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THE MINNESOTA PIONEER 1 St. [Janf, iUimifSota, August 15. ISSO. , . Fur Ufiegaic to HENRY H. SIB LEY. • "An honest man is the noblest work ; of God*’.’.. .It is easy to.find very smart inert, very promising meiij hut n wt-ll tried, tsithuii,'capable, honest man,who ha's proved himself trusty through all, "triMs and capable in all emergencies, it is not »o easy to find. Such a man when • found and proved, is worth'keeping. It to the XLdli&rence-of the south to their tried public im*n, that gjvqp tjiose nton .myca an itittmiie acquaintance with na- i tionul atTuirs and those states such influ ence in the National councils. Those sterling men in the Senate of the l/nited States, who tjye regarded as the expo nents of their respective States, are n< t the growth of one year. Their capaci ty^-their character, their influence, i* tiie si *w growl i of years. Their c >n j-t tuents have had the sense and the sa gacity.to continue, year alter .year,to re pose in them that confidence, ever incrcas ing,vvuic!i they have never betrayed until their names and their characters are associated inseparably vvit.i tlieir respec tive* states. Nearly in proportion to the fidelity of the States t > their public men, n the relative influence of the States in the councils <>f the nation-. Wli t man ever thinks of Kentucky wtih oilt feeling, at the same in<>ini nt, a-glowing admiration of Henry Clay, the noble exponent oftiiatglnriousState ; What would have be* n the influence of NJiarot’.ri in tlie Senate, tor the last 20 years, if she had picked up men promis cuously, t » till that seat in tiie Senate which lias been occupied bv Thomas H. Benton, tiiat human Colossus of political knowledge, whose minute acquaintance with the minutest details of the political history of our country, is like an accu rate daguerreotype of the hot null 'cen tury? A man whoso lit'**, whose hi-to ry, whose hopes and aspirations, whose ‘ it whole character is identified with the or igin, the interests, and the growth of the state or territory he represent*, may hr more influential as a representative* than any other man could be, though) gifted with the eloquence of W ebster, t A Daniel Boon could do more for that \ Kentiukv which he almost creati d, than a Daniel Webster. In our judg ment these are considerations of: great weight. They ought to influence every vitn in Minnesota. Henry. H. Sibley is the man by whose agency Min nesota was quarried and hewn into an! organized territory. Hong before then a resident hi re, managing the capital of a firm whose enterprise and whose hu-u- ( ness awakened this frontier to civiliza- , lion, called hither the agency of toe i steamboat, gave einpl •viuent to mechan ics, and inducement and security for the busy throng of immigration to flow in here, by bis urbanity and honorable dealing with all men,civilized and sav age, and by his strict integrity towards the fi::n of I*. Chouteau jr. it Company,; and towards all the agents and numer ous employer:} of the firm, he secured the universal confidence ot all who knew him. Those Canadian French amongst , its, then employed by hint, as voyugeurs, as teamsters and as laborers,love him as a br »tlu-r and reverence him a?* n father. We consider this tiie highest encomium upon the character of Mr. Sibley for fair dealing and that kindness which wins the heart. Possesed of that man liness of person and dignity of bearing, which is of acknowledged advantage , of any public min, well educated. I and a hard working business man, j he was chosen here by acclamation t>> attend to flic interests of.this cast oil’ fragment of Wisconsin, which was left ; without officers, civil, judicial or execu tive. unprotected by law, disorganized, chaotic. One year ago last winter, un der such ciicuiiistances a> these, Mr. , Sibley left here for Washington, upon a sled. He went a stranger. He left «oine of •■•ur p 'pulati >n hoping, more doubting, and a lew jeering at tne pro ject. Fp >n his address and his skillful management, hung u >t only the hopes ol those who were then here; but his failuic or success involve far more than this. Hud he failed, there would have been vet no Minnesota territory, and the most of us would not have bren here to discuss his qualifications for the office of Delegate—certainly no officer of the Federal app untinent from abroad with a new commission in bis pocket and less than six months’ actual resi dence amongst us, would have been here to contest his claim to the office of XJelegute! People of Minnes *ta, our fingers burn with glowing indignation while vve pen these truths, that any man should presume so far iqvon your ingrat itude, a< to think you capable of thru-t --ing aside your faithful delegate, without the semblance of cause, in his absence, iu the faithful and efficient discharge, you all know, of his public duties and in his unsleeping vigilence for your own i terests at \V ashington! Pardon a di gtession, to express a I’eHing we could not repress. Mr. Sibley reached Wash ington a stranger. He addressed him self assiduously to the cultivation of an acquaintance with tiie influences which uccotnpltsh things in