The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-08-06

THE SUB-TREAsURY LAw.-It ia fresh in the
minds of all in this community, that late Of
ficer of the Government, not disbursing Off
Ger, was last winter villainously assailed and ar
raigned before the public for violation of the
Sub-Treasury law. The charge was, and is still
regarded as a miserable humbug by every man
who is familiar with the transaction of business
extreme of the country to another. The pres
ent administration, it would seem by the fol-
lowing which We find in the st. Louis Republi-
can, has gone step beyond, and issued an
order which is really-strictly speaking-a vi
olation of a plain provision of the law:
IMPORTANT ORDER FROM THE TREASURY DE-
PARrMENT.-InstructiOns have been issued from
the head of the Treasury Department at Wash
ingtOn, to the Assistant Treasurers at Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Charlestown, st. Lou
is and New Orleans, to receive from all dis
bursting officers on depOsite the public money
in their hands, and permit them to check out
the same at such times and in such sums as the
public service committed to their care may re-
quire." This is Il very important order, and
one which. although not strictly in compliance
with the law, yet finds its justification in the ne
adoption of the Sub-Treasury system, the i'm
portuuities of Disbursing officers to be allowed
to keep accounts with the Assistant Treasurers
have been refused. If they had a draft for
100000 to be disbursed in small sums and at
different points of the country all they could
do was to draw out the whole sum, and keep it
at home, or in the bank, or in the brokers'. 1t
was not very pleasant responsibility to have
such an amount of money in their own Offices,
and they were forced to violate the law, and to
place their money on deposite at the places we
have mentioned. The new instruction will re-
lievc them from this responsibility, at the same
time that it will impose very great additional
labor upon the Sub-Treasurers, for which the
present compensation is wholly inadequate
Now that this invasion has been made upon the
system, it is hoped the next Congress will set
itself to work to make such changes as expert
ence has demonstrated to be necessary.
CHICAGO EDTroRs CoMING--Commodore Smith
Of the Packet Company, has been doing the
agreeable to the Chicago editors, by inviting
them to take a trip up this way. We look to
have Father Dutch, Dick Wilson, Long john
Brother Bross, and the whole of them upon us
by the Nominee, this evening. They will, no
doubt, bring with them that good time which
has been so long coming. In behalf of Mime
sofa, we here, in advance, extend to them the
freedom of our ninety thousand square miles of
territory.
PIGTAM SrIT.-An honest old Democratic cit
zen brought suit before Squire Simons the
other day, against neighbor for cutting off
three pigs tails. The action was based upon a
clause in the statute, making the manning of
cattle penal offence. The tails were brought
into court, but the pigs were not, in order to
try whether the severed spinal elongations
would fit the stumps Thus was left out an i'm
pOrtant link in the chain of testimony, which
could not be supplied. So the Squire dismiss
ed the suit for want of evidence, and upon the
ground that the whole affair was too cOntempt-
BILE to adjudicate upon. The plaintiff thought
the decision based upon Wing principles, and
left in rather bad humor. What will the poor
Wings have to stand next!
THE EXPRESS BUsINEsS.-The system of Ex-
pressing goods, by safe and quick conveyance
from one point to another, however distant, has
grown up from one of the mercantile necessi-
ties arising in this age of rapid motion. A few
years ago, it amounted to only a small business,
and was confined to the great Eastern Cities
We can we'll remember it is not more than ten
years since the first Express was projected to
carry packages across the Alleghenies. In the
multiplicity of business which was even then
crowding the great lines Of conveyance, it was
found unsafe to rely solely upon the agents of
the transportation companies to deliver valua-
BILE packages, or such articles as merchants and
traders wished in hurry. The business of ex-
pressing was undertaken to supply this def
cheney. At first it did not pay extravagantly
WE'LL but those at the head of it pcrseycrcd !;
and as railroads multiplied it became vast
medium of quick, responsible and safe transpor-
tatiOn. Now, it would be great detriment to
the business of the country to do without ex-
presses. Almost as great an amount Of goods
not in bulk but in value--is now sent from
East to West by Express, as by other means of
transportation. Those long and rapid trains
upon the lines of railroad, known as " Express
Trains" take their name from the fact that up
on them travel the messengers of the American
Express or some other company, having in
charge, perhaps in three or four cars, q hundred
thousand dollars worth of fine goods, and
much larger amounts of money, belonging to
different individuals The difference in this
and other modes of transportation, aside from
the rapid transit, is that the Express Company
becomes responsible, in all cases, for the safe
delivery of the goods and money. Messengers
always accompany the freight through to it's
destination, and see that it is safely delivered.
We notice the American Express Company has
recently extended its trips to Galena, and form
ed connection continuing thus far with Bur-
banks Express. This places Minnesota in safe
communication with the whole world by Er-
press package of money sent by mail is
not entirely safe, as the mail may be robbed,
and there is no remedy. A package of goods