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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWENS A MOORE,
> VOLUME 2.
\
THE MINNESOTIAN, j
PUBLISHED EVERY' SATURDAY,
BY J. P. OWENS ft G. W. MOORE, j
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
TERM 5 :-Two Dollars per annum
In advance. Three Dollars if not in ad
vance.
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
|KOKrA»t!tTmO»IT»I(ItIt*LISt.)
Transient Advertisements, $1 00 per nquare of
twelve lines, for the ttrst Insertion, and fllty cents per
•quare (or each subsequent insertion.
YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS.
One column, ----- SSO 00 ,
Half * column, - - - - - 30 00
One-fourth of a column, - * 20 00
Business Cards not over six lines, - 600 j
Over six Hues auU under ten lines, - 760
Ovct ten Hues and under fifteen lines, 10 00 I
For all changes ordered in advertisements, a charge will !
Be made of thirty cents per 1,000 enu composition.
Ys agroe to charge ihe above prices, uniformly for ad-
T * rtlltn *' JAMES M. GooutltrE, Pioneer,
D. A. Robertson, Democrat,
OWENS at Moore, Mlnueaotlan.
St. Paul March i ltli, 1852.
M* I. AMES. R - R * NELSON.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Pavl, Minn.
WILL attend with promptness and adellty to all law ,
business intrusted to their car* la Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties of Wiscon&lu.
£}- particular attention all he given to the collection
ot debts, mid the location of land warrants, y j
W. P. fIIBBAY,
attorney and counselor at law,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
tnlTUsted to him. Halve* male himself acquaint
ed with the quality and situation of the surveyed lands
tn the territory, he Is prepared to locate land warrants
to the be»t advautage. Persons at a distance may send
their warrants here and their interests will be attended
to as If they were present. V3T t> mce oU ****** #rtfeU
September 17, IS6I.
CV% W. Borup. Oakea.
BOBIP & OAKES,
HAVING formed a Co-Partnership
fur uausacilng an Exchange and Banking Business
In alt Its various branches, will be prepared to furnish
tight and time exchange on the East, and principal cities
ol the West. Remittances to Great Britain, Ireland aud
Continent of Europe made In sums to suit purchasers.
Sight aud home bills and European Kschanges pur
chased. Collections made aud proceeds remitted at usual
rates of Exchange. Ail other business committed to our
Punctually attended to. &
St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, June it, 1852.
Ofilc* at th« Outfit building* *7'
SMITH, NEWELL & CO.,
\T T ILL attend to the locating of Land
W Warrants, payment of Taxes and ail other busl
new entrusted t«» tlielr rar«*.
November -7, 1^- —11H
A. VAN VORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Jtx. law and Solicitor In Chancery, will attend to all
professional Uustn -ss Intrusted to his care,.l" d |*J£ n
courts of the Territory. tStillwater, tap-- j
Isaac Atwater, |
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT j
OL Law aud Solicitor In Obauccry. WU * e '
BttVntlo“«o“y business intrusted him In the ne of h. ,
lYTftfrssiun lu auv part of tiie Territory. iMriiunar ai
Kmmnpaldm rncalh.g Land warranty payment Of fax-
PAii-iits when and Real E»ute in i,tu
eral. Ofl:t ai St. Anthony, on -Main street, opposite the i
Falls.
w. Richardson,
ATOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer, and
i\ Land Agent. Office, opposite the St. Charles
House, St. Aulheliy Falls. _
WILKIN & VAX ETTEX.
ATTORNEYS AT LA W. |
OrrtuE over Farrington's Brick Store, St Paul.
JDr. IL B IBBITI.
HAS his office in the rear of Levi Sloan’s store, where
he .ll " ready to attend to professional culls.
Saint Paul, N. v 23—mm y
~Dr. C. L. Vicchers,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND AC
COCCUUIt—WiII practice his profession in Saint
Paul and vie in ly. Office, corner of Fourth aud Heberts
Streets, over Ca-heart b Tyson’. Store. *>y
John Bradley,
Carpenter and Builder. Point Prescott and-Willow
Hiver, Wisconsin.
\T'ILL attend promptly to all business
VV intru-ted to his charge.
REFEBUNcES. —The homes he lias brnll during the past
year in the towns above named. «r
W. H. Scnnncs,
Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in
Chancery, Willow River,Wis.
will practice in the counties 0 SL Croix and LaCrosse,
Wisconsin, aud In the District Court of Washington coun
ty, Minnesota. tj~ Valuable town lots in the village of i
■Willow River for sale.
W. H. C. Folsom,
Taylor’s Falls, Min. Ter.
TAE-VLER in Dry Goods, Groceries,
U Provisions, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Queens- ■
ware, ResJy-M.ido Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Ac. • j
DR. J. H.DAY,
WILL practice hts profession In Saint Paul and sl
clnlty. Office on Bench street.
nov 29 mm y
L. A. BABCOCK, M. 3. WILKIN SON.
LAW FIIUI,
Babcock & WILKINSON Attornles and Counsellors
at Law* Solicitor* lo Chancery, &c.
Office near the corner of Third and Roberts streets, at.
attend to bu(*lne.-a A their profession in xll the
Courts of the Territory*
nov. 22,1851.
cTiTitLLDmT M. ». MASSON, JR.
KELLUM & MASSON,
LARD OIL AND CANDLE MANUFACTURERS,
—ALSO—
Produce and Commission Merchants,
Xo. 21 South Levee, ?/. Louli.
RLITRLNtES J
E. M. Ryland it Co., J
y, B. Chamberlain* >SL Louli.
