The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-15

an hJouTDf7l mcetipk VI citAsID VI Eo@
Paul and Of citizens Of Minnesota sojourb-
ing in II. Paul,' was held at the Fuller
House, on Wednesday, July 7, at sP NJ
Col. VIZ. II. NOBLE, Of st. Paul, resumed
the chair. and Mr.. u. PIERCE, Of st. Peter,
was appointed Secretary.
Mr.. JAxEs w. TAYLOR, from the commit
tee previously appointed, presented the fol'
lowing report upon the general subject Of
an overland route, and the natural features
Of the region connected with it.
KEroRr.
Il In now established that District Of
British Oregon, holding n relation TO Pa.
gets Sound, similar 10 that Of the Sacra-
mento Valley 10 the Bay Of San Francisco,
contains rich and extensive gold placers.
The upper waters Of Frazer river ncnd.
ing It's principal tributary, Thompson river,
are eagerly s0ugh. by adventures from Or.
egon and California. and oil accounts con
cur that the surface INNINGS are ~ SUCCESS
iul IA those Of California and Australia have
been. Biologists have anticipated such q
discovery, and Governor Stevens In his last
message to the Legislative Assembly OF
Washington Territory, claims that district
south Of the international boundary Is equal.
ly auriierous.
The Frazer river mines have already
been mentioned in the British Parliament
IN not less valuable and important than the
gold fields Of Australia. and it il IN view OF
al Id "A tbxa. o.. nuoria nd
emigration, that the present report Is sub
mitted.
The southern boundary Of Minnesota Is in
latitude 43is degrees ~. Paul and the
Falls OF st. Anthony are about 45 degrees.
and our northern boundary, contcrminoas
with the international line, Is partly on the
parallel Of ~ degrees.
The Frazer river mines will probably be
explored from latitude 40 degrees 10 80 do
grees; therefore II an overland emigrant
route thithcr Ia practicable from Minnesota.
II will be az important consideration in favor
Of such route, that the valleys Of the Up.
pr Mississippi and the Rcd river Of the
north are on the most direct line Of com
munication from Canada and the States
north OF latitude 40 degrees to the Frazer
river district.
An overland route throagh Minnesota, Az
ccnding the course Of tho Saskatchewan
and crossing the Rocky Mountains In lati-
tude 81 degrees TO British Oregon, would
traverse region Of North America, hither-
10 Withheld from colonization but soon 10 be
surrendered by the lIudson's Bay Company
for civilized settlement West OF the Rocky
Mountains that company claims no chartered
rights and their license OF Indian trade will cx-
piro in May 1859. The British Parliament
have just published the report Of II select com
mttce of the House Of Commons, which cx
hibits disposition on the part Of the company
10 withdraw from an immense district reach
Ing west Of Lake Winnepcg 10 the Pacific. IL
thereby recognition OF the exclusive privil-
eyes hitherto enjoyed by them within the m
mander Of their chartered limits can be OBJ
talned. Even such compromise is vigorous
ly opposed by the people Of Canada, but the
citizens Of Minnesota would have reason to
be satisfied II our northwestern connection
with Assiniboin, Saskatchewan aud British
Oregon. should be placed on the footing of
such an adjustment. In this respect our in
tercsts are identical with the inevitable poll.
cy Of Great Britain. llenceforth, no other
relation than reciprocity is possible bc.
tween British America and the adjacent
states Of the American Union. Minnesota
especially welcomes the assurance that Vie.
toria, the capital Of Vancouvcrs Island, is to
be selected as the Naval station OF England
on the Pacific, perhaps to become, under the
impulse Of oil international railroad, the Law.
erpcol Of the Pacific coast.
As To the adventures OF England trading
into Hudson's BAY" (so the stockholders OF
the company are technically styled in the
charter OF Incorporation they can tnrn their
partial defeat into victory. The map Of
Arrowsmth exhibits their posts at every
advantageous locality between latitude 49,
and So. Open that immense belt Of coun.
try to European and American colonization
extend over il the benefits Of =" Recipro-
city adopt the American system Of land
surveys and land bounties To settlers, and the
members Of the Iludson's BAY Company
would receive more advantage in ten years
~ proprietCrs Of cities and towns, than
would bs possible for them as fur traders
In a century.
The press and citizens Of ST. Paul have
observed with much satisfaction the pro
grcss OF public opinion in England on this
important subject. Encouraged by the
london Geographical Society, Il no, by the
Government, Captain Palliser leads an ex-
ploring party TO the sources Of the South
Saskatchewan, and the passes westward
through the Rocky Mountains Col. Eli.
OFT, at the head If fifty engineers and rs
many soldiers, has recently arrived a, Van
couvers Island, and accompanied 10y an
hundred voyageurs, will thence move cast
ward through British territory, definitely To-
eating railroad route as he advances.
simultaneously. . joint commission of the
American and English governments are en-
gagged in running the international boun.
Diary, from Pugc,s Sound to Lake Superior,
commencing at the Pacific terminus. And
now comes the gold discovery Of the
Northwest, which will probably renew in