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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
Grand Russian Expedition Against the
Cfrcassians.

Circassians.
paris Qlarch 15 Correspondence of the London Times
The new undertakings projected by Rus
sia in the East from the subject of severa
private letters recently received from St
! Petersburg. These letters concur in stating
that the Government of st. Petersburg il
at this moment taking active measures for q
decisive campaign against the mountain pop
ulation of the Caucasus, in the hope of fin
! ishing, once for all, with the Independent
Tribes which have kept her power in check
and arrested the accomplishment of her de-
signs in Asia. With that object great prep
arations are on foot, and orders have been
sent to the troops, who were stationed on
the shores of the Caspian and the banks of
the Araxes, to act in case intervention
should bc required in Persia. They are es-
timated at no less than 100, 900 men.
But independently of that force, Russia
is said to have secured the active co-opera-
ton Of several of the chiefs of tribes who
recognize her authority. In the Russian
Daghestan, to the north and south, the
Khans of Derbend, Tarkon, kuba, Chirvan,
and others less known, are expected to fur
nish two bodies of horse and one of infan-
try. The chiefs have already received Rus
sian decorations and high rank in the Rus
sian army. They have, moreover, been
promised large recompense for faithful SER
vice, indcmnities in land or money. and the
SUGGESTIONS to their government in favor of
their sons.
must say a word about the preparations
made by the mountain tribes for war. The
news of the Russian armaments appears to
have excited great agitation among them.-
The chiefs who inhabit the northern slope,
or rather the whole valley Of Kuban, have
met together in order to decide on plan Of
common defence. Several conferences have
been held, and the necessity Of a single au-
thority, with view to the unity of opera
tions, have been admitted. To obviate jeal
ousies among the chiefs, it was agreed to
confer on stranger the chief command and
Hungarian who had taken an active part in
the wars of his country, and who has since
become Mussulman, was selected. He ac-
cepted the command, which was offered to
him by q deputation, and some time since
left Constantinople with over 400 Poles, who
are to form the nucleus of a Polish legion,
under the immediate orders of one of their
own countrymen.
In his twofold character of prophet and
the most ancient of the Caucasian chiefs,
Schamyl has seen with displeasure the Sc
lection of stranger for the chief command.
On the other hand, negotiations have been
again opened with him. The Russian Gov
ernment has offered magnificent principal
ity, with the reversion to his sons and their
descendants, on condition Of his recogniz-
ing the auzeranity of the Gar, and engag-
ing in his own name and in that OF his sue
cessors to keep the mountain tribes in strict
obedience to Russia.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
The bred Scott Case and the Minnesota
Press.

The bred Scott Case and the Minnesota
Press.
In no part of the country has the out
rageous Dred Scott decision met with more
bitter denunciation than through the col
umns of the press of Minnesota. The fol-
lowing from the Lake City Tribune is good
specimen
Was there ever more absolute mockery of
justice than this decision We know OF no
thing comparable to it, unless it be the seryil-
ity of a portion of the Northern press, which,
not content with full and unqualified en-
dOrsement of this fresh outrage upon freedom
is doing its best to COW down the upheavng
fame of latent liberty still lingering in the
hearts of their readers. Look at this decision.
Study thoroughly its points. Negroes, whe-
Tier slave or free. are not citizens of the Unit
ed States" The Missouri Compromise of
1920, which was designed to exclude slavery
from the northern part of the country is un-
constitutional" That poor crushed and
down-troddcn slave can make no appeal to
this highest enforcement of justice () in our
land, and black men or their descendants, bond
or free. have nothing to hope for from this au-
gust tribunal Verify. here is lofty approx
imation towards that eternal justice enthroned
in the heavens and every American citizen
must feel proud of such exponents thereof.
The slave power. barely tolerated in our
National Government at its inauguration has
ever since grown with our growth and more
abundantly. 1t has outstripped every other
national element-populatiCn wealth, educa-
ton, and. much more, our Christianity. Since
1920, and reemnently since 1850, it has
been rampant in its demands. and always de-
manding successfully. 1t is the only interest
10 our country that is always cared for and
never left to suffer. Not content to crush out
the very humanity of three and half millions
of slaves. those buyers OF men have sought to
gag free speech and the right OF petition !;
they have sought and succeeded, to cOerce free
Northern men to do their slave-hunting, and
now begin to assert their right to bring and
hold their slaves wherever the flag of our
Union wa7es. Step alter step. each more gi-
gantic and outrageous than its predecessor, all
aiming to make us and to stamp us nation of
oppressors. have they taken. The boast made
by Shareholder on the floor of Congress, that
he should live TO call his slave roll from the
steps of Bunker Hill is sought to be made
reality.
But let them beware The whole land is
quivering beneath those giant strides of des-
potism, as with an earthquakes tread. A great
truth long since asserted, but slowly received,
is now forcing itself upon the convictions of
all the Thoughtful men of this natoa--that is,
the utter antagonism of liberty and slavery
and the utter impossibility that they should
ever cealesce. They never can have a particle
Of sympathy they must forever repel each
other. How many more steps like this decision
of the Supreme Court it will take to arouse
the land so as forever to break the right arm of
the Slave Power, we cannot say--though not
many.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
WASHINGTON, April 3