R. M. Wither*, )
St# Louis, May ‘22. 35-y
Jacob j7~noah,
• \ TTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
Jt\ - of the Peace —Commissioner for the States of Maine,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
Jtentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama aud Louisiana.
Office on Third St., St. Paul.
DR. T. R. POTTS,
CORNER ROBERTS AND SIXTH STREETS, ST. PAUL,
WILL attend to the duties of his profession In SL Paul
anti September 17.
HILLS OF EXCHA.'GE,
AND DRAFTS on all parts of Ihe United States, at the
office el the Minnesota outffi.J*
~ J QUINN,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corner
of Third and Minnesota Sts.—Gentlemen’* boots
and shoeb; also aud Children’s shoes, made to
.order in the neatest aud most durable manner, and of the
£>eat materials.
~~ jT R. BREWSTER,
Bouse, Sign, and Ornamental Painter.
St. Paul, Minnesota Territory.
ONEY TO LOAN, at the Exchange
Office of Smith, NeweJl A Co., on Third uroct,
uttr Jaekaon, St. Paul, M. T.
November 27, 1852—11 tf
Ventral House, SI. Paul
CAVK 3t BURTON have taken this old and well known
house. They have fitted it up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and travellers with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spared to make
the Central House one of tbs best Hotels In the West.
November, 1861.
IKGUS3S,
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American House Low
ell, Mass., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything In proper onler
for the convenience of travelers, boarders, or families de
siring furnished apartments, respectfully invites his
fTlends and the public to give him a call, believing that
he can do as much for their comfort as can be expected
in a new country* n«t yet supplied with regular markets.
m
St. Charles Hotel.
J. C. CLARK, Proprietor,
St. Aath.ny Falls, Minnesota.
This nouse has been thoroughly repaired and renovated,
and will be kept in a manner equal to the best Hotels In the
West. The Falls of St. Anthony, with the fine fishing and
bunting grounds adjacent, together with a climate unsur
passed on the American continent for health and loveli
ness, render this the place of all others to eujoy the hot
season. 44tf
Temperance House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor,—Corner
JLi of Fourth and Jackson St*., Saint Paul. Perma
nent an i transient boarder* furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
Half-Way House.
TOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
St. Paul and Stillwater,) begs leave to say to stran
gers vlsdtlng Minnesota, and the public generally, thAt
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated In the midst
of the most delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with fish, and In an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to sea company from abroad, as well as
from the neighboring villages. They will find the charges
moderate.
Emmett & Moss,
Attorneys and Solicitors.
TT? ILL attend to professional business
V V in the various Courts of the Territory. Particu
lar attention given to the location of Land Warrants,
buying and selling of lands, Ac. Land warrants for sale
for cash or on time. Office on the corner of Wabashaw
and Third streets, St. Paul Minnesota.
L. KMMETT,
July l, 1862. HENRY L. MOSS.
JOHN ESAIAS WARREN,
ATTORNEY ASD COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office In Thlnl street, over SanfurJs Store, St. Paul, ST.
WILL devote his exclusive attention
Vi to the .tulles of hi*office—to the maintenance of
the laws.am! the establishment of contest.*] rights. The
drawing of Mortgages, Deeds, contracts and other Instru
ments, will be executed with neatness aud care.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
LX. obtain Information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. W. Borup. 29yl
P. CHOUTEAU, JR. JAS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE<
CHOUTEAU. HAKRISON & VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Louis Rolling Mill.
A ND manufactures of bar iron in all its
LX. various shapes, Sheet Iron and Boiler Plate, Nalls
and Spik-s from the ore of the Iron Mountain, iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, 1851.
Nathan Spicer,
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER,
J at the sign uf the Big Watch, Third street,
next door to the St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make gold and silver watches, rings, siwons,
Ac., on short notice. Also to repair the same, n-ahfffi
well as music leioks, shell combs, or linger rings, brace
lets and eat drops, lie also keeps tor sale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
~ W. 11. FORBES,
17UR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
A Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
jTw. BABCOCK,
J7ORWARDING and Commission Mer-
Jc chant, Upper Landing, Saint Paul, Mluuesota Ter
ritory*
SPENCER, KIRKPATRICK & MARKLEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL.
feb 14 "~ tt .
S. P. FOLSOM,
County Surveyor.
May be found at office of of Register of Deeds, on Third
street, one door below' Minnesota outfit. 17--J
E M’ LAGAN,
STORAGE AND CO3I3HSSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota.
lIROMPT attention given to all consignments, and char
ges moderate.
St Paul, October 19, ISSI "
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To my old friends,
AND TIIE “REST OF MANKIND,” 1 wonld say,
that l can be found during the winter. »t the old
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, \there I wlllal
ways be ha|>pv to wait up n them. Bar and house fur
“ “ beSt 6VCry th WM. HARTSIIORNE.
Painting.
SIIERMAN & MOltEY,on Fourth street,Si. Paul, near
the middle of tow n, In the building ot Mr. Knox, up
stair-, may be found, ready to attend to Painting iu all its
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carnage
amt ornamental painting, all done up promptly, ond Ainu
paints of the best quality. If we do our work In a slo\-
enly, unworkmau like ntannner we do not expect to get
business lu the euligbtened town of St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SHERMAN K MOREY.
BOOKBINDING
THE subscriber would respectfully Infuam the citizens
of St. Paul and Its vicinity, that he Is now carrying on
the above business tn the 2d story of Spencer’s new build
ing, on the corner of Flth and Roberts street.
rrV- Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMES MACKINTOSH,
feb 7
J C Burbank A co. St-Paul] [\V L Fawcette b. co. St.Louls
NORTH-WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOVIS WITH TIIE
American and other Express Companies.
rpo and from alt the principal cities iu the United States,
Ca liorn a and Europe, for the speedy transportation
of motiey and valuable packages, col ection of drafts, notes,
bills, accounts, See., purchase and sale of all kinds ci
merchandize.
