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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-03
MINNESOTA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10Th, 1850.

w ASHlNGION, GU. A~tu, ACcV.
Hon. JACOB CoLLAMER, 4
-. Postmaster General.
SIR: l have the honor to request
that the Postmaster at Galena may be
instructed to make up the mails for the
different Offices in Minnesota, and send
them direct by steamboat from that city,
during the season of navigation. This
will preclude the necessity of trans
porting the mail for our Territory, on
the land route from Galena to Prairie du
Chen, which occupies two entire days,
while the same distance is travelled by
steamboats, in nine or ten hours.
There will be at least two, and prob
ably three regular steam packets, on the
river between Galena and St. Paul dur
ing seven months of the year, which
give US as many mails weekly by the
proposed arrangement, with no addl-
tional expense to the Department. The
mails being made up separately for all
the offices along the river, as well as at
Saltwater on lake St. Croix, which is
also visited by the regular packets, the
delay cccasioned by opening the gener-
al mail at each point will be avoided.
l trust sir, that you will see proper to
comply with my request.
In the application for more frequent
service on the mail route between Prai-
RE du Chen and St. Paul, which l had
the honor to make in person few days
since, was not prepared to say, what
information since received enables me to
state, that the proceeds of the offices on
that route, will considerably exceed the
amount now paid by the Department Coz
the transportation Of the mail thereon
The Postmaster at St. Paul informs me
that the proceeds of that office for the
last quarter amount to S24S, SO, as will
be seen by accompanying letter from
! him, while he estimates the aggregate
amount of the offices at Fort Smelling
Falls of St. Anthony and Fort Gaines a
more than that sum, so that including the
minor Offices of which there are several
it is reasonable to anticipate that the
Department will receive upwards o
! $1,000 more within the next twelve
months than it now expends for service
on the River route, which is 81, 400 PEI
annum saltwater is not included in tht
estimate, being the terminus Of the in
land route.) These facts will, hope
induce you to grant us at least regu
!, lar semi-weekly mail, apart from the
temporary steamboat arrangement pro
posed.
have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your ob't rervant.
Signed. H. H. SIBLEY.
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aid of both towns to build it. 2nd. The
two towns have mutual interest in the
growth Of each other, and would be uni
ted and equally and mutually benefited
by it. Sd. 1t would especially favor the
interests of those enterprising men who
are constructing boats to navigate the
river above. 4th. 1t would in all re-
spects promote mutually instead of ri
valry.
Capt. Smith Harris of Galena. rela-
ted the following dream, years ago,
before there was any village of Saint
Paul or of Saint Anthony, Gin coming
up the river, in those days when trip
up by steamboat was transient and a
rare occurrence, when to make trip
paw, it was necessary to advertise for
weeks in advance and hold forth the al
lurements of a pleasure excursion and
all that sort Of things laid down, when
we were near the mouth Of the Saint
Croix, to catch nap in the day time,
everything working right, or you might
as well have tried to catch weasel
asleep you know Ia chaw Of tobacco,
MontfortD and I dreamed that just as
we turned the bend this side o.
Jackson's place. l saw, (where Saint
Paul is now city, that looked as large
as Saint Louis, looming up through
BLUSH canopy of smoke; and presently
as we touched the wharf lined with boats
we heard the shrili whistle Of locomo
tive and in a minute more, In came
train of cars half mile long, slo~l,
rumbling into long car house until the,
stopped, when open flew the car doors
out poured the passengers like bee
swarming, folks of all sorts found be
tween the equator and Hudson's Bay
In ten minutes more, every cabin an
berth in my boat, was engaged Tor IN
passage down; and the boat, why Mont
fort, you rene mber the Aleck Scott!
seemed like just such another boat, on
/ ly light draught you know, and as to
: speed--whew--hold your hats on, boys
; Now, gentlemen, firmly believe, tha
some of us will live to see all this rea
lied
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Correspondence of the Pioneer.

