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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWENS & MOORE,
VOLUME 1.
the minnesotian,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BY J.P. 0 WEJYS Sc G. W. MOORE,
Salat Paat, Minnesota Territory,
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vertising.
James M. Goodhue, Pioneer,
D. A- Robertson, Democrat,
Owens Ac Moore, Minnesotian.
St. Paul March 24th, 1852.
M. E. AMES.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Paul, Minn.
WILL attend with promptness and fidelity to all law
business intrusted to their care in Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties of Wlseonslu.
Particular attention wil be given to the collection
of debts, and the location of laud warrants. y
W. P. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
St. Tavl, Minn. Terr.
WILL attend promptly and diligently to all business
intruded to him. llaivng male hlmse.f a.^udat
ed with the quality and situation of the surveyed lauds
iu toe territory, he I* prepared to locate land warrants
to th* best a (vantage. Persons at a dls'a ice may sc d
thv.i Marram* here and their interest! will be attenued
to as if tW were present. £3* Office on Third s.eet.
September 17, IS6I.
11. L. MOSS,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Law, Stillwater, Min. Ter., will a.tend to pro
fessional business in ail tbe courts of the Territory J will
attend to ilic location of l.aml Warranty Ac.
Jj-* Land Warrants for sale.
A. VAN YORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Law and Solicitor iu Chancery, will attend to all
professional bu>iu -s* intrusted to his care, in theditlercut
courts of the Territory. [Stillwater, 1852.
Isaac Atwater,
' A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Law ai><) Solicitor in Cnan.fnr. Will give prompt
attention to any business intrusted him in the line of his
pan«•»ion, in any part of the Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating Laiul Warrants, Payment of Tax
es, sale ot Pa eiita when issued, and Keal Estate in gen
eral. Office at St. Anthony, on Maiu street, opposite the
Palls.
IV. Richardson,
TVOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer,and
J- * Land A rent. Office, opposite tne St. Charles
House, St. Anthony Falls.
TIIOS. P. WATSON.
Attorney, Counsellor Solicitor.
(avocat francais.)
Office over Spencer’s store, Third st.,
St. Paul. mtf
%ri & v\\ ETresr.
, ATTORNEYSATLAW,
OrricE over Farrington’s Brick Store, St Paul.
Dr. IC* BIBBITI.
HAS hi® office in the rear of Levi Sloan’s store, where
he will be ready to attend to professional calls,
.saint Paul, Nov 29 —in:n y
DR. J. H. DAY,
WILL practice hi* profession in Saint Paul and vi
cinity. Office on Beach street.
Hoy 29 nun y
L. A. BABCOCK, M.S. W ILKINSON.
** LAW FI 11.11,
111 ABCOCK & WILKINSON Attoruie* an<! Counsellors
JD at La»\, Solicitor* iu CUau«*ery, Ate.
(/dice near the corner ol TUirJ an J Huberts streets, St.
Put.;- Min. Tor.
W i'.i at ten* I iu bitsiners uf their profession In all the
CoutU .( the T rritury*
iiuv. 'JJ, 1451.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
unit L ou Tutrd St. oamt Paul.
Daniel Uhlik. a. l* Williams.
dec. 6.
HiM:v woo./,
ATTOL.NET S. COUNSELLOR at LAW. Notary
Public, and Laud A£t-ut. Sauk Rapid®, Minnesota
Territory.
JACOB J. jYOAH,
A TTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
UjL of tne Peace—Commissioner f >r the States ut Maine,
Connect.cut, Hiio*lc l>iantl. New Turk, Pentbylvauia,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama un i Louisiana.
Office oil Third St., St. Paul.
Dlt- T. It. POTTS,
Corner Roberts and Sixth streets, St. Paul,
i \\f ILL attend to the duties of his profession in St. Paul
- \V and vicinity. September 11.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
A ND DRAFTS on all parts of the United States,at the
A uiU-:e uf the JAiuueauta uuirtt, by
CUAS. W. BOKUP.
J. QULYjV,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER—Corner
of Third and Minnesota St*.—Gentlemen’® boo;*
and shoe*; also Ladies’ and Children’s ®lio* r, made to
or*ier in the neatest and moat durable mauner, aud of the
beet materials.
J. R. BREWSTER,
House, Sigu, aud Onumeuial Painter
Si. Cavil, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
I milE undersigned is agent fur, and will insure buildings
J. and g *ods iu the rulluwing Companies:
Utica liuturance Company.
jEtna Insurance Company of Utica.
OnelQs insurance O *uipany.
Jacks-»n County Alut-tai ln»*rance Company.
