The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-05-15
A MILITARY ROAD TO ST. PAUL.

A MILITARY ROAD TO ST. PAUL.
There can be no certainty OF having a
Mail Route established between Dubuque
and St. Paul until a Military road shall be
located between these places by the Cen
cral Government. That part of the pro-
posed route which lies within the State of
Iowa, could, it is true, be opened and i'm
proved by the county authorities, but as
no county will presume to say in what di-
rection or what course the proposed road
should follow, and as it is not likely that
any concert of action will be had by the
counties north of us, by which the loca-
ton Of the end of the route could be de-
tcrmined, it is therefore almost essential
to success that some higher power would
step in and assume jurisdiction of the
matter. No other power can do this so
well as the general government, although
a joint commission between the State of
Iowa and the Territory of Minnesota may
be able to accomplish the same result
But as Minnesota is mere sucking of
the general government, and as Dubuque
is indicated as one of the points whence
that Territory will in some measure re-
ceive its pap, it is but matter of conve-
niencc for the government to have way
prepared over which its agents may at all
times travel safely, cheaply and expedi-
tiously.
To do all this, good road is wanting,
call it Military, civil or what not.
Those who have travelled over the coun-
try between Dubuque and St. Paul speak
Of it as being well adapted for good road
the whole way. OF course they mean a
nearly direct route, not n route inclining
to the right to strike this town or to the
left TO touch that contemplated village
What the st. Paulcrs want and what we
want is a direct road and direct Mail.
The Mail is entirely under the control of
the government, and as most of the road
route is exclusively controlled by the same
power, the best thing that could be done
now would be for our members Of Con-
gress to unite with Mr.. Sibley the Dele
gate from Minnesota, and have q Mail
Route and Military Road established SIM
ultancously. If both cannot be establish
ed at once, let the Mail Route be secured
at all events, a direct Mail Route reneD,-
Der; then, that being secured, it will be
necessary to open proper road on which
the Mail may be conveyed.
Nor is it to afford Mail facilities alone
that the road is necessary and would be
useful. While there remains remnant
Of an Indian tribe in Minnesota, the gov
eminent will be obliged to have resident
Agents, soldiers, &C., and these will need
supplies in winter as well as in summer.
With such road as can be opened at
triiling comparative cost between Du-
buque and St. Paul, these supplies can be
transported safely, cheaply and expcdi-
tiously, and in this respect alone, and as
a measure of economy the government
would be the gamer, even if the road
should be good for nothing else, which of
course would not be the case.
We have said enough to call attention
in high quarters to this subject and we
trust that the present session of Congress
will not be allowed to pass over without
having an effort made, and we trust sue
ccssiul effort, to secure the establishment
Of Mail Route and the location of a Mil
itary Road between Dubuque and St.
Paul.
The welfare of Minnesota requires it,
and no time should be lost in aflording that
Territory the advantages to which it is
entitled Dubuque Herald.
INDIAN SUrpLIEs.-It will perhaps be
rccolected that we called attention some
days since to the unjust manner in which
Col. Mitchell, Superintendent of Indian
affairs for the West, had advertised for
supplying the Sioux, the Winnebago and
the Chippewa Indians, remarking at the
conclusion, that we believed if the matter
was properly brought before Col. Lea,
justice would be done promptly.
Saturday evening letter was received
from Hon. Thompson Campbell, accom-
panied by another from the proper quar-
ter, saying that the business of contract
ing for supplies to be furnished the Indi-
ans in Minnesota will be Immediately
transferred, with all necessary instruc-
tions, from the Middle to the Northern
Superintendency. The supplies will now
probably be advertised for, to be delivered
at st. Paul Galena .Adu.
The HIGH WATER.-The river con-
tinues to rise, and is now in the neigh
borhood of Is inches higher than it was
last year. 1t is now about the same
height that it was in 1914, but is yet
about four feet below the high water of
May, 1926, and July, 1923. Merchants
are vacating their cellars on the west side
of Main street, opposite the levee, and
many Of our mechanics are driven from
the shops.-Galena .Adv. May 8.
Musical CoMB1NAr1oN.--An exchange
paper has the following:
MARRIED.-In Sherburne, on the 18th,
by Prof. Geo. w. Eaton, d. D., Mr..
George E. Baker, of the Baker Family
to Miss Clare Reese, of the 'Chenango