The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-03-17

ton came in behind Smith & Whitney's, bearing a
strong family resemblance TO the Older Additions
Leach's Addition, comes in above R'ce IRVINE -
extending Car up town. Then came IN the kutson
Addition, below the old plat Of Smith & Whitney's
Addition. K,isoa's is laid of IN smaller lots than
an, OF the other Additions and its streets make no
sort of cuinci lenre with other streets IN town IL
would rave Immense cost and prove eternal bies-
sing 81. Paul. If the whole ot the town couio
be new thrown into one field, and plated As
IL Ought to Ike, with large resei vatons oi "b'c ground
with straight, Wild, regular streets, and blocks and
lots Of uniform
WATER.
Near ST.. Paul, above and below, two fine mill
streams and from springs, rising from the terrace IN
the rear u, the Is a smaller stream, oi pure VA
ter, which passes down TO TIL river, across Rtce 9.
IrvDe's Addition. This stream formerly passed
down hack of where 81. Paul ~, and cmpted through
the ravine in Fourth street, into the RIVER at the
Lower Landing. Ii Is sufficient &, supply large CT
" ith water aud the Corporation intend to con-
duct it down through an acqneduct, 30 firmsh the
! town. The sooner II IS done, the better.
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS.
There are two in ST. Paul the Lower and the Up
per. Some expenditure is needed to make either o
them complete tor business purposes, IN all stages
alter. At the Lower Landing, there - wanted az
cmlankmcnt down Sihlcy street, hon the iaotoi Al
street To the river; and ivee along The shore--a'
, dy been made in that work. The tevec has ais,
been nnch improved ba, YET requires further improve
ment. 4 wani ol space on Nh lcvec Is very apparent
and 1t viii Nv means afford the necessary facilities
ior the business nj the coming summer AT the Up
,er l.ardiag. Ia id.e has been butt above high wa
mark from the nam land. across The slsugh TO IN,
river bank Bctwe.n the two landings is IA precipi
tous bluii, 100 feet hi,h, which mi ,ht he eradc'
down II 10 make a COED ievee; and perhaps al
soni tHe. wtii be. Beside these two landings
there IS III kittsons Addition, half IA mile below tho
( Obj Lower Landing, Landing being made
which is to he connected With the bluh IN the rear
it, by plank road upon cmhank.ncnt, across tn,
marsh 10 he new hotel there being erected, the
''kitlsun House."
GrcLo6y OF MrNNEsorA.
This is IA subiec, TO which we have paid but little
attention. The portion Of Minnesota however. south
Of a line extending east and west through Sank Rap
ids of the Mississippi river, and Patterson Rapids o
the Minnesota 'ser, appears a. be oi the usual iime-
stnnc and sandstone f.rmrtion, OF the valley OF The
Mississippi below while above that line, The grant,
crops out, and the formation chiefly of the piimi-
tiyc rock. This formation must be much modified
however As YOU approach Lake Supei tor, which has
been the theatre If the most gigantic volcanic move
mcnts that Nature ever exhibited; to which We are
indebted for iIch
CorPEK REGIONS.
West of Lake Superior, where chaos seems tun,-
hed into worse confusion. amid gosges ard hills and
chassns, shich AIT alone make iassa,e even
jackassablc, III the land If the Chiprewas, lies the
co, ger mines Of Minnesota Vet roug LIT O eX-
tent. but known be rich the richest of those
mpe, that wrought further east, atons the south
shore OF Lake Superior.
IRoS.
We hear Of iron ore being found in various parts OF
Minnesota bui have never thought the discovery ol
it, of any la.tIcutar Importance.
Coal.
RELYING pei hars too much uron the dngmas of re
o!osist>, were for i long time incrcduous about
tho existence o coal in Mimi sofa bot can doubt
It no longer. We have In cur possession, spccme us
Of the finest quality Of biiuniiuous coa lee from sui
phur, and bu! nrng with far less cder than The coal
OF Rock Island. which KNOW, was found within
ia, drive above 81. Paul. We no longer doubt
that the coal fields of Iowa. passing along l,r up the
valley OF The Dcs Moines and make dcpos-
lis in the valley Of the Blue Earth and the MINES Ia.
