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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTI A TV.
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OWENS, HOOKE & PRATT,
VOLUME 4.
satljr Uiiuifsotiait.
Published every Morning. (Sundays excepted)
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MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1855
The Minnesota Land Sales
Tlio St. Paul papers complain of the Gov
ernment for the step taken, iu bring so large a
body of the public lauds ol Minnesota—
-5,286,974 —into the market the next Fall. They
say, few of the actual settlers are prepared to
purchase, and that as a consequeuce, a large
portion of these lands will be entered up by
speculators. AH this may be true. We have
never yet kuowu a laud sale to take place
when any but a small part of the settlers were
prepared, three moths before, to enter their
claims.yct somehow, when the day came most
of them had requisite provision made for se
curing their homes. Such will be the case
row. As for the speculators, they will no
donbt purchase large quantities; but is Dot
the policy the best which scatters their forces
over a large surface, rather than that which,
by biiugiug iu small districts at a time, induces
them te concentrate their power, and take the
w hole in detail ? A new country may begin to
date its substantial prosperity from the time
the public lauds pass out of the hands of the
Government into those of private individuals.
Unt 1 that takes place, the people will be prac
t e illy poc r,’ however rieli they may be in
bro.td acres, claimed or actually owned. When
a settler has bought his land and paid for it, he
feels secure in his title, and sets seriously ab.mt
JBak’ng a home ; but, until that is done, the
f*'ar that he is not quite secure in bis posses
ticr. int’.ines him to be restive and suspicious*
w hich partially unfits him for the formation of
extensive plans and tor their execution. The
execution of these very plans enhances the
v alue of his domain, and he soon acquires
wealth, directly from the product ol his labor,
and indirectly from tlie rise of his real estate.
J'tot while I lie one idea exists of buying mure
land, the settler seldom docs little else, and is
"land poor.” In our opinion, the people of
Minnesota may date the couimenc ment of their
great and actual prosperity from the date of
the land sales, soon to transpire. As lor spe
bulators, we presume their principal harvest
will be gathered by locating laud-warrants for
oilu-rs at a largo profit to themselves, but at
a still larger protit usually to others. About
lS3i*or’37, til*; public lands in this vicinity
were "i d -red into the market by proclamation-
Und withdrawn on the petition of the people.
They were not sold for about ten years there,
alter, and the advance of the country Was re
tarded at least fine years in consequence. Few
permanent improvements were made until the
settlers became bona lide owners of the soil.—
Cafena .ideertiser.
(*ur Galena neighbor, though generally very
tareftil irt forming, and correct in bis conclu
sions, wc think could not have written an arti
cle more fallacious than the above. Let us
take it for granted, for instance, that most ol
the settlers will be able to raise the money to
enter their homes, by the time of the sale, it is
the fatrt of compelling them to do this that is
Complained of, and which will prove so oppres
sive. Money cannot now be obtained for lc>B
than thirty per cent, a year, and if the sale
takes place it will be increased to sixty per
cent., for the demand for one million dollars in
gold to supply the necessities ol five thousand
borrowers which the I’rcsident has Created,
Will raise it to that amount. And all for what?
Simply to put money in the Treasury of the
United States, which the government has no
need for—which she does not want —and there
by loading our people with a burdensome debt.
As for the speculators,our neighbor concedes
that they w ill get a large share, but thinks the
policy of cloying them all ;it once to be better
than by feeding them a piece at a time, make
them only the more hungry for the next mor
sel. There is some plausibility in the manner
!n which our neighbor has put the question.
But our plan we consider a much better one ;
and that is not to let them have any of it.
This can be easily done by keeping the lauds
out of market for a few years, when the w hole
country will be settled by men who want the
land, w ho have a right to the land because they
Want it for tin; purpose of a home, and who
otherwise w ill be cheated out ol their rights to
satisfy the rapacity of the speculators.
It is all true that “ a new country may be
gin to date its substantial prosperity from the
time the public lands pass out of fhe hands of
the government into those of private individu
als provided, they pass into the bauds of the
occupants ol the soil ; but w hen they go into
the hands of non-residents, instead of a bless
ing, it is a curse. Now by keeping the lands
out of niaikct for a shorttime, it will all go t
into the hands of those who will develop its
wealth. And why is it that the couutry does
not begin to be prosperous till the lands are
out ol the hands of the government? Because
the government never improves them. And
when the lauds pass into the hands of uou-rcs
idculs, it only passes from the hands of one
speculator to that of another, rendering it as
much more difficult for the settler to get hold
of them as the price which is asked is greater
than the price of the government.
The editor of the Advertiser seems to think
that the settler cannot acquire a title to his
home till the lands are thrown into market.
This is a great mistake. The settler can at
any time after the land is surveyed and the
plats returned to the land office of his district,
prove up his pre-emption and enter his claim t
and thus could the whole country be entered
if it was settled. Thus falls to the gi ound the
argument that the settlers and the country
must remain poor because the title to the land
is in the hands of the government.