The Administration does not contemplate
the withdraw of the military forces now in
Kansas. The headquarters have been changed,
and some troops heretofore engaged in ope-
rations will be transposed to relieve the diff
ficulties resulting from their presence, but
the aggregate effectiveness will be rather in
creased than diminished. The purpose is to
appeal to patriotism and intelligence, as in
dicated by Gov. Walkers letter; but in the
event of resistance or new outrages, to in
woke summary authority. This is the Pres
ident's understanding of the policy to be
pursued, and was freely canvassed at the
Cabinet consultations which Gov. Walker
attended. Still, as the whole basis of the
new policy recognizes the existing condition
of things, imposed by the Border Ruffians,
and only provides against additional wrongs
under their own rule, it is difficult to see
what the Free State settlers are to gain by
the compulsory administration Of the laws
against which they have demonstrated, or
how they are to be reconcied to the tyran-
ny under which they now groan. They get
only peaceful oppression at the best.
The rush for land Office appointments sur
passed all others, because of the opportunity
afforded for speculation through the knowl-
edge thus obtained. There are hundreds of
applicants for the best offices. Mr.. White
fields selection for the Registership in Kan
sas, and the transfer of Secretary Woodson
to similar position there, give significance
to the inc'inat;ons Of the Administration.
1t is decided that Mr.. Parker, Minister.
to China, is to fall under the rotation ak,
being considered old fogyish and behind the
progressive policy here. The Administra-
ton is now casting about for his successor.
Mr.. Harris of Virginia, formerly of tie
Constitution, and Mr.. Smith of Virginia,
formerly of the Sentinel, takes charge of the
Union on account of the proprictors, but
were not chosen, indicated or approved by
the President. This nominal change will
not affect the real ownership or the relations
Of the paper, and is convenient disguise to
secure patronage. Major Heiss's new en-
terprise, backed by Messrs. Arnold, Harris
and others, will contest the ascendency and
the printing.
An effort is to be made to retain Mr.. For
syth at Mexico, Notwithstanding his recent
blunders and deiiances of instructions-he
being pet of the chivalry, and kingsman of
Senator Mason.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

AN ILL-TIMED REspoHsE.-The Rev. Mr..
S. was preaching in one of the Methodist
Episcopal churches in New York, and there
was in attendance good old Methodist
brother, verymuch given to responses. Some
times those responses were not exactly ap-
propriate, but they were always well meant
The preacher, usually lucid, was rather per-
picked, and felt it himself. He labored thro;
his first part, and then said: y
aBrethren, I have now reached the conclu.
sion of my first point"
"Thank God!" piously CALCULATED tho old
man, who sat before him, profoundly inter.
ested; but the unexpected response, and the
suggestive power Of it, so confused the
preacher that it was with difficulty he could
rally himself to a continuance Of his dis
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

THE MAILs.-The mails now 60 regularly
below. Walkers winter contract having cx-
pired on the 18th inst, the mails are sent
down each day in charge of person, who re-
mains with it till it is delivered to the Packet
Company at the foot of the Lake. In day
or two they will arrive by the same method,
as the Company would have to commence
carrying the mail from Dubuque on the 18th
inst. Capt. George superintends the matter
at this end Of the route.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

