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PROSPECTUS OF THE
MINNESOTA DAILY PIONEER.
THE uaderaignsd Uke pleasure in presenting to ihe
citiaeae of St. Pml, and the Territory of Minnesota,
a new enterprise tor their consideration and support.
As Thi Pioneer was the first newspaper printed
within the limits of Minnesota, and became, through
the energy of its founder, the herald of its greatness,
we deem it peculiarly appropriate that it should con
tinue the first in aN legitimate enterprises, and thns
become, also, the index of its progress. Believing,
therefore, that the present newspaper facilities are
inadequate to the wants nnd demands of oar large
and rapidly increasing business and population, we
shall commence oa nr before the FIRST DA\ OF
MAY NEXT, the pabKcatieu «f a Daily Morning
Journal, to be called
THE DAII.Y MINNESOTA PIONEER.
THE DAILY FIONEER will be Democratic.—
The change in its management will not aflfect its po
litical character. The course heretofore pursued, of
yielding a cordial support to the principles of De
mocracy, and the true representatives thereof, which
has given The Weekly Pioneer an enviable
position in the esteem and confidence of the people
of this Territory, will be adhered to in the daily pub
lication. It will not, however, be a political journal,
merely,—with daily re|mrU of the condition of the
Markets, and the state of Trade; with Daily Lists o
the Arrivals and Departures of Steamers, and of
our Imports and Exports; with a systemized corres
pondence from all points, both within and without
the Territory, with which we have business connex
ions; and with Express Arrangements, by which we
will receive the News of the Day in advance of the
Mails, —the publishers desire that The Daily
Pioneer may be suited to the spirit and w'ants of
the People; and that its character may rest mainly
upon its faithfulnessas a reflex of the General Activ
ity, and of our commercial condition and progress.—
Suitable attention will also be given to its Literary
and Miscellaneous departments; and during the ses
sions of our Legislature, and the sittings of our
Courts, full reports will be given of the proceedings
of these bodies.
The Daily Pioneer will be printed in the
neatest style, upon the best quality of pa|>er, nearly
three-fourths the size of the Weekly, and will be
furnished to city subscribers at Fifteen Cents per
Week, payable weekly at the office or to the carrier
and to mail subscribers at Six Dollars ter an
num, payable in advance.
The Weekly Pioneer will be published as
heretofore. Upon the establishment of the Daily
Paper, however, it will become a much more desira
ble sheet. The advertising patronage of The Pio
neer has hitherto left only a nominal spare in its
columns for news and miscellany. We design, how
ever, after the first of May, to transfer the bulk of
this matter to the columns of the Daily; and shall
thus be able to offer our sultscribers t > this issue, a
paper worth to them at least Three Timet its presen
value, while its pi ice will remain the same as now—
Two Dollars per Annum, payable in advance.
Book and Job Printing.
In addition to the present facilities for executing
alt varieties of Book and Job Printing, we shall re
ceive on the opening of navigation, an extensive as
sortment of the NEW STYLES OF FANCY
TYPE, BORDERS,and of everything essential to a
complete Printing Establishment. We shall also
have Three New Presses, one of which will
be a MAMMOTH POWER PRINTING MA
CHINE. With this increase of material, we shall
l»e better prepared to execute Book and Job Printing,
of all kinds, cheaper, more neatlt, and with
greater despatch, than any other establishment
in the North-West.
EARLE S. GOODRICH & CO.
St. Paul, March 15kh, 1854.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
ST. PAUL DAILY TIMES.
ON or about the first ol May, the subscribers will
commence the publication of a Daily Morning Pa
per, to be called the ST. PAUL DAILY TIMES.
The Times will lie Whig in its tendencies,although
not of the ultra school; rather seeking to harmo
nize and promote the interests of the People, than
following heedlessly party dictation; shaking out
boldly on all subjects of a public character, condemn
ing wrong, upholding right, and advocating those
measures most conducive to the interests of the pub
lie. As a party paper it will adhere to those greet
national principles of the Whig parly, such as in
ternal improvements, a judicious tariff, free homes
to the homeless, and the development of our resour
ces, which have done so much toward placing the
United States among the first nations of the world.
In municipal affairs it proposes to select the best
men, irrespective of party, to fill those offices of
trust which cxj>cricnce hus shown us sire very ini
portant auxiliaries in promoting the peace, comfort
and prosperity of our citizens.
The columns of the Times will he open to all
who may wish to discuss public measures in a
courteous manner, but matters of a personal or sec
tarian nature will be excluded, the publishers belie
ving that a well conducted journal should seek to
enhance the welfare of the mass, and out the pri
vate spleen of the few.