It is very true that a man gay become “land
poor” by haring too much land, but it is the
legitimate result of the carrying out of your
policy, not ourt. By our plan no man can get
more than 160 acres ; you would allow him to
have all that his money will buy. and hare no
thing left to make improvements.
Again we say, keep out the speculators, and
allow the land to be entered only under the
pre-emption act, and in five years’ time the
country abont to be put in market will have
been selt'.ed by at least 150,000 people. But if
the sale takes place,three-fourths of the land will
at that time be in the hands of that class, and
by them held at from twelve to twenty dollars
per acre.
The Advertiser speaks of the country around
Galena being put back in consequence of the
land being withheld from market. Of course
we do not pretend to know what the effect was
there, but we think if our neighbor will look
more closely into the doctrine of cause and ef
fect, he will find the effects which he speaks
more clearly traceable to other causes than
the one set forth.
Tucrlow Weed. —This gentleman, remarks
the Galena Advertiser, the telegraph announ
ces, retires from the Albany Evcniug Journal,
and is to be suciyeded by Mr. Samuel Wilke
sonf»of"lhe Buffalo Democracy, which last
pitper is to be discontinued. The withdrawal
of Mr. W. is an event of some momeut in po
litical affairs, as no single individual, perhaps,
has wielded so much power as he has for many
years in New York. lie obtained his power as
an editor iu the face of the most violent op
position, and having a constitution to bear the
onset, his strength grew with the exertion,
and now at the age of 58, he retires in honor
from a field which he has defended with a
shrewdness and valor seldom equalled in the
United States. His forte is that of a political
journalist, and like most of those who have
ever distinguished themselves as such, he has
always steadily rejected other honors than
those connected with his profession. lie has
won his fame by ever holding himself in read
iuess, to throw his soul, with undivided pur
pose, without any selfish entanglements, into
the cause of others, and this has been one
great cause of his success. Mr. Weed is not
known as a writer of many words; but he
knows bow to use those words to the best ad
vantage. In the management of his cause, no
earthly power could make him speak till the
right time arrived, and then, nothing could
keep him silent till the time for action was
over. From the ranks of journalism he will
be greatly missed. The New York Tribune
notices the following events in Mr. Weed’s
history:
Mr. Weed was born in Catskill. in 171)7. aiul
commenced life as a cabin-boy on the North
River. He afterwards learned the trade of a
printer, in the ollice of a small newspaper con
ducted by the late Col. Stone. In the war of
ISI2 lie served as a drummer. He became a
jornalist ;n Onondaga county, where lie started
a newspaper, which was not successful. His
first prominent appearance in politics, was in
the Presidential canvass of 1824, when John
Quincy Adams was elected. He afterwards
conducted a daily paper at Rochester, and
during the auti-niasonic excitement lie was
repeatedly chosen to the Legislature—the only
public office, so far as we are aware, which he
could ever be induced to accept. In 1830 the
Evening Journal was founded, and as its edi
tor, Mr. Weed has achieved results which few
men can hope to emulate, lie has carried into
its columns the vigor, courage, independence
and ardor which form prominent elements in
his character. As a writer, lie is surpassed by
many in facility and grace, but by none in
point, force and conciseness. His articles are
usually short, but they are always pithy, strik
ing and effective. In that difficult part of
Journalism, the selection from books and pe
riodicals of interesting miscellaneous reading
for fireside amusement and instruction, we do
not know his superior.
The Ball in Motion.
The canvass for the coming election is being
opened in earnest. It will be seen by the no
tice of the Central Republican Committee that
Mass Meetings arc to be held during this and
the ensuing week, in Winona and Fillmore
Counties, which arc to be addressed by Messrs.
Marshall and Wilkinson, of St. Paul.
In addition wc learn from the St. Anthony
Republican that there will be meetings held
during the month at Chauhasscn, Excelsior,
Wayzata, Marshall Precinct, Elm Creek, Mon
ticello, Sauk Rapids, Little Falls, Elm River
and Anoka, wliitih will be addressed by J. W.
North, Esq., of St. Anthony. Mr. Mars all
will accompany Mr. North to Chauhasscn. Ex
celsior, and Wayzala, and will then leave to
fulfil his engagements in the Southern part of
the Tetritory.
Meetings will also be held during this month
at I'M on Prairie, Sbakopee, Le Sueur, Traverse
des Sioux, Mankato, Farribault, Alexander
and Mendota, which will be addressed by Dr.
Charles Jewett, an exceedingly entertaining
speaker.
In all parts Of the Territory there is a
general w aking up among the friends of the
Republican movement. The time for action
lias arrival; and wc are gratified to see this
disposition to make such thorough work of it.
Collece of St. Paul. —It will be seen, by
notice in another column, that the Trustees of
the institution have secured the services of
Rev. Mr. Williams, of Galena, as Principal ;
and that the Academic Department will be
opened for the fall terra in about four weeks.