• New York Protectiou Company,
k —ALSO—
Will Insure lives in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insu
rant Company. ALEX. WILKIN.
St. Paul, November 5,1551 8
F. E. COLLINS,
AUCTION A. COMMISSION HOUSE
TUB undersigned having received an Auctioneer’s Com
mission from the Governor of Minnesota, has opened au
Auction and Commission House, In St. Paul, where he
will sell on commission, Groceries, Pry Goods, Furniture,
&.C. He believes that the superior advantages of
St. Paul as a market, will be a sufficient inducement for
business men and manufacturers at a distance, to send
their goods, Ac., to be sold on commission at private sale,
or at auction. His charges will be moderate.
N. B. Particular attention wi{l be paid to the sale of
real estate, in or about St. Paul, St. Anthony, or Stillwa
ter.
March « F. E. COLLINS.
REFERENCES:
Gor. Alev. Ramsey, St. Paul,
11on. 11. 11. Sidlev, Mcndofa,
u David Olmsted, Merchant, Benton Ct.,
44 J. C. Ramsey, St. Paul,
Wm. 11. Forbes, '»
Elkelt A Brothers. / w
J. w. siMrsoN, > Merchants, St.
John Farrington, \
D. U Fuller, j
Franklin Steele, Mer. St. Anthony,
WM. HOLCOMBE, Esq., Stillwater.
Central House, St. Paul.
CTAVE A BURTON have taken this old and well known
J house. They have fitted It up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and traveller* with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spared to make
the Central House one of tbs best Hotels in the West.
November, 1861.
2BEWUS3&
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American House Low
ell, Mass., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything In proper order
for the convenience of travelers, boarders, or families de
siring furnished apartments, respectfully Invites his
friends and the public to give him a call, believing that
he can do a* much for their Comfort as can be expected
lu a new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
Temperance House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor,—Corner
of Fourth and Jackson St>., Saint Paul. Perma
nent and transient boarder* furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
HalE-Way House.
JOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
St. Paul and Stillwater,) begs leave to say to stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and the public generally, that
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation of the public, and being situated in the midst
of the most delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with fish, and 111 an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to see company from abroad, as well as
from the neighboring villages. They will flud the charges
moderate.
R. R. NELSON
Minnesota Boarding-House.
SC McCRAY would inform the pub
• lie—residents and strangers—that he has taken
the large house ou Eagle Street, opposite D. L. Fuller’s
Brick Store, where he is prepared to accommodate his
customers with the best style of boarding. The house
has been thoroughly repaired and paint* d. His table will
be furnished with every thing the market a fiords; aiut
those who cotue prepared to plaulc up the fa h every
Saturday night, will find the “Minnesota Boardiug House”
a comfortable and pleasant home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6tu.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C. W. Borup. 29yl
P. CHOUTEAU, JR. JAS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE
CHOUTEAU, 11ARK1S0N k VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Louis Rolling Mill.
A ND manufactures of bar iron in all its
-lX various shapes, Sheet Iron and Boiler Plate, Nalls
and Spikes from the ore of the lrou Mountain. Iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, 1851.
Nathan Spicer,
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER,
•J at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street,
next door to the St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make gold and sliver watches, rings, spoon.*, J
&c., on short notice. Also to repair the same, a> t SSaidHl&
well as music books, shell combs, or linger rings, brace
lets and ear drops. He also keeps for sale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
W. H. FORBES,
PUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
A Also Dry Good* and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
J. W. BABCOCK,
FORWARDING and Commission Mer
chant, l - p|>er Lauding, Saint Paul, Minnesota Ter
ritory.
Kittson’* Addition.
THUS desirable ground, lying in the
most central and advantageous part «-f the basin
of St. Paul, where must inevitably be the principal river
business of the town, and affording also the most choice
and delightful lots in the rear, upon the bench for dwel
ling house*; Is surveyed Into lot* and now offered for
sale with titles undisputed and indisputable, at reasona
bly low prices, and u|K>n liberal terms of credit, for most
of the purchase money, and lumber for building on lot*
sold in the addition, will be furnished at the rotary saw
mill on easy terms. CI!AS. 11. OAKES,
Agent tor Proprietor!.
SPENCER, KIRKPATRICK & MAUKLEY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWEIt LANDING, ST. PAUL.
feb 14 22-tf
S. P. FOLSOM,
County Surueyor .
May be found at <*ffic«* of of Register ot Deeds, on Third
street, one door below Minnesota Outfit. 17—y
E. M’ LAG AN,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota
I)ROMPT attention given to all consignments, and char
ges moderate.
St Paul, October 19,1851 7
THEODORE E. PARKE It,
Attorney and Counsellor al Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
To my old lYicml*,
AND THE “REST OF MANKIND,” I Would say,
that 1 can be found during the winter, at the old
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where 1 will al
ways be happy to wait upon them, liar and house fur
nished with the best of every thing,
uov. 22. tt. WM. HARTSHORNE.
paintim;.
SHERMAN & MOREY, on Fourth street,St. Paul,near
the middle of town, in the building or Mr. Knox, up
stairs, may be foutld, ready to attend to Painting in ail its
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, on<l -with
paint* of the best quality. If we do otir work in a slov
enly, un\v«»rkman like mannner we do not expect to get
business in the enlightened town of St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SIIERMAn vV MOREY.
BOOK BIN Dl NO
r PIIE subscriber would respectfully infojni the citizens
A of St. Paul and its vicinity, that he is now carrying on
the above business in the 2d story of Spencer’s new build
ing, **n the corner of Ftth and Roberts street.
£3" Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMKS MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21—tf
J C Burbank &. co. St. Paul) [W L Fawcette A. co. St. Louis
NORTH-WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies.
f T'O and from all the principal cities in the United State*,
California and Europe, for the speedy transportation
of money and valuable packag***, col eciioii of drafts, notes,
bills, accounts, fee., purchase and sale of all kinds ot
merchandize.
C. R. Rice ic Co, St. Paul, Otis West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
N- B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally.
may 1. 33-tf
AMERICAN’ SALOON
I?RED. HARDY now ke< p* this well-known establi.-h
--’ ment “on his own hook.” He hope* by a continued
attention to the wants of his customers, to merit their
patronage as heretotorc. 19y
ST. PAUL DRUG STORE.
HICHCOX & KELLOGG,
Comer of Third and Cedar sts., opposite Judge Lambert*.
WILL keep constantly on hands general supply of the
best unadulterated drugs and mctUciucs, ami articles
usually kept for sale iu drug stores.
Physicians’ prescriptions put up with the greatest care.
Medicines may be procured at ail hours of the night,
without extra charge.
53" Profits small, and terms cash.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND THUNK MANUFACTORY.
r 1 MIK subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
JL and assures all purchasers tu his line, that he will
e II for cash, saddles, harness of all kinds, and trunks, of
a better quality, and cheaper than any other establish
ment iu Minnesota. Pur hasers will do well to call at
bis shop, on Third street, St. Paul, next door east of S.
H. Sergent’s and Judge for themselves.
C KETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
kj New Kngltud of the West, by E. 8. Seymour. For
Mile by LeDLC h. ROHREB.
FIRE * MARINE INSURANCE,
"DT the undersigned agent for the Protection Insurance
D company of Hartford, Conn. Policies issued upon the
most favorable terms by
W. r. Jf 1-BRAT, Agent, Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28, 18*1 M-la
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1852
De a a Sir : At a time when the sub
ject of emigration is engrossing so much
of the attention of a large portion of our
countrymen, particularly among the mid
dle and farming classes, it may not be al
together irrelevant to throw out a few
hints which may enable them to make
such a selection as will best accord with
their previous habits and occupations,
and where their capital and industry will
meet with the greatest reward com
patible with healthy vigour.
The United States of America have al
ways held out paramount advantages to
the Irish emigrant, for there only can he
be free from the contaminating vices of
the squiracy, the accursed tyranny of the
aristocracy, and the incessant demands of
the tax collector, and there only can he
enjoy civil and religious liberty in the
fullest accept; tion of thoie words. The
fact that the United States is the best
field for the industrious emigrant is self
evident, from the enormous sums sent
home annually to their poor relatives iu
Ireland ; this fact being admitted it only
remains for me to give them the benefit
of my experience as to what part of the
States is best suited by climate to the
constitution, and, by agricultural resour
ces, to the previous habits of tbe Irish
farmer, for it is to this class that 1 wish
more particularly to direct my observa
tions.
The Western states, particularly the
states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
and Wisconsin, have been justly lauded
for the fertility of their soil, their com
mercial and mineral resources, and the
almost unlimited command of water-pow
er they possess, but with the exception of
Ohio and Wisconsin, I cannot in strict
truth recommend the Western states for
tbe healthfulness of their climate, all
those states have been so fully and truly
described by others that it is not my in
tention to enter into any details respect
ing them further than to say that accounts
written one, two, or three years ago,
though perfectly correct at the time,
would give but a very inadequate
and incorrect idea of tilings as they
exist there at presenl. Owing to
the immense influx of the over-taxed
subjects of the monarchies and petty
principalities of Europe, for the last
three years, the value of land has in
creased beyond all former precedent, sj
much so that I have seen farms sold in
the Western states, in the summer of
18-18, for three dollars per acre. I have
seen some of the same farms sold in the
spring of 1850, without having any im
provements made on them, for 25 dollars
per acre, and building lots in the city of
Milwaukee, state of Wisconsin, which
were purchased eight years ago for 50
dollars, are now selling for 2000 dollars.
