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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-02
From the Chicago Tribune of the Goth inst.
IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.
Great Free State Victory I'm Leaven-
worth City.
LEAyENwoRTH CITY, X. n,
1927

LEAyENwoRTH CITY, X. IT,
April 18th, 1851.
Three times three for Leavenworth City ;
thousand cheers for the success of the
Free State ticket, and the election, decided
and triumphant, of Henry j. Adams. Leav-
enw rth stands redeemed in the eyes OF the
nation. Her voice rings out, in clarion tones,
for Free Kansas, for Free Labor; her honor
is vindicated, her mettle proved, and her po-
siton established. The reign of terror is
over, and the reign of peace inaugurated.
The Importance OF this Free State victory,
insignificant as may appear in its immediate
results, can scarcely be over-cstimated. In
the evidence it furnishes that freedom has
trlumphed in this stronghold of Border Ruff
flanism, in the confidence it will inspire in
the hearts OF the Free State men throughout
the length and breadth of the Territory, in
the effect it will have upon Congress and the
country at large, it assumes magnitude and
an importance almost incalculablc.
Since the settlement of the Territory, ev-
cry election in this city Las been carried
through fraud and violence by the Border
Rufiians. Packs of ragged and dirty hounds
imported from Missouri, have stuffed the
ballot boxes with illegal votes, and openly
violated that most sacred of all our rights
and privileges-tLe elective franchise. The
streets have been filled with these boozy in
vaders, loaded down with revolvers, and
picking their teeth with bowie knives, while
the honest and actual residents have been
driven from their homes and exposed to ev-
cry species Of insult and indgnity.
But, at last, publication has been effect
ed, and the citizens of Leavenworth have ia
ken the reins Of the city government out of
horse-steallng and man-shootng hands, and
placed them under the control and manage
ment of as true man as ever stood upon
this SOIL
The pro-slavery partizans are 'ravine mad,'
furlously excited, awful profane, and shock
ingly inebriated. They maintain, and with
much truth, that the success of the Free
State ticket kills all their hopes, and annihi-
lates every prospect & future success. They
consider themselves completely used up
but they die hard, and submit to as honest
verd ct as was ever rendered, with any
thing but grace. The poor devils in their
agony and despair, are almost objects of pity
and commiseration. l would suggest the
propIiety of their drowning both their grief
and bodies in the Missouri, but that it is de-
sirable to keep the water as free from addit-
ional filth as possible.
The pro-slavery party had two nominees
in the field, but Mr.. Adams outstripped
them both.
The vOfn stood
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-02

CHIEF JUsTICE SHAW AND RuFUs CHoATE.
The Boston Herald tells the following an
ecdotes:
Mr.. Choate was urging case before full
bench of the Supreme Court of Massachu-
seets, when he, wishing to compliment Judge
Shaw, exclaimed
"Hhen 1 look upon the venerable Chief
Justice, I am like the Hindoo before his
idol k,Osc that he is ugly but 1 feel hhathe is
great. 3T
That created slight laugh, but the next
one was moro telling. Mr. Choate, before
he arose to his present eminent position, was
in the habit of getting snubbed when he flew
too high, and it CALLED his impatient spirit.
On one of these occasions, after Judge Shaw
had interrupted him with much severity and
decision, MIR. Choate turned suddenly to a
brother member Of the bar, who was sitting
near him, and said:
aOur venerable Chief is certainly a very
amiable man, and very handsome man. b1t
he does not ksaoao latc" L u
That did not cause Judge Shaw to quake
near as much as when he was told that Wor-
cester was about to publish Dictionary con-
tanning ten thousand more words than anv
other Dictionary in the English language.
'Heayens! y cried Judge Shaw, with visi-
bic alarm, "lacy don't lei Coote get hold
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NOT ~ - 80 ICE

