Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-06-27

uttered with not the slightest regard to truth
Col. Mix, agent in the matter, came to St. Paul
and in our hearing, informed some of our promi
nent citizens that the Excursion party would posi-
tively be at st. Paul on Friday, the 9th of June
Preparations were made accordingly. Carriages
were hired, game of all kinds was procured, ant
everything was to be in readiness on the morn
ing of the 9th. Judge of the surprise of eur citi
zens when early on the morning of the 9th thu
boats made their appearance at our levee, and be-
fore we had time to even leave our respective av
ocations, the great crowd came swarming in up
on US. The first intimation we received of thu
approach of the boats, was the booming of thu
cannon on board of the War Eagle, and then ev.
cry thing was done that could be done under thu
circumstances to make the visit of our friend.
agreeable. Private and public carriages were
placed at their disposal, and bill was immedi.
ately issued, announcing reception Ball in the
evening at the Capitol, which was to take place
on the subsequent evening, and to which the
guests were particularly invited. The Commit.
tee Of arrangements were unremitting in their en-.
deavors to make matters pleasant, and every citi.
zen did what he could to entertain those who haG
come among US. These are the facts in the case
and none but libeller, such as the writer in the
Times, would thus dare to pervert truth to graft.
fy his morbid disposition. AS he proceeds he be.
comes uncommonly facetious, and winds up with
the conclusion that "avery man, woman and
child in St. Paul, is as good as three" To this
we do not demur, for if there is a woman or child
in our territory, who possesses a less magnani-
nous spirit than the writer in the Times, or is moi
worth three of Just such fellows as this scrbblcr
then we are willing to concede that all he has
said in defamation Of our city and our territory is
correct. ''Free tobacco and free brandy'' are the
burden of his song, and should he ever com;
among us again wehope he will be granted free
passage, not only through our territory, but de-
yond it, with sufficient quantity of sbrandY'' tc
float him to the shores Of oblivion.
I. The same system of extortion pcrvades eve
ry business proceeding. The land is fertile, but
very far behind the Illinois prairie land, which
you can buy-the best of it-for $40 per acre.
Within three miles of st. Paul's, inferior land is
valued at from $75 to $500 an acre. Close to the
city it is $3.50. The fact is, it is in the hands OF
vulture spectators.
Not content with slandering our city and its in
habitants, 'W." seeks to give false impressions
relative to land. For instance above he states
that land within three miles of St. Paul is worth
from $75 to 500 per acre, when in fact land
within that distance can be bought for from $50
to $50 per acre, and this land is not "inferior''
to many parts of Illinois.
Now comes terrible broadside against Mr..
Bonds book, which is so much in keeping with
the rest of the article that we consider it unwor-
thy notice. Then follows an onslaught ON the
Falls, raking fire on the inhabitants of our ter
ritory, and a Representation that Minnesota
will be something after all. Having worked of
the fumes of the brandy, for which he paid hall
a dollar, the writer appears to be slowly regann2
his senses and he thinks the entire scene about
the Falls
SIS fair enough quite pretty, indeed, and worth
a ride of eight miles at New York charges, but
not worth the charges of the livery stable keepers
Of ST. Paul's. Consider the Falls of St. Anthony
as at the head of Mississippi navi gatiOn, where
SIX years ago, the Indians had nearly undisputed
os8ession-beng 800 miles, by bee line, from
New York-and you can get romance enough
from the spot, and with sincerity congratulate
Yourself that YOU there to see it. But any
sort Of enthusiasm, hysterical Or otherwise, even
to my fervd tcmperam cnt, was out OF the 4ues-
ton"
How could it be 9th 3rwisc, VIII n the writer had
failed to get his bran ly, or having got it, drank
it all UP, and was left g high and dry" with none
to treat, and tobacco cxhorb;tantly high? How
could it be otherwise? Ii couldn't be expected
that he woald get up an enthusiasm under such
circumstance certainly not. lie was to be pit
led. poor follow. SO he con.eatcd himself with
quzz;ng tn, Falls through an opera gIass-the
pcr.oaifcat:on ''of foin fellow" the special re-
porter of the \. Y. Times.
Foo-foos are always posted up on matters OF
which they are ignorant (mark est. PauPs'') and
so our reporter with his tobacco brandy bottle and
opera glass, strikes out into the great ocean of
history, and attempts to enlighten his readers by
informing them who was the discoy ;rer of Niagara
and st. Anthony Falls. As we have already
shown that that portion Of his article we have re-
viewed Is devoid of truth, we hope the remainder
of it will be taken with great caution and ''with
few grains of allowance" Having become
somewhat sobered, we suppose by his ride to ST.
Anthony, he thinks that town quite decent little
place, from the fact that the charges there are on
ly half what they are in St. Paul.
Money seems to be the great god of his cxis-
tence, and because he was obliged to pay for q
little brandy and tobacco in our city like any 9TH
er person who uses these articles, therefore he
stands ready to discriminate on this ground be-
tween st. Paul and st. Anthony, sweepingly de-
nouncing the former, and praising the latter. Oh
most potent genius, let the shades Of Bacon cover
thee, for thou art too great to live among the BIZ
ped of this mundane sphere. &c Rise from transit
tory things towards heaven thy dwelling place."
But we must draw this article to close. The
same spirit pervad.s tn, remainder of the cores
pondence, his visit to Fort Snelling,-his return,
his account Of the reception, and his leaving,
all partake of mean, illiberal mind, not in keep
ing with the feelings of the responsible editor of
the paper into whose columns he has thrust the
dirty ebulitcns of his dirty pen. Brandy and
tobacco and " tobacco and brandy" jingle merri-
ly al the way through his communication, and
even at the closing of his article he forgets him
self in glass of brandy and cries -
sBrandy, ten cents drink in the stewards sa-
loon, and very bad at that"
We feel assured that the editor of the Times
would not permit such an article to 60 in his pa
per if he knew the true state Of the case. If he
does permit such articles, after having been in
formed on the subject, he will find that his paper
will obtain reputation for scurrility and black
guardism equal only to that of the Satanic Press.