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re considerable-:, .yviiv. in e^^s-ine, fotw»pi
attention up. There is scarcely any
ug to notify us of Ohtppewa river till
arc on
I W hnndred&t above fh, level of the sea.
•lll%fcj3»3X£lfi5XdbX(Jb Xt-rI If dGwfciv I Juhf2&.—At iha first crossing of, the
VflLES ABOVK TftE FALLS OF |KKI BIVEE OF frijte Xoiwtt. *'Y7c left
S $ 3 I leame twelve nmes to this place before
breakfast. Were five hours coming A
OSKTB THE STEAMBOAT luiNMKG. heavy shower accompanied by sharp light
uing awakened us between two and three
o'clock," and besides- drenching ourselves
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vat lour A good deal oi the pleasure
-—--.—.-..-:•-::—r r. :.-- ^cc't below the average prairie level. The
mnafsotajeorrespondence:of ike Boston J'ost/l^^0111'1^
the. verge of its narrow basin,
is a tributary oi rhc Minnesota, and at
is crossing three met deep and about
-enty wide. It is .dear, with hard hot-1
m, out muddy banks. After our meal
elow the prairie level hi half a mile
dter asceadmg ae sloping bank, the east
Mexico and the Hudson's Bay. A very
''few miles west, is the valley of the Red
jRiver which soon takes a direct northerly
mc a
iv
I had walked seen.miles before the {and woe, and which can only be stopped.
team overtook me. Jmuct we were on as they should be stopped, by an act of
something of a race. I I ving tlie advan- congress duly enforced. To chastise the
tage of a prior start, and an opportunity Dacotahs for their massacre of eleven
to descry the wagon at different points as Chippewas at Crow Wing in April last, an
We alternately came upon high ground
from the table land, and presents a bean- near Lake Traverse. Uole-in-the-day,
tiful picture. -he thief -did not start till a day or two
At this river again rented. From after the resit and then came on in a bftg
thence to Elbow Lake the distance is ten gy with two horses. But about the third
JANE G. SWISSH1LM, Speak unto the chiMrea of Israel that they Ijfaward "—Exodus,
ti «*i«M «w«M-'»«'«»-.t.'M'j««*rt*»*«H:r
CIJODI)/
S O E O A course while on easf the water course
0?1?ICE ON THE WESTERN HANK. OF THE & towards the Mississippi and the south.
I The average surface is hette about, twelve
Lightning Lake' at five this moraim: and
a id yli
0
"rip to tike Red River Continued, A considerable quantity of pine logs is
along the principal part of the route. the chunk at present arc UMI shanties.
There is a preponderance of prairie or settlet is now engaged in breaking up lrj|
|buffalo grass mixed with weeds and now- acres. Two men and five yoke 6f oxeA
ere. The banks of the riv% are hventy
feet high and puite abru]t except at the
{crossing. I judge that 'he river is forty
win$ng- ^'e arc
.arsss now within fifteen miles in a direct line
hc confluence with the BoLs des.Sioux.
(floating down the river icing bound for
^iturday, July 24.—^c were up at. Breckinridge from the northern pineries.
past three this morning, and un our
me
mr morning travel musr.he f^et against 1u Hiev'are quickly removed by Spencer,
annoyance oi mosquitoes which gener-i
0
continue their attacks till the sun i- ,,1,.,i.,„nn,,
.:c lion-s high. Reached f'h ppow:t A r»''xuliar
at seven, where we again halted a.j
•.,, breakfast Distance eight milt.
land is ?tili very rolling, and cover*
thick and luxuriant sntsfi The SH
fam lodged just at the
0 as
^obstruct our passa^.—
t^.f
anu oncjvrv aiv
interest .MA-UIH to attach to
this river on account of its course and the
grt-utlj extolled country through which it
Bows. Hero its color is by no means red.
Whether it is move sr a hundred or more
miles below whore tin stream irom Red
IJakj jofiis'^ Y'%W$ Mot: re'?'holev Wci-e
is that of clay being of similar hue to the
Missouri. Where 1 lord if. the depth is
half feet. After crossing the
iin in a.lo«g:
of fchrec a a
over the horees needing more time to tako tho track direct for Brockim-id^.
tit, I determine for the sake of variety to. Twenty or thirty miles to the nothearf
»rd the river and walk on ahead. The Uj^ "mountain/" are still discemablc.
ver bottom appears to be one hundred teet \y
0 V( 0
end of the long lake is reached- A3 its/fiere is something very striking." and
name indicates, this is along body of wat-
And waste its freshness on the desert air."'
