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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-12-09
From the Buffalo Democracy, lAth.
Great Gale Mt Buffalo.

Yesterday was one of the days that have
given Buffalo its bad eminence as windy
town. All through the long night the tempest
would rage. while the Gathering OF signs and
the slaming of shutters, and the crash of bro-
ken windows made the mournful accOmpan
mcnt.
In the lower part of the town there we're sor
rows and suffering in plenty. The water had
spread over the flats" and families were driv-
en- from the shelter Of their tenemants TO seek
charity among strangers. In many places the
houses were uprooted from their fou ndations
and drifted oil upon the boiling food. DOmcs-
tic lnimals out buildings. fences, furniture.
lumber. piles OF wood set atloat and went with
the current wherever chance and the gale de-
termined. The cellars and lower floors Of more
substantial buildings, within reach of the dew
astation were submerged. and property Was
destroyed to a ruinOus extent.
1t was pittul sight TO see the members of
these poor families who had suddenly been
visited by the flood. standing in their night
clothes, or with such scan:y raiment as they
had been able to seize at the moment OF alarm.
running hithrr and thither among the wreck.
endeav"rng to save their little store from de-
struct:on aud loss. while the cruel wind flap
ped their covering to siredS and the cold Wa.
ter stiffencd their limbs.
Now and again weeping child might be
sctH, gathering aDOut LHe Douy Oh some urOWH-
ed friend just cXtrcated from a cellar Or base
ment.whtrc death had intruded SO suddenly As
to leave no chance OF escape or a group Of
curiOns spectators. watching the effort of of a
charitable few, who vainly attempted to re-
store to life an unknown. naIncless one. who
bad met his fate in IL barn or under stack or
pile of lumber ha in" crcpt there in drunken
moment and gone To sleep forever.
The vessels at tn. docks had parted their
moor;ngs. and getting foul of each other. had
stove their bulwarks. torn away their rigging.
and shattered their spars. ShrcdS of CANVASS
bits OF bunting. the trayed ends of rope were
tluttcring in the storm. and were swinging like
pendulums, threatening with death any one
who approached to secure them.
An occasional schooner. with but a mere
stitch of canvass set. with her topmast and
jib-hOOm splintered, her bulwarks gone. and
her hull and >hrOuds encased in ice. would
make the larbOr. while others less Fortunate
lay stranded on the beach. above and below
the mouth. Crowds of men with spy glasses
swept the flaming surface Of the Lake. and re-
ported vessels under Point Abino. riding ont
the Storm and others sending for dear lie far
thcr away upon the cXpanSe vi tuubiny an Try
waters.
In the streets signboarls and tin roofs rolled
and crulnh!rd like paper conductor pipes.
branches OF trees. parts of chmncys. shingles
and lumber. impc'lod wayfarcrS. and gave evil
dcncc OF the destruction the tempest had
wrought. business was suspended none
thought Of buying or selling; merchants sat
over their STOKES and cracked nuts or Whitfield
while the ladies kept at home, and felt as blue
as they had mind
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From the Minnesota Republican, NOV. 90.
St. Anthony Hens.

SUSPENSION BRIDGE.-Thc wood work is 60
ing ahead with surprising rap;dity. BY Satur-
day. it is thought. the bridge viii! be ready for
out-paSseugcr> and Mr.. Griffith. the cngnccr.
requests us to say that the members the Ms
s!s>:ppi Bridge Company. the workmen who
have been employed on the structure aid the
=" gentlemen Of the press" with their ladies are
invited to take the first walk across the first
bridge which ever spanned the Father of Va
tiers.
FATAL ACcTDENT.-A young man by the name
OF Porter Peck. in the employ of Mr.. Foster.
WAS KILLED in the 'incry last week Ivy the fall
lag of Il tree. Several men who were near
shouted to alarm him of his danger: but be
stood. apparently paralyzc with his eyes iixr,.
upon the descending tree until it struck. ans:
he tell cneath the blow. He survived about
three hours. The dcccas d was about - wears
old was formerly from Illinois. and had IA bro
Their with him in the woods His remains were
brought to Elk River for burial
Judge Shrrhurnc has accepted an invitation
TO address the Beat" County Ayr. cultural So.
cicty at IFS annual meeting. which is to be hci,,
at Sank Rapids. during the December FERN
Court. The Soc;ety's meeting VIII lie ON the
evening Vi the Eth.
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MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1854
The Railroad C0se.

