The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-11
UTTER FROM THE NORTHWEST.
ST. ANTHoNY's FALLS, Oct. 25, IS

"a the facilities for travel where are our
a,orkets from whence we obtain our merchan-
1se and where we are to send our PRODUCES,
when we are so prosperous as to have a sur
nlns To these questions shall endeavor 10
r;ve rs concise an answer as possible; our
asrosont line of communication with the East is
=, ,rav of Galena and Chicago. Those coming
f.om the East can reach Chicago, either by
rim around the Lakes, by the Michigan Cen
raj Railroad or Southern Michigan Railroad !;
ord after the close of navigation there VIII be
a complete chain of railroad around the south
.de of Lake Erie. from Chicago to New YORK,
Boston. and almost any other place you please.
From Chicago west the railroad Is already
oomnleted 10 Rockford, between eighty and
n;netv miles and within another year Will be
romnleted to Dubuque or Gaena-thus con-
Meeting the Upper Mississippi with all the
cities of the East Another railroad is IN pro-
,ross from Milwaukee to Prairie La Cross a
Small but rapidly growing town on the Missis-
s;nni river. nearly two hundred miles above
Galena This is being pushed forward with
such enterprise. that it is expected to be COM
Melted in about two years. The eastern por
ton of it is already in operation, penetrating
far into the interior of the State. Minnesota
has already become attractive to the health
and pleasure seekers of our Eastern cities But
when these facilities for travel shall be fully
realized the Falls of st. Anthony will rank
with Saratoga, Newport. and the White Mount
ans as place of summer resort Much of
our merchandise already comes from Boston
and New York, notwithstanding it has to be
carried near a hundred miles by wagons across
Illinois The amount will of course be in
creased with the ease and cheapness of trans
prtation.
But there is another enterprise commenced,
which promises even more for our Territory
than those | have mentioned IL is o3e con-
iiauoS line Of railroad from NeW Orleans to
the Falls Of S. Anthony, running on the west
side of the Mississippi river through the best
portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Min
nesota. The following extracts from the ST.
LOUIS NeWS of October 9Th, and from the Mn
tesotG Democrat of October Goth, will give you
more complete idea of the enterprise
Important Mouement-A line of Longitudinal
Railroads from Louisiana 10 Minnesota, con-
acting Lake Superior, 81. anthony, and 81.
Paul, 1cih NeW Orleans!
One of the greatest and grandest railroad
Improvements of the age is now engrossing
the attention of large number of the most
enterprsing capitalists in the West A work
Of vast magnitude which we supposed would
not be contemplated for many years to come,
is already in progress, and before six years ex-
pre we may be able to exchange, by railroad
transportation the staple products of the North
west for the fresh and ripe fruits of the trop-
yea and, measuring distance by time, st. Paul
will be as near New Orleans as it now is to
Gaena The enterprise is truly magnificent
That it - practicable no one acquainted with
the subject can doubt. That it will be accom-
plished, is already assured by the intelligence
we this day present to our readers. The wealth
est and most sagacious capitalists of St Louis
have embarked in the enterprise, with far
seeing and patriotic determination to achieve
success. Thousands of capitalists along the
line Of the proposed chain of roads will COOP
crate with zeal and liberaty. New Orleans
will embark in the work with enthusiastic en-.
ergy, and before six months pass away THE
New ORLEANS AND MINNESOTA RAILROAD will
he hailed throughout the West and South as
one OF the greatest improvements of the age
AS the 81 Louis NerS remarks. in a strain of
enthusiasm which the subject naturally in
spires No grander scheme was ever project
ed Tor the promotion of mans empire over
the very climates of the earth. and no enter
prise has ever been unfolded that will take
stronger hold upon the hearts and maginations
of men
we publish call signed by the leading
capitalists OF st Louis who propose that con-
yentlon be held in that city, on the first Mon
day IN December next to take measures to
insure the completion of this great work the
commencement of which will open new and
brilliant era in the already hOurishing career
Of Minnesota.
IN tins grand work, the people of st. Paul
ana ~ Anthony have a common and united
interest When it shall have been completed,
the sister cities will be viewed as upper and
lower towns OF the same great metropolis, which
VIII he to the Northwest what New Orleans is
I" the South, and St Louis to the centre-a
i''roau and commercial terminus grand
.en'te Z" trade, and also, what neither of those
IuN can ever become, the manufactory and
workshop Of the West
por''on OF our flourishing country prom
sT AZ 10 ENJOY more brilliant destiny than
,i.''',e'o'" ana st, Paul and St Anthony con-
80, must become the commercial and man.
o." ing heart, not only of Minnesota, but of
0on'hh surrounding it, stretching
,nJ ~ ~ superior TO the Rocky Mountains,
NJ ,ac'hg The intervening area as far
'"'n az human enterprise can extend
. some this may seem visionary: but on a
examination OF the facts in the case
n oohndeht that every intelligent man will
- WIN inc editor OF the 81. Louis Netrs,
"a' no grander scheme was ever projected );
GaSL 'A' IL Is not only possible" but "praoti-
10 anu mer,fdbfe." The reasons for this
D,le together with an allusion to some of our
Wv" resources, will he the subject of a future
''"'nun'canon Yours, truly, JW.N.
"hchANIc ARrs.-We copy from the Home
'y"fnai the following notice of n os,tlemon
mas turned his attention from professional
,n" '1D' ana Is now successfully engaged in
mechanical business We hope to hear Of
'''o Such Instances. A liberal education will
o yI 'ou'a as 'erviceablc in bringing the Me.
IL - "r'' to high perfection, as it is in
aNg good lawyer, professor, or physi.
"--N' l. Christian Inquirer.
And II Is to be regretted that 50 few scientific
Meotaa.ed lnen devote themselves TO the
diroot'o Afh. To some, it may seem mis-
them ~ VI literary attainments to employ
b me- ,v lnG hcid OF mechanical labor. Not SO
char, " me we admire an Orpheus who could
sronma 'hto delighted revcry all sentient nature
Of his n.m when he struck the magic notes
miro ., ~ snail we not at the same time adj
T. n,o .1e apollo who had the genius and skill
and t Io mat lyre' The rapidly of progress
partmor, PERFECTION Of the result in every de-
aitol "'G mt OF the Mechanic Arts can be inde6.
We rSe increased by the qualifications to which
Twelve w we have before us case in point.
retired years since, gentleman, then recently
voted h; rom one Of the learned professions de-.
ya,ed himself TO the INTRODUCTION of more Gle.
guare than literature into the English Ian.
wears &c t"a an We had previously enjoyed. After
Of the ~ toni he produced translation Of one
on 49, argest and profoundest Euronean ,.orLs