The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-05-08

z, and Excelsior, from st. Louis, since
our last issue. These boats all came
loaded down with freight and passengers.
Business this year has opened exceeding
ly brisk, and all our boats are doing a
lucrative business.
1t is subject of much complaint, that
several boats engaged in the trade be-
tween Galena and St. Louis, always adj
vertise, while lying in the latter city, to
come through to St. Paul, and thus induce
passengers and shippers to pay their pas
sage, or ship their feight, believing it to
be through boat. The consequence is
that they are transferred to another boat,
without their consent, subject to delays
and vexations, and often to additional ex-
pense.
The Galena Jeffersonian mentions the
arrival of the DR.. Franklin, "black with
passengers" from St. Paul. How is that,
friend Robertson. All these "black"
passengers from Saint Paul ?-Dubuque
Tribune.
The jeff. no doubt alludes to the re-lie-
able black-guards of the coalition camp,
Goodhue and Owens, who blackened that
popular boat, as they have this Terrific
ry,, with their dark and ugly presence.
Have you any such black knight of the
quill inIowa, friend Merritt ?-Democrat.
1t may be considered ungenerous to
spoil '.joke" which it took three papers
two weeks to perpetrate, but such things
have to be done sometimes for the sake
of truth; and thus it happens in this case,
for the latter-named individual stated to
have ''blackened that popular boat" has
not travelled on her this spring.
The weather this week has been high
ly favorable for the growth of vegetation
warm, with frequent showers-and the
grass has started up in fine style. Our
soil, unlike that few hundred miles to
the south or east, can be titled directly
after heavy rain, without injury.
The friends of Franklin Steele, R. R.
Nelson, and w. H. Randall were re-
joiced to see them Tuesday morning on
the Franklin, No. 2. Their appearance
indicates that they have Jared pretty well
among the "outsiders'' the past winter.
Hon. Robert Smith writes that the
bill now before Congress, in relation to
the military reserve, will surely be pass
ed. Should this be the case, we may
expect to see another grand rush upon the
reserve for the purpose of making pre-
emption claims. Some of this land lies
within two miles of St. Paul, and is
worth twenty times the minimum price
charged by the government.
A new town has been laid out in Wash
ington county, by Messrs. Perrin & Day,
on Lake St. Croix, opposite Willowriver
1t is said to be very beautiful site for a
town, and that it is to be designated by the
name of Lakeland.
A soldier by the name of Perrin, was
drowned while crossing the river at Fort
Ripley, few days since by the sinking
of the ferry boat. He was represented
as fine soldier, aged about %, and from
Kentucky.
The steamboat Gov. Ramsey, Capt
Parker, has commenced her regular trips
from St. Anthony to Sank Rapids. She
will make two trips per week, leaving
the former place every Monday and
Thursday at, IL M. She has been over
hauled and reftted during the winter, so
that she has greater facilities for accom-
modating passengers.
Death has been busy with some of our
public men, during the past two weeks.
Ex-Governor Young of New York died
on the 23d ult. Hon. John Sergeant of
Philadelphia. and Judge Coulter. one Of
the newly elected Supreme Court Judges
of Pennsylvania, are also dead. Also,
Gen. Solomon Van Rensselaer, of Albany,
died on the 23d ult.
The Saint Paul arrived yesterday at
$40, from St. Paul, having made the run
up and back in tri1e over two days and
sixteen hours. The Saint Paul fired a
gun below the bridge, and was some time
in warping through it, on account of the
displacement of a portion of the bridge
by the late accident. Mr.. Girdon, the
clerk, reports the following to us as
memoranda Of the trip. Arrived at St.
Paul at half-past three Wednesday morn
ing, in thirty-fve hours from Galena.-
Staid In st. Paul six hours, going up in
the meantime to Fort Smelling, and left
at half-past nine, and reached Galena in