The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-06-27

faui, upon Inc cOmp'aint Vi us "Hc, ioa
throwing her against the cooking stove, IN
fit Of anger, and severely cutting her head
He was committed TO Fort Smelling tor
months.
A stranger who takes steamboat up.the
river to Mendoiah, touching Saltwater and
Saint Paul. and makes visit of two hours
at Saint Anthony land then flies back again,
learns about as much Of the actual rcsourc-
es of Minnesota, as can he learned of ahe
geological formation of the earth by looking
into post hole. Those who are deterInin
ed to Judge without seing, are wholly unfit
to form sound opinions upon any snhjecl.-
We do not want Minnesota tried by such
jurors. To such an one we would say as
the judge said to the juror: stop; are you
deaf ? Juror: yes, nj one ear Judge:
Then you had better leave that box, for it
is necessary that jurymen should hear both
sides.
MIR. Wauous lately passed through De-
troit, having along with him the boxes with
which to pay off the government officers
connected with the La Pointe agency which
will be removed to the new Indian rendez-
vous, as soon as it is determined upon
The Indians must follow as a matter of
course, or lose their annuities.
The people of Saint Paul are enjoying
excellent health. The purity OF the air and
water in Minnesota, are facts SO obvious to
all, that there is DO diversity of opinion on
that point.
Last Thursday, Capt. Smith of the Nom
inee, acted AS chaperon to large compa-
ny Of ladies and gentleman who came up
from Galena to visit the notabilties Of Min
nesota. Capt. Smith, just now recovered
from an attack of erysi pelas, is admirably
calculated to make such a trip agreeable;
being well informed, full of anecdote, and
an ardent admirer of our 'hyperbofean re-
gions.'
The erysepelas is the same disease which
sometimes afllicts lumbermen, and in one Of
IFS forms is known as 'the shingles 1t is
not an epidemic at all; but if we are not
mistaken, is like the rheumatism, more pre-
yalent in cold climates than elsewhere. 1t
is Saint .Anthony's fire, (although we new
G heard of a case of it yet at the FaIs;) it
is diffused Inflammation, with fever of two
or three days, generally with coma or delir-
ium; an eruption OF a fiery acrid humor on
some part of the body, but more generally
on the hands or face.
1t is understood that there will he at least
two steamboats, from below, with pleasure
parties, on the 4th of July. There may be
a chance on some one of the boats, TO dance
all night, if not to go home with the girls III
the morning. Would not Capt. Smith, of
the Nominee, ipermit some calisthenic cxer-
polka, as practiced at the parish concersG-
-iones of the Rev. DIR. Henry w. Beecher,
Of Brooklyn, n. Y! We think the captain
would favor saltatory exercise, as well as
banking under suitable restrictions.
Mr.. jackson, the other day, sent down a
young American Eagle, from Sank Rapids,
as yet unfiedged, although larger than a
Dorking cock. The Indians had found a
nest of them, Of which they had eaten all
bur this one. Eagles are cheaper than
chickens up there, never selling higher than
90 cents par.
On the 14th instant, in the House Of Rep
resentatives, Mr.. Sibley presented the me-
mortal of Gov. Alex. Ramsey and 1853 9TH
er itizens of Minnesota, for the grant of a
township OF land 10 aid in the construction
of a telegraph from St. Paul to connect
with the eastern line of telegraph.
The r. r. Journal says: The margin of
the Great Illinois Coal Basin, as will be seen
BY referring 10 the Geological map Of DR..
Owen, is cut by the Ohio river a little east
of the mouth of Anderson river, and by the
Wabash abou. ! ) miles north OF the mouth
of Coal creek. Its line is slightly curvilin-
lar and passes through the western sections
of the counties Of Lawrence aud Monroe,
and extending northwest, approaches with
in 80 or 90 miles ofthe head OF Lake Mich
igan. 1t will be further remarked that this
line runs for some 500 miles, nearly north
and south; that it passes parallels of differ
ent staples and of exchangabe products
that at its southern terminus on the Green
river in Kentucky, ii is within an hundred
miles of the cotton district that it passes
the great natural highways Of the central
section of this valley and over the tobacco,
the hemp, flax, corn and wheat districts
that at the northern point. south of Chica-
90, it almost touches the great chain Of our
northern lakes; that it comes within an at
attractive distance of the rich copper ores
of Lake Superior, and that it runs into the
lead district; it lies wholly in the temperate
zone, and cuts the commercial and hydro
graphical centre of the great valley Of the
Mississippi. Probably no coal deposltes
will be found within several hundred miles
north of these Illinois coal beds - none in
Minnesota, and course none in the United
| SCateS III tuiS lOBSItuuo d. iedSt, as our teT
ritory touches the British line at Pembiua.
Speaking of the relative expense and
value of railroads in the east compared
with the west, the r. r. Journal very Just
ly remarks that there is every probability
that roads constructed in the west will prove
more profitable as investments for capita
than those in the eastern states. They DE-
not cost half as much. They will DE bet
ter managed, and will have a much larger
business in proportion to their cost. Com
pare the west with the east. Look at th,
inexhaustable fertility of the former, capa
BILE Of sustaining thrice the population o
the Atlantic states, and who can doubt bu
thai railroads there will have business
proportioned to the superiority Of their re
sources. Railroads, too, in the west ar,
looked upon as a public blessing ever,
person feels that by promoting them he Ell
gain more than by opposing them. Ever,
man is willing to make a sacrifice to ali
them. AS general thing the right of wa,
is gratuity; so are sufficient lands for sta
tons aud depots. Every thing is at III
lowest possible rate for the purpose Of aid
. mo the work In onr humble i,don,.nt n,