The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-29
MONDAY MORNING, JULY "a, 1854.
Editorial Correspondence.

tour of recreation for the first time since the
Daily Minnesotian breathed its first breath, is a
pleasing sensation, our readers may be assured.
1t is true this run into the country does not
partake in full Of that forget-everything char
acter,-for when was an editor ever known to
be without business, either at home or abroad ?
but it comes about as near to it as anything
one who is wont to do his duty at the post edi-
torial may ever expect.
Wehad quiet run of five hours down to this
delightful and enterprising village yesterday,
on board the Galena. There were few passen-
gers. but the company were well pleased with
their accommodations, and we'll they might be.
The Galena under the charge of Capt. Blakely,
fully sustains the high reputation earned for
her while in command of the veteran More
house. No one who had previously known
Blakely on the DR.. Franklin and Nominee ex-
pected any other result in the change of COM
manders, and so none of us "old stagers'' on
this river are disappointed at being treated as
friends when we travel on the Galena.
Among the passengers down yesterday were
Mr.. W. II. G. Folsom, Mr.. Ellison, and some
others of our leading Upper st. Croix traders
and lumbermen, going below on business con-
nected with pine logs. From these gentlemen
we were pleased to learn that the St. Croix was
rapidly rising when they left Taylors Falls,
and that the logs will be very generally s.clear-
cd OUT of the upper streams this season.
There were also aboard several Eastern gentle
men of means and intelligence, who had been
upon visit to St. Paul and its surroundings.
They return highly delighted with all they
saw, and may hereafter be numbered among
the fast friends of the Territory. A conversa-
ton arose concerning the narrow view which
some of our presses take in opposing the intro
duction of Eastern and European capital into
our Territory for railroad purposes. 1t would
have been rather edifyng to one or two bro
ther editors l could name, had they heard the
views ofintelligent strangers, in reference to
the light which capital will regard this war
upon it by men, who-not very figuratively
speaking either-have not "a second shirt to
their backs" and who profess to speak for
Territory who has no shirt-or rather no neither
or outer garment save those which nature has
given her. The dOings of the "shinplaster
lords" about st. Paul was also severely COM
mentcd upon. In fact, I felt that the Minncso-
tian had been slightly to blame in not follow
ing up the work of demolition which it COM
menced some fourteen months ago upon the
st. Anthony Bank" and Central American
shinplastcrs. But it will be rccollected that
we then, and have since. warned the public
| against Atlanta and other such trash and if
they will not stay warned, it is not our fault
to cry aloud and spare not; and so we
would repeat the fact, that more base swindlc.
in contemplation. was ne:er gotten up in the
United States than this same Atlanta money"
1t will go sometime, and the day it goes woe be
to the pockets of the people, and woe to those
ofthc Northwest who have put it in circulation
We have some new items about this 'institu-
tion." which, ifw can get the facts fully to-
gcthcr, we may detail to our readers when we
reach home. Meantime. perhaps it would be
as we'll for our citizens, whether they wish to
purchase eastern Exchange or not, to take
the accommodating gentlemen of our city-who
make the Atlanta money feature in their
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regard to their receiving it as currency. While
we hear so much from the '.confederated press"
of st. Paul in regard to the "corruptions of
Wall street," it might perhaps be as well to
keep an "eye skinned down along toward the
lower end of Third street. All legitimate
banking operations, in our infant city, it is
we'll known the Minnesotian encourages; while,
on the other hand, it owes it to consistency and
reputation to denounce and repudiate all At
anta-bill schemes of ''fnancering." We hope
the next Grand Jury of Ramsey county will do
its duty under the act of last session to sup
press the circulation of unauthorized bank
paper.
An outrageous transaction occurred few
days since in this vicinity. A man named
Hally or Hawlcy has location near Diamond
Bluff, some six or seven miles above this on
the Wisconsin side. His ostcnsible occupa-
ton is single making - his real bus
mess is said to be selling whisky to the In
dams. The trading posts of old legitimate
traders and relations of the Sioux, located on
Cannon and Straight rivers tend much to the
annoyance of the settlers, to entice the Indians
from their new home back to their old haunts
in this vicinity. At the time alluded to above,
party of them had been at the house of Haw-
ley, where it is presumed they procured whis-
ky. The result was an alteration between
Hawley and drunken Indian, which ended in
an assault upon the Indian by which he suf.
fered badly broken leg and a severely frac-
tured skull. DR.. Sweeney informs me that he
cannot possibly live. The good people of Red
Wing have determined to attend to Mr.. Haw-
| ley's case.
There is no place in the Territory-not even
st. Paul that has. comparatively, improved
so greatly as Red Wing since was last here,
one year ago. The fact is, besides their eligi-
BILE location, they have the right kind of peo-
| pie here to drive the place ahead. They have
and still are, making large drafts upon ST.
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