The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-07-23
FACTS AND FANCIES.

soldiery. 1t was the first red hot day of the
season. and st. Paul felt it from crown to toe
nails. No one cared about stirring in the after
noon and from dinner till shutdown there was
not as much animation in the streets and shops
as is contained in the feathers of a dead goose.
The atmosphere wore that arid. Pickering ap.
pearance, which the wcather-wise call an indi-
cation of dry time; and at night the full moon
came up over the eastern hills clothed in scar
let livery, such as the sun appeared in to the
Ancient Mariner after he had killed the albat-
ross. The cool evening breeze came off from
the western prairies, and the town started for
the ice cream saloons, and to view that lovely
landscape picture, exhibited ever from Bench
street. We are writing at Thursday noon with
no abatement Of Wednesdays heat-only lit
tie more so. Ice water in demand, and ideas
oozing out in perspiration through the eye
brows instead of flowing down to the fingers
ends and escaping by the pen-point. Heavens
how one longs for the 'lugubrious shades of the
primeval forests which are said to be located
somewhere along Capt. Dodd's Traverse DIES
Sioux road.
Survey OF TIE New LANDs.-Orders have
been issued from the General Land Office for
the survey of the Sioux lands, and also the
lands in our vicinity recently comprised within
the Fort Smelling Reserve. The instructions
are too long for our columns. The information
contained therein most interesting. to settlers
is: The lands of the Reserve on both sides OF
thp MiSsiSSipni to lao f.on 10
fourth principal meridian, thus making the lines
on the west side of the river SO far as the Re
serve is concerned, correspond with the old ones
on the cast side. The entire remainder of I'M
surveyed lands are to be run out from the fifth
principal meridian. with the boundary between
Minnesota and Iowa as base. \ guide merid-
ian. to be known as number one, is to start from
such given point on the base line that it will
strike the Mississippi at or near Fort Smelling.
A second guide meridian (number two) is to
leave the base SO that it will reach the Mississippi
pi at some point between the mouths of Crow
and Sank rivers; while a third line of the
same character. running north from the base,
will strike the Minnesota river near the mouth
Of the Waraju Great Cottonwood) and reach
the Mississippi at or near Crow Wing. These
lines will have an important bearing upon the
already dcmarked metcs and bounds of settlers
| Claims which have been calculated from the
lines east of the Mississippi, running west from
the fourth principal meridian. Some confusion
among claimants must naturally result from the
| policy now adopted, but it is unavoidable, and
should be borne patiently and peaceably. The
survey of mcridians one and two, we understand
from a private source has already been COM
menced.
| LUMBER SEIzl REs.-During the late Wing adj
minstration, we used to hear a great deal about
the oppression and tyranny practiced upon the
iumbermcn of the NORTHWEST There were to
he no more lumber seizures after the Democrats
came into power, was the cry of the presses all
through the numbering States and Territories
The following from a late Chicago paper shows
how well the promise has been redeemed:
ave learn the agents of the Government
are again harassing those engaged in the lum-
Der trade on the other side of the Lake. seiZing
indiscriminately, lumber timber &c, on suspi-
con of its being cut from Government lands.
We regard this procedure as most shameful hay
ing its foundation as before, in the personal pc
cuniary interest OF the officers, who, under pre-
tcncc OF executing the laws. cmbarrass the ie-
gitimate enterprise of individuals to put money
in their own pockets. We trust to see this mat
ter receive the prompt attention of the Govern
ment at Washington. so that, at least, those
who are pursuing their business upon their own
lands, and dealing in their own lumber, NAV
not be included in this Wholesale warfare upon
one of the most vital interests of the North
West. at a season, too, when it works the worst
consequences
GETTING MERRY IN HER OLD DAYs.-That ia
vorite old standby of St. Paul. the Dr. Frank.
lin, came up on Monday evening and laid ovcl
until Wednesday. Tuesday evening, the Cap
tain invited st. Paul on board for the enjoy.
ment of an hour or two's recreation in the way
of dancing. "Will any one Gomez" cnquired
he OF us when the matter was first talked of
Come! we should like to see 'this great and
prosperous people stay at home when any thing
OF the Kind is going on! And come they did
all the beauty. fashion and intelligence thai
was not up at the Court House witnessing Mac
alistcr last exhibition and even some of those
were on hand after the show was out The occa
sion was one of the good times we had read O
| some years ago that were to come. Capt LODI
wick and his popular clerks, Blish and Boycc
won the laurels on the occasion for the very
superior manner in which they did up things
The occasion will be long remembered to the
honor and credit of the old Doctor and her pop
, ular officers.
SWALLOWED ANOTHER DlCrIoNARY.--Some one
under the signature of S. NJ. in the Democrat
putting Capt. DOdd's imaginary road from St
Paul to Traverse DIES Sioux, everybody be
leves it is the Captain hmsclf INDUCES in tn,
following 'highfalutin' -
"Thc lugubrious shades of the primeval for.
ests are thus daily giving way to the broad
daylight let in by the irresistible spirit of the
hardy pioneers, who undertake and carry
through singly works. the magnitude of which
would stagger the boldncss of corporate com
panics.'
+" The lugubrious shades of the prmcval