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Ipmcsota times.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 8, 1
Kau*»* «Fl> wiU «M*« Vaa.”
'l'be latest news wo have rooaived from this uo*
fortunate battle-ground of Freedom, states that
ninety of the Free-State citizens of Lawrence are
under arrest for troaaou. The Stringfellow
pirates, of course, have their liberty. Taken in
connection with this fact, the reader will please
remember that while the heroes who are and hare
been contending for a Free State are arrested
without authority and incarcerated in l nited
States dungeons for their speech and thoughts,
not a single act of lawlessness committed on them
by the Uorderers has been redressed!
UEXV ARE:
There is a pie-crust building going “up near the
corner opposite the Post Office, which we under
stand is to be oocupied as a billiard saloon. If
„ur readers knew how many of these infernal
,b*ns are witjin a stone’s throw of their own res
idences, they would bo astonished and alarmed at
the result. Our city—young and inchaote—is
literally infested with those vitiators of the pub
lic morals, and despoilers of all the fair promise
and ch&racter of our infant Territory. They
swarm and cluster upon every street. This is
where reputation is blighted—where the young
arsself-ino&roerated aud traduced —where money,
thousands iu a night, chauges hands without an
« juivalent. Let the youths of our city shun thorn
as thev would a pestilence. Let honest citizens
discountenance and condemn them. Let all men
every where join hands with us in expelling from
•>ur midst these plague-spots on the face of a
Christian city. Whatever may be their preten
sions, thev are nothing but hideousness, evil and
only evil, everywhere and always. Let us route
them.
Going Ahead. —We have never seen our city
more prosperous thaa it is at the present hour.
There ure between three and four hundred houses
now in process of erection within our city limits.
Mi professions, occupations, and intentions are
made subservient to the great central purpose of
building, —every man is conceiving the idea of a
new house—every house, almost, has the color of
new piue, or the smell of new paint fresh upon
it. Rip Van W’inklo slept twenty years in a
i°gendarv nook, among the highlands tiiat rise
beyond the Hudson, and when he awoke from his
dream ‘‘everything was changid the old dutch
man need not sleep twenty days in this neighbor
hood to lind upon liis awakening, venerable
landmarks effaced, familiar scenes swept from
his vision, and long avenues of and granite
covering the landscapes of yesterday. Here
upon this beautiful bluff, where eight years ago,
wild dear browsed among the clustering copses,
uud where the S’.oux aud wandering Winnebagoes
pitched their tepees, now the clang of industrial
Prosrress rises with the morning, and nearly three
miles of buildings are going up all at once! Has
»»!d Romance anything to vie with the every day
wonders of this ago ? Verily, Gallileo, the world
docs move!
Hon. Pierre Soule has purchased an es
tate in Nicaragua at a prico of $50,000, to which
he expects to remove.
Hon. James Platform had better go in for “an
estate in Niggor-agua,” in conjuction with his
Ostend colleague, as it rumored that after No
vember, the abolition fanatics, and the atmos
phere of the North may be intolerable to his sen
sitive soul. Advice gratis.
Who is RcipsniiMf 7
We have had—tell us merciful heavens
what we have not had to obstruct the machinery
of our organization, and to render one disgus
ted with the thoughts of an oflicial function
ary. Some other counties are in the same un
lortunate situation, Ramsey looms up in the
distance with her array of pretty men, and re
ally it seems as though there was a strife to
see which would send himself to the devil quick
*->»t. Democrats, if you are responsible for
unv of this, iu the name of all justice, and that
virtue, necessity, stop this system of self injury.
- Dakota Journal.
Who is responsible for the present official
corruption ? who—unless those who hold the
offices, and adininistci the laws? unless those
who sit in places of trust uud power, and read
enactments to the people of the territory? who
is the chief executive? who are our Judges?
who have been our commissioners? who when
he got his hand into the treasury, took leg
bail, in Dakota county, and ran away with
the public funds ? If one-third the true De
mocrats would speak out with half the frank
ness and hot esty of the Dakota Journal the
atmosphere of politics would be purified from
meanness and fatal malaria, which is transfor
ming oar young Territory into a gr*.at lazar
house of iniquity,and fastening on her reputa
tion the stigma of universal contempt.
Mr. G. YV. Brown, whose office of the
Herald of Freedom was destroyed by the Bor
der Kullians, has again arrived in Lawrence
and re-established his paper. It is only a fool
ish invitation for another attack from the
Buckaniers.
£3?" President Pierce, the day before his de
parture for home, fixed the two new Land Offices
for Minnesota ns follows: For the Northwest
district at Ojibwa, and for the Northeast district
ut liuchanan, on Like Superior.
Cs?“ The President passed through New York
on the 30th, and tho Herald says of his reception :
“ There was no reception—no Empire Club, no
military—not even a deputation of Sachems from
Old Tammany. It is reported that the President
has been for some time subject to attacks of
ague, but we venture to say he never was so
completely chilled as on his arrival last night.”
J&T The people of New Hampshire having
decided by a thundering “No!” not to receive the
President publicly who has disgraced them,
the Democrats rallied at Concord on the l*f.
and gave him a public partisan welcome. The
Statesman 6ays it was “an imposing affair.”—
No doubt; imposing on justice, honor, and hu
manity.
£3?” An election for h new Territorial Legis
lature in Kansas was held on Wednesday last.
We haro not yet heard the result, but as the bona
fide citizens are debarred from voting, and ballots
sold at a dollar apiece to all who happen to be
at the poles, and can swear they never harbored
a thought against the blessed institution—we
cannot doubt ns to tho result.
The Foreign »wt.
The intelligence brought by the Africa ie unim
portant. The Continental and English pnpers are
filled with descriptions of the coronation of Alex
ander as Emperor of Russia. France was exoited
by the arrest of numerous members of the society
at Mareconia, on charges of an intention to as
sassinate the Emperor Napoleon.
There are new, but unsubstantial rumors of
coercion against Naples by an alliance of France
and England.
The stook market was up firm owing to the
continued stringency of the money'market.
