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THE MINNESOTIAN.
St. Paul, Minnesota.
SATURDAY, JUNE 19,1852.
THE COrXTRY NORTH OF I'S.
No part of Minnesota has so much de
ceived the early founders of the Territory,
as that situated in the immediate valley
of the Mississippi, and extending north
from the falls of St. Anthony to Crow
Wing. The first year we resided here,
1849, we were accustomed to hear it spo
ken of as a “ barren, sandy waste,” des
titute of timber, and “ a region that would
never be settled.” A brief space of time
lias proved the contrary. That same
year, Mr. William Sturges opened an ex
tensive farm some distance above the
mouth of Elk river, and the result at har
vest time proved that no better land exist
ed anywhere for the production of oats<
corn, potatoes, turnips, &c. Others still
farther north went into the experiment
the same year, among whom were S. B.
Olmstead, at Belle Prairie, a considera
ble distance higher up, and David Gil
man and others at Watab, Sauk Rapids
and thereabouts. All were successful.
We have, from time to time, as occasion
offered, noticed specimens of the products
of this region, all going to show the ex
cellent and prolific character of the coun
try as a farming region.
Men of shrewd observation and tact
have not been slow in discerning the ad
vantages afforded by nature in this quarter;
and the business of farming has rapidly
increased since ’49, almost every mile
along the river. Mr. Beatty and others
at Itasca, Mr. J. Russell and ten or a dozen
more at Sauk Rapids, and Capt. Todd,
near Fort Ripley, have farms now open
and in cultivation that would do credit to
any portion of the States below us. The
Indian farms, also, at Long Prairie and
Crow Wing, both under charge of efficient
public officers, bear witness of what the
•oil of the upper country is capable of do
ing under the hand of the skillful agri
culturist.
But the resources of this region are
not nearly developed. Plenty of good
land remains to be taken up; and as we
have heretofore remarked, no part of Min
nesota affords so good a market, at the far
mer’s very door, for everything he may
raise, as this. The large Indian annuities;
the Government supplies for troops, and
the rapidly increasing amount of consump
tion required to supply the lumbering in
terest, are the sources of the market.—
Transportation of produce to Fort Ripley
from this point cannot be unJprtaVon will)
any prospect of even a small profit, for
less than $1 50 per hundred. With how
much greater advantage, then, can the far
mer in that vicinity supply the demand,
with an enormous profit, than we can here.
The soil being equal, the chances are cer
tainly largely in favor of the Benton coun
ty farmer.
Nor are people who live in that region
any longer “ out of the world,” as the
laying is. With Sauk Rapids we have
steamboat communication twice a week,
and above there the mail is carried regu
larly to Fort Ripley and Crow Wing.—
Our subscribers at the extreme of the
route inform u», that they receive their
papers, three or four days after publica
tion, “as regularly as clock-work.”—
There is very little more inconvenience
in residing up there than anywhere else
upon the Mississippi, and no more danger,
if liquor be kept from the Indians, which
ii a matter the settlers are novv strong
enough to attend to thoroughly them
aelves.
So soon as the Sioux treaties are rati
fied, the region north of us, upon the
west side of the Mississippi, will com
mence to “ bloom and blossom as the
rose.” From the Minnesota river north,
including the region about the lakes im
mediately in the vicinity o{ Fort Snelling;
at the newly discovered lake, Minnetun
ka; the valley of Crow river, and soon up
to the Winnebago line, there is no better
country warmed by the sun, vve are in
formed by those who have explored it.—
Settlers will not be wanting when the
lands are once open. Already, indeed, as
in other parts of the Sioux country, many
of the good spots are claimed.
Every man who puts a ploughshare
into the soil above us, adds so much to
the wealth of St. Paul. We are the far
thest commercial point north that will
ever rise to any magnitude. We then
consider it a matter of duty, not only as
journalists for the Territory at large, but
also as guardians of the immediate interests
of our people right here at home, to point
out the great advantages for settlement
which exist in this yet sraally developed
region. Strangers, as well as citizens,
who have never visited the country above
the Falls, will find nothing to pay better
than to take a trip to Sauk Rapids and
above. We find that all who have been
up, come back delighted.
