The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-06-23
From the Peunsyiyanian

ITS merits and dcmeris. 1t is not a very formdab,
Of aha'' when IN i" session. though, thousands
aware 1t does some very formidable things. Having
oversayed early reception at the Presidents few
v mornings ago, found, before we'll aware Of il,
that the Cabinet was ia session. The gentlemen who
l. composed IT. seven in number, ranged three on
e;ch sae OF PLAIN table in the room up stairs where
cenerai Fierce receives vlsors-with the Secretary
OF State at one end, and the President At the head
10 the south spread out ia the rich and uxuriant
sarnltue OF Spring, are the lovely grounds Of the
"aite House. directly IN view, the slowly increasing
column OF the Washington Monument; and be,ond
all, the broad aud beautiful Potomac. GA a lovely
day an May, this view is inconce vaby fine. 1t should
inspire the Counseors Of the Executive TO patriotic
action; for ii is we'll calculated arouse proud and
elevated sentiments
How simple and plain is this assemblage of men.
No osteatation, parade, Gsmah,y They min
gle IN cordial and friendly itcicougse; they debate
important questions Of State and National policy
they watch varied interests ia every quarter
OF the globe, and after long and lborious session.
often OF five hours, they return each TO his depart-
meni 10 receive hosts OF VISITORS to read
arguments, and to preserve, if possible, the expected
amount Of equanimity throughout all. They are all
working men; and after pretty close and some y nat
familiar observance of the two months they have been
IN place, feel free to add, as a matter of Justice 20
all concerned, that selection vndicaies equally the
Judgment and discretion Of the President
Judge Campbell wins applause in all quarters and
those who doubted whether ne equal to the posi-
on he mad been called 70 ill, have been frank to ad
mat that he has been OF the agreeable prompt
and successful officers they have ever met I heard
one of the mos, distinguished IN the South. ves.
,erday openly declare that Judge Campbell! was Ges-
tined to he of the most popular ostnaster Gene
rails we have ever had.
Those of your readers who have never seen Gov.
Marcy, have only to imagine Of large frame and
pleasing countenance; deliberate walk and aus hing
eve, when not overworn with The cares Of Office His
history familiar to all, and his eu'inen; ability
statesman. tested during life time spent !ar he pub
lie ice, is where questioned. He is Cautious
stndious and spacious; and he works With zeal and
energy IN the Department Of State.
Mr., Guthrie, the Secretary Of the Treasury, like
Mr.. Marcy. is above the ordinary sizea fine spoci-
men Of frank and hospitabIe Kentuckan. He has
clear. penetrating eye; is a good listener; is i,h
u public officer, the open euemy Of all extravagance
and the vlalant sentinel the peoples money
Jefferson Davis is already well known to The coun-
try a statesman. You see him occasionally
passing from the War Department; to the Presidents.
His btoad-bfimmed bat, his erect soldier walk, his
piercing eye, and his quiet indicating man
, Of great energy and thonght.
NJ. Dobin, of the Navy Department, is gentle
man OF slight and gentIe.nauly figure, universally
teemed BY those who know him, aud rapidly growing
n the regard # all with whom he has intercourse.
Mr.. McCIcIIand, Of the Interior Department, is a
e taller than juige Camp pbcli, with pleasing and
disnGed address quick in his movements, and hon
est, moay ami straight forward in his official conduct
He biihgs TO the Cabine, the purity OF motive.
drec,ness Of purpose and devotion the public good
which gave him so hi IA reputation during his
vice in Congress
: OF Gen. Caleb Cushing, who is widely known.
need only say that he Is here, he has been ever,
where else, the studous, intellectual, enGuiip5
schUar-the patient investigator Of the great
principles of Goveinmenithe same upright anl IL
reprolchabe gentleman. His is mimi of cuiti-
vation; and he daily adds value 10 his a!rcad,
extensive resources.