Alsr>, that tnc fall term of the Baldwin School
will commence in about two weeks, under the
charge of an accomplished instructress.
gSr Will the Democrat inform us upon
what ••formtjr occasion” was Mr. Olmsted the
nominee of the Whig parly for Congress. We
pause for a reply.
£-8* Wilson Shannon has accepted the Gov
ernorship of Kansas, and departs forthwith for
that Territory.
corespondent of the Missouri Repub
lican gives an account of the ravages of Chol
era at Fort Riley, which carried away in the
course of 48 hours, some fifty persons, includ
ing Maj. Ogden, the wife and two children of
Maj. Woods, and the wife of Maj. Armistead of
the Gth infantry, together with some forty-six
Citizens.
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1855.
Correspondence of the lllnnesotlan.
Rumblings.
Lowell Island, Aug. 5, 1859.
Dear Mdcnksotiax :—Your humble, servant
has at last found a cool,- pleasant place. The
sea breeze of this evening imparts vigor to the
system, and for once, to-day everybody seems
wide awake. Though it is Sunday, there is a
low hum of joyous converse floating through
the halls and along the corridors of this
large and comfortable hotel, which bespeaks
happiness, though not positive irrever
ence. The clergyman did not come to-day, so
the Islanders keep the Sabbath each after his
own liking. Some lounged, aud fished, and
smoked and loafed, while others retired to their
rooms to read and meditate to their heart’s
content. This is human nature the world over;
some find enjoyment in one thing aud some in
another.
Lowell Island, five miles off Salem, and
about the same distance from Nahaut, is a
“summer resort,” much visited and justly re
commended by the searcher for pleasure. It is
no more the resort of only the rich and the
gay, than those of more moderate means and
modest attire. Therefore, to the man of truly
“Republican” ideas, it is the place for real free
and easy enjoyment.
My companions say, to-morrow wc must
tempt the “finny tribe” with clams a few
hours, and then make a “ten-strike” in yonder
alley ; and then, if the time permits, stroll
to the water’s edge, and, with the usual crowd
of both sexes, enjoy a bath on the surf. Were
it not for the sport afforded, it would hardly
pay to destroy the illusion which always gives
to the woman a graceful figure and perfection
of person. Surely, bathing dresses do not
contribute to show her off to the best advan
tage. The illusion may be resumed, however,
when she is again seen more gaily attired and
presiding in a more appropriate sphere.
After atrip to the White Mountains, first in
my thoughts will be my adopted home in the
West. lam tired of railroads and steamboats,
and tired of visiting and answering the thou
sand questions about Minnesota. In fact, I
have got a string of replies on hand, as fol
lows:—Live in St. Paul—like the country
healthy, 6ir, —well, yes, a lit
tle cholera—good water —plenty of timber —
wages high—board high—good churches—go 3d
schools —yes, some Indians, very peaceable,
though, Ac., Ac. Sound policy, however,
would suggest a placard, of the above, at
tached to the person.
But I must not close this without an allusion
to your politics. The coming election of
Delegate is looked forward to with great iu
tcrcst. The Republican feeling was never
stronger around here, ami the success of your
candidate is confidently hoped for.
Yours, in haste, 11. W. P.
Correspondence of the Minncsotian.
WKVhniiHJE, Vt.. Aug. 3, 1855.
Dear Mlnnesotiax .-—From the position I
occupy amid the branches of an ancient wil
low, having attained it by a flight of stairs at
the terminus of which a floor and seats have
been nicely arranged, I have a view of Silas
Wright’s monument, erected by the citizens ol
this town, near the spot where his childhood
and youth were passed. His was a happy il
lustration of the triumphs of genius over ob
stacles ; rising, as he did, from a country plow
boy to become one of our nation’s mightiest
sons. What slate is more renowned for men of
genius and talent? There is much food for
thought in the reply of the Green Mountain
eer to the Englishman’s interrogatory as to
“what could be raised on such poor soil?”
*' Why, sir,” said he, “we have schools and
raise MEN !” and a better class of men, Ver
monters being judges, the world has never
produced.
The spirit inhaled with the morning dew in
this free mountain air by young Silas had a
direct and important tearing upon the brilliant
career of the illustrious statesman. History
records of Gov. Chittenden, first Governor of
Vermont, that it was his custom to sit at fable
with his workmen, and serve them with his
own hands, his wife presiding. The cus
tom of Course became popular. lion. Silas
Wright, in later years, when free from Con
gressional duties, was accustomed to work
with his men, to wash from the same “trough,”
and with his wife to sit at the same board.
And so it is still. I have watched it in every
department of life, men of most dignity of cha
racter, the true aristocrats of the country.have
no greater pride than to assemble guests and
workmen around the Weil filled board. The
parents of the great statesman died not long
since, in the dwelling now owned by Mr. Leon
ard Wright, but a short distance from where
I write.