C. R. Rice A Co.. St. Paul, Otis West, St. Lonitt.
J. Brookes, Galena.
Particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally,
may 1.
AMERICAN' SALOON
cm iiARDY now keeps this well-known establish
ment “on his own hook” lie hopes by a continued
attention to the wants of hi* customers, to merlttheir
patronage as heretofore. IJy
SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
8J New England of the West, by B. S. Seymour. For
sale by J.EDUC fit ROIIKKR*
FIRE Ic MARINE INSURANCE,
DY the undersigned ageut for Ihe Protection inauraucc
ot Hartford, Conn. Policies issued upon the
most favorable terms by
W. 1\ Murray, Agent, Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28 1b62 14-1 m
NORTH-WESTERN BOOK-STORE.
Joseph N. Waggoner,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND
STATIONER,
Ko. 93 Main Street, four Uory Brick Comer,
Galena, Xll.
,r-y-Agenvy for the 6&lc of Euperlor Printing Paper.. 43
Galena, May 22. *->'
T EFFEL’S Double Oven, the neatest
X-J of the Cincinnati castings with extra oval casMron
boilers, can be seen at f* 8- NEWELL'S.
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1852.
Truman H. Smith,
CoUector, General Agent and Notary Public,
Office on Third street, St. Paul, Min. Tor.
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to his care.
Conveyancing done on short notice.
St. Paul House.
r PHIS House, formerly kept by J. W.
X Bass, b«*ing the original hotel of St. Paul, at the comer
of Third and Jackson sta., opposite the Minnesota Outfit,
Is thoroughly repaired, and remodeled, and with the addi
tions now made to it, Is one of the most spacious and con
venient hotels In town. Having taken a lease of It, and
fitted It up throughout with new furniture, I Invite the
traveling public to call upon me; believing they will find
this house equal to the best, in all respects. The charges
will be very moderate. GEOItGK WELLS.
St. Paul, July 31, 1852. 46y
Franklin Marine and Fire Insurance Company
of Rev, York.
Capital, §300,000.
All paid In cash, and safely invested In Bonds and Mort
gages, and other good securities according to law.
CADY HOLLISTER, Pres’L Wm. L. AVERY, Sec»y.
Policies will be issued on application to
H. L. MOSS, Agent,
Office, comer of Third and Wabasha streets.
Lloyd & Co.,
pLAIM & GENERAL AGENTS
V J In all kinds of property—negotiators In Loans for
large and small sums. Office, opposite the Treasury,
Washington.
Claims that have been abandoned by other agents as
worthless have been successfully prosecuted by the above
agents. Advances made on good claims.
All communications addressed as above, post paid, will
be attended to. Otficc open from 9 A. M., to 6 P. M.
Land Warrant* tor sale. 2t6
Contracting and Building.
ED W A R D STEWART, Bricklayer
and Architect, thankful to the citizens of St. Paul,
for favors since he commenced business, would respectful
ly Inft fm them that he Is prepared to contract for and e
rect stone or Brick buildings, and furnish materials If re
quired, on fair terms, having permanently settled in Saint
Paul, he solicits a share of public patronage.
Drafts and specifications furnished on reasonable terms.
X. B« Orders for work left at the store of H. C. Sand
ford, near the Post Oifice will receive prompt attention.
42/ EDWARD STEWART.
1,. B. Wait & Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants,
TJTAVE opened at the store lately oe-
XX cupied by C. F. Tracy, on Third street, a general
assortment of Family Groceries and Provisions; which
they will sell at low prices for cash or In exchange for
country produce. They respect!ullv solicit a share of
patronage. CHARLES MILBfKN,
Sf. Paul, June 21, »52—10 yL. B. WAIT.
Joseph Wakefield,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
\Y7ILL attend punctually and faithfully
» * to all business that may be intrusted to his pro
fessional care. Particular attention paid to Conveyancing.
Office on Third st., over L. B. Wait St CVs store, Saint
Paul Minnesota. 2-Jy
DOAN, KING & Co.,
Wholesale Dry-Goods Dealers,
123 AND 125 MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS.
ARE constantly receiving new and de
sirable styles of STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS which
are offered at a very small advance for Cash, or to Mer
chants who pay their notes when due. Country Merchants
will find a decided advantage by an examination of the lar
gest stock of goods west of the mountains.
DOAN, KING & CO.
St. Louis, May 22. 35-y
JOHN* SQUIRE,
Squire & Reed,
Eagle Iron and Nail Store, 23 Water sf.,
Between Olive and Pine, St. Louis, Mo.,
T"»EALERS in Iron, Nails. Hollow
Ware, Coatings, ateel, Iron Axles, Eliptic springs,
Fireproof safes, smiths’ Tools, &c., agents for the sale of
Hope Cotton Yarn*, ami Pittsburgh manufactures gener
ally* 61 y
WHITNEY’S GALLERY
awsrantaa,
Cor. Third and Cedar sis., St. Paul.
•THIS Gallery was built expressly for
A- Daguerreotvping, and is furnished with the VERY
REST ot Apparatus. The light is arranged upon the most
approved scientillc principles. The proprietor uses his
best endeavors to please those who favor Idm with tlielr
patrouage. .All are respectfully Invited to call and ex
amine specimens. 49
F. E. COLLINS,
AUC TI ON &. COM MIS Sl O K HOUSE
TIIE undersigned having received on Auctioneer’s Com
mission from the Governor of Minnesota, has opened an
Auction ami Commission House, in St. Paul, where he
will sell on commission, Groceries, Dry Goods, Furniture,
&c. lie believes that the superior advantages of
St. Paul as a market, will be a sufficient inducement for
business men aud manufacturers at a distance, to send
their goods, 61c., to be sold on commission at private sale,
or at auction. His charges will be moderate.
