The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-05-21
FACTS AND FANCIES.

view Of business here in Minnesota, will arrive
tent Of our lumber trade. The business has
grown up quietly, but rapidly ; and being most
ly transacted off from the towns and settle
ments, 1t is often overlooked. We have not
full statistics of the amount of logs in the Ter
ritory, at the opening of the present season, but
we have heard it estimated at 100000 feet.
This includes the logs of last year not sent to
market on account Of low water, and the whole
crop Of this year. Logs now command high
prices at st. Louis and all the towns below !;
and -four enterprising lumbermen have luck in
getting them to market, they will reap profit
command not less than eight dollars per thou
sand, at any time during the season. The price
now ranges above that figure. This will bring
home to Minnesota quite round sum of money.
1t has been we'll earned-those who will receive
1t, deserve it all. Strangers now visiting Min
nesota, and enquiring for the resources of the
country, can have view of three miles of them
In solid body. by going up to the boom be-
tween here and Fort Smelling. A feet of RATS
have left the boom, the past week, under the
command of Commodore Cormack.
MAns-We hope we are not obtruding upon
more important business calls, in suggesting to
our new Territorial authorities early attention
to the state Of our mails. A few moments en-
quiry will satisfy them in regard to the wretch
ed condition they are in and we have no doubt
use of their influence in the proper quarter
will 60 far to straighten matters speedily. The
Galena Advertiser says proper arrangement
has been made, but how made, the Editor does
not know. Perhaps this is the old story. As
case in point, we will state that on Wednes-
day evening, we shook hands with friend, less
than five days from Cincinnati. and by the mail
which came by the same boat, I'VE received let
ter from that city, mailed on the sth instant
Speaking of recent project in the way of mail
facilities in the West, the Chicago Journal has
the following, illustrative of the usual progress
which the Government makes in keeping up
with the advance of the age 1t is in reference
to the late contract for carrying the mails on
the Lower Mississippi, by low-pressure boats
while We are glad to learn there is to be a
river mail on the Mississippi, we are at a loss
to discover the utility of 'low-pressure' en-
gines for the service-unless it is determined
logged disposition on the part of the Govern
ment to keep behind time with the mails. 1t
has been satisfactorily tested-ifwe do not mis-
take-that in muddy waters, low-pressure en-
glnes for steamboats, are Of no account and in
this experiment of their substitution in the
place of more practical operation,-some
Creole Belle or other bonnie boat, on the
high will pass the iuggers SO fast, that the
passengers will scarcely have time to read the
Letters q. s. NJ on the warehouses"
49, The st. Paul and Puget's Sound Engineer
ang Corps are arriving by nearly every boat
Mr.. A. ". Tinkham, another of the Engineers,
has arrived since our last also, Capt. A. Rem.
enyl, Astronomer to the expedition. He has es-
'aoiished himself in camp, to commence astro-
homicai observations, and series of magnetic
experiments 10 determine the dip, declinaton
AND horizontal intensity of ST. Paul. The par.
fy will soon be concentrated here. and leave on
their expedition as soon as practicable.
Have We Water Commissioner AMONG M,
From indications of the past fortnight we s6ould
say one rained over us, and must have broken
all the glass out of the ''windows of Heaven, ,
-Cleueland Herald.
Same here and we would further ask, have
zoe q Town Council among us For the pas
fortnight we should say the rain kings reign
mas oeen In the ascendant, and usurped their
sutnority. Any one doubling this can take a
LOOK AZ St. Anthony street above the American:
Inird street above Jackson, and the bridge
NOT OF s'sn'' but with holes of considerable size
in it, between our office and the landing.
- Those people who expect printers to WORK
for nothing and find themselves, had "a vol,
omit the following when glancing over the
paper -
Grocer-Mr. Editor, I'll thank you to saw thu,
keep the best groceries in the city.
Editor-I'll thank you to supply my family
with groceries, gratis.
Grocer.--I thought you we're glad to get
something to ill up your paper!
Editor-I thought you were glad to fill store
rooms for nothing. It's poor rule that won't
work both ways.
Exit grocer, in q rage-threatening to kill
the paper.