Our Washington cores
pendent writs, Feb. 22d, 1885,
The Committee on Public Lands of
the House, have reported adversely on
the memorial Of our Legislative Assem-
bly,, for the extension of the presumption
laws to unsurveyed lands. Although
your Delegate appeared before this
Committee several times and urged them
to report a bill which he had prepared
in accordance with the memorial, a
large majority were of the opinion that
it would be unsafe and unwise to make
any innovation on the established policy
of the Government with regard to pre-
emption rights, which they look upon as
already sufficiently liberal. With the
Territorial Committee the Delegate has
heen more fortunate. They have deci-
ded to report bill, granting $40, 900, to
Minnesota for prison, and giving to the
Governor and Legislative Assembly the
disposal of the $50, appropriated by
the organic law for public buildings.
There is good reason to believe that
the Committee on Roads ard Canals,
will report favorably on the bill introduce
ed by Mr. S. for roads in the Territory.
The Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads, have consented to report bill
imme diately for routes in the Territory,
one Of which is designated from st. Paul
via intermediate points to Pembina, and
one from Point Douglass via Saltwater
and other intermediate points to Fond
du Lac. The bill provides, that the
Postmaster General shall have the pow
er to put these routes under contruct as
soon as practicable.
1t is well to state to those individuals
having transactions at the different De-
partments through the Delegate, that
Notwithstanding every effort on his part
to expedite them, most Of the Offices are
so much in arrears with their business,
as to cause much delay to applicants.
One Of the auditors Offices, has twenty
seven hundred unsettled accounts for
adjudication, and others are not much
better off, This is indeed sad COM
mentary on the practice of the Govern
meht of changing the heads of Bureaus,
and of other important Offices with each
incoming Administration. About the
time that an individual has become au
fat at his duties, and knows how to dis
charge them properly, he must give
place to o novice, and thereby much
confusion and embarrassment are occa-
stoned. But this system will never be
abandoned, before the millennium, so the
evils must be submitted TO. There is
now an application pending before the
Postmaster General. for an increase of
service on our main routes, which it is
20 fbe hoped will be successful.
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The Joint Resolution which has Just
passed Congress, and been approved by
the President, granting to Minnesota
and Oregon the complete works Of the
Exploring expedition, will insure to us
u most valuable addition to the Terrific
rial Library, of the value Of nearly, or
quite one thousand dollars.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office, having decided that the
Territory had no claim to the Both Sec
ton of school lands, surveyed prerious
to the passage of the organic law, your
Delegate has appealed form his decision
to the Secretary Of the Interior, and
has some reason to believe that it will b.
reversed.
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EDITORS OF THE GLOBE.

The BODY OF DR.. PARKMAN Found.
The mystery is solved, and DR.. Web
ster is innocent. The body of DIR. Park
man has been found in the water, and
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle. .T'.
The above ''imporaet Intelligence"
paraded with so much confidence in the
Chronicle Of last Saturday, turns out, as
we expected, hoax; and what is worse,
the Chronicle only needed common Wig
lance to look in one of its hundred ex-
changes, to find the foolish story contra
dicted. We cut the following from N
abs Messenger Of March Sd:
TELEGRAPHIC GAMMoN.-On Thurs
day evening the city was startled from
its propriety by the shrill voices of a
hundred newsboys, announcing the
"fndng of DR.. Parkman's body" and
''great riot in Boston" The wind blew
great guns and the rain came down flu
riously, but the sharp treble of the jul
veniles, piercing as the cry Of the cur.
lew, was heard through the roaring O.
the storm. The citizens rushed to theil
doors and windows with their sixpences
in their hands. The first supply wen
off in jifiy, and away rushed the boys
With their loose linen fiuttering in tn.
blast, in search of another "edishin
The next morning did not bring any ad
ditional facts, and the story after "need
ing confirmation" for twenty-four hours
was stamped as humbug by the Boston
press. The body of man named Nc
CARNEY, who drowned himself in De
cember last, had been found, but NOBODY
said or believed that the corpse was tina
Of DR.. Parkman.
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Atte nd 70 YOU G arden and plant Shade
Trees.

