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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-06
70 At the Railroad Banquet in Mon

E At the Railroad Banquet in Mon
treal, the Governor General of Canada
after responding to a sentiment compliment
tary to himself, in conclusion asked permis-
sion of the Chairman to propose the health
Of the Chief Magistrate of the United States.
SenatorWilson, Massachusetts, respond
ed to this toast as follows:
"Mr. Mayor and fellow citizens: thank
you in behalf of the citizens of the United
States, who have come to Join yon on this
great festival, for the sentiment you have
given for the Chief Magistrate of the United
States. tCheers.l l am sure, sir, speak
the sentiments of every American here to-
day, when say that we not only thank you
for proposing toast to the Chief Magistrate
of our country, but thank you for saying
that you trust that the people of the United
States and the people of British America will
always meet as friends. [Cheers.l Diff
culties, it is true, have arisen between Great
Britain and the United States. These diff
cnlties, Sir, between our Governments, We
all trust, are in process of settlement, and we
trust that peace, perpetual peace, may be
preserved between Great Britain and Ameri-
ca. [Great applause.] Let me say here to-
day-what know every son of New Eng
land, New York, and in an especial manner
the sons of the Mighty West, will sustain
me in saying-that we witness the develop
ment and the prosperity of tile British Colo
nies in North America, [cheers,l not only
without jealousy, but we witness it witt
pride and admiration. [Cheers.
| Go on, brethren, improve and develop all
the mighty resources of British America
Your prosperity is our prosperity. Zap.
plause. We are bound together by thou
s,nd associations of blood and of kindred
We are connected together by these mighty
impl orements, which we are met here to-day
to commemorate. We are bound together
by treaty of Reciprocity [great cheering
mutually beneficial to you and to US. We
are beginning to understand each other, to
be proud of each others prosperity and sue
cess, and may God grant that the sons o.
British America and the sons of the North
American Republic may never meet again
on the banks of the St. Lawrence, on river
on lake, or on land, in any other way thar
that in which we are all met to-day-to
grasp each others hands in friendship, and
to aid and encourage each other in the de-
velopment of the resources of the Nortl
American Continent. [Great applause.] Sir
the Gov. General has alluded to Lord Dur
hama Statesman in whose premature
grave were buried many of the high hopes
of the Reformers of England. He uttered 8
sentiment that every statesman, whether ir
the service of England or America, should
respond to, and that was this" that he
never saw Autumn pass over unrecognizeG
and unreformed, abuses, without profound
regret" [Cheers.] Gentlemen, give yo,
in conclusion this sentiment-Prosperity tt
the people of the Canadas, and success tt
their government. [Great applause.l
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MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 1, 1856.
New Towns and New Maps.

New Towns and New MAPS
Within the last week we have received
several new maps of towns, some OF the
towns being old, others new, and Others
partially new.
The first we come to in the lot, is McKen-
tvs Addition to Saltwater. This Addition
is beautifully situated on the margin OF Lake
st. Croix. a short distance below Hersey x
Staples saw mill. The fact that Henry Nc
Kenty has taken hold of an addition to Still
water, is sufficient evidence that the lots
situated thereon are worth investing in at
his prices.
Then we have a new map of all Saltwater
and its additions put together-eegantiy
gotten up, and showing the exact lay OF this
now extensive city. This map may be had
by application to r. F. Slaughter at his Of
fee.
Glencarie, new town, some thirty miles
north OF St. Paul on Coon Creek also hoists
its new photographic map. Gle"car1e is
about halfway between st. Paul and Cam
bridge, and has local merit sufficient tc
make it thriving village.
Chisago City, located near the centre O
Chisago County, comes next. The plo
shows it to be situated upon the neck o
land between Chisago and Green Lakes, two
large and beautiful bodies of water. Tht
location claims to take rank with those o
the best inland towns.
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A NEW EDIroR.-The last number of the
Owatonia Watchman and Register comes to
us with the name of II. NJ. Sheetz Esq, as
editor. We made the acquaintance of Mr..
Sheetz some years ago, when he was editor
of the Freeport Journal, in which capacity
he made himself known as one of the ablest
and most spirited editors of Northern Hi
nois. We welcome him to the fraternity
of Minnesota, and assert without fear Of con-
tradiction, that our friends of Steele county
could have found no firmer Republican or
abler editor anywhere to take charge of their
county journal.
Mr.. Sheetz in his Introductory says:
''In politics the Watchman & Register, will
continue to do battle with what ability it can
command, for freedom in the Territories and
a regard for the interests of freedom in the
administration of the Government, believing
that the extension of the crime of American
Slavery would be violation of the principle
upon which the Republic is based contrary
to the spirit in which It was founded, and
dangerous to the permanency of our institu-
tions."
That's the true doctrine, and we warrant
that the Watchman and Register will main
tain its position as long as Mr.. Sheetz is its
editor.
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+ MORAL CoURAGE.-Sidney Smith, in his
work on moral philosophy, speaks in this
wise, oil what men lose for want of a little
moral courage, or dependence of mind =
"A great deal of talent is lost in the world
for the want of a little courage. Every day
sends to the grave number of obscure
men, who have only remained in obscurity
because their timidity has prevented them
from making first effort; and who if they
could have been induced to begin, would, in
all probability, have gone lengths in the ca
reer of fame. The fact is, that to do any,
thing in this world worth doing, we must
not stand back shivering, and thinking of
the cold and the danger, but jump in and
scramble through as well as we can. 1t will
not do to be perpetually calculating tasks,
and adjusting nice chances; it will do very
we'll before the flood, where man could
consult his friends upon an intended public:-
ton for hundred and fifty years, and then
live to see its success afterward; but at pre-
sent, man waits and doubts and hesitates
and consults his brother, and his uncle, and
particular friends, till one fine day he finds
that he is sixty years of age that he has
lost so much time in consulting his first cou-
sin and particular friends, that he has no
more time to follow their advice"
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Correspondence of the Minnesotian.
From Mazeppa.
MAzEPPA, WABAsHAw Co., }
NJ. T. Nov. q. {


