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THE MIOESOTIAN.
teitt JJul. Srrrtnbfr 18, 1852.
« Minnesota Galphinism.'’
Under this head the Democrat of this week
renews its periodical attack—which annually
comes off during the fall and winter—upon
“Ramsey, Sibley & Co.” The Democrat, on
this occasion, evidently means to make but
one job of thjs year's business, if we are to
judge by the space this one article occupies
in the sheet before us, (over six columns) and
not, as on former occasions, to drivel out its
spleen and personal vituperation in broken
doses, from week to week, to the great dis
grace of the Territory abroad, and the utter
contempt and insult of its readers at home.—
The “organ” has evidently discerned that the
old system was an irksome and losing business;
and has, on this occasion, thought it prudent
to adopt the expedient of the worthy old dea
con, who came to the conclusion that too much
time was consumed in saying grace at every
meal—so he proceeded, in due form, to ask a
“blessing" upon a whole barrel of flour or pork
at once, previous to any of the contents being
removed for family use. We accord our neigh
bor all due wisdom for this.
At the outset, we must also advert to anoth
er peculiarity of this opening up of the war of
1852, as compared with the spirit and tactics of
the campaigns of 'SO and ’sl. Instead, as for
merly, of the bold, fierce, impetuous charge of
a Murat or a Macdonald, we have now the cau
tious, stealthy attack of the lurking savage.—
Perhaps this change of policy was necessary
from the fact that this is, in reality, an Indian
war ; and our neighbor is reduced to the strait
of General Proctor at the battle of the Thames:
He is not only compelled to fight, but to fight
upon the ground and after the manner his
“gallant red allies” choose and dictate. But
we will not do the editor of the Democrat the
injustice to presume he is the author of an effu
sion characterized by any such pointless, insin
uating, meaningless sentences as this. It is not
in bis vein—it is not a part of his nature.—
Whenever he has anything to say_in his col
umns, whether true or false, he generally says
it in bold and pointed words, the meaning of
which cannot be mistaken. As the article in
question appears as editorial, the editor, of
course, is responsible for it, but we are bound,
nevertheless, to attach a strong faith to com
mon town rumor in the premises : and common
town rumor informs us that, on this occasion,
and “for this night only." as the play-bills
have it, the manager did “at an enormous ex
pense," (he will find before he is through that
the cost to him will be much greater than the
price stipulated in the articles of agreement.)
secure the valuable services of Messrs. Swect
zer, Willes and Webb, aided by the resplend
ent and effervescing comicalities of that very
funny man, Capt. Dodd. 11 e beg these gentle
men s pardon for introducing their names in
print, and want them to bear in mind that as
we were not present at the performance, we .
can only give them a.? the actors from what we
hear about town ; and wish in no wise to be
understood as making a direct and positive
charge that they were, in reality, the getters
up of the farce published tn the last Democrat
But for the reason already alleged—the absence
of the responsible editor's ear-marks in this at- !
tide and for the following reasons in addition, i
we, as well as most of our citizens, are bound '
to attach some importance to the common town !
rumor, that our neighbor has fanned out his !
columns for the purpose of allowing an attack,
instigated by selfish and personal motives. I
which he himself had not the conscience (?) or
the disposition, just at this time, to write up
and prepare for the press.
In the first place, then, it is a well-known !
fact, that Mr. Sweetzer, a gentleman understood !
to be connected with the old Ewing firm of
traders, came to the Territory a few months af
ter the treaties of Traverse des Sioux and
Mendota were concluded, and proceeded to
“stir up a muss” among the Upper Bands, who
were parties to the treaty of Traverse des
Sioux, which ended in their giving him a power
of attorney to draw their money after the trea
ty should be ratified. As this power was a vir
tual repudiation on the part of the Indians of
their former stipulations, in opeu Council, the
Government, of course, could not become a
party to it; in fact, it is well known that
prominent and leading Senators, —Western men
and warm friends of Minnesota and the treaty
—stated in their place, that they would not
vote for its ratification unless they were previ
ously satisfied, that the Indians would be
compelled to pay their debts as originallv
agreed upon. So, of course, Mr. Swcctzer'g
nose was out of joint ; and thusAe is easily led
to imagine that he has abundant cause to hate
and speak harshly of *• Ramsey, Sibley & Co. "
In fact, in his intercouse with men he makes no
disguise of his feelings towards these gentle
men. This, then, proves that if he had anv
thing to do in getting up the article in the
Democrat, the motive was one simple of per
tonal interest.
Secondly. Mr. C. L. Will,* certainly has no
motive to hate or even dislike Gov. Ramsey.—
8,, t it is understood he is looking to the office
or Secretary of the Territory under the Pierce
dynasty, and has learned, or presumes, owing
to his political associations since here, that Mr.
Sibley may not favor the appointment. Hence,
Jf Mr. Sibley's influence is broken down bv
these charges of fraud a t home, there is a grca't
point gained. Mr. Willeg is spoken of about
town as the writer of the article in the Demo
crat. Of course, we know nothing as to the
truth of this rumor. That he sympathises with
the attack, is the general understanding in up
town circles.
" e come now to -‘ Alderman ”
’ \ a ‘ c of * New York city, but a resident of
bis r ” m thc timc 11 was l ,rc(lv certain in
hts own mind that Pierce would Ik, olocted-
J2S n? b WCha o “* in for
He was introduced to St vtfL*™ n “ OX '-
formerly acquainted with him Lf fluTwe
must be permitted to say-nay, we ask Mm the
question in all frankness and candor whetM r
he regards the part he has played in getting
up this attack in the Democrat, as characteriz
ed by the good faith and honorable dealing
which ever marks intercourse between gentle
men! He has loaned himself to this base and
selfish conspiracy in a manner, which from our
knowledge of the man, we have every reason to
believe he will feel heartily ashamed of when
he comes to reflect upon what he has done.