The Pioneer was out on Saturday with long
and labored personal attack upon the moral
character and legal reputation of the L. S. law
officers in Minnesota who have the manage
ment Of the suit now pending before our Su-
preme Court, wherein the United States is
plaintiff and the NJ. and N. W. r. z. Co. defend
ant. The matter being personal between the
editor and those whom he attacks We do not
feel called upon. to-day at least, to enter into
the controversy, and may not at all. But, as
has been usual with the Pioneer during this
entire Railroad controversy, which has unfor
tunately distracted the people of Minnesota, it
makes on this occasion false statement Of fact,
and then goes on to reason at length upon
the erroneous basis thus set up without any
foundation in truth. In attempting to give
correct abstract of the proceedings of the Con-
pany. and the requirements of the charter I'M
der which the corporation is act:ng,tae Pioneer
says:
Immediately on its passage 1.-THE act of Con-
resS OF June -, granting lands ,&c., under these
circumstances, the Company VIII ch is made de-
PENDANT in this salt. organized in New York
city in an illegal manner--its charter requiring
a notice OF such intention to be given thirty
days prior thereto. and one day IS notice only
having been given.'
We can scarcely imagine how a public jour
nalist, who processes to understand the points
of a legal question he is attempting to discuss,
can so far fall into error as to thus inadvcrt
emily belle the provisions of the statute which
is the immediate groundwork of his argument
There is not in the charter the least scmblancc
of Il provision that can be construed into any
such requirement IN tn Company's part as is
here claimed by the ] 10 ,eer.
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Good News About the Mails,

Rather unexpectedly, a very large mail came
in from Dubuque on Friday evening, bringing
up all the back dates which have SO long been
missing. By this mail Mr. Postmaster Cork
cry $ clerks write from Dubuque to our Post
master as follows:
"DUEUQUE. Nov %.
This is the fourth time we have sent YOU
mails this week, and three Of them contained
letter mails. 1t is now only Thursday. We
will not have the boats b.arne for the next
five months, and you will see how we will do.
We will send you two mails more this week
yet. Give us Il fair shake
This looks as though the prospect for daily
mail was rather lattcring for the winter. Our
Dubuque friends may rest assured the DISPOSE
ton in St. Paul is not only to give them a
fair shake, but to afford them all the aid and
assistance within our power
From TIE same source. and under the same
date. we have tie following explanation OF the
reason why the Gaena did not bring up a mai.
on her last strip:
"Unr PUStmasters fathcr-in. law was dead
at our Postmis.ers house. and we were at the
funeral the time when the Galcna called on
her last trip up
The note goes on to state. that the clerks us
ed their utmost endeavors, when they saw the
boat. to get the mails on board. but she would
not wait five minutes. although the mail was in
the bags and had only to be licked"
We have every reason to believe that Judge
Corkrcy and his assistants are doing ever, :
thing in their power to facilitate the trans t
and regular arrival of our mails and We only
hope they will succeed to the extent Of their
wishes and energies.
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his vote, and showed him aside. All sorts of
odd customers came up to deposit their ballots
but it is a remarkable fact that ii they wanted
to vote for Boggs. Scroggs or Nogss, or in
TACT any one but Hogs, they were sure to be
crowded. showed and hustled, and generally
eft the room with bloody noses, and their bal
lots still in their hands. Fun grew fast and
furious-wbiskey man ahead. but wanted tre-
mendous majority :; the pauper forces of Ran
dali's Island visiting the city for that occasion
only, came up and voted. Almost time to
close the polls. but the inspector kept the box
open twenty minutes after SHUTDOWN to receive
the votes of sixteen promiscuOus rascals, who
had been habeas corpused from the Tombs,
particularly for this occasion only, and who
voted every man for Hogs.
Polls closed intense excitement boniircs
built squibs, rocket. guns and Chinese crack
Sers liquor scarce. the candidates having cut
off the supply as soon as the voting was over /;
crowd sat down in bar rooms and engine hon.
-es, and crowded about the secret rooms to
get dispatches abOHt twelve o clock they be-
IAN to come it was soon evident that \oggs
was beaten Boggs was distanccd. and Scrog rs
was nowhere it was Hogs everywhere
iIoggs in the street; Hogs in the tavern
Hogs at the bonfres Hogs forever !; no one
but Hogs: triumphant Hogs; victorious
lioggs; high-old Hogs, the peoples choice.
announced the utter ruin. and speedy annihi-
'ation of the country, under the destructive
rule of Hogs and it asserted that honor. hon
esty and truth la | left the ration. Patriotism
and deccncy had deserted, hand in hand. and
that the outraged goddess OF liberty had taken
Oft her night-cap. pinned up her petticoats. put
on a pair OF cowhide boots, aud bid an eternal
farewell to fallen. degenerate Columbia. On
the other hand, Hogs papers rcjoiccd over
the defeat of the allied armies. Babe Noggs.
Boggs and ScrOggs an atlectionatc adicu. and
consigned them to oblivion !: aud then rclO;c-
ed that they had chosen a ruler SO capable as
the glorious Hogs, the proud, far seeing. gen.
erous, liberal. independent Hogs. who guar
antics to the people their daily gin and night
. ly riots. Hogs. the Hogs
who stands up to the popular crced-unlmit-
cd whiskey-lIoggs. who remains true to his
alcoholic instinct--lioggs who battles for the
peoples rights--IloSgs who has nolIy
earned the title bestowed upon him by the lag
CT bier shops. whose liberty he has secured
and the whi>key morality he has vouchcd for
Hogs. defender Of the Faith, and leader u
/ the Faithful
Yours. onc-sidedly.
Q. X. Pmu,NDER DoEsTIcKs, p. B.
/ p. S. llurrah for Hogs.
| Q. X. p. d.. +. 3.
| +. S. Junie And unlimited whi>kcy.
Q. X. Z. D. r. B.
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GILLIN.
CLEVELAND. Nov. 90.


