The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-02-06

rats an henfY NJ dsces Upon LUG SOLE
-epressnsa,iob of Rice. Robertson brought
si3 Pres here; ye, Rico affected almost to
10 ignorant ofwhere Robertson came FROM
Presently, room is made IN the same thresl
story brick building fer the Chronicle. II
10 announced tina. Mr.. -ChaslssJ. Heaniss, !
late Of Philadelphia, a Wing, a great Wing,
a writer, "a very great writer, has bought
the Chronicle, announcing himself in
printed circular as ."Charles J. Henniss, |
ESQ.,. formerly connected with the United
Sta.ss Gazette aud more recently with The
Courier and Inquirer Of New York, and
the North American of Philadelphia, who
has purchased ".rhe Minnesota Chronicle
and Register published at this place.
One thousand dollars was paid down and
certain notes. But Henniss, Hollinshead
and Dash, the whole Pennsylvania firm, had
not cash enough in their united purse, to
build and furnish kennel. All could be
explained but the $1,000 cash--the notes,
these might easily come from Henry M.
Rice's inexhaustible treasury Of promises.
Reader, would you believe il: that $1,000
was advanced by the re.loubtable Mr.. Rob
ertson, that "Democrat by Nature" the
proprietor and editor Of "the Minnesota
Democrats" the remainder Of the debt due
for the press, was secured by notes endorsed
by the everlasting H. NJ. Rice, who makes
more big promises and performs fewer,
than any other man in Minnesota. All this
was intended to be a profound secret. The
Wings were expected to be decoyed into the
support of the Chronicle and the Rice DEM
ocrats into the support Of the Democrat and
both uniting, the old Pioneer was to he
choused out of every thing. We renewed
to Mr.. Henniss, our proposition to divide
the printing: but Mr.. HenDiss would do no
such thing. Col. Robertson, that Democrat
by nature, had now got two lions Gagged in
the capitol, Wing lion fresh painted, and
a Democratic lion just imported, with a
secret passage uniting the cages together
Then MI. Robertson would poke his lever
between the bars Of the Chronicle cage; and
it was really edifying to hear the Chronicle
growl. Now Hennis would growl Terri
toriaI. now Hrhig, and next little mixed :.
Meantime the Democrat kept up Dem
ocratic growl Of the most terrific progress
sive kind. Rice was in the back par, ofthe
cage, experimenting the feeding. The
Legislature was assembling. The best kind
of roaring was done. A hat was passed
around amongst the Wing members TO make
a collection from the Wings to feed the
Wing lion, and the same hat was passed
around 10 make collection from The Dem
ocrats, to feed the Democratic lion; bu, not
so much as bone was contributed to feed
either. Robertson had sense enough to
know that his vile trick being discovered,
he had nothing else to expect; and that
neither the Wings nor Democrats would
ever contribute anything to refund his
4 $1,000; as for Rice, be was out Of poke,
nothing but some more OF those promises
but Henniss, who never had sense enough
to know that he was working mere Rice
engine, and who knows no more Of politics
than powder monkey knows Of artillery
projectiles, scolded and stormed and spus-
tered like whipped ape.
Under such circumstances and in such
alternatives, did the Wings in our Legis-
lature cast their ballots with the Democrats
to elect US printer.