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The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

Below we give calendar of the time of
opening Of the river opposite St. Paul. and
the cate of the arrival OF the first boat at
our levee /:
In 1851, the Ice broke up opposite Saint
Paul on March 18th, (the same date as this
year., and the Lake opened on the 3lst; but
tie "lirst boat" the Nominee, did not arrive
until April 18th.
In 1852 the Ice broke up in front of St.
Paul, on March 29th, and the Nominee, the
first boat, arrived here on April 10th, in the
evening.
1S53-Ice broke at ST. Paul April lst;
first boat, V'est .N'ewton, April l1th, in the
morning.
1S54-Icc broke on the 18th Of March ;
first boat, Nominee, morning of April Sth.
1S55-Icc broke on March 3lst; river
clear on April 9th first boat, War Eagle.
arrived April 18th, in the evening.
lS5G-Ice moved on April 4th !; first beat
Lady Eanktin, arrived on the evening of the
18th.
1S57-Ice moved on April 18th; first boat,
the Gaiena arrived May l, at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ.
I9jS-Ice broke on the 18th OF March !;
river clear II the 18th first boat, Grey Ea-
gle, arrived on Thursday morning, March
18th, at j o'cl elk.
1t will thus be seen that the Grey EdgLe's
arrival is not only the earliest on record, but
that the interval between the breaking of the
ice here, and the arrival Of the first boat, is
the shortest on record:
The intery bet cen the breaking I'D of the ice here
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
The Certificates Of Character Published
bVa lhe Times. wxa

The Certificates Of Character FuDhshed
by the Times. ~
q The editor of tho Times keeps standing in
its columns, and trots out, with grave gusto,
is conclusive evidence Of bis ability and of
his Republcanism, series of puts copied
from various newspapers in the Territory
This is little funny to the initiated, who
know how these endorsements were obtained,
An advertisement of the Weekly Times was
sent to each paper, with a promise to pay for
it, accompanied with request for a " favora-
BILE notice, which would be rcciprocated'. on
the principle of
Tickle me Timothy, o do! do
And in return, III tickle youi"
The advertisement was accordingly insert
ed and also the favorable reference to it,
as per order; and the next thing is, we be-
hold the Times pareding these mere business
notices, which the writer's only intended in
Pickwickian sense, as conclusvely establish
ing his extraordinary sense, talent and party
fdeEty when they are really of no more
weight than the putfs newspapers sometim's
bestow on a travelling circus, or rope dancer
or the certificates which members of Con-
sress occasionally furnish to vendors Of pa
tent pills or cure-al Catholikons. "
We advise the Times to give over this
certificate -of-character business. The best
recommendation a newspaper can have is the
ability and good s,nse and honesty displayed
in its columns,-lhe personal foibles or pc
cularities of the editors, are points which
the public don't care farthing for. If the
| Times is anxious also to establish its Repub-
canis,n on more unimpeachable basis for
the future, it need ,nly display q sralghtfor-
ward, energetic a.d ngh-principled devotion
/ to the cause, and i. will need no certificates
| to sustain its position with the party as true
| party raper. The Ilinnesotinn, has never re-
qulred any such "olstering as the Times finds
itself compelled to resort to F.: because ITS ef-
ficiency as party organ has been such, that
it has been universally Acknowledgements
body has venture,i, nor wanted to dispute its
|
position in that ic>r rect and when party ia
vors were to be disposed of, as matter OF
course and as iist reward for its uncatcula-
tina devotion to tie cause, the Representa-
tives of the Party in the Legislature gave
them to this Office. IF the Times will cease
! to measure the extent Of its advocacy OF Re
publcanism by the amount OF pay it receives
or is promised d-whcn we can prove to have
| been its practice, ii that paper gives us leave
! to EXPOSE a certain Transaction in the past -
and if it will plunge into the fight as vol
unteer, pay or no paw, simply for the success
of great principles, the fact will need no trum
pet to proclaim il, ;ior puffs to endorse it
will be apparent to The whole party and tha
paper Will receive its reward accordingly
when rewards are being distributed. This il
the principle of party-action adopted by thu
DHaaeso'ian; and ,his accounts for our su
perlor success both in business prosperity ant
in party confidence AMI favor. $50 tho'
and d. likewise"
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Not even their abuse and anathema of the

