The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-06-04


the State will be fierce and uncompromising,
and it is probable that both the Democratic
and Wing parties will find themselves COM
pletely disorganized, and unable to draw their
party lines among the mass ofthe people. The
Wing candidates will, however, lose less by this
controversy than their opponents, as they will
hold the conservative ground.
PUTNAM's MoNTHLY.-Mr. Rohrer has handed
us the June number ofthis truly national Maya
zine. This number is a good One-the best, in
fact, we have seen. We cannot well imagine
how twenty-five cents can be more probably
expended, these rainy days. when people have
most leisure, Or in fact at any time, than by
purchasing a copy of Putnam. This number
concludes the first volume, and much rejoiced
are we that its success has SO far exceeded the
expectations of the publisher He says he has
had more aid, from both writers and readers,
than his previous knowledge of the literary re-
sources of the country led him to hope for. The
following interesting facts in regard to these
resources are given:-
"Perhaps it is worth while to exhibit some of
the mysteries of magazine making, and let our
countrymen know how much intellectual activ-
ity there is among us. During the past six
months we have received from voluntary con-
tributOrs, four hundred and eighty-nine arti-
cles, the greater part from writers wholly I'M
known before. They came from every State
and Territory in the Union, with the single ex
ception of Deserct, whose Saints probably,
do not regard our monthly as fitting recep-
tacle for their literary efforts. All of these ar
| tcles we have read, and from them have been
selected some OF the most valuable papers that
we have published many of them we have been
compelled, reluctantly, to return some on &C
count of their length, and many more, not so
much from their lack of merit, as from the ma
ture of their themes. Some articles have been
curtailed of superauous sentences hut the style
and sentiment have, in all cases, been given in
their integrity. Every article that we have
published has been paid for at a rate which
their writer's have thought liberal, all have
been original, the product of American pens,
and, with one exception, We believe that all
were written for our columns. We publish
these facts with feeling of pride, not only be-
cause they justify our undertaking, but because
they afford abundant evidence of future success
to our own and all kindred publications..
\ SCRAP OF HIsToRY.-A manuscript written
| in 1902, in the archives of the French Govern
ment, has been copied for the Secretary of the
Minnesota Historical Society, on condition that
he uses the facts without publishing the docu-
ment literally. By the last steamer it arrve
in this country and it is supposed that it will
shed much light upon the early history and life
of the Dakotas.
! Hoes AND WHISKY on A LARGE ScALE--We
find the following extensive whisky and hog
statistics in the Cincinnati Commercial We
once gratilied our curiosity by viewing the pro-
cess of distiling in the largest of these extens-
i've orphan and widow factories where the blue
ruin runs from the worm in a stream as large
as q man S wrist.
| The largest distillery in the United States, is
at New Richmond Ohio on the river, about 20
miles above Cincinnati. There are two distil-
lcries in the town. At the larger there are now
made 125 barrels of whisky per day, at the
other s0-that is, New Richmond furnishes the
world POS barrels of whisky every day, or about
10000 barrels per annum. In the larger dis
tillcry there are now 5000 hogs; in the other
| 1000. These hogs are changed three times a
year, which makes q, 900 from one, and q 900
from the other, Or $4,000 hogs from New Rich
mond annually. At certain seasons of the year
from the character of their food or from other
/
Last winter, over 5000 died. In the last two
years about $4,000 hogs have died at the two
distilleries. These hogs are not dead loss -
their carcases are rendered into lard oil. The
business of the mandatory at which this "sav-
| ing process goes on. amounted the last six
months to over $4,000. Last year $50 barrels
of lard were made from the hogs that died in
the pens. In the larger distillery there are now
in store about 100000 bushels of grain. 1t is a
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fornia or Australia to gold loving men. The
trade between Cincinnati and New Richmond
supports steamer, which makes daily trips
down and back. The freight is mainly hogs and
whisky. But considerable business is done.
also. in flour, of which at the two distillerics
there are ground every day about one hundred
barrels.
- After two or three days of the meancst
kind ofrainy weather. st. Paul, when she awokc
yesterday morning. had the extreme felicity Of
looking out into the sunshine. The air was
cool and bracing, but it will be uncomfortaby
warm by twelve to-day, if we don't have ano-
Their shower. Barring the latter contingency,
Whine Il Cooley will be held in grateful ven
Grafton, this afternoon, by the he portion of our
population. White pants and vests, &c. &c.
- Tyson came up on the Asia, and so did his
new stock of groceries, with the delicate ct
cetcras attached. Tyson will open in his new
building the middle of this month"; prorided the
builders do not disappoint him. He has brought
back all he went below for, and that was some
thing of everything the markets below afford.
Particulars in our advertising columns next
week.
sTHE WORLDS FAIR.'-The old head of the
Worlds Fair is among the arrivals from below
this week. We, as well as the numerous Gus
toners who have for the past two years crowd
ed the popular corner of Third and Roberts,will
regret that Mr.. Curran is about retiring from
his old business. But with their regrets, they
will have pleasure in knowing that all the old
standbys are not going to retire with him. To
come down to plain talk, Mcssrs. Curran u
Lawler have disposed of their entire stock to