Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-26
Up TIE RIVER.
0Fr;cE NORTHERN LINE pAcxEr Co.
Ak

Ao9ut Ten clock-meking TIE psssare
straight through in about ffty-fonr hours,
including stoppsges. The Minneso,a is un
qoesticoably fast boat. and wishou, throw
ing puds At any one permit us to assure the
travelling public that they will look in vain
for oae that has the facilities for making .
trip By river more comfortable or sa.iafac-
tory. Capt. HUI and Clerk Carroll are no.
out Of place in their respective Offices. The
Mioneso,A is noble esafs, has speslous sa-
looms, commodious state rooms, c,ean beds,
and every time you sit down TO the tabe
there Is every facility before you for square
meal We enjoyed ourselves greatly upon
that boat, and think Of getting up set q
resolutions expressive Of our feelln. S when
We &c. home. For the presen, let US advise
thoFe who are coming up next week 20 take
passage on that boat
GOING UP
70 ST. Paul from Dsvenpcr, is one of The
most delightful excursions tba. can be im>
a-ined provided always that the weather
is fine and you are on the right boa; with
pleasant company. You have all heard peo-
pie talk abou. the glorious scenery Of the
Hudson. shout it's palisades and mountain
scenery; and those who have no other ex-
perience will assure you that there is nolh>
Ing Ike European views, and the. we il
America are not supposed TO know what
scenery is; but We beg leave TO differ. We
have no. made much OF tour through Eu-
rope yet, but We have rode pas. the pail
sades and seen much Of tie picturesque in
nature in many parts of our country, ye,
all seems almost Insignificant when oon.>
pared with the magnificent boldness Of the
varied scenery that stretches for hundreds
Of miles along the Upper Mississippi. This
grand panorama Of fEountain, rock and wood
land commences before arriving at Dubuque,
and from that point forward, ss far IS we
have vet travelled, there is an endless sue
eession on one side or the other, and often
on both, OF the grandes. views in nature,
which neither tongue, pen or pencil can
faithfuliy describe or depict. June, too, 10
the time to view this vast picture. During
the latter part OF that month and the first OF
the next succeeding, nature seems TO have
assumed her most bewitching costume, and
appears before the teholder in every shade
Of lovely green and this is the time to take
. trip into this country.
OF the towns between Dubuque and this
point there are none ths; positively attract
ss,ention, save perhaps the city Of Hastings,
At the foo; Of Lake Pepin. though winona
Lake City, Ia Crosse and McGregor are
places OF thrift and promise. But what
most operates against their appearance Is
the natural condition Of the ground they
occupy. They are all crowded into the riy
er or pinched in between sharp bluffs so
closely that more than one stree. in front and
another wriggling up through the ravine Is
all that can be obtained. La Crosse, Vino.
ns and Hastings. are exceptions. and these
are SO fat and strsg sggling as no. TO please the
eye. Al last We have bad the pleasure Of
seeing every city, town and village between
New Orleans and ST. Paul, ard We are now
fuzzy prepared to endorse what We have so
many times heard asserted, that Of all these
towns there is not one that enjoys so mag.
nitcent location, or presents such capti-
vsting frontage to the river traveller ~ our
own Disappointing as she does go grad
ually and SO imposingy from the river to
the noble bluffs that skirt her round.
LUMBER, luxsrR, LuxREg
Who ever cav such immense oman.
titles Of lumber as is now floating down
the Mississippi. There was no lack Of
RATS between Davenport and Do
buque, but as soon as We lef,
that poin, the number multiplied fast.
In less than two miles above Dubuque we
passed twelve log and board RATS, and il
was not much of place for RATS either
The river is full Of them. Judging frc N
what We saw in the day time we should
think there are not less than two hundred
RATS en- route between the mouth Of the ST.
Croix, at Prescott, and Dubuque. All along
We found them tied up IN the sloughs wsi;
ing 10 hear from the owners or agents who
have gone down to see what disposal could
be made Of them, No wonder that lumber
is falling in Davenport AM other lower
towns. Raf.smsn say that there Is more
lumber anoat at this time than there has
been in the three pas! years put together
There are several good reasons for this
which We pass over. We see the fact and
that may suffice for the present.
u 81. PAUL
We left the boat this morning after . re-
freshing nights slumber, and s.rollei up
town. We must say sAst We were no. 50
favosably Impressed a. We might have been.
we were disappointed il that that We expec,
ed to find city with broad streets imposing
structures and immense business. On the
contrary, the stresss ars shockiogly narrow,
the buildings nothing remarkable, aud the
business nothing surprising. Surely the
people Of ST. Paul made great mistake 10
laying on this city. whes it. does get .
large growth, - she evidently will some
day, these very narrow streets will be :
great drawback to the business CT the pl.ce
st. Paul is said to be nov one hundred
years old. That is TO say, in 1867 the land
where The CITY nov stands, and more too.
Was purchased by one Jonathan Carver
Whether Jonathan ever made any improve
nenss on his purchase We cannot
cay, but the first house that we
have any authentic knowledge OF here, was
erected in 1910, 1t which time there was a
party from the Red River county who were
expelled from the Fort Smelling military
grounds. which as that time was head.
quarters Of civilization in this country. In
1s41 Father Gathers erected . Catholic
Church which be christened St. Paul. and
a. that time expressed . wish that the town
that might Afterwards spring up sbou, !,
should be known BY the same name. A
town did spring up. and its growth from
the start was almost unprecedented. In
1855 Z was place of 5000 inhabitants. and
twelve years later we find more than lo. 600
more. She has had her drawbacks With
ali the rest. and nov has powerful com,
petitiOp: but those Vho sfndv apch .n.s..