The season Of the year is now at
hand for these things. Make you gar
den. Do not be caught, you who are
living in our villages, do not be seen at
the wharves and steamboats,, the COM
ing summer. paying out your money for
salads, cucumbers, tomatoes and green
corn, because it does not now seem ex-
actly convenient for you to put small
garden in cultivation. Do not roast in
July sun, year after year, without a
shade-tree around your house or vine
on woodbine planted under the win
dow, simply because it does not now
seem quite convenient to plant few
trees in your garden, if only couple
of them, now; and buy few hens and
a good COW, that you may live like a
Christian. These duties and more,
are remotely limited at in the following
communication, from E. A. B.; one Of
our correspondents: I
Nature is Industrious in adjoining hkr
dominions, and the man to whom this
duty is assigned should feel and obey
the lesson. Let him, too, be so in
adorning his dominion; in making the
home Of his wife and children not only
convenient and comfortable, but pleas
ant. Let him, as far as circumstances
will permit, be Industrious in surround
ting it with pleasing objects; in decora-
ing it within and without with things that
tend to make it agreeable and attrac-
tive. Let industry make the abode OF
neatness and good order, place which
brings satisfaction to every inmate, and
which, in absence, draws back the heart
by the fond associations Of comfort and
content. Let this be done, and this sa-
cred spot will become surely the scene
Of cheerfulness, kindness, and peace.
! Ye parents, who would have your
children happy, be industrious to bring
them in the midst of a pleasant, a cheer.
.ful, and happy home. Waste not your
time in accommodating wealth for them |;
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is no new thing; for he and one or more
ofhis colleagues, during the last session
Of Congress, unmindful, as it appears
to me, of the obligation which should
have weighed somewhat with them to
aid the infant Territory (which was the
residuum of that great Northwest Ter
riitory out of which their own State was
formed) and protect its interests, oppos-
ed the organization Of a territorial gov
crnment there to the bitter end. Min
nesota owes them no thanks, if it now
finds itself in fourishing condition and
prepared in few years to take its place
| as State Of this Union.
s Yours, respectfully, vi. r
M r t H. II. SIBLEY.
| EutTops Of THE GIopr Fh
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Mr.. RooT, Of Ohio, in the H. of r.
took occasion to go out of his way to
attack Minnesota, in one of his speeches
made on the 18th Of February. He
said:
81 insist, Mr.. Chairman, that we
should go forward, and provide some
sort Of government for New Mexico
as well as admit California into the
Union as State. insist that it is our
duty; that it is due to those people;
that it is due to the people Of the States.
Why, how long is it since we had a
great clamor raised here about MINES
ota! Everything was going to wreck
and ruin because Minnesota had no
government-Minnes with less than
ten thousand inhabitants then, and with
but little prospect of very rapid in
crease, for it is in the hyperborean re-
gion. At this season of the year trav-
cling is done there on snow shoes. 1t
is good lumber country. fine coun-
try, in many respects, and it will be
peopled when our northern people have
nowhere else to go, and some may pre-
fer perhaps to 60 there when they could
go elsewhere. But there was a great
necessity, it was said, for territorial
government there! and my colleague
Mr.. ScHENcK really incurred a good
deal of censure at the time because he
insisted that we should be careful what
kind of government we provided for
those people, and that time should be al
lowed to examine and perfect the bill.
The case was so urgent, it was said,
that the bill must be passed at once"
He must be a very tender Root who
could not take root, and his wife and
family with him and thrive in good
soil, in a latitude some hundred miles
south Of Great Britain. After wading
knee deep in the mud Of Ohio, half his
life, Mr.. Root has taken a mortal dis
like to ''snow shoes. Was it ever
urged as a reason why the people of
Ohio should not have territorial gov
eminent, that the mud was too deep?
In answer to this language Of Mr..
Root above quoted, Mr.. Sibley made the
following prompt reply.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE,
WASHINGTON, February Is, 1850.
GENTLEMEN: In the speech of hon.
orable Mr.. Root, of Ohio, in Commit
tee of the Whole to-day, he INDUCED
in gratuitous fling at Minnesota Ter
ritory, characterizing it as hyperbore-
an region, fit only for the production OF
fpine lumber. ! failed to obtain the floor
to reply, and as injury may result to our
Territory, should such statement 20
forth to the country uncontradicted,
/ beg of you the favor to insert this
communication in the same number OF
your paper in which his speech shall APP
pear. -, .f
The gentleman seems to have for
gotten, if he ever knew, what is the
geographical position Of Minnesota.
