
fectually cleared out. New customers have
been secured, and trade has sprung up with
places heretofore supposed to lie out of our reach.
There is no reason to believe that this career
of prosperity is in danger of any check, happen
what may. There is no roon for fear that the
future of Galena will Dot equal present prom
ises.— Jeffersonian.
The Oregon Times says that the tide of over
land emigration continues to roll into that State
with increasing rapidity and numbers. This
year’s emigration is unprecedented in the histo
ry of Oregon. The lowest estimate places the
number at 10.000. They are entering Oregon
at different points—from Rouge river, Foster’s
Dales, and Portland, to Puget's Sound.
Illinois Central Raii.rnad. —The last Jones
boro Gazette says: “ This work is now under
good headway, and from Cairo to Big Muddy
river, sixty miles. Although the grading has
not yet been commenced, they are grubbing
and clearing off the track from timber, looking
out for shanties, engaging provisions, and doing
every thing with utmost dipatch. Large num
bers of ties are now delivered on the ground,
neatly prepared, and the whole quantity requi
red will soon be furnished.”
The fur trade in Western Virginia is still very
large. One firm lately shipped from I’acken
burg 2700 raccoon skins. 4,500 mink. 1000 red
fox, 5,500 gray do, 6,500 opossum, 3000 wild
cat, 500 bear, and 9000 deer i k-ns. A panther
skin is shown, neasuring 10 feet 4 inches from
tip to tip.
A curious genius who styles himself‘'the a
postolic forerunner,” has been stumping it in
New Jersey. His dress and appearance are
said to be of the most antique style. On his
hat he wears a metallic spread eagle, and round
his neck he carries suspended a curious brass
horn, which he sounds w hen he wants to draw
ail audience. He claims under the constitution
a right to blow his horn.
There are now only some 11 miles of railroad
to be completed between Cleveland and Dun
kirk.
Uncle Tom's Cabin has been translated into
French and German. Its sale on the Continent
is very large.
The Masonic fraternity generally through
the country have celebrated the sth of Nov. ns
the centennial anniversary of Washington’s
initiation as one of the brotherhod.
A new illustrated paper is to be brought
out in New York under the auspices of P.T Bar
num and H. D. Beach tha latter of the New
York Sun.
An Old Ccstomer. —We were shown yester
day a copy of the Illinois lnlelligencer, prin
ted at Vandal:a. I'ec. 9 1825, by Robert Black
well. It is a curiosity, in its way, and we no
tice many names among thebusini ss advertise
ments of those familiar to us when we first came
to the State, but who have now departed. The
census of the State is given, which was 67,656.
As an illustration of the change of things, what
is now Jo Daviess was then part of Greene
county, which contained a population of 3519.
At the above date, Dec. 9, the editor had just
been made happy on hearing, that the frigate
Brandywine had landed General Lafayette tst
Havre on the 4th of October, which was not ma
king very bad time at the rate news was then
accustomed to travel. Had some one predicted
then, that in 1852. at 10 o'clock in the evening
of the day of the Presidential election, the news
of the result would be heard, in a town called
Galena, sufficient to give a Very accurate view
of the “elephant,” the prophet would not have
been believed much, except by visionary and
credulous people. —Galena Advertiser.
The Rfsi lt in Congress. —Mr. Wells, the
democratic candidate for Congress in this dis.
trie-, is elected by a large majority. In the
West District the returns so far indicate Mr.
£astman's(dem.) re-election by a decisive vote.
In the North District, such returns as have yet
come to hand, show well for Mr. Shnfter but do
not settle the question. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
The steamboat inspectors appointed under
the passenger law. which was enacted at the
last session of Congress, were to meet in Wash
ington on Monday, for the purpose of organiza
tion.
The Wisconsin papers arc talking of holding
an editorial Convention at Madison on the 15th
of Jan. next.
The Kric linlroad Company liavercconly for
b’d entirely the sale ofintoxicat ngdrinksin any
of the refreshment houses along the road, or in
any of the grounds of the company.
Lost. —During the present year. 65 steam
boats. four barges and twenty-nine flat boats,
have been lost on the Western waters.
The citizens of Schuylkill county, Pennsyl
vania, are about to erect a cast iron monument
to Henry Clay, at Pottsville. The design con
templated is a Grecian Doric column sixtv-three
and a half feet high, and surmounted by a stat
ue of Henry clay fifteen feet in height.’
