Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-02-09

Ne Hutchinsons sang in. Dubuque q -
= ll " OF the first people 81 city u.
Iduied t$peti:ion of The Conc -x. ~
lt - rccollect seeing some tn " 1t
people Dubuque," year or r. Ne
-denfjk5t was the Governor, who 6Une'Soh b&drd
q steamboat with his suite, to welcome Ex.Presi-
dent Fillmore. He had an old hat and a brown
cotton umbrella. The former no kept on his head
the latter under his arm, his hands in bic pockets,
address the ex-President. until one of his suite,
That, succeeded IL Uniting to the Governor that it
would not be \ bad idea to uncover. Appear
anccs are nothing, and we dare say the Governor
was a,righk smiiSt ,osn, and rs COED at Heart as
! the best Of them, but to talk about efrst peO-
p!en in new Western town il n little funny.
! we copy, the above from the New Haven Jour
nal & Cou ;ier, the editor OF whichis doubtless 'sa
very smart man," 10
IS He attempts 70 be uitty in his reference to
the expression, ssthe first people of Dubuque"
and says to talk about the first people in q new
Western town is little more funny. g.. ....
Now we have only to say in reply, that If this
dOwn-eastern greenhOrn is n fair representative
Of the sfirst people, of New Haven, it would be
well for all of them to remain at home. Our on
ly wonder is how, after getting so far west, he
ever again found his way back to the land of
wooden numegs.
But we are dcvoting too much space to this
smart young men,' and We will dispose of him
by saying that although We do have Governors
in the WEST yet that the person he refers to,
was not one of them His gentlemanly notice of
the sWest' cons:rans Us to mention eircum-
stance which we have hitherto withheld from the
public. -
. Seine of our wicked boys who saw this ssroung
'sprg of yankee land: wandering around the
boat, and rs it seems, we'll appreciated his char.
| .al E,.-> sttln f.,,10 Of
expense, and introduced dorm east clock ped
Ter as our Governor; the bait took, and this ex-
'ceedngly witty young gentleman had a very
cheek by jowl conversation with him; expressed
himself highly delighted and took leave of him
soliciting tho honor of an occasional corrcspon-
dence.
SO much for this bright specimen of ''frst
society," of New IIaven.--Dubuque Tribune
Our contemporary does " the first society Of
New Haven" injusi*. The young popinjay
who is the author OF the above article, is the
offshoot Of an obscure aristocracy now known
only in the annals of history. This arstocra-
cy was Of mushroom growth, springing from
the barn-yard and growing upwards, and for
time created as much excitement as did Don
Quxote Tin his own. -ilnaginaton) when lie
lnistook windnills for chivalrous knights, and
as result, found himself sprawling upon the
ground, but still believing (using vulgar ex-
preston, tina. he was some pumpkins -
The genuine g first society Of New Haven"
who visited the West on the occasion of the
Rock Island Railroad Excursion, have never
said aught against it, but on the contrary have
spoken Of it in the very highest terms, not only
Of the magnificent country it embraces but of
the intelligence Of the People. Among this
I" first society" who visited Dubuque and Saint
Paul on the occasion alluded to, we will men
ton the names Of Prof. Siiman, of Yale Col
lege, Rev. DR.. Bacon, an eminen, Divine, Judge
Phelps, of Woodbury., James F. Babcock, Esq
editor of the New Haven Palladium, and G.
b. Lines. These gentlemen returned home
delighted, and from some of their pens we have
seen most glowing accounts of the West and
the People. Such we dcnoninate among {" the
frs, society of New Haven" lw stars and gar
ters, don't, neighhor, don't class tie editor OF
the New Haven Journal in the same category.
He is very 'suart clap there is no douL,
| alout tliat,-his former efforts show it; Lut
when you talk about placing him among g the
first society,"" Lab! that's iclous
We surnise that the present cause of his i'll.
humor, is the fact that the Clock pedler, whom
he took for Governor has not written to him ac-
cording TO promise, and falling Lack upon his
dignity (would-be-ari tocrats always affect dig
nifty if they possess no brains) lie now attempts
TO be witty, Tut like any other fool, 6 laughs at
his own folly" Let him alone and he will die
for want OF common sense!
re- While Mr.. Heard, late Scrgeant-at-
Arms Of the Council, was in Office, so far as we
know, he gave general satisfaction, and had
no, the unfortunate ARRAY occurred between
him and Mcleod, he would doubtless have
been continued in Office during the Session
We do not by any means consider Lin so
much to blame, as the Council has represented.
Had liquor been kept out Of the Council Cham
her, the affray. in all probability. would never
have occurred. BY whose order was the H.
quor carried into the Chambers We pause for
Il reply. .-.,....fls r,
W AR....Ndf SpeeCnPS are IN preparation
and some Of them are to be SHOT off in the U.
S. Senate as soon as practicable. Cass has fired
the first gun, Clayton will follow, and then
Seward. The speech Of the latter gentleman,
it is said, will occupy six columns in the Nation
al Era. II .., ..a-.s ..,,-r
FEnRy CnARTERs--We have. already al
luded to the large number of Ferry charter
bills now before the Legislature, and have Sc
riously questioned the proprcty Of granting the
same One fact should be borne in mind: The
granting Of these charters belongs legitimately
to the Commissioners of each County, and the
County so granting them should derive the re.
quisite revenue. When the Legislature grants
them, if we understand the matter, the County
derives no revenue. This is wrong and the
citizens Of every part Of the Territory should
look to it that the interests Of their respective
Counties are protected. The Legislature, We
take it, has nothing to do with the matter,
as the power is invested with the County
Commissioners; why then. burthen the House