He would have focnd, upon examination,
that the southern boundary Of that Ter
ritory is considerably less than two de-
grees north of the northern line of his
own State, and that all kinds of grain
and vegetables are raised to as great
perfection in Minnesota as in Ohio.
The hostility Of the honorable gen.
ltlcnan to our Territory and its interests
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The Tragedy at Saint Croix Falls.

Our readers will CLEAN some further
particulars of this bloody fight, which we
announced last week, by perusing the
following, part Of letter received by
us, from a reliable correspondent at the
Falls:
Saint Croix Falls, March 25, 1850.
A few words Of dispute pass
ed between Mr.. Kelly and Mr.. Alfred
Roman last evening at the grocery
of S. Partridge. Mr. Kelly made use OF
language, which Roman told him he
must retract or he would shoot him.
This morning both parties armed them
selves with Colts revolvers, "six shoot
ers." Kelly prepared himself, and was
about to leave the village to avoid meet
ing Roman, to spend the day in hunting
in company with Mr.. Dexter. Kelly
called at the dwelling Of Mr.. Kimball,
and Roman hearing he was there, went
in also; he invited Kelly to 60 out Of
the house, which invitation Kelly decln-
ed; Roman then fired. Several shots
passed between them, one of which took
effect on Kelly, killing him instantly
Two balls hit Roman, one of which YET
remains in his body; Roman is not sup
posed to be MORALLY wounded. A coro-
ner's inquest was held upon the body o.
the deceased. The testimony was dis
tinct and to the point; verdict, that his
death was caused by the discharge of q
pistol, held by Roman. Kelly was a
native Of Belfast, Maine.
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Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
CoNrRAcr OFFICE, Feb. 18th, 1850.
SIR: In reply to your letter of the
18th inst. / have the honor to inform
you, that in compliance with your ap-
plication, the p. M. of Galena Ill. and
St. Paul Min. Ty., have been directed
to make up and despatch mails as often
as the boats run to and from their re-
spective offices at steamboat letter rates,
TO wit: 2 cents each per letter, and one
half cent each per newspaper. The
compensation above named is to be paid
by the P. nj. receiving the letters and
newspapers from the boats.
am respectfully,
Your obi servant.
Signed. S. r. HOBBIE,
LIST. Asst. p. NJ Genl.
Hon. II. Fl. SIBLEy,
House Of Reps.
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but fill their minds aud souls. in the
way proposed, with seeds of virtue and
true prosperity.
@ M f. A. B.
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CONGR ESS.

Washington, March 49,
In the House, an unsuccessful at
tempt was made to introduce the creden-
tials Of Messrs. Wright and Gilbert,
Representatives. from California, togeth-
er with the Constitution and Memorial,
asking for the admission Of that State.
Mr.. Preston King offered a resolution
that, all debate on. the California Mes
sage cease on Wednesday next; laid on
the table. The committee on Patents
reported bill for Woodworth's patent;
referred to committee Of the whole. Mr..
Oils presented minority report.
MIR. Hayman asked, but did net obtain
consent, to present a remonstrauce, of
the people Of Wheeling, against the re-
newal Of Woodworth's patent. Mr..
Lane, from the committee on revenue,
reported a bill for the erection of Gus
tom house ut Cincinnati; referred to
committee of the whole.
Washington, March ii.
The California Message was then ta-
ken up. Mr. Douglass of Illinois, said
to his southern friends, that if the admis-
sion Of California was delayed one year,
she would divide into states and demand
admission on the very basis the north
now advocates.
Mr. Hate moved 10 postpone the fur
Ither consideration Of the subject, until
Friday, which was carried.
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1850.
The bill amending the Constitution, TO
make Judges elective by the people,
passed the House last evening, only
three negative votes, Messrs. Corwin,
David Evans, and Porter.
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COPY
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
CoNrRAcT OFFICE, Feb. 2Sth, 1850.
SIR: | have the honor to inform
you, in reply to your application that
the Contractor on route 449S, st. Paul
to Saltwater, has been directed to run
one additional weekly trip on said route.
Service to commence as soon as prac-
ticable.
am respectfully,
Your obt servant.
Signed. S. r. HOBRIE,
1st .4sst p. NJ. Genl.
Hon. H. III. SIBLEY,
House Of Reps.
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Buffalo, March III.
