The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-10-14


Is the Administration unit?-.ET. Herald.
No-lt's cyphcr.-BnfaIo Express.
~ Mr.. Wentworth, Of Chicago, declines
being candidate for Congress unless the Con-
venton which may nominate him run him with
cat a platform.
10 The New Yerk Herald learns, by a let
ter from d. VI. Shaver, State Treasurer of Wis
consin. that he has disposed of the whole of the
public school la:sts of that state, amounting to
two hundred thousand acres, to one individual
in Milwaukee.
DIR. Bacon wac absent from his pulpit yestcr-
day. Lis son supplied ais place in the FORE
noon, and preached from the wortls-"Thcy
will reverence my son."-.N. Courier Sent
%
.1,sf' The State of Connecticut is out of debt
and has money loaned out st interest The,
school fund is valued at S2,O7G0oO. and other
productive property Of the State is cs tmatcd
at 100000, the greatest part Of which il in
vested in bank stock.
THE CRoIs.-A correspondent of the Maine
Farmer, writing from Vienna, states that in his
ncighborhood he knows Of space of about two
miles in length, where have been raised the
present season, from thirty to forty bushels per
acre OF first rate wheat. Besides this which il
enough to bread the families of the raisers, for
the coming year, the crops Of corn and pota-
toes were good, No rot in their potatoes. this
year.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE THApE-NEw YoRx H.
rILcATED-Wc apprehcnd that il is pretty gen
crafty known that most of the fast-saling YES.
sells engaged in the African slave trade arc
built either in Maine, Massachusetts, or New
York. They bring good prices. and the cash
down. and our Northern people are ever ready
for good profitable cash business, though it
may occasionally embrace the shipment of ne
groes from Africa to Cuba OF late several
slavers have been captured, said to have been
built in New York or some other Northern
port. At present we are informed that, acting
upon certain discoveries recently made, our
Vgilant District Attorney. MIR. MeKecn, is
prosecuting an investigation before the Grand
Jury. the results of which win astonish The un-
Quakcrs living in this community.
Only think of a slave ship, with all the neccs-
sary fixtures. materials, supplies, papers in Sc
vcral languages, Ike. dc, being fitted up
and despatched from this port, as If the traffic
were q legitimate business. The law declares
it piracy-a capital crimc--and we should not
wonder if the results Of the present examina>
tion were to involve the personal safety of va
rous enterprisng Individuals. Thepnblc may
rely upon it that the District Attorney will sin
the matter to the bottom.-.N. Y. Herald.
The editor Of the Blast (Mc) Journal. a
democratic paper, takes the defeat of his party
quite cOolly. lie desires some one of his rea-
ders to lend him copy of "Baxter's Saints
Rest"
"Baxtcr's Call to the Unconvertcd" would
be more appropriate.
YANKEES IN CANADA.-Thc Provincial Parlia-.
mol mt have passed an act 6 ranting to aliens the
right to purchase and convey lands in the
Queens Provinces, to the extent of 400 acres
each The government have put large tracts
Of land into market at 81 81 rs per acre. No
have been made respecting mine
'als. and the Yankees in fOcks are prospecting
On the North Shore of Lake Superior for copper
md iron, and some rich openings have been
discovered and where one Yankee sauatter
Gould not cover the mineral field. several unite.
make their claim, and jointly purchase the site,
It is said that there have been some tall s,su.
atoms already.
~ The Pittsburgh Post saws bav in that