K. D. Particular attention will be paid to the sale of
real estate, In or about St. Paul, St* Anthony, or Stillwa
ter.
March 6 F. E. COLLINS.
REFERENCES:
Gov. Alev. Ramsey, St. Paul,
llon. 11. 11. Sibley, Mendota,
u David Olmsted, Merchant, Benton Ct.,
“ J. 0. Ramsey, St. Paul,
“ Wm. 11. Forbes, j
Klfelt & Brothers* f c*
J. W. SIMPSON, } Merchants, bt.
John Farrington, \ lauu
D. L* Fuller, j
Franklin Steele, Mcr. St. Anthony,
Wm. Holcombe,Esq., Stillwater.
NEW STOKE.
FOR THE ST. CROIX RIVER TRADE.
ON HAND—A selected assortment of groceries, pro
visions, dry giHxls and ready-made clothing, hard
ware and tin-ware, boots and shoes. A general assort
ment selected particularly for the lumber trade--‘heap
for cash.
On time, term.*, agreed to suit parties.
W. 11. c. FOLSOM.
Taylor's Falls, Minn., Sept. 23,1851. y
MANKY 5c WELD.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IX BOOTS AXD SHOES.
156 Main Street, St. Louis,
WOULD respectfully call the attention of dealers In
Minnesota, to the largest and most varied assort
ment of Boots and Shoes ever offered in St* Louis—
Believing that they can offer better inducements to pur
chaser>, than any othv*r establishment; which they are
willing to demonstrate upon an examination of their goods
and prices.
September 24, ISsl—y
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
BARBER and Hair Dresser—lias fitted
up a saloon on Third Street, next door west of the
Po.-t Office in Saint Paul, up to the Increasing luxury,
style and elegance of the growing metropolis of Minne
sota, where be will be happy to serve citizens and stran
gers in St. Paul, in every branch of his business, accord
ing to the best of his ability.
SEW GROCERY AXD PROVISION STORE,
ON SAINT ANTHONY STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW
THE AMERICAN HOUSE.
TIIF. undersigned would respect fully invite the attention
of the public, to their large and well selected stock of
Groceries and Provisions. Also, Heady-Made Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Wines, Liquors, Xails, Glass, Hardware,
&c, all of which will be sold cheap for cash.
Please call mud examine before purchasing else
where* IRVINE fit BRO.
St Paul, October 29, 1861 7
ANNALS OF THE
Minnesota Historical Society
FOR 1839.
A FEW copies of this interesting An
nual, containing more about tbe discovery and
early history ol Minnesota; It* geographical aspect, and
mineral and peol<«lca! resources than any work heretofore
issued, are still on baud, and for sale at the Boukaton* of
Messrs LeDuc Sc Rohrcr and Comlw’; also at this office.
Price, Thlrtv Cents*
OWENS Sl MOORE, Publisher*.
OUGAR—2O hhds. sugar—so bbls.
O clarified'-Belcher*', by REY k FARMER-
Oifice—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
THE MINNESOTIAN.
EDITORIAL CORRESPOADmcc.
Galena, Jfov. 22d.
I send you herewith an advertisen»ent show
ing the winter arrangement for travel over the
N. I. and S. M. Railroad. On my josrncy East
I was a passenger over this road ; and although
not so fully “underway” in every particular
as the Central road, yet everything |i done up
with great care and attention, aud Ae time is
as good as upon the roads gencrapy in the
West. Until the road through Canada, from
opposite Detroit to Xiagara Falls, is finished,
the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan
must, from its connection with the lines around
the southern shore of Lake Erie, take all or
most of the winter travel from the Xorth-Weai.
The Canada road will not be completed for a
year yet; and consequently all of our folks go
ing East thiß winter will find it to their advant
age to take the Southern road from Chicago.—
In the Galena Advertiser of one day last week,
you will find a paragraph giving correct infor
mation as to how the connections are formed at
the present time around the Lake shore, which
I presume you will publish for the benefit of
our citizens who intend going East this win
ter.
When the East can be reached in this safe and
comfortable manner, the man is a fool who will
trust himself upon Lake Erie after the middle
of October. I have enough of November
Lake navigation to last me the remainder of
my days ; and I think the hundreds who came
over about the time I did have come to the
same conclusion. I know of one old gentle
man, at least, who you never again will catch
upon those waters during this month. It was
on the good steamer Ohio, comiug up from
Cleveland, on the 29th inst. The gale was ter
rific ; and it was the general opinion of all on
board that they were about as near eternity as
people generally get without really arriving at
that final bourne. The old gentleman alluded
to, very deliberately called for writing materi
als, and during a momentary cessation of the
storm, time up his will in as legible characters
as the fury of the elements would admit. As
serious a time as all on board felt it to be. no
one could repress a secret laugii at the old fel
low, when the difficulty of getting the will
ashore, and safe on its journey to the probate
judge of the proper county, flashed upon his
mind. It was suggested to him that he adopt
the expedient of one of Willis Gaylord Clark's
heroes, who was caught in a somewhat similar
predicament upon this very lake. He said he
“ saw how things was a goin'— so he just took
his hat and walked ashore!"
The weather continues in the “ melting
mood,” although we had some live inches of
snow last mgtit. Tito stroots this atternoon are
sloppy, and the sleighing bad. We expect a
mail from Minnesota to-night, which will decide
as to the time of my leaving. Mr. Anderson,
of Willow River, leaves for home in the morn
ing, with his own team. Sergent arrived this
afternoon from Rockford. He says he will
push his goods through by laud to St. Paul.