Our city has been visited by the most
destructive fire that has occurred in a
long time. About half past ten O'Clock
this morning, the basement of Stewart 5
factory, above the American Hotel was
discovered to be Oh fire. Soon after the
whole building was in flames. No dam
age to adjoining buildings was appreben-
ded until about three O'Clock, when the
wind increased to gale, and the flames
were carried to the roof Of the Ameri-
can Hotel. In short time the whole
Of this splendid building was one sheet
Of flames, and it was apparent that the
entire block must be destroyed. The
buildings on the opposite side Of Main
street were next found to be OH fire.
The wind carried the flames across the
street and twelve or fourteen tenements
on Clinton street, between Main and
Walnut, were quickly DESTROYED, and
great fears were entertained that Ste
venson's extensive livery stable would
also burn, but it was only partly con-
sumed. KS. ,'..it - =.
While the firomen were employed in
arresting the flames in this quarter, La
fayette street church was seen to be on
fire. The church was on the opposite
side of the Park aud a great distance
from the Hotel. -. -.
The flames at this moment presented
the appearance of awful grandeur---two
sides of a street and the square being en-
tirely one great sheet Of flame. o' :.
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The friends Of Land Reform met at
Tammany Hall last evening and filed
the room to overlooking. Mr.. Russ Of
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-17
BROAD ROCK RACES
.
REPORT OF TIE COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN

tx 1TTI IL
Lei no one suppose that mean To discourage lc assem-
Iinr Of The Nashville Convention. BY no means Is
friends should oniy be- the stimulated IN Their zeal ana
tors 10 have il assembled by the dscoragna appearance
lar all compromise and arrangement. Let The SCUM bc
ready for The safety in preparation INT strong
"A we now are the right all efforts should be directed
ucs.ve the power possess III the justice oi our posi-
,n Reject the made, cast aside the pfoier-
I'd measures doing partial justice 10 the SCUM ana ""
uust then prepare the mi hiier struggle winch may ed
,y nroloby will lead to dsunion. Take the guarantee, al
h hills eportad discard the unsound and nntenabe argu-
u.nis by which they attempted To be sustained and how
nuch stronger and safer will he South then be than she now
IT, While We all depore the apparent mot ea) divisions IN
he South NAV fear shall become really ana per-
i,anentlv divided on this grave issue!
Give the South The solemn and lcga1ed declaration lh'
Twas may our of her remaining territory carve ou four
new slavehodng States and lei This ba incorporated IN ana
tc , nart of In, bill and lei have the Fugitive Slave
xii made NOR. stringent, and then might We not all unite
and be sa fed This the least the very least that should
n,ake ns content.
have already indicated essential amendment 10 me
rnoiriyo slave -that amendment, should enlon II as an
official duty the marshall when required by The owner q"
fugitive slave bring such slave back to the State rom
whence, he He'd The tecs and expenses 81 the narslas
hou! be paid hv The United States In The execution o' ms
ANY The official character Of the marshal would be known
and rrspectel but ii turbulent and unrY spH shoac
ne dslnyod his power cali III 10 his aid The posse ana 10
ror,n III, duty would be controlling. Add Ia this heavy
rnaes and even personal punishment, on oil who
uay resist the officer in the execution ot his duly and We
ald have then all that legislation could give uF WIN our
friends nj Washington consider these mnttcsl In their pm
otism frinness and WISDOM have unbonnded confidence
Is they 60 90 will follow in this great crisis. loRh
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MISCELLAN EOCS.

PROPOSED OPENING OF MUMMY 300 YEARS oLn'-at
great toll and outlay Mr. Gddon has succeeded IN bringing
10 Boston, the "Lmopened Mummy OF AACH-ph
Dauphter ofthe High Priest oil Ihebes-GOT-THOTH-l-
who lived between B. C. 1900 and b. c. l500-say about
the time of Moses or above 800 years age
Its commercial value is about $500 in the Museums Of
Europe while intact because, once unroied, the spe u
mystery broken for gold ring engraved with the name OF
Pharaoh ScarabGus recording complete sacerdotai ge-
nealogy or Papyrus Book Of The Dead" generally found
inside the collins specimens oil this hi9i order may vary
in value from 500 81 900, and even rofe.