The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-19

into the board OF Commlss1oners Tor Public Build
ngs in Minnesota, contrary to the plain letter Of
the law. i is now generally conceded that he
ought to hare been kcp. 10, and appointed Build
ing Commissioner of the Penitentiary. his duties
in that Office TO con6ne him strictly within the
walls Of the building, for at least Eve years after
its completion. ~
One Of our Oldest inhabitants. down town,
went up Third Street to the junction of Bench,
one day last week, the first time in two years
he was looking for John r. lrvine's house, which
he said used to be in sight OF vetal's on Bench
Street. He had to get boy to show him the
way through the upper end Of the town to Irvines
house, and went back perfectly amazed at the
progress Of things at the upper end.
In his last annual message. Governor Ramsey
speaks Of ''the miserable shifts, sc, to which
magistrates, &C., have been compelled to resort
in way that leads US to believe that his Excel
ency meant to allude prophe,ically to the habits
in which the Secretary is now known to indulge.
The Democrat, after ransacking the statutes of
Minnesota, from beginning to end, to find some
Act Incorporating the Fur Company. some exclu-
sive privileges conferred by the Legislature, con-
shutting r. Chouteau. jr. & Co.. "Great Me-
nopoly." has been compelled to give it up But
the way the Democrat construes law, it would
not surprise us, any week, to find the Democrat
aborins to show, that there is a Fur Company
charter, coverty contained in ''The Act concern
ing Seals" r4a. .lErai
Does not the Democrat know--of course it
knows-that the Rice interest, is the most extern
sive and Inscriptions Indian trading establish
ment now in Minnesota: Compared with the op-
erations Of their Winnebago concern, all other
Indian trade dwindIes into insigni6cance. Yet
James S. Norris, who leg for this Winnebago
Monopoly" profess to be shocked at the exist
cnce of ''a power welded for the accomplishment
Of pecuniary purposes1' Oh, shameful hypoc-
risy Well does James s. Norris know, and well
does the Democrat know; yes, as well as H. NJ.
Rice, its master knows. that to accomplish s'pe-
cuniary purposes" the money Of the Wmnebago
Fur Company was shed like water, at the last
election, to make Col. Mitchell the Delegate of
this Territory, solely and wholly to help the Win
nebago contract through, and other measures of
the Winnebago Fur Company; and to defeat--a
democrat, who cannot be charged with private
or selfish act, in his whole public life ,'
People Of Saint Paul were in hopes that the
Secretary would ring himself into the party that
is to 60 out into the Indian country, soon, to make
treaty; but the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
who is a scrupulous, aw-abiding man, will never
consent to let the Secretary 60; as ii is viola
ton Of law to take rhiskey into Indian Territory.
To strike at the root Of the evil it is under stood
that the Collector Of the port of Saint Paul, who
is Son Of Temperance, has engaged in very
benevolent undertaking in behalf of the Division;
which is nothing less than TO drink all the liquor
in town, and thus staunch the food of intemper-
ance at its fountains. -.f.... ......
We hear of conflict of jurisdiction between
the Collector Of our port and the Judge Of Pro-
bate. There should not be. The one hae juris-
diction on the left bank of the Mississippi, and
the other on the left bank of the Styx.
This Spring and Summer our town has worn
out two sets of organ girls, and commenced on
the th'rd-a most remarkable consumption Of raw
music, for new town.
The way some of our sSons of Temperance
swear off from drink and abstain from all that
intoricdtes, reminds US of the Irishman who was
determined to abandon the cratker. Peter ap-
peared before magistrate and proposed to .'go-
bale" before him, to keep the following pledge,
(Which he produced in writing s'Take notice
that Peter Hogan Caslragiu, in the county of kerr,
here by talks his 9th, niver TO dhrinke glass of
sperrt, good, bad OF Indifferent, only TO keep dopn
The rigeta6ies.''
The Democrat, last week, unkenneled with
"Dash at 'em.'' We are ready for Dash, loot,
and the whole pack.
We learn by the Dispatch of the Cd. that the
City Council Of Keokuk has authorized the Mayor
to make a subscription, by the corporation, of
$3.50 900 to the capital stock Of the Dubuque
and Keokuk Railroad Company South, and also
Of 100000 to The Peoria and Warsaw Railroad
We have received the first number of the Bur-
lington Tri-Weekly Hawkeye. 1t is WELL
filed, good sized sheet, printed on new type, and
is credit to its enterprising publishers, Messrs
Edwards and Broadwell.
The Excelsior arrived at Saint Paul last Satur
day morning. She had drove of cattle on
board, to feed the Indians on. during the treaty.
a man, who was either drunk or crazy leaped
off of the Excelsior, she appr ached the land
ing, and appeared as if he meant to drown, say
ing there was ga woman after him. Itisa pity
the Secretary would not indulge in an unreasona-
BILE fancy Of that sort.
A barge was towed up by the Excelsior, which
is to be left at Saint Paul and filed with white
sand, to be taken to Saint Louis on the next trip
Of the boat down, to be used there in manufactur
ing glass. fst
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