This being the case, a farmer with small
means cannot purchase a large tract of
land for his family in those states, as all
the land at Government price, ss. per
acre, in good locations, lias long since
been appropriated, and what remains to
be sold is not worth having, so that any
per.-on wishing to purchase in a good lo
cation must now do so at a considerable
advance on the original price. But there
is still a large territory in the “ Far
W est,” tbe Territory of Minnesota,
which has not as yet been overrun with
land-jobbers and speculators, and on
which many magnificent locations can be
made. Any effort or mine to describe its
natural beauties would prove altogether
abortive for here :
“ Nature seems to try
Amidst h**r riche-1 drapery,
Man of his sorrows to beguile
And make another Eden smile.”
This Territory possesses what should
be the first consideration, and is of the
most vital importance to the settler, that
is a perfect healthy climate, this is un
questionably owing to the atmosphere be
ing entirely free lrom that damp chilling
moisture, so common to these latitudes
that are subject to those sudden transi
tions from heat to cold, it lies between
the 43d and 49th degree of north latitude,
while Ireland lies between the 50lh and
55th degree of north latitude, but al
though Ireland is the more northern of
the two, yet Minnesota is considerably
colder in winter.
This Territory is at present a “terra
incognita,” to almost all except the wide
awake enterprising Yankees who are
within the last year directing there ener
gies to it, and the immense resources of
which they would have developed long
ere this, if their minds had not been pre
occupied with the California mania. The
Territory of Minnesota is bounded on the
north by Canada West, on the east by
Lake Superior, Wisconsin, St. Croix and
Mississippi river, on the south by the
parallel of 43 degrees 30 minutes, and
on ihe west by Missouri and White-Earth
rivers. Minnesota is the Sioux name of
Saint Peter’s river, and is composed of
two Sioux words, minne, which signifies
water, and sota, signifying turbid; it em
braces an area of one hundred and sixty
six thousand square miles, or 46 thou
sand square miles larger than Great Brit
ain and Ireland, the population of which,
according to the iast census is 27 1-2
millions, while the population of Minneso
to, according to the official return of the
census taken by order of the American
Government, in June, 1849, was four
thousand, seven hundred and eighty, so
you see there is ample room for emigra
tion to it. To the farmer this Territory
presents innumerable advantages; first,
he has inexhaustible land capable of pro
ducing, in the greatest abundance, the
usual agricultural productions of Ireland,
viz: Barley, Oats, Wheat, Rye, Potatoes,
Hay, &.c., as well as all the fruits and
| vegetables of our gardens. According to
the analysis of Doctor Owen, the soil de-
AGENTS.
A. R. FRENCH.
Office—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
From the Liverpool Citizen.
HINTS TO EMIGRANTS.
rived from tbe decomposition of the
lower magnesian limestone, is of excellent
quality, rich as well in organic matter, as
in those mineral salts which give rapidity
to the growth of plaats, and that durabili
ty which enables it to sustain a long suc
cession of crops, ffhe analysis of the
soil, as taken fromf the district of Eau
Galli, a tributary of the Chippewa near
its mouth, gave 8.2 per cent, of organic
matter, 11.2 percent, of salts, 77.1 per
cent, of insoluble silicates, and 0.8 per
cent, of carbonate of lime. It also poss
esses a super-abundant supply of the
finest spring water, and water power
equal if not surpassing any State in the
Union. Cattle of all kinds, Horses,
Cows, Sheep, and Pigs can be raised in
unlimited numbers on the wild fruits and
natural grasses of the country, for seven
months in the year without one shilling
expense to the owner; there are markets
all through the Territory for exportation
on the Mississippi, and as good prices
for most articles of farm produce as
in Ireland, for instance, in Minnes
ota, at present, butter is selling for
Is. per lb., and wool for Is. 4d. per
lb., while you will only pay ss. per acre
for the land for ever, and about one half
penny an acre tax to support the State,
no rent , no county cess, no parish rate,
no poor law tax, no labor rate, no tax for
game license, no let or hindrance to
take:—
“The salmon in the flood,
The dun deer in the wood,
Or the eagle in the cloud
To surprise.”
