Net yearly income, being balance on quarterly returns from its establishment to the present time:

1846$3 43
184720 33
184848 40
1849369 25
1850429 07
18511,192 72
18521,497 73
18531,806 04
18543,042 89
18553,814 07
18565,164 67
18579,171 87
18585,577 05
18596,135 66
18605,254 47
18615,136 71
18626,898 99
18639,509 53
186413,140 08
186512,082 32
186612,009 03
186715,033 19
186816,991 76
186920,848 03
187023,437 66
187132,250 61
187236,817 17
187343,305 05
187443,284 36
187542,767 82
187641,667 92
187738,998 42
187848,141 04
187964,670 59
188073,456 87
188196,197 77
1882132,702 66
1883141,704 78
1884127,977 99
1885134,501 13
1886153,009 08
1887189,017 20

Gross yearly income of the St. Paul post office from 1875 to 1887:

1875$58,922 63
187657,092 85
187753,412 82
187863,922 49
187981,299 92
1880102,450 22
1881128,156 45
1882173,131 31
1883190,907 36
1884186,571 22
1885200,407 94
1886226,972 28
1887272,181 87

CHAPTER XXI.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

Henry Hastings Sibley.—The father of Gen. Sibley, Judge Solomon Sibley, of Massachusetts, was a well known pioneer of the Northwest. He settled in Ohio in 1795, but two years later removed to Michigan, which he represented as delegate to Congress in 1800. In 1799 he served as member of the first legislature of the Northwest Territory. He was judge of the supreme court from 1824 to 1836, and died in 1846, universally lamented. The mother of Gen. Sibley was the daughter of Col. Ebenezer Sproat, and a granddaughter of Commodore Whipple of the American Navy. She was a cultured lady, of unusual personal beauty and of rare accomplishments. She was married to Judge Sibley in 1802, and died at Detroit Jan. 22, 1851. Henry H. Sibley was born in Detroit, Michigan, Feb. 20, 1811. He received an academic education, and two years' tuition in the classics. In 1828 he came to the Sault Ste. Marie and secured employment as a clerk. In 1829 he entered the service of the American Fur Company at Mackinaw. In 1834 he came to the mouth of St. Peter's river, to the post afterward known as Mendota, as the agent of the American Fur Company. He made the journey from Prairie du Chien, a distance of nearly three hundred miles, on horseback. At that time there was but a single civilized habitation on the way. In 1836 he built a stone house at Mendota, the first in Minnesota, in which he resided twenty-four years. This house is still standing. He continued to act as agent for the American Fur Company until called to act as delegate to Congress for Wisconsin Territory west of the St. Croix, in 1848. Mr. Sibley, when elected, was a citizen of Mendota, Clayton county, Iowa, but the question of citizenship was not raised. He was recognized as the ablest and best representative that could be chosen for the difficult task of securing the organization of Minnesota Territory. In this he was successful. In the fall of 1849 he was re-elected as a delegate from the new territory he had been instrumental in forming, and served in that capacity until March 4, 1853, rendering the Territory important services. In 1855 he was elected a member of the Minnesota territorial legislature from Dakota county, and in 1857 was a member and president of the Democratic wing of the constitutional convention. On the admission of Minnesota as a state he was elected governor, taking his seat May 24, 1858. His term expired Jan. 1, 1860. Aug. 19, 1862, his successor, Gov. Ramsey, appointed him commander of the forces sent to quell the Sioux outbreak. He marched with his command in pursuit of the Indians, defeating them in several skirmishes and battles, releasing 250 captives held by them and capturing about 2,000 prisoners, over 400 of whom were tried by court martial and sentenced to be hanged. Of this number thirty-eight were executed at Mankato, Dec. 26, 1862, President Lincoln having pardoned the remainder. Col. Sibley was commissioned brigadier general for his gallant services, and retained in command of the frontier. In 1863 he led another expedition into the Indian country, driving the hostiles across the Missouri river, and returning to Fort Snelling in September. The years 1864 and 1865 were employed in securing the defense of the frontier. Nov. 29, 1865, Gen. Sibley was commissioned major general for efficient and meritorious services. He continued in the service until August, 1866, when he was relieved of his command and detailed as a member of the commission to negotiate treaties with the hostile Sioux and other bands on the Upper Missouri river.