Cousuls fluctuating, cloeing with a deoUna of
l-2c a.« compared with oar lest advices.
Flour Is higher, and raady tale.
■ <i _. l’or ih** Tint,,.
APtntlAi REALTY.
bv v. Avu. cnorrvi.
How [*if 1* yoi'ixz S|ir.nj, vhwn th** l>mi« »r*» alt Olu-I'
When >lcr* sit w'U In tln-lr iwltteri-is :
Wbou ure.-., grat'd* mowing mol t.rliilit water* ru*htii»:.
Through n oad.iw and glen, t.. their li-.m* In the m-i.
A**, SprlhK 'i\av bo fair, when ilio *'jug-(r»lgiit-il *‘r
Hroadio* »n animate prayer t \ . the W'-iUr*.* rough M.r;
But the acopira and turuno »iv n.i loncor h'T own,
Tor Autuu.u, bright Au'iimn. i* Quoth of the Yra'.
And summer, fair K'ora Die t sills* utorntr.s,
When7.oi> ivr is weaving his love-ladcu lays $
When Jew aim l* lin|*:*rlei!on the lip* of tho innmlur.
And tluwei < seuiu aluuxt to ttrow a* you gaze!
To*. Srnnnie.' i» hrluht, when the OoJde** ot ntght
Weave* a curtain of tight round this shadowy sphere ;
Bit' ibe crown she ha* worn, from her forehead I* torn.
Tor Autumn, slad Autumn, 1* Que'-n of tho year.
And Winter, when sn»w is oarthN h-anty eusVuluinfc,
Aud wreaihiny the branches In crystal and white;
A* ir ail tho start, froaa their azure home ehiulu*.
Wore bein.mg the houghs 'neath a burden of light!
Even Ac may win lavs, fraught with (tattering praise,
Though his Ice-covered wavs he all barren and drear :
But do,sat we will (Tin, to the old tyrant-lvliig.
For Auiunn, brii'bt Autumn, I* Queen of the year.
She come* robed in beauty—the light-hearted maiden—
Aud her toot-fall* keep step to the tune of the boms t
He' kind cot nueopia, lttsury-laden,
For F..vert»’a h tnijnet and Tleasure’s gay bowers.
Then :« bealiu tv the dime aud tu musteal c ltu«.
When linger* old Ttmc’twtala smile aud a tear,
*in more Summer waves brew over prairie or lake,
For Autumn, browu Autumn, ts Queen of the Year.'
For ihe Times.
A Visit to Cot. Fremont.
Mr. Nrtvhon : Dear Sir, —About 1 o’clock on
Saturday. Sept 20, 1 found myself looking a lion
in the face. It was a brass one, suspended on
the door of a plain, substantial building, at No.
50, 9th street, New York, where 1 had made an
engagement the previous morning. A sprightly
young French usher responded to my summons.—
Following his directions, 1 mounted a flight of
stairs, ami entered a neat, but not extravagantly
furnished suite of reception rooms on tho second
floor, where I found myself surrounded by per
haps a dozen, who had no better apology than I
for calling on an entire stranger, in the midst
of the group sat a small, intense, earnest-looking
mau, who rose and greeted me at n»y approach.
Ho bore, on an iron constitution, tiaces of hard
ship and of toil, yet his countenance beamed with
such a livid expression of good-naturedness,
that it seemed to possess a magnetic attraction
for his guests. His dress and manners were
widely at variance with those of many of our
politician*, whose affected plainness frequently
becomes an odd singularity, and whose assumed
greatness always betrays itself.
Eliza Cook must havo seen his prototype, when
she wrote
•‘For Nit ure mouM* Her Gcntliaiin,
And mcujrcln mast give place! ”
His hair was parted down the middle, and
swept in graceful luxuriance over his broad high
temples ; his feet were encased in a light pair of
embroidered slippers ; be wore neither suspen
ders nor vest, and his coat was of calico, thrown
carelessly across his shoulders. On the whole it
seemed to me the very embodiment of Repub
lican plainness and Democratic simplicity. I
knew, ami you, reader, are not mistaken iu your
guess, that it was the next President. My pre
conception of greatness was confounded, bewil
dered—jet I admired the man more than erer.
I have yet to see an engraving of Fremont that
does hioi justice. The features may be faithfully
delineated, —but his °ye—l never saw one with
such an earnest, vivid, soul-searching intensity.
It cannot be fastened upon paper with pencil or
sunbeam.
But I have awkwardly left the Colonel standing
in the group, longer than etiquette would allow,
for which I ask his pardon. As I approached, be
crossed the room to meet me, (I hope your
readers will not consider this crossing a new
proof of bis Romanism!) and after a mutual
introduction he returned, and tho conversation
was resumed. But his appropriateness of speech
and urbanity of address are familiar as house
hold words—let me tell you, reader, ichat he
said.
1 had resolved before leaving home (C'oun.)
that I would, if I ever saw tho Col, ask him
about his Catholicism , which a little handful of
Fillmourners of that State are everlastingly harp
ing on , but when 1 was seated in his presence,
though we had conversed on a score of other
subjects, my courage failed me hero ; and though
1 have sometimes boasted of my valor, and of the
large surplus of brass in my composition, 1 could
not summon enough impudence to insult an in
nocent man, by asking him such a ridiculously
silly question in his own house. 1 gave it up and
was just ready to acknowledge myself “ a man of
straw,” when an unscrupulous stranger at my
elbow relieved me.
“ C 01.,” said he, “ allow me to ask you one
more question. There are a few Fillmoro fools
down mv way, (Penn.) who have been deluded
by the N. Y. Express and its kindred, till they
have honest doubts of your Protestantism. Their
reformation depends on my report of your res
ponse to tho interrogatory— ‘ Are yon, or have
you ever been a Roman Catholic ? ' ”
To this query Col. Fremont—remarking casu
ally that he was heartily tired of it -replied that
he is not, nor ever has been a Catholie; that
himself and wife are members of the Episcopal
Church ; that all his children have been baptized
and confirmed ia that church; and that his
daughter, (whom 1 saw, by the wav,) instead of
beiug educated at a Catholio cloister, (see Ex
press) has received her entire education under his
own roof. To a question which I asked him, as
to how many times lie had attended a Catholio
Church in bis life, he responded : “ Perhaps ten
or twelve, not more, and never except through
motives of curiosity.”