* commercial and huiness point the Times
V" • Tor t° out,,on e bv no other print in
the 1 erritory; home matters will receive its partic
ular attention, and no efforts will be spared to render
it acceptable, to the wants of the business and read
ing community. Able writers have been engaged,
and as the enterprise is under the control of practical
men—men who have had years of experience in the
printing business, and who will devote their best en
ergies to make the Times equal to any other paper
in the North-West, it is Confidently believed that
a share of the public pair»nag» w ul U> n KIVW |,
extended.
The Times will be furnished at six dollars per
year, payable in advance, or fifteen cents per week,
payable to carrier.
In connection with the Daily, will be published
the Minnesota Weekly Times, a large and
handsomely printed paper, at $2 per annum, invaria
bly in advance.
Job Pmirriifg.—Our office will be supplied with
the very best and latest styles of type, and our facil
ities for doing Job-work will be of such a nature as
to warrant us in saying that perfect satisfaction will be
given.
▲II tavors promptly attended to.
Respectfully,
NEWSOV. MITCHELL A CO.
T. M. Niwios, J.B. H. Mitchell, Martin
J. Clom, anti others.
St,.Paul, March 22, 1864.
lUUTAL Sc DEPARTURE OF MAIDS.
ST I’AtTL AND GALENA—Leave* St. Paul, Mon*
days and Friday*, at «, A. M—Arrives at St.Paul,Tu*s
daysaai Saturdays, at 1, P. M.
Through mail to Dubuque D.P.O.,ia closed on Thurs
day evenings at o’clock, and oa Monday Moraines at
• o'clock.
BT. PAGL AND ST CROIX F ALLS—Leaves Saint
Paal, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 6, A. M
Arrives (Mdt. Paul, Tuesdays,Thur*days and Saturdays,
ST. PAUL AND FORT RlPLEY—Leaves St. Paul,
every Monday at 7, A. M.—Arrives at St. Paul Satur ’
day, at 4, P. M.
ST. PAUL AND FORT SNELLING— Arrives at Si.
Paul, Mondays. Weifnesday# and Friilax s, at 10, A. M.
—'Leave* ttsinr Paul, same days, at 3, P. M.|
The Mails tor Ft. Ridgeley and Mankato,are made up
at Part Rattling, sad leaves that plaes every Mondays
10, A. M*
DAILY PIONEER.
SAINT PAUL: ~
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1854.
EARLK S. GOODRICH, EDITOR. -
THE DAILY PIONEER, is published every weekday mor
ning. at the Office. Bench Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and
furnished to Mail Subscribers for Six Dollars a Year, in Ad
'vemcn. City Subscribers, Fifteen Cents a Week, payable to
the Carrier.
THE WEEKLY PIONEER, printed at the same office,
is sent to Mail Subscribers at the folVncing rates: Single Copy,
Ivv» Dollars ; Fire Copies, Eight Dollars; Eight Cowries, Ten
Dollars; Twelve Copies, Tad re Dollars. To tale advantage of
Ike Club rates, however, the subscription price must be paid in
variably tn Advance.
TO CORRESPONDENTS —Anonymous communications
will receive no attention. All articles professing to state fads,
must Iw accompanied by the Author's name, not for publica
tion. but as a guarantee of the truth of the statements made.
Voluntary Correspondence, containing important news, or
statistics of the condition and growth of towns and settlements
throughout the Northwest, is solicited.
Lumber Seizures.
A few days since we published instructions
from the Department relative to the duties of
Timber Agents.
We find in the Democrat of Wednesday,
further instructions on the same subject, which
were communicated to that paper by Col. Ir
win, U. S. Marshal. It appears that the Mar
shal “and Capt. Estes are fully authorized, by
written instructions from the Department at
Washington, to allow rafts of lumber cut on
government land, to pass without seizure in all
eases where the owner will, within three months
deposite money in the Land Office sufficient to
enter a quarter section of land for every 1,600,-
000 feet of lumber measure so cut on Govern
ment lands.”
Our objections to the course pursued by
government have been based upon the fact that
trespasses have been committed only upon lands
w hich were withheld by government from sale,
the timber upon which was necessary to the
prosperity of the Valley of the Mississippi gen
erally, and this Territory in particular. The
instructions above quoted, remedies to some
extent, the difficulties with which our lumber
men and the Territory would have been other
wise burdened.
This will answer as a remedy by which the
lumber men may clear their lumber that has
been already cut, and is an arrangement that
will doubtless be satisfactory to those interest
ed. It is not, however, the proper policy to
be hereafter pursued. If we understand the
law under which the Deprrtment acts, it is in
tended to prevent trespass on public lands, and
our views are, that the Department should
bring all the pine lauds into market. Allow
the lumbermen an opportunity to purchase the
land they lumber on, and then punish those
who trespass on public lands. Allow no lum
ber to be cut on lands belonging to govern
ment. Let the Timber Agents act in the
Woods instead of on the Rivers and at the
Mills, and those who have bought their land in
good faith, and cut their timber on their own
lands, will not be subjected to the necessity of
proving their right to run their lumber, after
luCy are one > two, or five hundred miles from
home.
