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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
Late Kansas Heals

The Herald Of Freedom of the 9th con-
tans the following items:
DISTINGUISHED ARRIvALs-NIr. Arny ar
rived in town last Saturday evening. We
hope he will become one of our permanent
citizens. Mr.. Hyatt, Of the same National
Committee, has been with us two weeks
These gentlemen have done much for KAN
sas. We are now better supplied with flour
than ever before. Many thanks to our sym.
pathising friends East. Six thousand sacks
Of flour received from them. stored in the
Territory for present and future use. Will
make many glad heart, There is now 10
fear of want.
Some dissatisfaction was manifested with
the disbursing committee here. The changes
that have been made we hope will prove sat,
isfictory to all parties.
CAPITAL IN LAwRENCE.-Eyery house in
Lawrence, public and private, is overrun
with strangers who have recently entered
the Territory. Most Of them have come with
the view Of permanent settlement, and are
searching for claims and buying up city
property. A greater, amount of capital is
now represented in Lawrence, than has been
at any former period. The future # Kansas
49, i'~'>A ~ NiSNiiiiS "'> d1 picSCHt.
FREE Presses IN KANsAS-A dozen let
ters inquire the prospect of free presses in
kansas-hOw many new ones are wanted
and where a press is needed at Leayen-
worth, and if any person has capital they
wish to invest in such shape, they will find
good place. Any number Of persons are
talking of starting papers in the Territory,
but as many as do start, under present aus
pieces, will find it a non-paying investment.
The hundred Free State prisoners at Lee
compton, have all either escaped or been ac-
quilted, save fifteen who are sentenced at he
compton. The latter, we have no doubt,
Governor Geary will chcerlnly pardon, when
asked to do so, which we hope will be the
case soon.
Col. TIrUs.-Belore Col. Titus left Kan
sas, he offered to There te any Free State
prisoner who would join his command, and
60 with him to Central America. One man
accepted his offer, so far as to promise 10
meet him, on the 10th of next month at 81.
Louis. Titus then took him from the guard.
and gave him his liberty.
This act shows a sulerciliOus disregard Of
the legal authorities Of Kansas. by Colonel
Titus, or it shows that our men were i'm
prisoned Illegally, in the mere wantonness
OF tyranny, to crafty a deep-seated hatred
against Free State men,
The Herald Of Freedom is receceiyine new
subscribers at the rate of $50 per week, and
is prospering finely.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
More stock Specializing Fruit.

The New York Commercial Advertiser of
Dec |, says:
A breach oftrust on the part of bank Of
ticer was made public in Wall street, this
morning. The Teller of tho Ban! of America
has been certifying checks for irresponsible
parties. The amount is not very important
BY some it is placed at not more than ten
thousand dollars, while tie highest sum
named in the connection is only about fox ty
thousand.
1t is said that the checks were not entered
on the books of the Teller, and were not reg
ularly presented at the bank for payment.
but money was raised upon them by hypOth-
ecaton.
1t has been asccrtained this morning that
a person well known in Wall street, ii ough
not doing business there, or, indeed, any
where on his own account, has gone over in
the crsla, after obtaining cas! and securities
to the amount of about $4,000. From one
party he obtained bills OF exchange, from an
other specie, and from others bonds distrib-
uting his favors pretty equally anone them,
and paying with chcchz tllat were dishonor-
ed after the departure Of the steamer His
credit was so good in the street, and his cha
racter stood so high with all who knew him,
that he might have raised at least double the
means in his possession when he left.
The party referred to in the last paragraph
is William E. Thompson, the Commercial
Reporter Of the New York Courier and En-
qnirer Of him that paper of the 18th inst.
says:
Mr.. Thompson has been known to this
mercantile community for more than a quar-
ter ola century, and has uninterruptedly en-
joyed its complete confidence as we'll as our
own. He had an interesting family, had an
income sufficient to maintain 1t in comfort,
had no extravagant tastes or habits, never,
as far as we have been able to discover, in
du'ged to the least extent in speculation, was
not involved so far as we know, in any pecu-
mary embarrassment, and was almost the
last man we should have suspected of betray-
ing his trusts and yielding to the temptation
that has ruiued HIM. 1t is to us inexplicable
intatuatiOn
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
The population of the Northwestern Stat
at different DeriOds. was as follows:

Since 1920 a period of thirty-six years,
the Northwestern States have increased at
the rate of 90 per cent. each ten years, @
per cent per annum,) until they are now as
populous as the entire United States were in
1910; and in all probability, they will be as
populous in thirty years more, as the entire
American Union is now. At present. those
six States have but so members in the House
of Representatives, while compared with the
Eastern and Southern States they could be
entitled to fully seventy members.
We agree with the Cincinnati Gazette that
" one would think it was about time they
had some influence in the National Govern
ment; but heretofore, they have been con-
sidered Gall of them put together,) as less i'm
portant than Virginia or South Carolina.
They are now, however, working out their
own redemption and the time is not dis
tant (let all doughfaces take warning,) when
they will dictate terms to this nation-terms
that will be quite different from the pro-
slavery manner in which this government
has been managed. We can afford to bide
our time. The beginning of the end has
come, and the end itself will soon be here
the period when there will be no bowling
down to the dogma of slavery and when all
politicians will learn it is better to do right
than to court false popularity.
This population, growth, wealth, art, agri-
culture, and public improvements of the
Northwest, are the best commentary ever
written on the practical difference between
Servitude and Freedom. We want no novels
to illustrate the truth, when such great and
living truth is before the world"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
The Ball at ShakOpee.

The Masonic and Odd Fellows Ball given
at Shakopee on last Friday evening, is spo-
ken OF by those who were present as one of
the most imposing and really pleasant assem-
blages ever congregated together in Mime
sofa. The members of the two Orders ac-
quilted themselves handsomely, and view
OF the magnificent regalias and emblems was
we'll worth trip to our thriving young sis
ter, up the river. The room was much too
small to comfortably accommodate the dan
cers-the only objection that could possibly
be found with anything connected with the
entertainment. At twelve o'clock the COM
pany stopped operations in one branch, and
proceeded to room above the dancing hail.
to participate in another feature of the affair
which would do credit to any portion of the
country, East or West. The tables-set
and arranged by the ladies of Shakopee-
were loaded with everything pleasing to the
eye and beneficial to another portion of the
human system. After returning to the ball
room and tripping the "toe" for two or three
hours, the company separated, all we'll pleas
ed and fully satisfied. The Ball, and genu-
Inc hospitality shown by the Shakopee peo-
pie will long be remembered by every partic-
ipant. 1t resulted profitably to those for
whose benefit it was given. The hall was
dedicated the next morning-St. Johns
Day-by the Masonic Fraternity, and it is
to be occupied by them hereafter.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
The Mail Derangement.

The Mail Derangement.
A newspaper mail was received at the Post
Office on Sunday last, accompanied by . few
letters. The mail purports to have left Du-
buque on the 18th inst, and was consequent
ly ten days on the route. By this mail we
received Dubuque papers of the I'd, 10th and
18th of December; Chicago papers of the I'd,
Sd, 18th and 18th New York papers OF Nov.
Goth, December I'd, Sd and 18th. ''"'a
1t is almost impossible 70 keep the run of
the news from Congress or anywhere else,
when our papers are received so irregularly'
We seldom receive paper from Galena.-
The New York Tribune of December Sd, con-
tanning the Presidents Message, is at hand,
but by far the greater number Of the ex-
changes lately received were printed long be-
fore the commencement of the present ses-
sion of Congress.
We think the Dubuque Post Office will
bear looking after. Dubuque papers of the
10th and 18th respectively were found IN the
same bag, as were also dates from Chicago of
the I'd and 18th. Papers were received at
the St. Paul Office, put up at Dubuque, for
points far South of St. Paul, even to places
in Iowa. Now if this is the way for dis
tributing office to make up the mails, then
the duties of that Office do not correspond
with the generally prevailing opinion. Sew
eral of the newspaper bags, as Mr.. Terry in
forms us, that were received here Sunday,
have to 60 back again over the route, as they
were destined to places in Iowa and South
ern Minnesota. Those who have the mails
in charge seem to pay no attention to the
marks on them, but let them be hauled by
the slow coaches all the way up here, to the
exclusion of our own mail. A package OF
letters made upat Shakopee on the 9th inst,
for st. Paul, were received by this mail, they
having taken a journey to Dubuque in the
meantime. Many of the papers were wet
and frozen, it appearing in nowise impossible
that they had been left in the snow bank for
aweek.
Is there no remedy for this state of things
Six or seven years ago, when we did not pre-
tend to receive mail oftener than once in a
week or ten days, our papers were received
much more regular. Has not the Post Office
Department special mail agent whose duty
it is to look after these mail irregularities
Ifso, we should like to see him come out this
way, and bring mail contractors and post
masters to sense of their duty.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
The Southern Commercial Convention
Important Debate ON the Revival
of the Slave Trade.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 10. 49,

