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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1855.
THE GREAT QUESTION.
The time has come for the People of Minnesota
Territory to consider {he great question upon
which they will soon be called upon to act.—viz :
Shall Slavery extend its withering influence
over territories now free ?” We have been told
hitherto that it was useless to agitate this subject,
ns Minnesota had no rote in Congress, and if the
people should take a position, it would militate
against their interests, hut this we consider mere
moonshine. If Minnesota, by declaring her alle
giance to freedom, is to he visited with the male
dictions of the South, then he it so ; —the sooner
that day comes, the sooner we shall know where
wc stand and how to act. But we do not appre
hend any such a course on the part of the South.
Wc believe that the great mass of the Southern
people will honor Minnesota for whatever position
she may take on the Slavery question, and we
further believe that a Republican Delegate will be
just as successful in procuring appropriations, as
lie who, while at Washington, endorsed the Ne
braska iniquity, and then in his Northern home,
dared not stand up on the platform with his north
ern doughface compatriots. It is useless to doJge
this issue—it must be met. The people will not
listen to any compromises—compromises have
been broken—the rights of the North have been
trampled upon, and there is an indignation spring
ing up which will overwhelm in utter disgrace all
who had a hand iu the destruction of the Missouri
Compromise.
Minnesota occupies a proud position before the
world, ller climate, her soil, her resources, are
themes for praise in all parts of the Union, and
the intelligence of her people is noted wherever
the Minnosotian wends his way. To Minnesota
the friends of Freedom are looking with great
solicitude. She is the first among the Territories
to throw her banner to the wind, and the poor
slave in the sunny South, as well as the manly
freeman of the North, gazo intently to sec what
that banner will be. Will freemen hoist the flag
of serfdom ? Will they stultify their manhood by
electing a man who panders to the slavery propa
gandists? whose love of self constitutes the
motive-power of his existence ? Is this the man
to represent us in the halls of Congress ? Is this
the mau to reflect honor on freemen and the sons of
freemen? God forbid. God forbid that the citi
zens of this teritory should be so lost to their
sense of right, as to elect any man who is not
thoroughly and unchangeably an opponent of the
present corrupt Admiuistration and the further
extension of Slavery.
Republicans of Minnesota! You must soon
decide the great question. It is not so much a
question for the present as for the future—a
question upon which hangs the honor, the growth
and the prospeiity of nur Territory.
The European News. —The main features of the
European news we gave in our edition of yester
day. Another Ministerial crisis is approaching,
and when it comes, we may look Toward to the
loosening of the old aristocratic elements that
bind together the Government of Europe, and
then, the masses will take matters into their own
hands. It must come to this, and when this day
comes, the citizens of Hungary, Poland and Italv
will fraternize with the English, and liberty will
march to battle.
Preparations on the part of both armies, are ac
tive in the Crimea. The bombardment of Sevas
topol, seems not to have been attended with any
good result to the Allies, who, notwithstanding
their late defeat, aro again up and moving. The
Itussinns arc fortifying themselves strongly, and
exhibit a determination to combat their enemy at
all hazards.
Lord John Russell resigned his position in con
sequence of a want of confidence iu him, the be
lief being general that he sympathised with the
crown and not with the people. This was proba
bly the case. The health of the troops was good.
But little doing in the Baltic.
New York and Erie Railroad.— By reference
to our npcoi&l notice*, it will be obsorved that an
effort has been made on tho part of other Rail
road companies to injure tho New York and Erie,
by false stories. Whoever has traveled over this
road will bear testimony, that it is the most com
plete route iu the United States—the track being
wide, the cars finely finished and comfortable,
while the telegraph enables the conductors of the
various trains to avoid collisions, by a timely no
tice of accidents.
We have traveled over this road many times and
havo always found the conductors of the right
stamp, careful and gentlemanly, and everything
about the Road is in perfect order. Persons go
ing East cannot take a better or safer routo than
tho New York and Erie.
Denial. —The Minncsotian denies that "its
“ editors, ever in their lives endorsed a platform,
“ National, State or Territorial, that upheld the
“ extension of Slavery, or the principle involved
“‘ n l^c repeal of the Missouri Compromise,”
and defies “ the whole hireling gang of slavery
“ propagandists that l lV e under the shadow of
“ doughface ism, in Minnesota or elsewhere, to
“ P“t their finger on a single act or word of ours
“ that will even circumstantially prove the
“ charge.”
Smoke that, Mr. Satanic.
Socthken Minnesota Herald.— The sixth num
ber of this paper (the first number we have re
ceived) reached us by the last nail. We do
not like the general appearance of the outside—it
is not got up with neatness, and does not exhibit
good teste. The head is too small. The selec
tions however, are good, and the editorials writ
ten with vigor. Bating its politics, which seems
to be Rice all over, we wish it a successful career.
Galena Advertiser of the 27th, speaks
of the River rising at that point.
“I can let it Alone!” —“ Let what a
lone ?” “ Strong drink. I can partake of a
social glass, and yet not make a beast of my
self—l am no drunkard.” “ True, you are not
now, but you do not know how soon you may
be. Many a young man who boasted of his
power over his appetite as bravely as you do, has
filled a drunkard's grave. I ask you to touch
not, taste not, handle not.” “Pshaw, I guess I
know what I am about. I guess I can take
care of myself.”
