The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-01-29

Dubuque. Waples Housed Gen Jones
House. Blefs,of Dubrqe. Dubuque O
play on Sunday. Presses Of Dubuque
i The Steam Paddy, digging out the Har
Dor Of Dubuque. a,si,. .np,a,..s7
! We publish below another letter, by The
same writer, whose letter appeared in oul
last number of the Pioneer: s- q r.sl.ssYrg,
Gorrsspondenec of the Boston Post.
Ass ARsos, Michigan, Dec 9, '5l.
Our host at the NAPLES House in Du-
bnque, was certainly host in himself, hay-
ing left farm in "Merrie England" bur
twenty months before, aud knowing about
as much Of bookkeeping as any other York.
shire yeonan fresh froui the turf But we
bad a good time while we staid, and plenty
to eat, provided we got a seat at his table,
| on the right side of "Mason and Dixon's
lise ~ Coming down stairs on the first
morning after my arrival, whn shonlJ see
sitting before the stove but my old friend
and colege-mate, b., of New Haven, who
once figured cons picuously in our society
meetings. With that enterprise so char
acteristic Of New England, how our old
companions become scattered, and that too
at an early age. The dreams of school aud
college days are very soon usurped by
deep and restless energy in pursuit of The
real and tangible. Niua ,s,v ...s tq-. .u
The city of Dubuqe, for almost every
town in the west can boast of its mayor and
aldermen, is peat, regular and inviting. a
view by day yiIghtdld not remove the impress
sions which we formed so fnyorahly upou
the moonlight evening Of our arrival. Built
almost entirely of brick, compact: and clean,
1t Is by far the haniisomest town on the VI Mis-
sissippi, north of St. Louis. The high bluffs
IN the rear afford convenient and picturesque
sites for residences, and among those al
ready beautifying this western view, con-
spicuous for its neatDess and displaying
much taste, is that of our senator, the Hon
George w. Jones. would suggest, how
ever, to the worthy gentleman, with all due
Difference to local predictions, that the
road winding up to his domicl is dabolical
in all respects. Roads are the last thngs
OF which TO lay out labor here, and are not
attended to until all other requisites for
comfort and advantage have been attained.
One Sunday morning we ascended one of
these bluffs, one Of that continuous range
which towers with such increasing suhhmi-
~ as We go further northward No scenery
can surPass that Of the upper portion. ofthis
river, several hundred miles above Dn-
buque. Here the range may average three
or four hundred feet in height, stretching
boldly along like an immense embanku.cnt,
and generally leaving level "bottoni" be-
tween u and the stream, half a mile and less
in width. We sat down upon The sum,ni,
of this elevation, by the edge of an ahan-
doned lead shaft, and small fragments of the
ore still scattered among the refuse dir.
The carbonate Of lime may generally he
found in the vicinity of ''diggins," OF crys-
taline> form and beautiful transparency.
These are the "goId regions" of the west,
aud we hope that the market will never he
so distended that the miners will he unable
TO s'raise the shot"
Far to the south and north, so far that it
seemed no largar than my own Connecticut,
the majestic river held its way, cleaning
and disappearing among the countless is
lands that load its bosom, aud behind proud
hea,llands. At our feet was Duhu1e, red
and new, her children t.play instead Of at
church, a Ia Paris, Or pulling canoes from
point to point. Opposite were the coi,ligu-
ons states of Illinois and Wisconsin, while
far beyond, a vast le,el left free, unbroken
horizon TO The bending skies.
There are two daily apers here, the Tri-
hume and Miners Express, the latter Of
which conducted very neatly ny nephew
of Senator Jones, and a gen,lemaniy man,
will bear favorable comparison with many
OF its eastern paternity. Of their lucrative
ness deponeni saith nothing, for an excellent
reason. -ta H. .. ~
The navigation Of the river at this place
is Lot very good. and on account of bars II
requires good deal of manpuverlng To haul
up to ,he Ievee handsomely, a. n low stage
of wafer. A dredge-hoat was then moored
in the stream, plying its huge shovel and
crane like living monster. Its Pru,ciple
and plan Of operation Is very much like that
of railway steam excavntor, only this is
arphst1ous. | saw one NOT many years ago
operating on North River, not removing
bars like these, but in search of the fab'ed
yellow ones Of Capt. Kidd. Mr.. Dodge in,
tends TO introduce bill for the improve
ment of Tho nari igatinn of the Upper Mssis-
slppl, during tbe. present season. And II Is
absolutely necessary in order to develop
fully the capabilities and advantages Of
some young cities, hu,nmng with busy life
in The great north-wesr q,are...H .... .#
We stayed here but few days, aud most
of that time was spent IN debating the re-
speciive policies Of northern or southern
course. We had however the infinite plea
sure of attending the last day Of the session
Of court at this place, which b cannot be men
toned particularly until next week, bu, the
bar west Of the Mississippi is, in their own
language, not only ':some," bur 'right
smart, pumpkins" X. RI. 5.