Yours truly.
S. G. REED
Being engaged yesterday with some business
operations out-doors, I failed to write you. To
tell the truth, one who has been so long from
a home and a business that he loves as I have,
gets his mind on a continual wear with anxiety,
aud hardly knows what to think of. or w hat to
write about.
The close of the business season here at Gale
na gives food for reflection to those, like us of
Minnesota, who arc so closely allied with her
in trade, as well as to her own people. It is a
well-known fact, that no town in the West, of
its size, has so large a trade as Galena. Leav
ing out her mineral trade, and yet she is far
ahead of any other town north of Quincy, and,
perhaps, north of St. Louis. With her export
of lead, which in value is more than one-half of
all she sells, she occupies a commercial stand
ing and position that can never be taken away
from her, if she is but true to herself. I have
no correct data by which to estimate the value
of exports the past season out of Galena; but it
is very evident that they have increased over
last year considerably. Galena has partaken
of the general prosperity that has overspread
the country, with the additional advantage that
through the enterprise of her citizens in con
trolling the carrying trade above here, she has
reaped a small harvest from the rapidly in
creasing emigration to Minnesota and northern
lowa and Wisconsin. All the business men
here join in saying that this has been “an ex
cellent season ;” and, even if some ot our up
country folks are a little behind in their pay
ments, they have confidence in them generally,
and appear in good humor with us, and anx
ious to extend their business in that quarter
next year. We hope this good feeling is recip
rocated thoroughly by our people ; for In truth
has Galena been a nursing mother to us in the
days of our infancy. We cannot, without in
gratitude, forget her to the last day of our ex
istence. Her enterprising merchants (Galena
has merchants, which is more than some towns
not a hundred miles off can say,) have from the
start sent us their boats, their goods and their
good will; and no true Miunesotian can forget
these things, even now when the day of our
prosperity and comparative independence is
about to arrive.
When I get home, I may have something to
say of Galena and her future destiny, as con
nected with the great railroad enterprises of
the day. At present, 1 have neither the time
nor space to go into details. But the right
kind of people are here, if they only address
themselves properly to the task of building up
and holding the trade naturally incident to
this point. And socially, too, the Galenians
arc among the very best people I ever mingled
with. Free, generous, amiable, polite and re
fined—no ill-bred exclusiveness or miserable
aping after something which weak minds call
gentility and aristocratic bearing—they greet
the stranger who may be tarrying among them
with a hearty good will, and receive you into
their midst with a welcome that you know
means something— that you arc made to feci
comes from the heart. Of all things to be dep
recated on earth, is an unmeaning man or an
unmeaning woman; and a town made up of
unmeaning people is less to be desired as an
abode than a residence among a community of
Dakotas. Galena is not of this class. I have
remained here longer this time than upon any
former occasion, and have thus had abundant
opportunities to speak knowingly of the kindly
and hospitable character of the Galenians. Ko
stranger, with the soul of a man in him, after
becoming even partially acquainted with the
good folks of this city, can leave them without
many regrets.
We were welcomed this morning with a full
Minnesota mail—the first that has come through
by land since the close of navigation. It came
through in exact time, at least so far as getting
down to Prairie du Chieu was concerned. iu
fact, passengers who came through say that
Willoughby & Powers are doing things up in
grand style, and that it is less aunoying and
perplexing to make the journey between Prairie
du Chien and St. Paul than between here and
Rockford. But I will have au opportunity of
judging for myself in a few days.
Mr. Whitall, father-in-law of Mr. Rice, came
down the trip here alluded to, bringing the
welcome news that Mr. R. was convalescent.—
Ilis numerous friends here are, of course, all
heartily rejoiced at this. At such a time as
this, Minnesota and the North-West has no such
men to lose; and all who love and wish well to
the country, whatever may have been tbeir
personal feelings heretofore, cannot but feel
thankful to Providence that this blow has been
averted. Mr. W. also brought tidings that Mr.
Oakes and others of our citizens who were
compelled to leave the Nominee at La Crosse,
were getting along towards home comfortably
and conveniently.
Until this morning, I had seen but one copy
of the Minncsotian since 1 left home. It looks
as natural and familiar as an old boot; and the
sight of it makes me more anxious to get to St.
Paul. I see confirmed what I had previously
an inkling of in Ohio, that our friend Babcock
lias ‘ followed iu the footsteps of his illustrious
predecessors,” and taken back with him a—
wife Well, the rule established early in the
season has been very generally followed up.—
Let us see—there's Murray, and Van Etten,
and my humble self alone have violated it. I
see we are also to have an Indian hanging one
of these days.
Captains Blakely and Lodwick, with the oth
er officers of the Dr. Franklin and Black Ilawk,
have returned from Rock Island, where they
have laid up their boats. Capt. B. thinks of
procuring a new boat for next season.
Yours truly.
A notable career has just ended in Germany
with the death ot Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. lie
was born in 1778, at Lanz, in Pomerania, and
studied at Berlin aud Jena. He cordially ha
ted the French, and after the battle of Jena
sought to enlist in the Prussian army, but was
arrested as a spy. Afterward, in 1811, be be
came a teacher of Cologne, and there, smarting
under the humiliation of Germany by Bona
parte. he resolved to devote himself to rousing
and developing the national spirit of the Ger
man people, lie was prominent in the effort
which proved to so large a degree successful,
to purge the language of the foreign impurities
which had crept into it and becomefashionable.
