Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-06-27
TUESDAY, JUNE 81, 1854.
ST. PAUL-THE N. Y. TIMES.

Paul and its inhabitants, We find in the N. Y.
Times of the 18th, over the signature of W."-
Thank God that such fault-fnding specimen of
humanity does not reside in our community, for
if he did we might expect the place to be cursed
with worse curse than that which desolated
Egypt or Sodom. He was probably the man with
the opera-glass, to which the Galena Jeffersonan
made allusion in its article on the excursion, and
either did not see correctly or his vision was blur
red by the champagne of which he speaks, and
which probably filled his otherwise empty noodle.
But hear the genius of the quill-the " dcmnition
foin fellow" with striped pants, la monkey
Passing over the falsehood that the people of our
city are shut out from the rest of the world for
seven months in the year, and that they know
nothing of what is passing without their icy Cir
Gle, we come to that portion of his article which
exhibits so much extravaganza in the falsehood
line that it is really amusing to peruse it. We
copy it in pieces:-
l. At Galena, at Dubuque, at every place we
touched during this, our more than Argonautic
expedition, the people received us-but they fired
no cannon at st. PauPs. With garlands of ever
green, and Haunting of banners, they received us
but there We're no garlands or banners at St.
PauPs. With vehicles, free of charge, to take US
into the interior, they received giving us cham
payne, into the bargain--but at ST. PauPs there
was no champagne, which was slight fault.
Poor fellow! Only think,-his august pre-
sence was not hailed with &c firing of cannon and
faanting of banners" He, the special reporter
for the New York Times--the presiding genius on
the occasion--the man with the opera glass-sad
to tell, the good, common sense people Of ST. Paul
did not make fools of themselves by welcoming
him, as became conqueror, and what is still
worse, they did not furnish champagne for him
to guzzle down his miserable throat. 1t was not
the intention of our people to turn our city into
rum shop, for the benefit of special reporters for
the mammoth newspapers of New York City, Or
any other city. We have bubbling springs, with
God's pure, crystal water, from which they could
slacken their thirst without resort to those dens
of hell which line the streets of Gotham, and curse
mankind. But, let US consider the second griev-
ance put forth by the amiable writer in the Times.
2. The vehicles were charged at the following
rates: buggy, to carry two persons to the Falls
Of St. Anthony, eight miles distant, one hour and
a half, mean time $40; a stage, to convey eight
persons, same distance, same mean time, SD
Those charges were great sin, which will be
chronicled against these Minnesota cOrmorants
throughout the United States. Other charges
were in proportion.
Now as regards these charges, we have only to
say, that preparations had been made by the citi-
zeas to pay all the livery bills, bat the hurried
manner in which the guests came upon Us, proven
ted any sort of arrangement or system which had
been laid out by the committee. We are cosni-
zant of the fact that several persons took passage
for st. Anthony, for which they ofcrel to pay s.
a piece after we had informed them that the bills
would be settled by the citizens. SO excited
were some Of the guests, fearing that they should
not get back in time to take the boat, that they
disregarded every admonition, and voluntari-
ly offered whatever sums they felt disposed to
give, and, to their shame be it said, there were
some persons who took advantage of thcsa gentle
men and resolved their monty. We do no. uphold
our livery stable keepers in their eyhorbitant
charges, not by any means. Some Of them
doubtedy did charge outrageously, and for which
they will be remembered but does all this .,usi-
fly the reporter for the Times TO denominate the
the citizens of st. Paul, who bad done everything
in tn 2ir power, under the circumstances to make
th"m comfortable, selfish, SWIM Hers, Sc?
3. A chewing friend Of mine entered store.
chose paper Of tobacco--an ordinary paper, you
m ht have bought it for Two cents in New York
and they kept the twenty-five cants that he
threw down, assuring him that there was TO
change. a drinking friend, requiring some bran
dy. (o couneract the effects of the Mississippi
water,) having a half-Gollar in his pocket, place
it nnocl ntly on the bar counter, and beheld it
swallowed up by the till, Or money drawer, which
yielded back not so much rs half dime.
tho n,a, cf Quill vii oil
to b-licve Just as much Of this part Of his arti-
Gle as we please 1t is a privilege we shall take,
whether he does or not. As regards the tobacco,
We can only say, we cont believe word Of
''W.'s" scit;on, and as regards the brandy, it
will be observed he carefully conceals the fact
how much was got, but carries the idea that it
was only one drink, for which he was charged
fifty cents. From the whole tenor of his article
person would naturally suppose that he took
enough at one horn for fifty cents, without filling
his jug, and then finding fault because he was
charged one-haf the value of the article. Had
he been furnished plentifuly with tobacco and
rum, for the want of which he seems so much to
deplore,) the probability is that the Times would
have teomed with sickish, overwro ught notices of
our territory, instead of the mean, ungenerous
attacks upon our city and its inhabitants which
have recently disgraced the columns of that pa
per. He says ga drinking friend, requiring some
brandy" &c. We have only to add, that a man
is known by the company he keeps.
4. The Hudson river is nowhere beside the
Mississippi, and even the Long Island Yankees,
who, after the money-changers that the Saviour
whipped out of the Temple, are greediest after
lucre, must retire before the people of st. Paus,
or they will be assuredly beaten in the contest
st. Paus, Minnesota, stands alone, unrivalled, I'M
approached, as the greedicst place on all this
Western Continent.
The namby- PANTY gent, with his opera glass,
after having spent considerable time at the grog
shop, where he was obliged to pay for his liquor
instead of getting it gratutously, as he expected,
gets quite warm on the subject, Gas every other
man in the same condition generally does,) and
with one tremendous effort caps the climax by
placing st. Paul ''alone, unrivallcd, unap-
preached, as the greediest place on all this Yves
tern Continent Here he relapses into doze,
but recovering himself for short time he con-
tinues:
5. Conversing with hundred ersons of our par
ty, and overhearing the conversation of at least
two hundred more, found the same impression
had been conveyed by the treatment we received.
His nerves were SO severely shattered that he
took the trouble to converse with ''one hundred
persons" who were of the s'same impression" of
himself, and then he overheard just exactly "two
h,,-I L. L