The part he played was this : Under the pre
tence of getting up a full, complete and im
partial history of Indian and Governmental
transactions in Minnesota—addressing himself
to the Governor in such a manner as could pos
sibly leave no othor impression than that he
waa collecting materials for a volume, to be
published some months hence—he procured
from that functionary a copy of the original
treaty of Traverse des Sioux—not the treaty as
amended and now in force—a document which
is not yet a public act of the Government, as it
has never been proclaimed by the President.
The copy thus procured is the one made use of
by the Democrat; and we are bound to suppose
that the six columns of falsehood, personal vi
tuperation and misrepresentation therein con
tained. is the Alderman’s “ impartial history
of Indian transactions in Minnesota.' Is this
course of conduct to be Gen. Tierce's gauge of
fituess for office ? We think better of the Pres
ident elect than this, even though some of his
warmest supporters may not.
Lastly, we come to Captain Dodd. We feel
that we are doing some wrong to the individu
als above named, in associating this creature
with them ; but circumstance* leave us no al
ternative. Although bound to differ with them
in regard to the course they have taken in this
matter, and to denounce the feelings that have
prompted them to a course which they are cer
tain to regret before they are six months older,
they are nevertheless entitled, from their pre
sent and former positions, to be mentioned res
pectfully and charitably. But for Dodd. who. no
doubt, with malic sous purpose—such asdisplay
ed in this attack—in his heart at the time, gave
no rest to Gov. Ramsey until he appointed hint
Justice of the Peace at Traverse des Sioux, un
der the pretence that it was necessary to have
large quantities of liquor officially destroyed,
which he said were then approaching the pay
ground, no bouorable man can have any res
pect whatever ; and we are only sorry that we
are again compelled to befoul our columns with
his name. We beg pardon of all concerned, and
congratulate the clique engaged in this attack,
upon the great value of the man and the servi
ces they have thus secured! We must also
compliment the people of Dakota county, upon
this valuable acquisition to their police! The
Governor, also, must not expect our sympathy
in regard to the part Dodd has taken upon liini
self in this business.
We have deemed it our duty thus to refer to
the leading men. and the motives, understood
to be instrumental in this nefarious attack !
upon a faithful officer and honorable business ;
men in our midst. If. in a single instance, by j
charge or insinuation, direct or indirect, we I
have erred, or placed the saddle on the wrong '
horse,” we will be happy to know it. and ready j
to make the necessary correction. We wish to j
do no man injustice, be he friend or foe.
Now for the charges, or rather insinuations, !
for there is not a direct charge in the whole six !
columns before us. It is perhaps unnecessary J
to state, that Gov. Ramsey, in his capacity of I
Governor of Minnesota Territory, is, perhaps, j
to a certain extent, amenable to the people of j
the Territory for his public acts and conduct in |
office. It is likewise equally as well known to
every one intelligently informed upon the sub
ject, that touching his duties as ex-officio Super
intendent of Indian Affairs, he is not responsi
ble to this people, or a living soul among
them. To the proper authorities at Washing- j
ton, and to them only, must he answer for all
his deeds connected with Indian Affairs. Of
course, then, this is not the proper place, even
though some may consider it the proper time,
j to arraign him for any malfeasance, either sup
posed or real. If those who feel themselves
aggrieved are anxious for a thorough investiga
tion, properly and legally, we warrant he will
not shrink from it. Why should he? He has
[done nothing new—nothing that was not stipu
j lated by the Indians, in open council, at the :
I time the treaties were made, and reiterated by
j them, again in open council, no longer ago 1
i than last September. The entire effort to make |
anything else appear, or to distort and twist j
recorded facts in order to prove the contrary,
is a miserable, shapeless abortion. We have
taken pains to investigate the whole affair from
beginning to end, and would be willing to
stake our lives upon the result of the issue here
made up between bisrevilcrs and ourselves. But
we ask no one to take our simple word in the
premises. There are the documents—the trea
ties—the papers in full, relating to the whole
matter, in the office of this Superintendency.—
{They are kept from the eye of no gentleman
i "ho w ishes to investigate, candidly and impar
jtially, the unwarranted charges of the Dctno
jerat. or like charges that may come from any
other source. On the contrary, the Supcrin
i tendent is ever ready and willing to produce
I the official documents, w hich will prove to all
| who may honestly wish to arrive at the truth,
j that he has done nothing wrong or illegal in
{ the disbursement of this large sum—that the
whole and entire series of accusations in the
; last Democrat, is a tissue of base falsehoods,
calumnious misrepresentations, and unjustifia
ble distortions of fact from beginning to end.
but why waste time and space upon things
so trifling? For months and months heretofore,
did the columns of the Democrat, w hich claims
to be the especial organ, so far as this Territory
is concerned, of a great and respectable, and, at
: present, triumphant national party, teem with
I abuse of Gov. Ramsey and Mr. Sibley. Mo in
telligent man at home ever regarded these ar
| tides as doing any injury to these trustful offi
cers here ; ami but very few abroad looked up
on them in any other than a contemptuous
light. Ry-and-by, the editor himself, after se
vere lessons and thorough castigations at the
hands of the people, took a different tack, and
bedaubed his columns w ith sickening and ful
some eulogies of the men lie had so industri
ously endeavored to wrong—at least so far as
Mr. Sibley was concerned, lie was ‘-our faith
ful and honest Delegate''—working solely
for the interests of Minnesota, and all such sort
of nice things. Now, his former fit of iunaev
has eoine upon him, and he lends his columns
to renew the old war, just for the purpose of
administering to the depraved feelings of a sel
fish clique, w ho havecome here solely for mon
ey and place—men who never were, and never
will be, truthfully, charged with doing an act
of usefulness or benefit to Minnesota. And to
please and answer the ends of these jiersons.
faithful public servants, such as Gov. Ramsey
and Mr. Sibley—and prominent businessmen of
l lie Northwest, of the class of Martin M'Lcod, W.
H. lorbes, 11. L. Dousman, 11. M. Rice, Frank
lin Steele, Jos. It. brown, and others, (some of
" * lom are named and others insinuated against)
must be assailed, and their characters made to
paj the forfeit of obedience to the Great Mogul
til e. p» eial organ of “IlomiXTaev" —at the
corner of Third and Wabasha streets. St. Raul!
