The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-11-15
Editorial Correspondence.

DIR. FRANKLIN, No. ,. (
GaIcna, Sunday Morning, Del. %. ! /
The streets are quite Sunday-like in
aspect. People dressed for church
Some young gents. Of ford countenan-
ces, are promcnading our saloon. That
bridge is bad thing; the Doctor had
to squeeze through the draw, like a PIG
squeezing through stile. If the Gale-
means will play hog. as tiley did in quar-
relling about the location Of a bridge,
they would not ''riag'' US into the game
One bridge is enough, and thatmight per-
haps. as well have been a ferry. Speak
ing of pigs-Galena shows upon the
landing, the usual quantum Of mineral
pork. We Ike Galena. 1t is active,
civilized, and the other end Of that Rail
road.
We have worked our way out Of Fe-
vre river, and are once more snorting
over the plain Of the broad Mississippi
The stream is IN a hurry, as usual Tie
Mississippi never tarries, is always
freshet--a raging lion; tearing down
bluffs and trees--resistless
Here is Bellevue by moonlight. A
huge Touring mill on the rivers brink,
propelled by stream that empties here,
has just turned out another gr;st Of $50
barrels for St. Louis Down with them
barrels, boys" This mill cost SIS, 600.
Flour at S3.75 Here stands the old
black house, in which the famous horse
thieves were corncrcd by the good citi-
zens, few years ago, and shot down
dead Capt. Summary keeps excellent
order in these parts, now-adays.
Senator Jones ofIowa is aboard. He
thinks it does not lie in the mouths OF
Taylor wings to upbraid Mr.. Sibley for
taking party ground. Gen. No-paIty
Taylor has not only acted the radical
| 'dItfAdi Ill St'ChftiS ali thC oiitCo VI
Minnesota with wings, but he has done
our delegate the contempt Of never, for
once. having respected the newly estab-
lished precedent of allowing part Of the
nominations, at least, to come from the
Delegate. Pray, what claims have the
Wings upon Mr.. Sibley' but that he
should defend himself as an independent
man. They must take it out in swing
ing their arms and swearing. It has
come out since the election, that while
the wings of Minnesota were showing Il
hypocritical face of neu.ralism, they
were Jesuiticaly counting their men,
one by enc, and hoieing their ears. We
speak that we do know---one of the 'ia-
ports, Ohio, told us the other day icon
fdentially) that the wings Of St. Paul,
before election, were counted to a man
What gcdly man Mr.. No-party is!
MONDAY MoRNiSc, Daybreak.
The Doct. Franklin is grinding his
belly on the shoals---or playing whale
on the Davenport rapids. Turn back the
larboard,'l 'Starboard," s'so ahead!'
| We are Off The river is wide here. A
stranger, until the boat grinds, would OBJ
serve no signs of the rapids here
Though he wonders why these saw-mill.
are clinging under tie bank on oaci
shore with their long iiipper water wheel:
reaching out into the current These
mills tilch their hydraulics eat of the ma
tural current, by means of wheels abou
. the height of steamboat paddles, only 9
"nation longer" rde1
Pity, constitutional objections, were
. not obliged to go down over these rapids
on pine bottoms at low water-reckor
, they come in for the Northwestern doc.
trine, though we might f'want the none,
for the war" Warp the Constitution
but don't break through our bo:tom!1 w,
say, We so for the Davenport memorial
, The upper rapids extends iS miles. Ths
boats, at the present middle stage o
water, must so over BY daylight Grea
Heavens! what rake. tina. was. w,
had supposed that we were over. Well
we are over now. @ - ih
DAVENPORT Iowa, and Rock Island
llls.--two towns opposite each other
two bright eyes looking cut from the
wilderness. Here, standing out amid
strean, are. the old grey relics of Rocl
Island Fort--once the cyespre Of Black,
hawk. Moline, jus. below, Is q prosper