The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-02-28
The "Maine Liquor Law" passed the

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It contains proviso that it shall be sub
mitted to a vote of the people before it
becomes a law. The vote throughout
The Territory is to be taken on the first
Monday in April, and if favorable, the
law goes into force the first of May. We
see many of the States are moving in this
matter. At Albany few days ago a
Committee, bearing petition, was per-
mitted to present it in the presence of the
House, accompanied by an oral address.
In Rhode Island the bill failed; but in
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, New
York and Wisconsin, indications are that
it will be adopted. P. S. Since writing
the above, the bill has passed the Coun-
Gil without any very material amendment.
So, the law is before the people for their
or disapproval.
The old State House at Columbus,
Ohio, was burned on the morning of the
lst. The fire caught in the Senate Cham
Der. 1t was built in 1918, we believe,
and was ornamented with extracts from
Barluw's Columbiad, engraved upon the
frcestone caps of the doors. The State
has been engaged in building new one
for the last fourteen years, which will
not be finished until 1853. Every Buck
eye living, at home or abroad, willreioice
that the old rookery which has SO long
disgraced the State is thus no longer an
eye-sore to the beauty of the otherwise
handsomest capital in the West.
An association has been formed in the
city of New York, entitled the '.Wes.-
ern Farm and Village Association" the
members of which contemplate locating
somewhere upon the unoccupied lands in
the West during the ensuing spring
The society publishes small sheet, for
a copy of which we are indebted to Hon.
H. H. Sibley. Mr.. Sibley also writes us,
that the Association numbers 1000, and
will probably settle in Minnesota. 1t is
composed principally Of farmers and me
chanics. BY the remarks of its editor,
we should judge their predictions arc
strongly in favor Of our Territory. 'The
exploring Committee were to leave N.
York about the first instant, and explore
Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota
as high up as Lake Pepin. Let them
come on. They are the very people we
want. No place on the continent offers
such great inducements to them as the
newly ce,lel Sioux lands.
The name of Captain Lodwick's new
boat, now building at Pittsburgh, is to be
ben. H. Campbell" in honor of the en-
terpising Galena merchant, the head Of
the well known firm of B. H. Campbell s.
Co. She is to form one of the old line.
formerly composed of the Nominee and
DR.. Franklin, which boats wi i'll also con-
tinue in the trade, making three instead
of two arrivals per week. Capt. l.. is
known to be man of taste and practical
skill in matters pertaining TO his profess
ion; and as he is, and has been all winter,
on the spot, experimenting the construc-
ton of his craft, and has unlimited dis
cretion as to cost. we may expect some
thing worth looking at when the Ben
shows herself in these waters. The di-
mansions are as follows: Whole length
of deck, 200 feet; length of keel, 1872
feet; length of beam, 20 1-2 feet. She
has two powerful engines and a doctor;
three boilors, "a feet in length and 40
inches diameter; cylinders, Is inches in
diameter; buckets, 10 feet in length
The Cabin will be fitted up in the luxu-
rious style Of the Ohio and Lower Miss
issippi first class packets. The three
boats Of this line will leave Galena on
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays
B. H. Campbell & Co. will store goods
free of charge, intended for shipment on
either of the boats of the line. The
Nominee and DR.. Franklin have been
thoroughly overhauled and repaired du-
ring the winter-the former, it is be-
lleved, in such manner as to give her a
degree OF speed not common with West
ern boats. The owners of this line, at
The commencement of the settlement of
Minnesota, reduced the packet business
to system, as perfect as we find it any,
where in the East, West or South: and
by the punctuality of their arrivals and
departures, and the efficien, character Of
their officers, their boats have become
general favorites with our business men