The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-06-25

romance wishes hero for dish OF fashionable
literature, we can supply him. In Lake Chi
sage there are a number of small and lovely
islands, varying in size from ten to forty acres,
lying high above the clear waters, and dis
with naples and lindens. Upon one of the
smallest of these isles, young man has resided
alone, so far as human cOmpanionship is con-
cerned, for several years. He has neat cabin,
and cultivates few acres of ground with his
own hands-sufficient to supply him with the
nccessaries of life. He is "a gentleman of edu-
cation and fine literary taste, and has quite
library of well selected standard works He
seldom visits the settlements. but is always
pleased to have people visit him, paying mark
ed attention to his guests, and entertaining
them in the best style his domicile affords.
Why he has chosen this secluded way of life no
one knows. He appears happy and contented,
neither misanthropc, blunted to the social en-
Joyments of the world by misfortune and disap-
pointment, nor a bigoted anchorite, nor yet
romantic fool. We have no desire to invade
his privacy, and only refer to him as affording
an illustration of one of the strange freaks of
human fancy which we meet occasionally on
our journey through life.
HAsrINGs-The DR.. Franklin, on her trip last
week, landed some twenty or thirty families at
the thriving village of Hastings, one mile above
Point Douglas on the west side of the river
The country in that vicinity is settling rapidly.
rThnro ,Iy hat g.,
making prosperous village and nei ghborhood
The immense water-power afforded by the Falls
of the VermiliOn is close at hand and the quail
ity of the land in the vicinity is unsurpassed
Mr. Bailly, the active proprietor of Hastings is
driving business with his accustomed energy
and holding out fine inducements for the pro-
per kind of people to locate in and about the
town.
- We came home, after several days alb
sence, two weeks since, and found a terrible
rookery raised about Judge Welch's ears, in
certain quarter. because he had appointed A. J.
Whitney, Esq, Clerk of his Court, in place of J.
n. Humphrey, resigned. We could account for
this in no other way, than that Mr.. W. had
proved himself thoroughly competent for the
post, by the faithful manner in which he always
discharged other public dutiesentrustcd to him,
which is ever matter sufficient to set this GER
tain clique against man. Mr. Whitney has
since been appointed Clerk of the Supreme
Court by the full bench and as the Democrat
now comes out and endorses the whole proceed
ing, we presume the editor and his immediate
friends have considered it best, upon the whole,
to cave
MARSHAL OF MINNEsOTA.--Telegraphic dcs-
patches from Washington, dated June 18th, an
nounce the appointment of W. W. Irwin, for
mcrly editor of the st. Louis Democrat, Marshal
of Minnesota. Mr.. |. belongs to the Benton
wing of the Missouri Democracy
1IOT WEATHER .iNUSEMENTS.-Wc don't be-
leve the cold of Nova Zembla, or the heat of
any place terrestrial, would stop the dancing
proclivitics ofspiritcd and high-mcttled young
st. Paul. Friday evening of last week; after
the thermometer had been standing high above
eighty all day. 4 respectable number assembled
aboard the DE Vernon, and there closely
caJined and confined, kept up the merry mo-
ton until late hour The st. Louis gentry. it
is said, fell carly before the gigantic persistence
and brilliant vivacity of our northern bellies
and bcauy, and retired to their staterooms.
Nothing weaFicd at this caoric bath of several
hours duration, all were again promptly on
hand. on board the Nominee, Saturday evening,
at the polite invitation of Captain Blakely
and Mr.. Brooks, to repeat the same perform
ance. They had another good time of it, the
two popular officers we have named having
laid themselves out to make matters pass of
pleasantly and agrceably.
- NcighbOr Stevens, or some one else, of the
La Crosse Democrat, is a very sprightly writer,
and generally accurate in most matters but he
makes a ridiculous blunder in ascribing the au-
thorship of the :: Irish Emigrant's Lament" and
the MAY Queen to the Scotch ballad singer
Dempster. The editor does this in speaking OF
a concert of Mr.. Dempsters, which he recently
attended in Milwaukee. We have a slight re-
membrance that the touching and delicate lines
of the Lament are the creation of woman's
genius-Mrs. Blackwood while the sad fate Of
the May Queen is bemoancd by the sweet and
pathetic muse of Alfred Tennyson. Strange
that an intelligent editor can be so humbugged
by a travelling balled-singcr's show-biIls!
- Sioux warrior, it is said passing up
Third street the other day, when opposite
Whitneys Daguerrean Gallery, stopped sud
denly and levclled his gun at the show case
hanging outside. He had discovered the Da
guerrcotypc of IIole-in-th e-Day, his mortal and
hereditary Chippewa enemy and installing il
for the original, was after his seal with SHARP
knife. Those present restrained him for mo-
ment when the error was made apparent, and
he passed on, considerably chagrined. Upon the
question addressed to one near by, as to whether
he would have been hung had he fired and demo
lshed the picture, he was referred to the editor
of the Democrat, standing in sight near his of
flee, as the only Simon-pure exponent of the
new Indian policy. We have not heard the re-
,ft hn all ,,lI l.