Not even their abuse and anathema of the
Maassotian wllinvalidatc its honest exposi-
tions of their short comings. No spnder
they quake and tiemble like BEIsH SszEE OF
old, when they see it forshadowing THIS yer,
dict of the masses in regard to their conduct
when they see the hand,ipscribipg the writ
ing ON the wall, which tells their fate in the
surely coming indignation of the voters OF
the State upon every man who sustained that
bill of iniquity which sooner or later will
torture every tax payer with its burdens,
"Mue: meme tekei apharsin! fTh9q art
weighed in the balance andart found wanting
And that same night was Babylon destroy
ed y
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
A Handy ARA nrc.nent.

! FoE want Oh any body else to praise them
through the newspapers, the Loan men in the
Legislature appear TO have entered into an
arrangement to puff each other in their res
pective local presses. Thus, letters from St..
Paul are to appear in the Rochester. Ohm
stead County, journals, putting the Winona
men for their d" talented and powerful spec n.
es = and as one good turn deserves another
the .Winona delegation are to see that the
Olmstead men are properly set up as men Of
+ great putity and ability in the newspa-
pers of Winona! The Times is then to pub
lish extracts, from these letters, as evidences
of public sentiment! This kind OF bolster
Ing is quite equal to the Mutual Admiration
Socety's operations "Go it ye crippes =
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
who arc the Jealous Advocates of the
''i'' s.Oan RiIll

First and fly those who expect to have
special share in he plumber next--those
TO vbou individuals OF the above class owe
uo ~, who are owned by
49, p.:, '"o afraid
the Railroad PARTIES others who are
OF them and many who are deceived in the
real character OF the Loan bill. or duped into
the belief that it Will make money plenty
Inc last class are daily bec"ming beautifully
less IN numbers, and by the election there
VIII be very few OF the same sort left-;f tho
evidence all around US is any guide.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

-hn ratification 0
Should bear in mind that ,..u
the Loan Bill will bring an army of laborers
to Minnesota, under the expectation of get
ting work, which will keep those now here
out OF employment. and cut down wages to
railroad prices. For, these Bogus Railroad
men intend to do no more grading than thew
can help, SO as to make big pile of money
az small expense. Their plan will be to
grade the easy spots with the plow and bar.
row, and not the spade and barrow.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

The lecture .leld has been SO much culti-
waited lately that it begins to need and re-
ceive guano. A gentleman" they send 'gen-
tlemen" to prison at the East-whose term
Of eight months in the Hudson IN. J.) Co.
Jail has just expired, is lecturing on the "hght
and shades of prison lfe.' The lecture has
already been delivered in Jersey City and
Hudson, and pronounced those who heard
1t as both able and interesting
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Working Men!

I'VE say to you, vote down this Loan Bill
and then our citizens will have work for you,
butypass it, and they will be unable to raise
money to employ OF pay you. ,iai~,e-a
For every days work furnished by means
of the loan, you will lose ten or twenty in
our towns and on the farms. II -. sts .-.i. ,r
Our surplus crop, at present, is real estate,
which our people must sell to raise money to
improve but adopt the Loan Bill, and
pledge the land of this young State for $5,-
100000, and WHERE is the man who has
money that will come here to invest it e.
Where is the man who has had sense enough
to get money honestly, that will be fool
enough to do THAr.2 t~r,-
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

THE St. Peter Free Press says, alluding to
a former article: "The .Ninnesotian has
found one honest man in St. Paul." VIII. n
the Free Press find one in St. Peter, "make
note ont" like Capt. Cutie.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

Full landed farmers who can afford to buy
of the first settlers, will not come, if you put
a S5,000,000 debt on the State. 1t is the
interest Of every man who has quarter Sec
ton to sell, to vote against the Monster, and
thus invite purchasers.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

The whole emigrating class that have sense
or money, are opposed to State Debt, and
high taxes, especially when created by swind-
ling Loan Bills On this account the $1,000
600 swindle ought to have been enli' led.
I'm oct JoT he encouragement of emigration
OUT Of the S,ate, and for the preyention ., of Of
Immigration INTO u.'''F7'i'ad .f'' '-'''
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