RED Wing Broke LoosE.-We were hap
py to meet yesterday in our streets about
twenty or thirty Red Wingers, including
Hon. w. Freeborn, c. Bevans, Beers, Has
Ter and others. They came up on business
and to see the spring sights. Red Wing in
its early days was principally colonized from
St. Paul and we are always reioiced to
meet her citizens with a hearty welcome,
and hear of their own and their city's pros
perity. She has just donned the robes of a
city by holding her first municipal election,
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

A FAIR HIT.-The Buffalo Commercial
has the following in regard to the late mar
riage of Miss Boxer to her fathers coach
man:
Mr.. John Dean, a coachman in New York
has driven his team over the family Of a Mr.
Boxer, wine merchant, who resides in the
Fifth Avenue. All the members of the fam.
lily were injured, except daughter Of Mr.
Boxer, who was saved by the presence Of
mind of Mr.. Dean. No blame is attached 10
fhe drirer
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
Letter from General Shields.
FARRIBAuLT, RICE Co., Nj. T.,
April 18th, 1851.

April 18th, 1851.
To the E1itofs ofthe Pioneer end Democrat:
GENTLEMEN :-Rumors have been in cir
culation in this region of the Territory for
several days, that band of Indians was in
the vicinity of Mankato, burning houses and
killing settlers. The post boy has this mo-
ment arrived from St. Peter, and others have
come in from the Blue Earth country, and
all state that thsre is not the slightest foun-
dation for these absurd reports.
hope the papers of the Territory will
hasten to correct any false impressions on
this subject, as we know if they get into cir
culation in the East, they will have the ef-
feet to deter emigrants from bringing their
families to this Territory. You may declare
with truth that there is neither hostility OF
sign of hostility amongst the Indian tribes
in this Territory. Yours truly,
JAS. SHIELDS.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

SAD WARNING TO "FAsr YOUNG Men,
John Miller, aged twenty-eight years, died
at Indianapolis on last Friday night. The
Journal gives brief history of his sad case.
He was born in Dayton, Ohio--was left an
orphan with large estate, and to his own
guidance-became a "fast young man" and
rapidly spent fortune which was count
ed by tens of thousands. He kept circle
of dashing young fellows about until his
money was gone, who then deserted and left
him. He sought Indianapolis for home
and there, in menial capacity, lived for .
time, and died in strange garret, friendless
and alone.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
ARREsT.--Officers

Officers Powers on Saturday
morning arrested, on board the Yeatman, the
negro, Brown, the person who was confined
in Jail last winter for larceny, but one night
made his escape. He showed fight on this
occasion, and injured Mr.. Powers somewhat
by kicking him in the face. He is now safe
ly slowed in the new city prison, where he
will find egress rather more difficult than from
the old Jail. When Brown was shown into his
new quarters he was surprised, and ejacula-
ted: "Gor-amighty If I'd knowed dey had
such cage as dis, dam if wouldn't staid
way from St. Paul altogedder." n
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
(From an English Paper.)
"Papa, What Is Newspaper, and What
Does 1t Contain ."

Organs that gentlemen play, my hoy,
To answer the taste OF the day, my BOY,
Whatever il be,
They hit on the key,
And pipe in full concert away, my BOY.
News from all countries and climes, my boy,
Advertisements essays, and rhymes, my boy.
Mixed up with all sorts
OF @ lying reports,
And published AT regular times, my boy
Articles able and wise. my boy,
At least in the Editors eyes, my boy,
And logic So grand
That few understand
To what in the world il applies, my boy.
Statistics, reflections reviews, my boy,
Little scraps TO instruct and amuse, my boy,
And lengthy debate
Upon matters Of state
For wise-headed folk TO peruse, my boy.
The funds as they were and they are my boy,
The quibbles and qurks of the bar, my boy,
And every week
clever critque
On some rising theatrical star, my boy,
The age of Jupiter's moons, my boy,
The stealing of somebody's spoons, my hoy,
The state of the crops,
The style of the fops,
And the wit of the public buffoons, my hoy.
A list of all physical ills, my boy,
Banished by somebody's pills, MY boy,
Till you ask with surprise
Why any one dies,
Or what's the disorder that Kills, my boy
Who has got married TO whom, my hoy,
Who were cut OF in their bloom, my boy,
Who has had birth
On this sorrow-stained earth,
And who totters fast to the tomb, my boy
The price Of cattle and grain. my boy,
Directions TO dig and drain, my boy.
But 'twould take Ine too long
To tell you in song.
A quarter of all they contain, my boy.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

