The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-05-01


J.SEY LIND at MADIsoN-The Louis
VILE Journal of the I2rh, says:
We learn that The Jenny Lind concert
confe on al Madison last night at n pork
hous,, fixed up for the occasion, but, owing
30 Re entire unsuItableness OF the building,
II Dbl not give the satisfaction anticipated.
gintleman in Madison had thought OF Mr..
Barium The proceeds of the concer; for So
COO. he receipts, we understand, fell
short about 81 800 Tickets we're sold as
low rs so cents and 81.
CANADA RAILROAD TO THE Pacific. "A
disis,tch from Toronto says that application
vlllbc made in Parliament next session. to
charter company for building n railroad
from Lake Superior to The Pacific.
WREELIyG BnIDGE-Ifth the report ofihe
commissioners be confirmed, rs in al proha-
hiily il will, tle citizens OF Wheeling. it is
sni!s will scarcely abandon so valuable am
inPtoveInemt, int Will promptly acqmesce
900 be decision, and raise the bridge 10 the
required elevation.
liking the average Of transit during the
shOrs period the bridge has been open, il is
computed that TWO hundred aud seventy
thuii sand wagon, twenty-five thousand cat.
ile,i and fifty Thousand hogs, will cross in
the ;course Of a year. Readers may thus
rurt some i'lea Of the utility of this struc-
ture.
Nav PRoJEcr IN STEAM NAvrGA1IoN.-
Mr.. Darius Dawson, Of New York CITY,
proposes To build a steamship or steam
boat on new plan, On certain conditions,
which will he the fastest in the world. If
ho fails, he says he aud his associates will
forfeit the large sum Of $3.50, 900. He says
he will build a steamship, which for strength,
available capacity for burden and passen-
gers, safety, durability, economy of con-
sirurtion, propulsion, &c., will be- unequal
led ny any vessel aflrai or building, and he
wi: guarantee her to run distance Of one
hundred miles day further than any other
vessel
lie also offers to build a steamboat which
VIII run to Albany in five hours, under the
sane forfeiture. He will do this for the
s1's OF $3.50, o0a, aud give the parties .,ho
ia, II the privilege of using his discoveries
ani taking the vessels he may build at their
cos' price. If Mr.. Dawson can accomplish
Whit he says he can, he will certainly create
evolution in ocean and river steam navi-
Eat'on that will he attended with most hen-
cticial results to the world at large. IL is
stated that some of the enterpri>ing steam
mea of New York propose to confer with
h'if on the subject. II he really has made
discovery Of this kind, S25O, 900 is nothing
~ sae way OF bringing it into use.
APPEARANCE OF STEAMERS IN THE Arc
TiC SEAs.-i rannOt even now, a. I think
np.n these things, divest myself of the
r:rge feelings had throughout the whole
at :his period, and especially when witness
lug the movements of the steamers Itwus
so .sovel-sO extraordinary! Here, i'm a
part Of the world, dreaded by even the mos,
hardy and experienced whale fishers, among
solid rocks of ice AMI snow, enormous yla-
ciess, wild and sterile scenery, here were
vessels 10y the aid of steam moving to and
iro:on various errands, AMI meeting one
angther as it they were in the quiet waters
ui sny less dangerous part Of the worl! or
even in the river Thames. Oae could hard
~ comprehend, as he looked upon the black
ss,cke Issuing from each funnel, and saw
'aa speed with which The one ship approach
Ct the ether without sail, that be was IN the
well-known and dreaded Melville Bay, A.
mang the icy regions Of the north. really
could not bring myself to believe that u W az
s"ythibs but pleasant pastime; although
my senses, and the information I received
concerning that very steamer Of the danger
she had been in from the ice, when her
decks were raised Ivy the pressure, told me
was anything hut pastine. But So il was,
ard the intrepid came so near us, all, ! l,e-
hsv+, fancied for The momenr that we were
anywhere but in our present position. The
graceful folds Of the blue ensign, the ma
tionai colors Of Great Britain under The lag
% an Admiral OF the Blue. dropped from
me peak of each vessel as the boat contain
ing captain Ornmanney aud Mr.. Penny,
WIN MS interpreter, put off towards u.s.
SHOWS Journal in The Arctic Seas.