| So OA'ANNAH, Dec. ~, 1000.
Mr.. Jones, of Georgia, moved that the
Convention take up Mr.. Gouldidg's resolu-
ton relative to the re-opening Of the slave
trade, from the table.
Mr. Spratt, editor of the Charleston Stan
dard, hoped the motion would prevail He
thought the question of slavery the most g.
propriate subject that could occupy the al
tention of the Convention. He advocate
the renewal Of the slave, trade, and desired
to hear the objections of those who resisted
the consideration of the subject The Con-
vention should not recognize the right of
Congress to impose restrictions upon the
slave trade-it should meet the question at
once.
Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, thought the Con
ventiOn not competent to consider upon the
subject. 1t was great moral question. Tie
South should ponder long before defying the.
opinion of the whole Christian world The
recent message of the Governor of South
Carolina had astonished the whole South,
and for one, he was not prepared to indorse
his views. The subject was one involving
tremendous consequences, and time for re-
tiection was necessary.
Mr.. Richardson, Of Maryland, said he was
not prepared to advocate commerce in slaves.
AAO hOPCU ebIS liIC OIdUu WOulQ not DC con-
sidered.
Mr.. Gholson, Of Virginia, was opposed to
taking the subject up now, unless to discuss
with the world the moral question. If the
South pressed the revival Of the slave trade
1t would drive away many now with us. He
regarded it as direct attack upon the
Union.
Mr.: Goulding of Georgia, made a fiery
speech defending the renewal of the slave
trade. Slavery was from God, and he (Goul-
ding) was ready to defend it in all its bear
lngs. 1t conferred equal blessings on both
races. Was it a greater crime to tear the
husband from his wife, in Virginia, to work
cotton field in the South, than to purchase
negro in Africa and christianize and ciyilize
him? Now was the time to decide the
question and assert our rights before the
whole world
Messrs. Chopper and Green of Virginia,
ndorsed Mr.. Goulding's views
Mr.. Mcleod of Texas, pledged his State
to the ext! emest views urged to-day. Mex
leo falling to pieces by our side, we must in
troduce there our peculiar Institution and
countcract European intrigue. Negro labor
was necessary to the development of that
region.
The motion to take up was lost-veas lG.
nays GS-South Carolina, Texas and part of
Tennessee only voting the afiirmativ.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
WaEasEsa.y EteE,..
(From the wabashaw JournalD


BCsINEss.-A fair estimate of the increase
of business in this place during the PAST sea-
son, may be had when we inform our readers
that the whole business done in Allen's
Warehouse last season amounted to only six
ty dollars. The past season the business of
that establishment alone amounted to over
thirty-six hundred dollars
TO FARRIBAULT.-Durng the week past
there have been number of teams in from
Farribault. Not having been acquainted
with the new road, they had to 20 round by
Red Wing. We understand that the new
road is now in travelling condition we hope
it may soon become the main thoroushfaro
for Farribault folks.
Since the roads through the country have
been opened our town has shown signs Of
general activity. Teams are on our streets
from all parts, taking our goods and lumber.
Some OF the goods landed here for St. Paul.
are being teamed up; and those which were
shipped to this place are fast going out.
Mr.. John McKenzc G, one of the Oldest and
most enterprising citizens in this vicinity. in
tends shortly to lay out an edition 10 the
town. His locality will make the most beam
tiful lots.
a New Use FOR A RAT-TRAp. Some
evenings since we saw gentleman with
rat-trap on his arm, in which he had deposit-
ed his whlskey. This was quite novel idea,
ana may be very judcous precaution for
the owner to save the 'crittcr"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03

