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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05

lct the Republican Party Of Winne-
sofa Understand, at once, the Work
TO be Accomplished before the OctO-
her Election!
Republicans must, at once, see the necess-
t. Of a speedy ana thorough organization
for the State campaign which will close on
18th of October. Our Territorial Conven-
ton, called by the Central Committee to
meet one week from tomorrow, now as
sumes, by the wording and sense of the call,
the importance of a STATE Convention. AT
that time it will be necessary to nominate,
a candidate Tor Governor;
a candidate for Lieutenant Go vernon;
A candidate for Secretary of State
A candidate for State Auditor
A candidate for State Treasurer
A candidate for Attorney General;
Three candidates for Congress.
Three candidates for Judges of the Su-
premc Court.
A candidate for Clerk of the Supreme
Court.
elected by tie people at large over the whole
State. Besides these, there are District Judg-
es to elect in each of the six districts as set
forth in the constitution, with a District At
torncy in each District, and Clerk of the
District Court in each county.
These are the new officers the people are
called upon TO choose in passing out of their
Territorial existence into that of State
The members Of the Legislature and county
officers are Of course to be chosen at the
same time.
Now, let the Republicans organize thor
oughly and forthwith. Send up your dele
gates to the Convention on "Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 9th, and send mtm who are prepared
to act for the best interest Of the State and
the nation. We tell you, fellow Republicans,
that We have short fight and hard fight
before US. We have no show against the
enemies Of free labor and free thought but by
hard and untiling work. The Administra-
ton and its money-or rather the peoples
money in the Office holders hands-arc in
the field to send pro-,'avcry Senator's and
pro-slavery member. Of the House to Wash
ington, and thus introduce Minnc.ot. into
the Union as q trucking slave, bound hand
and foot, to the will Of the oligarchy Of the
South. Prevent this we can, prevent this we
MUST, and prevent this We WILL!
Let US then at once address ourselye, to
the great work Of organization. Let US have
full representation on the 9th from ev.ry
county. Let rs nominate such a ticket as
will commend itselfto the sense and propriety
of the people of the State. Let there
be no pickering, or jealousies as to
whether this man or that man. if eli
Their he good man, shall receive the en-
dorsement for this or that Office. Let us
consider the importance of The cause. and not
the Importance Of elevating men who under.
rate the cause,
We have, fellow Republicans, we repeat =
big work before US. Let us ORGANIZE. we
say. Ibe enemy are already ON the alert.
ana are getting ahead of us upon tie impor.
'aht preliminaries. ORGANIZE !
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Correspondence of the Minnesotian.
Military Organization at st. Cloud.


A petition to Gov. Medary for arms to
equip an organized company of volunteers,
having received some sixty signatures, the
signers and others were called together at the
Everett School House, on the 25th ult,, to
consider the subject and perfect an organiza-
ton. Col. George Barstow was called to
the chair, and Henry Swsshelm chosen Sec
rotary. Remarks were then made by Mcssrs.
Inman, Barstow, Cutter, Mitchell, Gorton,
Berlin, Alden and others, on the object of
the organization, when a motion that the
petition be adopted by the meeting was
passed unanimously. A motion was then
made by Charles Taylor to proceed to the
election of officers, with an amendment that
the Rev. T. G. Inman be appointed Captain
of the proposed company, by reclamation,
and that it be designated as the st. Cloud
Rifle Company. The motion was carried
unanimously. The following officers were
then nominated and elected in their order:
LIST Lieutenant, John II. Taylor.
End Lieutenant, 7. G. Alden.
Ord. Sergeant, w. W. Hendricks.
A motion was then agreed to, that COM
mittee be appointed to present the proceed
ings of this meeting with the petition, to the
Governor of the Territory. COL George Bar
stow, John FL. Taylor, G. G. Kelly and w.
w. Hendricks, were appointed on the COM
mittee. The meeting then adjourned to
meet at the call of the Captain.
GEORGE BARSTOW, Pres't.
r Cxr,ssrrrru Sac'v
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
Missouri Election.

Taking the returns as made up by the Bor-
der Ruflian Office holders, Stewart is elected
by small majority. The D,mocrot and h.
teligener agree in stating flat Rollins has
been chiselled out of his election by tamyer-
ing with the returns, and changing the actual
vote in the distant counties. 1t is believed
that frauds have been perpetrated in a dozen
counties at least
The IntiigRee,' of Wednesday, says of the
popularity OF Rollins
1t is enough to know that Mai. Rollins
made most extraordinary canyas-that he
brought about the result, unailed and alone,
which not one in hundred deemed him capa-
bic of doing-and that if he had one 1.-THE Of
support of the opposition parties of the State
to which he was entitled, he would have been
elected by a majority of ten thousand at
least.
His friends did not know hig strength and
theirs They know it now, and it will be
made available in future"
The Democrat of the same date, speak
ing of the cheating which was done, re-
marks:
MoRE CHEATING ExposED-We begin this
morning an evisceration of the so-called Off
cial returns, whereby the nulifers expect to
install Col Stewart as Governor of Missouri,
in defiance of the expressed will Of MAORI.
ty of the people. The county of Atchison, it
will be remembered, is far up in the north
western corner of the State, and its very re-
moteness no doubt suggested the practicable
ity of tampcring with the returns from
thence. The county wa. at first reported to
US, and so reported by persons direct from
the county seat as having given Stewart
majority Of thirty votes. As such, We set it
down in our tables, and SO did the rest of our
cotempOraries. The long time, however,
which elapsed before ANYTHING official was
Published caused us to feel apprehen-ive that
all was not right, and when the official re-
turns as they are styled, did come, showing
a majority Of forty-fve for Stewart, We were
satisfied that the vote had been ,cdtersd. 1t
Is now published by the opposition presses
rs Official at Stewart 10, Rollins l25. On
yesterday however we received letter from
an Cd correspondent, a resident OF that coun-
", enclosing Us the vote taken from the poel.
BOOKS, and cur readers may be somewhat
sur9r.sed 10 learn that it stands there record
cd just as we ORIGINALLY published it-that is
Stewart lz3, Rollins 10, or only 30 majority
Tor the former Il IS needless to add words to
70 patent n cvidence of fraud Who has
done tie tanlnering With this vote is the qucs-
zion dAo caused The discrepancy in favor
oil stewart, between the vote as recorded in
the county and that as recorded at Jefferson
City?
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
Our County Convention.

At 2 O'Clock on Saturday of this week
Saturday, September 5th-the Republicans
of Ramsey County are called upon to appoint
their quota of delegates to the State Nomi-
mating Convention which meets at the Capt.
toll, on Wednesday next. We trust although
we of Ramsey are regarded as being a minor
ity party within ourselves, that we will at
tend to seeing delegation of the best men
in our party appointed to meet our brethren
from the rural districts, who will be here in
force on that day From every county
without VIC hear the note of preparation for
Wednesday, September 9Th, and it may be
expected that we will have full delegations
from every quarter on that day. Let Ram
sey not be found behind in this respect. Re-
collect the mass meeting for the appointment
of delegates is at the Court House, St. Paal,
on Saturday, Sept. 5h.
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The Facility of Edit oriaI Living.

In reading in the Pioneer f. Democrat of yes
terday, long and abusive TRADE from the
pen of GoMAN's hireling, Rec. PsNMAN, con-
corning the present position of the Republ-
can party in Minnesota, we we're struck
with the facility with which men can trans
form themselves from public ministers ofthe
Gospel, to public political liars. PENMAN
asserts in his editorial of yesterday, that the
Republican party, during the canvass which
elected majority of that party to the Con-
stitutional Convention, put forth, as the chief
plank in its platform, the principle of uncon-
ditional negro suffrage; that the only ground
for opposing the DRED SCorr decision adj
vanced by the Republicans was that said decis-
ion declared the equality of the negro to the
white man, &c.
1t is scarcely to be supposed, by the most
imaginative charity on our part, that this
man, PENMAN, did not know he was writing
brre faced lies when he gave out these state
ments, the substance of which we have quot
ed above. He knew that the Republicans,
as party, nowhere in the Union, have ever
advanced, now advance, or will advance
hereafter the doctrine of negro suffrage as
cardinal principle of the party.
The Republican party was formed to ele-
vate the dignity of Free Labor over Slave
Labor; to open up the Free Soil of the Free
West to the uses and benefits of White Free
Men and not to the encumbrances and abu-
ses of enslaved negroes. The party to which
we belong opposes the Died Scott decision
mainly because it establishes NEGRO SLA-
VERY, in all it's hideous forms, in all the
States and Territories of the Union, regard
less of all Constitutional law and civil liber-
ty heretofore guara nteed in in all the depart
ments of the Government to the people of
the Free States and the Free Territories
We go for electing members of Congress
and u. S. Senators who who will meet this
moneyed, slave breeding, and slave traffick-
ing power, which has so long ruled the nation,
right at the Threshold of the nations legis-
I lature, and saying to the men who make the
money out of their negro flesh, and buy
Herewith the so-called democracy" of the
North, "Thus far shalt thou go, but no far
Their y
We intend, with the aid OF the people, to
see elected in Minnesota a judiciary that
will sustain this position of our members
in Congress. We intend, with the same aid,
to see the State of Minnesota, Executively,
Legislatively and Judicially, occupying the
same position before the nation and the
world on this so-called "Nigger Question"
that is now maintained by her elder Western
sisters, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. And
in laboring to accomplish this end we do not
intend to have our eye drawn from the main
sight in order to run after "negro equality"
or any other will-of-the-wisp which may be
started by the rotten-hearted slaves of South
ern nabobs that may spring up as fungi in
the opposition, be they the washings of the
pulpit, or the offal from any other quarter
which needs cleansing.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
Funeral of John r. DonneIly.

This took place as we briefly noticed yester.
day, on Sunday afternoon, and was attended
by greater concourse of people than we re-
member to have ever noticed on such an
occasion in this city. The public circum-
stances of his death, the great sympathy felt
throughout the community for the unfortu-
nate fate Of the young soldier, and the in
terest attached to the occasion all combi-
ned to effect this. Il
Donnelly was buried with military honors.
The First Regiment Of Volunteer Militia,
marched in funeral order and with funeral
badges to the burial of their fellow soldier
A platoon of the Pioneer Guards headed
the column,-followed by the City Guards,
their first parade, without arms. Then fol-
lowed Col. Jones and Staff on foot. The ST..
Paul Light Cavalry, with full ranks closed
the cortege. The column first proceeded to
the house of their deceased comrade, and es.
corted the hearse and body tothe Methodist
Church, where the services were held. His
stced, which had borne him in the fight, was
led behind the hearse, and on the coffin lay
his arms, and trappings. 1t was conveyed
into the church, and the military and citi-
zens filled the entire body of the building,
which was densely crowded.
The services were conducted by Rev. Jno.
Penman. He chose for his text the passage:
"Io hxi IS Christ and to die is gain" and
preached an affecting discourse. He alluded
at the close to the subject of his remarks,
and spoke touchingly of the brave young
volunteer, thus untimely and suddenly cut
off, and dying in the fray, yet perishing no
bly, and fearlessly, at his post, with his sword
drawn. He drew picture of the mournful
scene, the charge, the skirmish, the fatal
wound, and portrayed the young soldier as
lying on the deadly field, his comrades stan
ding sadly around, his life ebbing away, and
the surgeons art of no avail-so touchingly
that tears sufused many eyes.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the
holy was taken again to the house, and the
procession proceeded to the cemetery, where
the remains of Private Francis Donnely
were consigned to the earth by his fellow
soldiers.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
CUipable NIeanucsS

With all the professions of fairness in
agreeing finally upon one Constitution the
majority on the Democratic side Of tho C.n
tol, refused at the last hour to provide for
the payment of legally elected Rennb,;can
members. This miserable act of me,,noss
was denounced in public debate by Messrs
AMEs and SHERBURNE oc the St. Paul de,e-
CATION, and by all others who had any sense
of honor about them in regard to matters Of
this kind
Politically, we rejoice that the leaders Of
the so-called " Democratic party have taken
1t upon themselves to do an act of this kind
1t shows where the hearts of these leaders are
when party prompts them to deeds unworthy
OF men. Their basely mean record is before
the people, and will be kept before them du
ring the next few years.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
Careless Oversight.

We have no disposition to censure, in any
particular, the action of the Committee of
Conference who finally succeeded in agreeing
upon one Constitution; but they certainly
introduced Discrepancy into that instru-
ment between the qualification of voters at
the first election and persons who may vote
at subsequent elections, for which no man can
give any plausible reason. We quote, in the
first place, from article 7th of the Constitu-
ton, entitled effective Franchise -
SECTION 1. Every male person the age of twenty
one years or upwards belonging to either of
ing classes, who shall have resided the United States
one year and in this State for -four preding
any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election in
the election district of which he shall at the time have
been for ten days resident for all officers that now are
or hereafter may be, elective by the people:
FIRST. White citizens of the United States.
Second White persons of foreign birth, who shall
have declared their intention to become citizens con.
formally to the laws of the United States upon SUBJ
ject of naturalization
Third. Persons of mixed white and Indian blood who
have adopted the customs and habits civilization
Fo~'M Persons of Indian blood residing in this State
who have adopted the language, customs habits of
civilization, after an examination before any District
Court OF the State, in such manner be provided
by law and shall have been pronounced by said Court
capable of enjoying the rights of citizenship within the
State.
After this, we find in the Schedule, Article
10th, Section 17th,-the following, which
governs in full the election which is to be
held on the 18th of October ensuing:
"Upon the day designated as aforesaid, every free
oohHe male iRhdbitdnt the age of twenty-one
years, who shall have resided within the limits State
for ten days previous to the day of said election may
vote for all officers to be elected under this const
tuition at such election and also for against adop
ton of this constitutions
Now,if it is right at all (and we contend that
it isl to allow persons of mixed Indian blood
and persons of Indian blood who have adopt
ed the habits of civilization to vote at subse-
quent elections, why was the door so summa-
rly closed against both of these classes at the
first election? This section of the Schedule
certainly shuts out every class of voters ex-
cept those who come in as '',chhe CT items of
the United States" or '',chite persons of for
eign birth who shall have declared their in
tcntion to become citizens" &c.
1t will not do, under that portion of article
18th which we quote, to say that persons of
the slightest shade Of Indian blood are "fee
white male inhabitants" because the distinc-
tlon is clearly created in that article, which is
binding after the Schedule in all its parts ex-
hausts itself. VIII our friend, j. r. Brown,
who we understand is the father of this Sec
ton II of the Schedule, inform us why he
dslranchised these people OF Indian blood at
the first election?
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While th;sorder was being executed,
these Indiansred several shots in the d.
rection of wire stood, and the troops re-
turned the f.. From the time of killing
Donnellv 1.-THE time I gave the order was
not more thn minute. During the fight
ing saw Two or three Indians attempt to
reload their guns after firing them; Ma-in-
CONS and Nat-am-ab. are two whom 1 saw
do this. Two indians then fell, wounded,
one has since died, and the other is in the
Hospital here, wounded. gave orders to
cease firing. Tb firing ceased. The troops
rode uu to the Iydians and took away their
arms and ammunition
One of the India.s refused to give up his
gun; one of the ,oldiers took it from him.
have had tbAn in custody ever since.
When approached Donnelly, he was
dead He had been shot through the left
arm, through his body, by a ball and
slug both. The Surgeon, DR.. Meade, was
on the ground instantly; he examined Don
nelly and pronounced him dead. We then
examined the two wounded Indians. He adj
vised their removal at once to the nearest
house, which was done at once. On arriving
at a store on the prairie, the Surgeon dress
ed the wounds Of the Indians and they were
all placed in baggage wagon. Donnelly was
taken into back shed, and further examined
by the Surgeon. After which we put the
body into box and took up our line of
march for St. Paul about 4 o'clock, where
we arrived on the goth day of August, at 5
o'clock P. NJ. This occurrence took place
in Chisago county.
One of the horses was also wounded in the
head by shot; he was rode by Private Fas-
sett.
At three o'clock the trial was resumed.
Capt. Starkey was cross-examined, but moth
ing new was elected.
Sergeant Mclean, and Private Klinger-
smith were also examined, We have no
room at the late hour we returned, to give
the testimony in full.
Here the prosecution rested. Judge Mel
son then reviewed the testimony, and stated
that as nothing had been proven against Ma
in-gons, Nat-tam-ab, and Ka-o-ta-sa, he would
discharge those three, and requested Major
Herman to take them in charge; and con-
vey them to the agency. But as Sha-go.ba
appeared to be the one who had killed Dom
nelly he should proceed with the examina-
ton.
j. Y. Caldwell, and Mr.. Stillwell were ex-
amined for the defence. Nat-tam-ab, one
of the discharged Indians was then called
to the stand, and an interpreter sworn in
Pending this witness testimony, we came
away from the Chambers.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
Judicial aud Legislative Districts.

