The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-29

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a man by hai;r, my a1nto Drive u well on.
twa meals aday as three;or do~s .we'tw Ithsex4
en- hours sleep as with twelve. Beside it is OBJ
xiops that winter cEsaies losyps, .inlsEzapipg
navigation, just as the Rapids make Keokuk and
Rock Island; and The growth Of such. towns, is
some compensation for the annual loss Of wealth
resulting from The interruption Of the Rapids; but
rapids are an avoidable impeachment, while winter
is an Unavoidable inpcdiment. RiScr towns grow
Out oi ptoiis conlr,hu. ions, levied upon the
stream Of commerce passing through them New
Orleans is an unavoidable agent, through whose
aid the river and the ocean, make exchanges Of
commodities and conveyances. St. Louis is rath-
er indispensable, being the central focus Of navi-
gaiion from several different directions, and for
the presen. at least, a necessary place of trans
shipment and exchange between small and large
boats; but st. Louis IS still more an unavoidable
which enables 1t 10 extend credits and carry on
exchanges between the two extremes Of the river
which are too remote and know too I,tle OF each
other, TO do business toge her without rcsponsl-
Bile, intermediate agent. Keokuk excep, Il
small trading point for winter supplies, is an
avoidabIe agent; It's business resulting from the
interruption Of tho Rapids which may be avoided
The same is true Of Rock-lsand and Davenport );
out both these towns, when connected by rail-
roads W .th the Atlantic, viii be necessary agents.
and 50 will Galena. Hitherto aside from her To-
cal, winter trade, Galena has been orr agent,
with ST. Louis, only from the same causes tina;
have made ST Louis a larger agent. between
both ends Of The river. -. Paul is an unavola-
bic agent. as much SO as New Orleans, beside
enjoying winter trade which cannot be called
local, since 1t is necessarily derived from all the
region north Of it, to the North Pole.
THURSDAY EVENING. April p, 1851
Oar boat is now lying at Gu,tenburs having
this nlorning passed Prairie dn CHEN, which looks
as bac} ever; and Clayton city, Drank
Smith'> town, y on the Iowa SIDE, which is one of
the thriCticst booking lntle places Oh the river 1t
has an air Of paint and foresight, and nea,ncss,
worthy of all imitation.
GutteEburg sends down to its leveo, thc same
Identical Dutch looking children that are always
visible here. Standing upon the bank. Here we
are taking Oh board many whiskey barrels full Of
lead ore dug out of the hills back of town, 10 be
taken to Dubuque to ssneh. One of the barrel,
ran off into the river; SD that it was necessary,
to get i; ashore again, to put the graphing hooks
upon it, All Guttenburg then land hold of a.,
rope and dragged it ashore, and it was rolled On
board Ih!.' Is bright. sunny morning, The first
seen here Sod n loug while. 4 few miles back
we met the 5 q. Caleb Cope, kicking along NJ
toward St. Paul, with her STERN wheel like
great s'asshopper. This morning, hours before
reached Prairie du Chen, the SAINT Paul
passed. w, on the other side of an island, SO that
We dill not see her. You will have boats at s..
Taui during the week: viz: the Nominee, DIR.
Franklin, Franklin No. ,. Excelsior. Caleb Cope
ana las, and least, the Tiger. The Sam, Paul -
spoken Of as paragon OF elegance anJ slrcngt.
conbaed. Capt. R'aleley, Of The old Dr. Faux
lin, we'll sustains The good name Of this good
boat. G'ena may well be proud of her packets
We met DR.. Franklin No. ?, al saltwater She
went up with the peni;entiary irons, aad looked
as trm and active and natural as ever Canaan
Smith Harris in his cctil, standing on the hurr-
cane deck; hope the Cd C'er!; ryne. is on board
again t!i!s season. About IL last night, we round-
ed to along sid. Of the Eca,iuce, which was on
her trip up and coming along side, gave Mr.
Parker, one of the clerks Of this boat. 10 the
Nominee and took on board ia his stead, Mr.
\ oung. Mr.. Brookes, late Cler. Of the Nominee,
goes as Capt. Of the Cope. PARKER, Of this boat,
rs Clerk of the Nominee, Melville and Young as
Clerks Of this boat, (ihe Old Dr. Many eff my
irom Minnesota are on board with
me; bat on Steamboats,, onr most Intimate friends
are often those persons With whom we mos, con-
verse.
saw Col. James Hughes at WiIlowriver;
learned that Capt Wakefield was at his residence
in Alanekee, and that Col Madeira OF Dubucue,
Is gone 10 Oregon. So much fox eminent per
sonagcS.
ArrIEai OF tho steamer SAINT Pani.---
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