A few years since there was a remarkable
“ land slide” near bore, on the bank of Otter
Creek ; the bed of the river was removed, a
dwelling, with its contents, sunk twenty or
thirty feet, and yet all the inmates escaped un
hurt ; a willow tri e is growing where it halted
iu its course, the only relic of the part remain
ing upon the spot.
A little distance from the above is marked
a theatre of Revolutionary scenes. I:: 1778 a
marauding party of British lndiaus and Tories
invaded the quiet homes of the four families in
this vicinity, burnt their houses* killed their
animals, and took the four men and three lads
prisoners. The four wives and smaller chil
dren for eight or ten days occupied an out
door cellar in the vicinity, on the farm now
owned by Mr. Samuel Wright, until our troops
came to their rescue. On this spot there is
proposed aud soon to be built a monument to
the memory of those noble patriots whose deeds
have hitherto been unrecorded, save in private
memorandums belonging to their dccendants.
One of these died in prison, at Quebec, three
escaped, and after long wandering reached
their homes ; the rest, after extreme suffering,
were discharged in 1781. “ Donor to the illus
trious dead 1”
The snowy mansion in front of me, with its
spacious piazzas, has supcrsceded the roomy
old red farmhouse of my grandfather Wright,
who, with the wife of his youth, the solace of
his life, sleeps in tb« small enclosure a little
Office—Third Street, below Cedar*
:
to the right. SnaAe mountain rise* abruptly
in ttie rear, behind which the son has already
6Unk, although twa hours high. From its base
the country stretches forth in every direction
as beautiful and letel as the finest prairies of
Minnesota. The reader may fancy a sign ifican
cy in the name, and year* ago it would not
have been amiss, as It originated from the ma
ny rattlesnakes which found a retreat thereon.
But something like thirty years since, a “ vil
lainous serpent” bit a fair young daughter of
my grandfather,* when the citzens rose en
masse , surrounded and marched on to the
mountain, searched Otat the den, and thus suc
ceeded in exterminating them. Beneath its
shadows rural joys are sweetly blended in a
a country home. A tiny brook sings a cheerful
lay as it dances from the mountain side, paus
ing a moment in Hkj yard to create a fountain,
and hastens on totHtcr Greek, where, like
“ A tine of silver ’arid a fringe of green,*’
it silently courscs ils way to Champlain. Fruit
trees of all kinds embower the dwelling iu their
rich foliage aud fruit, lutd here and there, ar
ranged in admirable irregularity, is the smoke
house, woodhouse, milkhouse, hen house and
carriage- house, with horse-barn and hay-barns
and all other appurtenances, denoting the
highest degree of thrift and comfort. The
broad, rich acres cf my sainted ancestors
st. etch far to the cast and south, and his chil
dren’s children arc now raking the fragrant
hay and conveying the abundant harvest into
the garner. lam greeted, while I write, with
its sweet fragrance and the cheerful [voice of
the tired haymakers. Surely there is a charm
in life, and earth is rich in beauties, for it is
filled with manifold tokens Of God’s glory, and
the glad sun sheds his most potent ray on all.
The “ western fever” is becoming very con
tagious. and such is its prevalence that strong
fears are entertained that the cast will soon be
almost depopulated. I shall most assuredly
be faithful to the interests of Minnesota, and
if there is not a general rush there another
season from the Green Mountains, it will not
be because I have not done my duty.
fUT- Marshall A Co. have fitted up the first
floor of Judge Lambert’s new building on the
corner of Third aud Cedar streets, and moved
their Bauking House into it ou Saturday after
noon.
Gov. Reeder at Home. —The New York
Evening Post says: “Therv: will be a mass
meeting at Easlon, the residence of Governor
Reeder, on the 20th inst., when suitable notice
will probably be taken of the indignity which
Pennsylvania has sustained iu the time and
manner ol his removal.”
The Census of Milwaukee bus been
completed, and show* a population of 50,143,
and an increase within the past five years oi
10,08 S.
The Wheat Crop in Wisconsin. —Speaking
of the wheat crop, the Appleton Crescent says:
Call on Wisconsin for 20.000,000 bushels, and
she will honor the draft if you pay enough ; if
not, she will export to Minnesota, Nebraska
and the rest of mankind.
Uniformed Coxdcctous. —The Conductors ou
the Nett' York and Eric Railroad have adopted
a uniform. It is appropriate and becoming*
not unlike that of the New York Police. The
buttons bear the cmblcth of a miniature loco
motive, and the word ‘‘Conductor.” Will not
the example be followed on other roads ?
Apples arc very abundant in Ohio. On tile
Western Reserve, Ohio, farmers have made
contracts to sell them on the trees, the buyers
to pick them, at six to tcu Cents a bushel.
The eastern tunnel on the Blue Ridge Rai’-
road has been cut 1,555 leet. It is sixteen feet
wide and twenty five leet high. The whole is
of solid rock. The western tunucl has been
cut 1,704 feet. During the last mouth 77 leet
have been cut in both tunnels. There arc a
1,000 feet to finish, when daylight will shine
through the Blue Ridge.