The incidents of barbaric life are yet ol
fresh occurence here. War parties of the.
Dacotahs (or Sioux) and Chippeways from
season to season cross these lands, pursu
ing those hereditary hostilities which so
lono: have been the cause of wretchedness
The land is without timber but day the buggy broke down. They reach
es severaala small lakesi in ^which are ed the SissitoU vilUiage. eaptured a few
miles[
W6 paSb' ju,xir wuurii ne ett T1K: D1SS1COh Vl!liagc,Caj.
large quantities of wild rice and numerous hundred dollars worth of buffalo skins,
flocks of ducks. As we approach Elbow cut down all the corn they found and re
Lake the scenery looking toward the we«t turned. Hunger compelled a, speedy
is extremely agreeable. Three miles fur- return as they were lacking a conxmissary
fher on is Lightning Lhke north of the department a deficiency which gcneraliy
trail where wo arrive sit quarter past Jive, occurs in Indian warfare.
right and passing
Ry not turning to oh
on the bank of the lake we are nearly mir
ed in a slough.' Ascend the high ground
on the southern shore of the lake and
camp for the night. There arc numerous
bear and elk trails about the lake which
is surrounded with a few trees and very
rank vegetation. Amidst the profuse
shrubbery I observed an abundance of
crreen grapes and plums Cretactous for
mations are here found on the surface of
the soil. The grass indicates great fertili
ty.
1 am reminded that here is the dividing
ridge between the waters of the Gulf of
Alive at Breckinridge at 5 M., hav
ing come to-day twenty two miles.
Jnb/ 26.—The seUlemeut of BiiBOKiN
utrxi'K,na7BG'd in honor of the. vice presi
dent, is at the mouth of the Bois des Sioux.
It is in the midst of a belt of oak timber
which generally skirts the river banks.-—
At this point the Red River makes an ab
rupt bend, going a mile to make four rods
in its main course. The Bois des Sioux
having its source iriLake Traverse,flows di
rectly north, forming an important angle of
laud between the two rivers. Six login
buildings are in use on tlie site of
thebusiness.
town. One of these is large enough to
accomodate most of the men employed by
the principal proprietors. There is a. brick
yard which was in.operation "-iasf season,
sc
mi
extonsiv
Nil
observ.-d bv sle-
its banks. 5Ve ent..,-
a a in mi^t}y
\r,t,{ At the end
about west, and twelve miles
aie:ad we cm see the timber winch sur-
TOTm
gr
ds the settlement of Brock)rmdee.—
.,m]
in a a
er south 01 the tiail, and terite harrow.— fertile. Here nod tiiw we cross meadows
Like nearly all the lakes.: in tins region, without noticin
its shore for the greater part of .the way-is
skirted with oak trees. Here I took
particular view of the horizon-bounded
expanse. To the west the south* half of
the surface as far as the sight extends
terms a line as even us the sea without an
object on it, while the north half ends' in
a dark shade of timber. To the north the
most distant object is a range of cone-like
bluffs circling round to the east like a
miniature, range of mountains, and finally
connecting with an even horizon at the
seuthe^t. A henvy showeT camo up at
ten, accompanied by sharp lightning and
thunder. This 1 noticed gave greater ac
tivity to the frogs a:id toads, which in
great numbers kept jumping from the trail
into the crass.
expanse so vast and level and
any depression from the
general level. On these the grass is be
tween three and four feet in height. A
bush may now and then be seers but the
one constant view in every direction, as
for thousands of summers it ha* been, is
the limitless, carpet of grass roiling in
waves under the strong breeze ?.nd glitter
ing with an exuberance of flowers. No
one can help recalling' the forlorn strain
of the po.et—
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
«MOM9M|uNfWIWpl
":T*W
•and considerable machinery for steam mill*','
brought here at great expense and trouble.
was ^ared looks well. There garden
of wo acres whmh ha. been .veil tended
and oontams a larcro rtUM.lv of rwwmrtiwPi*
and contains a larg supply of common
vegetables in a thrifty and forward state!
