The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-04-13

EMIcRANr RourE TO THE PAcIrtc.-The
Waterbury, (Con.) American, large, well printed
ai abb, edited paper, abiding the emisraat route
To the P,clic through this Territory, "a speech Of
Mr.. Mob es' having been seat the ELTON holds the
following hnsuase on the subject.
The subject OF this wagon road is urged at this
time because many wears must ,apse before any rail
road can be- Constructed iroin the Atlanc 70 III. Pa
enc coaa's-mh''e II the meantime, "A continuous.
MOOD o. travel rolls across the PLAINS TO California
and Oregon. attended with hlrd,hips sufierinrs and
delay, tsonri'mes deaih) which good road bridge.
&c, and hating stations, would obviate, If no,
who'll! prevent. Th, is also u,gcd upon the
ground that IT Is 1000 miles ,hu,,cr than that procc
Ted from Chicago, passing through 81. Louis thence
to Council BlUis, and until it enters the South
Pass.
lheie are oihei advantages over the old routes ,
Inc water beng more plenty and pure, pas;utagc and
tiuIer more abundant and to sam up the whole.
the natural advantages ely die in every
point OF view.
We think tha, candid man, after reading Mr..
MOBILES speech ana the documents ACCOMPANYING
can ai' to be convinced that the great national heh-
way therein proposed, IS of moulentous importance
and Tor many years to come, must be the main over
land ihoroushiare Tor the Thousands upon thousands
OF einisians bound for the western ulds and golden
shores ot the Pacific.
articles ia eastern prints which speak we'll for the
ultimate success Of the enterprise. The grca, bulk
OF en grafton from the eastern States and co1sc.
quently the pract cability Of the route should b,
made known to persons residing in that section Of
or country. We are much obliged to cur cotcmpo.
rary for giving the matter uL,ici,y.
The WAR EAGLE.-Ths beautiful boat, COM
nandcd by Capt d. :. Harris, one Of the earliest
and most popular Steamboat Captains in the Uprer
Minnesota trade, made her appearance at our land.
Ing about O'Clock, A. NJ. on TUESDAY last.
This is one of the boats built during the last win
ter, under the direction OF Capt. O. Smith for the
Minnesota Packet Company, is perfect in all her
parts, and in point # finish, not surpassed by any
boat on the western waters. We welcome her and
the familiar face of her commander, ana hope she
may be rs successful as she is beautiful
The Gaena Advertiser in speaking Of the War
Eagle, says:
La point OF adaptation to the trade for which she
Is designed, we doubt u much, { any improyernent
viii ever hereafter he made her constructions Her
accommodations ior passing are extensive: her
deck room Is caiacious; her room for both oh. ,n1
heavy freight Is !arge and taking into can>i,ie alton
the TACT that she caine the Lower RAPIDS when
thee Is only thirty inches OF wafer, is sufficient
argument that she Is OF very light draft for boat Of
her sIzn. In crossing, she touched the rocks but
once Indeed, IL IS asserted, that she draws bat p
,nches, without freight. She brought 25O tons Of
freight, and large number OF passengers.
The War Eagle is Of the following dimensions.
Length, I'D ieet beam, 81 feet; hold, fee, in
delth. She has four boilers So inches in diameter
and "A eet long engines, 10 inch cylinders seven fee,
strohe.
She has beiths for 800 passengers IN her state
rooms Her caDin Is finished in the richest st,Ie
he ladies cabin is decorated among other embel-
'i'hments, with seyera! beautiful paintings among
them are views Of tiaena, Pixies Bluff oppos;te
frame du Chen, Lake Pcpin. Fort Smelling, Saint
faui, Fails OF st. Anthony, Llite Fails, SC.
HIGHLY IMPoarANT.--Itis an asccr,ainrd fac,
that our merchants make much more favorable
purchases Of those merchants in ST. Louis who ad.
vertise IN the Pioneer, than at any 81 the other me
camille houses in that city, and we recommend that
all Our merchants visiting ST. Ious for the purchase
OF supplies should call upon those whose names an
pear IN The Pioneer, and il they do not become salts,
he'd that better bargains caa lie MAZE with them
than elsewhere, we will give up.