New York State Fair. —The annual Fair of
the New York State Agricultural Society is to
be hold at Eiinira, Chemung county, on the 2d,
3d, 4th and sth of October next—the same
days on which the Michigau State Fair takes
place. The amouut of premiums offered is
about SS,OOO. Gov. Wright, of Indiana, will
deliver the annual address.
The iron rails of the Grand Trunk
Railroad, from Toronto west to Stratford, 110
miles, are now being laid. The castings for
the tubular bridges on the road have mostly
arrived from England. The road is to be in
operation in November.
American Congress of Dentists.—Puila
delfuia, Aug. 2.— The American Congress of
Dentists assembled here to-day, and delega
tions fibm all parts ot the world arc attending
it. The sessions thus far have been private’
and devoted to business maiuly, bat the future
sessions will be open to the public. Among
the subjects offered for discussion is the pro
priety of administering chloroform to patients.
JfL*3r- The people of Central Illinois, those
disgusted and weary of the old political or
ganizations, are rapidly coming into the Re
publican movement, and arc forming a vital
power for the spread and triumphant vindica
tion of free pr nciples on the immediate bor
ders ot Egypt.
Census of Illinois. —The population of Il
linois in 1850 was 846,034. Some of the news
papers now estimate it at 1,200,000. So far,
we have seen no sufficient returns on which to
base an estimate. The law gives the census
takers two mouths in which to make their re
turns.
We find the following item in the Port
land Advertiser:
The Mayor of St. Anthony, Minnesota, has
ordered 59 Buffaloes to be turned into the pub
lic park for ornament.
DEFECTIVE PAGE
Florilla Fx.eetwood.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 11, I*6o
Editorial Cwrroo^oateace.
Winona, August 15, 1855.
In the month of .fane, 1852, 1 v Ist tod this
spot, then known as Wabasha Prairie, and had
occasion to pass the night here. There was
then but ooe inhabitable house upon the prai
rie, which was occupied by Parson Ely, who
I believe is still a resident of the village or
coonty. The only inhabitant of that period
who I have seen here to-day, however* is Dr.
Childs, who at the time of my former visit was
boarding, (with bis family) with Mr. Ely. I
was compelled te occupy as a lodging place,
on that occasion, the floor of a shanty which
was the only part of the “ building” then com
pleted, save its two sides—cuds aud roof were
minus.
I landed here this morning from the Lady
Franklin—the first time I have been in Winona,
save occasionally for a moment when passing
up and down the river, from that day to this.
And now I find it a thriving, bustling village
of 800 inhabitants! Stores and shops are
here ; warehouses and offices; schools and
churches ; commodious residences elegantly
furnished ; the streets filled with busy, iutclli
gent men, and the houses with agreeable, well
dressed, handsome women. Education aud re
finement must grace the homes of the Wino
nians, and it is no uncommon thing to find
pianos in the parlors of the “well-to-do” citi
zens. This where but three years since the
only music that was heard on the prairie was
the war song of the savage and the howl of the
wolf.
Winona must be one of the most important
towns in Minnesota below St. Paul—perhaps
the very first. With an eligible location, and
a country back of her unsurpassed in the uni
verse iu agricultural facilities, she must cer
tainly go ahead. Within four year 3 she will
be as large as St. Paul now is.
Court is now iu session—his Honor. Judge
Welch, presiding. Considerable business is
before the Court and several lawyers in atten
dance, of course. Besides the Winona Bar,
which is a very credital le body of young gen
tlemen, I uoticc our frieud and neighbor, M. S.
Wilkinson, and Messrs. Irwin A Eddy, of St.
Paul. Others of the St. Paul Bar were here
but have returned. The Grand Jury—about
as intelligent a body of men as I ever saw
upon a jury in any country —arc engaged in
“putting through” the liquor dealers who
have transgressed the provisions ol the Sioux
Treaties of 1851.
I suppose our readers will wish to learn
something in regard to political movements
down this way. The new Olmsted Democratic
paper—the Winona Express—made its ap
pearance yesterday, and has created quite a
sensation, it is well edited and neatly printed,
and has all the apparent elements of success
about it. It “walks into” Rice and the Ne
braskaites, “hammer and tongs.” You will
rcc*;ivc it by mail.
But in regard to Republicanism : lam most
agreeably disappointed in finding our friends
so numerous here and so wide awake. We can
rest assured that the principle has taken deep
hold in the hearts of the" people. The party
here is organizing thoroughly, and those who
are best informed in regard to the matter are
certain that Marshal will carry the County by
a large majority. As has been stated in our
columns heretofore, there arc scarcely no Rice
men here, save the Land Office hangers-on and
the few spoilsmen who are connected with the
Argus office. The rest of the Democrats who
still adhere to the parly are going for Olmsted.
