The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-03
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FACTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT VARIOUS MATTERS
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inqui.er)
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w WAsHIEG TON, Dec. 3.
Have ever told you of wild speculation
here, on small scale? just after leaving
the Railroad depot, one notices on the right
i new building of considerable dimensions,
and evidently intended for manufacturing
purposes OF some sort. 1t appears that some
one or more adventurous individuals have
purchased of the proprietor of Mount Yer
non all the trees and shrubbery left on the
estate, at a cost; it is said, Of twenty thou
sand dollars. The building and machinery
spoken of will probably cost ten thousand
dollars more, and this large outlay is to be
reimbursed by the manufacture and sale Of
Washington or Mount Vernon canes You
will perceive that it will require a sale Of a.
least thirty thousand of these canes, at as
low a price as one dollar. apiece, in order t.
repay the original capital invested 1t is
easy to see that the speculation is rapid
crazy one, and that the only Earty likely o
make anything out Of it is the owner OF
Mount Vernon, provided he gets his price
Bat how will that sacred spot appear to
American eyes when it shall have been de-
nuded Of every noble tree and graceful shrub,
and meet the gaze with all the arid sterility
.! barren desert? cannot avoid a men,
tai connection OF such sacrilege with course
of conduct that would strip tie rich garments
from an unprotected corpse.
correspondence ofthe Courier and Enquirer.l
Mr.. F. A. Cooke, the amateur delegate
from Arezoniah, speaks of that region in pa
triotic terms, ami claims for hmselfa con-
stituency of which any gentleman might be
proud. The inhabitants of Arezoniah arc es-
timated at 100000, of which considerabl,
over 1000 are men in buckram suits, ''chl-
tlren of the MIST" which sometimes descend
from the Californian mountains upon the
plains of Sonora. In plain words Arczoniah
is my ythical region and all the men and
women represented by Mr.. Cooke are only
the shadows of the coming time. The Gads-
len purchase may contain mines of gold and
gems, but none have yet been found, and the
copper mines that have been worked are sim
liar to those of New Mexico, and yield a
scanty return for the labor bestowed upon
them. The whole country is already in
cluded by law within the jurisdiction of New
Mexico, which seems to be very good and
convenient arrangement.
| The appearance, of this new territorial
project however, has given occasion to spec
ulation which possesses practica! and impOr-
tant features. There is still longing desire
on the part of many scheming and ambitious
men, to divide California, and erect the low
er part of it into an independent State. This
district, however, is deficient in water, peo-
pie and fertile soil Arezoniah is an exag-
gerated copy of this region, and the annexa-
ton of one to another, would seem to be ap-
propriate, and might obviate some inconvc-
nient peculiarities in the S tuation of the Ter
ritory. As to Slavery going into either, there
is probably little danger of that, because
white men themselves find it difficult to get
a living without that drawback. Itneed not
excite surprise, if by common consent, this
l Arezoniah demonstra' lon result in t for
nation of a State out OF the western part OF
: the Gadsden purchase and portion Of Cali
fornia.
| Correspondence of the N. Y. Tines)
There is loose paragraph floating about
|, in the newspapers at present, stating that
the Canadians propose passing law com
pelling the return of all the fugitive slaves
from the States. There are now about thir-
ty thousand of these free fngitives in Upper
and Lower Canada, who are among the most
, loyal of Queen Victoria's Canadian subjeces.
The number is constantly on the increase
and the facilities of the underground railroad
has never been greater, it is said, than at
present, for the transportation Of these dark