The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-09-17

compel our friend Cashier to do his duty
in the premises, having, as he undoubted-
ly must, the fear of broomsticks and hot
water before his eyes.
Cranberries appear to be plenty this
year, Judging from the number of persons,
red and white, that are going in pursuit of
them. They are being gathered too soon,
however, and many of them will rot, if
the weather continues damp. A set Of
poachers from below, quite as green as the
berries themselves, opened the business
some ten days since, and our citizens are
compelled to strike in for self-preserva-
ton.
Cy A cause of long standing was deci-
ded last week in the District Court. Mr..
N. Myrick was arrested in Benton county,
in July, lS49. by Capt. Monroe, U. s.
A., charged with selling liquor to the H.
dams The charge was not sustained,
and Myrick claimed one thousand dollars
damages for false Imprisonment. 1t being
a matter wherein United States officer
was prosecuted for discharging what he
conceived to be his duty, the defence fell
into the hands of Mr.. Moss, District At
torney, but for whose industry and skill
full management of the cause, the full
amount of damages would probably have
been allowed. The jury gave Myrick
$616 G62-3. 1t is thought the case will
so up.
CO The cold Doctor" was in promptly
at break Of day on Monday morning, with
a heavy load of freight and passengers.
1t is the unanimous remark of strangers
and citizens. that our packets, both from
St. Louis and Galena, are so reliable in
regard to time, that one can regulate his
departure from any of the eastern cities,
and know precisely within two minutes
and half when he will arrive in st.
Paul.
Mr.. Wasson, nothing discouraged by
the severe calamity he met with on the IL
lInols river, is making preparations to erect
his iron foundry this fall. Men of true
enterprise, such as he, who work much
and talk little, ore worth thousand of
your gassing politicians, who come here
claiming the sympathy and support of the
" laboring population" merely because
they have struck two or three blows upon
an anvil sometime in their lives.
The Shawnectown, ( Ill. Argus wishes
an exchange from Minnesota. If we
thought the sending of our paper into
that ague stricken land would be the
means of inducing the inhabitants to flee
to healthy country, we would comply.
The longest we ever stopped in that re-
gion was while steamboat sswooded,"
and then it took three of the deck hands
to hold the owner of the yard from shak-
ing to pieces until he could tell the clerk
the price of the wood.
There was an idle rumor in town last
week, to the effect that Thos. A. Holmes,
a licensed trader on the Minnesota river,
had been killed by the Indians. We be-
lieve the report was set on foot by some
Of the "organization' runners, Captain
Dodd, probably, WHO'S ergagedinthe laud-
able enterprise of correcting the census
returns of Dakota county, made last year.
The Captain has now nearly the entire
country over there illuminated with gas,
and it is scarcely doubtful that he will
want light upon the subject. Tom Holmes
is alive and kicking.
EA fire occurred in the upper end
Of town yesterday afternoon, caused by
leaving sbavings in the vicinity of the
carpenter shop destroyed, during the
morning. The Messrs. Parker, owners
Of the shop, loose considerable in the way
Of sash, doors, tools, clothing, SC.
1t is a fact not probably often reflected
upon by the people of St. Paul, that we
have about four hundred children within
the limits of our two school districts, and
not school accommodations for more than
one-third of them. Our district schools,
it is true, are both open-the upper one
under the charge of the pioneer teacher of
st. Paul, Miss Bishop-but these schools
are of course totally inadequate to meet the
public exigencies. We have heard con-
siderable talk about establishing semi
nary for the higher branches of education,