NJ. T. Nov. q.
MEssRs. EDITORS As it is becoming
quite common to bring new towns into no.
tice through the medium of the press, and
much too common to overrate their progress
and to anticipate projects and improvements
propose to give few facts in regard to
this place and the adjoining country for the
information of those persons who look for il
in the papers of the Territory.
Mazeppa is situated in beautiful valley
on the north branch Of the Zombro. g
miles south from Rel Wing and 20 miles
). W. from Lake City and Central Point. on
Lake Pepin. With fine water power, and
surrounded with timber, and the most beau
tiful and fertile prairies, our location, as a
manufacturing town cannot be surpassed in
this section of country.
We have already in operation first class
saw mill, with a run OF stones attached for
grinding corn and small grains, and -four
ing mill is about half completed to be in
operation early in the spring three stores,
Post Office, blacksmith's shop, cabinet shop,
livery stable and all the mechanical skill and
handicraft necessary to ensure the progress
OF new town are already here. As to our
hotel have only to recall to mind, to such
of your readers as last winter had the good
fortune to get entertainment at the Mazeppa
House, kept by Mr.. Ford, and to inform them
that in his new house he has increased his
facilities for making them comfortable.
Being on the most direct land route from
Dubuque to Red Wing, Hastings and St.
Paul, our advantages forcommunication with
the East and North are highly favorable, and
have attracted the attention of men seeking
good locations in this part Of the Territory
The country about us, already favorably
known and spoken of for it's fertility and
beau-y, has nearly all been taken up by
Eastern people. who have been accustomed
to live we'll" and to have things comforta-
bic about them, and who are carrying Oh
their Improvements with that idea constant
ly in sight already frame houses and well
fenced forty acre lots dot the prairie in every
direction where one year ago all was wilder.
ness; and the timber and bottom lands are
made to bud and blossom as the rose.
AS to the capacity of the climate to raise
ereryhing for the comfort and sustenance o.
life, would say to the sceptic on this point
come and see, and you will be convinced
that the soil, climate, and water are not tc
be surpassed in this Territory
| Yours, &C., H.
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LocUsT TREES ON Ra1LRoAps.-Tbe Tlli-
nois Central r ilroad Company have con-
'racted for the planting of locust trees on
each side of their roa J. for the distance of
enc hundred and twenty miles. After the
trees are once Set, with little care in keep
ing the weeds down and the earth mellow
around the roots for two or tdree years, they
will require no more labor and they will
then afford shade along the road and will
have tendency to cause the grass to grow,
which will in great degree prevent much
of the annoyance from dust, and at the end
IF twenty years the trees will afford timber
large enoug for ties for the use of the road.
This is most excellent plan, and should be
adopted on every road that runs through
land that will grow the locust. The labor
ers who repair the road can bestow the little
cultivation necessary which will cost but
trifle.
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Daily Mail.

