The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-03-11

pear py the ioioWiug coffesponuence. Eet fFsF
WAsHINsroN, Feb. IL, 1852.
EpIroR ProNEER--Dear Sir: Please pub
lish the following connir nication from the T. O.
Department, for the information Of the public,
and oblige, ,-....,.......s.,ss..
Yours respectfully,
aTsw rE ii. FL. SIBLEY.
Posr OFFICE DEpARTMENr,
Contract Office, Feb. rs, 1852.
SIR:--'The p. M. General has ordered The con-
tractor on the route from 81. Paul TO For. Ripley
1851, 10 perform once a week service The SER
vice is TO commence immediately.
Yours respectfully,
j. VI. RANKIN.
For Second Asst. p. Nj. G.
Hoa. II. H. Sibley,
+ House of Representatives..
SrEALING-A thief, who deserves to have
his long ears cropped with a cold-chisel, came
! into our Office, and stole Washington papers out
of our table drawer, in which copy was marked
for publication; all this while we were were
attending public worship. The next time when
Jerry Sneak looks ID our Office for exchanges be
WON'T find any. He is too much like the man Of
whom some one enquired, "do you take news
paper" ''Yes." 'What onen' "Any one
! can lay my hands on The above though
good, is not quite good as its original "Take
a wife, Toln,' said Richard BrinsIey Sheridan
| 10 his Wild son Tom, the father Of Mrs. Norton,
stake wife and REFORM with all my heart -
replied Tom, inncccntly; whose wife shall !
| take:'
The COMMERCE OF THE MtssIssIppI
VALLEY.-Lieut. Maury, in his letter to the
South Western Railroad, Convention, predicts
that as soon as there Is commercial throughfars
across the lsthmus, which will unload, handle
and transport the breadstulfs, with the other hea
Wy produce Of the Mississippi Valley, across the
lsihmus, and put them board ship in The Pa
chic for less than it costs 10 get them far rs
Cape Horn, IN the way around, that moment j:
the Gulf Of Mexico raised to the summit leve
with this worlds commerce. If arguments in "a
vor of an immediate appro Priatiou for the i'm
provement Of the Rapids of the Mississippi rive
were not thrown away upon Congress, this woull
be another potent argument TO move that liner
,nass Of national dulness, to act
DEATH Or Ex-GovERNoR CARLIw.-Ex
Governor Thomas CARLIN. Of Illinois, dice
at his residence. near Carnvie, in Adam.
county, on the Nth instant. The ST. Louis Re
publican justly says of him. ''rhe deceased i,
his life held many important Offices la this State
As man and citizen he was much esteemed b,
those who knew him intimately. His me,norl
will live long after him in the memory of his nu
meroas friends" Gov. Carlin, was the fa,he
of Lieut. Carn, U. s. a. a popular young officer
stationed at Fort Ripley.
ARRANCEMENTs Foa TWO Trips WEEK
1--WE learn that the HARRts BRo's ar,
building six flat boats for tenders to their new
steamer ST. Paul. At each of her places TO
woodng, two are loaded TO await her arrival, ant
as she goes up are to be taken in tow, and tn,
wood discharged while she is on her way. The,
then drop down the stream to their places rea
dy for her next tip.
! A VENERABLE RELic.--At Il recent con
ference Of churches in Groton S.ass, the idcnti
cal Bible used by Johu Rogers the martyr, ant
carried by him TO The stake, some Of the leave
of which bear the marks Of the flames, wa
brought to the conference by descendent Of tn
martyr.-LolceU Pat.
1t wont do for Proesants to laugh any nor
at Catholics about Sacred relics
j CHICAGO GALENA RAILROAD Min
nesota feels nearly as much solicitnde TO hav
this road done, SO that we may dispense wit
Ffink s. Walker, and thas diminish profan
swearing amongst travellersyas Galena does
But we are fearful the work will be yet delayed
The Ga!ena Jetfersonian says:
:" There are letters in town, from Mr. Wash
burne now IN Washington, detailing converse
lion held by him, with Col. Mason, the Chic
Engineer of the Central road. in which the Col
onei said that the Company does not, at present
F. ( or 1t.
branch
The DUBUQUERs.-"Captai Estes has Il
nally made arrangements for running his steame
Jenny Lind between that city and Dubuque =
Jenny l-nd's dimensions are, $50 feet keel an
"A feet beam, with two engines, l6 inch cylinder
five feet stroke, and Of very light drdught. Thi
Will be great accommodation 10 people fror
Minnesota, who have business both at Dubuqu
and Gaiena, which may require them to stay
few hours, at Dubuque, on their way to Galena
SAINT PAUL FIFTY YEARS IIENcE.-T
those who think there never can be any NOR
cities. and who have no idea what our town ma
be In half century, we commenced the perusa
OF the following notice Of Pittsburgh in 1854,
place of not one halfthe natural commercial ad
sdhfaSes Oh 81. Faui, because lis area OF trad
is Gu. off by the Atlantic cities; ami because
wants eqnal facilities for navigation, and is III
centre of region of county of infinitely less nal
ural wealth: A Revolutionary worthy visites
Pittsburgh in 1854, thus spoke of the futur
Birmingham of the Ohio Valley:
"Piusburgh is inhabited almost entirely b
Scotch and Irish, who live in paltry log houses
and are dirty in the north Of Ireland, Q
even Scotland There is much small trade car
ricd on goods are brought at the vast expense @
As per cent from Philadelphia aud Baltimore =
They take in the shops, money, wheat. -four an
skins. They have four attorneys, two doctors
and not q priest of any sect, church or chapel
= 20 they are likely to be damned without bene6
Of clergy. The rivers 50 encroach on the town
I that was told the Allegheny had in thirty wear
carried away one hundred wards.
+ The place, Toelisre, wW ncocr be very con
i siderable. FN
i JOKING MEMBERS; FUNNY MEMBERS
4 WHO LAUGH AT THEMsELvEs.-We find III
following in one Of our exchanges; which sui,
Minnesota, Just as well as though il were write,
TO order. Every now and then some ssfunn,
man. who looks upon legislation as low come
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