Congress. No member of Congress, whig or Democrat, could escape his importuni ties. The public ear is duff. It is of ten impossible to call the attention ot Conge*;* to matters of vital iuterest, vvhe.n advocated by the most experien erd talent. He persevered; he impor tuned; ho entreated; lie implored. In the exercise of very excusable diploma cy, he studiously avoided exciting the opposition of the whig* as well as the jealousy of the Democrats. It is abso lutely certain, beyond a contingency, that nothing’ but his skiff fid management in thus securing the political favor of both parties, finally secured the darling measure, upon the success uf which he hazarded uii the political hopes of his life; a measure then so hopeless that it filled the oldest politician- in Wsshing iigton-witlt amazement that ho ventured ; > urge it a measure wholly without jrccedent, naturally looked upon by the »out‘i with extreme jealousy, requiring immediately u now drain up m the treas ury exhausted by the Mexican vvar, and ( -eating wholly upon tiie address and a- j iroitnesa of a stranger iu NVaaUiugton, j >yh>> had n t even Inc privilege of plac-i ing his foot upon the floor of Congress. . He presented himself as the representa tive-of the territory of Wisconsin; but; it was urged that Wisconsin was then a . state and could have, no Delegate andi no election for Delegate. This and all, ■)ther objections, he met ami overcame. He was admitted into the hall of Rep-j resentativea, a young man, inexpcricnc-i ed,-from the remote west, surrounded by old political gladiators, of horn a; majority must be conciliated or conquer-I ud hot *re lie could accomplish oil that i remained to be done, viz: the organi-! z iti m of a new territ ry under a new j name. Sleepless, vigilant, zealous to a degree that excited as well the mirth as' 1 the sympathy of the politicians there; he had but one object at heart, and that was, the organization of the territory. A member of Congress who can wielJ the vote of a state,may offer equivalents for tiie support he asks; lie may bargain the influence which he wields in ex change 4*l* that- which another wields: but Mr. Sibley had no v<fle and no influ ence of that sort, for political capital. His zeal; his address; ins importu nity; his eloquent personal solicitations, were bis only weapons of political war fare. He succeeded in having the sub ject brought before a committee in the shape of a bill, organizing, with all its boundaries, in all its details, a territory to oe called Minnesota; with a liberal appropriation of money, and double the number of school sections ever before set apart to any teriitorv. He went be fore that Committee and made an argu ment,and an appeal in behalf of tiiis ntea sure, which, for logical force, for pow erful, lucid and persuasive eloquence, nevi r was surpassed in the whole histo ry of legisiati >n. It struck Congress with a t’oice truly electrical; and il spoke Minnesota into irisieiice. Having achieved the organization of Minnesota "by dint of zeal ami elubb >ru j pertinacity to the last moment •>! the session,” (as Gen. James \Viis< n of N H. has said a hundred times,) he left Washington for home He was greet ed with that cordiality at the landing in St. Paul,which he so well ineritt d. Last slimmer he was a candidate for the of fice of Delegate of Minnesota iu Con gress. It was the first office f>r which 1 lie asked or received the suffrages of Minnesota; for at the first time, he* went at the ihk of defraying his own expen ses,claiming to he* the Delegate of Wis consin, and had never occupied a place in Congress in any other capacity. He was elected with hut one dissenting vote ! in the whole territory. He has not vet been oile year in the office; and in that 1 time has accomplished more for Minne sota territory, and has attained a much larger amount of appropriations than any other Delegate ever before attained far ami fl rritcvij that has been organized. , Talk about rotating such a man out of ati office which he lias sofaithlully filled for tiie space of less than a year! Mens-| ured l>v the benefits he lias secured to j Minnesota, his term of service is al- ! ready long—measured by the lapse of time, he has not been in the office as long as it would take some of those who aspire i > succeed him, to learn in* way iij> and down Pennsylvania Avenue.— , Measured by the standard ol work ac complished for his constituents, we do n t envy his successor the comparison ! that must and will be made between that successor and Mr. Sibley. Why, tiie failure of our deb-gate to cany through a single one ot the appropriations secur i d this year, would have be« n a matter of great concern to us all; and vet there | are voters who will hazard these vital interests in the hands of a nov ice or a conceited boaster, or of any empty i headed booby, who is stuffed up with! the idea that lie is fit for a congressman! Men are not so stultified in the affairs of, private interest. They choose their doc t »r or their lawyer with reference to his known ability, skill, and experience.