The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-24

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tinually complaining of the non-reception of
their papers. We have conversed with the
Postmaster at st. Paul, the Postmaster at
Shakopee, and of other places, and they in
form us that our papers are sent regularly
from their respective Offices, and if there is
any blame, it must belong somewhere else
than with them. We feel sure that the de-
lay is with the Post-Office at Fort Smelling,
and we can only remark that it is a shame
that our papers are detained some two or
three weeks on the route, and all through
the negligence of a way-Postmaster. We
have recently seen letters which have been
detained in some of the offices between here
and LeSueur, for nearly six months The
people will no longer submit to this i'm
position, we don't care who is culpablc, and
for one we insist that our papers shall reach
their destination, at least two weeks after
their publication, If not sooner-IImes.
All the other mail matter going from St
Paul to any point in the Minnesota Valley
has suffered, and perhaps will continue to
suffer, by negligence at Fort Smelling in the
same manner that the packages from the
Times office have suffered. The difficulty is
that Mr.. Steele, the Postmaster at the Fort,
trusts to his clerk or clerks, and his clerk or
clerks don't appear to care red cent wheth-
err the people up the Minnesota get their mail
matter or not. Here is copy of short
letter received at st. Paul only during the
last week. Mark the date:
3e. "SIoUx AGENCY, Aug. I, 1855.
The Minnesota River has risen feet,
and still rising"
The letter rested at Fort Smelling after the
flood, as the Ark of old Father Noah rested
on Mount Arrarat.
& A few weeks ago, one of the daugh-
tiers of wealthy planter, of Telfair county,
Georgia, eloped with man of bad charac-
ter, during the temporary absence of her IA
cher, and the runaway couple were married
the same evening. Returning next day in a
buggy through the woods, the bridegroom
was shot and fatally wounded, by some per-
son in the bushes, and the bride appeared
before magistrate and made oath that she
believed that her father had shot her hus-
band, as he had frequently threatened to do
if she went with him. ,r
A couple of years ago the directors
of the railroad between Madison and Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, supposed that their bus
mess would amount to fifty thousand dollars
in year. Their agent at the Madison de-
pot recently stated that this year it would
fully amount to five hundred thousand dol
lars. rtiN .oGe els Ga'..,r |
FRoM UTAH.-The last advices from Utah
are by the way Of independence, and furnish
us with few items of later intelligence
Large numbers of Mormons were arriving.
and the crops were reported as pretty good
far better than we were led, by other ad-
vices, to believe. The health of the Saints
was excellent. The Indians were trouble
some, and all the traders in that vicinity
were repairing to Fort Laramie, there to
spend the winter in security. g3e ~ III II
Gen. Harvey had gone into winter quar-
ters on the White River Much snow had
allen in the mountains, and the ice on the
1ead waters of the Platte was nearly a foot
IN thickness. Gen. Summers reinforcement
lad been ordered back to Fort Leavenwortt
Further Indian troubles are apprehended;
,ut it is believed that there is sufficient force
n that vicinity to hold them in check.
The total force of the allies in the Crimea
t the date of the fall of Sebastopol, was,
xclusive of Turks, 100000. Some writers
make it less; but they do not take it into &C
cunt the heavy reinforcements in August
ince that time perhaps $4,000 recruits have
rived, and about the same number have
cen sent out on various expeditions. From
his We would infer that their present force {
xclusive of the Turks, is rather less than c
10000. ss,7sat ,