Considering the success ot farming thre$
evei. The tow south and west unin-lsoil is a biack loan, tinged Vith b1uc,wiA| haianee of appropriation, inade last
tempted a «drtny object, io he less sand than-wlonnd the tommym Wfaf amounting to sixteen mUfioiii
I north-we see tne timber which skirts valley. The subsoil i» of clay. ihe ran^j.Tho«o sums altogether make more thai
!Tho
S S S S S W a a often heard.have in W S
ou&vated. i.he corn was damaged & a S within the past lew years.-
0
,i
hundred miles north, at the Heel Liver Li,,,™
,, iii 1
1 *-j showing that more thai) eisMv-one -mill
tlenient, agriculture need hard bf
OreI
are thus occupied every day.: 'Chose who
now live hove permanently are youm- meil
principally from Mew England. A large
amount of pine lumber Is new floating in
from the pineries, having been cut in the
region neartOtter Tail Lakef This demon
strafes an important fact, considering i\im
the only want of settlers unsuppiifid by va
lorem this wide valley is'timbcr. Aiidytl
"i should say there is much hard timber
along the river and it ,'tributaries.
This settlement was begun, believe
February, is:.?. The main trunk of thf
Minnesota an Facific(land »rmit) rtuiro&l
is already located to this point. The Be|:
River is thought to be navigable from'here
to Lake Winepeg and ^hclo are Ubuudanti debt,'wore bo,0S:1659Jt.
reasons ibr believing that somewhere about-! accordh^ i-o the population
here must be the
bh
than tht famous Valley
JtUjtf '11. -Wo
at sundown yesterday. Tt is 12 miles be
low Breckinridge. ()v, fehe Minnesom
side is a settlement with
house where
it Graham'
ne comfortable
find this to be much more
place for a military post than 1 had sup
posed. The Indians frequent it, being.at-
traverse and generally hunt along the wes
tern tributaries of Red River. A frequent
route for the chippewas is from Otter Tail
Lake do* tin
through Red Lake River to Red Lake.
Col Ambercrombie is daily expected to
locate the now post which is to be estab
lished here.
drcd miles north
a wise policy to have the seat of govern
mehfc located as far north as here. For
there is any patronage flowing indirectly
from a capital it would be just and %kM
manlike to give it io this latitude.
log houp where we wore-well enteitainetl i-fiacal year, ending June, ISbo, the last PeiTie *.«''''
The river is hw forty below the table land year ol Fillmore's administration, there was I !$ I
and the banks are rather nrnAmifmia eolle'ted at'fJhifWM*, f«i I? Mi* «i: s.v »=./..» HP-'***
are rather precipitous. jeolletc at 'Chicago 1 i,^C Si
mploycd eolhu-t it, and they wen
,n th
The hood- in river ar frequent A belt lwove
of heavy timber extends alon^ hero half a F" U&& 12. That was a little over two
mile wide, l.t consirte of oak,., ash, elm, per cent. For the year ending June, 80
and basswood. One oak tree which 1 no-' 1856, there was collected atCnicago^l L5.
tmed is a hundred feet high and four inh'»240. Sixteen men were tmploved in
Vegetation is luxuriant, I'ji-s collection and they were paid $14,349
lieecssary ^fordoin it. 'Now nsk you, living
right here as you do, is there any reason
for this increased expenditure? Can von
tell me why it cost ton per cent, the last
fiscal year to collect the revenue a! this
tractcd by the game and accommodated by
the water communication to and from it.—
Tim Sionx comedown the sluggish Bois port, and only a little over two per cent.
dQ^ Sioux from their villages on "Lake four years ago? Is there any reason foi ii
Proceed on foot to Wild Rice River, in at this point. At Wilmington, Delcware
Dacota. It is five miles to that river.— there was collected in ltfo7, §2,004 95.\
It is a narrow stream sunk ina deep chan- How many men do you suppose it took
collect that amount, and how much do you
suppose they got' for it? It took eight
men, and tire expense of collecting was 15,
848 b"^ [Laughter.] Gentlemen, you
feegin entirely too soon. There are the bet
part of I acotah is not yet exfinguished but ter sort ofcases. \j.napoJis Maryland
here are some log shanties on the river |h§re was eollectctl the same wW*742&!