BACKING DowN.-Our readers doubtless
recolcct several extracts from the Richmond
Enquirer, advocating slavery in every form,
and the reopening of the African Slave Trade,
1t seems that the Enquirer is beginning to
discover the folly and inhumanity of its for
mer views. In speaking Of the Message Of
Governor Adams, Of South Carolina, it
says
1t being apparent from the mere statement
of the proposition that the revival of the
slave trade is moral impossibity, there is
no need of any farther discussion of the sub
ject The States of the South arc not vet
prepared to defy the public opinion and to
provoke the positive hostility Of the foremost
powers of Christendom and as the attc,npt
to reopen the traffic in African negroes would
inevitably draw this penalty upon us, we
may rest upon the conclusion that the policy
is impracticablc and will never be subject to
the test of experiment. But we have word
in illustration Of the improperly ard folly
OF ever discussing the REVIVAL of the slave
trade, as an object of Southern ambition and
enterprise. Can any man fail to observe
hs'v much OF stimulus and strength the mere
agitation of the scheme imparts to the anti
slavery sentiment Of the North ?-how much
of odium and resentment it provokes against
the aggressive" spirit of slavery propa-
gandism Ito what extent it impairs the
moral security of the South, and SO iniu,i-
ously affects the stability of its institutions
1t is IDLE to deny that slavery is condemned
by the public opinion of the world. The
States of the South are cut off from the sym
pathes of the most despotic, as well as f..
most popular governments of EUROPE
Whether from honest conviction or tie s,.g-
gestions of hypocrisy, they all join in the
clamor against us. Even Spain, in whose
domlnions slavery exists, affects sort Of
moral antagonism to the South. Is it the
policy Of the South still further to embar-
rass its position, still more scornfully to defy
the opinion of the world-to inhame the
zeal and multiply the number of its enemies?
And all, too, IN pursuit of an impracticable
enterprise and an equivocal advantage? If
not, then let US stop this talk about reviving
the African slave trade
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
Minnesota About to Ask Admission as a
State.

Minnesota About to Ask Admission as a
State.
We learn from Washington that Minneso-
ia will take the initiatory steps for admission
into the Union at this session of Congress,
through her Delegate, Mr.. Rice.
We presume that only the southern DOR
ton of the Territory will be embraced in the
limits of the new State, which include the
great bulk of its population, and the people
as by almost universal consent, are in favor
of dividing it into two States, the line of d.
vision to run east and west. Ultimately.
however, we think there ought to be four
States in Minnesota. Its area embraces l76.-
600 square miles, and division into four
parts would give to each 1900, amply suf.
fcient to make a good sized State. In the
course Of another year two might be Or
ganized, each with population sufficient to
form representative district upon the pres-
ent basis, Ga little over ninety thousand. s.
The present population of the TERRITORY is
said to be 100 600, and before this time next
year it will have swelled to nearly or ouite
100000. We hope, therefore, that in estab-
fishing the boundaris Of the new State it will
not be so large as to preclude the organiza-
ton of two or three States observation-disclosures
90 Press.
The Press is mistaken in supposing that
the great proportion of our population are in
favor of admission by an east and west line,
though we admit some few may be, but the
main bulk, SO far as this portion of the Ter
ritory is concerned, are in favor of dividing
by longitudinal line.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
A Bid for the Senate.

