The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-08-19

learn that the new hotel is up, and will soon be
completed. Emigrants are coming in BY hum
dreds, and business is highly prosperous.
III The recent Sioux murders Of Chippewas
beyond the Yellow Medicine river, is another
awful chapter in the annals of the bloody feud
existing between the two powerful Northwest
ern tribes. Those, however, who are not &C
quainted with the geography Of Minnesota, will
please bear in mind that the scene Of this fight
is on the plains some two hundred miles be-
yond our extreme frontier settlements.
Tell us. Mr.. Mnnesotan, is not John Wilson
q Iphg? Enlighten us on this subject
Times.
You said he was, on Monday last, and you
never "Hen'
GI5- Our merchants have mostly concluded
to ship their fall goods by the Chicago and Ga
lena route, and run the risk of the railroad be-
ing opened between Scales Mound and Galena.
We hope the Central folks will not disappoint
them in giving their freights a run through by
steam to the navigablc waters of the Mississippi.
"STuL. IIARPING on JOHN WnsOS.-The
Times, notwithstanding it now endorses the
sentiments of Commissioner Wilson in regard
to the withdrawal policy, still keeps swapping
at him, and endeavoring to place him in false
position before the people of Minnesota This
is nothing strange, however, to those who un-
| l. 10 T will hn rpmppob prpd
that when Mr. Pierce's Administration came
into power, the present Governor of Minnesota
chose as the '.apple Of his eye" among the Of
fees to he distributed, the Commissionership of
the General Land Office. Ii was decided by
the President and Cabinet not to remove Mr.
Wilson, greatly to the chagrin and disappoint-
ment of Gov. German. Is it strange, then,
that paper, basking in the smiles and rejoic-
ing in the appreciation Of Gov. German, should
have particular spite at Commissioner Will
son?
MS- The Patent Office is doing On unhcard
of business. Nearly sixty patents-or about
ten each day have been issued within week.
The whole number of new cases favorably de-
cided will probably exceed three thousand for
the past year.
Nss~ The sum of $4,000 is to be voted by
the British Parlimcnt, for the support and
mantaincncc ofprisoncrs of war.
s- \ Liverpool paper says ''Mr. Braham !;
the once great singer and composer Of war
songs. and who, though above ninety years,
may be seen walking with wonderful alacrity
about town, wearing magnificent curls, and a
superior black moustache, which gave him the
air of man of vigorous fifty years---is said to
declare that he will even now find voice to de-
liver himself of an appropriate "carmea triun-
phale'' on the taking of Cronstadt.'
AFFAIRS IN ST. PETERsBURG.-An American
writes from St. Petersburg to the New Bedford
Mercury, as follows:
Since my arrival here on the 10th of June, !
have been waiting for the attack of Sir Charles
Napier upon Cronstadt, and it has been hourly
expected. But not an English or French sail
has been seen from Cronstadt until this morn
ing, when large division of the feet was seen
approaching slowly. hasten to give you this
information, and if a battle takes place l will
lose no time in communicating the particulars
The Notifications at Cronstadt are very strong
and Napier will have warm reception. Eng
fish Boosting produces considerable nerrimcnt
here. Hhcy say that Napier, in speech made
before leaving London. concluded by saying
that he would lunch at CrOnstadt and dine al
st. Petersburg upon the same day. am told
that the Grand Duke Constantine while exam
lining the Notifications few days since, after
expressing his appreciation and complimenting
the engineers upon their skill, remarked thai
he was now ready to lunch Admiral Napier
but he thought the rcpast at Cronstadt would
be such as to take away his appetite for dinner
at St. Petersburg. OF one thing l can assure
you-thc war is very popular with all classes
here, and the stories which YOU hear of revolu
tious here and of Imperial extortions, are al
utterly false.
The English papers are guilty of !abricatine
all sorts Of reports, to which credit is to bt
given. 1t may sound odd. but the Russians O
st. Petersburg call the English barbarians
They say -" If the English feel bound to pro
tcct Turkey, why do they not go to CONSTANT
nop!e? Why do they come upon our Finland
: coast to kill innocent people, burn little vii
lagos, destroy private property, and take away
small vessels belonging to poor peasants? Ant
this they do where no troops are quartered
and where there cannot be the least resistance
These are the acts of barbarians." There i.
SOluc truth III tNcSc TelLiThS. 20 see little VII
lagos. unprotected and unoficnding totally de
stroyed with many of their inhabitants, for Tho
pretended protection Of Turkey. suggests only
cowardice to the American mind. Why do the
allies send so large fleet to the Baltic, to bt
employed in destroying small towns? VIII,
not try their hand at Ravel. Riga, Hcssenfort
Cronstadt? We begin to think here that Ma
pier docs not dare to come within the range O
the Russian guns, for. though he is now in sight
many think that it will be mere rashness to en-
gage his ships with the batteries of Cronstadt
| shall go down to the fortress tomorrow, ani
in my next shall be better prepared to give you
some interesting information.
TIE FIRST WAvE.-Thc advance guard oft he
emigrants sent out by the Massachusetts, Emi
grafton Society is already beyond the Missis
sippl. 1t consists of between thirty and for.
ty men, from l8 to 45 years of age. but most Of
them in the vicinity of 80. They are bound fol
Kansas, with the intention of securing tracts
OF land when they are to be followed by thei,