The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-04-01

question of order until order is restored in tho
hall.
Mr. WRIGuT-Thatis the point wish to take.
Speakcr-It is the rule of deliberative bodies
never to vote while q bill is under considera-
ton.
This alusion was to the general private con-
versatiOn in the ball.l
The Speaker, after awhile. resumed. Tho
Chair. he said, having exhausted its power, it
is for the House to determine what course to
pursue to restore order. 1t is impossible for
the Clerk to hear responses to gentemcn's
names during the roll call.
| Long paUse-order mcasurably resumed.
Roll called. and bill tabled. Yeas, l2O; nays,
&C.
| From the Rpon ZION du Lac Coz Herald, Feb. 90.
Wholesale Killing.
We just learn of death and destruction by
wholesale. on the Indian lands in the neighbor-
hood OF Big Prairie, between Berlin and Ste
VEINS Point. The facts as We are informed,
arc thcsc.-Last fall Mr. Frederick Cartwright,
formerly of Delaware county. New York, was
arrested for the murder of Mr.. Furman The
act of last fall was the result of law difficulties
between Cartwright and Furman: Cartwright
was committed to Jail at Oshkosh awaiting trial.
Under our laws of last winter abolshing cap
ital punishment. Cartwright was admitted to
ball. and was at home. Some ofhis neighbors
who had taken sides against him in his difficult
ties. deeming the law insufficient to meet their
views undertook to drive him from the country.
or as IS alleged to get him cut of the way, dead
or aiire-Two men, on Saturday last made
some assaults on Cartwrigbt's premises on
which Cartwright fired pistol Immediately
killing one Of the assaulting party. The re-
naming one drew from the premises the BODY
Of his dead comradc, and then made several at
tempts to fire the building. The wife of Cart
wright eXtinguished the flames several times.
and off hon npI frf IL;
until Cartwright put stop to the matter by f.
ring another pistol and fatally wounding the
remaining assailant.
During Sunday the ncgborhood was arous-
cd and attempts made to get hold of Cartwright
for the purpose of Lynching him. but by the aid
OF friends Cartwright succeeded in keeping them
of until Monday. when he was sciZcd by about
one hundred men and Sunlmariiy hung until
deal.
! Our informant could give none of the partic-
ulars of the last see n and we may be wrongly
informed on some points. but of the leading fea-
lures of the transaction there is no doubt
steamer Caroline Burned---4O to so Lives Lost.
LOUISVILLE. March Is.
The steamer Caroline, running to Memphis,
was burned on Saturday. at the mouth of White
river. The boat was DESTROYED and from 40 To
90 ives lost. HE flames spread so rapidly that
scarcely any one escaped. As soon as the heat
was discovered to be on fire. the pilot ran her
Oh bank, u persons seized the yawl and at
tempted 10 reach shore. but the beat sunk and
all persisted. Capt. Crnghton jumped over
board and was lost: JnO. Price. pilot persisted
at the wheel. The boat was burned to the wa
ter's edge. when she slid off and sunk: boat ard
cargo a total loss. Only few cabin passengers
were lost the remainder of the victims were
hands and deck passengers.
DIPLOMATIC Co>TtwE-The London Morning
hat
sent to the American Minister. unless he con-
sens to appear on State occasions in an en-
| brodercd coat 1t adds:
Courtesy requires TO be met with courtesy.
else it becomes servility. Yielding to arrogant
assumption is no part of courtesy at all The
american President in bidding the Envoys of
the United States to wear their ordinary dress
in assemblies where all present in honor of the
sovereign to whose Government these gentle
men are accredited, are expected and are per-
fectly willing to wear n dress of ceremony
docs virtually bid his Envoy to dis lay the re.
verse OF courtesy contempt both for the claims
OF that Sovereign to the distinction of his en-
aitcd station. ana also for the complasante of
the rest of the diplomatic corps. and for the
dutliui respect OF that Sovercign's subjects"
Very good special pleading. Now let MS an
ply 1t. John t. Champion, ESQ., is Envoy from
f.ngiand at Washington. In Washington. the
President and all official funetionarics and all
"eii "ieu cit!ZchS. wear on State occasions a
pia!h SUIT OF black clothes 1t is the dress of
ceremony there. Now we want to know what
right John +. Champion ESQ. has to annear
as ne does, in defiance of our usapes. in red
coat embroidered with gold lace, and q little
! pinchcd up cooked hat
10 use the forciblc language of the London
journal, does not the Queen "in bidding the
EhFoys OF England to wear their official dress
| IN assemblies where all present. in honor of the
Al
men are accredited, are expected and are ner-
iectiy Wiiiing to wear suit of plain black, viz
| 'uaily pa her Envoy to display the reverse of
courtesy contfmpf. both for the claims" &c.
IL Inc rule Is good for anything it must work
po'h ways II il is wrong for orr ministers +,
"'sst"t from me fashion at ST. James. then it
Is wrong for Meir ministers to dissent rror, The
fashion at the White House at WASHINGTON
ana II. on the other hand il is propcr for
'ltse iofe!gn gentlemen to wear their peculiar
coalA ara stars and carriers at our Court then
Is II not equally proper for our Representatives
10 wear such peculiar coats as they please at
foreign Courts?
Ierhaps il is too much to expect of the pre-
sen! cabinet OF Washington that it il will stand
os It's own very sensible and proDcr regulation
as 70 inc drcss oil American diplomatic reIre-
s"h'a'Iyrs. But we have right to cyncct that
ny VIII at ieast be consistent and if they con-
:'.uc 10 submit to European customs abroad.
IL, ~ 10 hot only their due but their duty to make
'uI opeaiis submit to our customs I'll Enmc
Our opinion is, that cards from the prir.,o
secretary at the White House. in exact imita-
Ion OF those sent Ivy the master OF ccrcmonic,
u, 10 Mr. buchanan on The opening of the Enclisb
ari'anient-that is Informing Mcssrs. Sartipen.
Irampton. Figanicrc. Gcrolt. IIulseman. Steen
ae Bile. Magallon. Tesla, Cramer. Scbleidcr.
,nar!",ceiii, Moss DC. respectively, that thew
Wos n; ~ expect to appear at the White
e, of a..
'he country viz: plain black-would soon
pun an end to European nonsense about orr
ministers not having the right TO wear whatey
- s uyesH our Government secs fit to prescribe.