In regard to a suggestion of one of the com
pany, that the South would secede if he (Fremont)
were elected, the Col. remarked: “ Tell these
croakers that I have no objection to dissolution 1”
(Everybody stared at him in surprise.) “ Tell
them,” he continued, “ that in the event of my
election, they may dissolve all connection with
the Union as soon as they please but thev
must not take with them one tingle inch of Am
erican soil l ”
Now,though I am no hero-worshipper, and have
not the slightest veneration for anything human,
yet I have, to say the least, an enthusiastic ad
miration for this man—Fremont. And yet, it is
folly to undertake to repel these libels and cal
umnies respecting his treason and Romanism.
Let them go. They are invented by villains and
believed by fools; they will crawl from their
chrysalis of meanness, run their short round and
die. It is useless to refute them, for partisan
calumnies are like Canada thistles; for every
grey-headed one that is killed, a thousand, more
prolifio and with deadlier stings, will spring spon
taneously from the soil: and whoever may be
the Father of Lies, there is is no doubt that
Polly Tics is the legitimate mother. That John
Charles Fremont will be our next Preeident, to
redeem this guilty Republic, is the firm belief
and honest prayor of
Yours very truly,
St. Paul, October 7, 1856.
Cy The steamers War Eagle, Fanny Harris,
and Falls City have arrived to-day: each with a
good quota of passengers and freight. The Fan
ny Harris has gone up to St. Anthony.
The following have cleared for Galana tho
Goldao Era, Badger State, Galena, and Flora.
Tho river below the lake ia more navigable,
but above there ia no apparent improvement, and
it ia now so lato, that a rite can hardly bo ax
pectod during the present reason.
tST An exchange says that down in New-
Orleans it requires three persons to start a V*-
inesafirm; one to die with the yellow fever,
one to get killed in a duel, and a third to wind
aptht partnership hnsiasss
Triumph* ot Labor.
I Chapin thus beautifully and forcibly describes
I the triumphs to be achieved by industrial labor.
' It should make tiio-e who look upon n working
| man as an interior being hide their heads with
shame, and prove to thorn that they ure inert*
inanities on the face of creation:
“ Who qm adequately describe the triumphs
of labor, urged by the potent spell of money ?
it has extorted the secrets of the universe, and
trained its powers into myriad forms of use and
beauty. From the bosom oi the old creation,
it has developed anew the creation of industry
and art. It has been its task uud its glory to
overcouio obstacles. Mountains have been
levelled and valleys exalted before it. It has
broken the rocky soil into fertile glades; it has
crowned the hill tops with fruit and verdure ;
and bound around the very feel of ocean,
ridg es of golden corn. Up from the sunless
ana hoary deeps, up from the shapeless quarry,
it drags its spotless marbles and rears its palaces
of pomp. It tears the stubborn metals from the
bowels ol the earth, aud makes them ductile to
its will. It inarches steadily on, over the
swelling flood and through the winds of ocean,
tramples its hoarse surges and mingles then!
with flakes of fire. Civilization follows in its
path. It achieves grander victories, it weaves
more durable trophies, it holds wider sway than
the conqueror. His name becomes tainted,
and his monuments crumble; but labor converts
his red battle fields into gardens, and erects
monuments significant of better things. It
writes with the lightning. It sits crowned as a
queen in a thousand cities, and sends up its
roar of triumph from a million wheels. It.
glistens in the fabric of the loom, it rings and
sparkles from the steely hammer, it glows in
shapes of beauty, it speaks in words of power,
it makes the sinewy arm strong with liberty,
the poor man's heart rich with content, and
crowns the sweaty brow with honor, dignity
and peace.
At a printer’s festival in Boston a short
time since, the following capital toast was
drank:
The Editor: the man who is expected to
know everything, tell all he knows, and guess
at the rest, to make oath to his own good char
acter, establish the reputation of his neighbors,
and elect all candidates to office: to blow up
everybody, and reform the world ; to live foi
the benefit of others, and have the epitaph on
his tomb-stone, “Here be lies his last,” in
short he is a locomotive running on the track
of public notoriety : bis lever is his pen, his boi
ler is filled with ink, his tender is his scissors,
and his driving-wheel is public opinion :
whenever he explodes it is caused by the pay
ment of subscriptions.
J6@“ The London Chronicle says : “In the
matter of English pension it is said that the
fortunate dancing master, who was probably
well paid for the highly important service of
teaching Her most Gracious Majesty to bop,
skip and jump, is put on a par with Adams, the
discoverer of the planet Neptune.
A woman having left her child as a pledge
that she would pay a bill for board, in New
York city, the keeper of the boarding house
refused to deliver the child without the cash
being forthcoming, whereupon the mother
brought her sutt before Justice Osborne. The
Justice decided, that, “children not being
property in New York,” the unfortunate pledge
could not be held for the deb».
JfSf* It is a gratifying feature of the cam
paign that the most laborious workmen are men
whose quiet and retiring habits have kept them
out-of the strife of politics. The pending iss
ues enlist the sympathies, stimulate the efforts
and move the hearts and consciences of men of
all classes. He who has most of the
Declaration of Independence and of the ser
mon on the mount within him, feels most the
vitality of the work of the canvass.—Spring
field Journal.
Large Masses of Copper —The schooner
G. W. Ford, arrived yesterday from Onton
agon witii 183 masses and 55 lbs, copper from
the Minnesota mine, and 22 masses aud 17 lbs,
from the Rockland mine, for the Detroit Smel
ting works. Two of the masses from the Min
nesota mine were the largest ever brought to
the city, one weighing 7,100 lbs, and the other
7,680 "lbs. —Detroit Jidvcriiser.
