The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-12-25

| GALENA ITEMs.-They were having ga spell
of weather." when we left Galena on the 2Gth
ult., which appears to have continued some
days thereafter, judging by the following para
graphs from the Advertiser of the 9th inst
.TnuNDER SroRN-Thc wet and warm wealth
err continues. Last night we had shower, ac-
companicd 10y vivid lightning and heavy thun-
der. The roads have rarely been in worse
condition"
NAVIGATION REsUMED.--The Lamartine ar
rived this morning from below. loaded down
with freight and passengers. There can be no
obstruction now to free navigation"
Some swindler has been passing himself off
with the honest name of our staid old friend
the editor Of the Advertiser, whereat the latter
very justly, waxeth severe and pointed, as fol-
lows:
"A GREAT RAsCAI.--A man calling himself
Col. Houghton has been swindlng the good
people of Bloomington, in this State, in various
ways, but we are glad to learn he has been
caught in st. Louis. We suppose the chap was
the more successful, because he had covered
himself up with an honest name, which we hope
they will strip off from the rascal and make him
disclose his true one"
The Advertisers "hcad is right" also, in re-
gard to the Sioux payment. 1t discourses as
follows in reference to the recent attempt at
reputation on the part of the Indians:
''SIOUX PAYMENT--The Minnesotian says.
that the sum of 100000 of the Sioux pay ment
has been set apart to meet Il portion of the i'll
debtcdness to the traders of those Indians
This is all right. Most of what they are owing
is for goods advanced to them to keep them
from starving or freezing, and under circum-
stances of great uncertainty whether they were
ever to be repaid. There may be some bogus
exceptions, difficult to distinguish but tie most
of the Indebtedness is as justly due as any other
contracted in the common business of life where
both parties are better civiliZed.'
SAND FOR GLAss.-It is a fact not generally
known, that We have in our neighborhood, vast
bodies of beautiful white sand, from which a
superior article of glass may be manufactured.
! We arc informed that Major Mclean, of TT.
Smelling. had several articles manufactured
from this sand in e. Louis some time since
The glass is said to be exceedingly clear and
entirely free from blisters and defects ct any
kind. No purer sand is found any where in the
Valley of the Mississippi, and in abundance it
is inexhaustible. Capitalists concerned in this
department of manufactures, would do well to
give these facts their attention and avail
themselves of the opportunity thus offered for
a profitable investment of their money.--St.
.4nthony Express.
Our neighbOr has made one trifiing error in
the above statement The articles in possess
ion of Maj. MLcan were manufactured in Gin
cinnati instead of St. Louis. The sand of
which they are manufactured was taken from
well, eXcarated in the centre of ST. Paul. du-
ring the fall of 1919. Three years ago we
called the attention of glass manufacturers to
this fact; and would now repeat, that the
chances of conducting this business here, with
great profit, have in no wise abatcd by the
lapse of time.
Politics AT Observation-Disclosures hundreds of
good citizens throughout the country are con-
tinually in exceeding great turmoil at the
prospect of the country going to ruin" the
"great men, at Washington are taking matters
coOlly, and laughing in their sleeves at the ever
dancy'' of the "soves" For illustration, read
the following truthful and life-likc sketch by a
sprightly correspondent of a Southern OK
change:
| LUNCH Room IN THE CAPITOL. best lunch
to be had in the "city of magnificent distan-
ces, is in the lunch room of the Capitol The
! vi TIT Univ tTStl NOttOu must
not be surprised to hear that within the walls
of the Capitol of this great Republic, is Just as
snug and cozy restaurant as can be found any
where in the world. Here chubby looking
pigs, that seem to have been Caught as the ar
lists have iD choaked in the agones of death :;
turkeys and chickens kicking up their legs !:
ducks with folded wings; beef beautifully
roasted; ham in champagne : suspicious look
ing bottles; long nccked do: short do: silver
capped do; black do; blue do; green do.
square do; and stout do. with eggs and but
ter, coffee, and sugar. &c., are congregated to
satisfy the assembled wisdom that all's right
in the country (Thc roast pig which looks
as though it had died of apoplexy, shows
that.)
1t is a marvellous sight to see Gen. Cass and
Gen. Rusk talking over the "Texas boundary
with their mOuthsfull of bread and butter; to see
Sumner and Clemens, Wis Wis over the agoniz-
ing turkey; to deliberate upon the sublmitv
of Seward, preterring his fingers to fork as
he munches away at the "drumsticks'' of a
chicken. (of which he is fond) say it is a mar
vclOus sight:
Just fancy Old Jacinto and Borland-after
tilt in the Senate to a hreathless audience
Honston--" Borland, rather got you on the
constitutional, '-(his voice lost in huge
mouthful of roast beef and dry crackers.)
Borland-" don't know exactIy.--fpicce of
pickle)--I think the Constitution is clear on
the point. piece of ham, There may be
some slight modification, (brandy and water, -
due the question in all its expansions (unbut-
tons the lower button Of his waistcoat)-but
Pm of the opinion, Gencral-(another piece of
ham)--that you are wrong-(inishcs the bran
dy and waterD
Just behind these Hale is making Hunter
laugh his eyes out near at hand Soulc and
Sibley, representing the extremes of the Miss
issppi Valley, are earnestly and fuenty en-
gagged, in French, touching the proposed Lou
isiana and Minnesota Railroad. while in cor
ner you will see couple of cabinet men, (the
undertakers' of the Administration with
the Speaker mingling the probability of
war with England with a toddy,'' that would
even tempt Sam Houston.
The room is always open, but conducted
with great propriety.
There are many other " nice little things
about the Capitol.
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