The rapid increase Of our ponua,ion--the wonder
iu advances Of our people III every drparnen. oi
terprse aud Of art-and the growth of the American
kepublic--nay be partially realized by an exan1a-
ton however cursorv, of the operations Of the Gov
erTlmont, disclosed in the various departments At
Washington. citizen who visits the National Cap
ito for the first time, is astonhed 70 ho's vast
| machine the Federal Government has become. f. he
goes back to the records of the times Of Washington
and Jefferson and the few and feeble States then
existence, just being rescued from the emarrdss-
ment consequent the revolution and observes the
sparse population, and the few officers Il necessn.
nv to conduct the affairs of the General Administration
what contrast do they not present with the present
catalogue of vigorous and athletic commonwfa.ih
great all the resources Of nature and Of man, with
the amazing tide of emigration rolling ion the cid
world iato the new, and from the limits dow !:
to the Pacific borders aud with the IL usands aud
tens Of thousands Of EMPLOYEES in the service oi e
Government holding, with the cxcepton II thosc in
the Army and Navy then Offices Al the wi oi :he
President OF the Jnet States, w nere'er The V>i-
tor turns his eye he the signs of national
deur and greatness. If at the Post Oihce Depart.
mcnt, he is startled by the magnitude Of the machine
~ by which the mail arrangements throughout ON
vide domain are tacili,ated if the Treasury De
par,men, he viii, Tor the FIRST time, get idea o The
immense expenditure Of money required in The coiec.
tion ut the revenues.
The Interior Department, incndirg Indian Affairs,
the intricate and important Of io territories,
the public lands NJ the different staes the judiciary,
o 4 Il -. IL. 1 4
and extending operations, give Just conceptions o ouv
glory, - all who observe them for the st Time. The
State Department, from which fore sn aalrs are
regulated aud cout,oed, is the most modest depart
nent, and, uni he the Post Office and Treasury build
iprs has an air of silent soemnty, as if conscious pi
the mpoi tant interests entrusted to iis charge.
The crowd having hnned off, the new Secretaries S
are settling themselves for the future. Mr. Guthrie,
Mr.. Davis, and Mr. Cushing have all established
themselves in residences Of their own Judge Camp
bell thinks of going to Georgetown, with his tim Y,
during the Summer. and Secretary AcCeiland Is said
TO entertain similar purpose.
ARRAIGyMEHT OF GIRL FOR THE MURprR
OF HER LovER.--Agnes Anderson, the Young wo-
man now in confinement, charged with the murder Of
j, Mr. Taylor, was brought up for arIagnnent tins
morning in the Fifth District Court The Court
room was crowded on the occasion. Agnes had or A
black silk dress bonnet and green VAIL and ooi cd
fatigued and care worn. When called to the bar,
she advanced from her seat with steady step, but
when the clerk commenced reading the indictment,
end the finding OF the grand jury, her assumed fot-
. tnde gave way, and before the document was read
, she become terribly agitated. When the clerk had
finished reading the indictment, be pvt the usual ques
ton Are you guilty not gniItya' tn which she
. reDled ri am guilty in sell defence and wish ]
was hung and he done with it. III die Tor him;
love him; wish was hung for it; dont want Ia
live in chains" Her language became incoherent,
and in the MIDI, Of The excitement Of the scene, the
Judve very properly ordered the officer her
from the Court room.-tAug Geo, Sent. Nav 25ih
SpLrSp1p AuaoRA.--On the evening of the
oath Nav there exhibited over these no~ther,
heavens one Of the most brilliant auroras we nave
ever had the pleasure Of behodins. IL hrsi made
its appearance in dim lines Of light about eight
O'Clock in the evening, stretching from east TO vest
directly through the zenth then followed the innu,
,nerahIe points and bands Of ish. sprngins up in
brighter coiors around the northern horizon. A. nine
n o'c,ck II covered nine -tenths Of the whole
and hung down from the zenith like nagnlfccn!
: tent pitched the whole earth, whose ample and
g \ Il, ,bol,i y, .,ai,e,