The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-08-12

~ Inc ar Eagle arrived ~ ABOUT T. -.
yesterday. She will probably leave at 10, this
morning. Among her passengers were sey-
eral Of orr old citizens. Among others we no
tice AT. c. Pierson, Esq, B. W. Lott and
c. W. Babcock.
~ TEE WITHDRAWN LANDS. -Hon. Ben. Q.
Eastman. the Representative in Congress from
the adjoining district in Wisconsin. is out in o
long letter through the public prints. condemn
ing the President for Withdrawing certain pub
lie lands from sale, for railroad purposes. in
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. To this docu"
ment, Mr.. Wilson, the Commissioner Of the Cen
eral Land Office replies through the same me-
dunn. Both letters are long, but We will en-
deavor to give them in full through our col
umns hereafter. Mr.. Rice, in a note accoinpa-
nying copy, Of Mr.. Wilson's reply. says:
1.-THE honest settlers will see [by Commits
s;oner Wilson's communication that the with
drawal of the lands does not prevent them from
pre-empting the very lands withdrawn"
The DREcrons. - The Washington Star -
paper, by the way, not regarded as good au-
thorty in such matters - states that the East
ern Directors of the Minnesota and North West
ern Railroad, elected on the first of July in the
City of Ncw-York, are Robert Schuyler, Morris
Ketchum, Erastus Corning, George l.. Schuy-
Ter. Roberts brother, Edward Bemcnt (Kctch-
um's partner, william p Burial. president Of
the Illinois Central Railroad,) Il. d. Mason,
John NJ. Forbes. of Boston. and John Gardiner.
As this is the first information that has reach
ed us in regard to who compose the Eastern
members of the Board, We feel bound to give il
just as it comes. Robert Schuyler, as every
body knows, has since that date gone down with
dishonor. and cannot, Of course. hold position
on this Board with recently ELECTED proofs Of
fraud against him. We presume it is scarcely
necessary to alludc to the fact, that Erastus
Corning. President of the New-York Central
Railroad Company; VIM. p. Burial, President
of the Illinois Central, and John NJ. Forbes, Of
the Western Boston and Albany Company,
would not allow themselves to remain associa-
ted, and have their names connected in bust
ness with fraudulent speculator, such as
Schuyler has proved to be. The officers Of
these three roads and their branches. operating.
and shortly to operate over an extent Of coun-
try between the Atlantic coast and the waters
of the Mississippi OF about 400 miles, state in
recent official reports that their means and
credit have not been affected particle by the
Scuyler failure. And the character Of tie
stockholders and remaining directors, both here
and in NcwYork. leaves no ground whatever
for any one to presume they will, even if they
w uDfnr ft,no fn In al pol Col,
Ter member of their Board. for a moment toll
crate him. with his recent sins still resting upon
his head, as one of their body.
MORE RAILROAD CRASHES EAsr.--Wc have
news Of more heavy railroad failures East. In
addition to one or two on comparatively small
scale, mentioned elsewhere. Providence cor
respondent OF the Milwaukee Sentinel. under
date OF July Oath, says -" Yesterday the Rail-
road King of New England, Mr.. Farnham, Pre-
sidcnt Of the Providence and Worcester Rail-
road Company and two others, came down with
q crash. Report climates his liabilities ut
three millions. Before he commenced operat-
ing in railroads he was worth four or five hun
drcd thousand dollars and was just as we'll of.
been rich No Schuy lcrsm has been attribut-
cd to him. however" A bulletin posted in
front of the Times Office Saturday, stated that
this Mr. Farnham was no other than Henry W,
Farnbam of the Chicago and Rock Island Rail-
road We hope the Times information may
prove untrue in this particular. While on this
subject. We will state the additional fact, that
int, 81 I
the tour OF Illinois, informs us that all the rail.
roads now building in that State arc more or
less depressed by the recent failures East. ca.
ccpt the Central, which is being pushed forward
rapidly to completion.
BrRGIARY.-The store Of Mr.. \. l.. Larpcn-
teur was broken into on Saturday night, and
property to the amount OF about $500 abstract
ed. The property was mostly comprised of
guns, pistols. knives and different articles Of
hardware, partly the property of Mr.. Peter
Hopkins and Mr.. George Spencer, clerk Of
Mr.. Larpenteur's. Ten dollars in money. be-
longing to Mr.. Spencer was also taken, and a
few articles Of clothing. The entrance was ef.
fcctcd by prying open the back door with a
FAnrRE.-John Tucker. President ofthe Rail-
road. has failed. He was largely interested in
the Mary land Iron Works Company. which has
also failed. The liabilities of Mr.. Tucker ara
to be about million and half Ca.
lena .4dperfiser.
What Railroad? and who is John Tucker.
Any kin to Old DAM" If SO, why didn't he
" get out of the way" when he saw the Schuy.
Ter storm brewing.
DEATH OF s. LIsIE SMITHS. Lsle Smith. ESQ.
one OF the oldest and most prominent citizens
OF this city. died yesterday forenoon at his res
idence on Michigan Avenue. after sew eral days
Tribune, July 3lst.
"h1 Of the Northwest has not heard of this
gifted man. and his warm hearted, generous