— V’oti would not hire a teamster to diivej your horses, unless you knew him to be t sober and expert. Are you more ready then, to pick up a pert pretender or an inexperienced aspirant, ami to clothe him with the full management of all your important inteiests iu Congress' Be sensible; lie reasonable; we would put this question home to your candor, as men who will act conscientiously and honestly nt the polls: do you think you have a right to experiment in making Congressmen—-to hazard our interests at Washington .by placing them in hands less secure then they now repose in? Does any one question Mr. Sibley’s ability, fairness, or fidelity? No one. Has lie failed in accomplishing all that we asked ot him? In no particular. Does any one d >uht his influence at Washington? No one; 'no one To deny it, is not only a malignant untruth, but a foolish fiction, contradicted by n bundant other proof, borides the QJO witnesses which appear in the ap propriation bill. Voters, allow us to whisper in your ear, that by the appro priations obtained for us this year in Congress, a share amounting to more than SK)O falls to each of the 800 vot ers in the territory! Bear that in mind when you go to the polls. Be* indepen dent; be governed by reason, and do not be led aw ay from vour duty to your self and t«> Minnesota, by any gassing politician or selfish demagogue. Hold fast to that which is true, tried, and valuable. Do not exchange a dele gate for inn chance of a delegate. Be deliberate and holiest; be wise and not fools. Listen to an allegory— A fanner wandered away from the crowded east, to make a home for him self and his family in the North western frontier. In his wander ings, he came to a beautiful plain, cov ered with blue grass, once tlve enchant ing spot where the Red man exchanged his furs with the Indiau trader. In the midst of this plain, bv a spring, stood a beautiful young apple tree, white w ith j blossoms a* if it weie a full blown mam moth rose. Hen , sanl the farmer, will 1 make my claim and build my bouse; ami under tlie shadjvv of that tree, bu sily did he ply the axe. and the adze, and the plane,until presently there grew up by the side ul the tree, a smiling cot tage and a garden was picketed and in tiie door yard stood the tree, the pride of the farmer’s heart. The family came —the covered wagon—the cattle— the kitchen furniture—the wife and the lit tle children took possession of the little cottage. Autumn came; and with it, came showering down the golden fruit of the apple tree, and the parents ! and the children all ate of it and blessed the tree; for ulthougli some «aid it was a sweet apple tree and some that it was a i sour apple tree, none denied the abun dance and excellence of the apples. Time.rolled away, and the girls grew taller and the hoys waded deeper in their buckskin pantal >ous, until their knees almost became manifest; and a yearly increasing flock of tlaxen-haired little girls built then play-houses under the shade of the spreading apple-tree, parading their bits of broken crockery on the little rude shelves, and the wild birds securely built their nests amid the shelter'of its boughs. One election day (it was the first Monday in September) some of the older boy* efirno home drunk; arid they got their axes and sworn they would cut d >vv» the apple tree. The old mail remonstrated : "What,” says he, "will you cut down this noble tree, vigorous as it is, and laden more heavily with apples, now ripening, than it ever before was? What shall we do f»r fruit? What for shade?” "We have stood it long enough,” mut tered the boys. "Old man, this tree goes d >vvn! Why cumbers it the ground? It is too vigorous; it monopolizes all the strength of the soil that is around it. It is in the way; it is in our light.”— "My sons,” says the old man, vve must have a tree here. With what better can you supplant it?” "I will plant in place of it,” said the elder, "that beau tiful misletoe, which lias lately -.prune : up, and is now entwining in its arms yonder stately elm; I will retnove hither ; and plant together the mislet ie and the elm; for what is the parasite without a suppoite rr” "No;” said the brother; "not so; the tree for shade, is that very popular tree, the Lombardy p *p!nr; lhat is all tiie fashion now. Lit us remove the apple tree, which I am sick of seeing, and plant in its place a Lombardy poplar.” "Oh ntv s*-ns!”sa.d the old man with tears in his eyes, "young men often think they know a great deal.while they really are very foolish. Read your bi ble. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles? If cither of the trees you propose to substitute for this noble apple tree, whose fruit lias fed and whose foliage has sheltered you, were to take root and grow, it would run up too t ill for shade, and you might look up forever into their branches and look in vain, for the golden harvest of apples which bangs upon tins noble ap ple tree, under whose shelter your old father hewed the logs of our humble house!” LOCAL AND TRANSITORY. The river Mill continues high—fir above rhe precedent of any former season. I .a*f ivei k Wedne-d .v, the Nominee rati u}> ns far as Cheevers’ landing. If is remark'd throughout the whole length of the Mie»i*»ippi river, tint l«»i~i tiess is very dull this .season. The fart is, file short crops of last year, afforded hut iittle surplus produce to forward this sea son. Umil within the past few mornings, we have seen no fogs upon the river. I'he Highland Mary and the Anthony Wayne, have not made their appearance here for some time hark. Oats are selling in Saint Paul nt 50 rents; rorn ts worth 75 cents; hotter 15 rents; beef 6 rents: eggs 20 emits; potatoes (new) SI; milk is selling at 40 cents a gallon. A dai ryman, with several good rows to supply tiie town with milk, could do a fair busi ness. The people in Saint Paul seem to express a general \\ i-li that lio hll'Milig 'llould he erected nil the margin of the bluff, on the south side of Bench street. That street, when huilt up, a« it soon will lie with good buildings, from one extreme to the other ot tile town, will lie unsurpassed for beauty by any street 111 anV town on the river. The side of it which is left open, overlooking the river, ought to have a side-walk laid, in those flit rocks which ran be so easily quar ried at the bluff !>e|nw the Catholic church; and there ought also to he a row of elm shade trees planted on that side, through the whole length of the town. Thus, Bench street iiihv soon heroine one o| the pleas antest promenades in the world. There is a man stopping at the Weddell with a month so l.irge ihat he has to wear an awning over'it to keep the sou from in juring his teelll. Stevens boards him for so much a bite. [Cleve. Plaindealer. There i* a politician in Saint Paid, so pinch addicted to .“looking two ways for Sunday,” that he will soon have to under go mii operation tor strabismus. \j ird B uxht'iipit a recent meeting of the I,a w Amendment Society,announced his in tention to proceed to ttie United States in | .January or February next, with a view to 1 co-operate with the law reform in this coun try, which has already so distinguished it self in the science of jurisprudence. If he can do nnvthing to relieve the United States of the great law “menopily,” which oppresses our emin'ry like an incubus, with the support of more than 20.000 law yers, we will vie him the freedom of the town of Saint Paul. Civilization already begins to enervate the people of the Far West. Last month a pi ano made its appearance even in Hard Scrabble; while the landlord of the Fight ing Bears,” who nobly resisted the innova tion of table cloths, has been compelled to strike his color to a “cussed V ankee,” who advertises clean plates at every meal. [ Bos. Times. Madame Pasta, now CO years of age, has eon»ented to sing at a concert in London, on the 10th inst., given in aid of the Italian exiles. The ‘event,’ is exciting a great sensation in metropolitan musical circles. There is also n black prion Donna, who has lately risen like a black thunder-cloud in the musical horizon, and threatens to eclipse the glory ot Jenny Lind. She is said toeing quite »a* well; and is represent ed to Utmost lerwiicbingly 'leatitiful. One of our citizens, is prepiring to tak*- several liHKUerHol) pes Iti;i) town of Saint P.uih ' Snell ought to b* t*‘k**n annually mul preserved «* historical record*.of the growth . f ihe town. Somebody says that politeness is like an iir ni-Itmil. Th**re may In* nothing in it, hut u e »es our julls wonderfully. At Saint Louis on the 15ih; eleven men, working upon n sewer in ftnMb-st., were sun struck, mid five of them died instantly. On ihe linh, nine more were struck, one dying instantly. Whether the others recov ered entirely or not, is not stated. Such is the demand in Saint Paul for building matetial.s, that while lumber taken down the Mississippi river from our own neighborhood, is selling at Saint Louis for almot ten or eleven dollars per thousand: the same description is sold readily at Saint Paul”for 17 dollars per thousand. The mill* nt Saint Anthony, after being *uspend«*t it. their operation for n f*-vv days and sustiiining's'iine damage to the dam,are now sawing again. Mi. McKu-iek’s saw mill, «t Still water, is still prevented from running, by the back water in Lakn burnt Croix. Cajit. Paul R. George returned the other day from the Fast.and is on the Saint Croix river. That old saw-mill law sun. like an ugly nightmare, suit Jipp*-e*se* the village of the Falls of Saint Croix, One of our neighbors succeeds in catch ing fi-ll ill Ihe river, by sorting a trammel net (three nets together, Itetween which the fi-h gel caught, afier crowding through the meshes.) In the political canvass which is approach ing vve desire to avoid personalities ms ihik h as possible; Init vve shall fe«rl**ssiy meet whatever que-iloit demands di-cus-iou.— We have seen .somewhere, the following a intising illustration of the freedom of dis m-sioii;-show ing to w hat extreme the ar- L'lmienttim ml hnmmem is Carrie I itißurope. Frederick the Great whs very fond of dis putation; lint he generally t**rmin tted the discussion by ndl «i i>ig his antagonist and kicking him; very few of his gue-ts were disposed lo enter the arena against him.— One dev when he v\ns more than u-uatly di-|>o»ed for an argument, h>* u-ki*d one of his suit wh\ he did not venture to express an opinion on some particular question. ‘lt I- impossible, your niajesl\ was the | reply, ‘ln express hii opinion before it sov ereign who has so* h strong conv ictions, mid wh> wears -uch il.i k boots.’ That immense apron of rock, being a flat sheet nbollt St) feet wide by one hundred mil fifiv feel long, over which ihe waters of the falls of 5> tint Auth my lately poured, u* xt to (he western shore, fell down nut lung since, under the weight of the flood. Our readers will recollect that vve describ ed ihe magnificent hall made by this great roof of rock behind the sheet of water, at ihe ti ne when judge Meeker’s court ad journed to diet place and explored it, Miter bidding ail inquest hi the .old gUVerilllieilt mill more th m one year ago. Wntei-nir 1 >ns are plenty hi St. Paul —at from t«> 40 cents a piece. Ming Convention. By request,we make rooni for the follow ing abstract of the doings *if h Convention of Whigs at Stillwatei, on the lOilt of Au- Samuel Burk len was efinson chairman, mnl Albert I (arris Set ref ary. After ml •|if - i• »«r several resolutions, the conventhmi |>ro cmlnl to tiii Ito t lor a ranilwlate for Dele gate to Congress, Mr. Mekiii'trv ami Mr. Harris acim<; as tellers; w hereti ji m, nil the \’otc.' hei»m cast for Col. N.iCireen* Wilcox, ih.it Ketitlem.iti was i|t*c|.ir»:i| to lie unani mously noininateii. Messrs. Johnson, Mc kmstry , anil Cyphers, were appointeil a Committee to inform him nf his uomma tion. SAMUEL BUKKLEO, Ch’m. A LBEII i’ lIA It It IS, Sec. Ucntou County Convention. By crowding out our advertisements, we are able to insert the following abstract of (ho proceedings of an adjourned con vention held at Swan river, on the 10th in- stout. W. A. Aikins, President; Col. Curtis Bellows, Vice President; VV. \V. Warren, Secretary. On liailot for Delegate tn Congress, Col. A. :M. Mitchell leceived -II vote-, Charles W. Uortijt 2 votes, and David Ol.listed 1 vote. For Representatives, the Convention nominated David C»ihnaii, D. I'. Sloan, W. W.W arren, A. Morrison; lor County Com rnissioiier, P. Beau prey; Surveyor, 'l'. A. W arren; Treasurer, C. Bellow-; Coroner, Asa While; Assessors,Reuhen Kiehardson, Duncan Stewart, and 1 homas Holmes. It was— Resolved, That we do not in any way recognize or countenance the election of Delegates who represented ilentnii County in the so called Territorial Convention at Sr, Paul on the 10th instant, to nominate it Delegate to Congress, from the fact that there was no convention called and none hut a lew transient present ["tie nr livo exception-] wtin were > made delegates l>y having their expenses paid and we will lot in any wi-e countenance any susrii pack ed delegation. The Canvass for Congress. To the Editors of the Pioneer: 1 see in the last number of your pa per an account of the proceedings of a , “Territorial Convention,” held in St. Paul on the 31of July, to nominate a candidate for Congress. And I have witnessed every where I have been, attempts to induce the Whig party to support the rn initiation made by that Convention. I have heard of similar j attempts where 1 have dot been. It is said to he binding upon them. Now ; without saying a word about the nomi nee, I will say a few words in regard to the obligation of the Whigs to support the nomination. I have nothing to do with the manner in which the convention was gotten up. I take higher ground— The Whig party has struggled for years with a pcitinacity, under repeated defeats and various discouraging circutn stances, unexampled in the history of the world, for the preservation of great political principles, which they believe to be identified with the best interests of I the country. Having respect for that (portion of their fellow-citizens by whom they have been opposed and so often de feated, no triding consideration, no matter of temporary expediency, no petty contest of personal ambition, no , miserable spleen growing out of the eagerness of ouo class ;of persons over 1 another in the ordinary business affairs 1 of life, could have kept up their organi zation for a moment; and thee would I >ng since have laid d >wn their cd >ra, * lad thoy not believed the prosperity of > .'heir country and the pre.se rvu lion of its j iianohfces in their full purity, depended > upon their peraeverence. They have J i persevered —tiXey have persevered until « success has perched up >n tin* banner of ot a holy cause, aud there it sits arrayed < in pluinos of truth, benignly smiling < upon a happy people, and spreading its I golden wings o’er a prosperous land.