As we have before said, we do not believe a
pine tree would be cut ou government lands
in this Territory, if the pine land was in mar
ket, and we hold that as the lumber is necessa
ry to the settlement of the country, the lum
bering interests of the Territory should not be
trammeled by the government, as has been the
case for the last few years. Above all, the
lumbermen should not be subjected to annoy
ances and delays in the prosecution of their le
gitimate business.
In justice to Col. Irwin aud Capt. Estes we
extract the following from the Democrat, rela
tive to their labors at Washington, in behalf
of the lumbermen :
“Col. Irwin has labored indefatigably to
bring about this arrangement, and if we right
ly comprehend it, it is sufficiently liberal to all
parties. Col. Irwin also informs us that Capt.
Estes was unremitting, during the winter, in
his endeavors to procure a modification of his
instructions.”
Health in Minnesota.— Hennepin county,
in this Territory, now contains a population of
about two thousand, and in a conversation the
other day with I)r. Ames, the only physician
in the county, he informed us that he had not
a single patient within its limitsand that he had
not heard of a single case of indisposition in
the county for some weeks. What do you
think of that, you who are shaking yourselves
to pieces with the Ague in Michigan, Illinois,
and other of the Western States ?
Red Rock Ahead.— Mr. Wm. Fowler, who
the farm of Mr. Wm. R. Brown,
of Red Rock, brought into our office yester
day, a bundle of pie plant, of a luxuriant
growth. He informs us that the bed in which
it grew woe cApusea all winter, and that it has
sprouted up beautifully, and has been fit for
use for near a week. This speaks well for a
country that used to be thought to be covered
with eternal snows.
Little Crow, the Sioux Chief, arrived from
YV ashingtor:, in the Greek Slave, on Tuesday eve
ning, and left Wednesday Morning on the Minnesota
Belle for Henderson, from which point he will go to
the Agency by land. He has many marvellous tales
to tell of what he saw and done during his absence.
He claims to have arrived in Washington just in the
nick of time to prevent the removal of the Sioux to
the Missouri; and he has succeeded in having an
order issued for the payment of the bullance due the
Indians on former appropriations. His services, he
■ays, were of great importance in getting through the
committee of tha House a bill providing lor the final
settlement of the title to the Halfßreed tract of Lake
Pcppin.
Personal Intelligence.
R C Bostwick, Lake Superior; W H C Folsom,
Taylor’s Falls; D A Second), St. Anthony; Capt J
B S Todd, Ft. Ripley; Wm Holcombe, Stillwater;
A P Owens, Pa.; Dr. Nichols, do; A Cobum, Me.;
P Pratt do; Mrs E McFarland, St Aatbonv;
A Harvey and Lady, N Y; L Hyneman aad Lady,
St Paul; Jas Riddle, N Y, were among the arrivals
•t the American House yesterday.
Capt. Kates* Card.
Ws iovits attention to the card of Capt. Estes,
the U. S. Timber Agent for this section of country.
We hare on various occasions, nod in the strongest
terms, expressed our disapprobation of the policy of
the government in keeping from sale those lands,
the timber of which is absolutely necessary for the
settlement nnd development of the Northwest. Wo
live in hope that the government officials at Wash
ington may yet come to appreciate the hardship,
resulting from their dog- in-the-manger policy; and
that, if they still decline offering the lands for sale,
they may adopt some method by which the timbeis
suitable for building purposes, can be purchased.
But to the Card. Capt. Estes, as Agent of the
Interior Department, has been engaged in perform
ing the duties of his appointment. So far as we
can learn, be has in every instance acted withiu the
bounds of duty, and in very many cases, shown
greater liberality than the spirit of his istructions
warranted. It is within our personal knowledge
that Capt. E. while East last winter, used every
argument and endeavor to have the policy of govern
ment changed; and we have no doubt from our pre
vious knowledge of him as a man of strict honor,
and of generous impulses, that his action since his
return, has been in accordance with what he pro
tests in his communication. Until, at least, the op
posite be shown, we have no fears that his charac
ter as a man or as an officer, can be at all injured by
the grossly malignant and libellous attacks which
have been made upon him by the papers of this city
and of other places.
Central House, St. Paul, May 4, 1854.
Mr. Editor: —Since my arrival here I find that
various rumors have been put afloat, through misap
prehension on the part of the press and individuals,
which are calculated to prejudice the public mind
against me, as a timber agent of the government.—
While I cannot descend so far as to notice the vile
slang which has been employed by the Minnfxotian
under the apprehension, I presume, that such writing
was high-toned, I will yet state a few facts,and leave
the public to judge of the justice and fairness of the
attacks which have been made upon my character.