What will Brigiiam Do?— The Supreme
Court of Utah Territory has decided that the
organic act extends the common law over the
Territory; and the act l»eing in the nature ol
a constitution, the common law, therefore, over
rides all the statutes of the Mormon Legisfn
tnre. This renders illegal polygamy, and all
the statutes made by Bri.ham Young.
The number of voters in New York
State, according to a statement from the Census
Department, is 641,820, of whom 516,745 are
native voter* and 135,075 naturalized.
Woven.—llomcly women are generally weal
thy. A woman with a large mouth and a pug
nose generally has n few hundreds rolled up and
laid by in an old stocking. Rosy cheeks, black
eyes, and potatoes and a alt, go band in hand.—
Lolling all day on a sofa, and reading yellow
covered French literature, don’t develop the
limbs, or give a healthy ruddiness to the count
enance. Running on the fields or trotting about
in the kitchen, getting up the edibles, or making
love over tho back fence, after dark, will be more
likely to do it.
Cy The Ohio river is two inches lower than
ever before, and 62 feet lower than it was in 1847.
gy The Phisician at the N. Y. marine Hos
pital reports (Oct Ist.) that since Sept. 10th four
cases of yellow fever have occurred among the
employees ; twelve eases had been admitted from
vessels. Two have already died.
The Illinois State Fair opened at Alton
on the 30th. The attendance was large, and all
the industrial departments of the State well rep
resented.
gy Hon. Mike Walsh has returned to New
York from his European tour, a steerage passen
ger in a sailing vessel. He went out in one of
the bast steamer berths.
ay The election in Maine may well be regard
ed ns another of Fremont’s cresset, which the
Buchaniers find so hard to carry. *
Preparing tor War— The Norfolk jJrgus
states that Gov. Wise lias issued through the
Adjutant-General, orders for the command
ants throughout the State to thoroughly organ
ize the militia, that it may be qualified “to ren
der effective service whene er Virginia may
call for it.” Is there any probability of war ?
Fremont in California.— Our California
friends do every thing on a grand original scale.
So in the manner of entering on the present
contest, they display great invention in the
names of their political clubs. Thus, in one
number of the San Francisco Chronicle, we
have accounts of meetings of the “Young men's
Pacific Railroad Club,” the “Fremont Loco
motive Club,” the “Fremont Jessie Club,” the
“Lillie Fremont Club,” named in compliment
to the daughter cf our candidate for the Presi
dency, the “Fremont Bear Flag Club, No. 1,”
and of various other clubs whos names are more
like those used in the Atlantic States. Califor
nia is all alive with a spontaneous outburst of
enthusiasm for Fremont and Freedom; we no
tice in one paper reports of sixteen different
Fremont meetings in various parts of tie State.
El Clamor Pulico , the organ of the Spanish
population in Lower California, has hoisted the
names of Fremont and Dayton. Hera is the
heading, of their issue of August 9tb:
Para Pruidente—Jane C. Fremont, de
California. Para Vice PruidevU.—Guilli.
am L Payton, da Kuna Jersey.
Wn. Aco. Csorrrr.
THUaSffAY, OCT. 9, 1856.
Ti* CatdlilitN-Onr l»ut>.
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Jn the First Ward wo have for the House Wm.
Bit ancii, hu honest, gentleman,
direct from the ranks of the people, with the
sweat of labor still upon bis brow. He is the
uian for the timos, sad if elector!, us we beliovc
he will be, the masses will find him identified
with iboir interests.
Bxnj. W. Brunson, also from the First Ward
and its Precincts, wo are not particularly ac
quainted with, but from wbat wo learn of him be
possesses all the requisite qualifications for a
good legislator. lie is an old eitiieo, well post
ed and lays claim to backbone.
The Second Ward has brought forward Cuas.
Bekgfeld, by no means an aspiring politician,
but a worthy citizen, whose residence among us
bus demonstrated bis fitness for the office. He is
quite popular among his own people and much
osteemed by all others.
In the select ioa of a candidate for the Third
Ward, Justus C. Ramsey, brother of Ex-Governor
Ramsey, was choson. Mr. Ramsey is a quiet, up
ambitious and unostentatious politician. He
has seon St. Paul start from nothing and started
with it. Both are now able to go alone. He is
not a broken-down political nng, but a gentleman
who, in the first Legislature of this Territory, did
much to lay the foundation of the present pros
perity of our city. We feel quite sure that Mr.
Ramsey will be elected by a triumphant vote.—
What say the people of tho Third Ward ?
Carlton Goring, for the Little Canada Dis
trict, is an entire stranger to us, but if his neigh
bors are to he believed, who have known him for
years, he is the man to properly represent Little
Canada. Let our friends in that District see to
it that Mr. Goring is cleoted—he can be with
proper exertion.
The gentlemen on the County ticket arc all
good men—wo do not know an exception. P. P.
Fcrbek, for Treasurer, is an honest man—is a
capable man—is a worthy man: the people’s
money will be safe in his hands, and in these
times of villainy, tax-payers should bear this in
mind. Friends l—don’t lie idly on your oars
when such a man as Mr. Furbkr is ih the field,
for if after what has been said about our County
matters, you refuse to elect an officer who will
take care of your funds—an honest man—then
don’t blame us, if hereafter, we leave the County
matters to take care of themselves.
For County Commissioner no better man in the
Republican ranks can be found than Parmer
Paine, and yet the present Board meets with our
entire approbation. If Mr. Pain'i is elected, he
will take the place of Edmund Rice, Esq., who,
though opposed to us politically, is just the man
for the place, and one who will use his best ex
ertions towards curtailing the expenses of the
county. Aud yet Mr. Paine, perhaps, would
make equally as good an officer; at any rate he
is the Republican nominee and we give him our
support.
A good Coroner is an officer much needed, and
from what wc know of Wm. H. Shelly he will
perform his duties faithfully and acceptably.
Men of judgment, with sufficient intelligence
to properly estimate the value of property, should
by all means be Assessors. That nuch men have
been brought forward by the Republican party,
there can be no doubt. The very mention of the
name of J. W. Selby carries strength with it.
Who would not trust him to estimate their pro
perty, and who would have any fears as to his
faithfully performing his duty? Gentlemen of
tho Third Ward—and in other parts of the city—
look to your own interests, and eleot J. W. Selby.