See Lieut. Simpson’s advertisements
for road proposals. As there is now
scarcely a doubt that the appropriations
to finish these roads will be procured the
present session of Congress, the prospect
of having them speedily completed is de
cidedly good.
PIERCING THRUSTS.
The wit of the Presidential campaign
it beginning to develop itself. Gen.
Pierce—pronounced in New England,
and by all strictly orthodox Yankees
wherever found, as if spelled P-u-r-s-e ,
with the sharp nasal twang upon the first
vowel—is catching it from the Whig
sharp-shooters in all quarters. Here is
one or two items from the Chicago Jour
nal :
“ Quietude. —Since the finale of the
Baltimore Convention was announced,
the Douglas men at home here, appear
to have turned their attention entirely
from political matters and taken to a quiet
life. Last evening wc called in, rather
unceremoniously upon one of them, soci
ally, as a personal friend, and found him
reading one of Cooper’s novels, entitled
‘The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish.”’
“ Senator Douglas pledged the Balti
more Convention that Illinois would give
Pierce a larger majority than any other
State in the Union- This reminds us of
a certain personage promising to give
away all the kingdoms of the earth when
he didn't own one of them."
Then the Cleveland Herald and Ohio
State Journal come in :
“The Northwestern Democrat says
that the vessel run down off Manhattan
by the Northern Indiana was the Lewis
Cass. We think there is some mistake
in this, as the Lewis Cass was run down
on Saturday at Baltimore by the General
Pierce, a small boat from New Hamp
shire.”
The Ohio Statesman says that Gen.
Pierce “ was an officer in the war of
1812.” He was only ten years old at
that time, and the Journal suggests that
he must have belonged to the “ light in
fantry.”
One little item from the Rochester
American is very good :
One of our citizens of New Hamp
shire birth, on being told of Pierce’s
nomination, exclaimed, “My God! how
it will astonish his family !”
A correspondent of one of our exchan
ges relates the following most excellent
one. It is a fine illustration of that spir
it of liberal and generous good-hearted
ness, so characteristic of New Hamp
shire, and New Hampshire politicians
particularly, which is bound so strongly
to recommend the “new man” to the no
ble and whole-souled people of the West
and South, Gov. Steele, of his own
State, speaking at Concord, in response to
the nomination, developed this incident,
which he declared actually occurred in
the lilc of the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency. As a contemporary
truly observes, “ it is one of the most
remarkable instances of benevolence on
record
“ Sir,” said Governor Steele, “ I have
known the whole career of Gen. Pierce,
trom ilic liny lie Aim look, »o*xt in il»i»
hall. I have admired his exploits in
Congress and in Mexico But I have an
incident in my mind which I will relate,
which in my humble judgment, exhibits
the character of the man, in a more illus
trious light than all his efforts in the fo
rum or the field.
“ It was something more than twenty
years ago—Gen. Pierce was somewhat
younger then than he is now. He was
traveling through one of the wester*,
towns in this State; and as he entered
the principal village, he beheld three
boys together eating candy. At a brief
distance he beheld another bov sitting
alone. And that boy was not eating; but
he was crying. Gen. Pierce, feeling in
terested in so strange a circumstance, in
quired into the cause, and ascertained
that he was crying because he had no
money to buy candy. No sooner had he
learned the facts in the case, than, with
that noble generosity which has ever dis
tinguished Pierce through his whole life.
he put his hand in his pocket, drew forth
a cent, bought a stick of candy and gave
it to the boy , although the boy was a total
stranger to Gen. Pierce!”
Cincinnati Gazette. —Weare pleas
to see among the many new exchanges we
have received, the old “ Liberty Hall and
Cincinnati Gazette" —one of the oldest
and best conducted papers in the West.—
Any one desiring a good paper from the
“ Queen City ” cannot make choice of a
better than the Gazette.— lllinois Paper
Wc say so too. To us from the days
of infancy, the “ old Gazette ” has been,
more than any other journal, our standard
ol political faith. It keeps up its charac
ter as in days gone by, not only as one of
the soundest political journals in the land,
but as a news and business paper of the
very first order. It has recently been
much improved in appearance.