There will be daily line of coaches be-
tween Dubuque and St. Paul this winter
The propretors of the line are just as willing
to carry a daily mail as they are to carry a
tri-weekly, provided they can be compensa-
ted for the labor.
Here is field for public operations in a
needful qnarter. We trust our Delegate will
amuse himself during his leisure hours at
Washington, about these days, in stirring
up the Department in regard to this matter.
We presume Mr.. Rice merely needs hint On
this subject
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belief from the following part of the article
nuotad which saws.

|
quoted, which says:
SIN Turkey Free Masons wear, as a dis
tinctive mark, small brown shawl, orna-
mented with different figures, and dodahe.
dron of white marble of about two inches
in diameter, highly polished, and having red
spots which signify spots of blood, and are
a remembrance of Ali, who introduced Free
Masonry into Turkey, and was punished with
death for so doing. They wear this badge
suspended around the neck by little white
cord"
Although no mention is made Of the ORR
gin of the Ali thus alluded to, it is not i'm
possible that he was Persian.
Some time since paid visit to the Sheik
Of the little convent situated on the hill call
ed "Shahidler," above the old castle of Eu-
rope. The convent is one of the not few re-
manning ones OF the prohibited sect of the
Bektashi Dervishes. On learning that was
Free Mas n he seemed disposed to frater-
nize with me and remarked that was like
those of the convent, or 'Tekkich" of ALI
Kotch of Belgrade. He invited me into his
convent, and afterward into the more pri-
vate apartn ent of his house, where he show
ed me several portraits of the more eminent
Sheiks of his Order. / did not then offer tn
fratcrnlze with him, but shall make him an
other visit in search of information. All
Mussulman DWvlshes arc free thinkers, and
those of the Bektashee sect are said to be
more so than any other. For this they We're
generally none the less thought of by the
public, though the stricter class of Mussul-
mans, such as the Ulelna, hold them in small
esteem. Dcrvishsm had its its real origin
under the Abbassiae Ca phs of Bagdad, du-
ring whose reign translations were made from
the old Greek philosophers-Plato. Aristotle
and others, and their principles are still the
guide of most of the Dervish orders. l ap-
prehend that If the old Sheik of the "Sha-
hidler" was disposed to recognize me as a
| fellow Dervish, it was on the ground that, in
his estimation, was a 'free thinker. 1t is
we'll known that this sect or order, of the
Bektashees have bnt little regard for the
great principles of Islamism, and put almost
no faith in Mohammeds inspiration. They
regard him as only man of superior intel
Iigence, filled with benevolent intentions to-
wards his fellow Arabs, who were idolaters,
and desirous of raising their thoughts up to
Allah, the Creator of all things. The sect
is prohibited on account of its connection
with the Janissaries and few converts now ex-
ist in Turk y. At Constantinople there are
but two-the one in question, and another
beyond the walls of the city, near the Toss
Kassu Gate.
1t is not believed that the Ottoman Gov
ernment will now in any way interfere with
the re-establshment Of Masonic Lodges in
Turkey, though l have heard that lodge
which once existedln Smyrna was closed and
contiscated by the Government during the
Greek Revolution. y.
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The HANDBOOK atthe hand! A little
organ, but how curiously wrought? How
manifold and necessary are its functions -
What an agent has it been for the wants and
designs of man? What would the mind be
without it? How has it moulded and made
palpable the conceptions Of that mind? It
wrought the statue of Memnon, and hung
the brazen gates of Thebes; it fixed the mar.
iner's trembling needle upon it's axis; it heay-
ed the bar of the first printing press; it ar
ranged the tubes of Galileo; 1t reefed the
topsails of Columbus; it held the sword with
which freedom fought her battles; poised the
axe of the dauntless woodman; opened the
path of civilization. 1t turned the mystic
leaves upon which Milton and Shakespeare in
scribed their burning thoughts, and it signed
the Charter of England's liberty. Who would
not render honor to the hand!
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SOLD HER NIGGERs.-Miss McDuf1ie, of
South Carolina, John Van Buren's bride
elect, has sold her niggers at an average
price of 500, preparing herself for com
panionship with Buchanan Free Soiler
She need not have done that, for John is SO
debauched in political and moral sentiment,
that, despite his old-time horror of slavery,
we believe he would just as soon raise Mig
gers for the market as pigs, and doubtless,
in view of the trade he might drive in this
line, we question if he does not feel that the
lady has compromised his expectant fortune
BY disposing of her human stock at so low q
figure.
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THE RELEASE OF TucKER.-We find, by
examination of the Statutes, that Gov. Cor
man had full power and authority to take the
step he did in releasing John Tucker from
prison. This, however, does not shield the
Council from the odium which attaches to its
vote of instruction to the Mayor of the city
to release the prisoner.
We cannot forego, at this present time and
under the circumstances, the conclusion we