In order that our readers may possess, in
a convenient form, the necessary information
in regard to the division Of the State into
Judicial and Legislative Districts under the
Constitution, we have complied the following
tables We commence with the Judicial
Districts, each of which elects one Judge
and one Prosecuting Attorney. Each coun-
ty elects Clerk of the District Court:
DISTRICTS. COUNTIES.
l. Washington, Chsago, Manomin, Anoka, Isanti,
Pine, Buchanan, Carlton, st. Louis, and Lake.
II. Ramsey.
Ill. Houston, winona, Fillmore, Olmsted and Waba-
shaw
Nv. Hennepin Carver, Wright, Meeker, Sherburne,
Benton, Stearns, Morrison, Crow Wing, Mile
Lac, Itasca, Pembina, Todd and Cass.
v. Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, Rice, Steele, Waseca,
Dodge, Mower and Freedom.
VI. lie Sueur, Sibey, Nicolet, Blue Earth, Farrbaut,
Mcleod, Renvie, Brown and all other counties
in the State not included in the other Districts.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
The Constitution of the State OfNIinne-

We present this morning the authentca-
ted copy of the Constitution, as filed on Sat-
urday by the President of the Convention.
We are credtably Informed that an identical
documents word for word, was signed by the
sided over by Hon. IT, II. SIBLEY, which was
also deposited with the Governor.
Without cheating about the bush," We
wish to state that, practically, the people have
enc Constitution to vote upon and one only.
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HENRY Sw1ssHELM, Sec'y.

THE latest dodge to "raise the wind,' is
for one tocarry package containing useless
materials, sealed, and marked "By Express"
and get tie boarding house keeper to pay
the charges, in the absence of the boarder it
is directed to. Several persons lave been
sNindled il this manner.
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The Great Enterprise Checked.

Inc particulars of the latest foreign news
"n'ch appears this morcing may we'll be con-
sloered as disaster to the world, and check
10 'ne greatest commercial enterprise of the
age. The Atlantic Telegraph Cable was
broken astearn the Niagara on the 18th of
August, 1886 miles from the Irish coast
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FOND OF GRAMMAR.-Exceedingly fond
of grammar was the Able Dangean. When
told that the government was likely to be
Observation-Disclosures mind" said he: "let
what will happen, l have in my portfolio
Mirty-sig conjugations all compieted.n We
knew Of an old maid in this city who would
be glad ifa thirty-sixth part as much.
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HEAD QUARTERS, M. NJ. J
ST, PAUL. Aug 90. 81. {

To Capt. Jas. Starhey st. p. L. c.:
This Department having ascertained that a
band of rowing Wisconsin Indians is now
committing depredations upon the inhabi-
tants of Rum River Valley, you are there
fore commanded to detail a sufficient num-
Der of men from your company for the SER
vice, and repair forthwith to the scene of
these depredations near Cedar Greek, and
take such measures as may be necessary for
the protection of the inhabitants and the
removal of the Indians.
[Signed,1 s. MEDAKY,
Territorv Gocernor and Coaaadnder-in- CAief N. N.
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tees of the different counties, respectively throughout
the Territory requested to report, at to the
undersigned, at St. Paul, the and address of their
Chairman 1t is necessary that this should be done to
facilitate the operations of the Central Committee.
c. D. GILLFILLAN,
Chirman Republican Central Commute.
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BORUP Il CAKES, BANK.
BANKING HOURS FROM Q A. NJ, TO 8 P. NJ.
To the Republican Electors of the Ter.
ritOry of minnesota.

Notice is hereby given that Territorial Convention,
will be held in the House of Representatives, at the
Capitol at Paul, Wednesday, the 9th day of Sep
TENDER next, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. to nominate candi
for delegate to Congress, to make such other
nominations shall be deemed expedient The differ
counties will be entitled to be represented follows