Bo at building.— lf the size of boats
for the Mississippi, continues to increase,
they will soon have to be built elsewhere
than above the Falls of the Ohio. No
such boat as the Ben Campbell, can be
taken through the canal at Louisville; and
it was at great risk that that boat was
run down over the Falls of the Ohio.
— Pioneer.
Our neighbor appears to be ignorant of
the class ot the Ohio river boats general
ly, and of the capacity of the canal locks.
The first class of boats upon that river
have always been built too large for the
canal. This is the case with three-fourths
of the tonnage there in use. There is no
danger in going over the falls four of five
months in the year.
Sickness on the Plains.— The ac
counts from the plains show, that the
f , i 1 ’ las m ade its appearance, with fa
tal eflect, m some of the trains, while oth
mre-.Vh- enlire .'y <ree from it. It made
di « d . S i.Se‘''Sdl»s!
Facts and Fancies.
The unconquerable West Newton was
to leave Galena yesterday morning, and
will be here to-day, perhaps before we
go to press. If so, we can probably give
our readers the result of the Whig Na
tional Convention. Mr. Wood, of the
Newton, always brings us news later
than that received from any other quar
ter.
Monday morning last, brought to our
landing another one of those elegant and
unsurpassed steam-packets of which the
waters of the Upper Mississippi have llie
present season been so prolific. The Ben
Campbell, long expected and anxiously
looked for, came in between eight and
nine o’clock of that morning and was, as a
matter of course, boarded instantly by the
greater part of St. Paul. A glance was
sufficient to convince us that few such
boats—in all probability none—in point
of strength, durability and complete finish
throughout every department, had ever
visited these waters, if we except the
Die V ernon, and she is not superior. The
Ben is a steamboat from the keel to the
top of her chimneys, and would so be con
sidered in any port of the United States,
East or West. She has been built under
the immediate superintendence of her able
commander, Capt. M. W. Lodwick, with
out reference to cost in any particular.
No better or more substantial hull have
we ever seen afloat. Forward and aft, the
timbers are ol the best seasoned white-oak,
with extra bolts and fastenings. Outside,
she is sheeted with boiler-plate. It ap
pears when examining her hull, that the
ice of Lake Pepin, or even the boulders
above Fort Snelling, which so annoy our
St. Anthony friends, would stand very
little chance in a contest with her. Her
machinery is also an article of the very
best Pittsburgh manufacture, with all the
latest improvements. It appears almost im
possible for any part of it to become deran
ged so as to produce the slightest acci
dent, without the engineer having pre
vious warning that something is wrong.
The “ doctor ” is a complete and thorough
practitioner—one that will not prove neg
ligent of his important and responsible
duty. Attached is a fire engine and ap
paratus, which will flood any part of the
boat in three minutes. The engine room
and deck quarters are high, cleanly, com
fortable and airy. No better plan
for an emigrant boat could possibly
be adopted. Notwithstanding the im
mensity of the machinery, and the sub
stantial and iron-bound character of the
hull, the Ben is a very light draught boat
for ner size. Capt. Lodwick lntorins us
that he can carry 150 passengers, and
their baggage, and 50 tons of freight, on
three feet water. The cabin is a gem. —
Nothing could be more neat or in better
taste. The saloons are high, wide and
well proportioned, and the state rooms
as large and comfortable, and as well fur
nished and fitted up, as the sleeping apart
ments of the best hotels of our Western
cities. There is no gold finish about the
cabin, but the style is equally or more
costly, and muclunore pleasing to the eye.
A goodly number of Galenians and others
from below, were passengers this first
trip. They all speak of the boat and her
accomodations in terms of the highest
praise. Her worthy and enterprising
Captain is so well known in these waters,
that it is unnecessary for us to say aught
of him here. We regret to find him in
rather poor health, from constant labor
and exposure the past seven months, in
superintending the construction of his
boat. The buoyant atmosphere and bra
cing breezes of the Upper Mississippi
will soon bring him out, however. Of
the strangers among the officers, there is
Mr. Thomas E. Patterson, the accomplish
ed clerk, an Ohio river boatman, who, as
he hails from our own old “stamping
ground,” wc can endorse as a gentleman
of easy and accommodating manners ; at
home in all the various branches of his
business; good looking, and, we believe,
we can safely whisper to the ladies, a
bachelor. Our old Stillwater friend, Mr.
