The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-12-31

Gu thc cnallcnge on w. DOti ciitoI5 anu Nr.
Stossmeistcr were arrested. and gave security
IN sZ.ooo for their appearance before the Police
COuft on Saturday.--CinciRnGR Son.
Had the parties met it would only have been
necessary to wad the pistols with particles Of
the first named journal. and the bellgercnts
could have fred al each other all day without
the slightest danger. \ ball could scarcely fly
to its aim from the hands OF such crooked nam
cd individuals, and little of the & Hochwacch-
ter rammcd atop of it, would certainly have
sent il astray upol: tangent.
ILLINOIS GENITAL RAHROAD.-As all Minneso-
tians are directly interested in knowing the pro-
gross being made toward the completion Of this
road. we feel it our duty to keep them con-
stantly posted in relation thereto. When We
arrived home some Two months since. and found
many Of our people in ccstacies with the idea
put into their heads 10y some Of The DmhnGners
that we were to have a new steamboat line
from the western end of the Central Road, i'm
mediately upon and after the opening of the
navigation next spring. some Of our citizens,
with the Pioneer to back them, became very
witty at orr expense, because We had no faith
in any such scheme at least next year. Now
we have onr opinion backed up and sustained
| by oDiriai announcement Of the Railroad Com
pany. Col. Mason. the chief engineer has Just
been making reconnaissance over The road
from Chicago to Cairo, and thence back by the
main trunk TO I.asalle. Tie result of his labors
is published in the Chicago Press. At Lasalc
Col. N. left the line and went up to Chicago.
expecting to make q tour Of Reconnaissance over
the 9TH and Sth divisions from Lasaic to Free
port, Galcna and puhuquA in a week or two.
The 1th division Uasale to irccport} is finish
cd, "a few miles out Of Lasalc being over a
temporary track sixteen miles to Tie Junction
Of the Military Tract Railroad, and passengers
ant! freight trains run over both. between CHI
cago and Lasallc. From this Junction via Dix
Oh to Frceport. considerable hcavy " ork Is to
be done. especially nj III" crossing Gt Rock Ri
vcr This portion Of The 1th division WI not
be opened before next autuua. On the 18th d.
vision (Frc"pur, to Duhuq:icj the iron is a.d
twenty miles west of Frccport. to Warren. AT
the junction OF iho Mineral Poiut road. To
this point it is Intended to run the cars this
winter. TIE bai0Rrc the linz 10 EG6ur,ic
,rN Be opcncd somct;E,e asst .Jui!--ttc work
having been detained several months - dill
cu!iics at Galena. aud nos; ilicer h"imc renoy-
ed. six or eight moat~ will he required to got
through ibo heavy cut ''yond AIS! tn, SIDE OF
Gaicna.
- TAe steamer Humboldt, Of the Ntw Icr!,
and Bremen line OH her recent .ioin"ward pas
sage undertook to put into Halifax for fuel,
and was run npon the rocks. She is Il total
loss. The acc;Gcn; is sad to have been occa-
stoned j.! al ignorant aad impatient fisherman.
who palmc] himself Oh :lc captain a. 4 regular
ptjot. 1t is great pity her na'ncsakc OF these
waters was not on hand i: the time 10 rescue
her.
liAKD TRnMim IN TIE SENATE beverly
Ticker, OF the Sentinel the organ OF the Ma
tioaal Democrats III Washington has been
chosen printer to III" Senate. over Arms roag.
the Administration candidate. This is an mn
expected victory to the lIariS, and gives thom
position III once where they can contend with
the Soils to some advantage. iaCy M.ay vet
defeat the nomination e KclGclti. possiGly-
Crica0 .Id".
Some Of the Democratic paper. think the
election OF Tucker WAS the result Of 4 conipro-
mise, proposed Is the Administration \ queer
way ci compromising. TO give patron; - 10 the
hand that is daily dealing The President and
Cabinet the hardest kind OF blows, We rather
think if the Administration yielded the point
at all, it WAS because they couldn't hrlr i.
! y PEA frG THE ~ MnHWYNN.-Tha Gacna
! III, NJ a..
the Lumhcrulcn OF the North-Wcst III Thereon
test with the Government. Tie remarks of our
neighbor which we cory below. are well timed
and directly TO the point. 40 old settler can
deny their entire :ruth. Bat III ant;inc a horde
of foreign officials, sent among Us hy the pow
ers at Washington must make their foes: and
there Will he -orry howling If their suStenance.
wine and oysters is !lot squeezed from the rock-
cts Of The to,iing rrd shirts We fear that
Mcssrs. Rice, Eastman, and other faithful repre-
scntativcs of the Northwest. will receive no
thanks from these cormorants for their intcrfe-
renee in the matter:
| TIMBER AGi.Nrs.-James Il. Estes, the L. :.
Government Timber Agent for Minnesota, gives
notice in the La Crosse Democrat as he had
-.
ing all persons who have committed deprc,.:,-
tons on the public lands by cutting timber from
the same, to stepup to his Office and pay for the
same. II is undoubtedly the intention of the
Government to compel those Who cf,t timber in
the pncrics to purchase the land and where
the land is in the market, thosc who strip il Of
the timber have no better excuse to offer than
that Of long and obstinate habit But. before
Judging too severely fthosc Who have thus in
IIIGeU. those WIN 4,
evil will look at the necessity which rot pconIo
INTO the habit with due considerations They
wall remember that 4 short tine ago. as memo
ry measures time. all the pine lumber used here
above us and below Us on the Mississippi, was
brought from Pittsburgh or from Maine The
expense was cnormoUs. Tho people were poor.
Fc" could afford TO 1--we in ccicd houses. Those
who could 80 50 were SUPPOSED torcgar,l them
selves as above the common run Of pcmle-
nhcwn logs were the staple article: hcwn LOGS
marked tie second degree in the ASCENDING
scale framed horses .,flJ t;,,;.b h.