The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-12

Of Saint Anthony. Summer excursions Of this
kind from below. will hereafter annually become
more freqnent and fashionable.
They will be glad to learn, at ST. Louis. thai
the river al Saint Paul, is now falling, though
slowly. The lnteligencer of June I'd, says:
1.-The water opposite this city is rising at the rate
Of ~ to is inches in "a hours, and at this rate it
viii require but three or four days to put the
water on the first floors north Of Green street,
The Regents Of the University Of Minnesota.
who met at SAINT .in,hony last week, made sub
scriPtions 10 the amount of several hundred dol
lars, towards commencing building, &c., for the
primary department Of The diversity ''or in
Short Wilkins Macawber would say, ca
school, f"f e ftRfte#
There seems TO be ridiculous rage, in the
West, for Indian names, no matter how abomi-
nable, for towns and counties. In Wisconsin, the
signi6can, name Southport, is exchanged for Ke-
nosha. Then they have Waukcgan, Waukcsha,
Waurnatosa, Cttagamwa and variety Of such
barbarous names; which, however, we must con-
TESS are not in worse taste or less euphonious,
than were the names Of some Of our counties in
Minnesota, which We're so horribly savage that it
was impossible to spell or to pronounce them cor
rectly, such as Walnahta, Mahkahto, &C., which
our Legislature very properly changed for good
Christian names. II the names Of noted Office
holders in Minnesota, are TO be given to our
counties, recommend il as s'singularly" APP
rcpria,e to call that county winch is embraced by
the Band cf Pilagers, Smith county. t.,1
/ 1t is understood that the Pineries Of Wisconsin
and Minnesota are 10 be surveyed and sold, as
speedily as possible. That is right enough; for
the logs we must have, even if we have to get
them on credit. ....
/ The funds belonging to creditors of govern
ment in Minnesota, are kept in safe. The
money would be much safer. if the Secretary
only were kept in tie safe, and the key put in
the hands Of the Marshal.
The Sioux Indians who were arrested and con-
fined at Fort Smelling for killing Swar,z, were
taken up to Benton coanty by the Marshal, last
Monday, escorted by detachment Of troops.
! The Grand Jury Of Ramsey county will sit
again at the fall term Of Court Would it not be
better for the Secretary to save the list of names
signed to the renlonstrance against his removal,
4 (Which he hired at so much expense to be OBJ
tained) to attach hereafter to a petition for Ex-
ecu,ivc clemency' We barely suggest in Il
friendly way.
| We have heard of an cnterprise--7if ii may be
so called--lately opened, few miles out upon
the road to Saltwater; being an undertaking of !.
kind not justified by law or good morals, and to
which it is painful to allude 1t is to be hoped
that the thing will be thoroughly prebed by the
next Grand Jury. and that in discharging their
A correspondent writes:
Ed. PIONEER, Sir---Considering your close
observation Of men and women, ann surprised
that IN your description Of the dress Of Dakota
women, last week, YOU should forget to mention
that they wear skirts of blue broadclott reaching
from their waists considerably below the knee
and that you represent them us wearing mnta-
lettes or panta looms; whereas, bless your inno-
cent soul. their pantalettes nothing but strip:
of cloth bound round the leg, from the Knee down
such horsemen bind over their pantaloons te
keep the mud OIL, which by further inv est. "a ton
you would have certainly known before. &.
+ INDIAN TRADER.
We plead ignorance and stand corrected elm
! dian Trader has better right than we, IL
know. Reasoning by analogy, in writing of the
fashion of the Indian women, we passed the enc
plus ultra Of actual observation, having that
sort Of E,h in appearances, which is "the evil
fdence Of things not seen''-and judging Of tho
pantaetes by the rule eek pede HercuIe,n,'' WE
have committed this nIistake---a pardonabie one
We hope. 7 ts- .'h
! When lIr. Powell. pschy colosist, sc. was lee
turing las, Monday night at the Lower Schoo
House in Sain, Paul, house full of Apaulions, ant
Mr. Powell in the midst of charmed circle o
subjects, silent Us death, each soul intent upor
the pebble which each held steadastly in the paIn
of his hand, just as the charm was perfccting
some wild, noisy boy, came by the sc'loo-house
singing Or screaming something. which we viii
cut Of conIaisance call tune, with voice Xix,
ten thousand summer locusts, or young human
i, steam-wh istle, with Notwithstanding off ba
; after bar, Of his original anthem, with degree
; of zeal, pahos and earnes,ness, that scattere,
the mesmeric spell and convulscd the whole au
dience with inward mirih. If the boys mothe
was within mile, she certainly ''knew he wa
OUT lie will ma. Q a noise in the world, il b.
7 lives, and could set up very respectable litt
Bed!am, now, his capital Of noise.
,ha, boy ever sleeps, his sleep will be natural ans
not mesmeric. They might well try to mes
) nerize an electric eel. ai a
The Democrat commenced, week before last
the discussion Of the merits Of certain lawsuit
in this Territory. We look with abhorrence upol
all attempts TO poison and prejudice the publ
mind in that way. The streams Of justice ough
never to be polluted by the out-poaring Of suc
sinli-spouts. We have thrown little chloride O
: lime upon the Democrats efusions, for the SAX
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