Parker, occupies the post of assistant
clerk. The other officers are all careful,
competent men in their various depart
ments of business. With others of St.
Paul, we took a trip to Fort Snelling upon
this magnificent craft; and what we have
said, and much more we could say, but
must defer for want of space, is the re
sult of our observation and experience.
We cheerfully, with pleasure, and from a
sense ol justice, recommend her to the
whole of mankind, from every quarter of
the world, who henceforward may desire
to go out upon the waters of the Upper
Mississippi. With our friends of the
Galena Advertiser we remark: “Of the
‘ Be » Campbell ’ and Benj. H. Campbell,
we can say, and we believe a majority of
citizens will join us—each ought to be
proud of the other ; the one as a model
boat, for power, speed and comfort; and
the other as the high-minded, honorable
merchant, and the active and successful
business man.” We now leave the Ben
and her enterprising owners and officers,
by adding hereto what is said of her by a
Pittsburgh contemporary, a place where
they know more about what constitutes a
first-class steamboat, than perhaps any!
other point on the navigable waters of
the West:
“Another Floating Palace.—Cap
tain Lodwick’s new and beautiful steam
er, Ben Campbell, is nearly completed.—
She will leave for her destination this
evening or to-morrow. The following
are her dimensions: Length of deck,
200 feet; beam, 29 1-2 feet; hold 5 feet.
The hull was built by Messrs. E. & N.
Porter & Co., of Shousetown. She is a
fine model, built with seasoned materials,
with an extra quantity of fastenings ; and
is certain to be a fast boat. The Engines
were built by Messrs. Warden & Lea.—
Her cylinders are 18 1-2 inches in diame
ter, with 6 feet stroke. She has three
boilers, 40 inches in diameter, 24 feet
long. She is also furnished with a “doc
tor,” fire engine, hose, and all the neces
sary accompaniments. Her wheels are
26 feet in diameter, with 10 feet buckets.
The cabin is one of the handsomest yet
built at this place. It was designed by
Mr. Charles Goering, and built by Messrs.
James Millinger, superintended by Goer
ing. The style is new, state rooms large
and convenient, with various late improve
ments. It will compare favorably with
any boat yet turned out anywhere. She
can accommodate one hundred passengers
with state-rooms. The cabin outfit is
precisely the same as our best Cincinnati
packets, which is sufficient recommenda
tion for any boat.
The painting was executed by Mr.
Win. Lees. She is furnished with fancy
stained glass, manufactured expressly for
her, by Messrs. Rhodes & Nelson, which
is a splendid article. The Looking Glass
es were furnished by Mr. J. J. Gillespie,
of Wood street. The guilding in the
boat will be executed by Mr. Gillespie.
The furniture is of the’ best materials,
and manufactured in a superior manner,
by Messrs. Thomas B. Young & Co , of
Smithfield street. This job will add an
other feather in their cap. The Uphol
stery was furnished by Messrs. E. Ed
mundson & Co.; the blacksmith work by
Messrs. Gracey & M’Kee ; Stoves and
Tinware by Messrs. Kean & Keller;
Bell and Brass work by A. Fulton. The
Lamps and Queensware outfit and Silver
ware were furnished by Messrs. Massey
& Caldwell. The blocks, tackles and
rigging, were furnished by Messrs. Dav
age &, Roberts.
So much for the boat. She is complete
in all her various departments, both in
regard to finish and furnishing. The
Campbell was built under the superin
tendence of Capt. Lodwick, by whom
she will be commanded. The Captain and
owners may well feel proud of the fine
specimen of a Western steamer embodid
in this boat. Captain L., during his so
journ among us, has made hosts of friends,
and leaves our city with the impression
that Pittsburgh is the place to build
steamboats. We hope soon to see the
Captain again in our city.