Me most truthfully and positively assure our
readers, at home and abroad, that time and
circumstances will show the charges against
Gov. Ramsey, and the inucndoe= thrown out
against Mr. Sibley and other gentlemen we
have named—all of whom are or were formerly
connected with the Indian trade, and shared in
the collection of old debts at the recent dis
bursement—even to be of a more false, mali
cious and contemptible character than any
thing of the kind that has ever heretofore ema
nated from that prolific hot-bed of slander and
vindictive selfishness. To reach this low state
of degradation—to outdo its former self in the
work of detraction, we had not supposed possi
ble, even with the Democrat.
Gen. Pierce on Removals.
I’or the benefit of our Democratic friends
hereabouts, who are so clamorous for the
“ spoils, ” we make a few extracts from a
speech delivered by Gen. Pierce, in the Sen
ate of the United States, July Ist, 1841. He
said :
•• No Administration that has ever held the
reins of Government, or that ever will, can af
ford to turn out the public officers who pru
dently, but openly, in the exercise of their un
doubted rights, have done all within their
scope to sustain'the pow er that conferred upon
them place.”
Again he say 3:
“ I will sat’ —w hat those friends best acquaint
ed with me know —that there teas nothing in
the abministration of Gen. Jackson which I so
uniformly failed to justify, as the removal of
one worthy officer to give place to another. ”
The practice of removal from office for opin
ion s sake, had been urged by some one on the
plea of State necessity. He thus eloquent and
indignantly refers to and condemns this argu
ment ;
“It was the plea of the austere and ambi
tious Strafford, in the days of Charles the First.
It filled the Bastile of France, and lent its sanc
tion to the terrible atrocities perpetrated there.
It was this plea that snatched the mild, eloquent
and patriotic Camille Desmoulins from his
young and beautiful wife, and hurried him up
on the hurdle to the guillotine, with thousands
of others equally unoffending and innocent. It
was upon this plea, that the greatest of gener
als, if not of men—you cannot mistake me—l
mean him, the presence of whose very ashes,
within the last few months, was sufficient to
stir the hearts of a continent—it was upon this
plea that he abjured that noble wife who threw
around his hiimbledays light and gladness, and
by her ow n lofty energies and high intellect,
encouraged his aspirations. It was upon this
that he committed that worst and most fatal
act of his eventful life. Upon this, too. he
drew around his person the imperial purple.—
It has in all times, and in every age. been the
foe of liberty, and the indispensable stay of
usurpation.
\\ here were the chains of despotism ever
thrown around the freedom of speech and of
the press, but on the plea of "State necessity! ”
Let the spirit of Charles X. and of his ministers
answer.
It is cold, selfish, heartless, and has always
been regardless of age. sex. condition, services,
or any of the incidents of life that appeal to
patriotism or humanity.
Wherever its authority has been acknowl
edged, it has assailed men who stood by their
country when she made.l strong arms and bold
hearts, and has assailed them when, maimed
and disabled in her service, they could no lon
gir brandish a weapon in her defence.
It has afflicted the feeble and dependent wife
for the imaginary faults of the husband.
It has stricken down innocence in its beauty,
youth in its freshness, manhood in its vigor,
and old age in its feebleness and decrepitude.
Whatever other plea or apology may lie set up
for the sweeping, ruthless exercise of this civil
guillotine at the present day. in the name of
Liberty, let us be spared this fearful one of
“State necessity in this early age of the Re
public. upon the floor of the American Senate,
in the face of a people yet free.”
Men's opinions sometimes change with change
of position and circumstances. It remains tobc
seen whether Gen. Pierce is one of this class.
For the MJnnosoti.in.
Sale and Supper.
The ladies of the baptist Church and con
gregation of this city, invite their friends and
the public to a social entertainment on Wednes
day and Thursday evenings, (22d and 23d
inst.,) on board the “ Greek Slave Capt.
Roberts having generously tendered his noble
steamer for the occasion.
They intend to prepare a supper on each
evening suitable for Thanksgiving, and offer
for sale a variety of articles, which, with the as
sistance of their friends they have manufactur
ed for the occasion.
The avails of the first evening will be for the
liquidation of a heavy debt upon the church.—
The avails of the second will be given as a do
nation to our esteemed Pastor.
St. Paul, Dec. 14th.
Vote of Illinois.
Springfield, Dee. 3.
| The Electors for President and Vice Presi
dent met here on Thursday; O'Melveny. Ma
| hail and Gregg absent, the latter being eonlin-
I eil to his bed by illness. Vacancies filled with
j other persons. Hon. John A. McClernand was
appointed President of the College, anil Hon.
|R. Benedict. Secretary. The vote of the State
was east far Franklin Pierce for President, and
Wm. K. King for Vice President.
Nkw Voiik, Nov. 27.
The Cherokee lias sailed for Havana w ithout
tin: U. S. Mails, which were withdrawn by or
der of the Government by Capt. Baxter. Pur
ser Smith is also on board.
The Pacific sailed to-day at noon, with (iO
passengers and $150,000 specie.
Among her passengers was Rufus Choate,
bearer of despatches.
An.MiK.tt.TV JruisniCTiox.—ln the ease of the
Propeller Genesee Chief vs. Fitzluigh, (12 How.
U. S., 433,) the Supreme Court has recently
decided, ovemling several previous cases, that
the ‘‘admiralty and maritime jurisdiction"
given by the Constitution to the courts of the
United States, is not limited to tide water, but
extends to all navigable streams :—that is, (ac
cording to tin- act of 1789,) to those navigable
by vessels of ten tons and upwards. This will
bring within the range of admiralty, the Missis
sippi to the falls of St. Anthony, the Susque
hanna, and in fact every stream of any impor
tance in tile United States.— Law Register.