An investigation by the agent of the Treasu-
ry Department finds Russell. cx-Collcctor Of
this port. deiaultcr in SlOO 900 duti,s not ac-
counted for. Russell was injected for embcZ-
Element last spring. and recently deposited
with the l. S.Attorncy securities to the amount
$4,000.
BALTIMORE. Nov. %.
Vim. II. Martin. who has been the prize pal
distributing clerk in this city for 20 years past
has been detected in robbing the letters, pass
Ing through his hands. lie was detected through
the agency of decoy letters, and his house be-
ing searched the letter and money was found.
Ills salary was $1,000 per annum and his
house was furnished IN an extravagant manner,
and his style Of living had before excited sus-
piciOn. His dcpredations have probably been
going OH for several years past
Mr.. Soule has returned to Madrid via Paris.
Lord Palmers,on has quilted london for Pa
ris. on :: secret mission. Suspicious were rife
as to the object in view.
QUEBEC. Nov. FL.
This morning John Gleason was brought to
the bar of the House of Parliament for sending
a challenge TO Mr.. Cassault, a member of the
House. The cause of the offence were some
questions put by Mr.. Cassault to MIR. Gleason
before an election committee. Mr.. Gleason on
acknowledgment was discharged.
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"Thc Money PaMic.o

Under this caption we published in the Min
nrsotan of Nov. 6, in connection with some re.
marks Of our own, the following dispatch, and
enclosed copy of the paper containing it to
each of the Banks therein mentioned
BosrON. Oct. 20.
The Bank of IIallowell Maine :" The Ssh,
Builders Bank. Maine :" The "Brunswicn
Bank, Maine, are thrown out by the Suffolk
Bank.
Friday evenings mail Lrou ght us the fol
lowing note from Mr.. Rogers, the Cashier O
the Brunswick Bank. which We trust will sci
the matter RICH, in this community in refcrenc,
to the integrity and soundness Of that institu
ton.
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Hood on Duelling.

