Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-05-06
VOLUME Y. NUnBER 2S.
OUR MINNESOTA C0RRESP0NDENCE.
ST. Paul, Min. Ter. }
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~ t-c-ItS- LII IOfAS .-- W e nave no boat
yet, and have had only two portions OF
broken mails for more than month past.
owing to the difficulty of crossing the
streams in Wisconsin The NOMINEE.
and Dr.. FRANKLlN no ?, have been up
as far as the foot Of Lake Pepin. but found
it locked up with ice so inches thick. and
teams crossing on it. The channel has
been open from the lake to this place for
more than a week We look for boat in
a few days, thinking the warm rain of the
last three days, accompanied by strong
south wind, has probably opened the lake
We have triumphantly adopted the Lilo
uor Law Last Monday was the day of
conflict Both sides labored manfully to
carry their point. The Rummies. headed
by II. NJ. Rice, and the Minnesota Dan
ocrat, had previously employed all the
livery stables and coaches, huggies wac
ons and all kinds of crafts were out early
generally commanded BY German or an
| Irishman as ba7rler, who carried flag
with notices such as-"Liberty Tree. -
: We Right our Wrongs ,"-"Freedom. -
" Liberty" &c. sc. Frenchmen. who
could not understand our language, were
made to believe No" meant no irbiSkcy
and voted accordingly The other side
had no teams, except a few private ones
The groceries were all shut up till after
noon, and such was the rush to the polls
that few sober ~ es" tickets could get in
till after the groceries were opened. The
/ Ladies provided FREE PUBLIC DINNER at
Temperance Hall, the best. according to
the opinion of all present that ever was
seen in st. Paul They had two rooms
20 by 30 feet, both well filled with guests
during the day, and more than SEQ men
took dinner, besides women and children
and there were many more than twelve
baskets full of fragments left The day
was one of intense excitement on the part
of all our citizens. There we're however
only two fights. The first was between
two men just as they left the stage One
dropped his ticket. and the other accident
ally stepped on it, whereupon the first
knocked him down, and after regular
tussle in the mud they made the discove-
ry that they were fellow rummies, both
brought by the same coach to vote No"
The other was a few minutes afterwards.
between two dogs, which created tre-
mendous excitement, and attracted great
crowd, when, it was said. our worthy con
4 SsfAbtC COuItii2 uONh HkIGGk- ldH Will
might, and with stentorian voice "com-
manded the peace"
/ We polled GA votes IN the city, which
4 gave u majority agaiHt the Law. Little
/ Canada, five miles from the city. gave
foytytaro against it and cleren for it
They are nearly al Frenchmen Per
4 haps the reason OF their vote is that one
! Of their men. about two months since.
came here, and being drunk. in the night
/ fell over the bluff and died His family
were provided for recently by subscrip-
/ ton, mainly of temperance men. Such Is
man These two places are all, so far
as heard from, that have given majority
against the law. So far as heard from
nearly all the Territory-thcre are over
two hundred majority in favor of the Law
/ We have in this city only toyty-oHe places
where the crltter can be bought Eubilcly.
+ Our population is estimated at $500 So
/ you see we have a liquor selling establish
ment-some have dry goods with it-for
every 81 inhabitants, including Temper
ance men, women and children.
Some of our dealers have advertised
their large stock for sale at cost. Some
was put up few days before the election
1 dt duIbADIl- btAG toubu no DI0uCE. tTckjlI8
rather tight times here for the traffic.
Our County Commissioners, two of
whom can neither read nor write their
names, except thus, Y, met the day after
/ the election, and issued fifteen licenses, to
run one year after date But the Clerk.
NJ. S. Nilkcrson, Esq, one of our best
I lawyers, would not couutersign them. So
you see the matter viii be brought to an
issue before the law goes into effect by a
writ bringing the Clerk before Chief JUS
tice Fuller, to compel him to sign the IL
censes. A provision of the law is that the
! County Commissioners shall not after
the approval thereof grant any licenses
( to run longer than the first Monday in
May, unless at the special election in \
pril. the law should be rejected Auoth-
I er section says in case of its approval at
/ that election, it shall take effect in May.
&c. Now the lawyers on the whiskey
side contend that the clause restricting
the powers of the County Commissioners
could not be IN force till the whole law
comes in force The attorneys on the
other side differ, and so the case goes be
fore the Court
The law aciH be enforccd. Many threats
OF pistols anu DID0u are UlaQE, lt Is true
but several hundred men stand ready to
use pistols. and any other necessary
means to enforce the law. if resistance ba
offered. There is here the most complete
organization Of Temperance men that |
ever saw The Sheriff or Marshal needs
only to ring belI~to get an armed posse
that viii be sufficient for his purposes at
any hour.
Building is going on at very rapid
rate. Many new buildings are already
up and enclosed, among which Is the larg
est hotel in tie Territory. Brick and
stone work is progressing In a few weeks
many lots. naked at the close of naviga
ton. will be graced with substantial brick
houses. Yours, &c, L.
FRIDAY, April Is.
2. S.-This evening, at O'Clock, the
NOMINEE, Capt Smith, arrived. She was
two days working her way through Lake
PeSin. She was ssasNs heavily. and had
a rsfy large number of passengers, most