Reader ! in that grave-yard yonder, sleeps
that young man. He died with none about
him, but those who fed him with the poison
which carried him swiftly to perdition. He
died cursing man and God. He died—oh
how awfully he died—away from the sympathy
of friends—away from the kind endearments
of home—in a miserable grog-hole—surround
ed by bloating, staggering, miserable beings,
whose demoniacal laugh awoke a response in
the lowest depths of hell. You call this a fan
cy picture ! It is a reality—a startling reality
—a scene not a thousand miles away, but here,
in this city—here, where seven churches point
their spires heavenward. And yet they tell us
we must not advocate the enactment of a Maine
Law. It is unpopular and will injure the cir
culation of our paper. Be it so. If it is un
popular to do right, be it so. If it is unpopu
lar to snatch Irom the gutter young men whose
intellects would place them high in the scale of
society, be it so—we shirk no responsibility—
we shrink from no performance of duty. The
evils of Intemperance are crowding upon us
with such astonishing rapidity, that unless we
grapple with the foe now, he will become too
strong to master, and then death and degreda
tion will follow. We ask the young men to
give us their co-operation. We ask them to
aid in a cause which receives the high sanc
tion of Heaven.
Herein St. Paul, he (Mr. Rice,) is well known
and the damnable inueudoes and false insinua
tions of a score of Maine-law-abolition-bolting
editors, will not effect his standing in the least.—
Democrat .
Possibly Mr. Rice is well known in St.
Paul, but it is somewhat remarkable that the ma
jority of the Delegates in this city went for Mr.
Olmsted, and not for Mr. Rice, fn the Ist. Ward
the vote stood-20 for Rice, to 65 for Olmsted.—
In the Second Ward the vote stood :
Olmsted, Rice,
Van Etten, - - 162 Randall, - - 41
Forbes, - 145 Bazill, - - - 40
Cave, - 146 Lott, - - - 40
Faber, ... 103 Lirpentcr, - - 40
McGrorty, - - 153 Murray, - - 40
This shows that the gentleman is well known
in St. Paul. Don't get excited, Mr. Satanic—the
campaign has just commenced, and “ the tale has
not half been told.” Wo shall hare a heap”
moro to say about .Mr. Rice—his course in and out
of Congress, and while we shall end avor to treat
him respectfully, at the same time we shall lay
corta : n facts before the people, and ask them to
look at them, to weigh them, and then see who
is worthy confidence and who isn’t.
“ Six Days siialt thou Labor.” —Three Dro
vers atte npted to drive their cattle across the
Mississippi on Sunday last, but failed. All their
screamng and cursing availed them nothing—the
cattle would swim into the middle of the stream
and then put back again, bellowing the while like
imps from the shades of darkness. It was useless,
and the Drovers contented themselves with allow
ing the animals to graze quietly on the other side
of the river. An emigrant attempted to load up
his team on Sunday, when one of the oxen became
unruly and whisking round, turned the cart over
and broke the hind axle. “ Six days shalt thou
Labor.”
“ What do you do to make you look delicate ?”
said one young woman, with an eruption on her
face, to another who looked like one of the de
parted.
“ Why,’ said she, “ sometimes I eat slate pen
cils and chalk, and then for a change, I drink
vinegar nnd chew green tea. When these fail, I
lace tighter, and wear the tbinest soled shoes 1
can buy.”
And she might have added, “ when I am mar
ried lam good for nothing—always sick—a curse
to myself and a curse to ray husband, nnd this
comes of trying to look ‘ delicate.” Girls be
ware.
It will be gratifying news to our readers
to learn, that flour in our large cities, is falling.
In St. Louis, Chicago and other places, it has gone
down to $-5,50 per barrel.
Quite a Fall. —We learn that the water in the
St Croix fell fourteen inches on Sunday morning,
which caused the Lumbermen to look somewhat
glum.
(£5?" Small rafts of Lumber continue to float
down the Mississippi, and several piles of lumber
now lay on tha Upper Levee. Still, lumber is
scarce, and will probably continue so for some
time.
Drunk. —Wo observed no less than six men
staggering in the street on Monday, and two
lying in the gutter. Is not this an outrage on
decency ? We want and must have a Prohibitory
Liquor Law.
Democrat says that the Pioneer is
seeking the election of W illiax R. Marshall.—
The Pioneer could not support a better man, and
we cheerfully welcome it to our ranks. We shall
add others as we go on fighting the battle of free
dom.
The St. Anthony Express says that not a
single log from the Pineries, has passed the Falls
this season, —“ that not more than three millions
have yet come out of Rum River. That twenty
five millions now lie near where they were cut,
more than one hundred and twenty-five miles up
Rum River, (by the river,) that twelve millions
bow lio above Sauk Rapids, and not one log has
passed that point yet, and that there is little hope
of getting more than one fifth of the logs cut to
the aaw mills this year.”
