The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-09-10
THE AUGUST FRosT.-We mentioned last week

the Lake country" says the Cleveland Herald,
of the 30th ult, "would be blessing indeed
to the plague afflicted people of New Orleans,
and we trust that the cool change has in some
degree extended to them. We hear of slight
frosts back from the Lake not hard enough,
however, to do injury. By the following para
graph from the Detroit Advertiser, of August
29th it will be seen that the freeze has been
hard one in Michigan: -
Ice IN AUGUsT.-Ths city and vicinity was
visited yesterday morning with severe frost !;
the first time that such an occurrence has hap
pened in this vicinity during the month of Au-
gust for number OF years. The frost was much
more severe two or three miles from the city,
than here. On the farms of Messrs. S. Barrett
John Williams and others, residing on the Pom
tiac turnpike, four miles from the city, the crops
of POTATOES, buck-wheat and corn are badly nip
ped, while pumpkins, squashcs. cucumbers, me-
Ions, sweet potatoes and other tender plants are
completely cut off, and look as black as if
fire had swept over them. In one instance ON
the farm of Mr. Williams, we are told that ice
was formed in Il pail of water placed outside of
the house after daylight yesterday morning.
Indeed the whole face of the country at an ear
ly hour yesterday was covered with hoar frost
presented an unusual appearance for morning
i'll dog days. We were somewhat surprised,
however, to notice that while vegetation on the
sandy knobs was almost entirely destroyed, the
lower lands and especially clay soils escaped
with slight injury.
Why don't you all remove to pleasant and
less capriciOus climate, ncishbors, such as Min
ncsOta for instance? We are here uxuriatinr
upon the finest tomatoes and melons in the
world, still growing and daily ripcning in our
fields and gardens.
- 1t may perhaps be interesting to the DEM
Ocrat to know that we have no censor over our
columns save our individual selves and claim
to be the organ of no man or clique of men In
matters of home intcrest-Tcrritoria interest
which is paramount to everything else with us,
we are one of the organs of the people of Min
ncsota in matters of politics. we claim to re-
feet no sentiments save those of the united
Wings OF the Territory. We are as sensible as
any one of the improperly of newspaper discus
sion at this time upon certain subject not ne
cessary to name but after the Pioneer, one of
the acknowledged organs ofthc Democrat 5 par
ty, had opened the question on our side, what
could We do: Here, We hope, the whole mat
ter will rest for the present
THE Wings OF HENNErIN had a fine meeting
on Wednesday, and nominated delegates to the
district convention, which assemblies to-day at
Shakopce, and also candidates for county olli-
ccs. The delegates were instructed to vote for
Col. j. II. Stevens as one ofthc Representatives.
That's the way to do it !. Bring out your good
and tried men-thOse who have tailored to do
somC thing for Minnesota and have not failed
those who have been true and faithful in the
days of her struggling infancy. To Col. Ste
yens, more than to any other man. does HcnEc-
pin county owe her rapid development and pre-
sent deservedly high position before the Terri
tory and the country. His time and money
have been devoted with an unsparing hand for
the past three years to her best and truest in
tcrests, and if she does not sustain him now, she
deserves to have the name of migrate dinned
into her ears. until it is echoed back from
every cliff and recess of her own Minneton-
ka. Hcnncpin is largely Wing county beyond
dispute or cayil.
The announcement Of Capt. Wilkins name
has produced a terrible futtcring among the
dung-hill chickens of the Pioneer and Democrat.
We knew such would be the case They find
scores and hundreds of Wings and anti-Rice
men springing up all over town, and all over
the Territory, where they did not expect to find
one. Our men have come forth at the call like
those of the great chief of Clan Alpine:
Ss He whistled slrill
And he vas answered from the hill
Wild as the scream of the curlew,
From crag TO cras the signal flew;
| Instant, from brake AMI coDsr arose
| Eonncts, and spears, and Blended bows.''
William j. Wier. for many years compost
tor on the New York Commercial Advertiser.
committed suicide on the 9th, by hanging.
Over $4,000 was found on his person. which he
stated, in note, was the property of Miss L.
Myers. and it had been confded to his charge
by the lady while she was absent in California
He had formed a love attachment under the
most unfavorable circumstances, and killed
himself on account of it, Printers seldom do
such things.-GdIena .4dr.
printers seldom do such things owing to the
fact that the cause seldom exists If, as we sub
pose, this attachment of Mr.Wier was not return
ed,the lady in the deserves place in history
as woman ofmOst remarkable common sense
Her sex are generally given to smile f,vorably
upon the suits of printers, more than upon any
other profession, and most severely do they rue
it in after life; for out of any hundred Won NAV
know in any part of the world. ninety-ninc of
them live the poorest and die the poorest men
in the community. This will hold good with
bosses as well as 'jours.' The circumstance
is not owing, as general thing to want of
industry or prudence. On the contrary. they
work harder than other men, and are compelled
to be economical. The community won't pay
the employer sufficient remuneration for his
scrviccs--many won't pay at all--and consc-
quently he can't pay the employed. This is the
beginning and ending of the whole matter of life,
touching printers
The editor of the Democrat. in his columns
not over two months ago, preferred personal
Charges against H. NJ. Rice which made that
gentleman far tbo