The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-10-09
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

10 rAkMEkS.-Ane senior edltOr expects 10
start on visit to Ohio within few days He
would be pleased to carry with HIM some speci-
mems of what our soil can do in the way of
producing corn, potatoes, onions, &c. Any
Office.
WINTER NAIL SERvICE.-Goy. Ramsey tele-
graphs us from Washington, under date of Oct.
lst., that he has succeeded in having allowed
by the Postofice Department, three trips per
week during the winter between st. Paul and
Prairie du Chen. For this he will receive the
thanks of the whole people, except the editor
of the Democrat.
Mr.. MURRAY.-Mr. Murray is personal friend
OF ours, and gentleman we respect, and sorry
we are we cannot vote for him this year, seeing
he has got to training in neighbor Robertson's
militia. Mr. Murray is understood about town
to be an opponent of the Maine Liquor Law
He must then have changed his mind since last
winter, for by the journal of the House we find
he voted for it on its final passage.
LITTLE CANADA.-The people of Little Canada
Ill, u
their own midst, to represent them in the next
House. They say they want no St. Paul law
yers to come out there and attempt to wheedle
them into supporting men who do not reside
among them, and know nothing of their inter-
ests The people Of Little Canada are right
the rotten borough system of England, which
the editor of the Democrat and his little clique
would force upon them, is no part of the ma
chincry of free government. Mr.. Barnum is
plain, practical man, and will make good
Representative.
-Rccollect, that when the editor of the
Democrat talks about the Wings wishing to
disfranchise foreigners that he rode all over
the country last winter getting signatures pray
ing Congress to disfranchise about one-third of
the people of the Territory.
The Nominee yesterday brought home some
welcome faces among whOme we were pleased
to notice Messrs. Geo. W. Harrington, J. E.
Fullerton, ii. L. Buel and DR.. J. H. Day. They
have been after their fall and winter supplies,
and in a few days will "opcn up" Hon. Rob
ert Smith, of Illinois. a ,corking friend of Min
nesota last winter. and previously. at Washing
ton, also came passenger by the Nominee. and
will spend few days with U.S.
BrsIIROD WASHINGTON LOTT-Bushrod Wash
ington is young man of parts''-no denying
that fact He is gcntlemanly and affable in his
social relations and his character and standing
as citizen are unexceptionable. He has man
q Opd a1aO IN fokp of himself toloro1 Ia
well since his residence here, by getting, semi
occasionally as he needed it, bone to pick
from the public stall and generally his end in
this respect has been reached thro the aid of
Wing personal friends, albeit Bushrod has all
the @hiIe been fighting bitterly against the policy
adopted by the Wings and IVhig officers,
which has so rapidly carried Minnesota forward
to her present commanding and prosperous
condition. At one time, if we adopt the Demo-
Gratis theory in regard to who are now :. Ma
tivcs,' and who are not, Bushrod must have
been Native;" for he opposed, successfully
an Irishman for the office of Justice of the
Peace. All the Irish boys here in December,
1850, rccollect the circumstance. We hope
there is no Wing in the district who will fail to
remember these things next Tuesday.
LOUIS ROBERTs.-The editor of the Democrat
must be hard run for capital, to be found con-
Meeting Capt. Roberts name with his political
movements, when the fact is notorious all about
town, that the Captain has not been off his
boat since the "protractcd meeting commcnc-
ed, and is now below, and will not be here at
the election. If he thinks business men are
going to stop steamboats, to leg for him, he is
very much mistaken. Capt. r. knows thing
or two as well as those who claim to control
him. He has done more good for st. Paul by
purchasing the Greek Slave than the Democrat
will do if it is published, as at present, for a
thousand years. By the way, We were mistaken
in saying that Mr.. Williams. pilot, had purchas-
ed an interest in the Slave. The title is entire
ly vested in Capt. Roberts. She had fine trip
up this week, and is daily growing in popular
favor.
ILLEGAL VorING-All good citizens, of what
ever party, will guard the ballot boxes from il
legal votes. The law is plain on the subject as
to who are entitled, and who not, to vote Let
it be strictly observed, be the result what it
may.
The PRECINCTs.-St. Paul was, last April, di-
vided into two election precincts The lower
precinct votes at the school house, near our
Office. As there is now no supper school house,
as mentioned in the order of the Commission
ers. we presume the place of holding the cleo
tion in the upper precinct is discretionary with
some body, but who that some body is, we are
not prepared to say. We make these remarks
in suggestive spirit, hoping those Interested
will attend to the matter in time
DEATH OF EX-GOVERNOR CHAMBERs.-We re-
greet to learn, that this distinguished gentle
man died on Tuesday, the 2lst ult. His death
took place at the residence of his son-in-law in
Paris, Bourbon county. Gov. Chambers was
formerly member of Congress, and more re-
Gently Governor of Iowa, to which Office he was
appointed by Gen. Harrison. 1t will be recol-
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