The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-02

States territory, by which the emlgrant Cau Oo
conveyed from the Canadas to Pembina on the
boundary line, and which will eventually open
up 1000 square miles Of rich prairie land IL IN
Hudsons Bay territory. From Penbina the
great fertile belt offers every facility to build
the Pacific Railroad on British territory and
the author believes that the lands themselves
will eventually pay for it. Now there is wag-
on road passing over these praires and across
the Saskatchewan Valley to the t0ot OF the
Rocky Mountains, but 6 carry out the project
of railroad to the Pacific Ocean at whatever
cost to the British Government or people, and
the future of that country will present pano..
rama of magnifcence uneXampled in history.
From statement made by the Honorable
Edmund Rice, State Senator, on the subject OF
the st. Paul and Pacific Railway Company, it
appears that the American government have
mile to aid in the building of the line. The
railway which is in course of construction to
Pembina on the line separating the British
and United States territory will be about 600
miles in length, and will connect by railroad
the navigation of the Mississippi river and its
tributaries at st. Paul and at saltwater, on the
river St. Croix, with the Red River of the
North and other navigable streams OF North
West British America. perhaps" says Mr..
Rice, nowhere on the American continent
will such important commercial results follow
as will be witnessed in Minnesota. when 5000
miles of steamboat navigation on the Misss-
sippi and st. Lawrence Rivers, and 5000 miles
of similar navigation on the rivers of Central
British America are joined together most by
the proposed routes of the st. Paul and Pacific
Railroad" Mr.. Rice adds that the British ter
ritory reaching from the northwest of Min
nesota to the Rocky Mountains is as favorable
to grain and animal production, as Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota; that the district of
Central British America is threaded in all d.
rections by navigable water lines, and that no
reasonable doubt can be entertained of its colo
nization. with such an extension" he says,
" OF English policy and development, the rail.
road system of Northern Minnesota will con-
meet near Pembina." ~
The discovery of gold in 1858 upon the
Frazer River and its tributaries, which was
followed by the organization of British Colum.
sla, and the policy now adopted by the Hud-
sons Bay Company to cooperate for the
speedy colonization of Central British Amer.
lea, have contributed to direct stream of emil
grafton into the regions referred to. In con-
Guiding his observations, suggestions as to the
practical route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
the author adopts the words of recent writer
on the resources and prospects of Minnesota:
Through Minnesota, the sole pathway of
westward emigration, must flow the great
exodus now dashing itself in vain against the
shores OF the Caucasus. Every advancing
wave OF population lifts higher and higher
this gathering flood of American life, which.
the moment it begins to press upon the means
OF subsistence, must pour all it's vast tide
through this narrow channel into the inland
basins of the northwest till the Atlantic and
Pacific are united in living chain of populous
States.'' IN. =, - -
The author enters with considerable minute
ness into the history and present condition of
each division of British America, showing its
extent population, mineral and agricultural
wealth, manufactures, imports, exports, and
physical features, &C., and he has recorded
every experience in pioneer life, every statisti-
cal fact of importance, and every suggestion
which he thought might tend to the instruction
and guidance of the emigrant.
The Confederation of the British North Ameri.
can Provinces, their Past History and Future
Prospects; including also British Columbia and
Hudson's Bay Territory; with Map and sugges-
tons in referente to the true and only practicable
route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean BY
Thomas Rawlings. London, Sampson, Low & Co.