Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-12-26
SUPERIOR CITY.


Otis Ituyt and John o. Henning, Land Officers
Mt Hudson, Wis.,, have decided the town-site claim
contest for the site of " Superior City, against
b. ". BrunsOn and Others, the bona tide proprie-
tors. There is something singular in connection
with this decision, there can be no doubt OF the
validity in law of the claim of the actual settlers
who are thus deposcd. The entire particulars
will be spread before the public in a few days.
Afinnesoiiam Of Thursday. .......-....
We are sorry to see the above announcement Of
the termination of contest in which the rights of
honest men have been sacrificed for the benefit of
q set of villainous land sharks and souless cor
poration.
But what does the Minnesotian see singular in
the matter? 1t is perfectly plain to us, and we do
not see how it can be hid from the editor OF the
organ of the very men who have committed the
robbery.
This Superior City sw.ndle is but sort Of a
side game to the Minnesota Land Bill Fraud
The men who instigated and procured that for
gerry to be pcrpetrated are the very men who have
fraudulently robbed Mcssrs. Slaughter and Brun-
son of the town-site near where the contemplated
road is to terminate. 1t has been the determine
ton of that Company to monopolize all the land
at that terminus of the road, and this it that
caused the first bill to be laid on the table by the
House of Representatives To accomplish this,
the Company have resorted to means as basely
criminal as their acts at Washington. This is
we'll known to all who are familiar with their con-
duct in regard to the land on Lake Superior.
Who are the Lake Superior Company? We have
the best reason for believing that Company to be
composed of ii. NJ. Rice, Caleb Gushing, ID. A.
Robertson, S. \. Douglas, Jesse ID. Bright,
Breckenridge KY, and the New York swindlers
in the Railroad Co with others we could name.
Now in view of these facts, which we think the
Minnesotian could not be ignorant of, no surprise
need be expressed at the result of this suit. The
money of the Company and the perjury it can
always command have been too powerful for men
of limited means to contend against. We believe
appliances this Company can bring to bear upon
men when they have point to carry, either by
procuring fast witnesses, bribing public function
aries or sustaining INSCRIPTIONS organs.
We think that both the M:nncsotian and Dem
ocrat have been hasty and imprudent in denoun-
cling the conduct of their owners. We see, that
as we predicted, the Democrat has begun to wa
yer, and rather back down regards the land Of
fccrs at Saltwater. We never supposed that
these men acted on their own responsibility, and
without instructions denounced the settlers. We
have Away looked to head quarters for the secret
spring. which set this thing in motion and long
since discovered the hand of Caleb working the
wires Through John Wilson to perpctratc another
swindlc on the people of Minnesota by abrogating
the sale of the reserved lands. These gentlemen,
we hear have advanced the idea that it would be
proper to make an order to sell the lands again by
sealed bids; and i'll that should not be deemed
sufficient security against the settlers getting
their rights, that the sales might take place at
Washington. We hope the Democrat ,eiH follow
up its new scent, and doubt not that if it does, ii
will end in freeing that old skunk, the Attorney
General, where VIC expect to see it &c give him
fits" And We are equally confident that if the
Minnesotian holds out to the end and presses for
ward in the part it has taken it will soon have
",corftY Delegate up stump" ''Wc shall sec
what We shall scc.''