Minnesota weekly times., 1854-05-30

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- - CHlcAoo, May 10th, 1854.
MEssRs. ED1foas:-So the child is born and
baptised Daily Times. IT'S precocious child,
for it walks in its swaddlng clothes. IT'S an inn
pudent child, for evennow it wags its baby tongue,
and talks the patron to its neighbors. But 'tis
benevolent child, for it dispenses its favors for
time gratuitously. 1t lays its hand upon our
shoulder, tells Us of what it will do, and by way
of demonstration, steps upon the rostrum and
with wave Of its arm proclaims that sstall
aches from little corns grow" reminds us that
Dan'l Webster's old school master was immortal
lied by his pupil and then asks us to nurse it,
Wel let us take the foundlng, but if hereafter it
ignores its promises, we shall assuredly turn it
adrift. So much by way Of prelude and caution,
| now to business.
I was pleased with the rebuff you gave your st.
Louis Correspondent in the matter of Tom Ben
ton. He is but poor judge who guages public
mans ability by his &C influence with the present
administration" Rather a general PROPOSE
tion, to say that such a man is without influence
with the powers that be, is to compliment his in
tegrity of purpose, and his moral courage.
Tom Benton is noble, straight forward, fear
less and honest man. His prejudices are strong,
but innocent and harmless. Compare him, If
you please, with Mr.. Douglas, and the child in
politics will credit the with political honesty,
and the other with self-serving dishonesty. Yet
the latter is cheek by jowl - with the present
administration" and this brings me to Mr.. Doug
las at home. You remember when the Chica-
gans first heard of the Nebraska abomination,
how loud was their out-cry; the bill was denoun-
ced, and Douglas was burned in ef6gy. The first
surprise is over, and men have settled back into
their old monotenous ways; yet the sentiment is
an almost universal one that the time is at hand
when old things must be made new; old political
organizations must be uptorn and hereafter the
contest must be between the principle of slavery,
and that of liberty. They tell us the bank is
dead, the tariff is obsolete, internal improve
ments and land bills may be deferred; but this
question must soon be settled, once for all. lam
no free soer in the political acceptation of that
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ciate but the leaders of those parties may congrat
ulate themselves upon multitude of converts to
their creeds, which no man less shameless than
Douglas could have apostatized. If this bill
should pass, how bitterly the battle of 1856 may
be fought, none can tell.
Were writing to the East, could astonish
my correspondents with the accounts of the unpar-
alleed increase in the population and resources of
this city, since publication of the last CEN
sus, and the compilation of the latest Statistics
That increase is variously estimated, even now at
from to 10000 A census is now being taken,
and upon its completion will send you digest of
of it. Apropos-fgures predicated upon human
heads, are but playthings to the Western man; he
tells his Eastern friend bed time that the popu-
lation of this city is &C, 900, and with countenancc
undisturbed, and a conscience void of offence, re-
ports it in the morning at 1000. To you, my pio-
friend, therei nothing astonishing in all this
but the " Old Folks at home - tell us with pious
accents that we exaggerate terribly. Great num-
bers of Emgrants have passed thro' this city du-
ring the last few months route for Iowa and Min
nesota, and 'thc cry is, still they Gomez Iwish
you were organized into State & member Of the
confederacy, for there is something in the name
Sc Territory" to the ears Of our Eastern friends,
which smacks too much of Indians, Buff llOes,
| Woods, and Log Houses, while the more dignified
appellation of State smells of creature comforts
which the other cannot know. Suppose you take
a census, allowing something for increase while
politicians are squabbling over you, and try to
squeezein.
You may expect many visitors this summer to
your city. AS u pleasure trip know of none SO
charming and instructive. | recommend all my
friends to 60 up with Captain Bakeley of the
Nominee, than whom there is not a more polite
gentleman and officer. By the by, if you will ad-
vertise the days of the departures of the up river
boats from Galena you will do missionary work,
for thereby much profanity and ill-nature will be
avoided on the part Of those who would otherwise
be obliged to lay over at Galena, that den of mus
quitoes, bed-bugs, and mud. You recollect the
story often repeated of one of the principal
characters of that city. l refer to the bed-bup.
up and came on hand to the clerk of the opposi-
ton establishment and requested lodgings; the
clerk expressing his regret, was panied to inform
the gentleman that all the beds being occupied it
was utterly impossible to accommodate another.
O Galena! thou art God -forsaken city. As
through much tribulation we enter the Kingdom
of Heaven-so through your gates we must pass
to the head waters of the Mississippi But have
gossiped enough for this time.
The-Canal sales are now taking place in this c-
ty. The effect OF these sales has been to increase
the value of property very much. High as it now
is great number Of operators are purchasing for
purposes of speculation, and it is no matter Of
surprise when every day adds new proof to the
conviction, that our city is soon to become the
Mistress of the interior.
The U. S. Circuit Court, Judge Drummond
Presiding, adjourned yesterday sine die. o.
GT We think our correspondent unnecessarily
severe upon Galena, but like almost every other
stranger who remains in that city for day only,
he probably looked on the darkest side of thepic-
ture and left with erroneous impressions. Tho
largest bed-bug we ever saw in Galena was our
correspondent, who by the way, loves his bed, as
well as he does hearty laugh, and who, doubt
less annoyed by the sounding of the gong in the
morning, laid the disturbance to bed-bug, and
considers the joke good one. But aside from
trifing we consider Galena not so bad place as
many SUPPOSE. During nr trip Esst few weeks
since, we took occasion to examine into the merits
of this city on the hills, and we fully satisfied
that more wealthy, enterprising, persevering,
go-ahead-people, cannot be found in the West,
| than the citixor,a nf Golouo oh-