Hi rraii for the Reserve. —The vole in the
twelve counties comprising the Western Re
serve, at the Presidential election, stands as
follows: Scott 18.K84: Pierce 17.189: Hale
15,619. Scott over Pierce. 1.461 ; over Hale,
3,01i0. In 1848, the vote stood : Cass 18,439;
Taylor 1.5,241; Vanburen 16.911. Cass over
Taylor, 3,197; Van Huron over Taylor, 1.670.
It will thus be seen that the Locofoco loss since
'4B, is 1.248, and that the Free Soil loss is 1.292;
while the Whig gain is 3,443. Thus, the Whigs,
instead of being the third party, as they were
in '4B, are now the first. At this rate, the Re
serve will soon regain her ancient position, as
the Gibraltar of Whiggerv. It may strike our
readers as not a little singular, that, with this
respectable Whig plurality on the Reserve, no
portion of it will be represented by a "Whig in
tile next Congress. Such is the result of the
Locofoco gerrymander. —Portage Whig.
General Pierce has w ritten to a gentleman of
Philadelphia, that he will not leave for Wash
ington before the Ist of February next.
Waggish. —At the late Pierce jollification at
Washington, a candid Democrat bore a trans
darency with the motto : "$3,500 per annum ;
$2,500 do. do.; SI,BOO do. do.; or $3 per day,
if I can’t do any better
The report that Gen. Pierce intends to visit
the South previous to the 4th of March, is con
tradicted.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Thanksgiving service will be held at half
past ten o'clock, at the First Presbyterian
Church. Elder Cressey will deliver the dis
course.
Do not forget the Thanksgiving entertain
ment on board the Greek Slave, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings. It will be seen the
ladies announce it oflically to-day.
The Ciiii’pewas. —lnformation has been re
ceived from an authentic source at Lake Supe
rior. that the Chippewas are so well contented
with recent arrangements on the part of the
Government officers, that they propose, of them
selves, to remove to the Mississippi.
lt having been found impossible to get the
halls of the Capitol in order to receive the Leg
islature. the Secretary ha? procured for the pur
pose the new brick building on Third street,
opposite the Post offee.
Maj. A. VanVorhes has been appointed
by the Governor. Territorial Auditor. It will
be recollected that Maj. Van Vorhes and Col.
X. Greene Wilcox, member elect to the House
of Representatives, were, a few months since,
removed by the President from the posts of
Register and Receiver of the land office at Still
water. They both now occupy honorable pla
ces in the administration of the Territorial Gov
ernment, which they will no doubt fill to the
entire satisfaction of their numerous friends
and constituents, and with honor to themselves
as faithful public servants.
Tiie Mails South. —The time of departure of
the Mail south from St. Paul has been changed
to eight o'clock on Tuesday and Saturday morn
ings. The mails coming up will meet those go
ing down at Hudson, (Willowriver) and arrive
here upon the same evenings. Burbank <fc Co’s.
Express Messenger will leave for Galena on
Tuesday next.
Mail Arrangements.— We are thankful for
the prospect of a more regular mail service
from Minnesota this winter than last. We are
now to have three mails a week—two by Wil
loughby & Powers' Stage Line, and one by the
river. IV e notice also that these proprietors
have extended their stages to Galena, and will
come from that place to Prairie du Chien in
one day. But their mail service ceases at this
place; consequently the mail must lie over
here one day unless it happens to intersect with
Burette's Route. Xow why not extend the ser
vice to Galena, and thus have an uninterrupt
ed route through to Minnesota twice a week,
and to Prairie du Chien five mails a week?—
This would be but a trifling additional expense
to the Department, as these gentlemen already
make the trips to carry passengers. Minncso
tians. give us a lift in this matter.— Prairie du
Chien Courier.
Certainly wc will. We have faith that our
neighbor of the Courier will do all he can to
shove our mails through. Let that “ laying
over” at Platteville. or Prairie du Chien, or
wherever it may occur, be done away with at
once. We have not only a right but a duty to
be fulfilled by those having this matter in
charge.
Wood Ur.—Subscribers and other? who have
promised us wood in payment for their subscrip
tions. Ac., are respectfully reminded that now
is the acceptable time for its forthcoming, and
that the "Wood up Quick Step” would be a
very pleasant tune to our ears these cold frosty
mornings. —Burlington Telegraph.
We thought Burlington was a City, and her
editors were in full communion with the frater
nity throughout the country, as City Editors!
Why then this antiquated, thread-bare, country
call for wood? It always reminds us of Ram
age presses, ten year old pica, sapling stands
bound together with hickory withes—editor
with elbows out briskly plying scissors, while
boy, with the extremity of nether garment dit
to, is “setting up,” lighted by one pane of
greasy glass—the rest of the apertures in the
sash closed by bits of paper, cast-off unmention
ables and old hats. Think of these tilings, Mr.
Telegraph, and do not again degrade yourself
in the eyes of your city brethren up this way,
by bellowing out for wood with all the stento
rian lustiness of a parish pauper calling for
“soup.’’ If we can't find a proper degree of
editorial dignity among those of the fraternity
such as yon. Colonel, where in creation shall
w e look for it ? Where is that high tone and
military bearing that was wont to grace the
editorial columns of your sheet? Remember
the plain? ol llabasha. ?ir, “and no more of
this!”
Railroau Items.— The gross earnings of the
Michigan Central, and its competitor, the Mich
igan Southern Railroad, for October, sum up
as follows: Central, $162,600; Southern. $130,-
678. The Michigan Central, is only second in
the amount of its earnings to the New York
and Erie and Baltimore and Ohio roads. The
earnings of the Erie Road for October were
$37035. A new feature has recently devel
oped itself in the Railroad Bond Market. On
the 16th lilt., immediately after the arrival of
the packet from England, tw o millions of rail
road bonds were sold on foreign account. Of
this amount. $700,000 were bonds of tlic coun
ties of Ohio and Kentucky, which class have
not heretofore been saleable on foreign account;
but they yield the capitalist a much larger in
terest than others, and this is the temptation to
take them.