Tom Hood describes an intended duel, which
Is prevented by amicablc arrangement made
on the ground. The parties-Mr. Rrady
d Mr.. Clay-rivals for the affections OF Miss
ICY Bell, find it necessary to appeal to
ms
But first they found friend apiece,
This pl. a.ant thought to give
That when they b III were dead, they'll have
Two ''secOnds,' Yet to live!
TO measure out the groun,, not lons
Tie seconds next fnreborr.
And having taken one rash step,
They took dozen more.
They next proposed each pistol pan,
Against IT, d. ally strife;
By putting in the prime Of death,
Against the prime of life.
Now all was ready for the foes,
But when they took their stani,
Fear ma l.. them tremble so they found
They both were sss baking hands.O
Said Mr.. c., to Mr.. B.,
'.IIrre one If us must fell,
And Ike st. Panl's Cathedral now,
BE doomed to have ''Uall.'
! do confess did attach
Misconduct 10 .our uame!
III Withdraw the charge, Wilt
Your .ramrod,' do the same"
Said Mr.. i. 81 do agree -
But think y, IIouor's court ,--
II we be oil without a shot,
There will be strange reports
But look! the morning is bright,
Though clun'y il begun:
Why can't m above, As H
We had Scaled CUP the sun ~
So up into the harmless air
Their bullets they did send !
And may all other ducis have
An 'up,hop in the end.
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REMAINS OF SIR JoHN FHANKLIN's Party
Mr.. Jas Bissett arrived in St. Paul on Thurs
day from Lachinc, Canada, on his way to the
Selkirk Settlement lie has been despatched
TO make preparations in advance for DR.. Rae's
expedition, which is next summer to 60 out for
the purpose of conveying to England the NOR
tai remains of such of Sir John Franklin's par.
~ as can be collected in the Arctic regions
where they were discovered by the Doctor las,
summer.
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Rumorcd Change in the Cabinet.

NEW YORK. Nov. Fl.
The Herald this morning publishes. upon
what 1t states to be unqucstionahlc authority
adcspatch from Washington to the effect that
Il change will he made in the Cabinet and all
the foreign appointments shortly after the
meeting of Goa grcss-abont the middle of Jan
nary. Messrs. Campbell and Guthrie will 90
ont Mr.. Marcy will 90 to England Gushing
takes the department o! State. Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky. becomes Attorney Genera. and
Gen. DObbin has the Treasury department..
The official canvass Of this county progresses
very slowly. the Board being engaged this af
tcrnOon on the 9th Ward At this rate the
county will occupy % days.
In the L. S. Circuit Court a motion was to.
day made and urged. for new trial ofCaptain
Smith. recently convicted of piracy in being
engaged in the slave trade The decision OF
the Court was reserved.
New ORLEANS. Nov. 81
BY the steamer Black Warrior we are in re.
ceipt of Havana dates to the 10th,
Information has been received from m an
thentic .tu-:e to the effect that the inhabitants
of Cubaver generally in a state OF the widest
enthusiasm. and contemplate a general risn.
IN the course OF few days. Cnc of the daily
papers published a bold and energetic proc la
nation from the Cuba Club The other papcrs
are without any information, and generally
discredit the report.
Deaths from yellow fever one week was leo
The New YO2K AssEMBLY.-The footings Of
members elected are as follows:
wings 81
Temp. and Ind. ................. 5
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1928
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"ERUNswICK BANK. }
BRUNSWICK lME..l Nuy. IL lSl4