I was appointed agent for a specific purpose, and
the instructions issued by the department clearly dis
close for what purpose. I have neyer received a dol
lar from any lumberman, at any time, on account of
trespasses committed upon government land. I have
never seized any lumber hut what was admitted by
the parties interested to have been cut on government
land.
I regard the office of timber agent honorable, when
compared with that of a dastardly libeller who em
ploys a public newspaper for the defamation of private
character. This is of course a matter of taste. If
any desire to know what I design to do they have
but to peruse the instructions issued, and then calcu
late that I will execute the duties assigned to me so
far as I am able to, without regard to personal conse
quences. I cannot stop to discuss the moral or po
litical questions involved in the unauthorized removal
of timber from lands of the United States; but I
have no doubt but what the government has a right
to protect its own projrerty, and consequently employ
such means as an individual would employ under
similar circumstances.
If I have exceeded my instructions in anv one in
stance, let the fact be established. But until that in
stance is pointed out, I hope to enjoy the common
rights of a citizen, with the presumption in my favor
until proved guilty.
Yours, &c., James B. Estes.
FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Traverse de» Sioux, and vicinity—Trip
np the Minnesota River—Low Wa
ter —Indians—Necessity for Roads, &c.
Traverse ties Sioux. April 27th, 1854.
W'hen I left St. Paul, I promised to give you some
items in regard to this section of our Territory, but
part of the time since my arrival I have been very
busy, and part of the time I have been very lazy.—
You may ther* fore attribute my not writing earlier
to either cause.
The low water in the Minesota kept us is the
shade for a long time since spring, and we began to
fear that we would be isolated during the summer,
but the recent rise, and the more recent arrival of the
steamer Humbolt with a heavy load of freight and
passengers, has dispelled our lonliness, and we are
ntw flourishing like a green Ixiy free. Men women
and children, horses, oxen, and mules, are all Inisily
engaged in tearing up our beautiful prairies, for the
cultivation of the various grains and roots necessary
for the next winters supply. Even the Indians a few
of whom are still about us, are overcoming their
recklessness as regards providing for future want,
and are at work, hoe in hand, to prepare a garden
spot.
These poor fellows feel a strange reluctance to
leave their old haunts, to locate on their reservation,
and if possible they will plant at their old villages
the present season.
Whether it is natural with them, or they lielieve
that on their good conduct depends their chances for
remaining on the lands they formerly occupied, I wil*
not pretend to say, but their intercourse with the
whVs has been uniformly creditable as far as my
oliservation has extended. In fact it is my belief
that most of the so called depredations which are at
tributed to the Indians, are the result of acts of gross
injustice committed against them by some of those
bi|>eds who locate in the vicinity of the Indians, and
call themselves civilized.
Improvement in this region is now rapidly pro
gressing. New farms are being rqiened and old ones
enlarged. We are in expectation of a large increase
• m mtu , —J L..wL\* wwuKl lie IfIIVHVVIfQ) SI
great many buildings would be put up immediately.
It is very much to he regretted that we are unable to
obtain the lumber necessary lor building. That is
the only drawback on this place, and it will I hope
soon be remedied. All the other requisites for a
prosperous agricultural and commercial point we
have. The land is of the first quality. Timber and
water are abundant, and onr location is such as to
make this an important point on the river.
There is a matter that onr people feel a very deep
solicitude about, and that is whether Congress will
do any thing for ns in the way of roads. It is a well
known fact that many persons are desirous of reach
ing the Minnesota valley with their teams, direct
from lowa. This is difficult at present, owing to the
want of direct roads through to the common river.
We are as yet too feeble in population to make roads
without the assistance of Congress, and one appro
priatfon lor that purpose woald be repaid by the sale
of the land that would be opened to settlement in
consequence. Congress certainly should contribute
liberally to open roads through the timbered portions
of the late Sionx purchase. Nothing would tend
more to the settlement of the upper valley of the
Minnesota.
Through the enterprise of our citixens, a good road
has been constructed from this place to Fort Ripley,
the location is through a rich agricultural country well
watered, and well timbered, and many settlements
have beon made at different points between this aad
the fork. Yours, Z.
HiietltaMMi lUai.
Why is a widower like a dilapidated old house 1
Because he wants to be repaired.
There are 1,342 editors in the United States—
About 200 are rich men.
There were 9,750 deaths in Philadelphia last year.
This is one to every fourteen of the inhabitants.
The heart that beau for no woman, is a niche
without an image.
A down-east editor says that modesty is a quality
that highly adorns a woman, and ruins a man.