The llog Market. —Hogs continue to range
high all over the country. Sales were made
in Cincinnati on the 2<ith ult., at SC 25, at
which price they were firmly held. It is said
to be well ascertained, that the number to be
packed in Illinois, this year, w ill fall consider
ably short of the number packed last year.
Daxif.i. Webster, it is said, never used pro
fane language in conversation, or applied a
harsh or undignified expression towards any
one, either in private conversation or public
Ueba ti ■.— Rich a nge.
It is likewise said, that Daniel S. Dickenson
and Charles J. Ingersoll do not acknowledge
tlie last clause of the above sentence to lie
true. Why don't editors remember the liistory
of their own times, and not lie eternally falsify
ing Diets know n to every intelligent mind ? No
misrepresentation of Mr. Webster's public life
will add one inch to the statue of his fame.—
W lien it liecame necessary, on one occasion, to
vindicate himself from the aspersions of vile
slanderers, anil to break up a foul conspiracy
against his political integrity and personal
reputation, he did apply " liarsli expressions."
and rightly too, "in debate"—calling things
by their right names, and leaving liis mark
upon the brow of his traducers in charactersso
legible that time will never efface them.
Freight axi> Mkriuaxkize. —Some idea of the
amount of freight arriving about these days,
may lie formed from the fact that over eighty
loaded cars arrived at the depot of the Michi
gan Central Railroad. Tuesday evening.— Chi
cago Jour.
Milwaikee Raiuioao.— The cars are now run
ning to Milton, in Rock county, sixty-three
miles out from Milwaukee. It is expected the
road will be completed to Janesville bv the
first of January.
That “Clixcher.” —After the Democrat had
finished all it thought it had to say in regard to
the “Galphinism” connected with the recent
Sioux disbursement, it happened to think of an
article which appeared in the Minncsotiun dur
ing the absence of the senior editor, and at a
time when the junior editor was just getting up
from a severe sickness of several weeks dura
tion, and had had no intercourse, verbal or oth
wise, with Gov. Ramsey, or any other person
connected with the receipt and disbursement of
the money. The foundation of all the other
charges of the Democrat will evcatually prove
equally as weak as this.
"Walk up to the Captain's Office, Gentle
men, and Settle." —We do not wish to encour
age the practice of betting, but as some of our
“Democratic” neighbors are given to that sin.
and are now- “flush" with funds belonging to the
V\ higs previous to the Presidential election, we
w ill offer the following ; A friend will wa
ger the best suit of clothes that can be procured
in Winne A Cooley's establishment—and they
do turnout as handsome “ rigs " there as can
be found in the Xorthwcst—that all the charge?
contained in the last Democrat against Gov.
Ramsey, will end “in smoke" so soon as
all the facts connected with the late transac
tions are fully kuown to the public : and that for
more than a year past, there has been a deeply
laid scheme to get hold of portions of the money
by men who had no right whatever to handle a
dollar of it. Come, gentlemen, back up your
charges.
lt must be a matter of great consolation to
themselves, as it is certainly one of deep hatred
and envy to some of their neighbors, that the
old Sioux traders succeeded in collecting con
siderably less than one-half of what was due
them by the Indians! Lucky dogs, these fel
lows! Jump on them, every body, and give
them blue blazes !
Massachusetts Election. —The government
of the good old Bay State is to pass this winter
from the “ Coalition” which lias ruled it for the
last two years. The election to fill vacancies
in the Legislature took place on the 22d. The
returns show that parties stand, 158 Whig?, 110
Coalition, and 15 Xational Democrats. The
towns to hear from, it is said, w ill not vary the
result materially. This Whig victory is impor
tant, inasmuch as it not only secures the elec
tion of a 11 big Governor and other important
State officers, but also that of United States
Senator.
Removal of the Capital.— The Buffalo Ex
press. in a long article, favors the removal of
the Capital to St. Louis. Its arguments in be
half ot the proposition, are able and ingenious.
Its objections to Washington are. that the mem
ber? of Congress constitute a society within
themselves, —that their influence is bad, —that
their habits arc immoral—that the city has no
elevated standard of society by which the pre
tensions of the members can be measured, and.
that by constant association with each other
they forget that they are servants of the peo
ple. St. Louis is pitched upon as near the geo
graphical centre of the country.—a? having an
independent existence apart from the impor
tance that would be given to it as tlie seat of
government, and as controlled by polite and
distinguished social influences. The sugges
tions of the Express are admirable, and they
should be earnestly seconded by the West.—
Galena Jeff.
Before the Capital is ever removed to the
West, perhaps most of the men now living will
be sleeping in their graves. The reasons urged
above for the removal are good and sufficient,
and the proposed location entirely unexcep
tionable ; but until the West has largely the
numerical power, concentrated action and mor
al independence to carry the measure through,
the very social evils complained of w ill be a
controlling element in defeating it. There is
nothing lost, however, in agitating the question
even at this time; and we are pleased to see
the press of a city so far east as Buffalo leading
oft' in die matter.
Totai. Depravity.— Wc arc a bcleiver in the
doctrine, after reading the following from the
Cleveland Herald. May “ that boy have
strength to hold out to the last!