Dr. E. A. Boyd wc are not acquainted with,but
he bears an excellent reputation, aud hailing from
Little Canada, he will no doubt be elected.
A. R. Kkifkr needs uo commendation from us.
Although a German by birth, yet in point of in
telligence, gentlemanly bearing and sound judg
ment, he has few superiors. Unless we greatly
mistake tho signs of the times, be will be one of
our next Assessors, ami he will make a good one.
Readers of the Times !—The Republican candi
dates are now before you. They were nominated
with great unanimity, and if we only take off our
coats and go to work, St. Paul for onoe will be
redeemed, but if we remain inaetive while our
enemies are moving, we must suffer defeat. Is
the cause wo are engaged in worthy an effort ?
If so, let us make it now. Are our nominees wor
thy our support? If m>, let us support thom.---
Remember that the triumph of our ticket in this
city would disconcert our opponents throughout,
tho territory while it would giro new life to out
young btft not yet fully developed party. Now is
the timo to cross the Rubicon, and once crossed
the country is safe. March to victory !
The OarjiU aud Corruption Scheme.
We learn from the Philadelphia Times that
the desperate resort of the Pro-Slavery faction
in Pensylvania and New York is approaching a
consummation. The Fremont enthusiasm is
alarming, and the old-liners, conscious of speedy
and final overthrow, unless they cun anchor some
kind of rubbish in the stream, to stop or turn u
sido the impending flood, the following bargain
is maturing. The Times says:—
“Mr. Buchanan has become satisfied that he
cannot beat Frement, and has consented to with
draw in favor of Fillmore. A committee, have
been dispatched te procure the withdrawal of
Donelson. That committee are already far on
their way to Nashville.”
Well, let them go, that game can’t win.—
There are not cards enough in tho whole united
“Fillmore and Breckinridge,” Rorder-ruffiau-
Know-Notbing pack tc defeat the Pathfinder. It
is a precious game of rascality, and vast indeed
must be the terror of the leaders of the Oligarchy
when they hang their hopes on such a rotten peg :
but a man who was never conquered is our leader,
and though the bachelor Buchanan lay his wires
in tbe gullies of a reckless corruption, Hainan
shall be hung on his own gallows; ant] though
the Know Nothings may nest with their veriest
enemies for the sake of plunder, the cockatrice’s
eggs which they are now hatching shall turn into
deadliest vipers and sting to death the deceitful
bosom which has nurtured and warmed them into
life. We have got a nan for our standard-bear
er worthy of our steel. Misfortune took him in
her arms when he was yet an orphan babe, and
threw him into the stream of life, as pagan
mothers cast their offspring into the rushing
Ganges, he has bnffetted tbe waves and stemmed
the current alone, and has come out a ban —a
tchole man—humane, determined, patriotic and
self-reliant, with a band equal to any emergency,
and a heart that throbs in unison with the peo
ple's own. We are indeed hopeful, when we
sweep tbe horixon of polities to-day. We can
imagine only one pleasure that would equal it;
and that is, the pleasure of standing behind the
Hon. James Platform’s chair as he reads tbe
newspapers on the fifth of November !
The Fair at Minneapolis.
The second Annual Fair of this Territory oom
menced, yesterday,at Minneapolis, under encour
aging auspices. At twelvo o'clock M. more than
one hundred entries hsdheee made, and wares
for exhibition were arriving constantly. Tbe
stock of cattle waa excellent and the display will
be, doubtless, very creditable. Among the cari
osities, we noticed a quart of peaasto raised near
Minneapolis, in the open air.
Our thanks are due Col. D. A. Robert*
son, for several English and Scotch papers.
Wo arc glad to leam tbqt both he and his lady
V* enjoying good health,.
.00X1!
dfflinutes pass. A gi'ntla muriner rises from the
cradle by the .couph-sidq; while the softly car*
taitied window, the sop pressed breathing, and the
gentle fooi-iteps falling with a velvet touch on.
the carpet, inform ns that, th i earth litn a new
inheritor. A babe ie horn. The spirit of tho
young mother fins take* ite departure to another
home, whose apartments are lighted with the
beams of heavenly radiance, and whose songs are
borne on the lips of an angel choir. And the
new comer is alone.
Days pass. lie lias entered the flowery paths
of youth; he seos a fair galaxy of stars in the
zenith of his life; he flnds his foot-way lined
with flowers, and the horizon of the Future
stretching far away and beyond. The hours
drag heavily, and lying under the old elm upon
the gowans, ho sighs: “ Ob, this hateful boy
hood !—would that I were a man; I think theso
tedious hours will never wear away,**—and as
lie stretches bis little vision into tho long future,
Fanoy takes him upon her wings, the kites and
rattles of boyhood are laid aside, and he seems
surrounded by the rush and bustlo of the busy
world. He is alone !
Years pass. He is approaching manhood. The
fire of youth is in his eye; tho elasticity of youth
is in his step ; the conscious hopes and prayers
of youth are in his heart. He stands on Life’s
threshold and ljoks out. New England is vir
tuous and moral, intelligent and free, —she has
everything but Opportunity—that necessity whose
want has starved the world. A new, young ter
ritory on the far frontier, shows hiiu her activity,
enterprise, and future greatness, and beckons him
to come. Will he leave his loves and attractions,
his home and friends? Yes, he will! A nest,
he reasons t > himself, is a very good place to be
born in, but the fledgeling must sometime quit
his forest cradle, and bid adieu to the zephyrs
that have lulled him with their leafy mariner, if
he would ever learn to scale the thunder’s home
in his evrie, and ride upon the rocking wave.—
And so the youth goes forth. Hi 9 heart throbs
fearfully, as he faces the iron world. A tear
trembles under his eyelid, as be looks back. The
old homestead, which has been the spectator of so
many hopes and joys, looks more solemn as he
turns away ; the wide-opened meadow where he
has chased the painted butterfly in his happier
days, seems to wear a mournful silenoe; the old
elm waves a last mute farewell from its bending
branches; and the bright rivulef where, with his
little bund for a cup, be U9ed to bear its sparkling
waters to his lips, and where the wrecks of his
boyish mill even now remain, seems to whisper
a fervent ** Good Bye,” as it turns from the sun
light, and buries itself among the tangled grass.