To the sportsman this Territory affords
a glorious treat. Here he will find up
wards of fifty different species of wild
animals, amongst which are the deer, the
elk, and the “old raccoon;” besides
those valuable for their furs, as the silver
grey fox, the squirrel, the otter, the bea
ver; and as for the feathered tribe—the
numbers of wild ducks, wild geese,
Wigeonwood ducks, teal pigeons, prairie
liens, and partridges, surpass anything
that can be imagined. But bow could it
be otherwise without any one to disturb
them for ages, and all the streams and
lakes covered with wild rice to feed them;
while to the disciples of old Isaac Walton,
it will afford ample scope to follow the
“gentle craft.” Perhaps in the world
there is not purer water than is to be
found in its rivers and lakes, which are
amply stocked with trout, salmon, white
iisli, and immense shoals of sturgeon up
wards of five feet long each, with a pro
tuberance extending beyond tbe nose 18
inches long, in shape of a paddle, hence
the Indians call them paddle fish ; besides
bass, carp, sunfish, pickerel, pike and cat
fish, together tvith many others whose
names I know not. The geologist will
find along the shores beautiful specimens
of quartz and cornelian ; and, according
to the account of tbe geological survey
made by Dr. D. D. Owen, by order of
the United States Government, there are
indications of considerable lead lodes, as
also large deposits of iron ore and veins
of native copper. He also ascertained
that there were 45 distinct species of
forest trees; of these the most valuable
are the pine, oak, hemlock, and sugar
maple. Of the value of the latter tree,
some idea may be formed when you hear
that a single woman can make, during the
sap season, 400 lbs. of maple sugar,
which generally sells for ten cents per
lb. This 400 lbs. would be worth forty
dollars, or about £8 British money.
The surface of the land may be said to
consist of “ oak openings,” that is, half
wood-land and half meadow', with occa
sionally a large prairie, where the eye
can range for miles over a green meadow,
without a ditch, tree, or shrub to inter
cept the view, or, to use the words of
General Morris, in his “Life in the
West”—
“ Give me the broad spreading prairie,
Where man, like the wind, roam* impulsive and free ;
Behold how it* beautiful colors all vary,
Like those of the cloud* oil the deep-rolling sea;
A life in the wood*, boy*, is even as changing.
With proud Independence, we a**a>on our cheer;
And thos- who the world are for happiness ranging,
Won’t lind it at all, if they don’t find it here/’
Thcre are several line citities rising
in Minnesota; the principal of which is
Saint Paul. In August, 1848, the ground
on which the city of Saint Paul stands
was purchased at five shillings per acre;
in August, 1850, two years after, there
were 154 houses built on it, including
three large hotels, two printing offices,
besides a Roman Catholic chapel and a
Methodist church. There were residing
in it twelve lawyers, two Episcopalian
ministers, a Baptist minister, and eight
physicians. There arc also three news
papers well supported in it. Thus it is
that the Americans arc bound to go
ahead; and I would say to the farmers of
Ireland—follow their example, and do
not be losing your time here, squabbling
about politics—wasting your energies to
see whether you will return a Whig
f lace-hunter, or a Tory place-hunter to
'arliament; whether you will live under
an Orange Aristocrat, or a Catholic Aris
tocrat ; whether you will pay rent to a
Free Trade landlord or a Protectionist
landlord. Ah! believe me, my friends,
they are all chips off the same old block,
and the sooner you pull up your stakes
and clear out from them, the better for
yourselves, and your children.—l remain,
dear sir, yours truly,
Nicholas Blanet Matthews.
An Assorted Cargo. —The steam
ship Humboldt, which arrived at New
York from Havre, on Monday last,brought
138 passengers, 150 tons of freight, 107
merino sheep, and a stage troupe of
learned animals, consisting of monkeys,
dogs, goats, &.c., for Wm. Niblo, Esq.
Gov. Bigler, of California, has deliver
ed a message proposing measures to pre
vent Chinese emigration. The Alta Cali
fornia opposes the movement.
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD.
The President and nearly all the Direc
tors of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Co., are now in our city, visiting it, not
for the purpose of soliciting public atten
tion to the necessity which exists for
such a work, or for ascertaining what the
probable “material aid” would likely
amount to for ail enterprise of the kind,
but for the more gratifying duty of com
mencing operations. We have been
promised a ride in the course of two or
three years, from the Mississippi to the
ancient and venerable town of Vincennes,
on the Wabash, with the assurance that
the time to be occupied in the journey,
(if such it will be called,) shall not ex
ceed three hours.
