The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-04-28

banks Of the Red River and the frontier
the frontier has been obol,shsd BY act Of Par
lament.
With the sway Of the Hudson Bay CON-
pany on the LIST OF June, there ceases to be
North western frontier. The Great
American desert stretching from New Mex
leo to the great bend Of the Missouri, fills
up with sterile belt Of sand, the dreary in.
terval between the Western boundaries Of
the organized States south OF Minnesota and
the Rocky Mountains. With them there is
limit Of Western development, marked by
Gods eternal curse. Their whole resources
are within the narrow strips Of fertile lands
which have been saved from the blight OF
sodom which fills up the vast measures be-
hind them. On no other belt OF the Cont
nent, save that subtended by the western
limit Of Minnesota, ia the fertile soil Of the
Mississippi valley carried without Interrupt
ton TO the Pacific. Maurys lower thermal
band on the route OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad, is white with the homes Of emf
grants that have persisted in the intervening
Saharas. Maurys upper thermal band, OF
which. as be says. "SaiDt Paul is the CENTRE"
presents an uninterrupted girdle Of green,
fat soil, from the western boundary Of Min.
nesota to the golden slopes Of the Pacific.
We have not space to give any further re-
sumo Of the facts concerning the areas north
west Of Minnesota, than will be found on our
first page. The above map represents better
than any verbal illustration the commercial
relations OF Saint Paul to the basin OF the
Winnipeg, which as marked by the majestic
course of the Saskatchewan, fills up all the
interval between the headwaters of the
Mississippi and the base of the Rocky Noun
tains; an area sufficient to make ten States
of the size Of Ohio, with resources sufficient
to sustain 10000 900 Of inhabitants.
All Of this new Territory, bears the same
relation to Saint Paul that the present
peopled Northwest does to New York,
with this difference while the trade Of
the North west States has its choice OF q
dozen commanding outlets, equal or superior
to New York in natural advantages, Saint
Paul stands without solitary competitor
for the nascent commerce of the great North
west, now opening behind it. 1T is the
first step which costs" and the first step has
already been taken. Our railroads are, in
progress; the navigation Of the Red River is
an assured thing. With the end Of the
Hudson's Boy Company, the theatre opens
for Bulwers grand drama of continuous
colonization IRON the Red River to the
Pacific
The instrument Of colonization will be o
Pacific Railroad. British engineers have
already siaked out its future path along the
level steppes Of the Saskatchewan, and Capt.
Palisser has bestowed his name upon
Pass in the Rocky Mountains which affords
an easy passage for the proposed Railroad,
which will give England and America an
international highway across the continent,
with its intermediate point Of distribution
at St. Paul.
II is known that negotiations have been
for sometime pending between the agents Of
British capitalists and those of the Minnesota
and Pacific Railroad Company looking to
this splendid consummation. One hundred
and seventy.nine years ago Hennepin stand
ing on the slopes Of the great water she'd
and credltng the Indian tale Of vast reaches
Of navigable water extending westward TO
the Pacifc-believed that he had found at
last what French explorers for hundred
years before had sought in vain q western
route across the Continent to Japan and
China. Carver foresaw and predicted that
the chain OF lakes and rivers stretching
northwestward from the summit level OF
Minnesota would be the future path OF COM
merce between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
HUMBOLDT, whose genius was the first to seize
the true geographical relations of the ques-
ton, nearly forty years ago fixed the naviga.
bic waters OF the Winnipeg basin as the
trans. continental avenue OF Asiatic COM
merce.
The little steamboat Arson Northrup
placed by the enterprise of her owner, aided
by the sagacious liberslty Of the st. Paul
Chamber Of Commerce, early this spring up
on the Red River is the FIRST blow struck to-
wards realizing this dream Of three centuries.
At the same time the Northwest Transpor-
tation, Navigation and Railway Co., has
been organized in Canada under Charter
of the Canadian Parliament with capital
Of $500 900, the obec, of which is mainly
TO open the navigation OF Lake Winnipeg
and the Saskatchewan. II cannot be doubt
ed that this co operation Of Canadian and
American enterprise Will, IN few years,
make these strange waters beaten path OF
commerce,-aDd the Pacific Railroad will
follow. No other route across the continent
can compete with this. In q distance OF
2650 niles from the mouth OF the ST Law
renee TO Fuea straits, it would afford a Wa.
ter transportation covering more than two
thirds OF the whole distance. England, by
this route, would reach China by voyage
OF ten thousand miles, which now costs 20.
900 miles Of navigation. New York could
reach Japan by a journey OF $3.50 miles,
which. by the ocean route costs p 200 miles
Of navigation.
All the great movements Of the age are
concurriug TO press forward this work TO It's
consumms,ion. The golden magnet OF
British Columbia and BGlwer 8 master stroke
Of colonial craftsmanship, which are build
ing up new California at the ocean termi-
nus OF the Minnesota ADD Pacific Railroad.the
new commercial treaties with China, which