At the same time he found in gymnastic cexcr
cises the means of physically preparing the
German youth for the coming struggle, and of
uniting them in friendly’ and patriotic associa
tions. It is universally admitted that his servi
ces iu making ready for the rising in 1813 were
very great. Whan the contest began he enter
ed the famous corps of Lutzotv, with which,
and as commander of a battalion of volunteers,
he made the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. He
was also employed by the Kiug of Prussia on
several confidential missions. In 1815 he en
tered Paris with the allied army. After the
peace ho gave lectures at Berlin on the nature
and peculiarities of the German people, but bis
ardent spirit, and the love of liberty, which
had been convenient in shaking oil' a foreign
yoke, were not thought favorable to the perma
nence ot a domestic one. and Jahn and the po
litical societies over which he exercised a great
influence, fell under suspicion as demagogues
and conspirators. The Turners’ piacas of
meeting were closed, and in 1819 Jahn himself
was arrested. After having been live years in
prison he was tried afld condemned to two
years more for having endeavored fo excite dis
satisfaction and discontent with the existing
government. However, next year, on a final
examination, be was acquitted of that charge,
and was released, but not allowed to reside in
any town where there was a high school or col
lege, nor within ten miles of Berlin. In 1829,
he was again accused of demagogic doings, and
was ordered to leave Freiburg-on-the-Uustrut,
where he had taken up his abode. Subsequent
ly, he was allowed to return there, and when
the present King of I'russiacame to the throne,
Jahn was again allowed to reside where he
chose, and was afterwards decorated with the
order of the Iron Cross. In 1844, being in dan
ger of losing bis little property at Freiburg, he
published an appeal to the German people,
which caused a great sensation, and brought
him the desired aid. In 1848, he was chosen a
meffiber of the Frankfort Parliament, and at
first was welcomed with great enthusiasm, by
the progressive professors of that body. But
he was not up to the democracy which prevail
ed there, and presently became one of the
most unpopular of men with the members of
the Democratic party. Them he charged with
all sorts of criminal and disorderly tendencies,
and him they treated as an old renegade and
blockhead. He was a quaint and patriarchal
figure as we saw him in St. Paul’s Church in
1848, —a tall, vigorous old man, dressed in a
singular tunic, with a black velvet skull cap, a
broad shirt collar of rather dubious whiteness,
turned over his shoulders, and a heavy white
beard falling low upon his bosom. His speech
es were a short, jerking, queer, full of droll
suggestions and rude personalities. In the
Parliament he was a supporter of the scheme
for making Germany a hereditary Empire with
the Hohenzollerns at its head. Since 1848 he
has not been heard of. Our German papers do
not state where he died, but we presume it was
at Freiburg.—-V. Y. Tribune.
Galena, Xov. 24.
A Prediction. —The Natchez Free Trader
makes the following prediction, the truth or
falsity of which will be demonstrated in two
months:—
We predict that by the first of January , 1853,
a revolution will be in successful operation in
tbe States of Zachtacas, Tamaulipas and Chi
huahua, and all the northern States of Mexico.
The object will be to establish an independent
confederated Republic, similar to tbe United
States. It will be under the lead of Americans,
though nominally under that of Mexicans. It
will be successful, and will have a materi
al bearing on the destiny of the South,
of the United States, and of this conti
nent.
The following, although calculated for the
parallel aud latitude of New York city, will,
perhaps. “ with very slight variations,” as the
almanacs say, do for Minnesota. We have, at
least, no hesitancy in endorsing it from A to Z.
From the New York Tribune.
T* Whig Office-Holder*.
Boys! the signs of the times clearly indicate
that your time is short—that you will very
soon be ‘ outand if your mothers do not al
ready realize that interesting fact it is evident,
that they very aoon will. Whether your pla
ces pertain to the Federal, State or City Gov
ernment, the W'olves are fierce on your track,
and must very soon overhaul nearly the last
man of you. Bear with us, then, while we of
fer a few hints suggested by your delicate and
rather peculiar position.
1. lion V try to propitiate the new masters of
your official destiny. Trying to bunt up some
second cousin who is an influential Locofoco,
and who iu«y ho p yo* in if he really tries, is
a very mean business. If he does it. be there
fore subjects himself to detestation and the loss
of bis legitimate influence in bis own party;
and what right have you to impose such a load
upon him? Men in your situation can't well
afford to despise themselves. You have no
right to forget that there was once a high-ton
ed Whig party, whose prosperity you shared,
whose success you claimed to have* promoted,
and whose name you were proud to bear. Don't
sneak away from* sharing its adversity as well,
but wrap your robes around you and die, if not
with dignity, at least with decency.
2. Don’t claim exemption from the common
lot on the assumption that you secretly worked
and voted for Pierce. Some of you were base
enough to do it, but why should you be so silly
as to avow it ? You will not be more than half
believed, while you will in any case be thor
oughly despised, by the new dispensers of pat
ronage. They know full well that you would
have kept very shady about all this if Scott
had been elected, and shouted over the Whig
victory as loud as any of us. l’laces they must
and will have, and the official cushions of the
new dignitaries must be stuffed from your hides
—there is no alternative. If you have helped
tear down the only house that could have repu
tably sheltered you, be wise enough to keep the
fact to yourselves, and not, by au avowal that
you are knaves, justify the conviction that you
are also fools.
3. Don't solicit compassion for your misfor
tune in losing office. That only brings you
down to the level ot the rest of us; and why
should you be more pitied for losing the office?
you have enjoyed for three or four years, than
the rest of us for never having had any to lose 1
If it is hard to go out, must it not have been
comfortable to get in aud stay in so long ?
