The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-01-09
The Telegraph News.

Our readers, as we'll as those of our cotem-
poraries will notice that the Telegraphlc des-
patches published in this mornings Pioneer
& Democrat, are only seventy-twO hours in ad
vance Of the publication Of the same news
in the other city papers, Before they can
furnish this news to the public, we will give
our readers two days later news than we
publish this morning
The above paragraph appeared in the
Pioneer Of Jan. 1st. 1t is highly disengenu-
Gus, to say the least of it. We are content
to let the public decide, if we are ever, un-
der ordinary circumstances, behind the Pio-
neer in latest news; and we claim, we are
sometimes ahead of it, in the publication of
recent intelligence.
But admitting for the argument sake, that
for once that paper is ahead of US, it may be
we'll for the people of St. Paul to understand,
that the "seventy-two hours in advance
Dragged about, happens merely through the
holidays intervening, in consequence of which
accidental interposition, no paper was issued
from the Mnnesotian Office between our pub
lication of Friday, the lst and Of this (Mon-
day. morning, the 4th instant and that
the three days between those dates, just
make up the 'scventy.two hours" spoken of.
Yet, the evident purpose of the Pioneers
brag is, to deceive the public into believing,
that "seventy-two hours advance" is, or will
be, an ordinary occurrence when it must be
aware, as the public fully are, that it was but
solitary and purely accidental one! Is not
this game of deception very small business
for paper swelling into the dignity of State
Printer, to engage in.
Nor is this the only disengenuous feature
of the paragraph. The boast about its Civ
ing two days still later news before its alleg-
ed news of the 1st inst. could be published
by its contemporaries, is on a par with the
"seventy 1.-TWO hours deception. The Pioneer
by some peculiar out-pouring of Democratic
piety, is published on the favorite day for
holding Democratic caucuses, to-wit, on Sun
day! OF course, therefore, as the Minneso-
tian could not issue again before Monday,
(to-day) it was perfectly safe to claim, that
the Sunday Pioneer would contain the news
arriving here between the 1st and the Sd in
slant! This other accident of it's sunday
publication, prior to onr Monday issue, pre-
sented an additional opportunity for cheating
people about its great "news enterprise
which the organ could not resist the tempta-
ton to avail itself Of! Such a course the
Pioneer people may think smart; but is it
honest?
We might, with as much propriety, brag
that the Mim'esotian every Monday morning
beats the Pioneer in news by one whole day,
at least, which is the fact, as for the latter to
claim credit for an accidental advantage it
derived from the holidays, or its Sunday
publication.
But, as to the alleged news itself, we
have a word TO say. 1t consists of Foreign
News purporting to have been brought by
the Steamer Persia, arrived at New York on
the 25th of Dec. from Liverpool. We have
looked it carefully over, and have no hesita-
ton in pronouncine it substantially, and a
norton of it word for word, the same news
brought by the Adriatic at New York on the
2lst. Let any person refer to the foreign in
telligence received by the last named steam
ship, and compare it with the Pioneers alleg-
ed dispatch, and the coincidence q will strike
them as forcibly as it did us
Not satisfied with defending the forgery o.
election returns by Democratic "gentlemer
fond of their jokes" the Pioneer seems now
disposed to treat the public to bogus tele.
graphic news. Isn't the thing getting on u?