The Ben Campbell is intended as a
mail packet from Galena to St. Paul,
Minnesota. Our friends of the St. Louis
press will please examine her, and let us
hear their opinion.
A splendid suit of colors was present
ed to her by Mr. Campbell.”
One of the nealert and most appropri
ate presents we have ever seen, left St.
Paul last Monday, in the hands of C. J.
Henniss, Esq., to be presented to Presi
dent Fillmore. It was a neatly finished
cane, of water-beech, composed of two
branches, growing about four inches
apart, at right angles with Abe main limb
of the tree. The portion of the limb be
tween the branches remains attached, as
it grew, and serves as a hand-piece to the
cane. The branches are platted together ;
the head and knots silver mounted; and
upon a plate attached to the hand-piece
the words—“ The Compromise,” beauti
fully engraved. This is intended to indi
cate the name of the cane. Upon one ex
treme ol the hand-piece is the word
“North,” upon the other “South.”—
The small silver plates covering the
knots of the branch extending downward
Iroin the “North” end, have engraved
upon them the names of Webster, Doug
las, Cass and Scott, and upon the “ South”
branch, the names of Clay, Foote and
other leading statesmen who advocated
and secured the passage of the great
Compromise Measures. L’pon another
plate at the top, are the names of the do
nor and donee, “Jonathan E. McKusick
to President I illmorc.” The design is
most happily conceived, and the execu
tion chaste and beautiful. The whole af
fair does great credit to the head and
heart of Mr. McKusick, one of Mr.
Fillmore’s wannest friends in Minnesota.
The Galena and Minnesota U. S. mail
line is now complete. The Ben Camp
bell leaves here on Mondays, the Nomi
nee Thursdays, and the Dr. Franklin
Saturdays. These, with the two weekly
trips of the West Newton, give us five
arrivals from Galena per week. With
the three St. Louis boats, the St. Paul, Dr.
Franklin No. 2 and Excelsior, we have
more than an average of six arrivals per
week. This will do. Some may think
the trade is overdone ; but it has no such
appearance, judging from the crowded
and loaded state in which all the boats
come into St. Paul, even after discharg
ing half their freight and passengers be
low Lake St. Croix.
It will be seen by her card, that the
West Newton has changed her hours of
departure from St. Paul. She now leaves
oil Wednesday mornings and Saturday
evenings. We also invite attention to
the card of her passengers in another col
umn.
This is Court week at Sauk Rapids,
Judge Meeker presiding. Several of our
attorneys went up, some of whom have
returned.
We invite the attention of those trav
eling below Galena to the card of the
splendid packet, Brunette, which will be
found in our advertising columns to-day.
The Brunette is entirely new, having
been in the trade only a few weeks, and
is commanded by that polite gentleman
and efficient officer, Capt. Chas. Barger,
who many of our citizens will remember
as the former popular commander of the
Danube. Ladies and gentlemen of St.
Louis, and other points below', who have
traveled upon the Brunette, speak of her
accommodations as being unsurpassed any
where upon the waters of the Western
rivers or lakes. As one of our neigh
bors remarks, what a change has taken
place in a very few years in the class of
boats navigating the Upper Mississippi!
Wc defy the whole country to produce
more comfortable, safe, elegant and luxu
rious steamers than the four new ones
now in the trade above St. Louis, viz :
The Golden Era, Brunette. St. Paul and
Ben Campbell.
The improvements now going on at
our steamboat landings give strangers an
idea of the material which constitutes St.
Paul energy and public spirit. The
bridge across the slough at the upper
landing is completed, and a fine, substan
tial structure it is, too. Messrs. Steele
and Randall are making extensive addi
tions to the lower landing between Jack
son and Roberts streets. Capt. Monfort,
well know r n upon the Western waters as
one of our most popular and efficient riv
er men, has removed to St. Paul, and is
building a wharf boat to be stationed at
this point. En passant —that defiant
chicken-cock, stationed atop the jack
staff of the West Newton, is an idea of
Monfort’s. Who else would have thought
of it? Messrs. Spencer, Kirkpatrick
& Markley are also extending the levee
in front of their warehouse, and arc now
ready to receive goods and transact busi
ness. It is a mistaken idea to suppose
that this “ filling out” into the river will
injure the channel.
