, 1869-06-14

lcn4 Features - Canadian Vice
Royalty on Red River-Rcfusnl OF
Representative Institutions to tho
Peop1c-xKniirond and Steamboat
Communication with Suktrk,
tTEox QUE sPHC1AL CORRESPONDENT
ST.. PAUL Mini, June 8, 1869.
IMPORTANT, II TRUE.
Next to Duiuth-even taking precedence Of
Duluth for the hour-ls a coal excitement Ia Min
neeota. Specimens OF seam discovered In a b!ud
of the Upper Minnesota River, near Redwood are
exhibited, and It Is claimed that they are sum-
ctentlJ cafbonlferous to fuse iron In a black
smlfh forge. The deposit ia four a1d 4 Rs17 3SoI
thick. md has been penetrated BY an ad!s for ads
lance Of forty feet with favorable indications.
Thete l. some CONFLICT OF testimony, bpt
the probabilities arc that TIE Cbte1u d<s Peairias-
an elevation which bounds the valley OF the Mn
ne6ota River On the we,t, and appears at inter-
vhls a. fat north "a Pemblna and Turtle Noun-
tains On the international frontcr-nti1 deYelop
IN extension Of the Iowa coal field.
Hitherto the geologtsts hare not allowed rs to
hope Tor coal IN Minnesota Our northeast dis
trcts IN the vicinity Of Lake Superior, reveal the
granite and trap NTH their mineral infas,ona
and the earliest st1urian rocks; the Ea si1sippl
bluffs are geolog!cally be!oR the cozl anu even
At Hanfato the formation Is unmtstakably s,lu-
rlan, or similar to the lnestones OF Trenton Falls
IN New York. And yet Nlcolet, the Swiss saran.
identified the geology Of the Missouri River. due
west Of St Paul, as belonging TO the cretaceous
system, which Is dbore the coal, The question has
often been raised, Are the Devonlan or carbonlf-
eroas rocks enr1elJ wanting between the s1lutIan
formation of the Mississippi bluff aud the creta-
ceons plateau which Is found On the Missouri
To suppose total absence Of the coal measures
N the Cotetu des Prairies aud the Coteau du MIS-
WhIrh rf An So
overlook tho Talleys OF the slou1 and James Rly-
ers Of Dakota, would be circumstance unpre~
cedented IN geological phenomena So, whether
the Redwood rein JuSu1es our hopes OF otherwise
we shAl continue our search for the missing coal
measures where MI analogy requires their pres
ence.
do not expect east Of the Missouri In out latl-
tude, any beds Of ignite, such as have been found
along the Piedmont Of the Rocky Mountains from
the Rio Gtande TO the Mackenzie. These are
t.ttia1J-of q comparatively modern geological
period, and are well described In the reports OF
Prot. F. :. Hayden, United States Geologlss Tor
Nebraska.
EEIK1RK INTELLIGENCE
Our Red River ueighbors viii illustrate
familiar fable Il the Hudson Bay COMPANY WAS
King Log, Canada viii be King Stork. The peo-
pie OF Selki1k arc an intelligent community aud
entitled to self.guyernment, but notice that a
bill pending IN the Canadian Parliament depriyes
them Of all voice in public a1alrs. The Governor
General at Ottawa viii appoint Lieutenant Gov
eruor aud council Of not more than fifteen
or less than segcn, and these constitute the
Executive and Legislature. The Leuteu-
ant Governor Is "to make provision for the
administration Of Justice" How like Job such
programme appears 1t Cannot fall to be very
obnoxious to the people subjected to It, especial
" as the Americans residents at sa.ktrk had led
them to anticipate that the uew government un-
der tho Dominion would be as Ilbesal as our popu-
lar system for the organization OF Western
Territory. As 1t Is, the Canadian scheme Is \
mere transcript Of the Star Chamber, hitherto or
g2nfzcd By opponents Of the Hudson Bay Com
pany. am informed thAt Hon. Vim. McDouRall.
Canadian Minister Of Crown Lands, will be the first
Lieutenant Governor Of Selklzk,or Assfnnihoia,
and shas his installation maj be expected IN Sep
tember. The Organic net, now pending at Ottawa,
must previously be forwarded to London and ap-
proved by the Queen In council.
ROUTES TO BED RIVER
The Canadians have much to say OF q wagon
barge communication tlso miles oy laud and 81
mica By Waten hom Fort William, On Lake Su-
peror, to Fort Garry, but In nd7nnce Of the loca-
ton Of their ampnlhious routes, Minnesota will
have in operation aratlroad connection from Du-
luth by WAY Of St Paul to the heai1 Of navigation
on the Red River Of the North, whence steamer
VIII transport the traveller to selkirk and Lake
Winnipeg. The lines Of the Lake Superior and
Mississippi and the St. Paul and Pacific Railroads
Will be completed during the summer OF ls7o, and
Will assure On easy journey Of four days from
Lakes Superior and Alchigau 70 Lake Winnipeg
In the heart Of Central British America This
route will be superseded In 4 few yeaa BY q 1ail-
WAY line frous Duluth to Grow Wing, and the1ce
northwest To PembIna and Selkrk, which will
make the transit possible in twentJ-Iour hours
WINNIPEG.