The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-11-06

MINNESOTA AFFAIRS.
RErURNED.--Mrs Ramsey, the popular wife
Of the Governor, returned home last Monday
morning, after long visit
| The Dr.. franklin, No. 2--This boat,
Capt Harris and lady board, arrived las,
Monday morning from ST. Louis, with the largest
amount Of freight ever on a boat Of the same
ionnage, being so tons more than she could carry,
besides VIVA, she refused and left behind. She
ought to be fitted up with reaction wheels. to run
under water.
! THE MINNESOTA RIvER.-We learn that
Mr.. symons and III. NJ. Rice, Esq, are preparing
to run in the trade next season between St. Paul
and Traverse DIES Sioux. In our opinion, one
boat will have full employment in taking pine
lumber for building. We prophecy not only
large settlement up that river--farmers and me
chanics focking in every where-but that in two
years Traverse des Sioux will be village con-
tanng 1000 Inhabitants, unless people get craz:'
and put up the price Of town lots to exirava-
CANT price. " they do, Traverse des Sioux can
be any where else along the river, within 10 or II
miles. Avarice and speculation, between them,
can oyerIay an infant town, just easy Nay,
they Cypress larger places like The nightmare. A
NONRESIDENT may buy mp half dozen lots and
keep them unimproved, on Third Street, in Saint
Paul. The result is ruinous, perhaps, TO the bu-
sness of the whole street, driving it elsewhere.
NoN-REsrDENr LANDHoLDEKs.-We want
TO see these gentry used np in every possible
way. They ride upon the back Of Industry.
Shake them of. 1t any resident viii act as the
agent Of a nonresident, TO enter up land, or to
buy town lots, mark him as an enemy of the Ter
ritory. We wish that no man out Of Minnesota
could own foot of land in it. Do our readers
know there is danger that Congress will pass a
piratical law, authorizing old States to become
propre,ors of immense bodies Of the hest public
lands; and that whole flock Of the old starved
eastern states contemplate bouncing down upon
the public domain in Minnesota, to carve out Of
, il various "W estern Reserves
SNow.-The first snow Of the season, about
one inch, fell last Tuesday night. Wednesday
, brought a bright cool morning, which 5000
lhawed away the snow, and gave Us promise o
a more au.umna, days.
FREIGHTs.-The boats have advanced tn,
I price of freishts; and now charge so cents hun
Q bred from Galena, and one dollar from ST. Louis
e This may be justified upon the principle, if it b,
: principle, that every man has right 10 dema nc
r all he get
: RsrAIL Prices IN SAINT PAUL.-Mes
S Pork, SIS; picked hams, 81; shoulders, s Is
e beef round, IS per hundred; beans, So to SIS
h corn meal rs cents per hushe -four, SIS to SIS so
il oats, soc; corn, 35c; buckwheat -four, SIS pc
g barrel, potatoes, 45 TO soc; cabbages, to,5c
9 hay, (prairie) 81 to SO, wood, So so to IS o.
g per cord.
II AsHEs.If the people Of our town and neigh
borhood would take the trouble to save all thei
ashes, the ensuing winter, there would be sufi
Gent indacement for some one TO establish soa
, and candle factory, next spring.
SAVE YOUR RAGs.--Our stationers are no,
!. buying rags. Save all you can. Every famil
should have g-box. The way dry goods pou
into our Territory, there ought to be rags enoug
Of saved to make paper for all our presses-espe
=. cialy as we have no use for rag money here.
,fE THAT KEr.--C. X. Smith is absent, in Ohio
$ with the key Of the Treasury safe of Minnesot
n Territory in his pocket lie is not out Of ofiic
- vet; and wha, is MORE he will not be turned GU
b, We are keen to bet that he will remain Secrets
ry during the present administration. His so
Sc not be got out of office-that il they turned hi
ne out Of the Secresaryship, he would slide tbroug
" the partition door into his other office, of Govern,
T. ex-ofiicio, and if they tried to turn him out
IS. that office, he would transfer il to him, William
& and William would pass it over to Billy Roac
7e or somebody else--shift property, so thai II
CHI Government could never &c, hold OF the offit
rs again.
e. THosE DRAFrs.--The Secretary had issue
r m to him just before his removal, large amount
ne Treasury drafts. No doubt he exchanged the
he for other draughts-an old practise he had. ID
ne Government intend to buy him of with the
tdrafts Orders were issued just after their iss'
&c, TO have them protested on presentment; but su
Is. pose he had already sold them, would no, Il
TO- drafts be valid and collec,able by purchas
OF who bought withou, notice We should like
nd know why Treasury drafts were placed in Il
\ hands Of an officer, who was to be removed Il
lie next day from office