Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-05-24

THE CONSPIRACY.
Public Patronage How 1t Pays:-And when!
Not having much room in to-day's paper, we
intend to Jump right into the subject without an
Introductory.
We were speaking in cur last of the corruption of
the Legislature Of the winter Of 1855. We defend
cd German then because in several things which
passed directly under our own observation, we
b9,er he was right, and with this knowledge we
gave him our support, but as we have previously
remarked, to our political and pecuniary injury.
Many conversations which passed between our
self and German during that winter, We shall
reserve for future emergency, for, if we have
no regard for the man, We certainly have for
the office he holds, ard the family at the head of
which he presidcs. Doubtless, overlooking with
.'thc milk of human kindness towards us, he, un-
asked aud unadvised by us. caused to be inserted
in the Pioneer newspaper, a certain number of
advertisements for Indian supplies, and at the
bottom of each adv. appeared note for the St.
Paul Daily Times to copy and send bill to the
Superintendent of Indian Affairs. This order
was complied with, and would add, this was
the first public patronage he had given US, with
the exception of few struggling notices, amount
ing in all, to not $4,000 From this time forward
German seemed to think that he had a particular
hold on the olice-be quite often asked us to de-
fend him--and even went so far rs to obligatc
himself to paw interest on a certain amount of
money invested in the Times Office, in order that
the person holding the interest in said Office, might
influence us CT. NJ. NewSon) to support his,
(Gorman's) rotten administration. We were not
cognizant of this fact, until the party holding
the obligation, sued or threatened to sue German
for the amount, when it forthwith paid
Let German or his Adjutant-G General deny this, if
they dare.
Well; we got through the winter of 1855, on
our o,rn resources unaided by any one, although
we had been confined to our bed for six weeks
with the typhoid fever. In the spring, it was
orr desire to enlarge the paper, and as the bill
for Indian supplies amounted to 400 and odd
dollars, and rs the Government WAS owing us
$500 beside, for the publication of the laws,
furnished by Secretary RosSer, called on Cor
man and asked him if he would let us have $500
on the two bills, which would leave him lee
WAY of upwards of 500. He stated that he had
no Government funds in his possession, but that
he would letus have the money out Of his own
pocket. We thanked him, remarkng that we
would pay him the interest n the money until he
had received it from the Government. A time
was set for us to call We cilled, but got no
money. Called again got no money. The third
time, and this time he wrote note, signing it,,
and requested US to call upon particular friend
l.. /.l.1 H.
he would sign it, and then to call upon certain
banker, and he would give the money. We
remarked that that was not what we wanted we
didn't wish a note Of ours with his name attach
ed to l., hawked about the streets, particularly ut
that time, when were charged with being his
organ--we wished the money from him, and we
wished him to secure himself with the money
due us from the Government. Finally we took
the note, called on his. friend: presented it the
note was disdainfully thrown aside, with an oath
that German had assumed ga d-mn sight" and
that he 1.-THE fricnd) should have nothing to d,
with it. Oh ,grinel at what hal occurred, we
concluded to let che matter drop, having learned,
ms We thought. another lesson from association
with Willis a. Gormin. The n 'xt d,y, however,
a banker in st. Anthony street, h,ileL us and
wished us to step into his Office, as he had note
signed by Willis a. German, at 3 per cent. a
month with the interest taken out, which he wish
cd as to sign. We Indignantly refused it. Sub
sequently, a friend of the Office, hearing of what
had transpired, statel that he would let US have
the money, or pro;urs it for Us, with Germans
name and cur own. We signed the note that was
previously signed by German, but previous to the
money being paid over, the ne,otiator took the
precaution to call on German, to ascertain if it
was right. lie was informed by German pas
right and he further stated that when the note
became due. "to give the young men no uneasi-
ness" he would pay it, but how faithfully he kept
his prom's we shill inform the reader in our
next.
THAT "SLANDER. local of the Pion.
Ger (the Pioneer has local-certainly it has,
and three other editors) says that the commu-
nication in our paper, from Lake Superior, was
a ISLANDER upon the good name and fame OF
the people of the place from which it purports
to emana,e." This information will no doubt
be gratifying to the public, but it so happens
that it is not correct. The local made visit
to Superior last fall; he didn. see any "vice'
and drunkenness" therefore what our cores
pendent writes, who has resided a, the Lake
months and has had an opportunity to see and
know, is a ISLANDER" This is queer way
OF Jumping at conclusion. We did not pub
lish the letter until we learned from parties
who had resided at the Lake, that the facts
therein stated, were true and further, the au.
thor's name is in our possession, and the names
of the gentlemen who are willing to testify as
to the truthlulness Of what he has written. The
ZINES knows its own business, and when it is
satisfied that rouenness and corruption exist
in certain places, it will use its influence to
root it up, Notwithstanding it may offend the
dignity of the local Of the Pioneer, or incur
the displeasure Of land Spectators or any one
else.
AlAN DRowNED.-A German, whose name we
could not learn, was drowned at the Upper Levee
Yesterday afternoon. lie was engaged hauling
logs, and was on one Of them when the log turn.
cd over and relied him over into the WATER