The Minnesota pioneer., 1850-06-13

Attorney General, Ii. l.. Moss, esq.,, U. S
District Attorney, and large repres-
entatlon beside, of the ST.. Paul bar,
have taken passage up the river to Sauk
Rapids To hold the first term of the Court la
| Benton county, commencing on Monday
last. Judge Goodrich holds the Court in
Benton county, Instead of Judge Meeker,
absent
/ IL is worth knowing by young house
| that ice will not sour or ferment in the hot
test weather, if kept in a weak solution OF
water with u small solution of lime W ater
aud small sprinkling of saleratus. Brit
tish Encyclopedia Of Arts.
! 1t surprising to see the number Of build
| ings in progress of erection, all over town.
Saint Paul is now so much extended, that il
is impossible for every one in it, to know
every one else's business.
! The removal of the remainder of the
Winnebago Indiaus is taken in hand by MIR
Olmstead. II they are not harder to bring
III than the Jews, Olnistead will fetch them
through. They have had foretaste Of
their Canaan up north, The Winnebagoes
say that the land which was promised TO
them, is tie region about the Blue Earth
river, a branch of the St. Peter; being We
ry different country from that about Long
Prairie--in fact one of the finest regions in
the knowa world. II. NJ. Rice, esq, left
here last week for the east.
II may not be generally known that there
is formidable raft formed in Rum river,
which will have 10 be cut out, before pine
logs can hc driven from the pineries above
it. raft, our readers abroad who are not
,,h 81 b,, ,I,,.o ~, ,bs,,
will understand to be an immense jam of
logs huddied into the channel tOpsy-turvy,
SO crowded together and wedged between
the banks in some short bend of the stream
that they cannot move ,and thus bridge over
the channel and stop every thug floating
from above.
The New York Sunday Times says, ''The
citizens of Bedford, New Hampshire, cele-
brated the hundredth anniversary of the
founding of their town on the 22nd ultimo.
Towns don't grow in the Granite State as
they do in the fertile west. Saint Paul,
Minnesota, founded only a year and half
ago, is already, nearly. if not quite as large
as Bedford.
There is way of sreaming towns into
existence IN some parts Of the west, analo-
gous to the process of converting beeves'
hides, just torn from the warm carcass OF
steers, into shoe leather in less than no time
by the use of steam in tanning. The re-
ce,pt for making an ex tefnpore town, is TO
take piece of prairie or woodland, rough
or smooth, near some navigable water or
waterfall, have it surveyed into lots, give
away several lots to men Of wind and men
OF capital, get blacksmith, a parson, and
a newspaper all in full blast, and you already
have half grown city. Other points, nat
ural commercial centres, will grow wi,hou,
any of these appliances, by their own ma
tive, inherent vigor. Of the latter class are
our villages in Minnesota.
People on the Upper Mississippi are ve-
ry much stirred up by reading, 'the Old DIR.
Jacob Townsend's vindicatiou.' The pub
lie mind is in state of fermentation. The
charge against S. p. Townsend of
manufacturing "a souring, fermenting com
pound, called Sarsaparilla, and palming it
off upon the public, will rally all the friends
Of 5. p. Townsend and what effect it may
all have in celebrating other equally impor-
tant party divisions, or rather personal di-
visions, at our election next fall, remains to
be seen.
1t was reported again in the papers last
week, that Sir. John Franklin had returned
in safety 10 the Sandwich Islands, having
discovered the north west passage. Gam
mon.
Two new balloon frame buildings in
process of erection, were blown down by
the high wind in Saint Anthony, last FRI
day.
SAvANEAH, Georgia, May 26.
Great excitement was produced here last
night by the arrest of General Lopez
The Marshal of the District made the ar
rest, under authority of telegraphic dis
patch from the President of the United
States. Both General Lopez and his Aid
were arrested aud taken before Judge Mich
OILS, of the United States District Court
there being no evidence against the parties,
they were discharged at quarter before ~
O'Clock.
There was some difficulty in persuadng
the Chippewas to come down as far as
Fort Smelling to treat with the Sioux
They were willing to meet their enemies
on half way ground !; but objected TO COM
ing within the jurisdiction of the Sioux.
Last Friday shaft of lightning shivered
a cedar tree in ST. Anthony, near the mill
company's Office, in which were several
persons; one OF whom was struck IN the
face by piece of plastering which was
thrown from the wall of the Office by the
concussion. The report circulated, that
the ball Of lightning having spent its force
on The gnarled cedar. rolled lazily into the
office, and that the proprietor stepped up
behind it and kicked it out OF doors through
the cathode, is not confirmed.
On the first "trip of the steamboat Gov.
Ramsey from ST. Anthony to Sauk Rapids,
the shril whistle of the engine frightened u
breaking team of oxen ON the bank Of the
river, so that they ran away with the plow
into the woods, in defiance of all control,
and finally broke apart, and the last we
knew oft, had never been got back into the
furrow.
We notice that some shipments of fns
white sand, in barrels, are being made from
the lsvee in Saint Paul. 1t would not sur
prise us if we had to buy some or The same
article back again mixed with sugar, at an
advanced price.
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