! !! ! !!
!! 10 Passengers to Sunrise ! !
SAVE TINE AND MONEY
And spend it On the
Huge, Western Hemisphercal, Umbilical,
Problematical, heterogeneous, Double
- Buffalo Track
X II IL r @ A ID
1000 miles and 52l rods shorter to New
York than the side track via Shanghai and
Cape of Good Hope.
Time Is minutes and Is seconds less than
Sir John Franklin's last celebrated run
The long established reputation of II. W.
H. U. P. III. D. d. B. T. Il. r., is suffic-
lent guarantee that the fare is and shall be
just as low
SIX STREAKS OF LIGHTNING
Will leave the head of Navigation daily as
follows:
Syracuse Blue Streak, at II NJ.
Rochester Creased Lightning, at noon.
Schenectady Bob Tail Lighting, at 60 min
utes past IL.
Albany Lightning at GO minutes to one.
Fond Acclaim Lightning, at "a houis past
IL.
Attica Lightning Bug, will dodge the 9TH
er streaks.
Great Female in american Distress Route!
THROUGH SHAKES FOR BAGGAGE!
and
NO CHARGE FOR SMASHING !!
All the Lightning 7 r ,ins I ave Copper Corr
ductors, and all the Snake Heads in the Slab
Rail are Copper Heads, thus ensuring the
entire safety of the travelling public.
The II. W. ii. Z. P. H. d. d. B. Il. R. r.
is straight (see the Company's maps) and is
not perpendicular, being safely tied down at
both ends. 1t is double track 1.-TWO rails and
a rail fence) throughout. 1t has positively
no long bridges, and there are no embank-
ments across the track more than six feet
high !!
Candidates can procure their pasteboard
and pocket lightning rods at the Thunder
bolt Hotel, corner of Swamp Avenue and
Quagmire Row.
Beware of statements advertising sharper
lightning or more comfortable collisions on
the Take-it-easy Route. They Are only at
tempts to steal our lishtning-they are all
alse-furthermore, they are not true and
worst of all, they are calculated to deceive.
OILY BUTTER,
General Western Pufler and Gas Blower
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The HOwling Beggars at Washington.
The New York Herald takes the following
.o,t,o;t or &l,o .a:oo b.u~:~,.

Ine new Ork I1efUGU taxes the following
portrait of the ofiice-begging &c Democrats
at Washington. 1t is correct picture:
"It will be seen from our Washingtondes-
patches, that in expectation of the early con-
sideration of the foreign appointments by
the Cabinet, there are patriots on hand IN
any quantity, ready and anxious to serve
their country in the most distant, the most
sickly, the most savage, and the least desila-
BILE places on the face of the earth, as well as
in the most charming, luxurious and profita-
BILE situations. 1t will be seen, too, that
New York, Pennsylvania, and poor old Vir-
ginia, furnish, as usual, the largest proper
tions of these office begging jackals. Old
Virginia, especially, is becoming more and
more sorry pensioner upon tho public
treasury. But why any of these able bodied
men seeking these consulates, who are capa-
bic of securing t'y honest industry at home
good living, should prefer the vagabond
life of mission to the Fecjees, or the like,
we cannot divine. Aversion to honest labor,
laziness, in short, must lie at the bottom of
this office begging mania, or we should not
see, for example, the Virginia farmers house
and barn, and fences tumbling and rotting to
the ground, while his sons are off at WASH
ingtOn begging for some clerkship, or some
little place abroad or anything to keep soul
and body together without hard work. 1t
is to be hoped that Mr.. Buchanan will make
short work of the present swarm of beggarly
drOnes about him, and dismiss the surplus
age with hint that honest labor is the med
icine they most require.
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Interesting Letter.

