The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-04-24
Our Special Minneapolis and st. An
thOny Correspondence.
APRIL. Is, 1858.

Our Special Minneapolis and st. An
thOny Correspondence.
APRIL, 10, 1858.
To the Editors @, tss NiRnesotidn:
Tie excitement which has existed here io
some time last, attained its acme last n'ghs
The fever of those in favor Of the Loan Bill
reached its crisis, and while lsboring under
the delirium, consequent upon the morblt
condition of their systems, they treated th'
inhabitants to q Grand Swindle Carnival, th'
principal pageant of which was a torchllgh
procession. l watched the procession as i
passed BY me. They who composed it wer'
radiant with joy, jubiliant in their confidence
of the ultimate success of their frenziet
scheme As I gazed on their elated features
and marked their prancing chargers, l wa
forced mentally to exclaim, Falstaff march
eth to Shrewsbury" The procession wa
gorgeous in the extreme. will attempt te
give you description of it, but it should bt
let for more powerful pen than mine. The
firing of cannon and ringing of bells were to
announce the moving Of the procession. On
both sides the cannon was olritted. The
two divisions, ie., St. Anthony and Mnnea-
polls, were to join at the Nicollet House. in
Minneapolis. The cavalcade moved down
Helen street to First, and cutting across lots
struck Washington Avenue above the Catar-
act House, down Washington Avenue to
Ames street, up Ames street 10 Four b, thence
along Fourth to the residence of Chas. Hcag,
ESQ.,, through that gentleman'S grounds to
Itaska street; thence to Second; along Sec
ond street to Bridge street down Bridge
street; across the Suspension Bridge to St.
Anthony. Upon reaching St. Anthony it
proceeded down Main to Maple up Maple
to Fourth thence to Bay street, thence to
Wood street thence to Rollins street
thence to Bay street thence to the foot OF
the Winslow House, when grand display
Of fireworks took place, consisting of the
throwing of fire-balIs by several small boys.
Now for the procession. First and FORE
most came dozen of small boys; then, the
Chief Marshal mounted on a charger, which
he Gould with difficulty hold-hold up mean.
Next following were the horsemen and horse
boys all mounted on highly caparisoned and
prancing steeds next in turn for what was
Intended for locomotive, but bore as much
resemblance to locomotive as New York
alderman does to Mississippi steamboat /;
next a drum and fife next what was in
formed was intended for passenger car F.;
next two men holding a transparent ball !;
boys with torches and nsparencies-about
a dozen torches and the remainder trans
parencies, on which were painted some ab.
surd notices, which were as follows: "Pop
goes the Weasel" Cant Stay in the Will
derness," and one ''Railroads Encourage
Emigration!"
Several buildings were Illuminated in each
city, and spea,ing Of them l must frankly
confess, that they were nearly all credtable.
The most magnificent scene ever beh.ld
in the way of illumination, was that present
ed by the Wlnslow House Of Saint Anthony
every window in the immense edi6ce was
brilliantly illuminated. Through each Of the
sixty large windows in the front through the
twenty four fronting the river and through
every opening in the cupola shone q dazzel-
ingly brilliant light. The entire building
from the base to the topmost tile was brought
out in bold relief. Viewed from the Mime
apolis side Of the river, the Winslow House
presented a scene of bright, shining, fairy
like beauty-I cannot describe it fairly, paint
the picture yourself and take this as basis
"a large massy building, with a cupola full
of openings, standing on an eminence, take
ont all the floors and partitions and fill the
interior with Drummond light. Standing at
a distance and viewing this building, it seem
ed to be filled to bursting with q strongly
brilliant supernatural smokeless fire. The
question arises here, who paid expenses
Among the many Marshals who officiated
we noticed cur friend the Local of the Gazette.
We also noticed among the assistants, the
Homo able desired to be +. M. who wrote the
Lecompton letter Shave-Tail-I-s.
We have thus far heard of no accidents
and although there were some horses out, we
believe no person was thrown, owing nc
doubt to the fact, that during the entire af
ternoon Marshals ard aids were out with the
a'rses which they rode in the evening, riding
about town to accustom themselves to the
thing irving to wear off the novelty Of being
On horseback two hours later. We learn
that several men were shot in the neck by A.
Saloon; hopes are entertained of their recove-
ry, though some were so badly wounded that
they could scarcely utter, distinctly, the sim
plest words in the English language. l close
here, as / must attend to the election.
WAAZIZI.