Pt. Douglas & St. Louis River Road.—
On opening the Proposals July 30th, for the
construction of the unfinished portions of this
road north of Snake River, Jno. D. Ludden,
Esq., of Stillwater, was found to be the lowest
bidder on the Southern section, and Orrin W.
Rice, Esq., of Superior, the lowest bidder on
the Northern section.
Eagle Street.—Every thing is quiet in this
street now. The little p ig, which was the cause
of the difficulty, outlives its abuse and .grows fat
and saucy.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1855.
What is Needed. —Courage, firmness,
back*bene—if never before—are needed now.
In these days of cowardice, courage is true
wisdom. The corrupting influences around us
is very great. These are no days for trifling.
“ Our time is one that calls for earnest deeds.”
If our hearts sink and our steps falter, we
shall fail and perish, but if our hearts are brave
and our steps firm, all shall come forth from the
danger triumphant. Our fathers were brave
men. T/ieu had to face the cannon’s mouth.
But we need to be braver still for we must face
corrupt popular sentiment!
Courage, then, courage! The grandest Bi
ography we can aspire to is, he lived a brave
man’s life—and the sublimest epitaph that can
grace our tomb, is he died a brave man’s death.
It is no light matter in this degenerate time to
dare to think for ourselves, and then act up to
our thoughts. There are more slaves now than
just those on the Southern plantations.
“ They are slaves who fear to speak,
For the fallen and the weak;
They are slaves who will not choose
Hatred, scoffing and abuse,
Rather, than in silence shrink
From the truths they needs must think,
They are slaves, tcho dare not be
In the right with two on thee /”
When the town of Franklin was built
it was named after Dr. Franklin. A gentle
man of Boston wrote to him, while in France,
informing him of the fact, and added, that as
the town was building a meeting house, per
haps he would give them a bell. Franklin
wrote the characteristic reply, that he presumed
the good people of F. would prefer sense to
sound, and therefore he would give them a
town library. This he did, and the library is
now in a very good condition, and has been of
great service to the readers.
(URT It is said that Miss Davenport cleared
$15,000 in four months in California.
E 3?" The income of Lamartine, the author, is
estimated at SIO,OOO per anoura.
John Mitchell is said to be residing on his
farm in Tennessee. There let him remain.
(3” The commencement of Yale College came
off on the 22d.
Nixon, just above our office, has the first
green apples of tho season. They cure sore eyes.
C 3” An attempt has been made to rob the
Milwaukie Custom House, by blowing open the
safe with gun powder.
[3* The Russians thought the Allies were
drunk when they ordered the attack upon Sevas
topol. A reasonable conclusion.
C 3” John Wilson, the former Land Commis
sioner, has announced himself ns a candidate for
the clerkship of the House of Representatives.
£3* The St. Louis Republican of the 24th,
quotes superfine country Hour at $7,25. Wheat,
$1,20 to $1,25. Com 65 1-2 to 72 l-2e.
(£3 Tho weather was lovely yesterday. A good
full breeze kept off the heat of the Sun, and made
living endurable.
(3* The Whigs and Republicans meet in Con
vention at Syracuse on the 26th of September.—
It is thought that the object is, to effect a union.
(J 37” Kossuth thus concludes his last lettor to
the N. Y. Times : “ Of one thing, however I would
advise America to beware, and that is the intro
duction of one race , tongue, into the are
na oj political contest. Centuries may have to
atone for the error of one generation.”
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad. —The
Sentinel states that Mr. Catlin. President of the
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company,
ha? effected a sale of 8 per cent, bonds in New
York, to the amount of $500,000, by which the
completion of the whole line to the Mississippi is
insured within the next twelvemonth.
Fidelity, good humor, and complacency of
temper, outlive all the charms of a fine face, and
make its decay invisible.
Scene in a Restaurant—" Waiter if you
call this bread, bring me a brick. I want some
thing softer.”
A Spiritual Prediction. —The New England
Spiritualist puts on record as a test, a communi
cation received on the 30th of June from a spirit,
to the affect that “Dr. Kane recently passed away
from earth life, his mortal body having been
crushed bv the ice, as he went after his crew, who
had gone in search of land. His ships have been
broken to pieces and destroyed, and most, if not
all, of his crew are in the spirit world. The spir
it also stated that ho, in company with Dr. Kane,
Sir John Franklin and others, was last night in
the polar regions, and saw the remains of Dr.
Kane upon the ice, with clothes, papers, and his
watch, upon which they saw his name, ‘Dr.
Kane,’ he having engraved it thereon, not expect
ing to escape, but honing that it might possibly
be found by some one in search of him.
Singular Coincident. —The Romney (Va.) In
telligencer, speaking of the murder of Orndoff by
McDonald, a few weeks ago, in Hampshire county,
relates a strange coincidence. McDonald was
robbing Loekmiller’s house when Orndoff came
up, and he shot him for fear of being detected.
Fifty years ago McDonald's grandfather, near
the identical spot, was robbing tho house of a
Mr. Lupton, when L’s three little children came
upon him, and for fear of detection, he murdered,
as he supposed, all of them, but fortunately one
lived to testyfy against him, and he was hung.