A fop is like a cork tree, his ouUide is all there is
of value about him.
It costs half a million of dollars a year to keep St.
Peter’s Church at Rome in repair.
The committee selected to obtniu subscriptions for
some suitable memorial to be erected in Boston in
honor of Daniel Webster, are reported to have con
tracted with Hiram Powers for a collosal bronze
statue.
We have just learned, says the London Observer,
from a private source, upon which we have every
reason to rely, that the Russian gorernment has given
notice to several commercial gentlemen and engineers
interested in Russian railways, that it is not intended
tc proceed at present with these undertakings. In
fact, the works are about to be suspended, and all the
men and money required for their construction will be
devoted to carrying on the war.
An attorney, about to furnish a bill of costs, was
requested by his client, a baker, 'to make it as light
as he could.’ 'Ah !* replied the attorney, 'that’s
what you may say to your foreman, but it’s not the
way I make my bread.”
The New Orleans Picayune notices the introduc
tion of Guano into the Mississippi Valley. Two
cargoes have recently arrived at New Orleans, and
others are on their way from the Chiucha Islands.
Recently the brig Gen. Pierce sailed from Savan
nah, Ga., with 163 black emigrants for Liberia. Of
these, 50 were liberated and sent out by one gentle
man, and 38 by another.
Solomon Jewitt, of Middlebury, Vt., arrived in
the Atlantic, with a lot of pigs from the stock of
Prince Albert, and several pens of poultry from the
aviaries of Windsor Castle, which took premiums at
the late Royal Poultry Society’s Exhibition. Mr.
Jewett is one of the largesf importers of French
Merino sheep in this country.
The Bishop of London has intimated to all rever
end believers in the mystery and attributes of table
turning, that he cannot allow them to discharge their
ministerial functions in any part of his diocese.
Writing on Newspaper Wrappers. —We
learn from the Washington Star, that the proper of
ficers of the Post office have deeded that letter post
age is legally chargeable on packages having writing
other than th- simple address on the outside. If pay
ment is refused, the party sending it cannot be prose
cuted for a fraud on the Department; as an attempt
to conceal the writing is necessary to constitute a fraud
as iu the case of writing words or signs inside of a
package of printed matter, which is a fraud under
the law.
The shoe made on ''Saxe’s last,” is said to be
rather a tight fit.
Is there any harm in a fellow’s sitting down in the
lapse of ages'!
Birds are the poor man’s music, and flowers the
poor man’s poetry.
The story that Hobb’s American Bank Lock has
been picked in London is said to be without founda
tion.
A baby in Portland has been named William Ne
braska.
Excuses are the pickpockets of time. The sun
does not wait for his hot water, or his boots, but gets
up at once.
A person who undertakes to raise himself by scan
dulizing others, might as well sit down on a wheel
barrow and undertake to wheel himself.
The New York Central Railroad Company has pro
hibited the selling of spirituous liquors at the refresh
ment saloons along the route of that Road.
The receipts atthc land office at Palmyra, Missou
ri, are said not to fall short of fifty thousand dollars
per month.
Whooping cough has prevailed for several weeks,
with unusual severity at Rockville, Maryland.
A valuable mine of bituminous coal is said to have
been discovered in Union county, Pa.
R. Hutchinson, a mail carrier between Carthage
and Gainesboro, Tenn., has been arrested, charged
with robbing the mail.
It is stated that since the Ist of November last
9200,000 worth of tobacco has been sold at Louis
ville, Ky.
The annual report of the Secretary of the State of
New York, gircs the whole number of paupers re
lieved during the year 1852, at one hundred and thir
ty thousand and twenty seven.
Some having lavishly lauded Longfellow's apho
rism, “Suffer and be strong,” a matter-of-fact man
observed that it was merely a variation of the old
English adage, “Grin and bear it.”
Of all learning, the most difficult department is to
unlearn; a mistake or prejudice out of the head is as
painful as drawing a tooth, and the patient never
thunks the operator.
The revenue of the Church of England is twenty
millions of dollars. The revenue of the English
drinking houses ie more than a hundred and fifty
millions.
They are about introducing the American railroad
car in England. It is admitted to be, in every re
spect superior to the car now in common use on the
English railways.
A strange disease has shown itself among some of
the cattle in this vicinity. It commences with a
swelling of the neck, which soon extends to the
whole head; the nostrils in the mean time running
blood and slimy water. It appears to be very rapid
and fatal in its works of death.—[Potosi (Grant Co.)
Republican, 15th inst.
A man who lived much in society said that his ac
quaintances would fill a cathedral, but that the pulpit
would hold bis friends.
A colporteur called at the American Tract Society
lor a bundle of tracts, and inquired those most sug
gestive of death—when some one referred him to
railroad tracks, and he immediately made tracks
himself.
