The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-01-24
he intends to appropriate to the use of his


boys, now very soon. But the boys-im-
patient "critters cant wait on his slow
movements. 1t will be warm weather
ere he gives them full title; and they
want the wood this cold winter. The
most of them have no money to buy wood
with; and knowing he is very good ma
tured old gentleman, they just go over and
help themselves. His officers and agents
tried to stop them at first, but they soon
found it was no use. Manifest destiny"
secuted the idea; and why not? What
is the use of having a rich uncle, if he
can't afford to give his nephews and nieces
of St. Paul one or two hundred cords of
wood per day, in winter time? Besides,
in the spring, when the treaty is ratified,
he will possess the advantage of having
land to offer for sale already cleared. And
when the big trees are cut from the bot
tom opposite, St. Paul can look out some
bright April morning, and see the first
steamboat far below Red Rock. There
fore we say "go ="
Saving is increasing in Minnesota, but
not half fast enough to supply even the
home demand that will be upon our lum-
bermen next season. There should new
er a foot of manufactured pine 90 be-
low Lake Pepin. 1t is just SO much de-
tractcd from hore labor. We are graft
fled that Franklin Steele, Esq, the wheel
horse of St. Anthony, has purchased the
interest of his late partner, Mr.. Taylor, in
the mill property, and will set four more
saws going in the spring. A new steam
saw mill has been completed at Saltwater.
Irvine has started his new mill at the up
per landing, St. Paul, which makes the
third in operation here. The Democrat
says new mill of serenity saws is about
being erected at Prescott, Wis, opposite
Point Douglass.
Mr.. Brott, our new Sheriff, who has
Just assumed the duties of his office, and
given earnest of his energy as an officer
by commencing the erection of a Jail, met
with the severe misfortune of losing his
carriage shop, stock, tools, &c., by fire at
St. Anthony on Sunday last. Loss csti-
mated at $500.
Some unledged Democrat" just from
the States, no doubt, and not yet a citizen
of Minnesota, makes a strong appeal in
neighbor Robertson's last issue, to his par
ty i'll Minnesota, TO get up ":horough or
ganization. Why, bless your soul, Mr..
Greenhorn, your editor has been telling
us all along that his folks were already
completely organized-that they were just
about to give the Wings and "goorillas -
particular thunder-that the g Coalition :"
was "busted up" and all that sort of
thing. What's broke loose now?
That great hatcr of native Americanism,
the editor Of the Democrat, avows himself
opposed to the naturalization of the res
dents at Pembina who have cmigrated
from the British side of the line. He
desires to see them shut out from all the
blessings attendant upon their becoming
American citizens. This accords well
with his fulsome praise of the Irish and
other adopted citizens here. He makes
fish of one nation Of people and flesh of
another, just as he can use them to accom-
plish his own selfish ends. As we ex-
pccted, he has again opened his sluicc
ways of abuse upon the Pembinese, and
the citizens of other unorganized coun-
ties, now that the printing question is
disposed of. A few days previous TO
that event, he sent message to one of
the Pembina delegation, full of honeyed
words and fair compliments.
The statement ofthe Territorial Auditor,
and his hackers, that the unorganized
counties are an expense to the organized
counties TO which they are attached, is
not true, as least SO far as Pembina is
concerned. The citizens of that county
paid their own election expenses, the ex-
pense Of sending the returns to Sank
Rapids, and every thing else, refusing
any remuneration from the treasury Of
Benton county.
In the report Of the Secretary of the
Historical Society on last Monday eve
ming, it was stated that all the property
formerly in the hands of the late Secre-
tary had been recovered, except three or
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