The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-06
AFFAIRS In MINNESOTA.
u,rst Cloud correspondence.

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ST. C1arp Minnesota, August 20, 1857.
cnsst,i t,n Cosvion Too ia Sessioa-Onioa Prevent
ed bv utAd.gezy Of 4 teresed Poliieians-D Democrats
Aha nd Making ne Best Constitution -Repabica,s Con
troll, Nv Abolr .enists--Spirl Lake Diff rlh.s Cause
bt ~ Whnes-Dpnttve Of the 6rdlShoppers- Mail
10 to SspuIm- ai0nship kaps-Unied States Land
o ne, dc DC.
re my last letter TO you In june written from this
VII &c, important events have trans p,red Of deep
20 his lovely rerr ;ory and IT, many and mum srous
friends.
Our Constitutional Convention which the people had
good RICH, 70 believe would assemble quietly the mi
nority submit 70 the majority, Is divided and We
have the novel spectacle In free Territory unaffected by
che never ending slavery question, OF having Double
Header Constitutional Convention will not pretend 10
say who were correct who pursued the strictly Para
mentary In the incpent stages of the convention
but that The repu ocsns after the apostacy Of Walt of
this county had legal majority of two more,
man doubts We believe thu! II no. for the reckless
course OF politicians both In and out OF the conver-
lions, q union would have been perfected Ia
less than forty eight hours from tho commencement
OF the difficulties The fact To-, the men Of the smallest
oanbre lcgrolpg the shrewdes In both parties for
the best office, which II that OF United States Senator
They have partly the control Of the conventions and
seeking popularity BY certain deni semi qusver motions,
Az OF the conventions wo are Of the opinion
here that the deomas have by far the ASies men IN
their convention Of the two they appear 70 have made
more careful selections In their primary assemblages
Thus far they have hatched the best coasu
tho repubhcas ranks they have any the old demo
CRATIC element has failed TO exhibit itself any great
extent thus far ip convention We still live In hopper OF
union before both bod ee adjeurn rive die.
We notice sundry huge yarns about Tne wonderful die
surbanoes caused by and growing out OF the at
Spirit Lake last winter The HERALD enteralns the Idea
prevalent among humane citizens generally that the
ouyages perpetraed by the whites and there IL
doubt but that the renkessness OF the Indian Bureau s
Washington transmitted their subordinsts@, causes
all nearly ALL these difficulties with the Indians know
Ing, - hey do bus little Of the circumstances Of the red
his wants. cut extract from . very abe a-t
ole In the st. Cloud Adpyttsu Of last week, which IL
rect 10 the verv letter;
enough 70 tempt them to spread devastation and
Tar they could The money which falls due them
come gamblers and the very vest Of the vile Of white
men follow TO attend the yment They Garry liquor
with them and get the Indians inexcated aud then
BILE their money away. Such the state OF things
the as, pay ment When the Indians wake up from these
drunken and disastrous games, and nnd themselves de-
prved OF THAT 10 feed them In the coming winter is
Il pos ble they feel otherwise than outragedY'
different policy must be pursued with the n'isn,
Whose character hiss been greatly msjudged Who will
be phlanthropc enough in Congress at it, next session
decidedly In this matter and thus relieve the white
pioneer settler fro fear, and protect the red from
the rapscy Ct the sordd wretcaes who him Wi
ture hkeS
The spiri, Lake massacre caused by the iudiscre
cewArdice In the Unite States authorities TO compel the
pcAceabe Indians execute 1nkpaduta and band before
the ADnues were dsbu1ed 10 the 10 COO Indians who
suffering for want OF Pay what troops for but pur
sue such msraude,s the fnkp sdutas and lnsh them2
am glad be able 70 inform friends Erst that the
stories hioh reash them OF TIE vIest
kind One would think from reading the papers East and
the dispatches by telegraph that In imminent
peril from the handful Of red men borders
We oorgrallae ourselves that the graehopper plague
IL at end for years not forever In this part OF
Mime They ing souhesserly The spring Of
1858 we fear will find them the fertile and settled
prariee of Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa The
grasehopper plague reported and real with indian d
cues have almos freDaraby Injured the emigration for
1857 10 Minnesota
The citizens st. Cloud, willing longer await for
The advantages 10 be derived from State organza
Ron, have built by TrlvAe means fine building, which
they appropriately dedicated The Everett SCHOOL,
Andrews E,q, AND a letter from Hon ]. L. orr member
Of Congress fro South Carolina, who at ST Cload
visit for speculation sc } among the incidents OF
the occasion. The Episcopal chapel s enclosed, and
he Baptist viii be, and the town Otherwise Ia pros
pering finely.
The uAn between this place and Superior been
permanently located, and IL Ia successful operation
The 70 ship pa " this and several tos pshipi
been received from the department al Ashngon, and
hundreds Of settlers vending their way TO the
United States Land oce two miles above here for the
purpose OF ding their claims As most OF the land
In msket In this district the side Of the Nj
spp Il 10 appAren. 70 nearly every tia, the Land
Oce should be removed TO the west side OF the river
report current here that the President OF tire United
states has ordered so removed, but can trace to