Now nerve your quivering heart, young adven
turer ! Complain not because you imagine that
the world is ungenerous. Quail not because
Fate has a spite ngamst you. Mourn net that
you were born so late, or that you were born at
all. Stand up, stand up ! The crown of earth
are not yet all claimed, —tho trophies of oartb
are not yet all bestowed. There is a world to
redeem—a world of darkness, ignorance and
crime, greater than ever Alexander conquered,—
thero are diadems of honor in every day’s expe
rience, brighter th in ever Caesar won.
And now he has arrived at the growing city in
the distant North-west, —will he turn back ? Not
he 1 Ho is alone. Alone on a waste of woods;
but in the spotless marble of his future, there is
a destiny already sculptured,—it only needs a
touch of his unerring chisel to -romove the vail.
Yet ho feels that he is alone.
Years pass. The infant town has strengthened
into a city of magnificent wealth and greatness.
Tho homeless adventurer has made many friends,
but just as these are ready to lovo him, Death
has placed cold a kiss on his forehead, and a
new grave is rounded upon the hill-side yonder.
He is alone.
Nay, not alone; for a thousand friends have
clustered to receive him, and beyond the celestial
battlements he lives, to hope, and rejoice, and
watoh his earth-children, as they gather mourn
fully above those humble mounds where sleop
“ the loved and lost.”
Republican Convention.
At a meet.ng of Republican electors of Ram
sey County, pursuant to a call of the Central
Committeo to nominate County officers, Parker
Paine, Esq., was called to the Chair, and T. S.
Slaughter appointed Secretary.
On motion of M. S. Wilkinson, Messrs. J. B.
Sanborn and John A. Prince were appointed a
Comn.itteo on Credentials.
%
The following persons were reported as enti
tled to seat 3 :
Cambridge Precinct—J. H. Gillis and James
Napier.
Little Canada—E. A. and W. B. Boyd. '
Pine Lake—John Klonon, Henry Kische.
First Ward—Parker Paine, J. A. Prince, Luke
Marvin, C. 11. Schurmicr, Daniel Roher and J. E.
Fullerton.
Second Ward—B. Weide, C. D. Gilfillin, R.
Pelthauser, Thomas Burton and M. S. Wilkin
son.
Third Ward—Thomas S. Slaughter, F. Orth
wein, M. Groff, C. C. Hoffman, B. Sanborn and
A. Kiefer.
On motion, tho Convention proceeded to ballot
tor officers, resulting as follows:
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Parker Paine, .... 16
Edward A. Boyd, .... 4
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
G. W. Moore, - ‘ * - . - 9
P. P. Furber, ..... 12
Scattering, ..... 2
FOR CORONER.
W. H. Shelley, - - - - 18
G. M. Goodrich, - • - - 3
ASSESSORS.
J. W. Selbv, E. A. Boyd, and At R. Keefer, —
nominated by acclamation.
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
White Bear Lake Murray,
Cambridge Precinct—John H. Gillis,
St. Paul, Ist Wiird—Daniel Roher,
“ 2d Ward—C. D. Gilfillin,
“ 3d Ward—J. B. Sanborn.
Ob motion, the meeting adjourned tine die.
PARKER PAINE, Pres.
Tnos. S. Slaughter. Sec.
C3SP Drt Goods, Clothing, &c. —Those enter
prising young men, Messrs. Fonseca & Crawford,
No. 2 Empire Block, have jnst received (bear Fall
and Winter supply of goods; and if oar judg
ment is worth anything, it is, that a better as
sortment cannot be found in the city. We are
gratified to learn that the trade of this firm baa
increased amazingly within the past year. It is
not eonfined solely to the city, but thousands of
dollars worth of goods are sent up the country
nearly every month. We know the gentlemen
who compose the firm to be upright, honorable
and courteous men ; and as they buy of some of
the largest bouses in New-York City on very
favorable terms, they are enabled to sell cheaply.
Wo predict for Messrs. Fonseca & Crawford a
prosperous career, and so do the ladles.
The Jacob Traber arrived yesterday.
As she started from Dunlietb about the middle
of August, we have not extracted largely from
her news. The War Eagle and Falls City went
down yesterday. The Time and Titie came in
on Tuesday night, and brought a tremendous
load of freight. Tits Mail Packet Lady Franklin
is new due.
P/T Mrs. Lambert offers some fins fionntfo ae
cheap as can he peiahsseri aaywhme hated*
Iliafif If the Cltyal .Mlaampviu.
Minneapolis is one q(s the most bcautiiully
si i timed towns (n the West. 'lt is located on
tbc west bank oS the Mississippi, immediately
opposite tite Palls of St. Aattamy. On this
ptdtftbf the rive r the bpntorate admirably
adapted fortlfe ui vetion of warehouses to the
water’s edge, and not exceeding five to seven
feet above the waMr." The ground gradually
Jor some distance (ronijjjv bpnks,
forming a natural d.’ain.
The first settlers m this town came here in
1849. The land was then included in the
Port .Sneiliag Reserve, a reservation of-nine
miles square around the fort, lor the purposes
of forage.
For some time subsoqfcent to the settling of
Minneapolis, persons hold ing claims were con
tinually in fear of having their hard-earned
homesteads wrested front thepi, and pf Ipsing
the fruits of their labor. In 1852 Congress
passed an act by which tihe most of the lands
included' in the reserve vtere thrown open to
btmafide settlers. From that time it rapidly
increased: The first build ing erected in Min
neapolis was tho old gov eminent mill, built
lor the purpose of grinding: grain for the use
of Fort Spelling garrison. The saw-mill just
below the falls was built by /'overnraent, but
has so often been repaired that but little of the
old mill is left. This will soon be removed,
to give room for more substantial improve
ments.