The Pioneer of yesterday, gives place to
the following letter from Lieut.. MAYNADIER,
U. S. A. 1t settles, we trust forever, all ru-
mors and cxaggerations in reference to the
Indians of this Territory:
FULLER House, Sr. PAUL.
April 23d, 1857. {
To the Editors of the Pioneer and Democrat:
In the performance of military duty, I
have recently pissed from Fort Ridglev,
through the settlements along the Minneso-
ia river, and have discovered that the panic
reported to have existed among the settlers,
has entirely died away. Most of the rumors
that have reached this place were entirely
without foundation. l found the people ev-
erywhere attending to their usual avocations,
and not entertaining any fears of danger
gone on to the Reservation, and the troops
are disposed in such manner, from Fort
Ridgley to the Des Moines river as to render
any attempt to pass them nearly impossible.
| am satisfied, also, that no hostile DISPOSE
ton is entertained By the Sioux of the low
er bands, and that nothing is to be feared
either by the settlers, or by emigrants COM
ing to that part of the Territory.
At Dakota City, the inhabitants had, up
on receiving the first intelligence, erected a
very respectable defensive work of logs, and
were well prepared to defend themselves
against any invaders. Their example might
be followed with profit.
At Mankato, about 60 men armed with
Territorial muskets, were practising, and
looked strong enough te defend themselves.
My observation has convinced me that
there has not been the slightest cause for
apprehendng danger, and L am sure that
those citizens who gave away to their fears,
and left their homes, were frightened more
by the stories told them, than by any real
danger.
l have written this, at the suggestion of
many respectable citizens of the towns along
the river, under the belief impressed by them
that it will have good effect upon intended
emgrantS.
1t is not my business to discuss the mat
ter, but sincerely hope that little more
caution will be used in reporting the state
of affairs on the frontier. Whether eXag-
gerated and uniounded rumors are started
and circulated by persons with view to ul
terror advantag- from the depreciation Of
property, or whether they rise from panic, |
leave others to settle, and repeat my assur-
ance, based on my personal observation that
the settlements are just as safe as if they
were in New York.
Before l left Fort Ridgley, a great many
Indians had passed up to the Reservation,
and in going through the settlements, did
not see or hear of one, SO that it is not like
ly that there are many now among the set
Elements, and those who are, are not at all
to be feared.
HENRY MAYNADIER,
Lient. 10th Infantry.
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Trinity Church In New York

For the purpose of enabling our readers ic
get at the reason for the proposed alteration
OF the charter Of Trinity Church corporation,
we print the following from the Albany Eve
ning Journal, paper strongly in favor OF
the amendments under discussion. We are
not aware what reply is made by the friends
OF Trinity to the many points in the indict.
ment -
WHY THE TRINITY CHURCH BILL OuGHr
TO PAss.-In the year 1897 Royal Charter
Incorporated the Rector and all the inhabi-
tants, inhabiting and to inhabit the CITY of
New York, in communion of the Church of
England, and granted certain property to the
corporation thus created, for the benefit of
all the said inhabitants.
The Rector named in the Charter was
the Bishop of London, who never was in this
country at all, and never was in any sense
beneficiary under the grant of property there
in made.
In I705 the Royal Grant Of the Kings
Farm, now the great estate of the Church,
was made in. the same corporation, for the
same purposes.
Up to the year 1898, Trinity Church and
Chapel sufficed to accommodate all the Epis-
copallans in the city. In that year ST. Marks
was set off from Trinity Parish, with an en-
dowment in land-slie giving quit-claim of
any further rights in the common estate
Proceedings of similar nature marked the
establishment of Grace Church and Saint
Georges.
In 1913. after large grants Of real and per-
sonal estate to every other Episcopal Church
in the city, Trinity obtained the law of 1914,
excluding from the right to vote for the man
ayers of this estate, sail the Inhabitants "
aforesaid, except members of Trinity parish
proper-under representations, embodied in
the law, that the same policy which she had
previously pursued would be continued there
after
That policy has been abandoned. The
new policy of mortgage loans and of annual
stipends has been substantituted, mpairing
the Independence of the parishes which re-
ceive her aid.
. The number Of the corporaturs has been
steadily diminishing, until less than one hun
dred and fifty men now claim to represent
"a!l the inhabitants as aforesaid. who now
amount to several thousands
Trinity has thus become practically close
corporation, completely irresponsible, giving
no stated account Ofits affairs to its own cor
porators, or to any one else.
Her whole estate, now worth over five
millions of dollars, these few men claim to be
absolutely and exclusively their own, to be
disposed of as they please.
The law of 1914 expressly reserved all the
rights of persons interested in the property,
but not members of Trinity parish proper,
though depriving them of the new power to
vote.
Those disfranchised by the law, and by
the subsequent conduct of the close corpo-
rators of Trinity, now ask for the restoration
of the power to vote in electing the managers
of that estate, as the only mode of securing
their rights under the original Charter of
1907
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Is smoking Injurious.

