The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-05-21


Galena Packets, rs well as other boats, must
bear in mind, that we are always thankful for
their attentions, although We may not have time
or room to say SO in so many words every week.
There, for instance, is Brooks, of the Nominee,
he knows us and we know him; and althou Oh
We were away at the time. and did not as we
should have done. welcome him back to the old
trade, he must know just how we fclt-and how
all st. Paul felt--when it was announced early
in the spring he was to have his old post. And
then we have Darst. of the Ben Campbell
Brooks second best of last year--promoted to
full command in the office of the gorgeous and
stately Ben--a steamboat every inch of her, and
a shining mark of credit to Galena enterprise
and Minnesota trade;-wbo more welcome than
Darst to occupy this position! And then, we
have Fawcett, Of the Newton, and Buford, of
the Excelsior, and our own citizen, Markley, of
the bloody Creek and our namesake, of the
Franklin No. 2, and others whose names we
have not yet learned constituting galaxy of
beau ideal steamboat clerks that is not often
visible in these Western wilds.' Gentlemen.
we are under obligations to you all, for the la
test news-past, present and future-from now
till the end of the season. By the way, we must
not forget our Minnesota river friends, of the
Clarion, Black Hawk and Tiger, who, upon ev-
cry trip, lay US under obligations for copies of
the Mankato Meataxe, kasota Sugarstick, Tray
erse DIES Sioux Brandingiron, LIE Sueur Thun-
dergust, Henderson Divingbell, and Shakope
Broadsword.
Spirit RAPPINGs--Some one asked us the 9th
er day, what had become of \. p. Tallmadgc.
formerly distinguished politician of New York
and afterwards of Wisconsin. By the last mail
he turns up in the shape of a devout believer in
the Spirit Rappings. lie comes out in letter
in the National Inteligenccr, and declares his
belief in the Spirit Rappng philosophy. He
says he has held frequent conversations with his
friends John c. Calhoun, Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay since their deaths, and that the
purport of their conversation was charac-
terstic of those men while living The cd
itor of the Galena Advertiser says he does
not believe that Mr.. Tallmadge is practis-
ing an imposition in this matter We won't
state what we believe in regard to this individ-
ual case, but agree with our Galena neighbor.
that " the subject is difficult one to explain
and it is not strange that ingenious men like
Mr.. Tallmadge should examine it, and even be
misled by it. An old politician though he is
and though be feels himself capable of thread
ing every avenue, nook and corner of the hui
man mind, yet he is no match for this mystery
He will find it puzzle that it were better to
abandon. after an examination of the outlines"
On the other hand, the wcll-known magician,
Professor Anderson, throws out the following
challenge to the whole world of Spirit Rappers:
II challenge the whole Spirit rapping League
from Maine to California for $1,000 OF $4,000
that there is not one of them can produce a
knock on my table, which | cannot account for
by natural canses. consistent with well under
stood laws of Natural Philosophy
IMPORTANT STRIKE.-The newspaper publish
ers of Milwaukee have recently adopted rule
by which thoy mutually agree to charge for the
insertion in their respective papers of notices
of marriages and deaths, as also for many 9TH
er notices which have heretofore passed free
Nothing more than right. Every notice of this
kind costs the publisher hard cash, and is no
benefit to any one but the interested parties
certainly not, in one case out of a hundred, to
the printer or the business of his Office.
FEMALE TYPE SETTERs.--Tbe recent strikes
among the printers at the East, have brought
forward in various quarters, propositions to
employ females in the business of setting types.
Our bachelor friend, Morgan, of the Burlington
Telegraph, gives the following good and suffi-
cient reasons why he is in favor of the project
If he wishes to continue in the enjoyment of
what "old stagers,' such as he, term their
personal liberty" he had better keep his of.
flee clear Of all such cases. We imagine his
fair employees would prove better at making
an impression than handling the letters:
"The Journeymen Printers of New York CITY
recently struck for wages, whereupon most of
the principal establishments advertised for girls
to learn the business of type-setting; and it is
said that the experiment has been entirely sue
cessful. There is NO denying the fact that fe-
males can become as good and as expeditions
type-setters as men, and the only wonder is that
attention has not been given to the fact long
since. We are inclined to regard the expert
ment just commenced in New York as the fore
runner OF very considerable revolution in af.
tairs-and for one we must canddly confess that
we would rather have our Office filled with in
telligent, industrious, and pretty young ladies.
than otherwise. Our only apprehension would
be that they might not be able to preserve that
silence which is indispensable to correctness in
composition-but, on the other hand, their pres
ence would act as salutary restraint when a
fellow should happen to feel like pitching into
contemporary. Upon the whole, are inclined
to favor the idea, being disposed, at our pres
ent time of life to forego the further use of the
tomahawk, and submit ourself, lamb-like, to in
ssplratons touching the sublime and beautiful.
None but pretty ones need apply
LArH.-A citizen of Cleveland, Ohio, recent
iyinvented Lath Machine, which, he asserted,
would cut 500 lath from the solid log in one
minute. He was laughed at by everybody, and
his friends considered his plan as Visionary
BY the following certificate it seems he has more
than accomplished what he promised for his ma
chine: