The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-04-17
THE MINNESOTA PIONEER
ct. paui. nlinnesota,
Thursday Morning. ApriI II. 1851.
The Uses Of the Press.

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paper prrss, RESPECTFULLY on The frontier, is
It ,s,'rrnr tack-.to ias .a.oEll, the eyenis. the
peculiariiirs ami the whole features OF the
new world l,y " hirh il is surrounded, IT.
necessarily ha@, or should have, provincial
character. Us. radius or observation, is
rather confncd to the sphere around it
The grca, news crntres, the mammoth
presses uf the Atlantic cities, derive intciIi-
gsncc from all quarters and. radiare news
over the whole ces;,incnt. They are the
grand rrfiecf,rs of Intelligence. The from
tier press, is more influential indirectly than
directly; by leing copied and multiplied in
the enorr,"us city papers, which penetrate
every corner If the world. Can we make
Minnesota known abroad, by filling our
shcrs with nothing but reprints fro,a other
papers, 50 thar, for anything contained in
il, the paper might rs well lie printed in
London or New York; For general intel
lis.ncc, for The news Of The worll at large,
we expect our readers 10 look into the jour
nails Of the great cities. An important or
interesting item Of intelligence from Mime
aota, copied into The y. Y Tribune, or The
Herald, or the Sun, or The North American,
| or Pennsylvania, will do more TO make our
Territory known abroad, than the issue of
hole edition of the press from which the
arihie e,naua.r.'. As citizen Of the Ter
ri,ery, rather than as the editor of paper
here, we feel gratified therefore, ly seeing
in those and IN other influential Journals, SO
many quotations from our humble journal.
When bookseller has inquiry made in his
store, for a map of Minnesota, he would
has.lly expect to satisfy his customer by say
ing, 81 have il not, sir; lot here is peck
ct map of The verdi, which, Of course in
cl,drs Minnesota" So neither should we
expect TO satisfy our readers, with weekly
issue here Of a paper, which was not essen
italy Minnesota paper. We would rah-
er. now, present ,laguerreotype Of Saint
Paul. sitting now in Off Office, as we see il
springing up fresh and vigorous, like the
skeleton Of "a great city, where bur yesler
day sfooai forest, filed with wild Indians
we would rather represent to the world
abroad, the sounds of the hammer and the
saw anl the axe, which greet our cars now
from every quarter Of the town, or paint
the shining river that flows under the bluff,
one hun,lrei! feet below Bench street, from
which stone may be thrown into il, or
''sscrise the tum,Ilruo,is joy with which The
,nultitn,tes Of our people, old aud young,
iiocke,l down to the levee, TO greet The land
ing on Friday week, Of the first boat Of the
season, the Nominee, than TO write pOliti-
cal homiIy as hong as The Mississippi river,
and twice asrurl,ial. Of all news that re-
hates 10 minnesota, Of every event here
which is calculated 10 excite the attention
AMI the Interest Of the world, we take spe-
cial note; and we never have been and new
or will be ouidonc here in this, which we
consider the paramount business Of a from
tier editor; we will not, though politics
.houhi $50 to the dogs" We are in Tor
NIL the details, particulars and items o: in
'telligence that we can glenn, concerning our
town and our Territory. Special news, is
the life and soul uf newspaper here, if it
has any. +fl. ai 7lsa ts..
There is a story of provincial editor
who, discovering that one of his nejghbors
had hung himself, would not cut him down,
nor mention the discovery to any one, but
kept The body under lock and Key for two
whole days, His reason was simple aud
sufficient. Hispsper appeared on, Thurs
day; the paper Of his rival on w s,,lnesday;
aud "'lo you think" be triumphautly ask
ed, 81 was gpiog to say anything about the
suici''e, ami let that scoundrei haze The par
asraph!" That was the true editorial pas
-sion.l The desire for special news in the
soul of an editor is intense, ali-al,sorl,ins
Life Itself Is viewed only with reference to
the paragraphs ii will furnish. Calam;
ties ART go.isends.ai A murder is like rain in
the brought season.f Revelations are for
suaes. We know gentleman whose posi-
! ton being one WHICH naturally makes him
acquainted with the .Iearhs Of dis ngaished
foreigners, is haunted by news-hanter in
the neurological line. The crow is not
: swiffer TO Pounce upon ,carrion than this re-
soiute hunter upon announcements ofdeath.
He enters with a. glowing face, eyes spark
ling with expectsnt qualifications, .,"Wen,
anyi'ody dead!' Nobody has died for The
'n"'nent. He is unhappy; blank disappoint-
snea, aengfiss',s that ra.Iian, face. HE feels
somehow sssrieved-if not insulted. But,
Il there Is q death to announce, then how
: his hands are cheerfuliy rubbed, how elias
tic his step, how sryes dilate with the Wis.,
ion Of the eparagralh"Aif not ..articie"--
: this death win furnish! He is happy; some
one hasdie'l, aud he has occupation; the
sexton cfiiterature, be sings only while dig
giiiya grave! 49,. Hel7 g '9R 81. I,
g 1to''se : ttisi sif .isnHo "a -5isdassi .