The answers Of few ladies' to the above
question:
Mrs. Brown, of bloomsbury Square,
Most decidedly! Does it not iniufe t! {
curtains ?"
Mrs. Jones, Sea-Shell cottage, Brighton
There cannot be qestion about it. and |
am only surprised how persons can be so
foolish to put one. Does it not sticl, in the
gentlemcn's hair, and get imLlbed in their
whiskcrs, and hang about their clothes for
hours ana hours, ami sometimes days after
WARDS! 80 much so, that any one can tell a
mile OH, whether tl,e nasty things have been
smoking OF not. Pm sure it is downright
terrible to be shut up in railway carriage
with party of confirmed smokers--for.
though they may not be smoking at the
time, still the unpleasant smell of their GAR
ments Is such as to make one regret that
Lord Palmerston will not bring in an act of
Parliament to make every filthy smoker con-
sumo his own smoke.
Mrs. Robinson, 1902 Old Cover street
ut not only Injuries the compilations, but tic
carpets also. Why, you have only to look
at the carpet of a room in which the gentle
men have been smoking over night, and
your own eyes will tell you whether it is in
furious or not. have seen carpers-beau-
tiiul carpets, that must have cost five shll-
lings and two pence yard. If they cost
penny-in such a disgraceful state that a
black beetle, Pm sure, would cat himself
rather than walk over them.''
Mrs. Blue Stocken, Minerva Hall, Bath.
'lf it is not injurious, perhaps you would
have the ndness to inform me the reason
why ace ladies are not allowed to smoke"
Miss Twentyman, Willow Lodge, Brixton.
ITS all fuss and nonsense, and quite lose
my temper when persons question me about
the injuriousness of tobacco. OF course, it
is injurious. Doesn't it kill spiders? Does
mt it stifle gnats and flies, and even earwigs?
Is it not used in noblemen's and gentlemen's
gardens to tumigate the plants Are not
our lighthouses and summer houses smoked
when We want to get rid of the yermin? and
really, | half wish, sometimes, that it would
have the same effect on gentlemen, when
they will persist in injuring themselves, and
annoying us, by smoking, hours after hours,
to the abominablc extent they do! I'll was
called up3n to say what man was, / should
answer it by giving this definition: Man is
the only animal that smokes.
Mrs. Bloomer, Lecturer on the rights of
woman, &c. "1t is indisputably of injurious
effect, for that which has the unnatural pt W.
er of separating for so many consecutive
hours the husband from the partner of his
joys, cannot we'll be beneficial in its results.
any more than it is humanizing in its rela-
tions. 1t is my firm conviction that it bru-
talizes all those vino partakc oft; for it has
been source of sorrow to me to notice that
a husband, when lie has been smoking to
late hour at his club, invariably turns to his
home in a much worse temper than when he
left it in the morning. He leaves happy
and smiling-he returns spiritless and dis
contentcd."
More answers as they are dropped into
our tobacco boX.-Punch.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-02

NAPOLEON AT ST.. HELENA.-The follow
ing interesting paragraph appears in the Pa
ris Pays:
1t is announced that Count de Persigny.
the French Ambassador in London, has OBJ
tanned from the English Government the
concession of Longwood. the house occupied
by Napoleon I, at Helena, and of the tomb
in which his body was at first deposited
These places, which are rendered sacred by
glorious "reminiscences, had undergone pain
III, wished to put an end to that profana-
ton, and, thanks to his pious and noble ini-
tiative, the spot rendered illustrious by the
exile of Napoleon l, is about to resume a
character worthy of the grand souvenirs it
brings to mind.
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REV. Mr.. KALLocK.-The congregation of
the Tremont-street Baptist Church, Boston,
have rendered Mr.. Kallock, a Donation Wis.,
it, to enable him to defray the expenses of
his late trial for adultery. The following
resolutions were also adopted:
WHEREAS, it has been rumored that we,
as Church, desire our pastor to retire from
the ministry, we deem this a proper time to
express our opinion on this subject, and it is
therefore
Rssoloed, That we have carefully weighed
the testimony which has been brought for
ward to sustain the charge alleged against
our pastor, the Rev. l. S. Kalloch, and we
declare, in the most positive manner, our un-
abated confidence in his integrity as man
and minister of the Gospel; and, most ear-
, nestly, do we now request him to resume the
public services of the sanctuary, as our pas
tor and teacher; and we again most cordially
T. I ring support, until the dark clouds of his
trial have all disappeared.
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For CALIFoRNIA.-Last evening, about S
o'clock, our attention was arrested by the
sight Of long string Of white wagons de-
scending the bluff: There were seven in
company, each covered with muslin, and
with panes of glass fastened in the coverings,
through which their inmates could take OBJ
servatioDs. One of the men in the train told
us that the company was from St. Joseph's
county, Indiana, and was bound for Califor-
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-02
A LAY OF OLDEN TIME.

