The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-22

lJOyiuK tnelr Drum cum utgut0te, Win tht
princely, careless Indifference of an autocrat
Yet strange as it may appear these men be-
come attached to this hayward Independent
life, and would scarcely be willing to exchange
it for one that may be considered more desira
BILE. The lumbermen on the st. Croix have
not succeeded in running all their logs the
present season. in consequence of low water.
We take the above extract from the Hudson
Journal, small sheet published in a town oil
that name in Wisconsin. We are familiar with
Saltwater and rs surrounding country as we'll
as its business and present prospects, and we
hesitate not to say that the impression convey
ed or intended to be conveyed by the above
extract is very far from being correct.
Saltwater is town Of at least 500 inhabi-
tants. Situated at the head of Lake St. Croix,
than which a more beautiful sheet of water is
nowhere to be seen in the whole West, which
empties into the Mississippi river 30 miles be-
low st. Paul. and during the summer is at all
times navigable by the st. Louis and Galena
Packets, which, with one exception, run regu-
larly to that place. From this point the ST.
Croix river is navigable to Taylor's Falls, a
distance of 30 miles more, by steamers of
smaller class throughout the season. Stillwa-
ter is the business depot of the St. Croix Val
ley. and we venture to say that leaving out of
view the specializing in lands, and consider the
Legitimate business of town, as large if not
larger amount of business is done in it, than at
St. Anthony. AS to the future prospects Ofthe
place, what are they? A few plain facts may
show, and they are such as cannot be contrO-
verted. Our friends at St. Anthony may
squirm little, but it is fact that steamboats,
cannot ascend the Mississippi river at any time,
as far as St. Anthony. So that, she must, in
any event, be without the benefit Of naviga-
tion by the river, and if so, in this respect she
is behind Saltwater for there as we have shown,
and as is practically proved, they have the ad-
vantage ofconstant navigation. Then st. An
thony is on the same side of the Mississippi
with st. Paul, and distance only of s or 10
miles across the country.
Now, can there be two places of any import
ance so near together and bearing the same To-
cal relation as st. Paul and St. Anthony? One
must at it's acme, be a hamlet; and as to
which, in these instances, will be the hamlet
we apprchend none doubt, at this date. The
interests of the two places are in direct Opposi-
ton and conflict with each other. Not SO with
Saltwater the interests of the St. CroiX valley
are her interests, and these in no wise conflict
with St. Paul. The shortest distance by the
river navigation is 60 miles. and the lumber in
tcrests of the st. Croix ure so extensive, and SO
separate from those Of the Mississippi. that they
vvil of porocSitv tn mis- Sto a town nf
at least $4,000 inhabitants within its limits.
That the present town of Saltwater will be the
site of this depot. nature has decided. If the
Express editor had come as a stranger to st.
Paul, before its present Improvements, and
glanced at the imposing bluffs which present
themselves to his view, he would doubtless
have hooted at the idea of building city here.
And so of Quincy, Illinois, and almost every
town along the Mississippi. If the editor had
taken walk to the northern end of Saltwater,
he would have enjoyed an extended prospect
for miles up and down the lake and over the
surrounding country, which would have been
a grateful relief from the monotonous scenery
of st. Anthony. Or if he had walked to "Nel-
sons Field" at the southern end of the town,
he would have seen around him on every hand
hundred of acres of excellent land, as level as
floor. There is no bluff. as the editor terms the
ascents in the neighborhOod of the town, which
could not, with a slight expense, be assembled
without Inconvenience and we venture to pre-
dict, that within five years, the editor could
ascend either of those bluffs by paved streets.
in passing from one business place to another.
Instead of being "coopcd up between the
bluff and Lake St. Croix, OF d narrow beach,
wide enough for single street on level
ground" there are four blocks bailt up direct
ly back from the lake shore, and the streets
run parallel with the lake on level ground, for
distance of quarter of mile. There arc
here two good hotels. both of which are kept
open ,cinter and summer. There are three saw
mills in operation and two in process of cree
branches of mechanical industry; and popu-
laton, which for intelligence, industry and ac-
tvity, will suffer nothing in comparison with
our neighbors. And if the editor had convcrs-
ed with some of the persons whom he desig-
mates as "grotesque," he would have found
euuCdtcu anu iutCliiSCut moiC SChC-
rous, liberal-hearted, and liberal-minded COM
munity, can nowhere be found. than in the St.
Croix valley. And the editor will find, too, on
more extended acquaintance with the St.
Croix, that there is refinement both of feelings
and manners.
We fear the nerves of our Express friend are
somewhat disturbed by the stampede" of the
citizens from st. Anthony to Hennepin county.
Saltwater, July 10, 1854. W.
CONGREssIoNAL.-In the Senate, on the 18th,
Messrs. Rockwell and Sumner presented petit.
tions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law.
The bill for the construction of line of tele-
graph, connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific
was taken up and passed by vote of 20 to 49,.
Mr. Drovp laid nm tho tohla n suhsti I'm To he in.