The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-05-29

holly ana enPtiness Of the English language as
Ibis wriier i no better qualified 10 wfte poliii-I
cal essay than bass drummer is 70 perform one
lof4Donnize,ti,s marches. He doss the base; but
even that. badly. y y ~ b. &
Maj Watrous is in towr.. preparing 10 remove
the Chippewas to their new home. Theywiil GO
through by canoes, making portage of about 20
miles, by new route which Maj. Watrous has
looked out for them.
Franldin Steele, Esq, is preparing the fsunda-
ton of q new warehouse, on the bank Of the
river, Just above Mr.. Rundal's, at the Lower
Landing.
! Amongst the most silly things that Incorporation
ever did, is the passage of an ordinance by our
corporation, taxing regular steamboats, that land
at Saint Paul, one dollar for each time they land !;
and taxing transient boats one dollar and fifty
cents. Now in the name of all that is just aud
decent, what has the town Of ST. Paul ever done
TO accommodate the landing Of steamboats, p
Nothing. Not one thing What have not steam
boats done for Saint PAUL. They might as well
tax tho clouds that bring us rain, or the that
shines upon us, or tho free air that breathe.
The Lower Landing made forever free, by
the terms Of its conveyance by Henry Jackson,
when he transferred it. That was condition,
coupled with the sale The Mormons at Nauvoo,
with just as much reason, once imposed tax upon
STEAMBOATS,; but We could not believe, until we
read the Ordinances, that Saint Paul and its cor
poraton was following so closely the example Of
10 Smith aud the Elders. Let our people stir
themselves, if need be, and petition TO have this
nasty, obnoxious ordinance repealed, before our
town becomes a bye-word for uieanuess, from
Sank Rapids To the Baze. ..t.ri tti
/ We are prepared TO do job-work, at the Pho
neer office, in as good style as can be done above
Saint Louis; having larger and better supply of
printing material, than any other office on the
Upper Mississippi.
We received in Saint Paul, from friend near
New York, a copy Of the Liverpool Times and
copy Of the London Punch, of April 10th, twenty
one days after their dates of publications The
best thing in Punch is a cut representing the down
fall Of the famous old SmithGed cattle market,
amid the lamentations of the burghers, &C.,.
For Smy,hfeId must away,
Si,h Dulles sometimes old wives do gore,
i AS thro' the strees they stray,
And folk think arye dirt n are,
/ so squcamish now-a-day!
The multitude of fat beef and pork eaters, are
represented all in tears, while the old market lies
in ruins around them, and the s'elege'' thus con-
cludcs: hf .
i Then back unto Gudhall again ua l
To baked meates we wyli stumpe;
The Citye band, before our trayne,
With drum, trombone, and trumpe,
! As VII for some proud warrior Sla yne, 60
/ Shall play doefu dumpe. ~ r
Now, lovely SmytbfeeId, fare the vel.
II is the NOR pitte; .lH 1858
My harte is broke TO heare thy knel,
As nearly as may be; -t ,.4.
i But owt Of sight, and owt Of smell,
'i ! styll will thinke Of thee!
Many Of the good things in Punch, we do not
50 well appreciate The bumor Of, as this, for wan,
Of n more familiar acquaintance with current En-
glish events; but Smithfield is nseparably asso-
ciated with the London that was, before railwa Us
and steamboats-ihe London Of Savage and Sam
Johnson. To make these greasy burghers, who
look like nightmare Dragons, join in an ''elegie,''
or attempt any thing more poeiical than the dis
cussion Of slrloin, or more musical than snore,
is, of ITSELF ridiculous, to represent Sir John
Fastaff inspired by the divine passion Of love.
In discharsng the freight of the DR.. franklin
No. 1, lass Sunday, at oui LOVER Landing, ii SO
fell out that several Of the hands fell into the
water--a warning TO keep the 4h commandment.
!. The Yankee came in, boiling hot, on Tuesday
morning. Prompt as usual.
90. WEATHER OFFICE, May %, 1851. ID
.MeSsrs. Grum6ie, and others Of .Minaesotd :
| Your petition for sunshine and suspension o.
rain and thunder showers, is received, and its
contents duly noted Dry days are out of market
now--taken off to London, for exhibition at the
; Worlds Fair but we will forward you, early in
June, some days that are piping lo, with mois,
nights to match, making average Of pretty fair
: weather u
have the honor foreman.
I h Your obedient servant '"'fi. '.'
| IS .rtI... 4 g.- SLOPP MUDD, t.
- 9r~ Dep'y Clerk Weather Office.
We learn that soldier at Fort Smelling, made
duplication to III. A. Lambert, Esq, Judge Of
Probate of our county, and was discharged upon
the ground, that he, Che soldier,) could not find
suitable quarters for the residence Of his wife at
Fort Smelling If soldiers, like feld-pieces, can
be discharged by matches, we may soon expect
reports of the disbanding Of the whole amy; and
to get out Of his articles of enlistment the soldier
has only to obtain marriage license. The Judge
argues, that soldier who is married, is no longer
4. single man (; but man beside himself; and,
: therefore, entitled TO discharge for lunacy.-
And again that being in arms already, he can
not be required to do double duty, by bearing
arms for the Government. Again: that being
married, he no longer belongs TO the class Of per-
sons, properly enlisable I; having, in some sense,
turned TO a icoman. And again: that if Gov
Iernnent ensts the husband, Government also en-