Some of you are very worthy aud well qualifi
ed ; for the country's sake, we regret that they
are to be displaced—often, we apprehend, bv
men less competent and deserving—but we
can’t shed the first bucket of tears in pity for
the losers. If a mau is fit to hold an office of
any account, he is abundantly qualified to live
without office. He who says that he knows not
how he shall support his family if turned out.
shows good reason why he should never have
been put in. If an office is worth having, the
incumbent should have saved something from
three or four years’ enjoyment of its salary : if
he might have saved and did not. he must face
the consequences of his improvidence. There
is no belli for that.
4. Finally, Set your hotises in order. Many
of you have twenty dollars or over per week,
anil should save at least half of their earnings
henceforth till they shall be called to their
‘ taking off.’ The Custom House incumbents
can hardly be started before April, and proba
bly will not be till May, by w hich time each
should have his nest-egg laid carefully by. A
couple ofhundred dollars is a sum by uo means
to be despised by a man in a quandary, as many
of you are or soon will be. Look out employ
ment ahead, and be ready, whenever the axe ,
shall fall, to pick up your respective heads out ]
of the basket and carry them forthwith to the j
scenes of your future effort. There is nothing'
in decapitation after you get fairly used to it.
•It is the first step that cost?.’
5. Iteso/ce not to hang idly about the Cities. |
If there be employment and business attainable j
here, you can surely ascertain the fact by next
March*. If there be none such, why loiter here ? j
The Great West has still room for you, and
Mother Nature never discards and rarely dis
appoints those who rightly seek her bounties.
She has not turned oft the first batch of reject
ed suitors for hrr favor since Adam. If no
suitable employment can be found here, remem
that there is boundless wealth in the bosom of
the earth, and only labor is needed to bring it
out. Men and brethren! help us to secure the
adoption by Congress of the pinciple of Free
Homes tor All, from the unappropriated Pub
lic Domain, and then the loss of office will cease
to be terrible to men willing to earn their mon
ey by honest work. There is ‘a good time
coming’ yet for those who deserve it, but it
wont come soon enough to keep you honorably
in office—rest assured of that! Ho for Free
Land and unfailing opportunity for every man
to live by honest sweat, regardless of great
men’s favor and the mutabilities of Politics!
Independence forever!
From the Lake Superior Journal o( Nov. 3d.
From the Far North W est.
Rev. Peter Jacobs Ojibway Missionary, re
turned to this place yesterday on his way to
Montreal, from York Factory, situated on Hud
son’s Bay, a short distance this side of the
North Pole. He came to the Saut on his way
to that place on the first boat last spring, and
that time, wiih the exception of some tw o weeks
spent at the Bay, he has l»cen traveling to and
from that truly* hyperborean region. During
this period of about six months he has travers
ed this vast extent of country between Lake
Superior and Hudson's Bay, a journey going
and coming not less than 4,000 miles in Icnghth,
in bark canoes, on foot, and in small vessels.
This route lies by way of the Red River of the
North, Lake Winne|»eg, Lake of the Woods,
and other small lakes in that region ; where
there was water be traveled in his canoe, where
there was none, his canoe was carried over por
tages on the shoulders of his voyageurs. On
his return, in passing across Lake Winnepeg,
he had the misfortune to be shipwrecked in his
frail birchen vessel, and of losing five hundred
dollars iu specie, together with all his clothes,
equipment and valuables, his men and himself
escaping barely with their lives.
Lake Winnepeg, or the “muddy water,” is
quite a large sheet of water, being about 300
miles in length and CO in width, or about as
latge as Lake Erie. One solitary schooner of
some fifty tuns burden is all the vessel that
sails over its broad surface, if we except the
bark canoes of the voyageurs. This sail vessel
belongs to the Hudson Bay Fur Company, and
is employed in transporting furs and supplies
on their way to and from Hudson's Bay, tbe
chief factory of this great Company. Little as
is known of this great northern lake, with its
solitary vessel and its limited business, it is
what Lake Superior was to the world twenty
five years ago, and it is not unreasonable to
suppose that, as in the case of this lake, un
resourccs and unforeseen circumstances will, in
twenty-five years more, surround its shores
with civilization, and cover its waters with
steam and sail vessels. That it is a region rich
in minerals there is no doubt (tom the testimo
ny of many travelers. Tbe time may come
when Lake* Superior will be but the half-way
place for busineea and travel to the North-
West
We learn from Mr. Jacob* that Mr. McTavisb.
Chief Factor, and formerly stationed at this
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS.
place, remains at the Bay ; that Mr. Ballenden,
also for several years Agent of the Hudson’s
Bay’s post here, bus recored his health aud h'ua
gone this season over the mouutaius to Colum
bia on the Pacific; aud ibat the-season has
been pleasant and a favorable one for the busi
ness of the Company.
Mr. Law’* Purchase of Arm*.
The Baltimore Patriot the other day referred
to Mr. George Law’s purchase of Government
muskets, and suggested that a desire to realize
profit upon them might partially explain hi*
apparent anxiety to hurry the country into war
against Spain in behalf of Cuba. The Patriot,
after alluding to the failure of Mr. Law’s nego
tions with Kossuth, remarked :
“Now, as these muskets cost Mr. Law some
where about eighty thousand dollars—or he a
greed to pay for them—Ac has not paid all yet
—it is a very losing business to keep them on
hand. The Kossuth affair has blown over—the
expectation of a fight in South America, which
would ...... a donna nd fio* Hi..,, has Hiod aa-ny
—and there is no hope more favorable for get
ting up a demand for them than a filibuster
movement on Cuba. This hope is desperate, as
the accounts show; but would it be strange
that, as the muskets were bought in the expec
tation of a row. that the row should now l,e
got up in the expectation of selling the mus
kets ?It must be heart-sickening—or pocket
sickening— to have only so desperate a ease,
as this getting up a row in Cuba seems to be, in
the hope of selliug the muskets?”