Fatal Affray at Aurora.— We learn from
the Aurora Guardian, that an affray occurred
in that place, a few days since, in which Harlow
Ilelnier was stabbed to the heart. Five persons
concerned in the affair have been committed to
prison.
The Ladies are becoming decidedly fast in
Muskingum and Richland counties, in Ohio.
Eight ladies at the first, and five at the last
County Fairs entered as competitors in horse,
manship. In Mansfield two married and three
single ladies contested for the premium, two of
the latter, a Miss Hale ami a Miss Culbertson,
on unbroken three years old colts.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Tues
day, decided that an owner of cattle, killed or
injured on a railway, has no recourse to the
company or its servants; and that he is liable
for damage done by them to the company or to
passengers. J
A Company of Cincinnatians arc preparing
to leave for Australia in search ofgold anda
Piters Ik Amon 8 them are three
Printers who will seek in that far land a better
re rTK ard J° r . h “ neß ‘ ,abor th “» ‘be “Queen City”
or the West has furnished them. With the Non
panel we wish them success and a speedy return
and hope they will be wiser after their vovage
than we now believe them to be.
In Time. —The Chicago Advertiser snys that
an aspirant for the Post Office in that city, had
a petition prepared before the election, and put
in circulation for signatures as soon ns the first
returns were received.
The Newspaper in a Family.—A school
teacher, who had been engaged a. long time in
his profession, and witnessed the influence of a
newspaper upon the minds of a family of child
ren, writes to the editor of the Ogdcnsburg
Sentinel as follows:
I have found it to be a universal fact, with
out exception, that those scholars, of both sex
es and of all ages, who have had access to news
papers at home, when compared with those who
do not, are
1. Better readers, excelling in pronunciation
and emphasis, and consequently read more un
derstandingly.
2. They are better spellers, and define words
with more ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain a practical knowledge of ge
ography, in almost half the time it requires
others, as the newspapers have made them fa
miliar with the location of the important pla
ces, nations, their governments and doings on
the globe.
4. They are better grammarians, for having
become so familiar with every variety of style,
in the newspaper, from the common-place ad
vertisement to the finished and classical oration
of the statesman, they more readily compre
hend the meaning of the text, and consequent
ly analyze its construction with more accura-
cy
5. They write better compositions, using bet
ter language, containing more thoughts, more
clearly and connectedly expressed.
6. Those young men who have for years been
readers of the newspapers, are always taking
the lead in the debating society, exhibiting a
more extensive knowledge upon a greater vari
ty of subjects, and expressing their views with
greater fluency, clearness and correctness in
their use of language.
California. —It appears from a table publish
ed in the New York Herald of the 6th inst.,
that the appropriations made at the last session
of Congress exclusively for California, amount
ed to $3,744,143 68, as follows : Army. 1853,
$420,000 ; Navy, increased pay, Ac., $725,000 ;
Mail Steamers, $738,000; St. Diego Harbor,
$30,000; Lighthouses, Ac., $155,000; Indian
account. $123,750; Civil and Diplomatic bill,
$1,073,700, Nearly four millions of dollars for
the Star in the West!
Discovery ok a Comet. —J. P. Pirssou an
nounces in the New York Tribune the dicovery
of a new comet. When first discovered it was
about two degrees below the pole star, at a
small angle to the eastward. It is moving in a
southwesterly direction at the rate of three
quarters a degree per day, at the same time
rapidly approaching us. It is a fine object,
condensing at the centre to a nucleus, and al
though at present teleFCopic, will no doubt be
visible to the naked eye in a few days.
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. —The
Freeport Journal says: This road is doing an
immense amount of business at this time. All
their facilities are put in requisition to accom
modate the travel and passage of freight. And
they are utterly unable to transport all the
freight that is waiting transportation over the
road. It is to be hoped that the power of the
road will be increased.”
The Illinois central Railroad, with its branch
es, is to be six hundred and ninety miles long.
It extends from Chicago and Galena to Cairo,
at the mouth of the Ohio. The amount of land
which has been appropriated by Government
for the benefit of the road is 2.681,160 acres.
Mr. Charles Lanman, who has her n for some
years connected with the State Department at
at Washington, and, by circumstances, been
brought into very close association and confi
dence with Mr. Webster, has in the press of the
Harpers, a book that cannot fail to deeply in
terest the country. It is the “Private" Life
of Daniel Webster ” composed of materials
gathered by the author directly from the great
man who is the subject of the work, and from
personal observation and experience.
