The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-15

The United States VI. Willis A. German.
We published the report Of the trial in
this case, had before City Justice SMoNDs,
on Saturday. 1sOur report.was impartial
giving all the facts in the case, and it will
be seen by it, that for unmitigated mean
ness this ease stands out without peer in
the annals of criminal practice. No one
who is unprecedented can read the report of
that trial without being convinced that the
whole affair was trumped up for political ef
fett@that MI. CoiLiNs is but the Sinstrrl-
ment in the hands of designing men for the
purpose of heaping indignity upon the head
Of the Executive and thereby bringing him
into disrcpute. 1t appears that in March
last the Governor hired COLLINS to offer at
auction quantity of Chippewa goods, per
order Of the Department goods were
offered, but did not sell, and for this SER
vice Mr.. Collins asked the modest sum of
800. AS faithful guardian of the pub
lie interests Gov. GoRMAN refused to allow
this exorbitant charge without authority
from the Department. Mr.. Collins called
upon him, time after time for his pay, but
the Governor uniformly replied that he was
willing to pay him reasonable sum for his
services, but could not and would not give
him the amount claimed Exasperated at
the humiliation Of their prospects to OBJ
tain fortunes out of the Railroad fraud,
there iseyery reason to believe that Collins
was pressed to commit an assault upon the
Governor, by as base and corrupt set of
knayes as ever went unwhipt of justice-by
men whose very coqhtenances give full indi-
cation of the assassin heart within them
Accordingly, on the afternoon of the 9th
inst, COLLINS, in company with Mr.. PAR-
KER from Lake Superior, went to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, as Collins boosted before
going, to give the Governor "a az ID
good thrashing;;" he showed a cowhide and
pistol to witnesses and made threats of
what were his intentions, through the streets.
He went to the Governors, and was kindly
received by that fupctionary. The Govern
or receiving him with such hospitality, he
found it necessary in ORDER to carry out his
design to break off the conversation in which
he was engaged and again bring up his so
called claim. The Governor told him his
shouse was not the place to transact business
Of the kind---that he was in his office every
8 day from GA. M. I, for him to call there, to
which COLLINS replied in the grossest and
most ungentlemanly manner; until the Gov
ernor was compelled to order him out of his
house. He refused to go, but continued to,
pour forth yolleys. Of, blackguardism upon.
the Governor in the presence of portion
of his family ..Forbearanee ceasing to be
"a virtue,n the Governor knocked him down.
Fooled in his design, and Missed Oh by an
INSCRIPTIONS pack OF hounds who have been
-baying at the heels Of the Governor ever
since his advent among US; Collins, in the
name Of the United States, brought suit
! against the Governor on Friday last for an
assault and battery. First, making threats
q of an intended fagellation; then going to
d the domestic hearthof the Governor; there
insulting him IN thu, coarsest manner, until
hisinsolence compelled the Governor, in de-
E fence of himself and family TO- knock him
down, and then continuing his persecution
of. the Governor BY prosecuting him for do
ing that which any respectable man under
the circumstances would have done. ,n
is But the shaft has fallen harmless at the
feet Of Governor GosAAS every man of
q integrity in this community, be he friend or
fog sympathi1es with the Governor in this
::unholy crusade against him, .ands instead Of
this t Nm IN IA II t tbs estimation Of
the virtnous and the good,iit will raise him
and draw AtSu1d Him hosts of friends
heretofore estranged