Children Attacked bv Rats. —A correspondent
writes us that three o four children who were
playing in the yard No. 2 Wooster street, yester
day afternoon, were attacked by four enormous
rats. Each rat singled out a victim and sprang
squealing upon the little girls. The girls ran
to the house, but one little boy of two years, was
followed by a rat, which caught him by the right
knee and held on until the child's grandfather
went to his assistance. The rat would not run,
and so he was killed. Attempts have been made
to poison these rats, previously, and it is feared
that the hite upon the child’s knee may prove se
rious: It is a singular affair.—Aeio Haven Jour
nal.
B3T A letter from Bergen, in Norway, of
the 2d inst., states that on the previous night
fire broke out in that city, by which upwards
of 350 houses were destroyed ; so rapidly did
the flames extend that the inmates were obliged
to escape in their night dresses, not having
time to save a single article. Three of the
finest districts of (he town have been destroyed,
and it was only by pulling down houses in dif
ferent directions that the other parts of the town
were saved. By the exertions of the firemen,
several of whom are said to have been killed,
the Bourse, the Bank, and the Royal Museum
were saved. The amount covered by insur
ance is 148,430 crowns, (about £31,500) but
that sum is equal to only a 20th part of the loss.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1855.
HENRY M. RICE.—No. 11.
In our issue of Saturday last, we left this gen
tleman floundering in tho quagmire of political
filth, into which he had so determinedly precipi
tated himself during the campaign of 1850. Here,
in the blindness of his impotent rage, despoiled
of that traitorous satisfaction he had vainly coun
ted upon, ho wallowed in the puddle, concocting
plans fpr future operations. Ho bethought him
self of contesting the seat of Mr. Sibley, and
gave out loud threats that the latter gentleman
would not be recognized as our delegate in Con
gress, because of bis residence on the west side
of the Mississippi river, and upon Indian lands.
In all these disgraceful endeavors, it is hardly
necessary to state that he was ably assisted by
two others, both professing partisan democrats,
but both of whom openly voted for Col. Mitchell,
at the polls. It was subsequently ascertained
that contesting the seat of Sibley would prove fu
tile, for the roason that Mitehcll, not having re
signed tho office of U. S. Marshal, was himself
consequently ineligible to the offico of Delegate
to Congress ; hence that move was abandoned,
and the warfare was commenced at home, as the
best means of obtaining the coveted consum
mation.
Edmund Rice, having beeu elected to the Terri
torial Legislature, became at once the head au
tomaton of his brother, and an aspirant for the
Speakership of the House. Through him, there
fore, it was deemed advisable, to operate, and
when the Legislature convened in January 1851,
it was found that the “ devil rolled nine pins” in
other places than in Wall street.
A scurrilous, filthy little sheet, anonymously
edited, called the Watab Revielle, made its ap
pearance and was circulated gratuitonsly through
out the community. Its columns, (if we may use
that phrase homoeopathically speaking,) teemed
with personalities of the grossest character, inde
cent and immoral, in which all persons who had
not prostituted themselves to the sinister purposes
of Mr. Rico, were maligned, and recklessly insul
ted. This, bear in mind, was anonymously per
petrated—the most reprehensible and completely
villainous procedure that man can use against
man. A midnight assassin that plunges the dag
ger in the heart of his victim, is comparatively
brave, for he risks detection and its penalties,
but anonymous and unknown enemies, while they
have everything to gain for the accomplishment
of their own dire purposes, risk no penalty, and
scoff at detection.
It was supposed Mr. Rice was the instigator—
the editor merely a tool, or particeps ertminis. —
But, be that as it may, the dirty little sheet, was
heralded and openly admitted to be the “ organ”
of Henry M. Rice. The election of Speaker and
public printer was warmly contested, but resulted
in the entire defeat of Rice and his co-laborer.
Michael E. Ames was the successful candidate
for Speaker, and tho late lamented James M.
Goodhue was elected printer. If we mistake not,the
Watab Revielle , or its pseudo-editor, My. Chask
arak (a nom-de plume, being the Winnebago for
the words “ don’t know,” oran expression to that
effect,) received a voto or votes for ’he office of
public printer. So says the journal of 1851.
After another defeat, ambushed warfare be
came burdensome and useless. The fight became
general and terrific, open and undisguisedly
“ carried into Africa.” Messrs. Randall and
Faribault, members from the western district, to
gether with tho Pembina delegation, were the
concentrated points of attack on the part of the
Rice faction, but the latter, after the most
fearless and unscrupulous attack, were repulsed
with as much loss politically speaking, as the
Allies were from the “ Mamelon Tower.”
It is not our intention to review, at this time,
the many cunning nnd disreputable devices which
characterized this faction during the renowned
session. We will leave them for future reference:
but we will say that the crowning acts of political
villiany, sought to be accomplished at that time,
taken in connection with the inconsistencies since
marking their career, completely “ out-Herod
Herod,” and ought to astonish and overwhelm
the vory conspirators themselves.
Wo shall speak hereafter of the appearance of
a gentleman before the august Senate of the
United States, dressed in assuit made of the im
maculate sheets of the Watab Reviello, asking
that body to disapprove of the odious apportion
ment bill, (which was based upon the ratio of
population,) passed by the Legislature of 1851.
