The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-19
Some Banker on ST. Anthony street, a

certificates issued against their property, for
work upon the streets and now again they
make this pretence for crying down City
Orders. Suppose they succeed in throwing
the payment Of the street certificates CON-
planned Of of their shoulders, will not the
Contractors come directly upon the city,
through the Aldermen who ordered the work
to be done and if 20, would not the redemp-
ton Of those certificates, by the city, before
any amount Of interest should have accumu-
lated upon them, be the best thing that
could be adopted for the tax-payers.-
Those financial gentlemen, certainly, would
not counsel reputation and allow the poor
laboring man to make streets in front OF
their property, without receiving any pay.
But it was not the intention to cancel the
certificates about which there was likely to
be any contest; as will be noted in the ac-
ton Of the Council excepting from the pro-
visions Of their Relief Resolutions all the
certificates issued for the construction of the
Second Ward sewer and the Brokers' cry
Of illegal certificates, is but another trick
to induce the poor people to take their city
orders to the Bankers who propose to shave
them % cents on the dollar, as We know
some Of them are now doing.
We repeat again, that for every doilar of
Hy Scrip 10 be ISSUED, there are 7ro Dollars
Of Iars due, ard they must be paid into
the City Treasury before the first of April.
Two DOLLARS or TAXES TO BE pAID FOR
EVERY DOLLAR OF ScKTr ISSUED and yet the
Brokers Of st. Paul are striving to bring
about panic and distrust of city orders.
Why do they deprecate those orders? Does
any sane man in the city suppose that if the
city orders had been owing TO the bankers
that they would not have been at par -
Because the orders are due TO the poor man,
who lives from hand to mouth, and depends
upon his labor for bread, the bankers know
they have him in their power, and can force
him to exchange the orders at whatever dis
count they may ask. And why have they
the power! Because the merchants of 81.
Paul have not the courage to oppose them
in their absolute control of the monetary af
fairs Of the city.
NAVIGATION CLosED.--Contrary to ex-
pectatiOns, the weather changed Saturday
morning to cold, and during the whole day
ice was forming. The Minnesota, Alham-
bra, and Fanny Harris, came up on Thurs
day night, and encountered pretty heavy
ice between st. Paul and the head Of the
Lake. The Northern Light came at noon,
and reported the river nearly enough closed
to induce them to put right back She left
at o'clock. We may, possibly. have a
boat in this morning, but we d, not look for
the Grey Eagle or Itasca to come further
than the foot OF Lake Pepin. The Antelope
made trip yesterday to Chaska, and will
return to-day, and then will be compelled to
stop. We are. from this time forward for
five months, forced to the use ofsIow coaches
to give us our news, and our visitors.
ST.. PAIL IIBRARY AssocIArIoS.-At
meeting Of the st. Paul Library Associa-
ton, held on Saturday evening, Nov. 9th,
the following officers were elected for the en-.
suing year Chas. T. Cotton, President :;
+. Ps,oy, Vice President :. ID. Jackson.
Corresponding Secretary; W. Il. Farrell,
Recording Secretary; j. +. iIoyt, Treas
urer; A. VI Elra;h, 4. W. Hall, W. +.
Snyder, '. W. M'Clung, and K. +. House
worth, Managers.
On motion the Association iar' aoiiiunrrti.
10 meet a, the West ST Paul Land Office.
on Monday evening, Nov 18th, at o'clock,
TO decide upon course Of action TO be pur-
sued during the coming winter.
w. Il. FAREgIL, Secy
\ NINroR fXrE,rRD. The Hornet, an
open beat 90 feet leug, and feet beam,
sloopriggcd, Capt Duncan, Commander,
-et sail from Erie Pennsylvania, on the 4th
of October. bound for 81. Paul She made
Detroit, Mackinaw. Green Bay. assembled
Fox river 10 Winnebago Lake, thence via
Oshkosh Berlin, Princetowu, Puckwa axe.
Busalo Lake. up the river to Portage,hauled
over the canal, thence TO tn Wisconsin river.
thence down TO the Mississippi and arrived
at Prairie du Chen on the ID Ut November.
from which place she started ca the jth for
,hi, city. The whole distance Of the yoy-
age will b about $500 mile. The crew
consists Of Capt. Duncan and bis wife
Nv OPES RIyyR.--A visitor 10 the wharf
yesterday, would b. surprised to notice an
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