The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-06


America $3.50 these. and other events 81,
M lcss significance, have transpired within
the half year jus, closed. almost within the
Conertslonal recess. Certainly, Senators
| aud Representatives cannot be inscpslble 10
, the Importance Of direct connection be.
tween the leading Atlantic cities and the
! scenes oi such imposing events.
Passing from the TOPICS thus enumerated.
, ard whose relation 10 the immediate subject
may stem rather remote. We urge upon the
attention oil Congress some add con-
s,errations IN favor Of semi-wetkIy mail
on the proposed route.
/. The southern boundary OF Minnesota
is 10 latitude i3 dee, 30 min Extend that
parallel 10 the Pacific, aud the belt ol terri.
tory incused by the British boundary on
| the North, would he travcrscd by the mail
route under consideration, The river syu-
,ems revealed by the map within these linn
its afford the best evidence. that the entire
area has IA 'all Of water. ample for all the
purposes Of agriculture, With this lmpor
iaul tact fully considered, the baslus OF the
Columbia, the upper Missouri, the Yellow
Stone. the James, the Sioux, the Sheytnnc,
! and tributaries OF the Red River OF the
North, nm PROFESSIONALLY adequate Tor the
organization OF eight first class States.
While the great plains between Minnesota
! and the Falls Of the Missouri. and also the
interior valleys 81 The Columbia. will consti
tuts vast frAztug ranges. The Rocky Noun
tains Themselves are destined TO wIin,ss more
animated combnat ons OF industry, The
valleys are fertile the winters nro mild use
iul aud precious minerals abound. the hills
are clothed with ynlsablo woods, water pow.
or rs abunjaui aud there, upon the cres, o
the continent, population may be- expected
TO concentrate more than upon the Great
Plains. let Government secure to the cml
grant u Wagon road, aud regular mails 10
this most beautiful and snlubtious reg ion
and the u At ten years viii witness AT the
Falls ol the Missouri the same iransloima
ton. which nn equal pciloj, !ni passed. has
wrought ID, the faIls ot 81. Anthony.
:. Ia the mrfs western valleys OF the
Rocky Mountains, several lndiau tribes
halt clvrnd hy their intercourse with
Cathode Missionaries, oap large drovcs OF
horses, Ties animals DpcI,ug uo protection
M winter, aud finding suilignnt sust1nance
! along ,lc margins oi monnt,in streams
THIS is the case, even at Fort l'cutUn. two
degrees uoth OF saiut Paul. aud situated at
the eastern base OF the Rocky Mountains.
Contractors could always obtain horses from
the Falhtad Nesperc,s, or X out lnss 10
dlaus at moderate cost aud whenever ncces
sary. The Crow aud liinck Get Indians.
who iuhupt the eastern vaih Va # the Rocky
Mountains, have IL breed OF horses. noted
| among 'isplmis as super Tor To the animals
found among more touth,rn tribes The
Northern route has u great advantage. ~
this respect, over the tcn,ral or Southern.
3 There Is nn abundance Of water, Tor
the use al man and beast. ut every point Of
the route. We have already referred TO The
general aud sufficient iail ol ram AS n con
sequence, spfing. aud ilsuleis are always
| accessible.
L. The hostile Indian tribes Of Washing
ton Territory have been ,i'-ciually subtiued
by the late nhta'y campaign Parties.
who have recently pissed without moIc.,a-
tIon from the nnvlgnblc waters Of the Go
iumbia 10 Fort Benton. on the Missouri
report that the Indians N the Bitter Root
valley mud eIseshtrr. ARE very des'rous that
u r. gliar communication should be cstab-
IIsh,d by wagon roads and mail carriers be-
tween the head OF navigation 90 the Colum
bia and the Mississippi States.
g. The distance from saint Paul and the
Western cud OF Lake Superior Ia the shores
of Puget Sound, Ms uscett.lned by Governor
Stevens IL. ~ routd numbvrs. 1900 m'ler
90 the Southern route, the distance is 2IyJ
miles from st. LOUIS TO san Francisco ;
| and the average speed ia 100 miles day
We are justified ~ fixing the time 81 The
transit from Mlpncso,a to tue Pacific, nj
eighteen days.
q Win our Minnesota experience, W.
unbrsitstiDgly assert that q Northwcstcrn
winter. w,th iis moderate bu, permanent
Snow tail. the 'rolsn stream. and marsh =,
| the subsId nee Of the wind Ut seasons %
extreme cold, and the Increase 81 animal
ygo', ~ advantageous TO uu Overland Mail
:, fv,ce. Onc Iacl IL mos, unqp s'onsbiy
established. that The winters are lets tigof-
ous at al parallel points westward oi our
boundaries, than 10 Minnesota growing
s.nsibly mildcr with every degree u wet
longitude -- until, at the solrces u the
Missouri river, az slrea'y stated, horses
~! cattle do not require shelter.
The mail route from Dubuque 10 ~. Paul
over the prBiries OF Northern Iowa ant
southern Mnue,o,s. has been served bi'b
ct'o dgring the winter, very successfully :;
ard 10 portion 81 The route 10 Puget sound
i. more gntavOrbblr. AZ all cycbts, con
tractors cou be- found. having ample cxpe
rpucc m the climate - Fort Smelling, who
are ready ard w log 20 assume nll thr sysks
u SNOW aud icc u Congfess viii give the
ad asked 10y tbi. memorial.
7 pethaIs asngie iiluAra'ion may haSt
gra'er weigh, than ary array ot nfgnmrni
Hon. I.asc j. Stevens ~ a rec ut discussion
bel.re the New York Biographical ond Sta
,I.tlcai 5oc'e'y, produos. on tue authority
u Nr CoIilus. American Consul on the
Amor, some interesting ard pertinent 'sc's
10 relation 20 The great pfstl rvicc From
Moscow 70 lfkcu,sk 10 Eastern Si,sria. The
ds,snce ia not 200 mItr, but 3.52b miIes.
On hi. route are established tao hundred