Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-09

Railroad TO the Pacific

InternatiOna; Railroad TO the Pacific.
When the citizens of St. Paul called the
attention of the country to the advantages
of a route to the Frazer River gold mines
and the Pacific coast, through Minnesota and
the valleys of the Red River of the North
and the Saskatchewan, We republished their
proceedings from a conviction that England
Was suddenly about to become rival for "A
great. continental communication with. the
Pacific. All later developments point tn.
same way The organization OF British Co
lumbia-rhe withdrawal of the Hudson Bay
Company to the districts north of latitude
55-the abundant evidence that there is a re-
gion northwest of Minnesota to the Pacific
as large as twelve Ohios, aud equally Capable
to support settlements-the rising power Of
| Russia in ASA, now brought by the annexa-
| tiOn of the Amoor. within cannon shot OF Pc
kin-the arrang msnts made both by Russia
| and England to cov,r thu North Pacific with
war aud postal steamers--the British scheme
| Of a naval statiOn-another Liverpool at
| Victoria ,r. Vancouver Island-a similar
scheme Of Russian ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in city
of Nicholaeffsk at the mouth of the AmOor
"a project believed eminently practicable
for telegraphic and perhaps railway extension
over Russian territory from Moscow to Ja-
pan, and telegraph thence by the Aleutian
Islands across the North Pacific to Sitka,
where line from St. Paul over British terri
tory can be readily connected-these impor-
tant events crowding in rapid success OH
through an interval of sixty days, have con-
| firmed the correctness of our first impress
| sions when we called attention to the impor-
tant facts and statistics elected at the out
break of the Frazer River excitement. We
then said, in reference to the reports and
speeches at the ST. Paul meetings, that a
most extraordinary vent latiOn OF the Paci.
fc railroad question at the next session o
| Congress was inevitable, and late intelligence
from st. Paul as we'll AS from other points O
the Mississippi frontier, confirms the predc
ton.
The St. Paul discussion resulted in an over
land party of exploration, composed of expe-
rienced and Intelligent men. Their first re-
ports are published in the ST Paul Pioneer
and are extremely valuable. They made the
distance from ST. Paul to Pembina, ascertain
Ell by odometcr to be 466 IA miles, in eight
cen days, although part of the company
descended the Red River of the North in {
batteau. This stream was found navigablt
|
Lake Winnepeg The cattle of the land par
" arr we'd in admiral lie order at Pcmblna
the country traversed being a beautiful un
iulatng plain, diversified with waite: an,
timber. and extremely fertile. The Red Rive
valley is pronounced the garden of the Norti
West. Frcrn Pem'i ina, on the 22d OF Aug.
the party were to strike northwestwadly o'
the line oi the Hudson Bay Company's posts
/ / ciya atctn 70 m M.
between Mounts Hooker and Brown, AM
thence into the gold district. A more direc
route to Pu cts Sound IS suggested, namely
"from Pembin, 10y the head Of the ASsne
boin to the mead of the SDuth Fork of tn
oa>katchewar," described Us a high platea,
with plenty of timber, grass and water, an
they divide between the waters of the Mis-
sonr ana the waters emptyin. into Hudson
,}av from the west and south" But Tn
more norIhrrn ronle is preferred by the pre-
sent party, because trading posts occur a
convenient intervals, (npt less than seven be
tween Pembina and the mOuntaiis,) and SUI
plies and aid FIR any purpose are accessible
I besides perfect security from Indian nole>ta
tion. On this route, also, not more than fiv
davs of foot travel separate the Saskatchewa
plains from the centre Of the gold dlStr G
In fact, these Minnesota adventurcrs-sOm
. Of them returned CalifOrn,ans-wlll prosprc
upon the eastern valleys OF the R'cky Mour
, taIns-the sources of the Sa>katchewan-an an
; may develope new gold district the gee
graphical features of the country are not un
favorable to such an anticipation.
!, We have noticed further the arrival at -
Paul of Sir George Simpson, Governor .
, Hudson's Bay Company Hon. Edward Ell
lice NJ p. for C,vcntry, and DI. Rae, th
}, Arctic explorer, to consult upon the be>
method of communication with the posts {
the Hudson's Bay territory. A correspor
dent informs us that permanent arrangem, nj
, have been effected for direct impOrtati"ns
9 St. Paul, for distribution thence by the rout
| Of the Red river valley to the Saskatchewa
d,su. $50 facts what have our leat
In vi W of ,o 40 TO say Thei
VI '"o'. -ntht
ing statesmen and polit Clan,
every reason to believe hat before a..
Presidential election. Great Britain will have
organized the Province of Saskatchewan. witt
the scat OF government at Selkirk on Lake
Winnipeg; retired the Hudson Bay Conpa
ny beyond the latitude of 55 degrees in.
troduccd land surveys and land bountics to
settlers; turned her whole emigration system,
from Australia and New Zealand to the areas
northwest of Minnesota put steamers on
Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan and
located a railroad from Lake Superior to Pu,
get Sound, giving the lands, ten miles IN each
side, to BULL the road, with government
| guaranty Of five per cent on the necessary in
vcstment-in q: word, will have adopted a
policy certain in five years to organize and
consolidate a series of colonies from tnc At
lantic to the Pacific, as Swallowed by the
| Queens recent speech. THIS is magnificent
scheme for an international railroad, Of which
the Canadian, New York and even Penns,l
vania railroads, extended to st. Paul, u rough
Michigan and Wisconsin: and from st. Paul
| to Pembina, by the aid OF munifceIt land
grant by Congress, will form the Atlantic CON-
ncctions. Such an interoceanic belt of the
| continent, moving from east to west in eAact
accordance with the lines of cl mate and the
laws human migration and trade, is feasl.
| blt --Dav, inovltable-esI eciaily when consid-
cred in connection with British policy in the
| northern hem sphere. Again we ask, what
Course will our party leaders pursue in regard
20 this matter Are We always to be at
dead lock with onr sectionable squabblcs, and
lose the great prize of Il railroai t. the Pa
cliic, in the zone Of st. Pete sburg, London
and New York-.Neao York K7'otd.
Later From Salt Lake.
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