The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-04-23
INT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY SATURDAY ApR % 1912

is disposed to forget the past and commune with
the opposing faction.
Hard Shell BarnJurner.-A democrat who
still insists upon standing on the fragments of
the Buffalo platform. swcars that Cass distrac-
ted the party in '48, adOres Van Buren,, reads
the Evening Post, and becomes rabid at the
name or presence of a Hunkcr
Soft Shell Bafner.-A democrat who PRO-
tesses attachment to the principles of the Buffalo
platform, but is disposed to regard the Compro-
mise as a finalty; thinks there was some excuse
for the presumption of Cass in AS and will not
object to friendly drink with Hunker pro-
vided the latter pays.-ClerelGnd Herald.
April 9TH, lS53--Today is the memorable
anniversary of the settlement of the State Of
ONO Seventy years ago, April eth, says the
Scioto Gazette, the "RevolutiOnary Pioneers
OF good family. bnt with circumstances much
reduced by the effects of the war against Great
Britain" landed at the mouth of the Mu.kin-
gum, and commenced the erection of stockade
fort AT that time, so idteIy!-thc beautiful cX-
panse of country, now circumscribcd within the
limits OF ONO. and all west of it to the French
posts on the Wabash, was in the possession Of
AMI men more savage cen than they.''
There was no Cincinnati, no indianapolis. 10
Cleavelaud, no Dayton, no Columbus, 10 Chilli
cothe. Indian trails through the otherwise
painless woods. stood iii the present place of
turnplkcs and railroads. The noble river which
bounds the country on the south. swcnt bv in
primcval majesty, and the wild fowl bark canoe
and hccting deer only started the ripples upon
its bosom. Before that time little army of
cavalier crusaders, under Dunmore Governor of
Virginia, had penetrated ':as far as the Shawa-
nesc settlements Of the Ciothe,' where. if tradi-
tion be reliable, portion of them had hcarkned
to the simple and touching cloquencc ofthc soli-
tary Mingo. A few French advcnturcrs and rcli-
glous enthusiasts. had hastily travcrscd the coun-
try from Detroit and the Oubache to Fort Du
Qncsne. But-withOut following the changes
down in regular Sradaton-au empire of civil
liZed life ike that which now exists on the ter
ritory of Ohio. was not TO he found. with its
concOmitants, in the known world. And where
is there another such an example, of rapid pro-
gress. from the material clements ofsociety and
subsistence. to the very height of social exis-
tence? What man of eighty years, now l;ngcr-
ing on the shores of time, has seen another
such ?''-C7ereiond Herald.
New ARTICLE OF EXPorT.-Dr II. Ncwhall.
ofthis city. has tiled an order from Greene coun-
ty, n T.. for five barrels of pure Timothy Seed.
The gentleman who sent the order is an extern
sive farmer. lie says: II have sowed grass
seed for a number Of years to the value OF $50
and often have had no crop, or no.
thing but White Daisies, so poor and impure is
the Timothy Seed offered in the n. York Seed
Stores. | an willing to incur the additional ex-
pcnsc Of transportation from your city via New
Orleans If can get pure and perfect article;
He will not be disappointed in either the purity
or quality Of the seed sent. and We anticipate
quite trade with the East in grass seed, so soon
as the superior quality of the same produced in
this region becomes known TO eastern argricul-
turistS.-Galena .7drtrtiser.
WHAT GOLD IS COMING To.-Thc North Amer
lean Review has an elaborate article on the pro-
duction Of gold and silver, in which the writer
thinks it but the exercise of ordinary caution
to assume that the annual supply of precious
metals will not fall far below a hundred mill
ions of dollars for many years, and that in a
quarter of a century this supply will depreci-
ate money TO onc-half or Onethird its present
value.
Just as we were going to press we learn that
a discovery Of mineral was made yesterday.
within two miles Of this place, which bids fair
to create some excitement, the only thing need
ed to develope our rich mineral resources
Garnar!Ho( Clayton CO.. Herald.
The editor of the Boston Post has seen let
ter from Jenny Lind that says she is not COM
ing out in opera again is great admirer of
specify the time; has not quarrcled with her
husband, and don't mean to, which is more.
THE NEW SILVER COINAGE-The officers of
the Mint at Philadelphia are now closely en-
gagged in coming the new silver peices of the
of three. five, ten, and twenty-five
cents. In order to meet the public wants for
small sver change. the work at the Mint now
goes on both at light and day.
Gen. Winfield Scott has purchased the new
and commodous residence of Chas Partridge.
Esq. No. 12S Twclfth-st., 600 feet west of Fifth
av.,) which was only completed last December.
The house is 2Sa feet front by 60 deep, with a
stable in the rear. Price $4,000. AS General
Scott takes possession at an early day we may
our fellow citizens on the prospect
that the remainder of the old veterans years
will be spent among us. when not engaged in
the discharge of his official duties.-.NeU York
Tri5.
MRS. MEAGHER.-The n. Y Tribune learns by
letter from Melbourne Australia, that Mrs.
Mcaghcr. wife of the escaped Irish exile, had
taken her departure in the ship Wellington for
London. She was accompanied by Bishop Will
son, of Van Dieman's Land.
DREADFUL. STrUNrIoN.-In India, a short time
since, several military gentlemen were sitting,
party turned very pale, and said, "a snake has
come in and twisted itself round my leg. and
that of the table, His companions hastily
rose, in order to kill it, but he said, "if you
awake it, it will stick its fangs into me. and then
l am lost man. You had all better go out of
the room. and Twill sit quietly with my hookah
till it awakes itself, and then it will probably
glide away without doing me any injury
There he sat with the most perfect stiffness, for
an hour of much greater anxiety could scarcely
have been passed; he was however rewarded
by the snake quietly uncoiling itself, and TAX
ing its departure"
RELEASE OF HUNGARIAN PRIsoNERs-The Ma
tional Intelligencer states Mr. Barringer, our
Minister to Spain, has procured from the Queen
the pardon and release of the eight Hungarian
prisoners of the Topaz expedition. They were
made exceptions to the general pardon granted
to the Americans of that expedition, and were
imprisoned at Cevta.
The publishers of Uncle Toms Cabin say
in relation to the forthcoming "Key" to that
work: We commenced printing 10000 copies
for the first edition, but orders poured in so