His running will not halt Marshall here.
There is to be a rousing Republican ma*s
meeting here next Saturday week, w hich will
be addfessbd by Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Marshall,
and others. I tell you, things arc working
just right.
To-morrow I go to Fillmore Cbunty, front
where you will again hear from me. O.
Hon. Charles Slmner. —This gentleman is
still in Lake Superior country, posting himself
up iu all that concerns the great industrial in
terests of that portion of the Northwest. We
are happy to hear that he has recovered from
the effect of his late injury, and that he is gen
erally in the enjoyment of such health as an
Anti-Slavery Ajax should be endowed with.
Quick Work. —Wc received on Saturday, l>y
the Alhambra, several packages of type, Ac.,
that were shipped in New York by the “ Mer
chants’ Despatch” on the 7th inst., being only
eleven days inclusive on the route. This is
quicker than wc have ever before kuoun
freight to come to St. Paul. It was only three
or four days behind the invoice which came by
mail. Messrs. Burbank A Co. are the agents
of this line, to whom oar rdaders are recom
mended, when they want things put through in
a hurry.
The Minnesota Land Sales.—Mr. Marshall,
the Republican candidate for Delegate to Con
gress from Minnesota, was in town yesterday,
in good health. lie informs us, that the feeling
in the Territory is almost unanimous in favor
of a postponement of the Land Sales ordered
there by the Government. The principal rea
son he gives for this is, that by the present ex
isting process, if the lands were withheld, in
two years, all the choice tracts there would be
entered by pre-emption and occupied by nc
tuul seltlcrsj whereas, if brought into market
now, large portions of them would pass at once
into the hands of speculators, alio would with
hold them from market for high prices, and
thus retard settlement. The argument, of
course, has weighs and may possibly have suf
ficient weight to counterbalance the objections
to a postponement. The rapidity with which
that country is filling up appears almost like
magic. The population, too, is of the most
substantial kind, and it would be a misfortune
should auy thing transpire to iuterrupt the
present healthy current of things.— Gal. Ado.
lowa Elections. —As near as we can judge
by the returns received of the late County
Elections in lowa, it seems that the aggregate
result has been decidedly in favor of the Re
publicans. In a few counties they have lost,
while in others they have gained largely.
yrtf A heavy rain visited our City yester
day, which continued to a late hour in the
evening.
SsaTexck of Dennhioa
the Chicago Post OSes thief, was brought out
for sentence, be looked pole and was agitated,
says the Tribilne, although he managed to ton
trol Us emotion until the conclusion of the sen
tence, when he shed tears. The prisoner was
told to stand np.whea Judge Dratnnfond, after
some preliminary remarks, said :
The indictment upon whiab yen are convict
ed. charges you, in its third coant. with having
stolen from a certain letter in the Chicago poet
office the sum of $37. To this couut you have
pleaded guilty. The pnuisbraeot prescribed by
the law for this offence is a severe one, but it i»
just. You committed a breach of trust voluti
tarily taken upon yourself. You have done so
repeatedly and deliberately. Your situation
in the post office was a subordinate one, but it
was one of responsibility and trust. The pun
ishment which your breach of this trust entails
upon yoM, although just, iff much to be Idtneut
ed. You are in the dawn of manhood, and bad
before yon the promise of a bright and honor
able career. But this crime cuts you off from
all political and social privileges. It debars
you from the society of your frieuds,aud makes
yon an isolated and disgraced man.
DennistOn was then sentenced to ten years
confinement in prison. • •
An Avalanche ok Bread. —An itcuf with
this hcadiug has been recently published rtla'
live to an arrival of 36,000 bushels of wheat at
one of the Southern seaports, by way of the
Nashville and Cbattanoga Railroad. The Chi
cago Tribune says, that if this be called an
avalanche, some new term must be found for
the vast quantities of wheat in store in that
city, there having been at one time during the
present season 420,f 00 bushels in one ware
house. Machinery is used for storing and ship
ping it. v.
The Ben West Sunk.— The old Ben West,
whose couutcnancc is familiar to many and
whose name to all, was sunk a few days since
near Washington, on the Missouri, in ten feet
of water.
Illinois Central Stocks —At the New York
Stock Exchange on Saturday, Illinois Central
shares stood at 974- Llinois Central bonds
stood firmer and- with transactions of $90,00,
closed at SBj for Construction, and 934 for
Freeland.
The Kokaii Teleoraiti.— We have received
the prospectus of a paper of the above name,
to be published at llokab, Fillmore Co., M. T.
Uokab is situated upon a commanding emin
ence, overlooking Root River, and by its
course, six miles above its confluence with the
Mississippi. Root River, and its tributar'cs,
water the fairest portion of Southern Minne
sota. Its water, timber, soil and Climate is
unsurpassed in the North-West. The Tele
graph will be a Republican paper, of fair size*
and is to be published by 11. Ostrander.
Loci ville. — The Louisville journals are
still loaded with accounts of the late disgrace
ful disturbances iu that city, from all of which
wc can only gather that each party charges
all the criminality upon the other ; between
the two criminations and re-criminations fly
thick and fast. The Journal (K. N.) has ar
rived at the stage iu which affidavits come in
play, and hence its columns groan beneath
their weight ; while the Courier, on the other
side, has gotten no further than “statements,”
whifch fill Its sheet day after day. May we not
suggest that the legal authorities arc the
proper persons to determine the guilt or inno
cence of those engaged ?
Death op Cait. Titcs.—Wc regret to learn
that while going ashore at Kalamazoo in a
yawl on Thursday last, Capt. Titus and two
other men of the Fropcllor Montezuma, were
washed overboard by a heavy sea aud drowned.
The body of Capt. T. was brought to Chicago,
and taken by the cars on Saturday evening to
Buffalo. Capt. Titus was about 45 years of
age, was formerly captain of the steamer*Erie,
and came near being drowned at the time that
vessel was burned many years since on Lake
Erie.
The Republicans of Maiuc met in Mass
Convention at Portland an the 14th inst., to
the number of front 10,000 to 20,000. There
was great unanimity of feeling manifested, as
well as determined cuthusiasm.
High Water in the Wisconsin. —The Bara
boo Democrat says :
“The Wisconsin River is now tip at high wa
ter mark aud vast quantities of lumber is run
ning out.
The last of 150 rafts, containing over 8,000.-
000 feet and the property of one company, pass
ed the Dells on the 2nd inst. It is contracted
at St. Louis for $2*2,60 per 1,000.
The Upper Mississippi is lull of lumber, and
on Black liivcr alone there are 20,000,000, of
logs running out.’,
Another Kansas Removal.
A late Washington dispatch announces the
removal from ofiioe of Rush Elmore, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas Ter
ritory, and the appointment of Judge Moore,
of Alabama, as bis successor. The reasons
assigned for this removal are the same as those
given in the case of Gov. Reeder, namely, un
satisfactory explanations relative to the re
cent charges of speculations in land.
In the removal of Gov. Reeder and Judge
Elmore—supposing the avowed reasons lor
their removal be true ones—tbe President, if
be means to be consistent and impartial, lias
laid out for himself an abundance of work to
keep him occupied night and day during the
balance of bis term. Let him appoint spies to
watch the private transactions of all the office
holders throughout the country, as Governor
Reeder has been watched in Kansas, with or
dors to report their land speculations, to him
as evidence of disqualification for office, and
the probability is that be would have to be
father busy iu selecting their successors. The
course ot the President with regard to Gov.
Reeder and Judge Elmore, may have been
prompted by a very high-toned morality, on
his part, but the public at large will infer
quite the contrary. —Chicago Press.
Two Ter sons Drowned.
Philadelphia, Monday, Aug. 13.
As a party of four persons, belonging to
Maucbcbuuk,were bathing inrtbc surf at Atlan
tic City, Sunday morning, they were carried
out beyond their depth, and*wo of them, a
lady uamed Andrus aud a Mr. Boyd, accompa
nying her, were drowned.
EDITORS AND PtfeJurstafifet,
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Gov. Reeder— Wuxi they SUy in rfiv... _
A telegraph di “patch from Washington to St.
attrsa £
y«t. Ii aiay. prove false, -or may prove that
some Other man thaa Dawson itappotete! Yfte
fad the pleasure of *n tntervfcnririSi the
Governor the next morning after theffiaDatch
came, and as to the report of pro-slavert men
that he was very ranch aggrieved and
Dfc *° eaa «ay that it hi wboHr
false. On tfa contrary, he was in high strtrft*
sad shfemed ib be greatly relieved, perfect!?
wUlin# to fcive up bis office to MlEw/
ksdiDg that he was a mao highly capable oT
performing the duties of that important office.
Gov. Reeder feels conscious that be has |>er
formefl tiis fltftics bs well in iCnnsss &s soy
other man in the SnMc feifcometltnCCS Could
have done, and that Jhe grounds of his removal
are perfchtly frivolous.
We have no doubt that his removal was dohd
simply to gratify the continued demands of
Ifa stave power, and especially the personal
foehsg of CoL Manypenny, who declared that
either Reeder or himself would lose his office.
Though we bttrt honestly differed #fth Gov*
Reeder in some of his policy as Governor, yet
we should be highly pleased to have him re
main With us arid help us to fight the contest
through, and the Free State men of the Ter
ritory will send him as Delegate to Congress
next foil, as we arc determined to have a fair
election neat time, or a civil war, and we are
not -\cry particular which. — Kansas Free
Stale. ’
Gentlemen editors of the 3t.Paul Democrat,
\\ tnona Argus, St. Croix Union, St. Anthony
Express, and North-Western Democrat, the
people arc in want of light on the following
point: b
Does If. M. Rice approve of disapprove the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise ?—Should
be be elected, would or would not his election
claimed as an endorsement of the Kansas
Nebraska Act by the people of Minnesota?
r * .7 W ' Ki 9 e . sta nd by the Compromises
of lbso. the t ugitive Slave Law included, as a
fair .and dual adj^stllle^t ?, of the slavery
qticshon ? Does he abide by, or discard the
Baltimore Platform ?
