The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-03-20

will give us something to publish upon
the subject, next week.
Passing along Third street the other
day, our attention was attracted to the ex-
cayations going on for building in the vi
entity of the old burying ground, above
Minnesota street A rough cross and
few pickets mark the spot where some of
The rude fOrefathers of the hamle, sloep.',
The ground, once consecrated as sacred to
the dead, in the course of improvement
has become scene of active business life
for the living. Perhaps few among us
remember who lies buried there. One
who should know informs us, that no early
settler OF note reposes in this spot. No
one Of note! So it is. The obscure
stranger-the unknown child of poverty
has, in years agone, found his way into
the wilderness, and claimed the rites of
Christian sepulture upon this then seclu-
ded place.
Perhaps in this neglected spot 4, laid
some heart once pregnant with Celestial fire;
Hands that the rod Of empire might have swsved
Or walked to ecstacy the living lyre."
But he was not of note here on the rude
frontier, and no zone cared to mark even
the day of his death, or preserve his name
from oblivion. Perhaps a kind mother
loving wife-a dutiful daughter, mourns
SON, husband or a father lost, and
knows not where moulder his mortal re-
mains. Perhaps they have thought him
still living,
and dreamed and started they slept,
For Joy that he had Gomez,
But alas, he rests far off in the land of the
stranger, and his dust becomes part of the
very walls of young and growing city,
whose birth was far subsequent to the day
when he surrendered his body TO the
earth and his spirit to the God who
gave it ~
'.Imperous Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
May stop a crack to keep the wind away "
Would it be more than an act of ordinary
Christian duty, to have these remains re-
moved to the new cemetery, or some other
permanent place of burial?
The first fugitive slave case of record
in Minnesota, since the passage Of the IA
nous "measures of adjustment" took
place few days after the adjournment of
the late Legislature. A fire fellow, named
Teton, or Tee-ton-wan, the property of
Mr.. Gingras, of Pembina, having, during
a residence of two months in St. Paul. be-
come thoroughly imbued with the princi-
pies Of the Maine Law" he very con-
sistently refused to ego out OH train !"
with his old "astes. Teton is a sly dog.
1t would seem that very soon after his ar
rival here he resolved upon appealing to
the mercies of the "higher law" TO pro-
tect him in opposing the exercise of his
masters rights. This we infer from the
fact that he took early occasion 10 cstab-
fish himself in the good graces of Judge
Goodrich, before whom, being a devout
believer in the Pioneer, he supposed his
case would be brought. When the hour
of trial came, and his master bid him rise
and follow him, he took refuge at the
Judges feet, and would not move until
the services Of Deputy Marshal Rolettc,
armed with cudgel, were called into
requisition. 1t is said, the naturally kind
heart of the Judge was so moved to COM
passion upon the occasion, that he taci,ly
refused TO interfere in "deferse cf the
constitution and the rights of the master.
a!though requestedto. This is a matter that
must be looked into; and we hope it will
not escape the vigilant eye of Becker
However, Teton was remanded to servi-
tude amongst the "baby-moccasi :" ma
kers Of the frozen and inhospitablc North.
The Democrat editor, who weekly be-
fouls his columns by branding other per-
sons with the grossest epithets, applied
by low blackguards to those they wish TO
accuse of falsehood, has twice or thrice
asserted that the late legislature passed
an act allowing salary of five hundred
dollars to the Supreme Court Reporter.
We have reason to believe, that the last
time he made the false statement, he
knew better, as the facts were fully
known previously by every man in the
community who paid the least attention
to Legislative proceedings. If he did not
know he was reiterating a falsehood, his
ignorance is equally culpable, as it was
his duty to inform himself before he
wrote.