New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-02

Ste. Marie by the Military force there ststioneo'-
Heaven grant me 10 see the day when Internal
improvements shall be everywhere and STAINING
Armies nowhere
There are something like fifty or sixty dwell
Hngs ranging from tolersble to execrAole scattered
about On our side Of the Saut and perhaps as many
On the British side. still more scattered. The
whsrves and the new buildings are all on our side
presume most Of the trade is ours though the To-
dian and the Fur trade infer is chiefly with the
British. There 10 little Agriculture on the British
side and still less On ours which IS partially ex-
planned BY the facts already stated that no man Is
allowed TO own land or erect fences The soil Is
cold, rocky, swsmpy in the main, but strong, and
much Of it very good for Potatoes. Oats Grass and
many Vegetables. The cold spray and heavy
dews caused by the Fall are said TO Kill even those
Fruits that would otherwise brave the severity Of
the climate the Appletree lives bat will not bear
even the Cherry, which IL prolific at Macknsw. Is
barren atthe Saut The Grape and the Peach are
Of course unknown through all this region. Neces-
sarly the food Of the people is in good part flesh.
or rather fish. in which the Lakes and streams
abound. and which are caught abundanily at the
Ssut and elsewhere The Indians are expert hsh-
ermen with the gillnet
Coming no from the Saul 10 the mild sunshine
Of Yesterday, was struck with pleasant illusion
which may be worth mentioning. Where the
Strait has acquired width Of three TO FIVE miles,
the British shore swells gradually upward TO gen
tie elevation Of perhaps two hundred feet at the
distance Of 6 mile from the water This slope Is
timbered in good part with the dark Evergreens
which prevail in this region but at intervals with
the Poplar, White Birch, &c. now Just In the dell
cate light green Of the early leaf as remarked on
the isles of Lake Huron. The contrast between
these two kinds Of foliage, here at the proper
distance gave wildly the appearance OF an inter
mingling Of forest with glossy glades and gram
fields. such as is exhibited at this season on the
Hudson. Delaware. or Connecticut and ] looked
at first earnestly for the farm houses and barns
which should dot this scene Of rural industry
need not say there were none such within many
weary mile and that gazed but on the ragged see
merry OF sterile and solitary region, ,ransenty soft
ened by the gentle though tardy influence OF Spring
To-day has been admirably adapted TO great
coats bat for the wind which still bellows, we
should have a smart frost in the morning IL was
something after when the sun went down It Is
now midnight, and daybreak is but two hours off,
Let those who choose bark their shins In climbing
the North Pole do not care ever to be degree
nearer IT, at least on this Continent The Winters
though long, are comfortably mild here on the
Point, nearly surrounded by deep, unireezing wa
ter but farther down, and back from the Lake, !
hear that the late Winter was even perilously
stern the mercury remaining many degrees below
zero for weeks rendering outdoor labor almost i'm
possible Here the snow lay long and deep; but
the cold was not excessive. Still, there is time
for all things, and either | or the Clerk OF the
Weather has made mistake, for ! intended to
come here in Summer.
p. 5. Tuesday, June l5.-My hope was griev-
ously disappointed. We lay behind Point Keewe-
nav % hours, during most Of which the breeze
ahead was Just such North River sloop would
have delighted to sail against Al asst about6 last
evening even this wind luled, and we weighed an
Choir bat now smoke pipe was choked our en-
CINE did not work for some hours what little
breeze we had was still ahead and we crawled
slowly by Copper Hsrbor, and this morning by Ea
gle Hsrbor, and are now going into Eagle River
our boat ultimate utstlDdtipu luc Juhh
weighed anchor before US, ran into Copper Harbor
ahead, aud has just gone into Eagle River ahead OF
us. We who want to land at Copper or Eagle
Harbor will have the pleasure of a voyage back so
far wind and weather permitting
These triaing details are given that the public
may have some idea Of the wants of the West IN
the matter of Harbors. &c. All the land on our
shore of Lake Superior, with the Islands, belongs
90 the Federal Government, which has set large
price on good part of it and expects to sell it at
that price But on the whole Lake there is not
Light House nor any other Harbor than such holes
in the rock bound coast Nature has perforated.
Not dollar has ever been spent on them nothing
done bat to prevent individuals improving at the
Saul The facilities for travel are such as might
be expected in such a region and these apologies
for Harbors can only be entered when the wind ia
vors Ought not the Government to spend a small
part of the money which citizens stand ready to pay
for these lands soon as they are ready for sale,
to render them accessible. Is not this the dictate
alike of Policy and of Dutyl H.e.