We shall refer in future to the terrible effect his
presence produced in tho Senate Chamber—how
Cass, Clay, nnd Webster fainted, and old Asburv
Dickens was carried out in the struggles of an
epileptic fit. How, it is silently whispered, that
Clay and Webster never recovered from their
prostration, and sank gradually into the grave,
from the effects of the terrific apparition of the
gentleman who then represented himself as “ un
decided” in politics, and whom tho world has
since identified as the realization of the allegorical
opening of the seventh seal of “ Revelations”—
the beast with “ seven heads and ten horns.”
Is it so?—We should judgo that the present
editor of the Satanic had had or was about to
have the Delirium Tremens, for he says that he was
“provoked to tears” by reading an article on the
subject in the Tires. We regret that we shocked
his nerves,and hnd we surmised his previous condi
tion, we should have forborne. We will be more
careful in future.
The Hog Law.- We aro glad to learn that
Marshal Miller and his assistants, arc doing their
duty in enforcing the provisions of the bog law.—
This nuisance removed, at least in our main
streets, a good work will be accomplished.
Burke. —This is the name of the thief who was
arrested in St. Anthony street on Monday after
noon last, mention of which was made in Tues-
Times. He was bound over in the sura of
$-500, to answer to the charge, and for want ef
bail, was consigned to jail.
Freights are coming down. From St. Lou
is to Galena, they arc 50 cents per hundred, and
from Galena to St. Pan! 50 cents.
A Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Times,
says the Greeley prosecution has been entirely
abandoned, and it is not unlikely that Mr. G. will
obtain damages for an unjust and illegal impris
ment.
Red Wing.—Two years ago, there was scarce
ly a house at Red Wing. Now there are six hun
dred inhabitants, three hotels, eight stores, a
steam mill, Ac. Ac. Red Wing is a flourishing
place, and is increasing very rapidly.
New Hotel.—The new hotel in Jackson street,
is progressing rapidly and finely. It is a beauti
fully proportioned edifice, and we should judge
excellently built. The probability is, that it will
be ready for ocoopaaey by the opening of naviga
tion next spring,
A Mixture. —The Pioneer, speaking of the mer
its of Mr. Olmsted and Mr. Marshall, remarks :
“We have no desiro to abate Mr. Marshall’s
“ character in the least. He is a good oitizon,
“ and privately, we believe a good man. But ho
“ cannot challenge the palm of superiority against
“ Mr. Olmsted, upon the record of whoso life
“ there is no stain—who has lived with honor in
“ this community, respected quite as much as
“ Mr. Marshall, and trusted and confided in just
“ as much.”
The Pioneer admits that upon the record of
Mr. Marshall’s life there is no stain. This is a
high compliment from an opposition print; but
the editor somewhat mixes up matters when he
says, further along in his article, that—
“ Even setting party doctrines aside, Mr. Olm
“ sted stands the superior of Mr. Marshall, in
“ all respects.”
We can’t exactly understand this. How is it
that if Mr. Marshall is the equal of Mr. Olmsted
as a good man and a good citizen, that Mr. Olm
sted is superior in “ all respects ?” Granting
that the two candidates are upright, honorable
meD, Mr. Marshall then has the superiority of
Mr. Olmsted in standing forth as the representa
tive of a great principle which is dear to every
lover of Freedom. The men who nominated Mr.
Marshall, say that it is wrong for the South to
extend slavery over territories now free—they say
it was wrong to break a solemn compromise,
which was acknowledged to be binding by the
wisest and best men in the country—they say it is
time for the North to take a position against
Slavery and maintain it. The platform upon
which Mr. Olmsted stands, enunciates no such
doctrine—it rather ignores the Republicans and
repudiates what it pleases to term, “ isms.” Mr.
Olmsted is made to say, virtually, that he sanc
tions the course of Douglas, upholds the Admin
istration, and will go “ hip and thigh” for the
perpetuation and extension of Slavery. Now, no
matter how estimable a character Mr. Olmsted
may bear, if he is obliged to lug this burden on
his shoulders, (and he certainly will be if he runs
as the candidate of one wing of the Democratic
party) it will be impossible for him to command
the votes of the People of this Territory.
But the Pioneer says that Mr. Marshall is
“ a green hand,” and therefore Mr. Olmsted
should be preferred. This is silly on the part of
our cotemporary. Mr. Olmsted has been in the
Legislature—so has Mr. Marshall, and acquitted
himself ably. Mr. Olmsted is conversant with
the wants of our Territory, so is Mr. Marshall,
having traveled over it and surveyed a great por
tion of it. Mr. Olmsted has been a member
of Conventions—so has Mr. Marshall—tho Chair
man of Conventions—a ready and able debater in
Conventions, and has won the regard of the mem
bers by his high-toned and liberal views. Is it to
be supposed that his capabilities to fill the office
of Delegate are inferior to those of Mr. Olmsted ?
The supposition is ridiculous. What then con
stitutes Mr. Olmsted’s superior over Mi. Marshall ?