— 1 And is this party bound to support the i nomination of tlte Territorial Convcn- I lion? Let us see. 1 The Convention passed a resolution i« declaring “It is improper and iqexpedi-j< ent at the present time, to draw those, 1 party liner which exist in other parts of i the country.” What the principles of < the Territorial party are, or what its oh- i ject is, is not set f rtli. It is stated, I however, that “we have in our midst u - dangerous monopoly, known ns theji American Fur Company”; and “we|! pledge ourselves and call upon our can-, j i siituents to assist in checking its power.” : I And a candidate for delegate to Con-j | ; gress is nominated ns the anti-American ' Fur Company candidate! And now the ; I Whigs are called upon to support the t nomination, and desecrate the sacred < cause by which they are held together, < 1 in a miserable crusade against the phan- 1 •tom of a rn >npnly, wliich has no exist-j j ence but in the imagination of personal j I i enemies of some of the members of the , < Fur Company. j i How is the American Fur Company | 1 a monopoly? It has no chartered privi- ' leges. It has a license to trade, it is 1 true, but any' one else can obtain a li-j cense by complying with the rules regu-; • lating tie matter. Wher£ then is tiie I nimipoly? Is it in the fact that they * have money and won’t distribute it! | jam mg the people? Or do the “Terri- 1 I torial party” prefer having n . m meyed, 5 j men in the Territory? If their capital, 1 iis the objection, it is most frivolous; so ! i far from being a dangerous monopoly, 1 I the Company is of great advantage to ’ the Teirit »ry. Money is the very tiling t ie Ten it >ry nerds, and companies or j i individuals who will bring it here s.iould, 1 jbeem o ir aged t> c uric. If there were i a hundred Fur Companies in the Terri- ' torv, so much the better. Dot it is not my purp >se to defend the j American Fur Company—though I may ( 'claim credit for impartiality, when I say it is no “monopoly.” It may be guilty j of a great many bad things for aught I know, but 1 venture to say it is willing, and always ready, to meet promptly and ; j answer any specification that can be, made against it. Be this as it may, the I ! \V bigs as a party have nothing to do i i with it. It isn't their business to put j up or put d >vvn Fur Companies. If tile i Id ompany has done any thing wrong, it i ' is amenable to the law, and should be i brought to the bar of justide—and if it' is to be put d >wn by public opinion, or by the influence of leading men it uiu>t be done here. It cannot be done m Was'ii igton ! And the “Territorial, party” need not wi-h to send a delegate j An Congress for any such purpose—they 1 had better keep their candidate here on the sp it where his influence can effect something. Congress has nothing to do with the Fur Company, n-t even with granting them license to trade, llowj novel the proceedings would he! Toe delegate from the Territory of Minne-| ! sota rises in the House of Representa tives, and states that the American Fur i ■ Company in St. Paul is a in mstrous mo-! ' nopoly, and moves that a committee be appointed to investigate its affairs, and bring to light its malpractices! Would Congress send a committee here for any such purpose? nr would the anti-mono- j p >ly candidate, it' elected, make such a : motion 5 What then has Congress to do , ! with the American Fur Company? In politics, 1 am a Whig, a whole ; Whig, and nothing but a Whig, a Hen ry Clay Whig, a Daniel Webster Whig, j '• a Whig of the days of Whig adversity, . j always have been and always shall he a j Whig; but I cannot approve of biing-j , ing the party* down from the lofty ground ; it stands upon, to join in a quarrel be tween some of the old and present mem bers of the Fur Company, although the candidate on one side may be, and for aught I know to the contrary, is, u fnni ; and unflinching Whig, an able man, a courteous gentleman, and in every was i a worthy citizen. In this matter he is , not battling in the great Whig cause, but has engaged in a little side affair of his own; or perhaps it would he more correct to say, in the affairs of others, 1 which have no connection with Whig j principles. If the people, Whigs or Democrats, , prefer the nominee of the Territorial I j Convention, personally, to any other i I candidate that may he in the field, and think he would make a more useful and efficient member than any other, they ! . | ought and cei taiuly w ill vote for him. L My purpose is to show that there is no \ obligation on the part of the Whigs to : { supp ut him, and if he is defeat* d it is , not to be considered a Whig detent.— The Whigs have already, “many a time: , ai:d oft,” suffered by making unneces-j t sary and, to them, unfair issues, and it! r is time they were learning something 5 from experience. ,•! lam sorry to see this hue and cry j - against monopolies raised here in Min-j :> nesota. Those who have raised it, and t who join it, cannot he aware of the ori • gin of the course they are pursuing.— i Monopolies have been the theme of dem agogues and unprincipled men in all r past time; and 1 did hope a similarcru i sade against them would not disgrace -!tho future—here in Minnesota at least, f, What is a monopoly? It is the privi t lege of one man or set of men to pur l* sue a business that the rest of the, com f inunity arc prohibited from pursuing, t and becomes obnoxious when exercised n to oppress the community. There are - no monopolies in this country —the consti o jtution, in spirit, prohibits them. If the o word had not come to us ready coined, o | with its odious signification, arising from e real monopolies where it originated, we r ' should never have heard it—it could not s! have originated here in the United - States. There never has been, never d‘can he a monopoly in the Futon, iu the odious sense in which the word is under st i,(l. Any charter granting exclusive prirthges by which a company, or any set of men, could oppress the conunu* nit, would be at once pronounced un constitutional by lilt* Supreme Court.