N'eraay morning IT. oeissk, the Veil
kYoyn whistle of the Greys sEasts SUNNI qped
aowd of our citizensto the Levee to greet
that boat on the first rival4z4hroughzt the
Lake, OF the season, al an earlier date than
any on record, BY str days, ond nus oes&s surtder
than last gear! The Grey Eagls started from
Dunielth on tuesday morning, and came on
through the Lake, STOP ing but short time
at its foot, in the short space of 48 hours.
He met in the Lake some opposition from the
ict; lbtt Capt HARRIS crowded thro ugh in
good style, and the gallant "Grey Eayle" met
with no accident. ------e----
This event inauguratesi the beginning of
another season of business and travel. and
sets in motion the long silent wheels of trade.
Soon the din and tide of reviving business
will 'enliven our streets as of old, and the
hurrying waves of the Summers emigration
and travel break on our strand, of which
those by the "Gyey Eagle" are but the first
ripple! We shall be mistaken if the season
upon which we are just entering, does not
prove the most busy and prosperous one our
city has ever witnessed.
And more than at the like event of any
preceding Spring, should bright hopes throng
our minds,-for we are entering on a more
than usual important and eventful portion o
our history. Recovering alike with the othel
cities of the west from the fearful storm o
financial revulsion which swept merciless!y
runously, over them last fall-and probably
less affected than any of them by it-all lis
tened for the whistle of the first boat" as tht
signal for the beginning of period of recu
peration from the effects of the panic, and O
advance to still greater prosperity, as ou
confidence in our resources position, and sta
bilty returns, to assure us of success.
That time has arrived. And as the elec
trical current of business thrills along thu
nerves and arteries Of community again, i
betokens that it is awake to the dawning o
the season, and preparing for the action de
manded The grating of the keel of th
first boat" agaicst our Levee was the open
ing shock from the battery: that sends lf
leaping through the pulses of the people 0
all business circles of our city.
We will now be greeted for several month
with the music of the din of countless wheel:
of drays, carts, stages, omnibuses, expires
and freight wagons, &C., at all hours, in tn
flush tide of busy trade,-ard of the saw an
hammer, and trowe, as fine buildings re
their elegant proportions on every side.
The following will exhibit the dates of tn
arrival Of the first boat through LAX
Pepin, for the last fifteen years:
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
A TELEGRAM from Taehizond

A TELEGRAM from Taebizonde announces a
serious conf1ct in that port between a Rus
sian consul and some Circassian merchants,
VINO wanted to ship off for Constantinople
markec lot OF young women. The other
co1suls joined in opposition to the traffic,
anu the adventurous dealers had to part with
their stock of female charms,
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
10000 dollar. per M;,e +,

Don't forget gst that th the Railroad Companies ,d
are not required to expend the State Loan
on on the roads but may Gopher like skin about
the prairies, selecting the easy snots. reor;r.
ing little or no grading, for which thew saT will
get $4,000 per mile. '''' '''''''' "'D
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
A Word 10 Property Holders

u yon nave property to sell, vote against
tne rive Million De,t, which, if approved,
VIII keep ont property purchasers, who won't
lo",e '" when the taxes may be per cent. on
their investment - .s''''ff q" 7''
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

Such are few thoughts that the event
gave rise to, as We took retrospective and
forward glance at matters, and hopeful for the
future we have hastily sketched, we take
leave of the subject.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

THE Washington Union rcnews its anath-
cams of accommodation against all demo-
Gratis who fail to support the Lecompton poll
cy of the Administration. 1t regards that
stupendous fraud as the paramount meas
ure."
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Think What Ynu NJ

Ii the People ratify the Loan Swindle
every body will'want to sell out; but there
Will be none fools enough to buy in. and let
you out of present difficulties.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
An Old Settlers Opinion Of the 5000, 900
Loan Syindle.