It must be simply this :—The platform upon
which Mr. Olmsted stands endorses a corrupt
administration, sanctions the abrogation of the
Missouri Compromise and lends a helping hand
to the South in extending and perpetuating Sla
very. Wo do not believe that the people of this
Territory will consider this a superiority— but on
the contrary we believe that they will sweep such
a platform and tho man who unfortunately stands
upon it, to the shades of Erebus, while they will
proudly hoist to the breeze the banner, upon
who3e folds will bo stamped the magic word—
Freedom.
A Distinction. —The Pioneer has alluded
in several articles recently, to the annoyance of
runners for the steamboats. There are un
doubtedly persons acting in this capacity, who
are exceedingly obnoxious to the traveling
community, but a distinction should be made
between those who act as agents for the boats
and transact their business quietly, and those
who seek to annoy strangers with their impor
tunities. Mr. J. G. Tarleton is the agent for
the Minnesota and Galena line, and any in
formation respecting their boats will be imparted
cheerfully and correctly. He is gentlemanly
in his bearing and seeks to offend no one.
The Golden Era left Dunlieth on the 30th
ult. at 7 o'clock A. M. and arrived in St. Paul
yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, with 68 passen
gers and an average amount of freight. She ran
from Dunleith to 12 mile Bluff, in twenty-four
hours, to Read’s landing in 27 hours, and to St.
Paul, in .39 1-2 hours, including time lost at thir
ty different landings, and 7 1-2 in consequence of
the storm on Tuesday night. This is the best
time we believe that bos been made By any river
boat this season, and is not easily beaten. The
Golden Era is one of the best boats on the Missis
sippi, and her cammander Captain Atchison, if
the passengers speak honestly, is a first class man
in every respect.
Fine Shower. —A fine shower visited us
on Wednesday morning. The rain came down
in torrents, and the claps of thunder were very
heavy.
Derserters.— The sixteen soldiers who recen
tly deserted from Fort Ridgelv, have not yet been
captured. They had just been paid off and took,
what is termed ‘’French leave,” between two days.
Baldwin School.— We regret to learn that a
want of harmony on the part of the Principal
and Trustees of this school, has caused the es
tablishment to be closed for the present. We
know not the precise nature of the difficulty, but
we do know that Dr. Ewing has done much to
enhance the interest and reputation of the Insti
tution.
The Isabella Grape. —lt has been a question
whether this grape could be raised in this Tern
tory. That question need no longer be mooted,
for Dr. Borup of this city, has been entirely sue •
cessful in the cultivation of this delicious fruit.
Illness or Abbott Lawrence. —Boston
dates of the 26th state, that Hon. Abbott Law
rence was very low, and no hopes were enter
tained of his recovery.
We regret to learn by a private letter from
Paris, that the wife and youngest daughter of
J. Buchana Read, the American artiat and poet,
died of cholera at Florence, during the early part
of last month.— N. Y. Timet.
Indcstbt. —llow often do we see men trying
•very conceivable plan to sncceed in life without
labor. And bow futile are all each endeavors.
Wealth, fame or pleasure, are only the reward of
industry,—can only be obtained by paying equiv
alent. Besides, work of anv reputable nature
never need be unpleasant. When a man finds
fault with a respectable business, it is more than
probable that the fault is in himself.
Sobriety is so perpendicular a wall,
that few can climb and look over, to see how
happy the heart is on the other side.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1855.
SLAVERY IN NEORASRA TERRITORY.
We call attention to the advertisement of
negroes for sale, which appears in another col
umn. A company of gentlemen from Missou
ri, who have large interests here, have import
ed them for the benefit of our young and grow
ing city. Nebraska City is now about twice or
three times as large as any other town in the
Territory. Help is much needed and but little
to be had ; for this reason slave labor is re
quired. We are authorized to state that the
same company have twenty more in Missouri,
which will be brought to Nebraska City if suf
ficient inducements are held out. —Nebraska
News.
At the time the Nebraska bill was
pending, the opponents of the measure were
told that Slavery would never exist in Nebras
ka or Kansas, and therefore opposition to it on
that ground was a waste of powder. “Let the
people rule! ” —“popular sovereignty ” waothe
cry. It was the principle of allowing the peo
ple to rule for themselves that Jadge Douglas
was after; but what is the result ? A Slave
market has been opened in Nebraska, and the
free men of Kansas, legally elected to the
Legislature, have been excluded from their
seats. And yet the free men of the North are
asked to quietly acquiesce in the acts of those
who were instrumental in bringing about these
things. Will the people of Minnesota vote for
a man who rejoiced over the passage of the in
iquitous Bill l Will they so demean their
manhood as to send to Congress one who is
known to be in favor of Atchison, Stringfellow
and others of the cut-throat gang ? We can’t
believe it—we will not believe it, until forced
to by an actual state of facts too glaring to be
denied.
SNAPPISH AS A MUD TURTLE T
The gentleman who does up the editorial* in
the Pioneer, is as snappish now-a-days as a mud
turtle. If we bad a dog with such a irascible
temper, we would put a muzzle on him, and con
sider his running at large as dangerous to com
munity.