Australian gold—the value of gold exported from
Victoria during the year 1853 was about £14,000,000
sterling; from New South Wales, £6.000,000 part
of which it was supposed, had been received from
Victoria. The yield of the New South Wales fields
had for some months been decreasing.
Two thousand Germans were at Antwerp, at the
latest date, waiting for vessels to take them to the
United States.
Prayer.
■r Aim ramoa.
Pimy for aty soul. Mon things an wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within the brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer
Both for themselves and those who call them friend ?
For so the whole round earth is every way,
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
The Head aad Heart.
bt John g. haxk.
The Head Is stately, calm and wise,
And bears a princely part;
And down below, in secret lies
The warm, impulsive Heart.
Tlie lordly Head that sits above.
The Heart that beats below,
Their several office plainly prove,
Their true relation show.
The Head erect, serene and cool,
Endowed with Reason’s art,
Was set aloft to guide and rule
The throbbing wayward Heart.
And from the Head, as from the higher,
Comes all directing thought;
And in the Heart's transforming fire,
All noble deeds are wrought.
Yet each is best when both unite
To tnaka the man complete—
What were the heat without the light ?
The light without the heat 1
Wages of Females.
To pay an extra price for services perform
ed by extra workmen we do not object. Even
though the job is not better done than if per
formed by an inferior workman, there is a com
fort in knowing that nobody could have done
it better. But to pay double price for a blun
derer’s work, and let* experts starve at half
price, this is grievous to humanity, and not
very creditable to our good sense. * But it is
exactly so that we treat females. Ouce more
we utter our protest against the ungallant, un
just and irrational distinction, made to their
disadvantage. We never have been able to
discover a reason why a school, taught equally
well by a lady as by a gentleman, should pay
the former only half the sum which the latter
gets. If it is professed that ladies cannot teach
as well, that is another matter, and one which
it will lx* a very hard task to prove. But that,
when other things are entirely equal, sex should
make a difference of 50 per cent, in the wages
earned, is absurd to the ear of reason, and
wicked in the eye of justice. “The laborer is
worthy of his hire,’* says the scripture—unless
the laborer is a woman, and then she is only
worth half of it. says this relict of some heath
enish policy. We cannot tell the difference
between the result of her manual labor and
his. The fabric woven by her hand is as fine
and substantial as his. Her fingers direct the
needle more carefully than his. Her hand is
softer to the sensitive invalid. Along the
paths of solid learning she passes at a more lively
gait. In the fields of poetry and art she gath
ers as choice a garland. Her sphere is differ
ent, but its diameter is no shorter. The circle
of her duties is no more contracted. She does
as much good in her generation. Not as ma
ny follow her to the grave, but more weep at
her departure. In what is her labor of less
value than the man’s? Intact—in sprightli
ness—in ruling without seeming to—she is
greatly man’s superior. Her time is worth as
much; what respectable reason is there why
she should not lie paid as much for it? Far
distant Ijc the day when those unwomanly de
mands. which brazen Amazons claim as their
rights, shall be imposed upon the sex. Far
distant be the hour when American women
shall put on the coarse habits of course men.
and from the elegant and matronly retirement
of their nursery, dairy, or parlor, descend to
bandy worths with foul-mouthed politicians, or
in any sense to enter the ring with gladiators.
But the ruddy light of a better day, for those
of the sex whose necessities daily quarrel with
their tastes, is playing iu the east. The time
is soon coming, we cannot doubt, when, if a
woman must work outside of the circle of the
family, she shall be paid for it; when, if a fath
erless girl must breast the rude world’s bil
lows to get the means of support for a fan:i y,
a day’B labor shall not yield so small a fraction
of the sum of the year’s expenses, that it is
wearisome to count enough of them to make
the unit; when scores of all sorts of labor,
which now are monopolized by effeminate men.
shall Ik? hers; when positions that require more
taste than energy, and more tact than muscu
lar strength, shall be filial by females. And
in that good time coming, a lady shall have as
much for the performance of a job as a man.
even if she does not do it a great deal better
than he. —New York Times.
Struck bt Lightning. —A young woman per
haps 20 years of age, the daughter of William Ker
sey, was struck by lightning near the Falls of Lick
jng during the shower on Saturday evening last. Vis
ible marks of the electric fluid were seen on the
side of her face, extending down her neck, breast
and leg to her foot, tearing the skin in several places.
Her shoe sole was partially torn off, and several
holes made through it, about the size of a bullet.—
Her dress was set on fire, she was of course killed
instantly. A tree about thirty yards from the house
was torn to pieces at the same time. She was stand
ing on the porch at the tine. Others in the house
were stunned.— Z.ancsville Aurora.