In the winter of 1849-50, Colonel Stephens
built the first dwelling in Minneapolis. Till
the summer following, the Colonel and his
family were the sole inhabitants of the “ City
of Minneapolis.” 'J hey wer# solitary and
alone. In the summer following', C. A. Tuttle’,
Esq., moved with his family to £he west side
of the river. The first female -child bora in
this town is Col. Stevens’ little daughter, now
about five years of age, and the first wale child
is “ Willie Tuttle.”
After these came Mr. Miller, Dr. Fletcher,
Dr. Ames, J. Jackins, Edward Murphy, Chas.
Hoag, and Joel Bassett!.
At the earliest formation of the town, the
name to be given to the young city caused
much difficulty. “All Saints” was the first
title given to it. In 1851 came “ Lo*well.”
“Albion” was selected at a subsequent m« reting
of daim-holders. This not satisfying any
better than the others, it was decided that
Geo. D. Bowman, Esq., then editor of tbc* St.
Anthony Express, should give the tow.o a
name. With great difficulty he found on<» to
suit. He called it ,
MINNEAPOLIS,
A name which gave entire satisfaction. It is
composed of two words. Minneha , the Sioux
name for water, and the well known Greek
word polis , a city. But a word in re lation to
Minneha. It was generally supposed that
minne-ha signified *• falling water.” The
name was originally spelt Minnehajoolis. We
find, however, by a careful examination of the
“ Dictionary of the Dakota Language” that
there is no such word as min&e-ha. Jl limit
signifies water, but we find no compound
making “ falling water.” The word ha, whe
ther alone or in conjunction with others, bas a
meaning quite too remote from that generally
given it ever to form the word Minne-ha.-
The first Store in Minneapolis was erected
by Thomas Chamberlin, 1853. In 1854 this
was burned down. Since then business has
been steadily increasing till the present time,
and has received the attention of men of un
bounded energy.
Religious service was held here as early as
1851, when Rev. J. H. Pond began giving
occasional sermons in Col. Stevens house.
The Rev. J. C. Whitney, now Pastor of the
PresbytPtian Church, was the first settled min
ister in the place. He was followed by the
Rev. C. G. Ames, of the Free Will Baptist
Church. The Rev. A. A. Russell, of the
Baptist Home Missionary Society, then came
and settled among us; He is now Pastor of
the Ist Baptist Church of Minneapolis, and is
universally loved and respected.
In 1855 an Act was passed by Congress by
which settlers on the Reserve were allowed to
pre-empt their claims. This at once ended a
source of great anxiety to the settlers.
Since that time Minneapolis has grown at a
rapid rate, and a person who saw Minneapolis
in 1851 or JB-52 would not recognize it in its
present guise, with new Churches, Court
House, brick stores, and the handsomely laid
out streets with rows of buildings.
The City of Falling Water has undergone
a thoroagh metamorphosis. We will give in
our next a short sketch ol the latest improve
ments.
THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
The Court House which is now in course of
erection, is on the hill which forms part of Dr.
A. E. Aines’ property. Dr. Ames has given
to the County two town lots free of charge,
aud leased to the county said additional lots,
iormiug one entire block, for 10 years, and
the privilege of purchasing at any time at
the regular market price of lots. The plan for
the building was drawn by our friend, R. S'.
Allen, the architect of the Cataract House and
University.
Mr. Chas. Clark is the contractor and super
intendent of the work. This edifice is to be
built of Miuneapolis brick, with ranged stone
foundation and cut .stone caps and sills. It is
61 feet front by 81 feet deep, (including the
columns in front,) and two stories high,—the
first 12 1-2 feel high and the second 19 1-2.
The cellar in the South-western corner is
arranged for two substantial cells, each 20 by
24 feet. On the right will be a fire-proof
vault, of double brick walls, two iron doors, and
strengthened by bands of iron. It is five and
a half feet wide, twelve feet long, and nine
feet high.
The main floor will be divided by a Hall,
running lengthwise, 13 feet wide. Another
Hall will cross the building, 14 feet wide. On
the first story will be six rooms for government
officers. The second story will contain a court
roo.n and two jury rooms.
To be continued.
63T For candidate for Coroner yesterday, we
placed our old friend E. Y. Shelley before tho
public. As Mr. Shelley is a typo, he ohjeots to
any such arrangement, as it would interfere with
the “ dead matter” over which be at present has
control. Wm. H. Shelley is the mao.
09“ We have just received the Descriptive
catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees for
sale by James Vick & Co. Rochester, N. Y.
These trees will be found of an excellent qual
ity. Mr. J. S. Lambert, 3d street, is the agent
for St. Paul.
09* Gen. Walker it is said, has shot forty
of his army for mutiny. . > * .
Ireland. —lt is said thattbe demand for la
bor in Ireland exceeds the supply—an unusual
and encouraging state of things. In the south
of Ireland, laborers are getting two shillings
sterling a day—about fifty cents.
Forrest.—lt is said that Forrest, after play
ing a round of engagements in the United
States and Canada, will retire into private life,
and never again abandon the shades of Foothill.
Huso art.**- Accounts from Hungary state
that within the memory of man, there him not
been such a luxu'iantly abundant promise for
the vintage as during the present season; and
contracts for the supply of wine have been en
tered into by German and French houses with
this proprietors of vineyards.
yy* The name of Mr. Humphrey, candidate
for Councillor from the 10th District, Is P. P.
Humphrey, and not P. M. as enoosonsly pab-
lisimdia some of the papers.
I atal Accident. —As the
Eastward bouijjjAiusaonger train was running
a short distancfffom the-Rock Island Junction,
on tliv Michigan Southern) Rajiroai yesterday
noon* tt cqjne up with a man Walking in the
same direction on tho track. The engineer
rang the hot ®iW blew the whistle, aad suppos
ing be would Stop- aside did not slacken hi?
speed, in time to prevent striking him. He
was thrown by the concussion several feet fiorn
the track and instantly killed. It is supposed
be was dea/. He was pbout 35 years of age,
very shabbily dressed, and nothing whatever
about his person to indicate his name or resi
dence. He some of the tools of a harness
maker in a sack, which was filled with
old clothes. The Coroner’s jury rendered
a verdict of accidental death. —Chicago Press.