FIRE.--A carpenter shop near the Baptist
church took fire from shavings about the
stove on Saturday morning, and was entire
ly consumed, together with shed attached
to dwelling adjacent. BY great exertions,
other property was saved. The shop was
occupied by Messrs. Brakeman & Wood
who, with their journeymen, sustained Sc
we're loss in the destruction of their TOOLS
The building belonged to W. H. Randall
Esq, and was worth, perhaps, five or six
hundred dollars. M f.f s.-s-.f E ...s
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

VIsIroRs.-The hotels are beginning to fill
up rapidly with strangers, and citizens of the
Territory-the latter drawn here mostly by
tue approaching session Of the Legislature
enoticed large number Of Saltwater and
Winona people in town yesterday. Among
the distinguished outsiders who have ar
rived from below, is Hon. Robert Smith, of
Illinois. .-.r -..-
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

Hon. RUFUS CHoATE's son-in-law has been
appointed Sub-Treasurer at Boston. Con-
sidering the meagre service rendered by Mr..
Choate in trying to defend Border Ruffian-
ism in New England, we think the great
"criminal lawyer" should consider himself
literally paid, and be willing to give receipt
i'm full
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

TRoUGH TO THE MIssIssIPPI.-The Chica-
go, st. Paul & Fond du Lac r. r. was to
commence on the 18th inst. to connect with
the trains of the Milwaukee and Mississippi,
at Milton direct through to Prairie du Chen
on the Mississippi, making time through
from Chicago in eight hours. This opens up
a new and desirable route for Upper Mis-
sissippi travel and business the coming sea-
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

The lady of the house, at q dinner party,
when anxious and carving, has been ques-
toned as to " The difference between Q
fowl with one wing, and one with two" and
has not recovered her self.possession upon
of a-piuion." Cries Of "Shame r' and
" Tnrn him ont ~
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

LEGIsLArIvE.-Among members already
in the city, we notice Hon. Sam. R. Able,
of Crow Wing, who came in from trip to
the Cheyenne on Saturday evening.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

ONE OF THE DEFINrTIoNs.--An exchange
says that bridal envelopes" which are so
extensively advertised for sale, means. sim
ply, nigh. GOWNS.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25
Decrease Of slavery I'm virginia.

1t is estimated that 10000 slaves from
Virginia were sold in the Southern markets
last year, and that during the same time at
least two thousand escaped to the free States
and Canada. Starting with these data, the
N. \. Times arrives at the following conclu-
sions:
: The annual mortality, according to the
census returns of 1850, is $500. The same
returns gave the entire slave population of
Che State as 472,52S. Agreeable to the nat
ural laws OF increase, it ought to be $4,000
in 1860. What will it be if VIC deduct an
annual depletion of Al 900? Exactly no.
OOO. The account standing thus:
Slave population in 1850. .4y252S
Normal increase in ten years. 47472
Mortality in ten years ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 90 900
f1n1gfaaoh III ten years, voluntary and in
F"'h'aty'.''... .......'.......... $4,000
---4l0,000
Slave population in 1885,. 11oOOO
2 ain other words, from constituting one
third of the entire population. as it did in
1850, it will constittnte one tenth; and so
cease to serve, supposing it ever did serve,
as an adequate resource for labor. There is
evidently cause for serious alarm in such CAL
culations. 1t they erin over-estimating the
drain, the error is readily corrected by read
ing 1865 or 1870 for the year assumed. The
selfelmination Of slavery in Virginia is in
deed but question of time that time by no
p ssibility exceeding score of years. For
ty counties on the western slope of the AL
leghanies are already so far freed from slaves
as to stand ready for emancipation.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