Our town has been overrun with edi
tors from below the past few days. By
the Wc;t Newton cn Wednesday morning,
we had Messrs. La Cossett, of the Mus
catine Enquirer, McCormick, of the Mus
catine Journal, Bracket of the Rock Is
land Advertiser, Moulton, of the Mon
roe, Wis., Sentinel, and Sweeney, of the
Galena Jeffersonian ; and by the Nominee,
the same evening, came our friend Wood,
of the Dubuque Tribune. Wc only
wanted Dr. Holt, of the Dubuque Her
ald, Johnson, of the Galena Advertiser,
Saunders, of the Davenport Gazette, and
Morgan or M’Kenny, of the Burlington
Telegraph, to make the party complete.
However, we believe they have enjoyed
themselves, and we hope will each be
able to make a good report of Minnesota
when they return home. We would in
form their friends and neighbors, that so
far as we have had opportunity of judg
ing, their conduct while here lias not only
been unexceptionable, but exemplary.
The Doctor Franklin was here at five
o'clock last evening—in good time. We
find no news in the papers of importance.
Meagher, the Irish patriot, has perempto
rily declined, in an eloquent letter, the
grand ovation offered him by the corpora
tion of New York. Mr. Oakes who ar
rived home by the Doctor, learned at Ga
lena that a large emigrating party of Swiss
were on the road between that city and
Chicago, destined for Minnesota.
Among the list of passengers by the
Nominee on Wednesday evening, were
our fellow-citizens, Rev. Mr. Neill and
C. L. Willes, Esq., the latter accompan
ied by a lady who comes to Minnesota as
Mrs. W. Our young men are playing
the very mischief this year. Scarcely
one of them returns from below but they
are metamorphosed into Benedicks.
Well, this is all rational and sensible,
we have no doubt. All hands are wel
come home.
Daniel Hopkins, one of the oldest and
most favorably known business men of
Minnesota, died on board the Dr. Frank
lin No. 2, last Tuesday morning, a short
distance below St. Paul. He had been
to St. Louis to purchase goods, and was
returning with a large stock. He was
accompanied by one of his sons, and it
appears was attacked while asleep, by a
malady resembling apoplexy, and died
very suddenly. Mr. Hopkins was a so
ber, industlious and strictly upright man,
and during a long residence here had ac
quired the universal respect of his fel
low-citizens.
Our neighbor, Mr. Gibson, has sent us
a mess of peas, grown in his garden—
the first of the season of Minnesota pro
duct. The mess was small, it is true,
but the peas were large and full grown.
How far ahead of us are our Galena
neighbors in this luxury of the season ?
Strawberries are now' ripe, and are
plentifully gathered upon the open com
mons about St. Paul. Here again we
are ahead of our neighbors farther south.
By a handbill issued from the Pioneer
office, we noticed that the Democrats were
to hold a meeting last evening at the Court
House, to respond to the nomination of
Pieice and King.
Col. Goodhue, we discover, has launch
ed his new ferry-boat at the lower land
ing, and will have it running in a week or
two. The horse-power is here, and will
be put aboard forthwith. It is thought
this craft will not be quite as fast as the
West Newton, but still she will answer
every purpose intended. Competent and
faithful engineers will have charge of the
motive power, and explosions need not
be dreaded, judging of what we have
heard of the machinery. Seriously, the
Colonel’s ferry will be a great accommo
dation to the people on both sides the
river.
Richard Hughes, (not Robert) a Welsh
man by birth, and a man originally of good
mind and judgment, but a victim to in
temperance, fell from the bluff opposite
the Fremont House on Tuesday evening
last, while engaged in feeding a pet bear,
and is no doubt now at the bottom of the
river, food for fishes. A rather s'range
coincidence is the fact, that the original
owner of this bear, a discharged soldier
named Riley, tumbled from the same spot
about ten months ago, and was drowned.
We learn this morning that the Doctor
Franklin, in passing by the spot last eve
ning where Hughes was drowned, resur
rected his body, and so he will receive the
rites of Christian burial.