It is not improbable but this speed may
be attained on the Western prairies.—
For miles, the road on the route of which
we are speaking, will be laid without the
slightest curve—straight as a line can
possibly be run—-without any ascending
grade of consequence to overcome, and
with but lew bridges to cross, or impedi
ments of any kind to encounter. Under
such circumstances, the “ flying car”
will require but little time to cross the
beautiful and fertile prairies of Illinois.
The same reasons induce the belief that
the contemplated early completion of the
road is not the result of ardor and fancy,
but of cool, deliberate judgment, based
upon the easy facilities which the even
surface of the country presents for the
construction of such an improvement.—
There are several sections which will re
quire a great deal of work, and a consid
erable outlay for their completion, but the
general route can soon be finished, while
concentrated strengh upon difficult places,
which the finances of tiie company are
enabled to command, will soon overcome
whatever is really formidable. The Lest
spirit animates the friends of the road,
and every day’s observation, and every
new speculation upon the probable result
of the undertaking, confirm the public
mind more and more in the belief, that it
is destined to become one of the most
important thoroughfares in the whole
Union.
The country through which the route
passes is not very thickly settled. With
no navagable stream in the interior of the
State of Illinois, and with no macadami
zed or plank roads, the difficulties of
reaching a market either on the east or
west side, have prevented agriculturists
from selecting this region. The loose
loam lands are impassible in the winter
and spring months, although they pro
duce like the Delta of the Nile, their
piuductious arecuL off lrom any adequate
mart. The effect of this Railroad enter
prise will be to bring this hitherto neg
lected country under cultivation, and of
course to add materially to the already
immense quantity of products which
reach our city. It will build up flourish
ing towns all along the line; but these
will prove no detriment to St. Louis.—
These will be but reservoirs, in which
districts of country will collect their
stores to pour into the lap of this com
mercial metropolis. The problem of
railroad enterprises has been solved ; and
with the solution plain before tbe eve,
the individual or a State, who circum
scribes the results to the narrow limits or
personal or local prejudices, or interest,
does not, to say the least, fully compre
hend the subject. It is not contended
that all the advantages of such a work
are to be enjoyed by one place or locali
ty. The influence will extend outward
in every direction, and to every branch of
business. Agriculture will be enhanced,
manufactures stimulated, arlizans will
find employment, and science will rear
her colleges and schools, and educate the
people lor all the refined enjoyment
which civilization and religion can bring.
As a city, we only contend for a share of
the emoluments commensurate with the
commercial position wc occupy.
St. Louis has grown into her present
gigantic proportions with that only one
great artery of commerce which nature
gave her—the noble river Mississippi.—
The central position she occupies, com
manding the trade of the fur regions, the
iron and lead mines, the lumber trade,
and the various agricultural staples from
which no agricultural improvement can
wrest her grasp, is enough to satisfy the
highest ambition with regard to her fu
ture destiny. Without a mile of railroad
she has exhibited the most wonderful
growth, inferior to none in this wonder
ful age; and with the facilities which the
hand of science is now engaged in erect
ing, it were almost impossible to calcu
late with any certainty the strength to
he diffused through her syslem of com
mercial enterprise. When the immense
country now lying around us, in every
direction, shall teem with an industrious
population, and the approach to St. Louis
lor fifty miles, come what course the trav
eler may, shall be marked with increasing
evidences of thrift and prosperity, with
noble farms and busy towns, the great
heart of this region will beat with
“ healthful music” to the progress of the
day, and receive and diffuse, in a corres
ponding ratio, the elements of life and
activity throughout the whole.
“ One sweep of the preat Saxon’s arm abroad)
The savage tiles* and harvest crowns the aod,
While by that hand the rattling car conveyed)
Darts, like a shuttle, through the loom of trade.”
We feel a commendable interest in the
progress and completion of the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad. The enterprise
has been steadily carried forward from its
conception to the present point, where
actual operations begin, with a zeal and
energy worthy of the highest respect.—
To witness this commendable and well
directed spirit of improvement crowned
with the most successful results, would
be to u* a souree of the most satisfactory
pride and pleasure.—&■ Leut* Repub.
A Whig Letter. —Senator Jones of
Tennessee, having been assailed by some
of his Southern friends for remaining in
the Whig Caucus, has written a letter
setting forth his views in regard to the
matter.
He disagrees with the seceders, and
thinks the caucus acted properly iu re
jecting the resolutions in regard to the
compromise measures, as it had no power
to meddle with them. lie says they
“ were adopted as a compromise, calcula
ted and intended (ogive peace and quiet
to a distracted country, and as such should
be acquiesced hv all. They were intend
ed to allay excitement and prevent agita
tion. IV/iy then continue to fan the flames
of sectional passion and prejudice, by con
s'anlly thrusting Ihem forward on all
occasions ? Is this the best mode of al
laying agitation? Is it not rather adding
fuel to dying embers, which if let alone
will soon expire, never again to alarm the
fears of the country 1 y their lurid flames ?