bankbeionmn^ to licensed traders. There {Benewed L^u^htcr How many men do
are two oldsettlments in Daeotah twohun- you suppose it'tui,k
A
&ii*" WFi call attention to the card of
Mr. Hiomjison, of Washington City.—
Wo know gentlemen who have employed
him to attend to legal business at the,Cap
itol and who have the utmost confident
his legal abiliticN and his attention to
Wanted. Several cash subscribers to
fill the Democrat lists- and three lines to
fill this column up snug, and tight)
GHAP.'XIV, VEBSK
STEARNS CO. MTMESOll, THURSMY SPTEMTiEll 3
0 1858/
Tlie Economical Democracy.
rfj^-
s-
think it is mueh mor- likqly that the
adininisti-ation will come in with a defici
ency bill, and ask for some ten millions
jinoro, as they did at the- last Congress,
thnn that any surplus will- remain he
expenses of the government during thead
mlui.stratii-n of General Pierce were S:JB2,
820,tj J2. This is uore than all the ex
penses of the government from 1790 when
it was organized,' for thirty years together,
including fche war wi#h (front Britian in
1812. General'Pioree expended nmromo
,ney during lour years of peace than our
go criment expended for the first, thirty
years iiit'-r its organictioii. Tn 183H, the
uxpendiuiies of the .go^ernntent irn- all
purpeKs. Aelu. i- ci'thc public debt
were 8 4 1857 tlie expenses of
the ^overument, excluave of the public
15.
Expense of the government, aWop
U)|. a 0Ji(
*t
}w •y.MM'ixmas been disputed, hut 1 haveo
here "the official statement made by the
(Jfejiik of the Bouse of ILcpresontaiaves.
The pro rata
h: '"'.!y was
oi this government—some of the means
by which thc^e espouses have bten increa
sed, it would strike some minds -mor*' for
cibly. will call your attention to tlmMocci,ir!
city of Chicago. Cou hav« a custom
house located bere. In 18o~, 1 i'i- 'thdesire
except that tlie government wanted to
shower the money upon favoritis? (Acs,
there is a reason. I don't know whatit is.
River. hen 'Ibe emocratic party must, bes usD
a ined
[Laughter and applause.] I tliini that.'
the best reason [Renewed laughter.]-—
.They must sustain the office holders.. But
I Chicago is onlv a single case. 1 have tht
i(
took
priding itself on its-economy0, paid seven
to collect this, 982 05, the sum of 2
:K)l,2. [Laughter.) At Port Oxford,
Oregon Territory—now you would expect
something extravagant over there—there
was collected 95 85, and it took two men
to collect it. and they were paid for col
lecting #2/702 Qg. [Great Laugbtor.]-
Can any cd-you make the calculation of
the per. eejitage. that w.-ts paid to collect
the $5 S5. I believe it was ab-mt 500 to
1. Don't you think the government
to get rich?
ifmen
J'rwrn Sena
.ought
TrtmbdVs Kpe.Mh
i}
C/ncano.
»__^|. ^a,.^,,^— ,.'.:
^Welmeiiicnti.uu^ the passage ot bill
through the Senate „0ai the close' t.f ih. Iftre
vhrce to hvt nml ie„ cents. Wo have scon' the
ayes and now, /^,,ry _,rnftior
v,ho voh.(lfoi. sur
pM0 ms a dmocrqi. loumilh Journal
Minnesota Distranchised by! ,Vn ... .,*•-...
the Moccasin Democracy
Tlie terms of the two Democratic Rep-
resentativeg froni
}pj
Phelps and Oavenaugh—expire on the 3d
of March next. '!u view of this fi
JSepuhucans in tlie Legislature afctemptiid ,. ,.
procure the passage of a law providing
carry tin State the Democratic metibMfy
in the Jjegislatnre voted and worked per
tc'tently and methodically against the pas
sage of such a law. So the Demccratic
caucus determined to oppose and prevent
the passage of any law authorising the
election,.of Ciongrcf^meu. prefer!ng- that
the State should not be. rephrented at all
than that it should be represented by Re-i
publicans, in accordance with the willoj
the people. In this way, by united oppo-'
sition, they defeated the bill which gave
the people the right to speak! This is
the Bret triumph of "Po^mlar Sovereignty."