" On Saturday—in the Lake Shore cars—wc
saw a specimen 'w hisky-seller, lie looked like
a man who had drank up the profits of his own
bar. and whose brain, like that of Seer Davis,
was ‘ porous as a sponge.’ He lived in Evans,
and having been three days on a visit, or a
‘ bust in buffalo, was discoursing to a neigh
bor after tbisfashion : -I'm losing dollars every
day I'm gone, that cussed boy of mine iscusscii
crazy about cold water : when I'm off dern me
if he don't pull the spigots out of the w hisky
barrels and the beer casks and let every drop
run out. That church lias spilt my boy, ami
I've kept him away from it for tw o years. If a
man comes into the tavern after a glass of li
quor that boy won't w ait on him, but turns up
liis nose and leaves him. When I bring him up
to Buflalo I have to cuss him to get him to eat
a meal of victuals iu a tavern where they sell
liquor. That boy's crazy about cold water;
but Ills old dud knows how to deal out the
liquor. I've been brought before the court
twenty-seven times—l always beat 'em. and 1
defy the town of Evans—lt's a bold tldng to
dare the corporation—but i dare 'em : 1 want
lo sell liquor, and dern me if [ don't. The peo
ple say I'm a devil, but I w ill sell liquor. That
boy is only sixteen years old, and lie wants to
be a lawyer: he's such a cussed fool about cold
water. I'll send him to Connecticut to lie a law
yer. I've whipped him almost to death lo make
him drink liquor, but that pesky meeting has
ruined him and he won't'.' Reader the above
is literally true, (the oaths lieing omitted) and
w e doubt not the drunken brute of a father sta
ted the truth in regard to the treatment of his
boy who was ‘so cussed crazv about cold wa
ter.' ”
Mormoxism.— Orson i'ratt. a Missionarv from
the Mormon territory, gave a recent lecture at
St. Louis, on tlie follow ing subject: The plu
rality wife system avowed and vindicated.”
He not only avowed that polygamy existed at
Salt Lake City, but that its promulgation was
the principal object of his mission. A corres
pondent of the Milwaukee News, writing from
the Salt Lake City, gives the following account
of the said Orson, and other dignitaries of the
Church and State, at home :
! " Yesterday, Orson Pratt, one of their Apos
tles, gave us quite a sensible sermon brig
; ham Young is the Prophet, Seer. Revelator
| and head of the Church. He is assisted by tw o
j Councillors, twelve Apostles and eighteen
oisnops. The Prophet, the Governor, wan pre
; sent with some of his wives, who came and
went in a large, elegant open carriage. He
has living w ith him in the city, in one house
sixteen wives and thirty children. Each wife.’
with her progeny, lives in her separate furnish
ed apartment. and spins, sews, Ac., Ac. All
this is true : I went over the premises with a
view to entertain you for an hour, and I lic
beve saw pretty much every thing. The per
son 1 lioard with has six wives. Dr. Richards
a Councillor, has six, anti all of them good-look
ing. healthy women. Tims you see, polygamy
is openly allowed and supported by these Mor
mons. A man having a right to as many wives
as he can find and support, takes a fancy, goes I
to a Justice and swears he is able to support j
her, and the marriage comes off w ith due cere
mony—and so it goes on. as he grows richer ;
without limit.’’
Another unsuccessful attempt has been made
to connect England and Ireland with the elec
tric w ire.
NEWS ITEMS
Quick. —The Minnesota mail arrived here
Wednesday night, in five days from St. Paul.—
Galena Adv.
Sometiiixo Over. —The price at w hich Mr.
Lemmon's slaves, lately liberated by the laws
of New York, were valued, was $5,000 : the
sum raised by subscription to indemnify him
was $5,280. A large sum was also raised for
the benefit of the slaves.
Kinkki,. —The Xew York Tribune announces,
by authority of Dr. Kinkel and his friends, that
his attempt to revolutionize Germany had
failed, and that he is ready to return the "money
collected for that purpose, except what has
been used.
Franklin Pierce is 48 years old—the young
est man who has ever been elected to the
Presidency. Mr. Polk was 49.
Maine LiOuoit Law. —lt is said that there is a
majority of the members of the Massachusetts
Legislature, just chosen, who are opposed to
the present Liquor Law of that State. A law
of similar stringency was passed by the Ver
mont Legislature, at the session just closed, to
be submitted to a vote of the people.
The Cherokee. —The steamer Cherokee was
to sail from Xew York for Havana on the 25th,
with Purser .Smith on board. Capt. Davenport
would not go out on her. The Insurance Com
panies declined taking risks on goods going
out ou the Cherokee.
The Post Office. —lt is reported from Wash
ington, that over thirty-nine millions of letters
passed through the Post Offices of the United
States during the last fiscal year, and that the
revenue, under the reduced rates of postage,
has fallen off nearly a million of dollars.
Haunted. —The Hannibal (Mo.) Mesrenger
says that there are over thirty “ spiritual cir
cles in that place, and the number is rapidly in
creasing.”
A Scotchman, of no small dimensions, is now
among the new comers at the Winne House.—
In height he is said to be seven feet eight inch
es and a half, and weighs over four hundred
pounds. He is hereon a tour of observation.
We think the people here will find no difficulty
in observing him.— Cin. Com.
Cheap Corn Chop. —The first premium for a
crop of corn was awarded by the Crawford
County, 0.. Agricultural Society, to Mr. Linas
Ross ; 120 bushels per acre being the amount
raised by him. It was raised on new, Plain
lands, pastured the last 25 years, strong blue
grass sward, plowed the Btli of June, planted
the 9tli of June with a spade, without harrow
ing the grounds; (limited three fet t one
way and twelve inches the other, three
to six grains to a hill. Expense of culture sta
ted to be—plowing one acre, S.'MM» i planting,
75 cents; cutting up. SI.OO. Total cost per
acre, $4,85. Great crop at trifling cost.
A Speculation.—lt is said that Horace Gree
ley has just realized a profit of one hundred
thousand dollars, on the re-sale of one-half of a
parcel of real estate, purchased l>v him on
Chambers street, opposite the Park. ’
Cortez, in a letter 1o Charles V.. in illustra
tion of the advanced state of society among the
Indians of Mexico, says that they “begged in
the streets like civilized people.”
Jenny Lind. —The painful rumor that Jenny
I.ind had become insane, on account of domes
tic difficulties, is doubtless incorrect. Madame
Soutag was cited as one who knew of the fact :
but that lady denies any knowledge in regard
to the matter.
The Scientific American says that camphor
lias been discovered to be an antidote to that
terrible poison strychnine. A man who had
been thrown into convulsions by two doses of
that poison—one-sixth of a grain each, admin
istered for tiie rheumatism—was relieved by
twenty grains of camphor, taken in six grains
of almond mixture. Dr. Suihloek, in a letter
to the London Lancet, claims to have made the
discovery.
