The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-10


Mr.. Phelps, the Register Red Wing, in
forms us that the receipts at the Office during
October must have been in the neighborhood
of $4,000. This, however, is merely an
estimate.
THE REPUBLICANs-WHo ARE THEY g.
Chase, the Governor elect of Ohio, was the
only man of the eight on the Fusion ticket,
who is not an open and avowed advocate of
the Know Nothing principle. Tom Ford,
the Lieutenant Governor elect, on the Fu-
sion or Republican ticket, got even more
votes than Chase. At a recent Notification
at Ashland, Ohio, Ford said: 81 am Know
Nothing, and glory in the principles of the
Know Nothing party" And growing warm
and eloquent as he advanced, said: eff ne
cessity should call the Know Nothings to
arms, would 60 up to my knees in BLOOD
to aid them" The Minnesotian and other
Republican prints in this Territory, rejoice
over the election of Ford, and his Know
Nothing colleagues of the Republican State
Ticket-Pioneer and Democrat.
tom Ford" never said anything of the
kind Eat recent Notification at Ashland."-
But let us adopt the reasoning of the Pho
neer, and see where it will land the editors
thereof
The Pioneer rejoiced over the election of a
member of the Legislature in the St. Paul
District few weeks since who has publicly
boosted that he is "Native American
Whig;" therefore the Pioneer is Native
American Wing paper.
The Pioneer endorses the Pierce Admins
tration as purely "Democratic;" the said
Administration endorses Atchison of Missou-
ri, as a purely democratic" Statesman
Atchison being Know Nothing of the Hin
doc stripe: therefore the Pioneer is K. N.
paper of the IIindoo stripe.
EE The New York Commercial says
Col. Seaton, of the National Intelligencer,
who is on visit to England, is, according to
the following extract from London letter of
the 2lst ult, pleasantly and practically illus
trating the advantages of sound constitu-
ton:
"COl. Seaton, of Washington, is here, and
though over seventy, is running about Lon
don with zeal and activity of a young man
of twenty. He went to the country house
of Yankee nabob, near London lately, and
bagged dozen brace Of patridges in few
hours. A man must have stout legs, as we'll
as editorial experience, to SO through such
exercise at saventy-two."
"Nor BARREN AcRE"--The Chicago
Democratic Press boasts that there is not
barren acre of land in Illinois. With how
much more truth, though we doubt not what
the Press says. may it be said of Iowa. There
is not, probably, barren acre of land in this
State.-Dubuque Express.
What an absurdity "Not barren acre"
in either Illinois Or Iowa. Had any of the
Minnesota Editors proclaimed any alb
surd thing of this kind in regard to our flu
ture State, our neighbors of the Press and
Express would have laughed heartily at us
for the next year. And yet we could say
with as much truth that there is not bar
rem acre in Minnesota. Who does the gass-
ing?
A QUERY FOR HIsroR1cAL STUDENTS
In the black letter book we noticed few
days since, is list Of the Kings of England,
from Edward the Confessor to Henry the
Eighth. One entry begins as follows:
"Rycharde the second son of Edwarde
called the blacke prynce, some of Edwarde
the thirde, was borne havynge no skynne,
and therefore was kept up in goats skvnnes. .
We can find no similar statement in anv
historical work, but perhaps some one better
posted can inform us if the singular tradition
is mentioned northumberland Herald.
We doubt the fact in regard to Rich
ard. Had he been clothed in the skin and
appointments of goat, Henry of Bo!in-
broke would perhaps have found him a man
too stromg to overcome.
* Accounts from Northern Wisconsin
in the vicinity of Lake Winnebago and Fox
River, state that tremendous foundations
have taken place, caused by the late severe
storms. Thousands of tons of hay and large
quantities of grain have been swept of. II
IL 1t seems that mosquitoes flourish
even in high northern latitude. Some of
the officers OF the British sloop-of-war Tri-
comatee, recently at San Francisco, from
Port Clarence, in Behring's Straits. saw that
the mosquitoes were more numerous tbon ~
Central America They inhaled them NV
the mouthful, and could not walk out with.
out handkerchief or veil over their faces
SOME PUMPKINs.-The editor of the St
Joseph Cycle has sent us Pumpkin which
weighs, according to the label upon it. 40
pounds. 1t was one of ten growing upon
the same vine. This pumpkin was grown in
that neighborhood. Some days ago, we re-
ceived from our friend Harrington, at St.
Paul, specimen of Pumpkins grown in that
neighborhood. 1t weighs little less than
the st. Joseph production, but in everything
else was quite its eqnal.-&. Louis Rep.