— If certain persons are chartered to exer cise a busmens, of .any kind, and it is declared that no other person shall fol low that business, that would be a mo nopoly and worse than unconstitutional it would he tyiannical. But such acts have never passed any legislative body m this Union, and never will. If they do, it will then be time to cry out against exclusive privileges and monopolies. But how a private company of gentle men, having no chartered privileges at all, can with propriety be called a mo nopoly, merely because they happen to have a little money, I cannot imagine. As well might it be said that a rich man is a monopolist. John Jacob Astor was a '‘dangerous monopoly,” though he gaye hundreds of thousands to the pub lic! So was Stephen Girard, though he gaye more to charitable and public uses, than any man that ever lived in the United States. The truth is, and there is no disguising the fact, this cry against monopolies is a pitiful humbug, originating with the wit Lid lo impose on the ignorant. The disappointment of a few, the am bition of some, and the prejudices of others, are put together ; a little froth is made about election times; it serves its purpose and then sinks to nothing, whence it came, and there is no more of it till another election. In conclusion —the Whig party* is not a party of faction—it is founded upon principle—it acts upon principle—they have opposed the Democrats because they believed the Democrats wore act ing wrong; they are always willing to support Democrats or any ore else who wifi act right. The main pillar in their political edifice is the public good, and the man that can, and who they believe will best promote that good, they will support. They believe, it is true, that their own principles w ill best promote it, and when those principles are in volved, will stand by their flag if they die in its dusty folds; but they do not fight useless battles, where defeat would be felo de sc, and victory fruitless—-nor do they enlist under leaders who have enemies enough in their camp to carry off all the spoils of victory. A Whig. LATEST HEWS. The Compromise, alias Omnibus Bill, has now advanced to a stage iu which its defeat seems'inevitable. On the 30th ult., CM) houses were de stroyed by fire in Chicago, among which was a theatre, and the National Hotel. The health of St. Louis had greatly improved on the Bth iust. Missouri Election. —The returns of votes have not, up to Aug. Sth, c«»me in sufficiently t•> determine ll;e result. The W iiigs claim a general succ« sv in St. Louis Co., and there are strono indica ti ns tnat tiie \\ iiig und Anti-Benton members of the Legislature will be strong enough to prevent Mr. Benton’s return lo the U. S. Senate. The Union, (deni.) however, claims a victory, but without giving details. i The Galena Daily Advertiser, Aug 8, says: The election returns tiiis morning leave little room to doubt of the success ol (he W big candidates, Darin Porter and Miller, E«r the Ist, 2d, and 3ti Con gressimal Districts. Nothing has been as yet, lieu d from the 4tli and sth. low \ Election. —Desrnoines county, Deni, majority for State and Congress ional ticket, 111. Henry county,Whig majority for same, Louisa, Whig majority from 45 to 50. Muscantine, Dim. majority Do. Lee, Dem. majori ty, reported 300. Hcnn: falls 50 votes behind his ticket. Scott, Dem. majori ty on State ticket, about 70. In Clin ton, same majority. .Jefferson, Dem majority from 40 to 50. The Legisla tuie will stand largely Democratic. Prof. Webster.— lt is discovered l»y an examination of the laboratory in which he killed Dr. Parkman, that Ins confession is only another tissue of lies. Hon. Orlando Brown, of Kentucky,! late Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who contracted with Mi. Bice for re moving the Winnebago Indians, died of cholera, on Ins way home from Wash ington. The Rival Boats. The Nominee arrived in St. Paul at dusk on Tuesday evening and left in about two hours, without, running to the Fort. The Dr. Franklin, No. 2, came in tlie night, went up to the Fort, and returned down the river while we were asleep. The fever of rivalry was at a burning pitch on both boats. Captain Smith says he will return his boat now to her regular working time as a packet, in which capacity steamboats are far more useful than in running races. Capt. Monfoit, of the Dr. Franklin, No. 2, left us the following note: Eds. PioNEtn—The Dr. Franklin has! reached St. Paul in 34 hours from Ga-j lenn, by the wuy of Stillwater, including sill stoppages. YVe left Galena yester day (Monday) morning, at half-past 9, A. M., the Nominee 3 minutes behind us; landed at Dubuque 3ei minutes be fore her; left Dubuque together; were 3 miles abend of her at Cassville. and out of sight of her at Prairie du Chien, YY e landed at Lansing and put out much freight and many passengers; at the foot of Lake Pepin, discharged freight and passengers, also landed passengers upon a raft in the Lake; at 40 minutes past 3, P. M., on Tuesday entered the mouth