We have received the following letter from
WILLIAM Moor, is a Democrat, and one of
the most intelligent farmers of Ramsey Co.
who has several times represented the people
Of St. Paul and vicinity in the Legislature.
Mr. Moot is by birth, German, OF excellent
education whose views cannot fail exert
much influence upon his sountrymen and
others, wherever he is known:
RAMSEY Co., 10Th March, 1858.
TO the Editors ofthe Jfinnesotian:
DEAR SIR: With great pleasure I have
seen in your last Weekly paper that you
strongly oppose the S5,OO0OO0 Loan Bill
am happy to inform you, that the Farm
ers in my vicinity are oil right ON this ques-
ton. Nearly all the citizens, Democrats and
Republicans, in my precinct will vote against
said bill. AS an Old Settler, who came here
long before the Territory was organized, and
at the head of family Of six children, whe
intend to live and to die here, l feel a deer
interest, in not being swindled by this Loar
bill, and wish yonr efforts against it, com
pete success.
Most respectfully yours
WILLIAM Moor.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

Buntline mas u.-
days past, making himself very co"or-
On Saturday afternoon last, he painted his
face and hands with red ochre, borrowed an
Indian costume from Chippewa Indian,
named Elliot, and trained through the streets,
folowed by a or ,wd of boys.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Mechanics |!

If the loan bill pass, real capitalists will
avoid us our property owners will not be
able to sell, tr raise money to build, or en-
ploy Uou
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
1t WILL Keen ont CaDitaI.

Adopt the Loan Bill and we will prevent
capital from coming to the State. Capital
shrinks back from taxation.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Rear in Minds

That the Railroad fnanciers caa cheat the
people out of the Ss5,OOO.O0O and spend most
of the proceeds in high living out of the
State
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
A. KEITH, Chairman
r. l.. BARTHOLOMEW, Secretary.
New York Town Elections.

The Albany Journal contains table of the
Supervisors lected in the various towns in
thirtyfour counties of the State, which ex-
hbits an overwhelming Republican predom-
nance. The following are the footings -
Republicans, 395; Americans and Republi.
can Amcricans, SO; Democrats, 1872. A
large number Of those put down as Demo
Gratis are strongly Anti-Lecompton.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
A Relief Measure.

/ .We say to the People, vote down the $5,-
100000 Swindle, and you may expect at least
$1,000 each, to come to Minnesota during
the present season. They will stay away or
go somewhere else, if you do not vote down
the MONSTER SwINDLE.
5000 settlers with an average capital Of
$1,000 each will make Five Millions of real
money, besides the settlers, who will be
worth to the State, Ten Millions more.
Think Of this, and you will vote against the
SWjndle.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
The Times.

Times will be good in Minnesota; people
and money will come to help US; if we help
selves by voting down the Five Million
Ou,s~- ..;t n ,,.t '.-.,f-.. ..'i
Swindle. afof. ,.f ....-
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

| A PIECE of marble, weighing oyer one hun
dred pounds, says the Albany N. Y, Kuici,-
erboctcr, was, on Wednesday night, placed
over the door Of the store at the corner of
-" ond Jefferson streets in such q wav
~"nnld cause ths
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
They can Pocket the Whole Pr,

Examine the Loan Bill, and you will see
that the railroad Companies can draw the
"noie FIVE Millions without completing a
mile of road.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

THE Lecompton Democrat, of the 29th oft
learns tlata drunken fight came off at Port
William, Kansas Territory the Saturday
prevous ia w'.ich two men were killed, and
two others " nonn,dE r. 'i.ai3a 7dI .0' "''''F'
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Senator II ice and his Fort Smelling Spec.
ulataOn-FOrt Crawford Reservation.

SI,eciW Correspondence fMe Chtcdgo 1radune
WASHINGTON; March 13.
Mr.. Senator elect r ce, and his specula
tons have broken out in new place. The
Committee on Fort Smelling swndle passed
vote at its last meeting that he must come
up and tell all he knows. If h. still refuses
he will be brought up before the House on
an attachment for contempt, and if he does
not purge himself he will be sent to Jail with
Mr.. Wolcott.
But this MT all. Mr. Harlan, of Ohio is
after him with a very pithy resolution calling
for the correspondence relative to the sale Of
the Fort Crawford Reservation. Fort Craw
ford is at Prairie du Chen, the old station of
the Northwest. The Reservation had about
ten thousand acres, and was covered with set
Elements and farmers. The settlers had no
pre-emptions. Mr.. Rice was appointed agent
to sell these lands. Now torbear to repeat
tie stories which are current here about
these sales. They will be proved or disprov-
Ell by the correspondence. If that reveals
tie facts which are charged, then Commit
tee Of Investigation will have serious work
before them, and Mr.. Rice's seat in the Sen
atc will be visible only in dim perspective.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

that the opening OF the uoo. w..
block to fall. The person who opened the
door came near being crushed.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

