Year: 1859


readers of the MINNEsor1AN through its col
umns.


1t is time, we think, that we had returned.
The world up in this quarter, seems to have
been getting universally out Of joint, during
our brief absence eastward. The Mississip-
pi we find, took advantage of it to " get high"
to the damage of numerous low-bottomed
towns on its banks and those Of its tributaries
On the other hand our Minnesota currency
our home currency ncy"-which, with few pre-
liminary warnings, we have latterly let run
as freely as the boy is said to have allowed
the molasses to issue, seems to have gone
down in exact ratio as the river has gone up;
and it is hard to tell which is the greatest ca
lamity, the rise upon the banks Of the Missis-
sippi, or the fall of the banks Of Minnesota
1t is our hope, however, that our presence will
be promptly followed by the recession Of the
water of the one, and rise in the value OF
the other!


Indeed, to speak seriously, we cannot but
wish the river and the banks may be alike al
fected by only temporary causes OF disaster;
and that ere long we may hope to see the
country relieved by the former retiring within
its banks, and by the banks attiring them
selves in a new garb of public confidence
manufactured out of veritable cloth Of gold,
after the business-like fashion Of Eastern
Exchange


Though. had we remained at our post per-
haps these disasters of food and finance
would have occurred just the same; for not
withstanding the superhuman control over hu-
man affairs in this quarter Of the Lords vim
yard which our enemies and contemporaries
have so often attributed to us, we confess to
being only human, and worry "weak itfl the
frallties of humanity" But having been thus
absent, there is one thing in regard to the cur
rency difficulties which we can with truth
boldly say to our antagonists" Thou canst
not say did it =" this time.


But in addition to these watery and cur
rency difficulties occurring in our absence off
the editorial tripod, another event has as
founded and amazed us. Our partner in the
editorial field of labor took advantage of our
departure, to go off and get married!-an event
of which we had no preliminary warning
which we thought impossible from his appa
rently complete fossilization as an old bache
lor of a past era, and which we have
strong doubts also of our ability to have pre-
vented, even had we been here to have triet
such is the perversity and determination o
the thing called human nature under peculia
circumstances! Well, if anything comes o
it, all we can say is, just what We have sai'
about the monetary and diluvial troubles G
the country, that as our absence precluded u
from having had any hand in it, so we wi
have none of the responsibilities ensuing,
support Still, we are rather pleased tina
otherwise at this step of our partner, Abe
we were little mad at first at his not sendin
us an ''invite" to the union. For we think
is not good for man to be alone, just as W
think most strongly that it is not good for
State to make one; and all know we hav
scripture to sustain our first position, an
alas alas have we not innumerable Bond
and Bank Scrip to attest the sore CORRECTNESS
of the last? Yea, verify


But amidst all the crash and jar of sublu
nary affairs, occurring during our absence,
rejoiced us much on our return to hear, tina
the Mutual Admiration Society, known as tn
Old Settlers Association Of 1s49, had gon
off in blaze of glory and glorifcation. Thi
success amidst disaster all will comprehend
when they are informed, that Mr.. SIBLEY pre-
sided, Gin full uniform we SUPPOSE and tina
EARL GooDHcH Tin curls and full pomatuu
of coursc) acted as Secretary-though W
have never been able to understand the hocu
pocus by which the latter, who arrived her
in 1854, came to be made the official of
Society organized exclusively of the Exclu
sives who sought our shores prior to 1850
But there is nothing like belonging to the fa
vored few. .


1t will take us few days to get the edito
rial harness fully on-until then, we crave tn
indulgence of our readers.


Ohio Republican Candidates.


Ecr Gore,.por-W illiam Deppison of Ero nj