of the St. Croix; landed at YY illow River, Stillwater, (dis charging freight) and at Point Doug lass, making 5 hours’ time in the St. Croix. By running directly to St. Paul, we should have reached your town he- fore halt-past (j o’clock, 1\ M. can beat the Nominee with ta*i v. Yours tiuiv, a. C. Moni'oi nine. By .1 late ordinance, steamboat not allowed to whistle within the of Galena. The Prt sident and Council of St have ordained that hogs s!ia!i not large. That body has. also oid that “night trains’* shall not r , heretofore. They a iso forbid ctne cattle. The conductors ol the trai take notice. On Monday last 25 Sioux from the age of six to fourteen, t the direction of an old Indian, g hogging dance, in front of several in St. Paul. Their juvenile voices good time and showed good cultu Pity these hoys, instead of exin themselves here, dressed only w. . breech clout aud paint, could not L to a good New England farm scho clothed and put in a right mind. \ will Government learn that the method of permanently bent-fitting Indians, is to institute farm school compel them to work, and study hooks? How many white boys, you, would make good citizens, ii t were allowed to spend their vouth . days in idleness, or fishing and gur If you would change the habits of n< savage, take him in infancy out < i ti *. wigwam and train him amongst w uio exactly like a white child, and tiie tu.ng is accomplished. It is stated that in the neighbor.uK 1 of Hermann, Maine, a German s« :ti - meet, the production of wine tiiis • r Will he nearly 50,000 gallons. For the year ending in April last, nearly one hundred and twenty mo!; ;:■» <»f pounds of beet-root sugar were \iui - ufactured in France. Sir Thomas Wilde has been append ed Lord Chancellor of England. Retting with a ‘‘Cullud Pussoti.” “C. L. E.” relates an inimitable st - ry, which illustrates one kind of “hum; i natur.” It is to the following efi< > The scene is a cockpit, which is a j ■ <i way ahead of any personal expo i< r; • of our own. There is a “ Higl l-c* lid), Cock’’ and a “Low-comb Cock,” it i - senting the “nigh’’ and “low” of iu< game, and the warfare has begun. A few bouts, a few sharp digs, a; J. tiit sport is at its height. “Hoorah! ’’ a confident better. lean my on the n. ■ m <• of the pit with belli elbows, and p tin g intently at the feathered c mb.it “Hoorah for the high-comb cock! I!o - rah! Hoorah for the liijh-c* mb \ ’ A dollar on the high-c mb cock! \ i - grn, ‘dus next triend,” accej t. J r cliallcngc and took the stake. ‘H m continued ttie better, “Hoorah I i tin high-comb cock! hoorah!—for— high. hoorah! hoorah! hoorah!’’ 11 the the “high-comb cock” began ; entlv to get the worst of it; and th i ter continued more cautiously, ‘H 1 r the high ' —here a severe dr i d ‘high-cornh’ for a moment on his •. , and this was the turning point. ‘IIo continued our hedger, ‘hoorah fir low-comb cock! give it to him, lift* low! go it! that’s right! put it inti i• • ’ hoorah for the low-comb cock!’ \ well did the low-comb deserve ti) • > plause, for he. straitened out his an:; ! nist in the next round; and os t ! comb could’nt ‘come to time,’ vi* i was declared in his favor. ‘Well g,w me the stakes,’said the hedger t* tar negro. ‘E’yah! e’yah! guess not' ie ! plied Cuffce. ‘You bet on dat h,_ comb cock, and de money is mini’- ‘No, no: did’nt you hear me hoorah ! >. the low-comb cock? Did’nt I h loud for the low-comb cock?* . je’yah! e’yah! you did so,’answer* negro, ‘hilt you bet on the high cock, s-’elp me, Bob!’ ‘Weli,’ sa ! anful dodger, scratching his he. ain’t goin’ to get into a dispute •> . i you, and I don’t want to quarrel; i tell you what I’ll do ; you give n 1 dollar, and you keep your’ii—aud me, if I’ll het with a nigger agin!’ \ in this way a settlement was effect Knuktrbochcr. rpo CAR PENTERS AND MF.CIIA N JL Tools of every description of the be itv, for suit? .it very low prices for cash at d I’. PAI/L HARDWARE S tO GRAIN CRADLES. -PatentGmpevii dies; also, Scythes, Snaths, furies, el», Spades. Hoes, etc., for salts low at th SP PALL HARDWARE STO August 13, 1850 —A full assortment of all sizes steel for sale at 28ct« per lb. Also, and Double Shear do., Herman and l.’li-t at equally h \v prices at the dr PAUL HARDWARE . T< SAWS. —Mill, Cross Cut, and Circular of aii siv.es for sale at reduced prices ST. PAUL HARDWARE dIC NOTICE. SEALED PROPOSAL will hr recc this *itsci, until 12 o’clock, M. uti t day of September, 1850, for the delivery 100 head Beef Cattle, on the hoof, ut For ling, and 40 head B* ef Cattle, on the hoof, * Games, on or before the 18th day ol her, 1850. 1 he Beef Cattle to average from 4-V) pounds per head, net weight, and be de at the respective Posts, without expense United States. '1 he Contractor wjtl be r* to give bond with approved security, in th • ! sum of two thousand dollars for toe faith frfinent of his ctMitract. The Assistant missary reserves to hints* If the privilegt jectiug unreasonable bids. Persons sending in proposals will end* i them “Proposals for Beef Cattle,” and g names of their securities. ll \V. KIRKII YM. Bvt. Capt. 6th lafuitry, A. 1 Aai’t Com. of hub. Office. Ft. Snelling, » Min. T«r., Aifwt 13th, 18$#. ) ' *