A few days ago we very kindly welcomed our
neighbor into the Republican ranks, believing,
from his “ milk and water” support of Mr. Olm
sted, that he desired the election of Mr. Marshall
to that of the gentleman whose name stands at
the head of its columns ; and then too, we were
informed by the Democrat (and the Democrat is
a reliable piper) that the Pioneer was-seeking the
election of Mr Marshall, notwithstanding its pro
fessions to the contrary. We tbink it was very
kind in us to take bin* gently by the hand and
lead him among bis new friends, but while i» the
act he turns upon us aud snappishly exclaims—
“ Tain’t so” —you arc “obfuscated”—we shan’t
play no such “ fantastic game”—the Democrat
and its “ arid sneers,” are of no aecount, and
we’re for “ Dave.” Very well; we are glad to
find out where our neighbor actually is, and in
future we hope he will so conduct himself as not
to damn his candidate with “faint praise.” We
like a straight-forward, out-and-out man, none
of you go-betweens, who professes one thing and
act another. The warm weather don’t suit our
neighbor—sorry !
Condemned by ms own Partv. —A few
days since we stated, in reply to an article in
the Democrat, claiming that Mr. Rice was well
known at home, that the Delegates for Mr.
Olmsted were elected in the First and Second
Wards in this city by large majorities. In ad
dition to giving the vote on the question, proving
our assertion, we now append the following
from the Pioneer, which fully corroborates
what we have previously said :
People are best known at home. How does
it stand here in St. Paul between David Olm
sted and Henry M. Rice, where both have re
sided as citizens and are individually known?
At the primary election Mr. Rice, by a trick
as discreditable as it was illegal, obtained dele
gates in his favor from the Third Vfard. In
the First Ward there were scarcely any so poor
as to do him reverence, and in the Second
Ward, after a desperate effort, he was so sitr
nally beaten that disgrace is a poor word to
apply to it.
Without any effort, Mr. Olmsted obtained
the vote of St. Paul. In spite of all his efforts
to the contrary, backed by the most convincing
arguments he could bring to bear, Mr. Rice
was badly beaten in Saint Paul. Those who
know him and his opponent, have passed judg
ment, and Mr. Rice is condemned.
We fully agree with the Democrat, that Mr.
Rice is well known at home.
No Use. —lt looks as though the Washing
ton Union was endeavoring to bring out the
name of Franklin Pierce for the second term
of the Presidency. The Union might as well
hang up its fiddle on this score. Mike Walsh,
of New York, stands a better chance for the
office.
There arc several cases of dysentery in
the city at the present time. Timely medical
aid should be called.
Ripe Watermelons. —We have seen ripe
watermelons this season raised in Minnesota.
It should be borne in mind that the climate of
our Territory is too cold to raise “cawn!"
We were visited yesterday morning
with another fine shower. The rivers, how
ever, appear to be little benefitted.
The Crops. —The crops in this Territory
never looked better than at the present time.—
The recent rains and warm weather hare sent
vegetation ahead very rapidly.
The steamer H. S. Allen arrived
Wednesday morning, and will depart at 10 o’-
clock Saturday morning for Minnesota Rapids.
Steamboat Runners —ln the Common Council
Alderman Nobles introduced the following amend
ment to an ordinance:
Pro tided Further —Thai all runners for
steamboats and all other persons, are forbidden
to solicit passengers for any steamboat, to take
passage upon anv boat then, or to be at the Levee,
or departing or about to depart from tbo Levee
for any port above or below tbe port of St. Psal.
The amendments were considered and passed.
Tbe fine, we think, is $25.
Commuted. —Gov- Clark has commoted tbe sen
tence of Mrs. Robinson, the marderess, to impris
onment for life. -
VOL. IT., NO. 12.
Six Hums Beings BurarS to Dratk.
Th» dwelling bouse of Mr. Thompson, at
Brant, near Buffalo, N. Y., was set on fire and
consumed on tbe 15th, ult., burying in'its ruiaff
six of its inmates, viz Mr. Thompson,’his three
daughters, and two young children. No one cfcn
read of so melancholy a calamity without fueling
a cold and mournful shudder pass through bis'
system; but bow much more tetri Go and retell
ing does it appear, when we learn that tbe cOtifla
gratien was a tragedy consummated and carried
into effect by tbe husband of ode of the unfortu
nate ladies and father of the children who perish
ed in the flames. One might ask, how is it pos
sible for a husband to murder his wife ? a father
te murder hie children*? yet such occurrences are
by no means rare. This is but one of tbe mady
heartless murders that almost daily fall under our
notice. Owe day we read of tbe husband murder
ing the wife, the next of the wife murdering -the'
husband. Again,, we read of parents murdering'
their children, or of children murdering their
parents. The reader asks wbat is the cause‘of*
all this? We answer emphatically dissipation.