DISHoP kEMPERs AppOINTMENNTs.- The
following list shows the Episcopal appoint
ments Of 3 shop Kemper for Minnesota:
April %. Winona.
April q. Lake City
April 50. Chanhassan, A. NJ; st. Albans, p. NJ.
May g. Minneapolis A. NJ; St. Anthony, Night.
May I. St. Cloud, AN; Sauk Rapids, p. NJ.
May 6. Fort Ripley.
Mav7 I. Grow Wing. Night.
- Columbia, (Chippeway Missicn.)
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27


b wASd'r tAsLsg's'FaEs \ down 's,s n
I! js!nendmeh ht fdrthe secur1 Ofthe state2
@ Becauss, thsEPlundereS watitsto secure We
five millions f3r rthe emselves. Ea
Why did they vote down every amendment
requiring continuous grading, or continuous
completion
BECAUSE, they don't expect to continue any
longer than necessary to get the Ss5,OOO,OOO,
unless they see chance for continuous loan
''''algt %ay a,d ss Iyg,.'.t.,sI.nJ,I.r anvs.,,l
cation of the briberies of the Extra Session?
Because, there were witnesses ready, able
and willing to prove the briberies, and be-
cause the Loan Bill members knew it. .o o
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
The Position Of the Newspapers ol
Minnesota on the : 3 900, 900. Loan.

The Adcertiser, Pioneer q Democrat and Times,
ably conducted papers as can be found IN the
West, ar" ali in favor of the f5,OO0,0OO Loan l,u,
Speaking of the newspapers and the Loan, We peieVe
that nearly ecey paper in Minnesota, whether lndeRen-
dent Democfa attic Republican, is out in favor OF 1t
This significant fact alone will ensure the corporation
Of the of the people.-Shdkopee Reporter .- 81 ,
sg- All except that halfhorse, half-alligatar the
Mnnesoti0n,-tt. Pant Times. '''' i' 'i'-
Here is another new name for us--the
feline Times fairly Kittens names ! But not
to dwell upon the cat-aleptic condition Of that
that paper, we desire to exhibit how reckless
it is of the truth, when it seeks, with the eyi-
dence before its eyes in its exchanges every
week to the contrary, to delude its readers
into believing that the Mimnesottaa is atone
amongst the papers Of the Territory in its
opposition to the bill. We give below'a list
of the various newspapers of Minnesota and
their position for and against the IS, ,0o0, 900
r . ID
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
more properly stated thus !:

Ihope, Mr. I.jitor, that when you publish
the above ami ;nus make the amende honor
able, MesSrs. R!DPArH and BEMAN will be
satisfied, and not try to eypel your Reporter
| for your uiS3eedS. 4 SENATOR.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Examine IT!

Remember that the Loan Bill contains none
but bogus securities--in fact no securities at
oil
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

The direct shipments from San Francisco
to England have kept steadily up, and altho'
the present mail advises that the receipts of
dust from the Mines were at the momei t
light the practical fact appears to be that the
1roduc.ion of Goid IN Calyornia, as IN Aas-
tralia, is gradually on the increase.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27
Keep it Before the People,!

That the men into whose hands to be placed the
Bonds of the State to the amount of $4,000 0O0,for the
payment of which, principal and interest," the Ieote of
Minnesota bound to be taxed-are the allies of the
Wisconsin rogues known ir that State the 'forty
thieves :" and themselves or majority of them,
Zone company excepted the same men who bJited your
legislators and who will not be backward in swindlng
Won out of this O0O if You give them this chance.
The weekly Minnesotian., 1858-03-27

The famous Z. Z. c. JGdson, alias Ned
Noon in Syracuse for seyera'
-~rirnOus.