Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-07
QUESTIONS coNcERNaso MINNESOTA.

river, and embracing large body of new lands
acquired by recent treaties with the Indians
also. the reservation of Fort Smelling and the
Falls of St. Anthony, heretofore advertised bu,
not offered for sale. From recent letters re.
ceivcd at the General Land Office, we learn
that this region is being rapidly settled by EN-
igrants from the States, who are anxious to ac-
quire titles to their new homes.
The following table exhibits the amount Of
land which will be offered for sale at the re-
spectivc land offices:
OFFICES. ACRES.
Brownsville, (threc sales,) 2,4Sl 1895
Winona, two sales l,o4O,9l2
Red Wing, 6S6, 000
Minneapolis, 1925
Sank Rapid, 257, 759
Saltwater, Isl ,371
Total amount, 5,2S6,674
2nd. How much and where is the land, in
market?
The information to which we have alluded
above, will inform you.
3rd. Can find land on the rivers with
| pine Oh it
Yes; on the bank of the Upper Mississippi,
distance from St. Paul one hundred to one
hundred and fifty miles. Also on the banks
of the St. CroX.
4th. Is there a Land Office at St. Paul?
| No--but there is one located at Red Wing,
one at Winona, one at Minneapolis, and one
at Brownsville The nearest one to St. Paul,
is at Minneapolis, 9 miles.
9Th. Which is the best business, farming
and numbering land?
The best business land we should say, was
in the city of St. Paul, and in the next larger
towns and cities in the Territory. 1t is hard
to tell where the best farming land is, as there
is difference of opinion on this subject. We
should give our preference TO the west side of
the Mississippi, although there is good agrl-
cultural district on the east side of the river in
the neighborhood of the Elk and the Sank
rivers settlements.
9th. Where would you recommend farm
cr with small means to locate?
BY all means in the neighborhood of Cannon
River, about so miles from St. Paul. For
agricultural purposes, we consider this among
the richest portions of Minnesota Territory.
9TH. To what profit can money be invested
either in buying land OF at interest
To good profit Money now commands 9
and per cent. interest per month, and Gov
crnmcnt land at 81 ,25 per acre, as soon as en-
tered, is worth 50 per acre.
We consider the above questions quite sensi-
bic, but the last part of the gentleman's letter
suits us. He says:
"Send me a number of your paper with the
information desired, and | will send you the
money for one years subscription
His request is complied with.
SLAvERY.-Mr. Passmorc Williamson of
Philadelphia, is now in prison by the order of
Judge Kane, for contempt of court at a late
slave trial in that place. There seems to be
something deeply mysterious, if not decidedly
wroning the course pursued by the Judge in the
case before us. The facts are these: A gentle
man arrived with three slave servants, in Il free
state. Mr.. Williamson quietly acquaints them
of the fact; tells them that they are no longer
slaves but free men in free country; tells
them to regard themselves no longer as mere
things, machines, but as human beings; advi-
SEES that they go forth and breathe the pure, I'M
tainted air of freedom designed by an all-wisc
and bcnifccnt creator, to be brca,hcd by every
living being. They acted upon the suggestion
for it was an honest onc-threw off the shackles
of slavery and went forth to join the masses.
They were soon missed and no traces of their
whereabouts could be ascertained and he who
claimed them as his chattlcs in that part of the
Union where man buys and sells man, lost con-
troll over them because they are by the slave
holders own act, according to the laws of his
country, free, but he is not satisfied. He is ex-
aspcrated--must rcek his vengeance on some
one. His servants are gone. Another man
must suffer in their stead Mr.. Williamson is
the man. He is summoned before the court
and there frankly afiirms his hands are clean );
that he knows nothing about the slaves; not
| cognizant of their whereabouts, yet he is COM
mitted to prison. Now we ask for what! Is he
guilty of crime! Has he broken the laws
of his country9 Has he done anything worthy
of punishment Every rational mind answers
no. But Judge Kane, like many other soulless
northern dough-iaccs who are ever willing to
meanly cringe to sell themselves to southern
influences, sa,iatcd his unnatural disappointed
revenge by ordering Mr.. Williamson to prison.
The Judge will learn, however if he has
not already learned, that in this act he has cast
black stain upon his character which he new
CT will live to see ohlitcrated. He has by his
own hand cut the cord that bound him to the
respect of his fellow men. He has sunk him.
self, gone down, and is doomed for ever to live
with this infamous outrage staring him boldly
in the face. But no, so with Mr. Williamson;
he will be hberated-placed beyond the con-
troll Of Judge Kane, and the difference in their
positions will BE- that Mr.. Williamson will en-
Joy the respect of honest men while the men,
DRY of Judge Kane will live only among the
black deeds pcrpctrated by northern traitors.
Is PRINTER Boy COMPETENT WITNESS ?-One
of ours was recently offered as a witness before
Justices Court. and being asked if he knew any
thing about g God, replied by asking, ''do you
spell the word with small or a Cap?' The
Justice was unable to comprehend it, nd fearing
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