.°. r ft gainsl a Congressional
prohibition of all Slavery outside of Slave
suites .—and is he for or against the admission
of any more Slave States into the Union’
lou will perceive, gentlemen, that these
questions arc propounded b cause the proceed
ings ol the Convention which nominated Mr.
luce gave us no insight into the views of pub
lic policy entertained by the candidate. These
questions relate to matters which are being
discussed and thought <ff by the tens of thou*
sands of our citizens, and by millions of peo
ple all over the United States, North and
South. That which is regarded as absorbing
question to be settled by the Federal Govern
ment, cannot be a matter of indifference to the
people of a Territory which may soon become
a member of the American confederacy ; and
a candidate whose character, influence and
conduct may have something to do with moul
ding the future politics of our Territory should
by all ineuus deal frankly and openly with tho
people.
Any information wc may be able to procure
respecting Mr. Rice’s position on tho aforesaid
points we shall cheerfully help to spread be
fore the people, w r ho await an answer.— St.
Anthony Republican.
The Atlanta Republican states that a een
e“a“cal>ed at the Atlanta Bank on Monday,
the JOth nit., and presented notes of the said
Bank to the amount of one hundred and forty
?»n«x n /k ousa .nd nine hundred dollars ($147,-
J 00) for which the specie was immediately
counted out.—A'", Y. Tribune, Aug. 10/A.
This draft upon the Atlanta Bank is but tho
first senes that will be made, week after week
by the wealthy and independent parties who
, m tlc *! un - Their arrangements
arc ‘Uch, we learn, that while drawing out tho
coin from that concern, they will constantly bo
™ ha £ ds ? me Per centage by the opera
tio.i. lhe Bank of Galena, owned by the
Messrs. Cor with of Galena, and the Mineral
1 oint Bank, controlled by Washburn & Wood
man of that place, are the principal capitalists
engaged, and they are so wealthy and so tho
roughly con vinced of the justice and expedien
cy of what they are doing that there will be no
laying down of arms on their side until the
Northwestern Country is cleared of the dozen
varities of Georgia ciirrency with which it is
otcrrun. The; difficulty between the parties
had its ongin in that attempt of the managers
nnnn C „n M K ag , cncjr here to 'oree their money
upon all the banks and brokers of the State
n? *!* r hat their objections to dealing in
hut k.nd of paper. The Bank of Galena and
the Mineral Point Bank refused to come into
c arrangement; and as a consequence every
dollar ol their notes received here was sent
home for redemption—a matter of little conse
quence to cither of those institutions, as, from
lhe peculiarity of the Lead trade in which they
are engaged, they always have on hand an
amount of coin by far greater than their circu
lation ; but it of course prevented them from
deriving any profits from the legitimate and
legal way in which their business was done.—
The present attempt to reduce the circulation
of the principal one of the Georgia concerns,
and to employ it in defending itself, is an ex
pected result from the intolerant and over
bearing spirit in which it has up to this time
deported itself towards its less wealthy neigh
hois. For our part we are quite free to con
fess that we shall be anxious to see the war go
Oi, until the Atlanta is forced to succumb. At
the outcome of the fight, if that result is attain
ed, money will be more plenty here and at low
er rates than ever before,and exchange on New
Fork will be reduced to one half the figure at
which it is now quoted—two most desirable
results to all classes in the way of which the
Atlanta Bank is the only obstacle. — Chi. Tri
bune.
Stand from Under. —lt is currently reported
that demands to a large amount are being con
stantly made upon the Atlanta Bank for a re
demption of its present bi’ls in specie. Thns
far the requisitions have been promptly met,
we learn, by this Institution.which we presume
has the means at command to sustain itself
against a more extended run upon its circula
tion, though there are but few who can tell
how far its distance is to the end of the rope.
Of course, this parent of all the Georgian
wild cats will endeavor to sustain its own ex*
istcnce, though it be at the expense of the en
tire litter of the younger brood, and hence we
consider it sane advice to suggest to ear friends
to keep as clear as possible from entangling
alliances with this species of moneyed repre
sentation.
It may do to pass, but we do not consider it
over safe to keep.— Chi. Journal.
interesting discovery has been
in France in regard to engrafting fruit trees.
Instead of making use of a graft, a slip is taken
from an apple tree, for instance, and planted in
a potatoc, so that a couple of inches of the slip
remain visible. It soon takes root, develops
itself, and finally becomes a handsome fruit
trqe, bearing fine fruit. This method is due
to a Bohemian gardner.
NUMBER 49.
Light Wanted.
Atlanta Bank.