These measures are tne laws of the land;
no one is proposing to rejeal them ; in my
opinion, no effort will be made to rejeal
them ; it was, it would prove an
abortion, ending in defeat.”
He thinks the whole country is willing
to “acquitsee” in these measures, but
deprecates “ agitation ” which is constant
ly being made toquiet “ agitation.” Sen
ator Jones further says :
“I am not a candidate for the Vice
Presidency by my agency or consent. I
am content with the position I have, and
in the coining contest seek no higher hon
or than to bear my part in the labor and
toil necessary to vindicate the principles
of the Whig party, and secure its tri
umn.
When the Convention shall p esent its
candidates to the country, I shall not stop
to inquire whether they are my first
choice or not. I have long since learmd
to surrender my preferences to the good
of ihe country. All I shall ask to know
is that they are sound l a’iona' conserva
tive whigs, true to the Union, the consti
tution, and all its compromises. With
these assurances I shall buckle on my
armor and go into the light, not for thirty
or sixty days; but 1 enlist lor the war.
I seek no new alliances, no new affilia
tions. lam still a Whig. The old Whig
party is good enough lor me. I want no
1 bird party, composed of fragments torn
f o:n other parties bound together by no
common bond, united by no creed or code
of principles, no principle of adhesion but
that of a name. 1 repeat that the Whig
party is good enough for me. 1 have ev
er thought it a Union party. I believe
in its principles—am content to abide its
fortunes, am ready to follow it through
gloom to glory or the grave.”
Colors in Ladies’ Dresses.—lncon
gruity may be frequently observed in the
adoption of colors without reference to
their accordance with the complexion or
stature of the wearer. We continually
sec a light blue bonnet and flowers sur
rounding a sallow countenance, or a pink
opposed to one of a glowing red ; a pale
Cunplexion associated with a canary or
lemon yellow, or one of delicate red and
white rendered almost colorless by the
vicinity of deep red. Now, if the lady
with the sallow complexion had worn a
transparent white bonnet; or if the lady
with the glowing red complexion had low
ered it by means of a bonnet of a deeper
red color ; if lire pale lady had improved
the cadaverous hue of her countenance by
surrounding it with pale green, which, by
contrast, would have suffused it with a
delicate pink hue; or the face
Whose red an«l white,
Nature’s own sweet anil cunning hand laid on,
Been arrayed in light blue, or light green,
or in a transparent white bonnet, with
blue or pink flowers on the inside—how
different, and how much more agreeable
would have been tbe impression on the
spectator! llow frequently, again do we
see the dimensions of a tall and embon
point figure magnified to almost Brobdig
nagian proportion by a white dress, or a
small woman reduced to Lillipution size
by a black dress! Now as tbe optical
effect of while is to enlarge objects, and
that of black to diminish them, if the large
woman had been dressed in black, and the
small woman in white, the apparent size
of each would have approached the ordina
ry stature, and the former would not have
appeared a giantess or the latter a dwarf.
— Airs. Merryfield in Art Journal.
Exploring Expedition.—Cant.Mar
ry, of the s;h Infantry, (says ihe Fort
Smith Herald,) is shortly to set out, with
his company, on an exploring expedition
to the head watei s of the Red River, hav
ing received orders from Washington to
“ ascertain the resources of that unknown
region of country, and to assure the Indi
ans there of the kind feelings of the Uni
ted States, and at the same time to let
them know the strength and power of the
Government, and its determination to
punish them for any outrages they may
commit upon the frontier of Texas or any
other State.”
Important Discovert. —The Lake
Superior Journal informs us that the
greatest excitement prevails in the vicin
ity of the L’Ansc Bay, on account of the
recent discovery of an extensive coal bed
in that neighborhood. As it is well known
that a large tract of iron ore is near that
locality, there can be no calculation made
of the extent to which this discovery will
add to the wealth and business ot that
community.
Fibe !—Gov. Dewey’s bam, near his
residence in this village, was destroyed
by fire on the evening of the 21st inst.—
e.use unknown.—Every thing was saved,
exeept a small quantity of oats and hay in
the loft, where the fire originated.—
Grant County Herald.
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS.
