Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-08
Minutsota Wlu(fs,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1856.
THE PACIFIC.

1t Is how over a month since this vessel sail.
ed from Liverpool, and no tidings have yet
been received concerning her probable fate.--
The Atlantic and Asia have both arrived, bu
neither bring any news of her. The Demo-
cratic Press, to allay the anxiety Of those who
have friends on board, gives the following ac-
count of the performance Of the Atlantic when
fears were entertained Of her safety, and thinks
that possibly similar accidents may have befel
the Pacific: The Atlantic was once unherad
from on this side of the water for a much
larger period. She sailed from Liverpool on
the 18th of December, 1850. On the 9th Of
January, 1851, when more than half way
across the ocean, she broke shaft. After adj
jusling things as we'll as possible, she turned
towards Halifax, Jan. 9th, under sail, but ma
king little Roadway in that direction, she turn
ed back Jan. 10th. Jan. 22d she arrived at
Cork, and the news Of her safety was sent out
from Liverpool by the Africa, which sailed the
following week, and arrived at New York,
Feb. 10th. So that it was just fifty days from
the time Of her sailing till the people Of the
United States heard Of her,"
Fee We seldom ever transfer 10 our col
umns any of the many complimentary notices
We receive in regard TO the Times, but our
vanity will not allow US to pass by in silence,
the following from the pen of the Rev. S. X.
Riggs, criticisms from such a source we con-
slider the highest compliment:
Il thank you for your paper. 1t has been
getting better and tina, you know is good
deal to say of any thing in this bad world of
ours. Indeed like the Times Very much.
think It's Editors are industrious working men.
| think too they are candid, earnest and truth
full. like your views on the Slavery Cues
ton. 1t is THE American question. Year af-
ter year it is taking deeper hold of all class
eS in the north. Hitherto politicians have talk
ed about it-now they must grapplc wM it.
Twenty years ago there was nothing very i'm
polite in calling anli-sIavery men fanatics
.Aow if President Pierce had been tar-seeing
he would have spared them that epilhet. The
course of the Times on this and kindred ques-
tons has been manly. For thisI honor it
We welcome your sheet too for the variety Of
its intelligence.
Permit me now 10 express my regret for
the occasional little pieces of coarse inveci,ve
agains, other Saint Paul papers, which have
appeared in Your columns. / think the Times
has less of this perverted literature than most Of
the other Territorial papers. think too there
has been decided improvement of late.
would have you go on to perfection There
is no need of any of it. Our children will
grow up the better for not reading articles
spiced with abusive epithe,s. l presume Ed
itors, when they meet in gcnteman's parlor,
treat each other gen,emanly There
is no reason why, they should not be as courte-
GUS and kind when sitting in their Editors
Easy Chair
"A family newspaper should be kitchen
garden and flower garden combined. We
want the beautiful, and the useful, and the
good. The deleterious can very we'll be dis
pensed with. Party politics, as well as many
other things, needs wedding. There is too
much sparring and Earring. Men seem to for
get that their opponents are men also. There
are many reasons why in this world of sfams
as well as realities, we all should be earnest and
truthful. But we should be more-we should
lie kind. The more kindness felt aud manifest
ed the better
with many feelings of respect and graft
tide, l remain
"Yours very truly.
as. X. RIGGS