The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-04-16

spected and equipped under the new law A
late number of the st. Louis news has the fol-
lowing:
GALENA AND SrPAuL LINE OF PAcKErs.-In a
few days, all the boats composing this line, will
be at the Levee, the Nominee and Ben Camp
bell are already down.-The DIR. Franklin No
and West .Ne,ct0n are expected before the ex-
p!fation of this week. Four regular boats will
compose the daily line the ensuing season, and
it is more than probable the mail contract will
be awarded to them should daily mail be
formed between Galena and st. Paul Such a
thing is talked of, and efforts are being made
at Washington to get it consummated. The pack
ct line, as We stated some time since, has been
amalgamated into a joint stock concern and is
owned chiefly by the proprietors of the two op-
position lines which existed last year. Capt
Blakely is in command of the Nominee, Capt
Lodwick of the Ben Campbell, and Capt. Har-
ris of the West Newton. The DIR. Franklin No. l
is at Rock Island repairing, and it is not yet
fully determined who will go as commander OF
her this season. The four boats will be suffi-
Gent to form daily line between Galena and
St. Paul, during good stage ofwater, and they
will undoubtedly do good business.
| THE FIRST Stock OF THE SEAsoS-Our neigh.
Dor Chamblin has it-cOnsisting of most de-
srable assortment of dry goods, furnishing
goods and wearing apparel generally. He has
! opened it out upon his shelves over on Third
street, and is ready for the rush which will Sc,
in upon him so soon as the Minnesotian is dis.
tributed and his advertisements read The
first new goods of the season should create a
great sensation, particularly among the ladies
and we have no doubt such will be the result Of
Chamblin's worthy enterprise
- That Emporium of Fashion. Whine &
Cooley's, Roberts street. will shortly display
its spring and summer varieties of dress and
taste. These gents have recently been enlarg-
ing their store, and in a few days will have il
we'll filed with all that is new and fashionable
at the East. They are the Minnesota agents
for SCOTS far-famed New York fashions
Edwin Perkins, Esq. has received from
Gov. Ramsey the appointment of Register fol
Blue Earth county, and Geo. II. Spencer, Esq.
Register for the county of Ncollct
| Wool GROwiNG.-Now is the time for the
sheep business to be gone into in Minnesota
with certainty of success and profit. There is
no better country on the wide globe as has been
| frequently demonstrated, than this for wool
growing. We notice by our exchanges that all
the wool in the United States is being bought
up in advance of the clip, at enormous prices
The rise is mainly effected by the gold discov.
cries in Australia, where the shepherds have
deserted their fiocks by hundreds and thous
ands, and gone to mining. The supply of the
| coarser woods used in English manufactures i.
thus cut Off to great extent: and the couse.
quence must be rise in the price of the staple
throughout the commercial world
| DEATH OF Mrs. FIIIMoRE-The telegra nh
conveys to the Western press the following
brief summary concerning the death of thi.
estimable lady:
Mrs. Fillmore, wife of the cx-Presidcnt, dice
at Wizards Hotel, in Washington City, at !
o'clock. on the morning of the 30th March,
The telegraphlc account says, she had beer
suffering for some time past with pneumonia
| but no serious result was ANTICIPATED until a
few days before her death, the immediate caus,
ofwhch was sufiocation, caused by water or
the lungs. Mr.. Fillmore, with the family ana
friends, were to leave Washington for Buffalo
with the remains, on Thursday.
The new steamboat law is Strengthening up
things about right on the Western waters
There is little doubt but it will be enforced fl
the letter. and be the means of saving hundreds
of lives annually. We take the following from
the Cincinnati Commercial of late date:
| OPERATIONS OF THE STEAMBOAT LAw.--Tht
license OF James Carroll. pilot of the steamer
/ .l,.l
Steamboat Inspectors, for not conforming will
the 'rulcs and regulations governing pilots
Inc pilot OF the steamer Simon kenton was or
last week found to be running in violation O
| the law without license, and fined 500. which
ne PAID 1t should be understood that steam
boat Is liable to fine for employing a pilo
without license. and also that an unlicensed nj
lot is liable to be fined for Offering his serv ice:
! to boat
| A CITY WANTING TO BECOME Cook TO A HOTEL
Some of the wiseacres and shrewd spccula
tors of Rock Island city, recently evolved
the sage speculation Of building hotel at th,
expense OF the corporation-the money to b,
borrowed by the city, and the city to levy ia,
to pay the interest on the money borrowed
The vote of the city was-for the measure, II
against it, leo.
'PATcn UPON PATCH. We find the following
complicated piece of patchwork in the las
number of the Prairie du Chen Courier:
MARRIED.-At Patch Grove, on the 24tl
ult., by Daniel Andrews. Esq. Mr.. Reed Patel
to Miss Harriet NJ. Patch, ali of Patch Grove
LESrEuR-An who have been up the Min
nesota river during the past year, agree that
among the several sites for towns LeSucur
holds commanding position. The town plat
mentioned below is the LeSueur-the site
which was first honorcd with the name of the
old voyageur and trader. The gentleman who
writes what follows has had practical opportu-
mites of Judging of the NATTER
| MEssEs. EDs.-Allow me- through your we'll
| filled columns, to call the attention of your
readers to the new town site of 'LeSucur City.
| situate at the head of the Big Woods on Mime
sofa river. This superb town site and landing
has lately been surveyed into streets and lots,
the former so feet wide, except four, which are
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