The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-02-21

our own rights and have thus suffered
our members of Congress to vote millions
to Eastern harbors and Eastern steam
ship owners, all for the glory of the
thing. 1t must not be so for the future;
and so long as the "log-rolling" system
Of legislation wiA be continued, in spite
of all efforts to the contrary, we think,
with our neighbor Of Galena, that here is
good chance for Western members to
':put imp So, gentlemen of New York,
when you come to invite our folks to
your frolic, don't forget to bring your
''cant hooks" with you, for ours must
come off first.
What printer does not feel honored by
reading the following. We can give in
further evidence of the honesty and NOR
ality of the craft, by noting the fact, that
but one printer has ever served the pen
atty of crime in the Ohio penitentiary,
and he was rascal from the "higher
walks Of life." Having become the
cashier of country bank, he was detected
in swearing to false return of its as
sets:
AT the celebration of the birthday of
Franklin, in New York city, on the 10th
ult., DIR. Francis paid the following COM
pliment to our craft: He said, six or
seven years ago he had the honor of be-
ing appointed Inspector Of State Prisons
at Sing Sing. 1t lay in the line of his
duty to observe the antecedents and pc
culiarities of the inmates of that institu-
ton. He found there some nine hum
dred persons, of every nation, of both SEX
es, OF every color, of all ages, except the
very young who were exempt from
prison penalty-he found representatives
from every grade Of depravily, and every
denomination of crime, and representa-
tives from every imaginable business, art
and calling, save the art Of printing
There was not in that institution during
the three years he was connected with it
nor had there had been for quarter of
a century--consigned to its marble jaws,
single setter of types
The system referred to in the follow
ing paragraph from the Buffalo CONNER
cial, has been extensively practised in
the West and South since our recollec-
ton. 1t has extended its cankerous roots
to the remotest boundaries Of mercantile
transactions; and we regret to say, that
even in Minnesota men have been found
who come within the just anathema pro-
nounced by the New York Judge:
MERCANTILE AGENc1Es.-The spy
system SO pointedly rebuked by Jud &c
Belts, on the trial of the libel suit against
Mr.. Tappan, of New York, short time
since, seems to be regarded with even
more dislike at the South than in this
part of the country. The Columbus,
Mississippi, Republican says: ave see
by reference to the Court reports, that
the Judgment CT $4,000 obtained by
Messrs. Taylor, Hale & Murdoch, OF
Columbus, Miss, against Sheldon P.
Church, Of New York, has been confirm
ed by the higher Court to which Mr..
Church appealed. Mr.. Church was en-
ployed by a number Of merchants and
others in the city of New York, in the
year 1916, and previously and subse-
? quently, to travel and enquire into the pc
cuniary condition, &C., OF merchants DO
ing business throughout the country
These reports he forwarded to n. York
where they were printed each year, and
distributed amongst his subscribers. II
l was in one Of these books that the libel
complained of was published, and fol
which judgment of So, 900 was obtained
This suit is but one Of the number tina,
have been commenced against Mr.. Church
and his subscribers, and by parties whom
, we are rejoiced TO know will never let
) the matter rest The New York agen-
, cies receive some 100000 yearly for
: the reports they give out all of which
the country merchant has to pay in extra
, profits on the goods he purchases. Must
not the country merchants feel proud of
the privilege of aiding in paying this sum
yearly for spies and informers to watch
them? The Republican adds that the
, Judge, in the suit against Church, con-
cluded with the following highly compli-
mentary observation to the class to which
, the defendant belongs: Spies and inform
ers have in all ages been avoided by their
fellow men, secuted from the pale of civ
ilized society, and hanged by nations"
We copy the following in regard to
our treaties, from the Galena Advertiser.
The opposition alluded to, is not worth
talking about, and will not affect solitary
vote in the Senate. The people of the
whole Northwest demand their sanction;
and it is not probable that Senators will
brave the storm of Indignation that re-
lection would subject them to. We feel