Accident. —The express train on the Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railroad, due here on Tuesday night,
was detained by an accident, between Wooster and
Massillon, cauaed by the locomotive striking a cow
on the track. The locomotive passed over her car
cass, as did also the tender and baggage car, but the
third and fifth passenger cars were thrown off the
track, and rolled down an enhaukment. Conductor
Knight and three or four passengers were injured.—
One man had his arm brukeu; another had his side
horribly bruised, and several had their heads and fa
ces cut. With the exception of him who had his
arm broken, all those injured were brought to the
city.— Pittsbwgh Post, 20(A.
The Steamboat officers on the lower Ohio, Missis
sippi, and Southern rivers generally, are endeavoring
to introduce slaves as decks hands, firemen lie., on
steamboats, in order to counteract the effects of free
laborers to procure higher rates of wages.
Destruction or Birds. —The New York Tri
bune states that the extraordinary snowstorm which
commenced oil Friday evening last, and continued at
intervals till Tuesday of this week, has proved most
fatal to the robins through that region. One farmer
in Westchester county says he could have picked up
a bushel of them (dead) on his farm.
Beautiful Eigea*.—We regard ihe following
not only as one of the most curious, but on* of the
most beautiful epigrams which we hare ever read.
Straight is the line of duty,
Curved is the line of beauty;
Walk by the first and thou shall see
The other ever follow thee.
fDsminan’ff Column.
MONEY SAVED; TIMB SAVEDt LA
BOR IAVBD t
CLOTHIIG.
THE most extensive assortment of READY MADE CLO
THING north of St. Louis is to be found at this es
tablishment.
You can save money, because we are selling thirty per
cent cheaper than any other house in tlia city.
You can save time, because in one assortment is to be
found every article necessary to the gentleman’s wardrobe,
and you may be sure of being suited, without running
round to the small clothing stores in town, who have not
half the amount of goods to be found in this house.
Labor can be saved, because our goods are all made
equal to the best costume work, and warranted.
listen not to the idle tales of small shopkeepers who
calumniate to induce you to buy of them. Read our list
of prices;
Linen Coats from 76 cts to $2 00
Italian Cloth Coats from ....$2 00 to $3 50
Tweed Coats from 250 to 500
Blue frock Coat* from 700 to sl2 00
Blue, do 800 to sl2 00
Black Cassimere pants 400 to $6 00
Fancy do 250 to $5 00
linen Bants 125 to $2 50
Vests of all kinds 1 00 to $5 00
An immense stock of Shirts, Drawers, Gloves, half
Hose. Susjienders, and in truth, everything that is new
and fashionable for gentlemens wear.
XU JJJSS THAN 5000 GARMENTS
On hand for examination, and for beauty of material,
and unsurpassed workmanship, not to be excelled in any
city in the Union.
Ijirge sales and s nail profits, and we study to please—
shall at all times in* our motto, and to study the interest
o ' our friends together with mir own shall be our utmost
endeavor. Country st< rckeepers would do well to examine
our stock before going below, as we are satisfied that they
can save both time and money.
Strangers visiting our city would do well to examine our
spring and summer stock, as we have all the latest styles,
having been in the Fast during the whole winter, having it
manufactured under my own superintendence, and every
garment manufactured equal to the best custom work.
Our system of selling for cash at New York prices, has
thus ihr worked admirably, and our patrons have all ac
knowledged tiieir satisfaction. Having lieen engaged in
the trade for ten years it is to be presumed we understand
our business, and being connected w ith an eastern house,
- we are enabled to get our g>s>ds for much less than those
j who buy but small quantities and have little or no capi
tal. Call and sec us on 3d. corner of Jackson street.
LEWIS lIYXEMAX, Broprietor.
; I,OOT- BTSWUSW
F AAA ALPACA COATS at
‘tW HYXEMAN’S.
• $> p* Ah TWEED COATS at
■ A* £f \J HYXEMAN'S.
QAA CLOTH COATS at
HYXEMAX’S.
Ifl AA BAIR FANCY CASSIMERE PANTS at
LfUU HYXEMAX'S.
, A BAIR BLACK CASSIMERE BANTS at
TEVU HYXEMAX’S.
I
. 1000 BAIR UXEX AND SUMMER PANTS at
C AWk SUMMER VESTS at
CSVU HYXEMAX’S.
*1 A A SILK AND OTHER VESTS at
if UU HYXEMAX'S.
1 ‘
1000 WHITE AXD COLORED SHIRTS at
4IJOZ. INDIA RUBBER COATS at
HYXEMAX'S.
■g A DOZ. STOCKS at
H VF HYXEMAX'S.
ZL A DOZ. GENTS > a HOSE at
*9 V HYXEMAX'S.
