The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-01-10

OUR MAILs-NT hat is the cause of the
continued detention of the mails on the riv-
err route? The people of ST. Paul Justly
complain of the slow arrival of their mails,
via. Rochester, at that place; yet it is fact
that copies of the Presidents Message were
transmitted over that route to ST. Paul, cop
led into the papers there, and returned to
Winona, a round distance of near 800 miles,
before that document reached US by the
proper channel This is generally the case
with other news also. We are compelled to
receive our latest eastern intelligence from
the papers published in ST. Paul, a town sit
uated $50 miles to the north west Of us =
This might be uncomplainingly borne by a
mere hamlet or insignificant village. in an
out-of-the-way: sparsely settled locality; but
WinOna, with her 5000 inhabitants actively
engaged in business, requiring constant and
reliable mail communication with eastern cit
les, and being too, the commercial center of
an immense and thicklv peopled tract OF
country, will not long bear such neglect with
out "crying aloud"
We are entitled here, by the generous con-
tract of the Post Office Department, to a
semi-weekly mail but, oftener than other
wise, we do not get an eastern m il once in
two we; ks. Who is to blame? Pray let
u.s. know, for we feel ''out of sorts' about it
enough to poke sharp sticks at him.-Hii mo
40 Rep.
ASnAME.-Yes, it's burning shame, that
in place as large as Winona, and contain
ing as many professional men as it does no
steps have yet been taken toward providing
lectures for the winter. Almost every other
place in the Territory has it's Lyceum and
Lecture every week; but here, not soul stirs
in such movement. Where are our enter
brising young men-where are our elders and
deacons-our old settlers and leading men
Alas, echo answers in confused .jargon-
specaIatioa--f5,st hOgses-l0ad a0atfonts aad fce
PER ceia. q n,dahii At this rate, Winona
bids fair to secure reputation that shall
make her Notorious if not great.-Repub-
licAa.
RUMoRED ENTERpRIsE.-We understand
that DIR. CARL, and other stiff capitalists,
have it in contemplation either to buy or
build, between this and the opening of navi-
ga,ion, couple OF steamers, to be used ex-
clusiyely in the Saltwater trade We most
deyoutly hope that this project will be put
into execution, and that Immediately. we
have not the least doubt that they would
prove highly remunerative to the owners,
and very beneficial to Saltwater. We have
paid tribute long enough to foreign steamers,
an in too many instances we have been
treated quite shabbily for our pains. We
repeat: We hope the project will carry
Stillvater Union.
&EF- We understand that J. ii. Sawyer.
ESQ, recently sold his stone buildin0 to A
B. Gorgas, Esq, for $4,000. According to
the particulars as they have been told us.
both the buyer and seller-like the two Tan
KEGS who shut themselves up in a room to
trade, each having jack-knife apiece for
capital-haye done very well in the transac-
ton.
Mr.. Sawyer has laid the foundation of
building on the corner of Myrtle and Second
streets, and we suppose will occupy that
when ompleted.-Uaioa