he following lines were sent to the Essex Co., Ma.
cultural Fair, held at Newburyport, on the xnd
{, by John G. Whittier-the last production OF
e penl:
One morning Of the hrst sad Fall,
Poor Adam and his bride
Sat In the shade of Eden's wall
But on the outer side.
She blushing In her fg-leaf suit,
For the chaste garb of old;
He sighing DER his bitter fruit,
For Eden's drupes OF Gold.
Behind them, smiling in the morn,
Their forfeit garden lay;
Before them, wild with rock and thorn,
The desert stretched away.
They heard the air above them famed,
A light step on the sward;
And 10 they saw before them stand
The angel Of the Lord
'sArise." he said, "why look behind
When hope is all before,
A patient hand and willing mind
Your loss may yet restore?
81 leave You with spell whose power
Can make the desert glad,
And call around you fruit and nower
As fair rs Eden had.
'I clothe your hands with power to lift
The curse from on your soil;
Your very doom shall seem gift,
Your loss gain through Toll.
$50, cheerful as yon humming-bees,
To labor as to play -
White glimmering over Eden's trees,
The angel passed away.
The pilgrims of the world went forth,
0bedent to the word;
And found, whereer they titled the earth,
garden Of the Lord
The thorn-tree cast Its evil fruit,
And blushed with plum and pear;
And seeded grass and trodden root
Grew sweet beneath their care.
We share our primal parents fate,
And In our turn and day
Look back On Eden's sworded gate,
As sad and lost as they.
But still for us his native skies,
The pitying angel leaves,
And leads through Toll to Paradise
New Adams and new Ewes.
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A separation having taken place some time
since between Philip Paulding, ESQ.,, son of
James K. Paulding-and his wife, late Miss
Mauran, of Staten Island, the matter has at
last got into the New York Courts. Mr..
Paulding claiming the two children, who are
now his wife. The case is get down on the
third Monday in April, and owing to the
high social position of the parties excites no
little interest. .r
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-02

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ALroN-Loss S4O.-
OOO-On Wednesday evening last, a fire
broke out in the planning mill Of Morrison s.
Beal, which was soon enveloped in flames
and destroyed, connecting with the Metho-
dist Church and parsonage, and other build
ings, with a lumber yard-all of which were
destroyed. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000. The Methodist Church was insur-
ed $4,000. 1t was with some difficulty that
the Waverly Hotel, the Courier Office, and
the Piasa House was sayed-Dem. Press.
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A Fair Take of.

Having, says one of our Illinois cotempo-
raries, recently made trip to the East on
one OF the Lightning routes-in the course
of which the conductors kindly allowed us
to clay over" occasionally, for half day, to
take BREATH are in the mood to appreci-
ate the following model Railroad, "last line"
advertisement, which we find in one of our
exchanges:
]! II A r P E RS LAST ISSU
:! Piccyuae Butler's 52a Edition
BEWARE OF FALSE ''pR oFITs!"
October Earnings, $239, ,46S3250 l2aI
November do. 9425O647O9 373
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A CALIFoRNIAN RoBBED-$5, 900 WORTH
OF GOLD DUST SToLEN.-The room of ia,
cob Lambert, at Lovejoy's Hotel, was enter
ed on Monday afternoon, and 5000 worth
of gold dust was stolen from his trunk. He
had returned from California in the George
Law, on Monday last, and carelessly left the
treasure in his trunk while he went out to
take walk. On his return he found the
trunk had been broken open and his gold
stolen. No clue has as yet been obtained of
40 ,;i,rN Y Parfy
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UTAH AND Massachusetts the order to
Gen. Harncy to repair from Florida to Fort
Leavenworth, Col. Sumner, with force of
about 1000 men, has also been ordered
against the Iowa and Cheyenne Indians. On
the restoration of peace in those quarters,
he will proceed with his troops to Utah
the shameful licentlousness of which terrific
ry the administration is determined shall be
broken up, says a Washington dispatch:
1t is estimated that early in June there will
be at least 5000 United States troops in
Kansas, under the command of Maj. Gen.
Harvey and Persifer f. Smith.-Boston Post.