EDITORS MINNESoriAN The above so far
as it relates to this Bank. is false. Our bills
were nerer thrown out by the Suffolk. and il
they were, it would not be to our discredit
where we are known. Holders Of our bills may
rely on their safety. At the date of the abov,
dispatch we were able to redeem every doNa,
OF our circulation.
Yours truly,
JOHN ROGERS.
CASHIER
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ED- Mr.. Chas. Hinde, clerk of the Black
Hawk, brought up some late papers for us hui
they were detained at Prescott until they be-
came somewhat ancient The will is lust a,
good as the deed.
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10 Grea: Britain. according to the census
returns, contains 3.39l.27l husbands. and 8.
46l.524 wives. $50 900 men who have been hus.
bands-widowers; and 795.590 women who
have been wives-widOws. If we take only
persons of the age of twenty and upwards, the
bachelors amount to 1856; tho spinsters to
l,757,lo4.
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~ We don't see the Wood Ordinance en-
forced aboat town. The sooner it is put into
operation, the better for all concerned.
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GOVERNOR OF NEW YoRK-Thc New York
Times of the 18th. says, The official returns
from all the counties, except New York, have
been thoroughly sfted, and giving the oulsd,
figures to Seymour in the city. the State result
sa clear majority for Myron H. Clark, for Co
vernon of PCS votes" The number of votes
east is near 500, 900. and the closcness of tn.
run is almost unparalleled. and the cIots made
to defeat Clark and elect Seymour. were per-
haps never exceeded. The great point Of con
tention was Pro!,ibitory Liquor Law, which
Clark will approve. when again passed, and
which Seymour would have again vetoed All
the Wing State Ticket is elected, Raymond
plurality for Lieut.. Governor being about
80, 900.
10 The Minnesota papers suggest. (says
the Ohio Journal that all the Locoiocos in the
North should leave the States and settle in that
Territory. We are glad to find that there is
one place upon the habitable globe where the
Locofocos are wanted. Judging from the late
elections. they are not wanted in the Northern
States. so, bless 'em, let 'em 60"
ESo- Irish and Scotch laces to the value of q
million dollars arc annually sent to the United
States and sold as French.
CONSOLATION FOR DEMocRArs-The Detroit
Free Press is thoughtful print. Seeing that
the political sky at home looks dark and drea-
ry. i: points its readers to the ranbDws in the
West : and it covers over with a single dash
of it's brush all the sunshine which the Oppos;.
ton fancied they were enjoying in Pennsylva-
mia and elsewhere. Read what it says:
TERRITORIAL ELEcrIoNs.-Elections have re-
Gently been held in the Territories of Minneso-
ia. New Mexico, and Washington, in all Of
which the Democracy have been successful.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. Is.
The Union of this morning announces posi-
lively the withdrawal of instructions prohibit
ing Mr.. Soule's passage through France. and
presumes that the explanation Of the Emperor
will prove satisfactory.
The Mayors OF Washington and Georgetown
have Issued proclalnatous appointing Thurs
day next as day OF Thanksgiving
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5- Some thirty dollars were stolen from
the pockets of two or three gentlemen who were
stopping at the Central House and lodging in
aroom together, on Thursday night. The thief,
or the suspected thief, has been caught.
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Ts- A lawyer wrote " rascal in the hat OF
ed complaint in open court against the tres
passer, who. he said had not only taken his
hat, but had written his own name in it,
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KANSAS TERRrToRY.-GOv. Reeder has au-
will order the election of Delegate to Congress
from that Territory to take place on the 10th
Of November.
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10 The earnings Of the New York Central
Z silroad. for the month of October. were seas.
7GS 40. Increase over last year, correspond
ing month, Ss0,475 20.
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Congress meets next Monday. This is
a"rump session, and there will he little done
beyond the passage of the annual appropria.
tion DIS. The term of the members of the
House expires on the Sd of March. and they
VIII scarcely get over their Christmas and New
Years jollifcation before that date.
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TO Charles W Stewart. one of the dCo
keepers of the IIonse of Representatives al
Washington. committed .uic de on Monday Ia t
By taxing strychninc.
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.Gis- Two girls lately arrested at Manchcs
ter. n. H.. for horse stealing. have been found
guilty and sentenced to be Imprisoned in Il c
State Prison for four years.
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Mr.. Post-You appear to think that the
wings haze got a devil of a thrcsh z. but do
not seem to realize the democrats are just as
badly beaten.--Whig.
Yes we do; but had rather talk about your
defeat than Ours.--POst.
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WINTER CoMING.-Our friends in tho
Fart oil this State (says the Maine Farmer, Nov.
I'D are already enjoying their sleighiny par.
ties, and VII no doubt have a grand time
Thanksgiving. The Bangor Journal has the
following paragraph:
ave understand the mail from Patten cor,o
INTO Mattawamkeag on Thursday night on RIM.
ners. At the former place there were EIGHT
inches of snow, and at the latter four inches
We learn also that there was snow all the wav
from Corinth to Moosehead Lake, at which lat
Yer place it was one foot in depth"
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re- Mr.. Hastings Strickland, Of Bangor,
and Hon. E. W. Farley, NJ e. from the Lincoln
District, were seriously injured in Bangor, re-
Gently, by being thrown from chaise in which
they were riding Mr.. Strickland front teeth
were knocked in. his face badly cut, and brui-
ses were inflicted on various parts Of his bo-
DIV
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ES- 1t is stated that Santa Anna has given
orders for the construction Of two men o!-war
at New York
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Es0- Irish and Scotch laces to the value of a
million dollars are annually sent to the United
States and sold as French.
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10 a chaplain in State prison was ask
ed by pious friend how his parishoncrs were
All under convictions" was the reply
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TIE NEXT PRESIDENT.-Thc Cincinnati Ga
Ictte thinks the next President "will be found
west of the Allcghanics, amid the millions o.
American Freeman who live in the valley o!
the Mississippi