The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-03-18
Relations of Galena with ST. Paul.

Relations of Galena with ST. Paul.
We have often been charged by the Dubuquers
with being es,rensIy partial 10 Gaiena. To this
charse we plead guilty. We can give the best
Of reasons for it. When as yet, saint Paul was
nor, AMI it required prophetic hope to anticipate
the rapid growth and importance Of the trade OF
Minnesota, Gafena generously sent up her steam
boats aud her capital ana her men Of business 10
all aS. The Ii arises, the Campbes, the Smiths,
the Loiwicks-thcse were the men, the men Of
Galena, who gave Us steamboats, AMI credits, to
f,ci tate the settlement Of Minnesota. The
merchants AMI The mechanics Of Galenl, ere
the men who advertised with as, who made
h.m' IS known TO all our people through the
Columns Of our press, who spoke encourag'ngly
of Us and our enterprises, and who met as like
friends AMI neishbors, upon oar own levee or up
on theirs. In short, Galena is our Commercial
la lcr 1t is true, W, my not be AMI shall not
hrvs b,sn. Az capital AL business talent in-
creis,s h ere, st. Paul will SON becon, tn, cen
ire Of mn n Of III, manufacturing and much Of
The trade nov dole at Gaienl. But in place Of
that, there will grow u2 a business on a far more
gig ,n,c scale, equity consistent with the pros
parity Of b,;h towns. GIcIr is in the transition
state, tion retan3 AMI small jo5hins at high
profits, 10 wiassin, all ijobns extensively At
moderate profits. If the railroad Divers 10 Gale
ma, htlf the stream of E ,stern trade, heretofore
flowing TO St. Louis, Gaiena will come in. There
are crises in the hlsto-y Of all towus e. lena mas
passed oae, ami Is entering upon another. Ii ~
a critical perio for Galcna. Her rival is not
Dubuque bat my be Rock Island. Should the rail-
road connection Eastward be made at Rocl; Island
sooner than AZ GAlen,, such an impetus will be
given 10 Rock Island, that GAle5T viii be left
behind AMI never have heels or bottom to put her
nose up to the saddle gir,hs Of Rock Island again.
A part of her Is steamboats,, must, in that event,
lie still, or mike their Tip' from Rock Island
south to ST. Lpnis, and from Rock Island Y. w.
of ST. Paul. In year or two the steamboat in
terest of G,lena would dieide-l part Of it con-
cenrating Al Rock Island and part Of it at
ST. Paul. A, the ternn OF steamboat business,
trade, population and wealth concentrate; and
eventually the proprietorshp Of steamboats, is
there concentrated. The same commercial law
,hat clusters banks in Wall street. clusters steam
boats IN stnlnboit clpltal, at the commercial
termn of the river. Therefore we say Galena
is passing through crisis; and few months will
determine whether it will be a large city or a
small one. The railroad must come through,
and we maintain that 1t must come through to
:he Mississippi river. As Galcna has done so
much for Minnesota, I'VE feel DESTROYS of her con-
iinued success. If Gllenl can make it our in
crest to trade with her (ani we shah be very
likely 10 ascertain whether she can OF not } there
- - 'AsTc ~a could more willingly enlarge and
extend our trade with. 1t is Impossible, unaa-. ny
circumstances, FOR st. Paul to be jealous Of Gal
ena. We bidc orr time of development; and il
is no remote time. The high destiny of St. Paul,
is beyond contingency. WIatever may be the
fate of Dubuque or Gilena or Rock Island or
Darlington or Keohuk, any Of the tow rs at
which steamboats, stop, longer or shorter, in their
passage between New Orleans az one end of the
river and ST Paul al the other, this must be the
emporium ani centre Of the winter trade Of a
greater extent Of fine country, and will with more
inevitable Certainty become large city, than
any ether town that is now budding into existence
on the Continent Of North Americ1 Therefore
1t Is, that Ike its great namesake, none of these
things move" St. Paul; but our town looks stead
Easily upward, with an eye of faith, knowing
that crown Of commercial glory awaits it.
Doc SoUP.-!t is known that our Indians re-
gard dogs as great luxury for the TIA mot the
table; for they 81, upon the ground when they eat
AMI dispense with chlirs and tables) AT TIA
verse des Sioux. daring the treaty last summer,
several of our sold settlers" who have acquired
taste for Indian dccacies, were invited to dog
fcasrs; bat the most singular dish we ever heard
of any where, was Ow-head Soup, in Texas; of
which we have the following anecdote, from an
officer Of the Army: DIR. Jarvis 10 the Army in
Texas had prank played on him. by his broth
er officers; they forged hins bills AMI posted no.
tees all about the country, that Dr. Jarvis won Id
pay cash on delivery, for Oyl-heads. Presently
people about the canionment, began TO bring in
Owl-heads, which the Doctor, smoking the Joke,
quietly bought NJ. The Doctor was the bu,t Of
constant ridcu.e, Of course, and could hear aIIu-
slons to Owl-heads at all times and from Il quar-
tiers. After few days, the Doctor concluded, as
kind ofquietus, 10 buy off his merciless fellow
Off to give them supper; which he provid
ed for them in masaidcen, style. One Of the
courses was soup, and very good soup. Una
bic to repress an aliusion to the standing joke, u
young officer asked the Doctor, with n knowing
leer, elf the soup which they had been eating.
was not Owl-soup'" "Weli," replied the Doc
tor, coolly. it amt any thing clse''! And sure
enough. from the bottom Of the soup-tureen, he
ladled up some plump owl-hsads, bills and all.
"Gentlemen." aid til, Doctor, 1--WE qui. even
Your bills are reccpted''