The article upon Minnesota and the West,
on our first pige, headed “hints to em
igrants,” will be found interesting even
to old and thoroughly initiated Minneso
tians. Mr. Matthews, the author, has
doubtless been among us, although we do
not now recollect him. It will be seen
that he writes as a sensible man should,
without prejudice or narrowness of obser
vation. Read what he says.
We continue to have dry, warm weath
er. Rain is needed, although the crops
are not yet suffering to any great extent.
Wc have had a slight shower or two since
our last, but not sufficient to do much
good. The crops look well in the coun
try, wc are informed, particularly in the
neighborhood of Red Rock and Cottage
Grove, where some fields of corn are knee
high.
Through the energy of the ladies be
longing to Mr. Neill’s congregation, an
elegant organ is about to be added to the
choir. We have heretofore had occasion
to speak of the determined, go-ahead spir
it of these women. It didn't take them
long, when once in the humor, to raise
the necessary amount to make the pur
chase.
We learn from Mr. Wood of the Du
buque Tribune, that the cholera has en
tirely disappeared from that city.
The new retreat at the cave above
town, will be opened for visitors in a few
days. It will be a delightful place to pass
a hot afternoon.
The Winnebago payment had not taken
place at last accounts. The contempla
ted payment of the Mississippi Indians at
Watab was dispensed with, owing to the
fact, as we learn, that the military officers
were unable to furnish the troops desir
ed.
The provisions contracted for at the
recent letting of Indian supplies arc arri
ving. We noticed that the portion for the
Sioux taken by Mr. Hempstead of Gale
na, arrived by the Ben Campbell.
Early these pleasant June inori ings.
with a slight breeze from the South, those
new-fashioned whistles, or horns, such
as arc carried by the St. Paul, Ben Camp
bell, !• rank!in No. 2, &c.; can be heard
plainly at Mr. Odell’s, across the river,
when the boats are at Point Douglas, at
least twenty miles distant on an air line.
Willoughby & Powers have a fresh
card in this day’s Minnesolian, which is
worthy the attention of strangers and citi
zens. They will receive some more new
and elegant carriages in a few days.
The question of jurisdiction between
the old and new Town Council has been
settled. A mandamus, served upon the
old board by the members of the new,
has been argued before his Honor, Chief
Justice Fuller, who has decided in favor
of the latter. Michael Cummings lias
been appointed Marshal since the new
board was organized, vice Truinan M.
Smith, removed. The board will hereaf
ter meet at ’Squire Lott’s office, on Third
street. The next meeting is Monday af
ternoon, at three o’clock.
We have just heard of a ease where
St. Paul was reached by an immigrant
under somewhat extraordinary difficulties.
Mr. MeGarvey, an Irishman, left Schtijl
kill Co., Pa., in May, 1851, for Minneso
ta. By some mistake or carelessness on
the part of the steamboat officers at De
troit, be was carried to the Sault Ste.
Marie, and shipped up Lake Superior to
a place known as the Minnesota Mines,
near the head of the lake. Here his
means gave out, and he was compelled to
remain a year before he could accumulate
sufficient to reach his destination. We
rather guess he’ll stay now.
Our fellow-citizen, Mr. Nichols, of
the firm of Conway &. Nichols, who has
been absent since last fall, came passen
ger on the West Newton, Wednesday.—
Lithograph copies of his elegant map of
St. Paul will be ready for distribution in
a few days.
The new hotel at the upper landing is
nearly completed. We have not yet had
an opportunity of examining it, but judg
ing from the very extensive bill of fur
nishing goods which Mr. Daniels yester
day purchased at the “ World’s Fair,” it
is to be fitted up in rather luxurious
style. It evinces the right spirit not to be
running “below” for these things, when
they can be just as well and cheaply sup
plied at home.
Mr. Holland, one of our county asses
sors, is engaged in taking the census of
St. Paul lie has not yet finished, hut is
able to say the population will run pretty
well up between two and three thousand.
Considering the large number of our citi
zens of last year who have removed
across the river upon the Indian lands,
this shows a good and substantial increase.