We venture tbe assertion, that in ninety-nifae
eases in. every hundred, nay more, nltae-hundred i
and ninety-nine in every thousand, where mdr-'
ders are committed they can be traced to drunk-'*
enness. It is seldom or never that such reckless'
crimes ore perpetrated by any other than that
class of persons who visit the saloons ; from thS
clement with which they are surrounded, 'thehr
minds become poisoned,—perfectly soured to”
everything that is good, or that is amiable. Their
ehildseu partake of tbe same spirit, and-thus fol- '
lows the wreck, the crash, tbe ruin-
House Struck nr Lightxixc.— We learn from 1
the Minnesotian, that the building on Third street, •
occupied by Mr. L. B. Wait &, Co. as a stork'and '
by B. W. Lott, Esq. as a law office, was Struck by
lightning during the storm of Wednesday morn- ~
ing, The Minnesotian says:
Mr. Lott's office is on* the second floor'; and hp- '
parently, the fluid separated at the comb of the
roof—shivering two rafters on the east side, and '
then- passing over to the adjoining, building occu
pied by Mr. Weide; running down a corner post
of the frame, which it stove into splinters, and '
then passed into the ground.
The other brsmch of the fluid came down a '
chimney into* Ms Lott’s sleeping room; passed '
along the base-board, tearing everything to pieces "
in its way, and on to the stove within five feet of 1
the bed where Mr. Lott was lying. It set tbe
carpet on fire, knocked down the stove pipe, and k
melted the zinc underneath the stove. Strange
to say Mr. L. was not at all stunted by tbs shock, -
but was enabled to rise at once and extinguish
tbe fire which blazed up from the hemp carpet.
The fluid passed down into Mr. Wait’s store, -
where it made terrible hovoc. A large section, of
the ceilir.g was torn off, nnd steel knives and brit
tannia spoons were melted upon the shelves. We
saw two or three knife blades with round holes ‘
through them, having the appearance of sHot'
holes. In othor instances the steel of the kniVea
and the softer metal of the spoons were complete
ly fused into a molted mass—an appropriate em- -
blem of other fusions we hear of these times.—
No person was injured.
Minnesota Apples. —L. M. Ford, Esq., of Grdte
land Nursery, has presented us with a good sized -
Minnesota Apple, raised this season on his 1 Tartar.*-
The tree was three years old and it has
been set out three years, this being the first" ‘
fruit. It is called the Harvest Apple, of flue fla
vor and good growth. The Messrs. Ford are cul
tivating all kinds of fruit trees, and frertn what ‘
we know of them, in a few years they will be
enabled to furnish the market with excellent: -
fruit.
Awfully Harmonious.— We have stated that'
the Democracy is awfully harmOnio nit - Here is 1
further evidence. The editor of the Stillwater •'
Union, says :•—“ We shall hoist the name of our*
candidate next week, and after that we shall sup
port him with all the energy we possess:”
It is impossible to tell who he is—more than"
likely, however, Mr. Rico is the mien. -
Will bk Elected. —Tbe Galena Advertiser, •
speaking of Minnesota states that Mr.
Marshall will be elected, and adds flirt her, 1 -thH l
“he is suited to the temper of the times.” W*
all know that, up this way neighbor, and a mighty
host are marshalling their forces to eater the fieW>-
vigorously and come out triumphant. We hath'
got a cause to fight for and ■we can fight with
earnestness.
Still they Come. —We learn from a geto~
tlcman from the up country, that emigrants
continue to wend their way. into the interior tof
our Territory. On his late tout he' met some
twenty trains.
Mum. —The St. Anthorty’ Express is triUm
on the Delegate question. The Express, we
believe, used to be whig. ■
The John B. Gordon is now plying oti •
the Minnesota River. She left for the Rapids
yesterday.
Patent Det Kiln. —Ws call attention'to the
ndv. of this kiln. Wo have already alluded to its
merits, and can only say that those who desirA to
purchase or get their lumber seasoned, should
call on Mr. Harrow, at the Winslow Douso; -
The steamer Black Hawk arrived at
the levee Thursday afternoon, with 30 passen
gers and 60 tons of freight. She' leaves this
morning at 10 o’clock for Dunlieth.
gy The Albany Knickerbocker saw: Our tow- *
boat men are looking forward to an immSnSA fall
trade. Tbe crops growing at tbe West are so
immense that they roust give an' activity to' our
forwarders such as they have not had sincA 1847,
A man, who lives in Claremont county, Ohio,'-
was lately stung by a locust. The effects of ths
wounds says ths Cincinnati gazette, are similar
to those produced by the bite of * mad dog. Ua
has violentfits, so that it takes five or six men to
hold him in bed, and be bat bitten bis tob£ue into
strings.
Price or Bret Falling.— Ths N. Y. Tribune
states that the price of Beef in that city is falling,
Good Beef commands only 11 cents per pond,—
This will be glad news to the poor people, who*’
are always tbo sufferers in'herd times.
Lord John Russel, who recently resigned
bis position aeons of the Ministers of England, hod
held it for twenty years, and was eonsiderOd an
able diplomats and a- conning pelitieian. His'
cunning couldn’t save hits. Other politicians
should beware.
tar Gov. Seymour, of Cotmoctiout, our Min
ister to Russia, says that bo' sammo troops in’
either France or England equdi to tbo army of*
two hundred thousand Russians at St. Petersburg
and its vicinity. His Russians are superior in
size and discipline, though not equal to the AHloa'
in spirit.
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