The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-05-22
Facts and FanCies.

We commend to persons going to St.
Louis for goods, the merchants and manu-
facturers Of that city whose advertise
ments are found in the Minnesotan. 1t
is always your most liberal and fair-deal-
ing tradesmen and artizans who advertise.
In nine cases out of ten, you can get of
this class the best bargains. The stocks
of these particular ones, we can state
from personal observation, are all that
their business notices represent. Ere
the time arrives for laying in late summer
and fall stocks, we will be able to pre-
sent to the dealers Of Minnesota much
greater variety.
Minnesota is now in an awful state of
suspense about the ratification of the
Sioux Treaties. The news by arrivals
this week has not been SO favorable as
heretofore, and many are beginning to
despair. This feeling, however, has all
been created by the unexpected attack of
Senator Bell upon the treaties, which we
really do not think deserves the serious
consideration that has been given it by
some of our people. He is a man rather
of notoriety than celebrity-more Of the
noisy brawler, to keep his name promi-
nently before the country, than the con-
sistent, influential statesman. Still, his
onslaught, backed as he is by other South
ern Senators, cannot do less than render
us all exceedingly anxious to learn the
result. We think, as the case now stands,
we can count forty-four Senators certain
for the measure, which in full Senate is
two more than is needed. Messrs. Sew
ard, Douglas, Geyer, and its friends
generally, will never let the final vote be
taken, we learn, unless they are sure
those favorable to it are all, or enough of
them, present to put it through. Let lis
" keep cool,' as friend Houghton would
say, and not despair. To reject these
treaties would be one of the blacklist acts
of bad faith in the annals of any govern
ment, and we presume the Senate is
aware Of this fact. A small mail arrived
yesterday afternoon. Things look some
what better than they did. Mr.. Sibley
writes on the tenth, that they had sue
ceeded to some extent in quoting the OPP
position. The Galena Advertiser, of
Wednesday, has the following paragraph:
Sioux TREATIEs.-There must have
been mistake in the telegraph report of
the 9th. copied from eastern papers,
which announced the ratification of the
Sioux Treaties at that time by the Sem
ate. By an earnest communication in the
Republic of the 10th, we infer that the
decision was still pending in the Senate.
The topics of the week have been the
land slide at Saltwater, by which John
McKusick is five acres of town lots
richer than he was before; the Parker
and Goodrich trial; the case of Ste.
Marian VS.. the town of st. Paul, by
which the plaintiff recovered six hundred
and fifty dollars damages for injuries re-
celved In falling over the ledge on Fourth
street; the seizure of the Tiger, and her
subsequent release under bond, followed
by her third advent the Minnesota un-
der charge of Jus. C. Ramsey, to see
that no liquor goes ashore the halfway
attitude in which the Sioux treaties are
now swinging, accompanied by sundry
audible and inaudible curses of John
Bell; the arrival of Jyilloughby & Powers
new buggies, and various other minor
matters not of itemical importance.
Some of our Grocery Merchants have
been recently adding largely to their
stocks. Rey & Farmer having sold out
one large stock already this spring, have
just received the second full supply by
the Franklin No. 2. 1t will be seen that
these gentlemen advertise.
See Superintendent advertisement for
for Indian supplies. The Indi-
an Bureau, in complying with the recon-
of Gov. Ramsey to change this
business from the St. Louis Superintend-
ency, has been simply just to the North
west. To Gov. Ramsey are we indebted
Tor first urging the measure.