The wine harvest of the present year at Her
mann. Missouri, has turned out favorable; the
y ield is ti.OUO gallons ; anil if the crop is as good
next year, it will bo 15.000 to 20,000 gallons.—
In the town, which is mostly inhabited by Ger
mans, there are already two hundred* acres
planted w ith 200,000 vines, all of w hich w ill be
in bearing in two years, yielding 25.000 gallons
in common seasons, and 50.000 in good ones.
An acre of land in vines is reckoned to lie worth
SI,OOO,
The numbt r of deaths among tie* prominent
men of Massachusetts, during the last few
months, says the Worcester Palladium, has
been truly startling. Webster of the Cabinet.
Rantoui. bowler and Thompson, members of
Congress. Myron Lawrence. David Henshaw
and Francis Bavlics, who have tilled many im
portant places.
Great Western Railway.— The Detroit Free
Press says:—“This giant enterprise is at last in
full tide of progression. The contracts for its
construction are now in the hands of some of
the most competent, enterprising, ami respon
sible men in the country, and the entire line is
being pushed ahead with all speed, and is to lie
finished by the first day of November next.
Property is already advancing on the line of the
road throughout the province, audits effect up
on the prosperity and fiitiiredestiuies of Detroit
cannot but be incalculably beneficial. The
agent of the Company in 1 his city 11. X. Walker,
Esq., has every assurance that the road will lie
in running order, and in full operation from
Niagara river to Winsdor. opposite this city,
within the time spoccficd. Its contemplation
w ill be a fitting occasion for a glorious jnbillee
in the ancient City of the Straits.”
Iwo Brothers in Congress. —lt apprarsfrom
tie* returns front Illinois that E. U. Washburn.
Esq., is elected from Giillena district, to Con
gress. Mr. Wa.-hbiirn is the brother of the
lion. Israel Washburn, w ho w as elected to Con
gress from Maine, a short lime since. They are
Foils ol Israel Washburn, Esq., of Maine former
ly of Ray nhain. This is probably the first in
stance oft wo brothers meeting together in Con
gress, from two extremes of tlie Union, both
\\ bigs, and belli highly esteemed for their tal
ents and moral w orth. Mr. E. It. Washburn, a
*■'" .'ears ago was a journeyman printer in
ihr office of the Kennebec Journal.— Maine Pa
per.
'in Editors. —A journeyman Printer named
Joseph Stevens, of Fort Wayne. Inil.. left home
in 1814. and was last heard of in 1x47. His
parents are in great di-tress on his account, and
will be thankful to any one w ho will give them
any information of him. Address Mr. I). Ste
vens, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Editors every
where please copy.
“ ln NV " Orleans.” says ail English traveler,
‘•there are more murders than in any city in the
1 nion. Iu the first place, everybody drinks
har<| ? and ♦•very man is armed: and a man ulio
does not avenge an insult on the spot is despised.
It is a w ord anil a blow, anil not unfrequently
tlie Mow without the word.*’
1 Ain and Comfort from Abroad. —The good
people of Glasglow. Scotland, have lield a ba
zaar, the proceeds of which arc to be “given
1 li>r the advancement of the cause of immediate
abolition of slavery in the Fniteil States, anil
i especially that department of it w hich looks to
wards the aiding of fugitive slaves from the
Southeru house of bondage to an aslyum in our
I Canadian possessions.”
I Free Land ix Canada to Aitcai. Settlers.
The Canadian Parliament, which has just ad
journed, passed a resolution, on motion of Mr.
Mackenzie, advising the Governor General to
cause a survey of a large tract of land in the
vicinity of Lake Huron and the Georgian bay.
for the purpose of encouraging emigration, bv
giving to every actual settler who owned previ
ously no land, 160 acres.
Railroad from Detroit to Monroe andToi.k
tx*. —The Detroit Tribune states that prompt
measures are now in progress to secure tlie
early construction of the much needed Railroad
between that city. Monroe and Toledo. Sur
veyors are now upon the ground, locating the
line of tlie road preparatory to the commence
ment of the work, as soon as possible after the
meeting of the Legislature and the passage of
a law under which the road ran lie built.
James Baker, of Milwaukee, has been ap
pointed Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin, by
Gov. Farwell. The Madison Argus says Mr.
B. is a young man of line abilities and good
business habits.
A Miss Learned, of West Trov, New York,
aged nineteen, has recovered in. 500 of Dr.
11 otkyns, aged sixty, for a breach of marriage
promise. This faithless old swain had forsaken
Miss L. for a still more youthful lover, to w hom
be was on the point of lieing married when he
fell into the hands of the lawyers. He is re
puted very wealthy, anil eau afford to pay for
his eccentricities.
The editor of the Boston Traveller has seen
eighteen different and rival editions of Uncle
Tom's Cabin, printed in England. Some of
them were very handsomely printed, illustrated
and bound : others w ere in cheap pamphlets ,
and there are two or three pocket editions.
Good Grit. —The editors of the Cincinnati
Enquirer called the editor of the Dayton Ga-'
zette a puppy, whereupon the latter says :
“Ail we have to say to them now is, that if
one or the other of them w ill effect an insu
rance on his health for the next six months,
and then repeat to our face the epitlu-t he ap
plies to us sixty miles distant, we will put him
in a way to make his talent for abuse bring
him a larger cash dividend, payable weekly,
than it has ever done before.”
Another Bank.—A new banking institution
is to lie established at Belleville, 111., under the
name, “ Bank of Southern Illinois,” with a
nominal capital ol $500,000, of which $50,00U
will be at once paid up.
Sidney Smith, on seeing Daniel Webster, ex
claimed : "Heavens! wliy he looks like a small
Cathedral
Special Election in Kentucky. —A special
election was held in the Louisville Congress
ional District of Kentucky, recently, in till the
vacancy caused by Mr. Humphrey Marshall’s
appointment as Commissioner to China. Col.
