The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-05-13


following appropriations passed the House OF
the I'd inst, and would. in few days pass tn
Senate:
For the continuation of the road from Poin
Douglas. Oh the Mississippi river. to the moutl
OF the st. Louis river, of Lake Superior TWEEN
ty thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the road from Poin
Douglas to Fort Gaines, now Fort Ripley, tel
thousand dollars.
| For the continuation OF the road from til,
mouth ofSwan river to the Winnebago agency
five thousand dollars.
! For the continuation of the road from Waba
shaw to Mendoza fifteen thousand dollars
| The continuation OF the construction of saii
roads to be made under the direction of thu
Secretary of War, pursuant 20 contracts to bt
made by him, or under his direction: Pr0ri
ded, That so much ofany former acts as rcqur,
| the aforementioned road to terminate at the
falls or rapids of said st. Louis river, are here
by repealed.
We learn further from the Galcna Advert
ser, that on the same day, the House pass
ed the bill for the REIMBURSEMENT of title te
lands owned and claimed By tile Chippewa In
dians in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and ..:ol
their domestcation and ciylization.''
10 The steamer Pennsylvania collapsed a
fue near Bordcntown, NJ, on the night of the
9Th, killing Vim. White. fireman, Owen Meal
ly. drovcr, and two others, unknown and badly
scalding several others.
10 Right Rev. Bishop Kempcr, Missionary
Bishop of the Episcopal church for the North
west. arrived yesterday morning by the Gale
na. He will offciatc at Christ Church at the
service tomorrow m or ming.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAlLRoAD.--Thc Galena Ad
vertiser learns that the contractors are pushing
the Sth division of the road vigorously. There
are about $50 men at work at Scales Mound
and some 800 between Galena and that place
ed at Galena about the LIST of june
-jsis" The first ward, st. Paul, is now called
the Shanghai ward" but whether on account
of its tall Alderman or tall chicken cocks we
are not advised.
Jssss- Some heavy sales of real estate are now
transpiring capitalists going into the business
to the tune of twenty, thirty and forty thou
sands. Truman NJ. Smith, Esq, who does a
leading business, and is about as thoroughly
posted in this line of trade as the next one. says
that real estate is advancing in value much
more rapidly than at any period heretofore.
-5asa- Henry Jackson, just down fromhis resi-
dence at Mankato, informs us that the region
OF country up that way is filling up with immi-
grants at a tremendous rate. They are coming
in by whole ncighborhoods.
VINO Is TO BTAME?--Letters mailed and
postmarked Chicago. The Sd, were received here
on the morning Of the 9Th Three days between
Chicago and Galena.-Golena .4dc.
Who's to blamcs Why old Uncle Fogy
Campbell, to be surc-thc man who backed up
DR.. Olds, of Ohio, in his last century bill for in
crcasing the rates Of postage-thc man who
speaks of Western people as "pensioners" upon
the Post CGcc Department and treats them as
unworthy Of being listened to if they happen to
ask for a mail route, no matter how nccessitous,
iii will not pay expenses every day in the
year. BY the way, abiding to the backward
movement contemplated by DR.. ODDS bill, re-
minds us that the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
Democratic organ of Southern Ohio, gave it a
pretty severe blow the other day. Here's hat
it said -
Mr. Odds from the Post Office Committee in
the House, has reported y bill going back TO
the old postage rates of five and ten cents.
This step backward will not meet with the IA
vor of the people, who long ago determined in
favor of cheap postage; and we are astonishcd
that the Committee in the House should make
such recommendation. If the Post Office De
partment does not meet its expenses, let them
be betrayed out of the general fund There is
no reason in the world why this increase in
postage should be made, aud we trust that the
voice of the people, in indignant rcmonstrancc,
will so on to Washington on the subject
Bridge At Rock IsI.AND.-Ata meeting of the
st. Louis Chamber of Commerce, last week, a
strong protest was made against the construc-
ton of the proposed Railroad Bridge across the
Mississippi at Rock Island. \ long report was
made, condcmning the project in the most de-
cided terms which was unanimously adopted.
The following resolutions were adopted -
Resolved, That 1t IS absolutely necessary for
the vast internal commerce of the Valley of the
Mississippi, that the navigation Of the Missis-
sippi river should be wholly unobstructed, and
remain free from all dangers thereto, to the ex-
tent guaranteed by the compact with the seyc-
raj States of which it is the common boundary
Resolved, That as the bridge now in the
course ofcompletion at Rock Island, is repre-
scntcd to be of such character as will endan-
ger. obstruct, and possibly destroy, vast and
important branches of Western commerce. and
is in direct violation of the vested legal rights
of the citizens of the Mississippi Valley and of
the Union, as judicially determined by the Su-
premc Court of the United States and as we
believe that no bridge can be constructed at
Rock Island that is not liable to these obec-
tons, we deem it to be the duty of the city of
st. Louis, and of all other cities on the Mssis-
sippi river, and Of all the States whose. citizens
are Immediately interested in the Western COM
mcrce, to take such measures as may be Just
and proper to prevent injury to- or the destruc-
ton of any branch of said commerce.
Resolved That these resolutions be commu-
nicated to the Mayor Of the city of st. Louis, to
be by him laid before the City Council, to the