The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-18

We have St. Paul papers to The 29th ut. Intel.
ligence of the removal of several officers Of the
Territorial Government had then just been re-
ceived, and created a good deal of commotion.
The removal of Mr.. c. X. Smith from the Office
of Secretary of the Territory the Mnnesotian says,
is universally approved. "This act of the Admin
istration meets with the highest commendation on
the part of our entire population. President Fill
more has shown that whatever attachment pub
lie officer may have to the political principles upon
which his administration is based, he will not up
hold him in doing wrong; and they award all
credit for his course" OF Secretary Wilkin, his
successor, it is said:
" No man in Minnesota is more of general ia
vorite with her people, than the gentleman upon
whom the President has conferred the second Office
in the Territory. He has the ability, the industry,
the honesty and the address to make first rate
officer"
The removal of Mr.. Tilden, Marshal of the Ter.
ritory, is said to be regretted by at least nine
tenlhs of the people of Minnesota. 1t is admitted
that his successor is good citizen, an honorable
man, and well qualified to discharge the duties of
the office, yet the people desired change, and
no complaint has ever been made against him.
The citizens of ST. Paul have rendered to Gov.
Ramsey and Secretary Wilkin the compliment of
public dinner-the former on his return from the
completion of the arduous duties imposed upon
him by the Indian Bureau, in the successful nego-
tiation of one of the most important treaties ever
made with the Indian tribes; and the latter his
accession to the office Of Secretary of the Terri
| tory. The invitation was accepted, and the dinner
was to have come off on the Sd inst.
Gov Ramsey arrived at St. Paul on the 9th ult.
| having been absent ten weeks. In that time he
| travelled upwards of twelve hundred miles, going
| and returning, besides transaeting the important
business of his mission. The Minnesotian says Of
] the journey:
| Their route lay to the west of the Red river o.
the North, until they struck the Pembina river
which they followed to its mouth. This is the sitt
of Mr.. Kittson's old trading post, the place where
| the treaty was made. They returned by the SAINT
| route.
The party, soldiers and citizens, all return in the
most robust health, though somewhat bronzed BY
journey home remarkably well, considering thu
grass was very much cut down by the frost. DR.
| Foster lost his horse day or two out from Saul
Rapids, which was the only one lost by the Cover
nor's party. The soldiers lost two, we believe.
Game in abundance was found on the route
going and coming. Buffalo, elk, bear, geese, ducks
and brant we're killed in much greater quantitie
than could be used. Buffalo were more plenty o.
the return than in going out Thousands lined tn
prairies during several days travel. From sky
l Wcfc hiicu py tuO poItyb otiu ouy luu
Der could have been taken. Hugh Tyler, Esq
killed large fat COW with his pocket pistol
Lieut.. Bond, who, from his close observation c
meteorological subjects has earned the title of cer
of the weather. informs us that the first frost whic
nipped vegetation in the valley of Red River, oc
CURED on the 26th of September. -Four days pre-
vious, he gathered flowers fresh and blooming, i
the garden at Pembna. On Tuesday week, abou
one hundred miles west of Sauk Rapids, they eI
| countered snow squall.
All the party speak in the highest terms of Ii
country over which they passed, and of the hos
pitsble entertainment they received at the hands
the people on both sides of the line. The atter
tions of Hudson's Bay factors and clerks, and ii
| people Of Selkirk settlement are generally ar
warmly alluded to. The former accounts a.
: confirmed, that they are a frugal, hardy and il
dustrious people, surrounded by all the comforts
life that can be attained in that remote region.
! The arduous Indian services allotted to Govern
Ramsey are now completed, and he returns to Il
bosom of his family and friends to receive the hear
7 congratulations of honest men Of all parties.