The Chinese. —While the Governor of Cali
fornia is trying to drive the Chinese out of that
State, the Governor of British Guinea offers a
bounty of SBO, on their importation.
The first column of the New York Crystal
Palace was raised on Saturday week, in pres
ence of a vast concourse of people. Governor
Hunt, the Mayor, and most of the City Council
were present. Theodore Sedgwick, President
of the Association, made an address, to which
Governor Hunt replied.
The Fair of the American Institute closed at
New York on Friday week, having been open
for nearly four weeks. A long list of the pre
miums awarded was read in the afternoon, and
in the evening a short address was delivered by
General Talmadge, an ex-Presidcnt of the In
stitute. The receipts exceed those of any pre
vious annual fair by nearly SSOOO.
MARRIED,
On Mnn lty the Mil ln»t., by the Rev. Timothy Wilcox
con. Dr. C. I- Vicchers, German Phys clan, lo Mb*
Anna Coulter.
On the 21st Inst., near St. Faol, by Orlando Simona,
Esq Job j. Pratt to Miss Missouri Ro*e.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Burbank’s Express.
A Special Messenger will be despatch*
ed from St. Paul and Galena every two weeks;
commencing Monday, December 6th. Freight »or
wArdeu semi-weekly. Transportation or Money,
Collection*. Purchases, fcc., attended to with
promptness and despatch. Remittances made to all
parts of the States, California and Europe. All commis
sions promptly attended to.
C. R. RICE A Co.
CONSTANS A BURBANK,
Agents.
N. B. AH persons having freight at L* Crosse, can
have the same brought here or otherwise disposed of by
application as above, or to
J. C. BURBANK.
SL Paul, November 27, >B2—lltf
IV/I ONLY TO LOAN, at the Exchange
A* J. Office of Smtlh, Newell & Co., on Third street,
near Jackson, St. Paul, M. T.
November 21, 1882 —11 tf
SMIThTNEWELL & CO.,
IT ILL attend to the locating of Land
» ' Warrant*, payment of Taxes and all other boat
ne** entrusted to their rare.
November 27, 1852—11 tf
JOHN ESAIAS WARREN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office In Third street, over Sanfords Store, SL Paul, M T.
"WILL devote his exclusive attention
to the duties of his office—to the maintenance of
the law*|an<! the establishment of contested rights. The
drawing of Mortgages, Deeds, contracts and other lnstru
ments, will be executed with neatness and care.
acardT ‘
r |'HE proprietor of the St. Charles
I. House having closed his home for the winter, de
sire* to return his thanks to his friends for their patronage
during the past season, and to state to them amlthe pub
lic generally, that he will be again ready upon the open
w"h h " »Sd inprlh-d h>
J? po ” ,bl * to do his best for the comfort of
those who may be pleased to become his guest*.
St. Anthony, Nov. 27,1852—3 wll J ' C " CLARK ’
W proposal^
ILL be received until the 15th De
for hnikuU , . b ! r L ,0r cu,l,n l' «*1 htultmt 60.0U0 rslls, ant
pJr nanlr ft b ® rD ,° n * ~rm * bout » »»*• from St. Paul,
ror particulars apply at the office of
Nov. 27,1802—1w1l B ° Rl ' P * °AK,M
CAVENDER & MATTHEWS^
ULACKSMITHS, at the Red Shop on
the east side of Roberts
Street, St. Paul, have come
to the determination that Jm •
they will do Horse-Shoeing #l.
a leetle cheaper than any W T [
body else In Minnesota. Jk W'l w
Work of every description Aid? E Mb
done In the most superior IMB fL AMr
manner and on the shortest ML J
notice. All work done st
our establishment warrsant
ed to give satisfaction.
The b«t stock and material always on hand, and non.
brn 1 rat-rate work men employed. Our term, ire OASu!
| in connection with our Smith Shoo.
| Wagon Shop, with a supply of the beat seasoned Slhlto
oak and other material, lor making tip-top wagoiu. boat
gle. and sleighs, which we make, Iron and warrant to or- *
der on short notice. Also every description of plows.
We Intend to pnt the business of our shop straight
through. And though It may be takl we live by oar vitro
god forge and steel for a living, we moan to do bon. st
work for h*mret prices. •
Swim'rtr 27. 1852—11