The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-04-22

the circular of this daily journal, which will be
seen in another column. The Times has q large |
circulation, and deserved reputation for the |
industry and the talent with which it is con- |
Quoted. But, at this time it behoOyes our men
of business to look to the North The time
was when we controlled most of this trade. The
construction of railroads may materially inter
fere with us unless we keep up that communi-
cation 80 necessary to understanding where the
best market is. AS all advertising medium we
commend the Timss.-St. Louis Rcp,ib.
| The advice Of the Republican to the business
men of st. Louis is good. But when it says the
Times, of st. Paul, has @ large circulation,
and deserved reputation for the industry and
talent with which it is conducted, +" it is little
ahead Of the times we live in, as we'll as the
Times newspaper. We have no doubt that the
gentlemen connected with the proposed Times
have the ability to make just such paper as
the Republican gives them credit for; but it
would have been perhaps as we'll for our st.
Louis friends to have waited for the first num-
Der to appear. We have no feeling on this sub
Iject, except to see every newspaper which is
started in Minnesota live and do we'll but the
Republicans notice is calculated (althOugh no
doubt unintentionaD to mislead the ST. Louis
customers of other and old established papers in
st. Paul-an act which we feel assured the
Times people themselves have no desire to be
party to.
7 Political NICK-NAMEs.-It is pretty hard
work. says the Galena Advertiser, to keep
track Of all the new political parties which are
constantly springing up. The latest one is the
Tddpoles of a recent meeting of which the n
Y. Tribune, gives the following notice:
"A call was issued a dag or two since for a
+ meeting last night of the Tadpoles, alias Young
Mems Democratic General Committee. at Tam
many Hail. The coal-hole was lighted up, and
few Pollywogs dropped in, but not enough to
form a quorum : Cutting cold water on Ne
braska had chilled them; whcreupon, after
waiting an hour, the biggest frog in the puddle
croakcd an informal adjournment aud the Tad
poles sloped.'
With all due Difference to the statement of
the Advertiser, that there is something new in
the appelation of "Tadpoles," as political
cognomen, We will relate the fact, that many
years ago, one of the public markets in the city
of Cincinnati, situated near the Miami Cannl,
received from the school-boys of those days (of
which we were one,) the poetical name of
"Tadpole Market In due time, the 'b'hoys'
who attended this market in the capacity of
butchers, vegetable veuders, wood haulcrs,
hucksters, &C., and ran vivid der macheens''
located adjacent thereto, were dignifed with
the title of Tadpoles." The Tadpoles were
mostly attaches of the Democratic party, and
were wont to control political affairs at all the
Democratic meetings of their ward, whenever
they turned out en- masse Presently the ward
began to be called the "Tadpole Ward" and,
for short, the Tadpoles themselves took the
cognomen of Idds. Then after while, when
they became more numerous and were in the
habit ofcarrying out their measures with an in
vincible energy and determination that would
brook no opposition, they were hailed as " Rag
ing Tads." Hon. Geo. E. Pugh, recently elect
ed L. S. Senator from Ohio was, at the time,
just stepping upon the political stage. His IA
theirs residence was in the ward of the Rag
ing Tads.' Georges commanding intellect,
powerful eloquence, ardent temperament, and
fine social qualities, at once gave him com
mand over the influence and votes of the Tads,
that deposed all opposition among his compet-
daily companion and associate, he was their
chief and leader. They raised a company for
the Mexican war, and made him captain. When
he returned, their influence nominated him and
put him in the Legislature. Now he is in the
highest Legislative body in the world, and I'M
doubtedly one ofthe biggest frogs in the Ohio
Democratic puddle, having long since wigglcd
off his pollywogish appcndage. Thus, the
New York Tadpoles must stand back so far as
claiming any originality to that dgniiied title
T is concerned.
MAH. RoBBERY.-We copy the following from
the Galena Advertiser of one day last week.
Perhaps some mail matter destined for Mime
: sofa suffered by this robbery. Two or three
persons were subsequently, arrested on suspi-
cion of being the criminals:
Last Monday night the mail coming from the
East, was robbed when this side of Warren, of a
large number Of letters, which were rifed Of
their contents, and the fragments scattered
along the road for several miles. The dscove-
ry of these fragments attracted the attention of
) some teamsters on Tuesday morning who ga
thered up portions of them and took them to
the postmaster at Warren he sent out men i'm
mediately, and the matter was investigated as
far as it could be in that direction. The rag
ments were gathered up, and portions OF them
sent, with the information, to the Postmaster
here. by placing them together, the destina-
ton OF a number of the letters were ascertain
ed-they were directed to this and the towns
west and northwest usually supplied from the
east Of Warren. through this office Mr.. GRAY,
our Postmaster, and Mr.. Moore the stage agent,
immediately set out about ferreting out the per-
petrators. The stage driver was promptly ar
rested. lie had been but short time in the
employment Of the Company, and had that
morning asked to be discharged. He says there
were in the coach that night six passengers
four Germans and two shabbily dressed Ameri-
cans, and that they all came through to this
city, where he left them. He says one of them
several times got out of the coach and rode on
the box with himself Two men answering to
the description Of the Americans, after the ar
rival of the stage. sought and obtained lodgings
at the City Hotel. The bag containing that