The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-08-14
No one can fail to see that the editor of


the Democrat is again endeavoring to pro-
woke us into an interchange with him OF
the fish market vocabulary, SO readily at
the end Of his pen. Our readers may
rest assured we will not crafty him. tie
may befoul his columns as much as he
likes-if such stuff be palatable to his
readers, it is no affair of ours. He has
applied much baser epithets than he
now employs against us, to much better
men than veto the very fathers and
builders OF the Territory-the very men
to whom she is indebted most for her I'M
equalled progress and present high posi-
tion-one Of whom, at least, he has re-
Gently been whipped-ayc, fairly cufed
into fawning upon, with all the humility
of well chastised spaniel. And yet he
talks about "kicking" certain people, and
pirates of towards! Bah! Where do you
intend locating your graveyard?
CoNrEMpTIBLE.-The scape gallows
class of Wing editors are trying by means
of falsehood TO excite the Catholics against
the Democratic party. 1t don't win.-
Democrat.
If this be true, ".thc scapc gallows
class of Wing editors I've don't know
any such, however-are highly censura-
blc OF all the base acts resorted to in
political warfare, this striving to array
the religious feelings of one part of the
community against those of another, is the
most to be condemned by good citizens.
We have always avoided any such APP
peals. Some of the Democratic editors
and letter writers, who are Catholics
such for instance as the editor of the
Boston Pilot and the correspondent of the
Buffalo Celt-have been severe upon the
State of New Hampshire, owing TO the
bigoted religious test in her constitution;
but it is certainly no Wig appeal to
Catholics for their votes, if Wing editors
let their readers see what Democrats say
upon this head of their nominee and his
States constitution.
An old soldier who resides in the in
terror of Michigan, strong Democrat,
writes TO a friend in St. Paul that he,
with plenty of other Democrats in MS
neighborhood, are going for his old COM
mander, Gen. Scott. How is it, if the
old hero of three wars is such an unfecl-
ing aristocrat and vain, pompous fool as
his opponents wish TO have people be-
lieve, that you cannot find one scarcely in
the whole country, who has served under
him as private or inferior officer, be his
politics what they may, that is not strong
Scott man9 No. gentlemen it is the
elite Of the army, and the Goldfish aristoc-
racy of Boston and New York, that don't
care much about seeing Gen. Scott elected,
just because the common soldiers" and
" common people OF the country are
going for lin. The old gentleman re-
ferred 10 above, also gives it as his opin-
ion that Michigan will vote for Scott.
This but corroborates other accounts
which we hear from that quarter every
mail.
We learn from the St. Louis Reptbli-
can, that the steamer Banner State arrived
there one day last week from Fort Union.
about five miles above the mouth of the
Yellow Stone, on the Missouri river.
She was fifty-two days making the trip.
including seven and half days aground
on the downward trip. She was thirty
days going up and twenty-five coming
down. She brought no news of impor-
lance. The river was low and falling.
with three to three and half feet water
on the principal bars above Council
Bluffs. The boat stopped but one day at
the Fort, and there was no intelligence
among the traders or Indians worth no.
lIcing. There was not death and but
one case of sickness on The trip, and the
only accident the boat met with was the
tearing away of small portion of her
guard, few miles above Council Bluffs.
on the downward trip. Her cargo con-
sisted of 400 bales of buffalo robes. rurs
and pel'r'es' one pair of grizzly bears,
two live beaver, two badgers, one war
eagle, one mountain goose, curious spc-
cimen OF the deer species, and one prairie
dog, besides any amount of elk and deer
horns. Her freight was all for P. Chou
teau, Jr., & Co.
Somebody stole half barrel or more