The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-04
THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.

Alta meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of
st. Paul, Minnesota held last week, a geographi-
cal report was made upon the Red River and Sas-
katchewan country, with view to the develop
ment of in the great rivers there abound
ing. The Red River is said to have depth of six
feet for considerable distance above the mouth of
the Cheyenne, and below that nine to twelve feet
down to Red Lake River. and thence to Lake Win
nepeg of sixteen feet The current is moderate,
being only about two miles an hour of its upper
tributaries; the Cheyenne is navigable a hundred
miles, land the Assinibone probably 200 miles. The
Red River is navigable IT'S miles, and to its trbu-
taries about $50, making over nine hundred miles
of navigable water in this valley alone. Lake
Winnipeg is about $50 miles in length. The .Sas-
katchewan is navigabe upward of 700 miles
in a direct line, but by the course of the stream
nearly twice that distance. The Bow River, or
south branch of the Saskatchewan, is also a large
stream, navigable for considerable distance. 1t
is mentioned as singular fact that the sources of
Fraser River are separated from those of Peace
River by only BIZ yards, the first running into the
Pacific, and the latter north eastwardly into Mack
enzie's River, and that canal crossing this 18TH
mus would unite the waters running to the Arctic
Ocean with those flowing into Puget Sound. The
area reached by the navigation of the rivers above
named is estimated at 1000 square miles of fertile
soil, favorable climate useful minerals and fur
bearing and food yielding animals. The report
goes into particular description of the face of the
country and its adaptabity to cultivation, speak
ing with great enthusiasm of the Red River Valley
and thence proceeds to describe the country furth
III,
Saskatchewan and Athabasca districts. 1t is pro-
posed to take small steamboat across the isthmus
between Big Stone and Traverse Lakes, and des-
cend the Sioux Wood River to the Red River, as
soon as possible in the Spring, and establish nav-
cation on that stream Immediately. 1t is deemed a
matter OF great Importance to the people of St.
Paul, and they are urged to obtain the establish
ment OF a mail route in that direction to Puget
Sound. company has been organized in Canada
to carry out similar project of navigation, having
a capital of fl00, O00 They are to construct por-
tage roads between Lake Superior and Red River,
in all lao miles, to place four small steamers on the
reaches along Rainey River and the Lake of the
Woods, one on the Red River, and another on the
Saskatchewan. Should the Minnesota movement
go ahead, there will be sharp competition between
these two companies for the first harvest of the
country. The meeting concluded by Offering a
bonus ofSlOOO to any one who would put steam
boat of hundred tons on the Red River and run
her during the navgable of the present year.
commencing before the LIST of June.
The Chamber also offer bonus of $500 for each
and every steamboat that shall successfully nav-
gate the Red River within the present year.
Since August last, good road has been
structed from ST. Cloud to the Red River; that,
with the opening of the river to navigation, there
VIII be an uninterrupted thoroughfare from the
Mississippi to the Saskatchewan 1t is the ambition
of these parties to anticipate the Canadian Com
pany, who have capital stock of $500 900 sub
scribed for this same purpose. 1t is believed also,
that within six months the inconsderable obstruc-
lions to the navigation of the Saskatchewan that
now exist, will have been removed, thus completing
tae inland route of travel to the Eastern slope of the
Rocky Mountains.
The entire length of the Red River and its tribu-
tares, accessible to steamers exceeds nine hundred
miles.
EXCITING SCENE A VIENNA THEArRE.-The
Vienna correspondent of the London Times saws:
Yesterday evening Getz Won Berlichingen, by
Goethe was given in the Burg theatre; and some
words pronounced by the oman with the iron
hand" led to very remarkable ebulliton of feeling
thar ptoFt haa
to God that there turbulent men in Ger
many. Ii there were none we should still have
cupation enough We could try to extirpate the
wolves, we could every now and then fetch a bit
of game out of the woods, and if we wanted still
more to do, we could unite with our brethren to
defend the frontiers against those wolves the
Turks, and those foxes the French, and to protect
the more exposed provinces of the empire" The
cheers OF the audience were so loud and prolonged,
that M. Lowe, the actor who played Getz, was
Obliged to remain silent for some minutes.
LET US MAKE RIVER TO THE MoUNTAINs.-Under
this heading the ST. Louis Democrat breaches
magnificent enterprise, which is to unite the waters
OF the Upper Arkansas, the South Platte, and the
Kansas rivers into stream to fill the bed of the
latter, and make from three inconsiderable and
almost useless streams, one broad, deep, navigabe
river, that would open the far West country clear
to the base of the mountains, and into the au-
rierous regions, whittier emigration and civiliza-
ton is now powerfully attracted. The river thus
created would be equal to the Missouri in magni-
tude
THE MARRIAGE OF Prince NAPoLEoN-The names
of the betrothed of his Imperial Highness Prince
Napoleon follows: Clotide, Marie, Therese,
Louise. She is the daughter of the King of Sardi-
mia, Victor Emmanuel H., and the Archduchess
Adele of Austria.
The Independence Beige says in relation to this
alliance: The secret had been so well kept that
nothing had transpred in the best informed circles
The greatest mystery has been observed in refer
ence to the diplomatcal steps which have brought
ing of which may be immense under the present
circumstances The marriage of Prince Napoleon
with the Princess Clotilde means that France es-
pouses the cause of Italian independence.
The Philadelphia North American learns that
Jones Hotel in that city, which has been vacant for
some time, has been leased by Messrs Mcintosh and
ably known as the proprietor of the Howard House