Pi 11 PIECES SILK HAXDKERt HIKES at
U HYXEMAX'S.
' A fk/k NE< K TIE' at
; TIUU HYXEMAX'S.
SAVE YOUR MONEY and buy at
HYXEMAX'S.
BOVS CLOTHING ill abundance at
HYXEMAX’S.
ITMBKEI .LAS, Piece good*, and a thousand articles
) which can be seen at the A N«> 1 Store of
LEWIS IIYNEMAN.
Third street near the Lover landing.
Steamers.
Through Line—St. Louis and St. Paul.
Hcisulav Packet!
THE NEW AND ELEGANT LIGHT
' lk.j. l*raught Steamer
ADMIRAL.
HI N BROOKS. Master. will run ns a rt*£-
ular Passenger Backet bctwven St. Paul and St. L>i.K du
ring tlie sear-on. making regular Irip*.
Hie ADMIRAL i* a new and stauneh built craft, of supe
rior freight and passenger accommodation, and i. tlie fast
est as well as tlie safest boat on tlie Upper Mississippi; hav
ing lieen built undj/r tlie requirements of the Lite Steam
boat law. and lieing provided with Life Boats, ijfe Preser
vers. Steam tillages. ,Vo.
The Admiral touches at Galena. Dubuque, and all other
intermediate jMirts.
For Freight or Passage, apply on board, or to
J C. BURBANK A CO.. St. Paul.
WALL & WIDEN, or
OTIS WEST. St. L.uis.
myldAwfim T. D. CONNER. Galena.
Galena acd Minnesota Packet Co 7
ARRANGEMENT FOR
1854.
, ITT’ w. T,,E GAI.ENA AND MINNESOTA
PACKET COMPAN Y will run a daily line
m—of Boats during the ensuing season, be
, tween Galena, Stillwater and St- Paul, stopping at all
. intermediate landings, leaving Galena at 12 M-, daily,
except SimdrtV s.
The line will consist of the
NOMINEE, Captain R. Blakely.
WAR EAGLE, '• D 8. Harris.
GALENA, “ D. U. Moreiiol’se,
ROYAL ARCH, “ E. 11. Glkim.
All first class boats, and commanded by experienced
- anil accommodating officers.
These boats will connect, at Galena, with the Saint
Louis and Galena daily line of steamers, w hich line
connects at Rock Island with the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad.
1 This Company’s boats being United States Mail
. Steamers their punctuality can be confidently relied
. upon.
1 Freight shipped at St. Louis, or between St. Louis
. and Galena, on the St. Louis and Galena line of Boats
. to points above Galena, will be re-shipped at Galena
1 free of charge for drayage or forwarding without de
. lay.
The R; ilroad b ;twen Galena and Ch ca;o, connec
’ ting with tue various Eastern Roads, is now completed
within a few miles of Galena, and the unfinished por
tion < f the Road stocked with comfortable Stage
Coaches.
B. 11. CAMPBELL A CO., Agents, Galena.
MINNESOTA RIVER PACKET.
a THE new and splendid Btramcr
MINNESOTA BELLE, llinhes
stone, Master, will run as a regular
BfSKriMl packet between Si. Paul, am? the
ports of the Minnesota river, curing the present seasnu
of navigation. The Minnesota Belle is an entirely new
boat, just completed at Pittsburgh, having been bu ll
expressly for this trade and will be found equal iu every
respect to any steamer on the western water*.
April 15,1854. I—tf
Rock tatono.
£. T. SAWYER & CO.,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, amt
Steamboat Agents. Rock Island. Illinois. Mercliand'xe,
Produce, and provisions contracted through to and fr ail
New York ami Boston, to Hock Island, and to any point on
the Mississippi, at the lowest rates, by either of the fol
lowing lines:
WESTERN LAKE BOAT LINE;
NEW YORK AXD MISSISSIPPI LINE.
Rkkkkkvcks —G. C- Kiddvr, Boston, P. L. Gregory, F. W.
Lawson, Sawyer. Wallace & Co., New York ; Houghteling
A Shepard, T. W. Alexaudwr 4c Co. Clucago ; J. B. Carson,
Wall A Widen, St. Liuis ; B. H. Campbell A Co.. Galena ;
Hammond A Hall, Dubuque ; Win. R. Marshall A Co., St.
Paul.
TO YOUNG MEN.
PLEASANT and profitable employment. Young men
in every neighborhood may obtain healthful, pleasant
and profitable employment, by engaging in the sale Of
useful and popular book*, and canvassing for our popular
Journals. For terms and particulars, address post-paid,
FOWIJiRS k WELLS,
No. 308 Broadway, New York.
P. S.—AH Agents who engage with -u* will be secured
fiom the possibility of loss, while the profits derived trill
be very liberal.