The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-05-20
9y- A mistake as to the time of the &c

cident to the DR.. Franklin occurred in our Sat
urday's paper. 1t occurred on Tuesday night
instead of Wednesday. We also neglected to
mention that she had on board quantity of
wheat in sacks, taken at Clayton, which it was
thought would be saved in a damaged state !;
and that the Galena returned to Dubuque with
the crew and passengers of the Franklin. A
passenger by the Galena has stated to several
persons that one man on board the Franklin was
certainly drowned, as he saw him go under
! This must be mistake. lie may have gone
under once but we presume he was the individ-
ual hauled to- by boat hook in the hands
! of one of the crew Of the Galena.
RI The Nominee left Galcna on Friday
morning, with 257 passengers in the cabin, and
a corresponding number on deck! We have
the latest dates of Galcna papers through the
attentions of Mr. Mclvill, the clerk.
! Quick TEIr.-Mr. II. +. Slaughter LEFT his new
home on st. Louis river, near Lake Superior,
on Monday last, and arrived in st. Paul on Fri
day afternoon, having laid by one day on the
road This is undoubtedly the quickest trip
ever made and shows that the new crop of pio-
nccrs are equal If not superior, to the old. M.
S. brings no news of Importance. The ice was
out of the lake. but no boat had arrived from
below New and valuable discoveries in the min
cral range have taken place, and the miners are
still sanguine that the region about the head of
the lake was equal if not superior in mineral
resources to the country farther east. We would
much rather have the opinion of practical and
indcfatigable miners, such as these, than to de-
pend upon all the hurried surveys yet made by
fcicntifc gcolosists Mr. Slaughter met Mr.. r.
/ They were getting along we'll. Provisions were
getting quite scarce, but the first boat would
remove this difficulty.
icy The steamer Henrietta made her first
appearance this season at our landings on Sat
urday. She contcmplatcs running through
from St. Louis during the season, if sufficient
business offer.
~ Mr.. X. NJ. Spencer who has been below
looking after y light draught boat for the Min
mon, a little sidc-whccl steamer, drawing very
little water, will be up in short time to take
her place between St.Paul and the ports on the
Minnesota.
~ Pattison & Benson received last week a
portion of their annual addition to their livery
and stagecoach stock, consisting Of some dozen
or twenty of the best bloods in the country, and
several new carriages and buggies of the SUI
keeping on hand for their customers. Mr. Pat
tison will be up in a few days with the rear
guard of the imposing caravan.
1Is- The Black Hawk having entered her
old haunts. the Minnesota river trade, passcn-
gers and shippers can rely upon her being pune
tual in conveying their persons and goods as
far up that stream as she can go upon present
water. fla rise should take place, she intends
to be the first boat of the season at Fort Ridylrv
NEW GOLD CoIN.-Wc learn from The New
York Tribune of the 4th, that the first issue of
the new thrcc-dollar gold pieces were to be
made OH the 9th. when 5000 of them would be
sent to Washington. They are beautifully cx-
ccutcd. The front has an Indian head with
feathcrcd crown, and the LIMITED States of
America around it, the reverse has the words
Three Dolars-ls54" cnc:rclcd in a wreath of
wheat, corn oak leaves and acorns.
10 Mr.. Marks, of Benton County, who was
in town last week, informs us that more stran-
gers have Already visited the country above
the Falls ofSt. Anthony this season than dur
ing the four years previous. Many are locating
lands and settling There is plenty Of good
land yet left up that way, and no better or more
profitable region can be found in Minnesota for
farming purposes than the valley Of tho Missis-
sippi above the Falls.
LATE FROM THE WEST INpiEs.-IMroRrANr
NEws.-Our fcllowcitizcn, Mr.. ". G.. Fonseca,
has received letters from his friends residing in
the British and Danish West Indies. of very
late date. lie has kindly furnished us with the
following important items of information
The cholera broke out in very severe form
in the islands ofTortola and St. Thomas, during
through the entire month Of April No less
than 1000 souls were swept away by it. The
quarantine restrictions were scrup alously OBJ
served. All letters and packages were cut and
smoked on board the packets before they were
allowed on shore. The island of St. Croix cs-
capped the scourge, no doubt in consequence of
the precautions used by the Government.
The blacks On the island of Tortola are in q
state of instruction. The chief part of the
white inhabitants have fed. The mother couu-
try (Enyland) has withdrawn the troops, and
i'll consequence of that the taircst portions of
the island are destroyed by fire and ruthless
ness. 1t is feared that the English Government
intend giving UP the island 10 the blacks, with
out noticing the claims of the whites.
INDEPENDENT JorRNAIS.--Thcrc is no such
thing as getting q word ont of either of tho