, 1860-01-13
From Mfq1seHota.

iCo;respouseacs IT the Prsss aud Il! bune.l
ET. fArl. Jan. .. 1861
JOHN Brown is not permitted to rest in Lis
\ grave in peace. During the past week he has
been tue principal topic before the House, aud
nota few haEe been the buncombe speeches
which Cnion.savins roadics have let off in re.
gard to the safety Of the "institation," tile
.'rights Of the South" The treasonallc cndea-
Of thut nature The curse Of oil this display Of
lore for the South. ind fears for the Union, was
series Of bunconoc resolutions introduced By
n" Democratic" member from Ibis city, rc-
gurding tile uarpcr's Ferry emca.r, 1c.cxccut-
ing old q @0ssawatomie +" and Ills companions,
and assuring the Fir.iuians that Minnesota Is
honnd on thc goose, and will preserve the pAtri-
arcLia1l institution from menace. A,.cr tho
Republicans hud allowed the pro-slavery a. De-
mocrats" to splurge and "gas" Us muc!, as
they wished the necessity Of passing
these resolutions just now, whiic the country
was on the verge Of civil war, y and thus pour
oil on the troubled waters, the resolutions we're
amended SO as to denounce s:lc 81 Democratic
leaders" who had made I, Reasonable speeches OIL
tue floor Of the two Houses Of Congress" aud
in that shape passed, to the grcat chagrin, and
amid the ludicrous protests, of the democrats.
The Union is busted now, of course.
Tie Senate, now that our Lieut. Governor oc.
cupies tile chair, is going on with tie business
with activity audauccess, One Of the first acts
was to grant Messrs. Holley und Wellcs, Re-
publican members frum Fillmore County, tl,cir
npH H1Fntt- iho f.vn x-t.n 1..3
held them since the opening If the session
through the decision Of the {t|.cu Denocratic)
chairman, to rest from their 1abors. Lieut..
Governor Donnelly is une Of the best presiding
officers your correspondent ever met with, mud
Of course business is expedited By lis prompt
ness and energy.
Tie settlement Of the Railroad matter has not
yetbeen commenced in open House, but u joint
committee. which has power to send for persons
and papers, is ut work 10 consider tue present
status Of the matter, aud will soon report in
such form that it will be seen how tile mattcr
can be adjusted. This is the measure Of the
session. and Oil its proper adjustment hangs our
prosperity or adyersity.
The Governor recommended in Lis Inaugural
Message on Monday, TINT the present banking
iuw, in whose provisions the people reposo no
confidence, be repealed, and tllat one of some
ne,ghboriug Statc-Wisconsin, for instance
long tried aud trustworthy, be enacted in its
place. This would givc us currency iu which
we can repose coufidence-wilI MD business
and relieve Minnesots from much Of the trou.
bles into which she fell through the insecure
Law now on our statute books.
The" Democratic" State Convention to elcci
delegates to the Charleston Convention, viii
meet here on the 18th. The county convention:
or caue uses to elect their delegates hare pretty
generally been held, and neaily. il not quit
every one, has instructed their delcgt tcs to pas:
resolutions instructing the State delegates Il
uphold Douglas MS long as his name is bef!srs
the convention nt Charleston. So the thing j:
settled.
ocratic organ here, is intensely o-Doug1as
As this doth not suit tue buchanan demo
crats," measures arc on foot TO remove th
Democrat, now published at Henderson, to thi
city, and issue daily Administration papc
for the campaign Of 1850. Ar. Mills, one Of th
editors Of the Ifonrer and Democrat, who 70
three years has held the post Of Collector 0
Customs here, sn'ary, $500; duties, none; wa
beheaded, politically. few days since By Kim
James, and nn ex-1ndian trader yc1cpt +. A.
Hatch, put in bis place.
There was qnite fire here on Wedncsd4
morning. destroying n row Of frame stores, m
contents, tn Int value Of $4,000. We have a
able Fire Department hcre, hut not drop c
water To use, except Euch as old cellars an
ponds supply.
Business appears quite brisk. Pork an
grain still come in, and find ready sale; rsice
tend upward.
Typhoid fever is very prevalent here nov
and there are deaths reported every day.
seems to be 4 kind Of endemic every wints
here Cr NoArn.