A Dutchman speaking Of country matters,
gave his observation thus, touching the rule
of contraries,-
"Some say dat q hog is the contrariest
ting in de world, but / say that chicken is,
for de odder day try to make one SET 1
make one nest and put some eggs in it, den
catcl one chicken and put him down on de
eggs; he jump up again den makes lee
tie box and puts over him, and when I slips
up and peeps in, Ill be tam't if she wasn't
sittin' standing up." % ..
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-25

WHEN man asks for a boot.jack for the
purpose of drawing off his gloves, You may
fairly conclude he has been dining With a
friend.
, 1857-09-11

The LAW OF DIVORCE IN PRussrA.-In
the course of the debates on the law of d.
vorce, during the late session of the Prus-
sian Chambers, the following results of the
workings of the existing law were cited as
evidence Of its demoraliaiug effects
One instance was alluded to of gentle.
man making up rubber at whist, at q
watering place, consisting Of himself, his
actual wife, aud the two wives he had pre-
viously been divorced from. A farmer
getting tired of his wife, an exemplary
modest woman, bribes one of his farm ser,
wants to seduce his wife into adultery-a
crime attended by no punishment for the
unmarried party. The crime having been
consummated, lie petitions for divorce on
that grouad aud obtains it, IIe then
marries another woman, who, som, time
after detecting him in Illicit Intercourse
with one of his female servants, procGres
her own divorce from him on which he
proceeds to marry, for the third tine, the
person with whom he had on this occasion
committed adultery. A man Of property,
who had fallcn in love with the wf1 OF his
physician, who was poor prevailed on the
latter, by the offer Of 20, 900 ;halers, to get
divorced from his wife, so that as soon as
this should bo effected he might marry the
wife so divorced, which he did. Two mar
ried couples, who had no children, and no
prospect of having any, came to the con-
clusion that the uufruitfulness Of their con-
nubial life might possibly be Iemeded il
they were otherwise mated. They ac-
cordingly oil got divorced, and each man
married the others wife"
, 1857-09-11

PUNcH's Por- r-PoPoUm PoUR PrRE.-No
woman is beauty to her femme de ChaEa
Jre. -
A lawyers carriage is only legal con.
veyance.-and it is the client, as oft as il
stops at his door, who pays for the drawing
up of it.
Most Golden Calves, when thrown into
the crucible Of time, turn out no better than
Pigs of Leadl
Life is a romance, Of which Coquette
never tires Of turning over a new leaf.
Mock no man for bis snub-nosc, for you
never can tell what may turn up.
A character, like kettle, once mended
always wants mendiDg.
BE kind even to your reproofs, and re.
serve them till morning. No one can
sleep well who goes. to bed with q flee in
his ear.
The man who is fond of stalking his
reputation upon the smallest triiie, gene
rally retircs from the conquest before he is
called upon to deposit his stake.
Life is full Of contradictions-bu woman
takes very good care that we shall never
hear the last Of it.
1t is wrong to judge men by triaes'
The man yesterday who kept the dinner
waiting half an hour, keeps his mother in
law.
, 1857-09-11
PosTsCRrPT.

On the eve of going TO press, the mail
from the Columbia arrived, bringing to us
the joyful intelligence that the mail con.
tract between San Francisco and Port
Townsend treachiay Is Olympia, in this
Territory has been awarded to the P. NJ,
S. S. Co.
We are indebted for this gratifying infor,
nation, to the house of LorIssoy & Co., in
this place, which received letter from San
Francisco, giving assurance Of the fact
The San Francisco Herald confirms the re.
port, most indubitably. Tire cheers for
The enterprise.
OREGON MMLs.-During former Con
gress 100000 was appropriated for mail
contract between San Francisco and Puget
Sound, and the contract was awarded to
McGraw & Mudd, who were the lowest bid
dcrS; but owing to some misunderstanding
between Mudd and the Department the
contract was not consummatcd. During
last session of Congress, Gen. Lane, of Or,
egoa, assisted by Gen. Dcnger, succeeded
in getting the postoHicc bill amended by ad-
dition of an appropriation of $l2j, 900 for
the sum in question, with the provlso that
the Postmaster General should arrange the
service under the bid of McGraw & Mudd
il lie should think proper. That bid was
$l22, 500, and by subsequent arrangement
the contract has been transferred to the
Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, which
will perform the service"