The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-07-17

Several communications from different
parts of the Territory are on hand, which
will receive due attention next week.
It will be seen that we have made
slight alteration in the arrangement of
our reading matter. All, or nearly all of
whatever remarks we may hereafter have
occasion to make upon national politics,
and also such political matter as it may
be necessary to select, will be found
upon our first page. We do not intend
to dip into the Presidential contest any
deeper than is absolutely necessary to
keep our readers who take an interest in
the matter posted up" and to hold our
Democratic neighbors, who are so prone
to misrepresentation and detraction, with
in bounds.
We will not assist the Democrat in its
labors to get up Native American ex-
citement in Minnesota. There are no
Nativists among Gen. SCOTS friends here,
and the Democrat knows the fact as well
as we do. He has misrepresented the
brave old veterans position upon this
point-we have shown exactly where
Gen. Scott stands-but we expect no
retraction Of the SANDER, at least from
the man who wrote the "Keokuk Let
ters." Gen. Scott has sufficient influence
with his party, all over the Union, to in
duce its members to adopt as part of
their political creed, that one years SER
vice by foreigner, in either the army or
navy in time of war, shall be all sufficient
to naturalize such foreigner, and give
him the qualifications of full citizen
ship. Now mark the contrast: The
Democrats Gen. Pierce has not sufficient
influence in his own State-aye, in his
own county or town, to inducesa ma
jority even of his party there TO vote
against that relic of bigoted tyranny,
disqualification of those entertaining a
certain religious faith to hold office =
Had not our neighbor as well "shut up"
while he can do SO with good grace !?
But we have no idea he will be guilty of
any such manifestation of common horse
sense:
/" Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew-the dog ,viHhave his day!
The quietest old body in the way of a
steamboat that visits our landing, is the
"old Doctor" She goeth quietly about
her business maketh her weekly trips
punctually, and entereth not into compe-
tition, either in price or in speed, with
such wild, tearing, capering colts as the
West Newton. Capt. Blakely and his
lieutenant, Melvill, respecteth all persons
alike, and treat politely and equally the
great and the small-the proud and the
lowly. Her passengers fare sumptuous-
ly every day, and are more apt to get the
worth of their money than when travel
ing upon swifter boats. We intend to
take trip upon the old Doctor some
time this year, for "auld lang syne."
i We said before the opening of naviga-
tion, last spring, that three hundred
buildings would be erected in St. Paul
this season.; and notwithstanding the
stagnation which our town experienced
by the long delay in the ratification of the
treaties, we still believe the prediction
will prove true. The fact is, St. Paul is
scattered over SO vast an extent of coun-
try-nearly two miles on the river, and
extending from three-fourths to mile
back-that without close examination
over the whole ground, one cannot cor
rectly note what is really going on. All
over the upper extremity, buildings in
large numbers are being erected, some of
them of an elegant and costly character.
In fact, many in that quarter are hid
away among the trees-the primitive for
est OF our town site-and you cannot see
them until full upon them. We notice
an addition commenced to Rice & Ban
fills brick block on st. Anthony street,
now known as the Minnesota Hotel, sew
enty-five by forty feet in extent, which
when completed will make the hotel a
large and commodious building-quite as
large as the one destroyed by fire.
Workmen have also commenced upon the
foundation Of the Third street addition to
the Central House. The frame of the
kittson House, destroyed some time since
by storm, is again up, although owe
fail to see'' it being pushed to compile