The health of our town was never bet
ter, or future prospects among its people
more promising, taking it for granted that
our treaties will be ratified.
Our neighbors of St. Anthony, in ad
dition to the incubus which weighs alike
upon them and other parts of the Terri
tory, owing to the delay of the treaties,
are still suffering seriously from the ef
fects of the arbitrary one man power. —
We could name places where such con
duct would not. be borne with the patience
it is at St. Anthony.
The Mississippi Boom is now complet
ed, and ihe logs from Rum river are com
ing down and being concentrated therein.
Five hundred thousand feet of logs, cut
by Mr. Axtcll and others on Flat river,
wititcr before last, have been got out this
spring.
Destructive Fire at Montreal,
Montreal, June 7.
A fire commenced at 6 o’clock vestcr
day morning in a carpenter’s shop’on St.
Peter’s street, corner of Lcmoine, which
was destroyed ; the residence of J. Mar
tin, adjoining, was also destroyed, and
two of his children burned to death.—
The fire extended to the old Standard
Church which was destroyed, as also Ma
hony’s dwelling house and the store of
Rynn, Brothers &. Co. The southwest
wind carried the fire to St. Paul street,
destroying the roofs of several houses in
passage. In that street, the buildings oc
cupied as ihc custom’s department, Sey
mour St Whitney’s store, Ogleby Wood,
dry goods, Scott & Lyne. dry goods, and
a number of others were destroyed.
Loss estimated roughly at a million of
dollars. Further particulars arc expect
ed.
Cincinnati, June 8.
The cholera broke out at Maysville,
Ky., on Saturday, since when 26 cases
and 20 deaths have occurred ; 4 cases not
expected to live. All the deaths had oc
curred within half a square. Among the
deaths were Mrs. Rush and three daugh
ters.
New York. June 8
Kossuth arrived at the Irving House
last evening. It is said that he remains
until the arrival ol his mother and family
from England.
Portland, June 9
At the special flection held in the 4th
Congressional district, Maine, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Chas.
Andrews, lion. Isaac Read, Whig, of
Waldoboro, was elected by 600 majority.
Indian Treaties. —We learn that the
announcement published by some of our
contemporaries in other cities, of the rati
fication by the Senate of the treaty nego
tiated with the Sioux Indians for the sur
render of their lands in the Northwest,is
premature. The treaty ratified in execu
tive session during the present week was
the Fort Laramie treaty. — Washington
Republic.
An account in the St. Louis Intelligen
cer shows that since the l»t of January
there have been twenty-five steamboat
accidents from the following causes:—
Whole number of accidents. 25; caused
by sinking, 10; explosions, 8; burning,
6; collapse, 1 ; boats totally destroyed,
18; whole number of lives lost, (estima
ted,) 250. The loss of properly we
have no means of learning; hut. judging
from the number and nature of Ihe acci
dents, it must have been great indeed.
Cholera in Cincinnati.— John S.
Igleliart, Hour merchant, died in Cincin
nati, last week. Several other cases arc
noticed as having occurred about the
same time.
Accident to the Golden Era.—
This popular boat, on her laic trip up,
first night out of St. Louis, when near
the town of Hamburgh, ran on a snag,
which penetrated ihe starboard guard just
in rear of the forward gangway, tore up
the planking and carried away some ten
or twelve feet of the boiler deck over it.
The boat was detained but an hour or so.
No damage was done the hull.— Galena
Advertiser.
Important to bounty Land Claim
ants. Mr. Heath the Commissioner of
Pensions, has given notice that many who
have failed to receive land warrants of
forty and eighty acres, under the act of
28th September, 1850, will be entitled
thereto on prool of additional service as
certained by the distance traveled at the
period of enrollment and discharge—one
day being allowed for every twenty miles
of such distance. The place of enroll
ment, and the place from which tire com
pany marched, under officers, as well as
the point where the claimant was muster
ed into service, and the distance between
each, must all be stated and attested by
two witnesses, certified to be credible.
Huge Clipper Ship. — There is now
on the slocks at Boston a clipper ship
which will navigate 2,300 tons, and will
be the largest merchantman in the world.
Her builder means she shall likewise be
fastest.