But the Rcpublicafis quietly watched
their opportunity, and in the bill regula-
bting general elections, they inserted a '^'•i)i-'
mdsuch a bill would surely strengthen
Sibley ixnd his pliant minions in the
Legislature then went to work and provi-i
clause which provided that elections to flllpelves as soon as possible- with the means
all offices, should be held at the State Uo c»ter their claims, for it cannot be ex
ecution in October, next prcceedinK the L„,i 1 1 1 1 1
expiration of the term of the incumbents..
The Moeoasin Democracy were ashepi
houses nem ton., and was presented with f-^ Vov
the batch to tlie Acting Governor (Siblev I
for his signature.
The quondam Indian Trader was wide
awake, tie "snick «, mice.'" He exam-1
inet the bill and found the trap which
had been net for hha and all the Demo-!
cratie ptwty to fall into. It would nt do.!
It would he political suicide to let thej
State have .an election tor representatives
at.th proper and constitutional time, for
the b'tate w«s surely J^lack Renublican
a
•he enemy ofSham Democnacv in Congress i,i!"n? strong-minded women, who had as
& Vivrpcfveforfftn.bml ThisTsthe wtrith fashion- ^svrith changinj:
fA-owl triumph '•'fiI ojHilar-Sovereignty!"
ded that this Fall's Legislature sh-tjU never Falls.
meet, -unless it shall happen to be of the town*
tvil-e (f,« it wont be. thank the
Lord! ics'--.issembliug nccordimr to'the I
of the neonj
mectfssive lumntis 0
in tne Minnesota!
"Popular So^•creient
Legislature!
The secret of rhis
crate are afraid of the
not permit them to eh
in their own way. They dare not give
them another e.ham-e at r-he ballot-box,
for they know that such an opportunity
would furnish tl Pnterrified officials,
with a gratuitms supply of hump. The
only way that was ieft them to rob the
State of a Jew thousand dollars mor? waste
forbid the uh' from holdini an election,
until the mocratic villiaidcs
•tier
should ba\e time to clear away, and then
trust to treacherous memories md mock
penitence for a re-election.
"Hottest Democrats haw thus been de-
They have so\ dishonored this name,
that they now by their acts, concede the
triumph of the Republicans at the election
in October next their only consolation
being, thai the Legislature then to lie
ele.cted,ito7/ neper be convened, and that
therefore th^x have one whole year in
which to 60Ver up their tracks, in view
of this state of facts, 1'have eletermined
to defer the propexsed work till the Con
gressional and, general election of .1859,
when I hope honest Democrats will be
sufficiently numerous to give the eomip
tionists their quietus."
1). A ROBERTSON
St. Paul, August PL 1858 ,.-.
EDITOR AND FROPRIET OR
0 me
Minnesota—Messers Will they endorse the principle of woman'
right to (ii8eu.sj. the laws which govern her
fact the and* the importance of maintaining the
in
for. the election of their succfissors at tLo ^'liaril' freedom and human progress in the
coming State Election. Knowing audi vanguard of civilization, bv ai-iin^ as in
ieeling tjat affe exhibition of so W ge^hsg to the ikt paper pub
eomiption andiranain she psrtv miscalled j.,„lf, A I
Deuioorafic, the Rcpnhlic^s would sureh f?™ %M
9
S(i mnd ihi:i numbc oi our
P*Per
t°
who are not subscribers.
«ples oi the ii-ccdom of the press, or
to
hux- ^el !i,M^'
%nfele pastures
route to the Pacific.
have personajly assumed the respon
sibility cJ maintaining these principle
here, and earnestly aik the aid and sym
path)- u" the iriend.s of ircedom and re-
mportaut" Letter from Senatorl tee,
l'C":
W'AHIJINOTOtL Aug 5.1858.
iCdii •••.:* (fix1 i'ioju-ev and Democrat:
There will be no sale of (rovernmenf
,Tl I a S
hllt
,ocat«°»'e
u,)f:"'
f"» W I am confi.
the setflera should prepare them-
S
^'M3
}I!:'r^°! J'•^
or drunk (being one or the other nearly sections upon the lines of the
all the time,) and this, bill passed bosh •!!a)l5oad-
1C
'A
-r than next summer.
a
^ubjf'et to pre-emption at
a re
:l!1(l
each pro-enrptor can
warrant upon the land, the bal-
~5 per acre, he must pay in cash.
tie aoovu is HI answer to numerous iet
i.v me on tiijse subjects.