Woman and Home. —We clip the fol
lowing from an exchange without know
ing its origin: “Heaven never intended
women to be the inmates of boarding
houses. They are out of their element
in all such abiding places. There are er
ratic exceptions to the general rule, but
the true spere of a really womanly wo
man is her own home—her true ‘mis
sion’ to make her husband and children
happy. Her heart, more tlian her head,
‘marshals her the way that she should
go.’ Her affections, her wifely and moth-'
erly love, instruct her intellect, sharpen
her perceptions, and give force, energy
and precision to her plans and purposes.
Such a woman prateth not her sex’e
rights—mourneth not over its wrongs.—
She attends no conventions, covets not
the double-barrelled garment, demands
not a seat on the bench, a post in the
state, or a vote through the ballot-box.—
Content with the position assigned to Wo
man by the Almighty at the creation, and
which the prophets, patriarchs, apostles,
and the Saviour himself, have declared to
be meet and seemly for the ‘ weaker ves
sel,’ the good wife never attempts to
overstep the limits of her appropriate
sphere, but makes that sphere a charmed
circle, within which the husband and
lather disburdened of his business cares,
may enjoy a fulness of placid liapiness
which the outside world can neither give
nor take aWay. Fortunate is he who
has such a woman to wife; for she shall
not only smooth the roughness of his
earthly journey, but lead him gently by
the hand towards Heaven.”
Gen. Scott. —The Yysilanti Sentinel
relates the following anecdote of the gal
lant old soldier, which was recently com
municated to the editar of that paper, by
a soldier who served in the Florida
War:
The troops had made a weary march
through the day and selected a place for
their bivouac during the night. A party
was detailed to clear the ground, and
erect a temporary shelter for the Com
mander-in-Cnicf, who had not yet reach
ed the front. Shortly after the work was
commenced, he arrived, and riding up to
the working party, inquired what they
were doing. He was informed by the
leader, when he immediately replied:
“ Well, cease work and return to your
company, I can participate in the priva
tions of my men. I will not have a wea
ry soldier perform a moment's unneces
sary labor for my convenience.”
“ I am a Democrat,” said our inform
ant, “but I want to vote for Gen. Scott
i'or President.”
Death or the Oldest Methodist
PnEACHER IN THE WoRLD. TllC N. Y.
Christian Advocate contains the following:
—“ Rev. George Highfield. of the British
Wesleyan Conference, the oldest Metho
dist preacher in the world, closed his
lengthened pilgrimage near Liverpool, on
the 9ih of December. He was called
into the ministry by Mr. Wesley, in 1785,
and continued to travel till 1825, when
the slate of his health compelled him to
become a supcrnume:a:-y; but he still la
bored iu the pulpit and on pastoral duty
until his strength entirely failed. During
the last four years infirmatics grew rap
idly upon him ; his memory failed so that
secular things were nearly obliterated
from it, but lie could always recall por
tions of Scripture and byins which had
long been treasured there. Tbe forenoon
of the day before be died, he spent alone,
and was unusually happy. He was
ninety-one years old, and had been in the
ministry sixty-seven years.
Biography or Tom Moore. —A note
in the last number of the Edinburgh Re
view, states that the journals and letters
of the Poet Moore are being prepared lor
immediate publication by Lord John Rus
sell. The two are said to have been on
very intimate terms at one time, and to
have preserved through life the same
friendly relations. Moore’s extensiva
correspondence, his journal, which was
faithfully kept, together with the known
abilities of the biographer, will make this
one of the most valued works in that
walk of literature.
The N. Y. Express says it is just sev
en years this week since the line of tele
graph was completed between Washing,
ton and New York, and Professor Morse
sent his first dispatch from the Federal
to tbe commercial capital of the country.
Since that time, about fourteen thousand
miles i f telegraphic line have been put up
in the United States, and one-half these
number of miles under the superintend
ence *f Henry O’Reilly, Esq. The As
sociated Press of New York pay $70,-
000 a year lor their telegraphic dispatch
es.
The Universal says the city of Mexico
appears to be the theatre ot multiplied
crimes. No less than sixteen assassina
tions have been committed in eight days,
and robberies are momentary occurrences.
The editors attribute much of this to tha
scandalous impunity with which such
things can be done, as exemplified in the
recent pardon of the murderers of Dr.
Beistegul.
Mrs. Dr. Judson (Fanny Forrester)
arrived in Ulica on Wednesday, on her
way to Hamilton, the residence of her
parents. Her many friends will regret
to learn that she is in a delicate atato of
health.
Death. —Hon. Perry Smith, formerly
United States Senator iroin Connecticut,
died at his residence at New Milford, ia
that State, on the 4th inst.
No Sickness.— There is no eholera
here, and th« city enjoys the blesaings of
health generally, in an uncommon degree.
Galtna JJdv.
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