Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-08

The Rev Territory se ninesots.
The Toledo Blade furnishes the following In.
terestine sketch Of this new Territory:
ut Is b,onded on the north BY Csusda West;
on tho east BY Michigan and Wisconsin on
the su'h by the parallel Of 43 degrees 30 min
! utes. which is the most northpr line Of Iowa !;
and on the west BY the river Sioux and Red
River Of the North. The line separating Mi.
nesota from Michigan ia in Lake Superior, aud
| that separating it from Wisconsin passes along
Lake Superior to the Fall of the s.. Lnus river
and thence svuth till it strikes the river ST.
C'ox, which 1t follows 10 the Mississipp.
Therce down The Mississippi to latitude 43a,
J the place Of beginning.
embraced within these boundaries here are
about 90 600 .qusre miles. equal TO 6s0U,OO
| Of scrca II is ia nearly the same latitude as
the State of Maine. In nres it"xcceds the Is.
land of Great Britain. aud it is az large ~ New
| York and Pennsylvsnis. For the production Of
wheat aud the gra,ses its coil and climate are
| favorable. Now il appears TO the people Of the
| United States 40 extremely distant und interior.
So did Wisconsin & teen years ago. 10 com
! aercial advantages, il will not he one Of tho
most favored fthe States, nor yet one ot the
l,nst.
BY means Of Lake Superior. on which il bnr
dprs for more than ono hundred miles, from
Pigeon River to Fond du Lac. its northern AMI
middle portion will have cheap communication
with al the Lake shores, and the Atlantic, and
through the Upper Mississippi and S,. Peters
Rivers, will hold easy intercourse with the
whole great valley below. Lake Superior az
fords abundance Of good harbors, and the Mis-
sissippi offers fine nav igstion up to the Falls Of
ST. Anthony, more thsn 100 mies above the
southern boundary Of Minnesota. With the ex.
ceplion Of its western portion. it is well water.
ed by rivers and lakes. Its lake border is rich
in meta:iferous depos,es.
"Trhe mos, impor,an, poin's in Minnesota al
present, and probably for all time To come, are
| Fond du Lac, at the western extremity Of Lake
Superior, and Fort Smelling. near the Falls OF
st. Anthony. With many its cold climate will
be an objection. II is pretty well north, but if a
man wishes to raise vigorous family (and We
know OF nothing more desirabr) he will much
sooner seek home in Minnesota than in Texas
There is. however. abundant 'oom. as yet, this
side Of that territory. Northwestern Ohio. VI
chig.n and w econsin should first be settled"
Lieut.. WILLIAM PRrCE. nf Illinois, Who wa.
killed in the battle of Bueua Vista, wa. seven
iytwo years old. A correspondent o' the New
York Post says he had left home of nfF1uencs
end ease. with the expressed wish ~ die in III.
eervice Of his country, and, ifneed be. on Tho
field Of baule.-"They cannot cheat ,ne out o
mony yesrs." said he. When ord,r'd with IL.
battalion. like forlorn hope. to the trying con
test in the mountains. he exclaimed with iool
Of Joy, as he drew his sword: "Now, boys, TIL
looks like doing something" The enemy tri
umphed over his fall. supposne him TO be Gen
Wool.
The same writer ,hua sl'r'lrs to the death a
noble Grrmsn in the fsrcely contested BATH
Of Buens Vista:
In the same part Of the field. and about th
same time with Clay, Mckee and Hardin. ana
,her fell. pierced by a lance, whose name
worthy Of place in the rolls OF t,me-priva'
Alexander Kunxe, Of Company II. ID Reg
Of Illinois. The writer was honored with hi
friendship, und had an opportunity Of knowp
him WELL being q member of the same compan
and his tent mate. HIS conduct on the fel
was most soldierly, cool, calm. deliberate on
prompt in obeying orders His courage wa
, conspicuous, even in the moment Of his des,f
when he refused TO surrender. Except br'
ther in South America, he lef no rela ives o
this continent. Ills widowed norher lives
, Bueckeburg, in Hsnover. near 10 his ra'ive c
. ty. Hamburg. lie received . splendid educ,
tion at the Universities Of Jena aLd Goettipgci
He had been but . yeAI ia the United State
when he joined our regiment in Ahon. width,
he had come to volunteer. from Wisconsin n =
His motives in taking this step were, III,
. he might serve the u try, whose cons,
tuition he respected before all other systems
government, and to crafty his curiosity in a ne
mode Of life, by seeing Mexico, and observing
he die with philosophIc eye, the charsc,
' Of her people and institutions. The writer pr
mseG much pleasure To himself in lravclir
with him through this country. lie was tive
iy-seven years OF age, and profsbly the mo
q learned man in the army. HIS knowledge
Il phiology was accurate and profound. Sue
II was his familiarity with the Latin. that by o,