Truly Yours,
H. M. Kicz.
-&*•'£,,-
CiC -'TlCS.--''Read the biographies of
our gnat good men and women," "says an
exchange
slnot
ii
an ocea
they imy reflect the|toiPa
in),i
lean Senator to Con
ilunl triumph
1
gves? .1111s,U
"Popular Sovereignty.'
And if the Legislator, nbi.'ut te
sen is not permitted to convene, (as it mat/
do only by the caprice oj'Sil ley.) no law
erf* be passed for the election ofthcuuc-j
eessors to Phelps and Ca\cnaugh, and
thus, by Democratic op|osition A ..! the
veto of a corrupt, executive, Minvev,t.i
u'iil fc (lhfiitichi*tl at Wtwkiitqt-.w in
'59 (tnd 'GU, be'•»/ rtprr^ntrd in th: Sen-1
ate find the. asmolh/ hi If. Hire. ,done!
This is the glorious result—tin grind mi-!
mination of these
io-!v
one of them had a fashion-
?. They nearly all sprung from
ur friends at Sauk Rapids, Little
ow Wing, :donticello and othci
Northern Minnesota furnish
onal corres]K»ndeuee about mat
things in t]^v several localities
b?ii. Shields' seati We wan! the [h-morrat to represent th
interest and r'sources of Northern Mini
esuta So w« want facts fr«m all the difl'
nt pl.t.es A Is
misrepr- -Tit tl
\^.
ore our olumns
barolv av fUr wr.
those who do think
opinions of this sec
dvocate [her views cut
such prices as wiP
i- ink an It'j rintimr
TJlfi tiHPPBL
die l.»cmo
Ley dare
.ova rulers
conk
•hew
{0., hlr, fi„,
And this ditdVanehisement ofat5c\er
eigu State through an entire session of an ——•*.«».••. _.
American Congres, this cheating an honest v, IQ -,
constitueucy and iosohmtly fi.rbidimr an *"*'W- tdoud wants anotht
esprespimi'of the popular will—this is louring mill. X. N. Smith sero
Minnesota Democracy away hundreds of bushels of grain weekh
Prom a" D^oirat^ I! '.
St An-thoy Rtpuatiraa that he cannot grind. Thc?e is a fine iy-,
*m
:U
N PARTY.
ice President Bicckinridgo in aspceoh
•ntiy delivered in Kentucky says:
rhc ibipublican party is the strongest
wganizath-u in the Ijniou, unless the
Democratic party is stronger. It is the on
ly great living vital organization that lia
or eau withstand the Democratic party.—
is a powerful, a compact, a hopeful or
ganization "Republicans don't me—
to change tio ir name or their issues tlm-.
arc
powerful, too eonfideii!
for that, and yet you are invited by som.j
Kcntuckiaus to go in with them and fonn
1 people's to break down tlus grea?
dominant party. Don't depreciate
tho atrongth of the Kepublican party.
It- principle are deeper and broader, "ami
its purposes more resolute than anvtbhi»
on the surtiu would indicate. p.u.i un
derate their [wwer.''
R«*nllc,
a
"prived of the opportunity to v*te iu Octo- is niuoh wanted and the proprietors went
ber next, agtrinst iU election giveUb^^lmducemenf to any person erect
candidates for Congress, and of Jhe oppor- ,.,, .,.,.
tunity which such an election would give 'J,!-'
to expose with crushing effect the disJton
est and dfyyrawfulprinciple* and prurticcH
of the whok-^krwvwi T-iU which ns/&\
tojes the State under the -.^sumed name
of "The Democracy of Minnesota*"
Steam Comity, ,,
growing re^«m where a mill
i^* XAVJOATiOX OF THE RJCfi
Ulfm OF TUVXORTl!.
Puvh ^vploruv. Isavc pronounced th:
junction of the Pois de Sioux and Wed
Riur' ., as (lie head of navigation on the
River of the North and nutii a lew
weeks ago, nothing heavier than a canoe
had ever been propelled, cithcrabovc or he
low that-point. By our l:Kt advices from
Breckinridge, wo learn that a drive of sev
eral thousand pine togs, have arrived at
that plae« from Otter Tail Lake, lying she
hundred miles above on the-Red River
and the drivers report that the Indians
tscend and descend, iu their canoes, two
idles above Breckinridge.
