The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-06-02

much Hamilton was worth when he landed Of
our shores? He of course, refers to Alexande
: Hamilton. Well, really, we can't answer that
Little Aleck probably had the usual quanti:,
of "toggery," pinafores, &C., incident to young
! sters of his age when he came home to the fam
: lily domicil of his parents in New York, in hi
t nurses arrns-he happening accidentally to b
born in-another part of the then British Domin
ions. But his nurse was dead before we wer,
in the world, and history saith not as to thu
number of ha'pennys he carried in his juvenile
pockets.
REV. E. D. NELL has returned from the Ses
sion of the General Assembly of the Presbyte
rian Church, recently held at St. Louis, and
requests us to state that services will hereafter
be held in the First Presbyterian Church at the
usual hours on Sabbaths and week day eve.
nings.
"SAM" RAMPANT IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGIsLA
TURE.--In the democratic" Legislature oil
California, where the Observation-Disclosures
ka party have most decided majority in both
branches, an act was recently passed to lay a
capitation tax of $50 on each Chinaman arri-
wing in the State. The Cinnamon are general
ly poor but among the most industrious, lnof
fensive and worthy class of foreigners that land
upon the shores of the United States. Now,
had the recent California Legislature been any
thing but Democratic" we might have ex-
pected food of tears from our neighbor of
the Democrat at this really illiberal enactment.
But we presume this Democratic" persecution
of foreigners on the Pacific coast is all right
Consistency, where are you?
THE HALF BREED LANDS AGA1N-We fell in
to slight error day or two since, in stating
that the Sioux Half Breed Tract on Lake Pepin
was guaranteed to its present owners by the
treaty of 1887. The stipulation is found in the
ninth article of the treaty Of Prairie du Chen,
concluded July 49, 1880. and is as follows:
'.Thc Sioux bands in Council having earnest
ly solicited that they might have permission to
bestow upon the half.breeds of their Nation,
the tract of land within the following limits
to witt Beginning at place called the barn.
below and near the village of the Red Wing
Chief, and running back fifteen miles; thence
III parallel lluc Will ljdEc cptIl anu Tile Mis-
sssippi. about thirty-twO miles to q point OPP
| posite Beef or o Boeuf River; thence fifteen
miles to the Grand Encampment opposite the
River aforesaid; The United States agree to
suffer said half breeds to occupy said tract of
country they holding by the same title. and
| in the same manner that other Indian Titles arc
held.'
The United States, under authority Of recent
acts of Congress, now propose to the Half
Breeds, upon their REIMBURSEMENT of title to
ant which will either secure a location upon
the Half Breed Tract, or upon any other lands
belonging to the Government, as the claimants
may choose.
STRAWBERRIES CoMrNG.-We announced few
days since that Strawberries were to be sent from
ST. Louis to this market. An article in the Re-
publican of yesterday, shows tat they are COM
ing.-ChicagO Press, May rs.
On the 18th the writer had the pleasure OF
eating mess of wild Strawberries gathered in
the vicinity of st. Paul! AS soon as We get a
Railroad through we expect to compete with
st. Louis in supplying Chicago and Milwaukee,
and the backward lake region generally, with
with early vegetables.
mD- A terrible whrlwind and hail storm &C.
Cured near Chicago a few days since, doing
much damage to houses and fences. One house
was lifted from its foundation and torn to pic
ces, killing three and seriously injurng eight
others of its inmates. Fences were torn up,
posts and all, and completely splintered every
thing in the shape of wood that came within
its reach. Hail-stones fell which measured nine
inches in circumference.
@- Capt. James Smith, who has been under
arrest in New York city for participation in the
slave trade, has plead guilty to the charge OF
acting voluntarily on board the SLAYER Julia
Moulton.
EB- The editor of the New Hampshire Pat.
riot. President Pierce's home organ, says that
the democratic party is DESTROYS of putting an
end to all undue influence of foreign born cit
liens in elections. Upon which the Louisville
Journal remarks:-" We guess the democratic
party, if they were to do it, would be very
very much in the predcament Of the fellow.
who, wishing 10 saw limb from a very high
tree, took his seat upon the limb while he per.
formed the operation. AS soon as had done
the saving said he, Il heard something
drap.'"
rs The London Leader speaks Of the En-
perOr Napoleon as "this tenant-at-will of a
throne on which no ruler has died during q
century,"
gD- Washington papers state that within the
last last two months five hundred men have en-
listed for new regiments. ..el~
w- The Ann Arbor (Mich.) Argus says the
Prohibitory Law is very generally obeyed in
that city.
PRo-SLAvERY DoDGE.-A portion of the Cot
ton Wings in New York. have put on foot 9
movement for the resuscitation OF the Wing
party proper, upon the Union saving basis
The temper of the New York people does moi
just now accord with this attempt to raise the
dead, and hence the movement Of the conf.
dence Oen who have undertaken it, is thus
damaged by the Times:
The whole thing seems to be a demonstra.
ton against fusion.-the union, that is. of all
men in all parties who are opposed to the Ne
l,rocE o fhn 1nf r.