NAviGATioS ABOVE ST. ANrHoNY.
The Mississippi river above the Falls, is stream
alb ut like the Connecticut river. Ii is fail of wooded
islands and sand-iais and the water is very swift
IN some places. For the two or three seasons past,
however, the only boat above The Falls, Il small boat
named the Gov. Ramsey, has found water enough for
regular trips 10 Sank Ri ids, about 20 miles. Sank
Rapids is white, flaming, turnbn. fall Of the river,
bed Of granite boui,iers for distance of two
mIles-mh o, iinrassabc for steaab0ais, bit easy to
be c.naicd II were ever worth the expense, for the
sake Of running little steamboats,, at a heavy COST
With the exception OF tw places in the river above
'>a"k Rapids. there is nothing to impede small
steamboat, to The Falls Il Poke soi FIVE OF six hun
bred miles. 1t is fine river for rafting all the way
can drive logs RICH, along, like cattle.
TRIP FROM ST.. PAUL TO SAUk RAPIDS, IN
JUSE.
We cannot present more lively picture of the re-
gon above us, TO Sank Rapids, than the following,
copied from the Pioneer OF the i2th of June 1851
which viii be new 10 at least some Of orr readers:
Two lines OF convenient stages, make, each, two
trips day from -. Paul to St. Anthem, and back
We left on Thursday morning; and were delighted to
see Ern'ns operations progressing, blowing, iencing
planting, every where, on that charming pra RE
which spread between the tuo tow Ms distance
OF eight miles, This alone, inspired rus with fresh
h"Pe to see SO great change wruu.h in so short
,nc---so many hundreds Of acre. under Iagr which
were covered, last year, oniy with Wild grass and
divers Of the prairie.
mie beforc We reached ST. Anthony. we saw its
bright. Ee.i-pantcd houses. shining amongst the dis
'ant tees, and The waterfall gli>tcf,in, In the
Sunshine, and seeming more Ike picture than The
oi 5idai OF a picture, but as approach nearer and
listen To Ms su!Icn roar, and the spiav and exam
me more closely the mate: ai of the exhibition the
cataract bccomes grand reality, filing the behoicr
with Mingled emotions Of beau:y and Of sulIniiiy,
the proportion al winch, depend upon the costitu-
ton Of his own mind. Far away, dawn the s,ecp
rocky channel, below The fills, swetrs the ang;, cur
rent; bat now, We begin TO see the pleasant, fresh
painted houses of the villagers. on the right hand,
here cottage, and thcrca subj tanral o-syorv house
and there again, cheap bu,hiing, without cornce or
OF lament, peculiar 10 the West. building which is
oeilher one-story house a imD story (des,able
style OF architccture) and away upon the soping hill
SIDE, va.ip,s houses in the process of erection and
piles Of feshsawed lGi,bcr away off amongst the tall
pahie ASS oi hast years growth, ietokening that
buildings viii soon Ike thee and streets Of 81. ABtho.
ny, now known onl, by reference To the town rat
Here are stores law Office - more new
houses more piles of fresh sawed lumber --
new cellars commenced 49, and now We come 10
the saw mills, active ever, Single machines ah
factory, 'athcs, and the BUSTING industry of men and
teams, In aud AROUND the mis-likc hig heart,
sending lis active rulsafoas of business all over town
and into the neishl g country, and sr-oG into the
piferIes Here Is IA company oi sen,lemen officers
From Fort Smelling, taking a survey Of the village.
and the water fall, from the terrace back of Nam
street. They think, and truly think that ST. Anthony
Is destined 10 BIZ famous and fashionable watering
p'ace-'hat neither Saratoga, nor Newport, nor j.
asaia, can offer equal Inducements for a summer
residence, to invalits and people of leisure. Now
We pass along Main street, and here seems 10 be an
space intervening between the nr,er and