The I’utriot under-estimates the amount of
Mr. Law’s investment considerably. -Ion,”
writing to yesterday's Sun, states the true a
mouut thus:
••An inquiry has recently been made at the
War Department concerning the state ot Mr.
George Law’s contract with the Government
for tlic purchase of arms :
“The follow ing is an authentic statement of
Mr. Law's purchase of muskets :
94,399 muskets at $2 40. S 154,557 CO
05,023 do at 2 00, 131,240 00
14,331 do at 2 00, 28,662 00
$314,459 U 0
-These muskets are in excellent condition,
and well packed in excellent boxes. They are
only a small part of Mr. Law's collection of
warlike munitions. The invaders will find no
difficulty, therefore, in procuring arms, and at
a reasonable price, for all their objects.”
The closing sentence has reference to the
threatened filibuster expedition against Cuba,
which, according to the same writer, is contem
plated by parties possessing numbers, resources
and “discretion.” The statement is made in
significant connection with the reference to Mr.
Law’s gundowder enterprise:
“ The promoters of the contemplated expedi
tion against Cuba here openly proclaim their
purposes and objects, and they have no fear of
any interference by this Government, for they
will not, as they say, do anything that Is ille
gal. They can accomplish all their objects, and
yet commit r.o act in violation of the neutrali
ty of the United States. Their numbers are
great, and their resources are probably in
creasing, aud their plaus are managed with dis
cretion.
“In New York, the number of men who could
lie marshalled in a filibuster procession ex
ceeds ten thousand. They intended to make a
great display on the occasion of the reported
removal by the Government of Lieut- Porter
ironi me man steamer service, on some etn ly
occasion they will make a public exhibition of
tbeir “Order” in the streets of New York, and
probably of other cities. It appears that the
remit zvous of the invaders and the depository
of their arms and munitions of war is to be
without the limits of the United States.”—
Washington Republic.
Mr. Webster was fond of anecdotes ; he used
to relate such ones as the following as no one
but himself could do:
A few years since, but before the great North
ern Railroad passed through his farm, Mr. Web
ster was on his way to the old homestead ; he
took (he stage at Concord, New Hampshire,
and had, for his companion, a very old man.—
After some conversation, he ascertained that
the old man was from the neighboring town of
Salisbury, and asked him if he ever knew Cap
tain Webster? “Surely, I did,” said the old
mar.; -and the Captain was a brave and good
man, sir: and nobly did he fight for us. with
General Stark, at Bennington.” "Did he leave
any children ?" inquired Mr. Webster. “O yes,
there was Ezekiel, and 1 think, Daniel.” “And
what has become of them?” asked Mr. Webster.
“Why, Ezekiel—and he was a powerful man,
sir; I have heard him plead iu Court often :
yes, sir. he was a powerful man, and fell dead
while pleading in Concord.” “Well,” said Mr.
Webster, “and what became of Daniel?”—
"Daniel, Daniel,” repeated the old man thought
fully ; “w hy, Daniel, I believe , is a lawyer about
Boston somewhere.”
A Boi,n Trick. —The “swell mob" of London,
do perpetrate robberies with the most singular
ingenuity and address, and appear never to be
at fault. * A lady alighted at the bank, ascend
ed the steps, and entered the vestibule, and
presenting a check to the paying teller, receiv
ed a very large amount of bank notes, which
she deposited in her purse, and returned to the
carriage. Just as she had taken her seat, a
gentleman came dowu the steps of the Itauk
without his hat, wearing spectacles, and hav
ing a pen behind his ear, said : “Madam, we
have forgotten to take the number of those
notes, you w ill allow me to take them oft'. —
She handed the notes to him, and he ascended
the steps of the bank and entered the building.
The lady having waited some time, finally re
turned to the bank arid soon ascertained that
no person had been authorized to ask for the
notes.
Cairo City. —G. P. Gamer, Esq., Surveyor of
Alexander county, in a letter from Cairo dated
October 25tb, to the Jonesboro’ Gazette, states
that the survey of the first Division of that city
would be completed by the first of December,—
It contains about three thousand lots. On the
levee and road in that vicinity between ten and
twelve hundred hands are employed, and every
thing is progressing finely for an early sale of
lots. —Alton Telegraph.
Washinoton Monument Contributions. — At
the late election, the voters of the Borough of
York, Pa., contributed 340 for the National
Monument to Washington ; the city of Mobile,
3301 75; Caroline connty, Md.. 317 87i ; Chat
ham county, Ga., 33C0; Frederick, Md., $26 30;
New Albany, Ind., $lO6 84 ; Wilmington, N.C.,
323 00.
Cueapentno Paints.—There is a company in
New York city, called “ The New York Paint
Company,” which professes to have discovered
a mode of reducing the cost of paints of all
kinds from 25 to 50 per cent. This is effected
by mixing some 50 or 100 per cent of an unex
pensive fluid with the paint when ready for use.
The district of St. Mary's, in Elk county,
Pennsylvania, gave 173 votes for President,
and all for Pierce and King. Tbe New York
Express says it is some consolation to know
that the Whigs got 42 majority in "Jerusalem,
and 1 majority in “Helltown. ’ two precincts in
Virginia. The district of "Nowhere,” in Geor
gia, voted 49 for Fillmore. 1 for Webster, 2 for
Southern Rights, and none for Scott or Fierce.
Sixty thousand houses were builtin the dtr
of London, during the year past. We can hard
ly peat this in our American cities.
Extorts or Srhcre.— The amount of specie
exported from New York to Earope in the
month of October, was 32.151,300.
NUMBER 13.