Preston, the Whig candidate, is eleeted by
1000 majority ; although the District gave a
small majority for l’ieree at tin' Presidential
election, This isdoing pretty well fora "dead"
party .' —.Milwaukee Sentinel.
Empire of France. —The report of the com
mitteeof the French Chambers, establishing the
Empire, was adopted by a vote of si to 1. The
programme consists of "eight articles, the most
important of which is the first, indeed, if it be
not the only one of any importance, it reads:
" Louis Xapoleon is named Emperor, under the
title of Xapoleon III.” The imperial dignity
is made hereditary, lmt extends only to the
male heirs. The proposition undergoes the
unnecessary formality of sul mission to the
French people for tlieir acceptance. By the
arrangement agreed oil. Jerome Bonaparte and
his soil are both excluded from the succession,
whereat the former got mad and resigned the
Presidency of the Senate.
South Carolina. —lt w ill l>e recollected that
in the caucus of members of the South Carolina
Legislature which voted to throw the electoral
vote of that State for Pitrce and King, a pro
test was adopted declaring that that State did
not acquiesce in the Compromise measures. The
legislature, it now appears, hail the good sense
to reject this protest. The Charleston Consti
tutional Union savs:
"The State is thus saved the ridiculous atti
tude of supporting the Administration whilst
seeking the overthrow of the Government. But
more important, more cheering results attach
to this defeat of the protest against Mr. Pierce's
l uion principles. It is a proclamation that the
war agaist the Union is at length to cease : that
South Carolina is once more to come buck into
the Union: to renew her ancient glorious loy
alty. and to exercise her legitimate influence
in controlling its councils and shaping its des
tinies.
lion. John Sergeant, one of the most eminent
citizens of Philadelphia, died on the 2fid in.-t..
in the 7till year of his age. lie lias tilled many
important offices, was a member of Congress,
and one of the advocates of the Missouri com
promise : he was up for Vice President in 1832
Death of Walter Forward.—Hon. Waltei*
Forward died at Pittsburgh on the 24th inst.,
ol bilious cholic, aged 15. after an illness of
three days. He had filled many important sta
tions of honor and trust.
11 iXDF.u.I. Expected.—Park Benjamin, it is
su'd, expects a large fortune soon, from certain
decisions lately made in sift ling I lie estate of
ids old Jewish ancestors.
U HAMi’AoxK. —The Scientific American says
that over fifty millions of bottles of genuine
champagne are made in this country a leading
staple in the fixing of which i> the stalk of the
rhubarb.
Xew Hampshire Senator.— On the 25th tilt.,
Hon. Charles G. Atherton, democrat, was cho
sen l.y the New Hampshire Legislature a United
States Senator, for four years, in place of John
l’. Hale.
Arkansas 11m. K. Sebastian has been re
elected to the U. S. Senate, and George C.
11 atkins U liict Justice of tiie Supreme Court (if
Arkansas.
Goim; the Whole Hoo.—Advices fmm Texas
to the 9th are at hand. It is believed in Gal
testnn that Gan. Pierce hud carried every'
county in the State. In some counties he re
ceived every vote that was polled.
Railroad Iron.—lt is said that a conipanv
w itli a capital of one million of dollars, is or
ganizing at the East, for the purpose of carry
ing on the manufacture of railroad iron in
( ambria county. Pennsvh vnia,
Ei".roads in Wisconsin.— The Railroad ma
nia is now at lev. i heat throughout Wisconsin
Engineers are engaged j„ surveying roads from'
Beloit to Madison, from Jnni-i tile p, Madison
from Milwaukee to La Crosse, Chicago, Green
bay, anil Fonddu Lae. from Racine to'bubuque
from Mineral Point to (lie Illinois line, besides
[lie sun eys already 1 of the .Milwau
kee ami Mississippi and the Rock River Valley
road. The routes areearli report, dbv thesev
eral engineers engaged upon tlnm. as‘‘‘the best
and most practicable of any in the Union.” and
their speedy construction confidently predicted,
besides those here enumerated, there will Iks
many applications hacked by enthusiastic lob
bies. for other charters, demanded by the im
perative wants of the country, among' which is
one for a road from the Illinois Slate line up
the a alley ol the ho\ River to Portage countv
on the Wisconsin. When ties net work of rail
roads shall have heen throw n over the State—
as it undoubtedly w ill be in the course of a few
years, by the aid of our new banking law we
shall all be so rich—if ball w e are told of their
advantage is tin,—that there will Is: no fur
ther need of Iminping our hacks at manual la
bor. and the only thought that troubles ns now
is. who the lienee can we hire to saw our wood
and plant anil dig our potatoes.-- Madison
Death ok Ii iiaiiod Crane.— Jesse Merwin.
whom Washington Irving immortalized in his
bqrend of “Sleepy II„, loWi * in the advcntlm .
tin Headless Horseman, under the patro
ls'"" 3 i° f " < lu xxl Crane." died recently at
kiiulcrliook. aged 70 years. "
... „ Worcester. Mass.. Nov 22.
At half |mst twelve this morning, the Wor
cester (ouuty Court House was discovered to
He on pre , I|( . basement of the north wing
ol the* prison, before the Haim s could lie ar
rested, the smoke and lieat ascended to the
j doors of the cells above, heating and swelling
them m such a manner, that it was found imnos
f'bl** “J open them, till four persons who were
insane had Wn smoth<>r<>d to death.
Then* were besides, in the jail live men, twen
ty-four women and one infant all ofwhomwcso
rescued An inquest is now being held Tim
cause of the fire unknw on. " ,a ' lnc
Hogs. —The number of hogs raist d in the
States of Ohio. Kentucky, Illinois, mol
Tennessee during the year 1850. is estimated at
over twelve millions.
Contrary to popular expectation and calcula
tion, Mr. W ebstcr has left property liehind to
the amount of some three or four hundred thou
sand dollars, though it is understood to be deep
ly laden with liabillities. His farm at Mar-T
--sand do'lbir' ri a ' " , ’" ar ' t " r, "' c '"'"‘lred thou