The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-12-29
Wetkly Grprt5s.
WEDNEs DAY MORNING, .....DI
TEE EARLY CLOSE OF NAVIGATION

! TEE EARLY CLOSE OF NAVIGATION
Scarcely a number of our Minnesota ex
changes reaches US, which is not laden with la
mentations touching the results in that suar,e
of the early close of navigation. Were it no
for the loose change which has been thrown in
to mark.t by the Indian payments at ST. Paul
there must have been pretty hard times in tha
direction this winter. The poor Indian how
ever, unable to appreciate the value Of the prec-
ious metal, and consequently his own interest
is made most important element in the fnan
venences arising from this early close Of navi
gatien are not confined alone to the Minnesota
country; they are seriously felt by ourselves
and by all the upper river points, and conse.
quen,ly by the whole OF the interior dependent
country.
One of the great regrets which attach them
selves TO all new countries, is, their too great
dependence upon distant markets; difficulty
which it should be the general aim to obviate
as much as possible. This obviatlon is to be
accomplished in various ways. Such as, by
increasing the facilities for commercial transit,
by means of Railroads, Express Companies,
Mail Routes, NC. These, however, are matters
of a more public and general consideration than
is our present purpose TO consider. There are
other matters of relatively commensurate i'm
portance that are within the reach of individual
,,oyx 1,,h, or
Foundres, Factories, Sc, and these lead us 10
consider whether Paper Mill might not be
put in successful operation at Dubuque. The
rapid growth of the North West, and continued
development Of its resources, lead US to the
conclusion that it would. A very few years will
lead us back to the time when the whole coun
try west of the Mississippi. and north of ST.
Louis was one unbroken and neglected tract of
vast and growing empire. Where naught was
visible but the rudely mantled desert, is row
seen and heard rich, growing and prosperous
cities and towns efinteIlectnal creation, and the
busy hum of intelligent industry. Even in our
own Dubuque, we have witnessed within the
last twenty four months, the marked expansion
of our limits, and visible response to the era.
wing demands of growing people. Many new
and splendid edi6ces, both public and private,
have sprung, it were, into being, and with
almost each revolution of the sun, we seem to
be greeted with increasing developments of ell.
emcntal vigor. Mills, Foundres and Factories;
Steam Ferries, and even Boat Yards; Schools,
for the education Of youth, and last, though not
least, new and magnificent temples, dedicated
t. the worship of the living God have all sprung
up as if by magic within the last two years;
clearly indicating the character and resources
of our people. The current of such progress is
not to be stayed it gains strength with the lapse
of every moment, and rolls onward but to in.
vite new tributaries to its channel. With the
evidences of such prosperity before us, we think
that we are amply sustained in the conviction
that, inducements are sufficiently strong TO en-
courage the hope, that the time is not far dis.
tant, when we shall have the ulesure ofplacing
upon record the additional item-"The Du
buque Paper Mill" Many reasons exist for
this point. Midway between ST. Louis and ST.
Paul, Paper Mill at Dubuque, would com.
mand the whole intervening river trade, to say
nothing of the interior deqend, and that which
mSht be opened with our Fever River friends,
whose proverbial good will, and kindly feelings
in our regard, might induce them TO look hth'
er, in the event of it being made their interest
10 do so. We believe there is no establishment
such as we speak of, on the whole line of the
Mississippi, from st. Louis to the St. Crolx the
existence of which fact alone is one of the
strongest arguments that can be adduced in ia.
vor of its introduction here. We hope that
these few lines may fall under the observation
of some one, either at home or abroad, whose
interests may incline him to give the subject
the benefit ofrefec.ion and investigation.
FEARFUL RuMoR.-The Boston Times SAYS
that runor has been in circulation in that city
since Friday last that the Revd Dr. Parkman