Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-10-24
From the s.. LOui. Daily UniOn.l


nnesota-I Beauties
OF all the papers with which we exchange, we C ONE
across none more spirited and raey than the Mime sofa
papers. They always come to as filled with well WRIT
ten and amusing local items, and as the territory Is new,
so also is the style Of their editorials entirely original
with them They work trifes up into long and amusing
articles, and generally contain more well written matter
than MANY old established papers in the States.
Minnesota is fast rising in Importance, and Will, we
doubt not, ere long contain a large. and fast increasing
population, for there are already large numbers emigra-
ting from the Eastern and Middle States, and settling
in different parts of the new territory. The climate IS
healthy, and the soil rich and productive. There are
likewise immense pineries, furnishing great quantities oil
lumber, which is shipped down the river, and this alone
forms an important article of trade. The country al
fords great facilities for farming, and many experienced
farmers have already settled there, and are rapidly i'm
proving their land, which will yield them a rich return
for their labor. ST. Paul is already a place OF some I'M
portance, and is rapidly increasing Several boats al
ready run there regularly, and when there Is, as there
soon will be. a railroad from Dubuque 10 81. Paul, the
business of the latter place will be increased tenfold.
Nature and art unite to make Minnesota one of the
greatest points, not only for business, but also Tor pleas
ure, in the Union. In some parts the country IS steep
and billy, in others we find clear level prairies interspers-
ed with beautiful lakes, so beautiful that they appear al
most like artificial bodies OF water, where the hand Of
art has been exerted TO the utmost TO adOrn and beautfy
them. These lakes abound in all kinds Of delicious fish,
pike, salmon, trout, &c, and are all TO be found there in
such abundance that they can be seen swimming about on
cooked. Game of all kinds IS abundant, and during the
hunting season many of the spOrtsmen cOnld find much
finer game and much finer sport in Minnesota than else
where. They can at any time come across deer, and
they will sometimes even fall in with a buffalo. And
birds Of all kinds they can have here from the quail 10
the crow, If such they fancy.
To a person wishing 10 see the real West-that is, the
West where civilization has not as yet made the first
step towards Improvement, where the poor Indians con-
tinue to dwell, hunting and fishing, as did their forefath-
ers, and living in their primitive simplicity, II is now
at present like the stepping-of place, where the busy
din OF business and the improvements of civilization are
at an end, and from whence they can look at Nature In
all her grandness and simplicity. Aud when there, by
what grand and magnificent scenery are they surround
ed hills and Wales, covered with majestic forest trees,
their different foliage, light and dark, mingling together,
and forming a picture far more beautiful than could be
produced by the hands of the greatest artist; here and
there fine lakes in the midst of forests, lakes on which
can yet be seen the Indians, padding their light canoes,
either for pleasure, or to convey themselves trom place
to place, in search of game, fruits and FISH, for their
nourishment. To persons who, season after season, Wis.
it fashionable places of summer resort, such as Sarato-
go, Newport, Rockaway, &C., where the pleasures and
pastimes of each season are but a continual repetition OF
what they have seen and what they have done, over and
over again, at the same places, until, as far as change
of scene is concerned, they might as well remain at home,
how much more delighted they would be If they could
but persuade themselves to abandon what are considered
the places of fashionable resort, and direct their course
to Minnesota instead, where all is new, and where the
scenery is, at the same time, much more varied and
beautiful than they can find elsewhere.
The day is not far distant, when persons seeking pleas.
IRE during the sultry summer months will 90 to the
western watering places in preference to the eastern, for
the facilities, for travelling, both natural and artificial,
will, in less than two years, enable persons to 60 from
New York, the great emporium of the Union, to ST.
Paul, in a shorter space of time than is now occupied in
travelling two or three hundred miles. Thus, when the
railroad is completed from Dubuque, the distance from
New York to St. Paul will be accomplished in about
sixty hours. And persons from the south will be ena-
bled, by means of railroads, to reach a delightful sum.
mer retreat, without being exposed to the dangers of
the lake, or subjected to the inconvenience usually en-
countered on the Ohio river. The Falls of ST. Anthony,
although not so awful as the Falls of Niagara, are in
many respects more pleasing, for although they do not
strike the beholder with the same degree of wonder at
a first view, they are surrounded by so many striking
natural beauties that one never tires looking at them,
and Niagara twice seen becomes tiresome, for there is
only the same deafening roar Of waters, and one or two
curiosities connected with it. wonderful works Of art,
but few natural beauties, things that are seen once are
as much appreciated as if seen again and again.