The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-01-15

scity psoper." The river upon which the cry
is built has an ominous name, awakening -
stranger anything but soothing IDEAS OF miasmss
and its attendant train of spirits, especially as
" Snail Por Crsek'' 10 iH the vicinity Du
fear NOT. emierant its name is derived from the
harmless werd Bean, and corrupted from fsce'
am afraid the title Of the creek cannot DC ac-
counted for 50 happily" s,.s. '.s,a
Galena has always been suspected Of bilious
tenn permanent on account Of that unfortunate name
Of lis river. ssFeyer river Some Of the Du-
buque,s have lately tried TO re-chrsten that rip
pIiag stream, and have called il Hoaghtons
Bay; name certainly not Suggestive OF any thing
lively, unless il be the mercarial pen and the
graphic versatility of our friend the editor Of the
Galena Advertiser. aa -sr3
eve found the leyec, for every town upon a
western river boasts its sloping quay, lined WIN
stacks Of pig-ead waiting for southern boats, and
its storehouses swelling with wheat waiting Tor
respectable prices. And those OF our eastern
friends who are not initiated must remember to
sccen, evee on the first syllable, for the western
standard acknowledges no other pronunciation
also that pig Of lead weighs from sixty-hve to
seventy pounds, the usual weight Of what they
call in ''these Digging "wind-spltter Pig" q
race Of Quadrupsds peculiar 10 regions where
pens or human care trouble them not.
"a Yankee, who has strsyed TO this quarter,
will fad the Bradley House suited 10 tastes fes-
tered on the sea-board, as far as uncommon
clea niness aud the presence Of a Boston gentle
man as lieutenant, will 60 towards making him
feel al home. But he must not forget that the
mosquito bars suspended over his bed are design
ed as much for use as for ornament; and he can
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swearing about feas.
"Galena has now nearly double the population
and double the trade Of Dubuque, her Iowa Sis
ter, but there is great spirit Of rivalry between
the two places, as may plainly be seen in the
tones Of their respective papers. As the terniin-
us Of ithe railway from Chicago, and by Gar a
more convenient port, Dubuque has also splen-
did country back Of her, with prolific mines and
rolling prairies But for all this, and although
some miles from the Mississippi, the established
repuie Of Galena and her neghborhood, rich with
richest veins Of lead, must sustain her prosper
Gus trade and busy market for many years TO
come. As it was, however, in the east, the day
will come here, when these thousand ihrobbing
pulses of business shall subsids, each one to it,
healthful level, and many that are now bounding
with fever heat, shall become forgotten and noise
less in their own torpidity."
VIVA, this writer says abou. the rivalry Of Ga.
lena and Dubuque, we very well understand
We know, too, what has given Gslena the star
in this race. Steamboats, and advertising have
done it. One thing more Galena has to do, and
that speedily ;hat is to 60 dOwnto Ttte des morris
and wash her feet in the water of the Mississippi
river. --,.--. ...tn a..-.... ....r
ga stage coach runs from here to Dubuque,
fifteen miles, but preiering 4 change Of convey
on the steamer DR.. Franklin, ons Of that class O
rafting, putting, high pressure boats, whose nam,
is legion ON the western waters. We got fairly
rounded out into the stream and under way
about six O'Clock Of one chilly, starlight evening
With Us were our companions Of the lllinoi,
coach, bound for the fairy land Of Minnesota. -
There were Col. T., man Of note at home and
abroad, an Indian trader, with young wife fresh
and ruddy from the Green Mountains, Captain
W., Of ST. Paul, and Mexican hero, and Others
not excepting our own trio from Yankee-land. -
The gentlemen here referred TO, mus, be Col
Todd, "of Minnesota" Capt. Alexander Wilkin,
now Secretary Wilkin, and Col. A. M. Mitchell
late Marshal, and candidate for the Office Of Del
egate from Minnesota; who although rsmark,-
bly, modesrm would naturally refer to some
thing that occurred while he "was Governor Of
Monterey" -.
"Wnh cigar in mouth, and my blanket close
aroand me, sat for long while upon the for
ward deck, with man Of fortune from Rhode
Island, who passes his winters near Lake Pepin,
and summers it at home. A queer taste, thought
|. but then came visions Of deer-hunts and s'bar-
tights, - and long excursions upon the sheeted ice
and wished myself man of fortune!
"Ihe dusky shores and marshy islands Of Fee
vre River swept harriedly by, and the eternal
''haugh, haugh'' Of the steam echoed among
them like the conqueress voice Of civilized ener-
gy. Soon eur prov was turned northward upon
the mighty bosom Of the Father Of Waters, .
and bluff on bluff inquick succession passed, IN.
til the lofty point which marks the resting place
Of the unfortunate Dubuque, and the lights Of the
town, hove in sight and were hailed with glad
ness.
at was nbou, ten o'clock when we found our.
selves ensconced in the "Waples House. !" 's6rs,
rate" hotel for Dubuque, but MT more than
''third rate'' east, as our Lake Pepih friend mos
politely informed Us. But more Of it, and its host
ga fine old English gentleman in my next.
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