The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-03-05
From the Miltonian,' Milt,n, Pa.
oyernOr Ramsey an the LOcOfOcO Pr,

FROM inc MutoHlaiis> MIL III,
Governor Ramsey AMI the Locofoco Press.
The LOcOtOco papers throughout this State
are publishing an article from the Minnesota
Democrat violent lOcofoco sheet. dcnouncing
Governor Ramsey for the manner in which the
disbursements were distributed among the diff
fercnt bands interested in the treaty of 1851.
The Indians were largely indebted to their ira
ders. and halfbrccds. and when the ncgOtia-
tons were going on. at the request of the In
dians themselves the sum of S250000 was in
serted in the LIST clause of the 4th article of the
treaty, to enable them to settle their debts with
the traders &c: which sum was to be paid to
the Chiefs in such manner as they designated.
This was objected too, lately by Mr.. Sweet
ser, who endcavorcd to persuade the Indians to
rcpudiatc, after they had held a Council in st.
Paul. and gave the Governor the power of at
torncy to receipt the sum of S275, 00O the debts
then due their creditors. The consequence is,
that Governor Ramsey is caumated by misrep-
resentatiOn of facts. cmcnating from the pen of
a broken-down politician, lately imported to
that Territory from Ohio-D. a. Robertson. ed
itOr of the Minnesota Democrat. Having resi-
dcd in st. Paul several years, we are intimate
ly acquainted with Governor Ramsey. and can
state for the benefit of those of his friends resi-
ding in this State, that the charges are without
foundation, and no man stands higher in the
opinion of the people in Minnesota, than
the said Alex. Ramsey. The untruths that
have been published against him have no
weight in that Territory, and are only calcula-
ted to injurc him where he is less known.
Robertson has cause to be displcascd with
the Governor, who ferreted out the rascally
trick he was playing in the winter of 1880,
when he bought the Chronicle and Register, a
Wing paper, and placed it in the hands ola Wing
for supreintendencc-hOp thereby to secure
the Territorial Printing, which was to be divi-
ded between him and the Wing cditor-but the
affair was discovered in time to Illustrate the
game he was playing, and the printing was
given to another person. thus depriving him of
making the snug sum Of $1,000 lie consid-
ers Governor Ramsey the man who deprived
him of being elected Public Printer, and has
ever since assailed him and other prominent
Wings of that Territory, because he did not re-
ccive their support in preference to the late j.
W. GOodhue, who was elected Printer. We
would like to see the editor of the Minnesota
Democrat publishing Il paper in this State. He
would soon he discarded by the Democracy as
has frequently happened him in that Territory,
where he endcavored to make a fortune by ri
ding two hobby horses. one of which throwcd
him when he was in his glory.
ST. CHARLES AND GAIENA RAIIRoAD.-Thc last
Chicago Democrat says: st. Charles and Syc-
amOre people are now in this city making ar
engagements for an Air Line Railroad from Chi
cagO via St. Charles. Sycamore and Oregon to
Savanna, thence to Galena. The State has Civ
en- the company their old grade. right of way,
mason work, &c, &c, costing the State some
SG00000. between Savanna and Galena. The
Board, for the present, will consist of the same
men as the St. Charles branch of the Galcna
road. There is no man in Illinois of better
business habits and talents. nor one who has the
confidence of capitalists to greater extent
than the Hon. Ira Minard, of ST. Charles. As
he seems the master spirit in the enterprise. we
have made up our mind that the road will be
built, and that it will pay. The road will be
put under contract Immediately"
The New York Tribune has letter from Kc-
wcenaw Point. Lake Superior, mentioning the
death of Wm Schlatter whose name is attached
to so many of the maps, plans and sketches OF
that mining region. lie had started from the
northern extremity of the Point to walk
through the forest to the Quincy Mine, on
Portage Lake. and evidently had lost his way.
After wandering for Il time, he became over
powered with the cold. and at length laid him
self down beneath tree, stretched out his legs
folded his arms across his breast and fell asleep
and in this endless sleep he was found by pas
sing traveller.
DE>TITUrON.-The Davenport Gazette says
that few days ago. Mr. \. c. Fulton of that
city, in trip through Cedar county met with
a family in Il state of utter destitution. The
mother had died from actual starvation. The
father and nine children were living, without a
morscl of food and with scarcely any clothing
Mr.. Fulton made provision for them.
The sister of Gen. Pierce, (widow of the late
Gen. John McNeilD for whose relief the House
has just passed special pension bill by an
overwhelming majority. had been in vain pres
sing her claim on Congress for years past-ev-
er since the death of her distinguished husband
The good fortune of her brother, however, has
happily Influenced her fortunes also. and she
gets her pension.
WOO!-Thc coming Wool crop of this coun.
ty is being bought up at enormous prices. We
have been informed that full one-lalrofthc clI
has been bought at from 80, GO and some even as
high as G3 cents per pound There is nothing
to Justify these ruinous rates, and there will be
great "busting up somewhere before Pierce
goes out of ofce.-.Ncrarf o., Times.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. Is.
\ tremendous gale occurred this morning
The steamboat John Swasey. from Bayou Sara
with over 1000 bales of cotton, took fire and i.
still burning-prObably a total loss. The steam
boat ST. Charles, lying alongside caught fire
and is not yet eNtinguishcd. Other boats were
slightly damaged. The Eclipse, which has JUS
arrivcdis in some danger-obligcd to shove out
A SHIP LOAD OF WIvEs.--An immense emf
grant ship, called the "CaroIne Chisholm" il
about to sail from Southampton for Australi;
with nine hundred young women of good char
actcr as emigrants. Mrs. Chisholm who ha
taken great interest i'm the emigration move
mcnt, will accompany them. The expectation
is that all these ''gentle creatures will be eag
erly sought for in marriage by Industrious ant
hardy miners, farmers. and shopkccpcrs
MOOSE AND DEER.-The Bangor. Maine, Whis
and Courier says. that not less than six thou
sand deer have been killed the past year. in tn,
counties of Penobscot, Washng ton and Han
cock alone. Five thousand skins were pur
chased in Bangor alone. 1t calls for the pas
sage of a law to prevent the destruction of moos,
and deer.
KATE HAYs.-Thc telegraph very cruelty
murdered this charming lady, a few days since
in San Francisco. The mails have since com,
to hand, from which VIC learn that it was "Jacl
Hays the celebrated Texan Ranger, instead
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