. E&* A market man who was sleeping in
his wagon, near Richmond, awoke before day
with a sickening sensation upon him, and felt
a cold clammy substance resting upon his right
cheek. Knowing that nothing of the kind was
On his blanket when he laid down, he became
very much alarmed, and, at a single bound,
sprang into the road, completely bewildered.
Fearing to re-enter the vehicle in the dark, he
made for a dwelling a short distance off, pro
cured a light and the assistance of a servant,
and returning to his cart, found coiled on his
blanket a large snake, apparently as well con
tent as if taking a nap on an old log. The
reptile was dispatched without ceremony, and
measured five feet in length.
A Dubuque paper says that a new
paper is to be started at Farrihauit, edited by
J. Frink Esq., and christened the Rice County
Herald.
Well—so we go! yesterday an awkward
bashful boy, unknown and friendless, started
from the rugged hills of Vermont; to day the
stroke of an axe is heard in Minnesota, a hun
dred miles from civilization ; to-morrow “The
Voung America” newspaper is issued under
a bur-oak; a saw-mill and school-houst are
raised on Saturday, and in a week a city is
begun, and land at one dollar and twenty five
cqnts an acre, suddenly changes into building
lots at 8500.00 a piece! Clear the track!
*®“Tbe papers tell us that Mrs. Stowe, on
the occasion of her present visit to England,
bas taken the liberty to present Her Gracious
Majesty, her new Anti-Slavery romance Drtd
and that in response the Queen gare evidence
of her most cordial approbation. Later intelli
gence says Gov- Wise is burnishing up the old
Virginia muskets. Has this anything to do
with it ?
Mrs. Bernhard, at the Winslow House,
still continues to dispose of a large number of
her beautiful bonnets. The ladies are almost
crazy after them. Go and see them.
Increase in the price of Silk Goods.—A
Paris correspondent says:
“ I am afraid the ladies will complain this
year, silk goods increase in price ; thert is a rise
of fifty per cent, on the raw material. The Ly
ons trade is in a very depressed condition.
Many looms, indeed, have been stopped. The
only great orders received have been from
Russia.”
Major Haller and General Wool are
&t issue on a question of veracity. The Ma
jor sends to the Motion Intelligencer a refutation
of the General’s charges against him, in refer
ence to his conduct and skirmishes with the In
dians in Oregon war, and denies the accusation
that lie Sent an inadequate force against the sa
vages, or that he placed men in unnecessarily
exposed situations.
Bears in Michigan. —Six bears have re
cently been killed within five miles of Remeo,
and several more in the vicinity of Pontiac.
They are very plenty all through the State,
and would seem to have been forced to the open
country by reason of the scarcity of water and
the drying up of the frog ponds, which afford
them their chief sustenance.
The gas went out at oue of the chur
ches not long since, just as the congregation
were singing the opening hymn, from which
cause it was finished in short metre.
S3P* Politeness is like an air-cushion—there
may be nothing in it but it eases your jolts won
derfully.
An eminent artist is about getting up a pan
orama of a lawsuit. It operin iu the year one,
aud closes with doomsday. This will do tor
the Eoglish Court of Chancery.
*arit was a proverb among the Greeks
that a flatterer who lifts you up to the clouds
has the same motive as the eagle when he laps
es the tortoise in the air—he wishes to gain
something by your fall.
VST A female physician in Philadelphia
advertises that it is “her particular spec.aiuy to
cure all affections of the heart.”
vr That beautiful prexont of Ambrotype
likenesses of Freamnt and Dnyton, encased in
gold, is duly appreciated, as well as tbo com
pliments of the donor, it would give us crest
gratification to record the election of these gen
tlemen to the highest posts in the gift of a free
people; but if we are debarred of that pleasure,
we can gaze Upon the honest faces of those who,
though defeated, “still live” in the memory of a
grateful people.
<sr If you would get along in tho world you
must bold your head up, if there is not much
in it.
“ How long did Adam rem tin in Paradise
beforo he sinned ?” said an amiable spouse to her
husband.
••Till be got a wife,” was the calm reply.
Hair Turned Black.— Two of our Indy friends
were reading, the other day, Byron’s “ Prisoner
of Chillon.” Wo Intended to say that one lady
was preteoding to read it aloud to the other lady.
No woman has evor been, now is or ever will be
capable of listening without interrupting. So
that, at the very commencement, when the reader .
read the passage—
Kor grew It white
, la *»ia*le night,
A» men's have grown from sodden fears—•»
the listener interposed m follows:
“ White l How odd, to be eurel Well, I
know nothing about men’s hair; bat there’s our
friend, Mrs. G , of Twelfth street, the lady
who bM been twenty-nine years old for the last
fifteen years—her husband died, you know, hut
winter, at which misfortune her grief wm so in
tense, that her hair turned completely black with
in twenty-Tour hours after the occurrence of that
sad event.”
(py*A gentleman recently returned from Penn
sylvania assures ns that all well-informed and
candid politicians expect Pennsylvania to go for
Fremont lyr thousands of majority. The Maine
election was a tockdologer. Lancaster County,
the home of Buchanan, will give 4,000 to 5,000
against him; Thera is nothing in the man or his
platform or his backers, to awaken tho first par
ticle of enthnsiMm. The “woolly horse” is
ahead and likely to show his Mustang bottom.—
hurrah for the Bra young American, Fremont, in
the race with the fossils and niggerised toadies
of Slavery !—Hartford Courant.
t>IKI>,
Oa Wadaaadsy moraine, Bth lust., of Dysentery, Robest
aoMuudtw •*•'* 009 y* r »eight
The naueaaU r bright prowls* o< HtUs Robert,convert** with
the fact that Ms psissn had hat recently-arrived in oar midst,
sad had bet few ooasollng Meads to unite in rendering tbr uat
—d Mas to me d sosas id, aukse this disp«nsaUon of DitlM
itasrtdna gatallartr adnawig Osh.