The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-07-02
FACTS AND FANCIES.


the occasion several new correspondents, as also
our old and faithful contributor, whilom of the
Queen City, who now, as will be seen, address
SEES us from Ito the people of Minncsota) more
interesting and unacquainted portion of the
Union.
FOURTH OF JuLY.-Monday is the Fourth.
which will be celebrated by our people duly
and properly. Out here, we are generally indie
pendent as to form in our observance of this
National Ioliday--every one celebrating just
as suits best their respective tastes; but then
we do celebrate it with as much patriotism and
as those older places, that so through
the formal ceremony of professions, orations,
and all that kind of doings. The temperance
folks will have Il convention at the Court House.;
the Greek Slave will go up the Minnesota with
"a pleasure party, and various pic MICS and
pleasure parties will brighten fish and fowl
from their cool retreats in and about the lakes
and streams of our neighbOrhood.
LADIES FAlR.-The ladies of Mr.. Neil's
church will hold a Fair for the sale of useful
and fancy articles, at Mazourka Hall, on the
evenings of the 18th and 18th instant. The
bare announcement of the fact We presume suf1i-
cicnt for this week. 1t will be an interesting
time, and we hope all their fricnds-and that
includes everybody in and aboutSt Paul-will
bear it in mind. The proceeds are to be devot-
ed to proper and Legitimate channel connect
ed with the monetary affairs of the church.
Jim Corrigan, as usual, was the first man
in market this season with the products of his
garden. He had peas three weeks ago, and
now has new potatoes large as duck eggs.
He Will be on hand with them Monday morn
ing.
MACAIIIsTER.--A line from our old friend, J.
NJ. Weston, at present the agent of this re-
nOwncd nccrOmanccr, informs us that the said
magician will be in st. Paul next week. to give
a series of his unsurpassed exhibitions There
is no humbug about Macallistcr He is the
equal, and by many pronounced the superior of
Anderson, the great wizard of the North
St. Paul is standing all ready for some refined
and innocent amusement of this kind, and we
have no doubt Mr.. Macalisters visit will hap
pen very opportunc.
"On the trip there was inside enjoyment and
outside diversion almost unlimited. The Die
Vernon having to contend with no less than
four steamers up and down, which have rep
utatiOn for speed. She left this CITY in compa-
ny with the New st. Paul, and continued so I'M
til near Galena. In Fever river she found the
'Peytona,' or rather the 'Shotwen' of the
Nortll-thc West Ncwton-with stcamup ready
tn han 10,
decided by the Dies beating her one hour and
five minutes. and making the run from port to
port in one hour less time than the Newton ev-
er made 1t. On the downward trip. the NOmi-
nee, gave her pretty fair race to Galcna. and
from thence to this city she had the New Bru-
ncttc-by the by, no SLOUGH to contend with
but 1t was all no 60 the Die was ahead and
Kept ahead OF all her competitors. Making ev-
cry important landing, giving her passengers
sufficient time to examine and satisfy their Gu
riosity with the country and the scenery, and is
again at her dock having performed the entire
voyage i'll less than aweek.;'
"lIow this world Is given to lying" The
above from the st. Louis News purports to
speak the truth in regard to what happened in
our waters during the recent trip of the Die
Vernon to st. Paul. SO far as her beating the
Nominee down is concerned the assertion of
the News, made no doubt upon the author
ity of some one OH board the Die, is pos
itvely false. The Die laid in wait for Captain
Blakely at Lovers Leap. seventy -fivc miles be-
low st. Paul. with steam up ready to start out
alter the Nominee when she passed, which she
did. The run was made by the Nominee
from thence to Dubuque, nearly three hum
| 1rnl p,;loc
gcring Die came in some three or four miles
astcrn of our packet The contest was con-
tinucd no further. The Die failed to pass
the Nominee the whole distance. although the
latter wooded from the shore at La Crosse. and
took in tow heavy wood-flat at Guttenburg.
These are the incontcstiblc facts of the case.
which it was the duty of the News to state. in
stead OF the bare faced Misrepresentation above
quoted. We are no friends of steamboat racing
and do not wish to encourage it in the least :
but the wrong here pcrpctratcd calls for true
statement of the matter. The assertion that
the Die made the trip to st. Paul and back to
ST. Louis in less than week is also false She
left st. Louis on Monday evening, and arrived
lowing week.
HARPER FOR JULY.-We have received in adj
vance of the July number of IIarpcr's Maya
zinc, the sheets of an article contained therein.
entitled Sketches of the Upper Mississippi :
10y the Author of Three Weeks in Cuba.'" We
do not at this moment remember who is the au-
thor of Three Weeks in Cuba,' but he is GER
tainly asprightly writer, and describes graph
lcally the portions of our Immediate country
over which he Travelled. He gives Minnesota a
very decent and respectable setting up before
the world. The article is illustrated by twelve
wood engravings Of the superior style and
character which are wont to adorn this Maya
zine; all of which present correct Dagucrreo-
types of the respective scenes designated, with
the exception of st. Paul, which gives about as
true an idea of our Northwestern Emporium as
it docs of the ruins of Bagdad. Our booksellers
will have supply of this number at the earli-