long since arrived at, viz: that one or two
of the leading men of our present board of
Aldermen are bound before they die to occu-
py seats on the bench of the Supreme Court
of these United States. This is "manifest
destiny" which appears to have awaited
them at the hour of their birth, and they
are fast approaching the eliminating point
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A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta
thus foreshadows the Democratic plan for
the future:
ave have just passed, or soon will, through
terrible crisis. There was danger say what
you may. The South now wants security
for the future, and she must heve it. There
is now no cXcuse-we are in power. EX-
tension of slavery is the testing cruel lie.
Tie South demands an equality in the Fed
eral Senate; hence the first step is to admit
Kansas as Slave State, an Offset to Cali
fornia-this equilibrium never, hereafter, to
be disturbed for every Free State one Slave
State; the prime pies of the Nebraska bill,
so far as they toucl slavery or non-slavery,
never to be repealed"
There, Democrats of the Free North
that is what you were duped into voting for.
How do you like it? Are you content with
your work, or will you not repudiate the
slavery extension party forevermore, now
that it has thrown off its disguses and stands
squal ely upon its Infamous platform.
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A TREAsoNABLE PLoT.-A correspondent
of the New York Herald, writing fre m Rich
mond, Virginia, says that the latest expert
ment deliberated upon by Southern disuni-
onists is a coup deta for the control of Mr..
Buchanan's administra ion, or the defeat Of
his election. 1t is proposed to bring the
President elect up to the mark of Southern
nulliiiers, or to compass his defeat by giving
sufficient number of the Democratic elec-
toral votes of the South to throw the elec-
ton into the House. The conspirators do
not expect any satisfactory answer from Mr..
Buchanan-they do not desire it. Their OBJ
ject is disunion and the spoils of Southern
confederacy.
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ILLINoIs,-The following comes to us as
the official vote of Illinois:
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 19.
Buchanan los, ,344, Fremont 6,l80; Fill
more 67 ,451.
Richardson 1864 Bissell Ill ,372, Nor
riss, l9,26l.
Hamilton 100000, Wood 1lO,5s4, Bond
1862.
Snyder lo6,6lo, Hatch 1888, Young
1882
Casey lO6.24O, Dubois lO9,436, Barber
2O,s0O.
Moore 1O7 ,04S, Miller 12S,430.
St. Matthew lO9,52l, Powell 1O9,52S,
Jenkins 20,376.
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E"I stand," said a western stump
orato:, on the broad platform of the prin.
ciples of '9S, and palsied be my arm if it de-
sert Jump
"You stand on nothing of the kind % in
terrupted little shoemaker in the crowd
"you stand in my boots, that you never
paid me for, and / want the money"
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~ More curious bets are recorded.
Adam Shuts of East Albano, week before
election, agreed not to shave till the election
of Fremont the person with whom he bet
having been relieved by the election of Bu-
chanan from walking in his stocking feet
from East Albany to Schodack.
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Warrington Items.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.
Mr.. Pennington, chief clerk in the Second
Auditors Office, was dismissed yesterday
and DR.. Cathcart las been appointed in his
place.
The President has been closely occupied
to-day in the preparation of his annual mes
sage. 1t is said that he will indirectly review
his own administration and show what It has
accomplished, especially in connection with
foreign affairs.
The statement that Ezra d. Andrews, con-
sui at Quebec, had ben removed, is erro-
neOuS,
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THE NICARAGUA FLAG.-By an official de-
cree published in the last Nicaraguense, we
learn that the flag of the Republic has been
materially changed. 1t now consists of two
blue stripes with white stripe between
them, the latter twice as wide as the former.
In the middle Of the white stripe is to be .
red star with five points.
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The Adriatic Safe.
BosToN, Nov. II.

Boston, Nov. II.
The vessel that came in contact with the
i.yonas was the bark Adriatic, from Belfast,
Me-, hr Savannah The steamer lights were
seen by the Adriatic twenty minutes before
they came in contact. The captain, who was
on deck at the time, supposed the steamer
stood on her course and was not aware of
the injury done her. The bark arrived at
Gloucester yesterday, having sustained but
little damage.
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EA Somebody describing the absurd
appearance of man dancing the polka, says:
" He had hole in his pocket, and was try
ing to shake shilling down the leg of his
trowsers."
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wreck ON the Ohas River.

t CIScINNarr, Nov II. 4
The steamer White Bluff with full cargo
OF merchandise for Nashville, struck q snag
yesterday near Rising Sun, and sunk.
Conviction of X ansas Prisoners.
ST. LorIs, Nov. IT,.
A letter in the Democrat, dated Law
renee, 10th, says last Saturday 20 prisoners
taken at Hickory Point, under Col. Harvey,
were found guilty of manslaughter, and
was sentenced to five years imprisonment at
hard labor ~
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