The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-29

News FROM THE UPPER MIssrssIppI-ExrEN-
SION OF TRADE, &C.-The light draught steamer
Cecilia Capt Throckmorton arrived yesterday from the
Upper Mississippi and to her oogng officers are in
debted for the following account from the northern mi
lary posts &cThe q. left ST. Peters the 18th inst:
at that time Major Clark of the United States Army
in command Of Fort Smelling, and had under his COM
mand portion of two companies OF infantry which had
been reduced to company, in consequence OF the
ranks of neither being full The carried up twenty
three recruits and others were coming in from different
quarters Considerable improvements were going onin
and about the fort in repairing and rebuilding quarters
for the officers and soldiers and some repairs were being
made to the Notifications and large number OF mechan
les and aborers work and is the design OF the
commanding officer TO so improve and repair the ola
buildings as 10 make them secure, and If possible,
more comfortable than they ever were. Fort Crawford,
fifty miles in the Interior IL at present occupied by
a company Of volunteers from Wisconsin, under the
command of Capt Morgan. requisition for arms and
stores brought down by the Co and on her return
rumor which reached here short time since, and which
published in several of the papers, concerning
contemplated attack upon the fort by several tribes oil
Indians proves TO be totally without foundation NO DIS
turbance had taken place, nor was any apprehended
The prisoners, whose rescue il said they intended
still Fort Smelling in custody and little or no feel
ing had been expressed by their countrymen concerning
their detention.
On the Cecilia we met with several gentle
men from selkirks settlement, on the Red river
of the North, distance of seven or eight hun
dred miles from St. Peters and lar up IT the British pos
they left the settlement about the first of last month"; and
after fatguiDg journey Of over seven hundred miles
wilderness country reached St Paul, SIX miles
below Fort Smelling the sth inst The company
sisted of forty five and about sixty carts they
have down for the purpose OF purchasing goods in
this city which they will convey back to the settlement
from their point of embarkation in the carts We under
stand them to be no regular organized company, but
merely number OF traders and persons who reside in
the settlement coming together for the mutual safety and
protection OF each other. The whole amount they
pect to purchase will be between $4,000 and 100000
of such goodf most suitable Tor the Indians
of those atitudes The tribes the settlement
and with whom they have in former years carried on
pretty extensive trade with goods furnished by the Hnd
oh ASSN ihaiu Ark
Chippewas Several years since Mr. St Clair lone OF
the gentlemen who is now in the city, with small party
attempted to reach St Louis by the route the pre-
sent Company came he succeeded and found the trip
very profitable since he has declined purchasing
of the company any goods The laws in relation
TO trade by which the settlement is governed allows
each sident import fl00 sterling worth OF merchan
die free of duty OF the kind OF goods most aleable
fi9o will be sufficient to load one of the company's
carts the whole amount will be admitted free, as
resident of the settlement will be with every cart
In the number that have reached this city, notice
the names of St. Clair, Ganick Cook Green, and Nc
Demott In the course of our inquiries, from them we
learned that this settlement formed more than forty
years nnce by the person whose name It bears, and
that it extends along the banks OF North Red River, or
the Red River OF the North, sixty miles, being
succession of huls and small villages, with very few
good houses. The inhabitants principally English
Scotch Canadians and half breeds and number between
eight and thousand they have no laws or form OF
government Of their and are under the cono5 ana
supervision Of those granted TO the iiudsons pay u1
pany many of inhabitants intelligent, ndustr-
Gus people and employed in agriculture raising
stock &c others subsist by hunting and trapping,
extensive trade is carried with the ius comp ~
The climate is said 10 be very healthy ana W. en- ~ ,
70 the raising of several kinds OF gram put tne M
sure and luxurant crop is barley Canpnc r h
established there and many OF the Innapanls a'e ue-
Ia~srs ~ that religion Goods OF every KIND are very
scarce and enormously high the only exchange ior
them is furs every year .uppnes c sas -. ~ ~
Rcd River by the Hudson's Bay Company, but their
.nsoor,aton Is attended with great deal OF difficulty
IRAN 9tanesr II is some four hundred miles from the
mouth Of the river the settlement and in this distance
,h boas have TO hauled out and carried round more
thsn fty different falls. Good sugar Is sold from 80 to
Az cents per b. coffee, 30 cents, common chewing to-
baoco so cents per h. and unbleached cotons 20 and
25 cents per yard and other things in proportion The
gentlemen with whom conversed in relation to this
singular outoftheway place, express themselves well
satisfied with the country in every respects several OF
them natives of the soil; others have been the chill
dren of fortune and in seeking spot to suit their fancy
have at were stumbled into Selkirk. They will have
made their purchases and finished their business by the
latter end OF the present week. and will be prepared to
return the Cecilia TO their place of Decentralization,
there take their land and stretch once
their ways the wilderness. We wish them
a and speedy journey, and hope again to see them
in our city st Louis Era July 30.