Under the above head the Chicago Tribune
thus hits off one of our most distinguished
citizens:
General Shields, as is we'll known to our
readers, lately accompanied Mr. Douglas
on his wedding tour, from Washington to
Ontario County, New York. At the littlc
village at which they made halt, live IL
linoisian is SO much of curiosity that the
simple-minded people thereabout gave the
pair complimentary dinner at which both
these gentlemen made speeches, of course on
the political topics of the day.
General Shields is understood to have said
that he was opposed to tile fatension of slareyy;
he acas q thorough AWi-&agerp man; o,2d orere
he an iaaataaM Of Kansas, he saould oppose the
introduction Of the system into that 11raory
but as Democrat he was in favor of the
utmost popular liberty, and willing that the
people of Kansas should have the privilege
of making laws and institutions for them
selves.
Strange what difference in ones senti-
ments change of locality makes In Hi
nois, where the General is well known, he is
reported to have had double set of princi-
les-one for Egyptian and the other for
Northern use and if report does not belle
him, his correspondence was of character
to suit the latitude to which his letters were
sent. But he has now removed to Mime
sofa, where the believers in the divinity OF
Slavery are few and far between, and 10 af-
ter only years residence there he is trans
formed into a " thorough anti-Slavery man p
1t would be unkind to mention in this con-
nectlon that Minnesota is about to become a
State, and that she will have two Senators
to elect, of whom the General is said to hope
he may be one. We mention the fact of his
advance in the right direction as one of the
singular effects of the climate of that exceed
ingly healthy country in which General
Shields resides, and not to intimate that the
distinguished warrior, civilian and Irishman
would think of accommodating his political
conscience to the views Of those among whom
he lives.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 90.


The (incomprehensible) Herald says the
instruction excitement still exists in the
neighborhood Of Volney and Gordonsville.-
A number of negroes had been arrested one
of whom pretended to know all about the
plot, but said he would die before he would
betray it. lie was ordered to be whipped,
and received 100 lashes, when he died.
At Cadiz, KY, free negro was hung yes
terday, in accordance with the sentence of
Vigilance Committees. 4 number of other
negroes are in Jail, some of whom will be
hung. The excitement runs very high, and
Judge Cook has called the Court for Christ
mas Day.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
Madras
HindoOstan.
Revenue Service,

hlnuo0Stan.
As to the route which the mail will take
west from this point we are not yet advised,
but presume that it will be either by the
Pembina trail or over Mobiles new road.
We expect soon to see the great European
mails passing over the route. The facilities
for carrying it, especially between Dubuque
and st. Paul, are so much greater than by
British steamers, that we think Walker will
monopolize the business; and if our govern
ment will only give him the contract to the
Pacific, we think it would be carried through
in about = days and "a months. =
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03

THEATRICAL.-Our theatrical friends who
were with us last summer so long, appear to
be much scattered. Miss Deering is in Mem
phis, Tenn, playing "Camille." Mr.. Ber-
nard is at Davenport, managing for Miss
Sallie St. Clair, where he is advertised as
slate of St. Paul and Dubuque Theatres"
Others of the company, we believe, are at
Dubuque and Chicago
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03

KANDIYoHI.-We notice that town has
been laid out bearing the above name near
the lake of the same name, about 90 miles
west of Minneapolis and As or so northwest
of Glencoe. It has been laid out into blocks
of large size, many of which are reserved for
public purposes. A beautifully executed
plat of the town site may be seen at the Full
Ter House.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
The African Slave Trade in the Southern
Convention.

Convention.
In the Southern Convention at Savannah
on the 18th instant, resolutions for the ap-
pointment of a Committee to inquire into the
expediency of re-opening the slave trade were
debated.
Mr. Albert Pike made an eloquent speech
for the opposition on the ground of Humani-
ty. He hoped the whole world would ulti-
mately be free.
Mr.. Baker, of Alabama, replied, contrast
ing the condition of society in the North, and
in the South, and drew the conclusion in
favor of the latter, and hoped slavery would
always exist.
The resolutions were rejected by a vote of
"a to Gl: the Delegates from Alabama,
South Carolina, and Texas, voting in the af-
firmatiye
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
DECEMBEB 81, 1856.
New MAN Route to the East indies.


We have just learned that q new mail
route is now in operation from New York
to the East Indies. 1t does not cross the
Atlantic Ocean but takes the Great Western
Mail and Railway route to Dubuque, and
then it is expressed in the most rapid man.
ner by the energetic contractor, M. 0. Wal
ker, Esq, to st. Paul. Yes, St. Paul is di-
rectly on the line of the great East India
mail route. Think of that ye croake.s
Who now can calculate our manifest dcs-
tiny ~ lnproof of what we assert, we were
yesterday shown paper at the Post Office
IN this city, mailed at New York, which
bore the following direction:
John MCCARTHY,
Reyenup