The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-10-21


rived by the War Eagle, on his way to the Agen
cy at Crow Wing. The Major was one of the
Commissioners appointed 10 negotiate the re-
cent treaty at La Pointe, from whence he has
just returned by way of Saut Ste Marie and
Chicago. He is accompanied ty IIole-in- the
Day. head chief Of the Mississippi Chippewas
and Norganup, tie great orator Of the Lake
Bands.
G.s- Col. ID. A. Robertson and family arrived
10y the War Eagle from Lake Superior. A
providential change of mind at the Saut, made
hastily we understand. prevented them from
being on board the Collins at the time of the
terrible disaster at Maiden.
p.S- The War Eagle was relieved of her mails
and passengers at Pigs Eye yesterday, by the
Clarion. Capt. Gabbert, of the Clarion, has the
thanks of ST. Paul for this little favor in getting
the mails into our Post Office.
CONFERENCE.-THE loss of the Steamer Arc
tic of the coast of Newfoundland, occurred on
the 2'th ut. The wife and family of the pro-
prictOr of the line--E. X. Colins--were on
board and perished in the terrible disaster. On
the evening of the Sth inst, the Cleveland and
Saut Ste. Marie packet, f. r. Collins, left
Detroit, bound for Cleveland-her passengers
having first learned, while at Detroit of the
loss OF the Arctic. At Maiden that night she
was burned, and in the awful calamity a large
number on board were sent to join those in the
spirit land whose sad fate they had just been
lament:ng.
PLEASANT RuMOEs.-1he City was full OF ru-
mors yesterday brought by passengers on the
War Eagle, that Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana had made u "clean sweep against the
Administration. Among other things it was
asserted that Philadelphia had given sixteen
Thousand majority for Pollock, the Whig can
didate for Governor. We await "the papers,
by the next mail for confirmation of all this
We think, however. it is safe to say that the
Administration and its forces have gone down
IN Ohio with crash, and in all probability the
same is the result in the other two great States
named.
ACCIDENT on TIE r. l. K. R.-An accident of
a serious nature occurred on the Rock Island
Railroad, on the nj ght of the 18th instant When
near MOneka, the first station this side of Nor
ris, and at the height of speed it ran into a
drove of cattle, throwing the engine and three
cars Off the track, and invertins the former in
4 ditch by the roadside. Three of the cars are
badly smashed, one being torn nearly to pieces
No lives were lost; several were severely in
jured-some it is feared fatally.
| DEATH OF AN NJ. C.-IIon. Presley Ewing.
NJ. C., from Ky, died of cholera on the 9th ult.
at the Mammoth Cave.
Nor A LOVE LErTER.-The New Bedford Mer-
curry says that Gov. Seymour has received from
the ladies of Rochester an unpleasant epistle,
in which he is roundly taken to task for his We
on the Maine Law. This wholesale system of
"Caudleng" awakens frghtful apprehcnsions,
and we hardly think the Governor is at all
proud of his numerous fair correspondents.
"WHAT HAVE l Done THAT NINE ENEMY
SHOULD PRAISE ME- ?"-The st. Authonv Ex-
press says that St Paul covered herself with
glory at the election on Tuesday of last week I.
10 The loss of the rice crop on the Savan-
nah and Ogecchee rivers, by the late storm of
the 9Th inst, it is stated. will be fully three
| fourfhs; on the Altamaha about one third :;
and on the Satila nothing. On the rivers be-
tween Savannah and Charleston, the probable
loss may be estimated at about half
ES- There are now in the United States
thirty-two insane hospitals in active operation.
and nine Others in construction. Twenty eight
are State institutions ; and the number of the
insane is nearly twenty thousand.
THE GREAT MACHrNE.-Truly can it be said,
''we live in great age" 1t will appear al
most Incredible when we say to our readers
that there is a harvesting machine now at work
in the valley of San Jose, that will harvest
twenty acres per day. We saw it moving on
its pOnderous wheels, like the great car OF
Juggernaut and heads were bowing down be-
fore it as nnmcrOusly, and were crashed as ef-
tectually. also-for this machine not only har-
vests the grain, but threshes, cleans, winnows
and bags it, performing all this work at the
| same time.
A team of twenty horses takes this mighty
harvester steadily tbro the field, the knives
take off every head clean and carry them over
cloth drum into separator and fan m II and
from thence up hopper into the bags these
are filed. sewed up and rolled gently off into
the field. behind the machine.
At the close of the day s work, the harvester
looks and sees twenty acres of headless straw
while the decapitated grain lays over the field
in well filled bags, resembling hundreds of large
sheep.
| This is ono of the most wonderful inycntions
Of the age, and the sight of t is well worthy
visit to this great valley. The machine will
be at work for some time, and all who feel in
terested will never regret the trouble it costs
to witness it. 1t is at work upon the grain
fields of Mcssrs. Horner. Beard and others.
near the Mission Of San Jose.-Cahfornia Far
n,cr.
The Minneapolis Land Office opened on Mon
day for reception of declaratory statements and
filing papers. We understand that about one
hundred and fifty statements were received on