The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-08-07


neighbours effort TO prevent it-or any
where else. Wishing the Express long
life anil prosperity, will, slight infusion
OF the manly AID Christian virtues into
The heart Of its editor: We drop this idle
side talk, we trust forever. "G", little
lily! The world is surely wide enough
for thee ard me-"
FIRsT GREEN CoRN-Eariy-Through
the politeness of VIM. Wclch, of this
village, our dinner table was supplied
with excellent green corn, that was
plucked frolt his garden this morning.
This is very early, especially for this sea-
son, for corn, and is the first that we have
heard Of bcirg picked.-.Mattison { Wis.)
Palladium, 2lsi uH.
Call that early do You, away down
south there, almost OF the Illinois line.
We had the article up here, grown in the
neig| borhood Of St. Paul, three or four
days before the 2lst; although, as a dis
American Senator once re-
marked, " circuInstai,t es beyond our con-
troll prevented its coming upon our Ia
bic.
Pierce's name has always been attend
ell with prosperous mnens. He has
always been II lucky n,a1'.-Pioncer.
Very true. Ha! he not fallen from his
horse when on Lis way to tho battle Of
C,H'treras, he might have been in the bat
tie and Jared worse. Had he not frint-
Ell the next day, just before the Charge
was made at Cl,erubusco, some of the
" greasers S" might have let daylight
through him. Had be got to Moline del
Rey i'll time. lie might have shared the
fate Of the gallant Martin Scott and other
heroes who fell there. And had he not
been taken sick few minutes before
Chepnltcl'cr was stormed, who can tell
that he would ever lave lived to run for
President by chance Yes, Pierce is
lucky man. The world has not seen
such u run of luck rs lie had in Mexico
since Fallstaf was al Shrewsbury.
w. b. White. Esq, Librarian, has ar
rived home ii, good health from three
months tour East. He came from New
York TO Galeia iii less than three days.
lie is direct from Washington, but brings
10 public news Of importance.
THE CRY or TIE PLA1ys.-Wc learn
that II. AZ. Rice, Esq, has laid ont city
in prospective, at Traverse DIES Sioux, to
which l,c las given the above aI,propri-
ate na,"e.-DemocrM.
We are always ready to 10 justice to
Mr.. Rice as all enterpri>ins citize,, and
energetic town. builder, and doubt ,.ot
that n''ler his auspices Traverse lies
Sioux will 'o,. be = place IF co,sidcra-
bic note. but it strikes us, that Instead
Of icing ";;ppropriate," he has chosen
a very singular and fatal ,,a"c for his
new city. We hope it will fare letter
ard stand longer thar, those cities Flown
by the same title, whose sal istory is re-
corded in the nineteenth chal,tcr of Cen
esis, and that the character OF the inhab-
ita'ts may greatly vary from those dwell
ing therein.
Friday. three p. M.-No boat from
below since tie Non.i'ec, Wednesday
''"r'i,y. Were are they all ! What
has become OF the West Newton. One
of the ,''ail boats is .:lso due: hut we
lear talk of tie Bel, Campbell not run
nl'F; hereafter any further up than La
Crosse. where she will change freight
and passengers witt, the DR.. Franklin,
which boat will ply between st. Paul and
that port. The Jeldy Lind and Black
Hawk have g",e below. Four o'clock.
The DR.. Franklin arri, ed within the
last hour. She met tie Ben Campbell
above Dubuque and took Ter freight and
passengers. Size experienced con>idcra-
bic difficulty getting up, having grounded
several times ; reports the West Newton
gone to St. Louis, and the Ben Cap,p,,ell
and Brunette also started below to 20 into
the Keokuk and St. Louis trade. The
Mail Company have procured tie Badger
State and other light boats to run from
Gale,,a TO ST. Paul. Freight from Galena
is now 30 cts. per hundred, and passage
six dollars.
Our old and much esteemed friend.
Col. G. S. Todd, formerly of kentucky,
has arrived home witt, lis family, after
considerable more delay in arranging his
Affairs in the States than he anticipa,ed
" hen he left It's last fall. Meeting him
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