New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-01
The Selkirh Settlement.
From the G4lena , III Adyers.srr

From the 6 4lena III Advertiser
In the wear 1870, Charles the Second
granted all the ierrliory N Nouh America, sub,ccf
10 tie Brush crown, ih.; Ms drained by waiers
towing INTO luCsca's Bay. 10 tie i.udsOn's Bay Con
VSny-and among other puYlcge>. tac sNclusiye
right 20 deal and trair N iur, ~l.a The natives Be
size this territory hey have extended thcir ur.>l,c.
ten over the LlaG> waitret of tlC rytrS that scH
INTO the Arctic Ocean dnt also TIA. vast cOan,ry
~Cst OF The kocky Mountains. Ilclr ter tory n
inc, cnllr al Ncaa Aucli a, lw.ih the etcea-
ten oi he Russian possessions .a tie extreme north
west, and GTttn!Aid in ic uoiAeaNt, each of which
=. separately about Ca ualt> IS .Ngc A. tll> S,ale
tka; hes north OF the Cana.as, All The lasted States
ard H. possessions. Iac southern boundary o. Tie
Con pany c,umcnCtS on Tire Piciac coast opposite
to. ami including N-ncouycrs Island, a, latitude a.
and cNtcpdS on tbs parallel 90 tAc Sogth-caslcra
rom, 90 TIE Lake ot Tie n Gods, thence ou he h,sa.
lands ,h.t divide Tie waters Nh,A nOW INTO La
Superior and the :. Lawrence. from those aowlns
INTO The fiudsouS BY. eat 10 The Atlantic ocean
- much for tie tin son, Bay CompaAy ani ~ pos
sessions. both OF Vi ch may become objects Of laie
rest m a tew YEAR 10 u snd our neighoor1o0d
Lord SelknA having obtained grant irOm the
Con pany o. a ien,orN extending from For; Gary an
hundred miles Ia circle On ctsi.'ln cODnaons came
ont with his colony IL 1918. ihcy tourlsaed and IN
creased for SCmttlint IN le-2, 1870 dnl ls!l, the
Rcd River oSCruOWcd Is NAnkS-Snd prolaccd UNI
Vcg>al di>ir,>>, much t4ai many .! the mos;
wealthy and influential citizens leit The place
party OF how. consisting ot NcS>TS Francs LANCET.
fhllP (. scniTn.'T, ior,s CAetiain, Peter Relnds-
baC kcT, AnUnie buckVr, PAM Garner. joan bap,Sis
Nerun, John INtty, and oihCT>, WIN tA'W wives
and families, GCfmtu SWISS from Geneva and that
vicinity. speaking the French language, came dcva
here and SetileG a; Orators Grove. N that tune
there were large >moung operations clrnea oa by
Col liemy GTa,lCt.
The party We haze named came ont "a >elkirk IA
lslS-the nrSt band being nearly al ScoS hnsn, Out
the second from the Continent. Those emlgTaiIng
here, the most OF whom ar ROM living, have pcca
among our best citizens an wcUGy mSmocrs o. 50
cie,y. handing down their virtues % tacir chl,lscn
The origin OF the hOoCs WHICH Ind stca immense
damage on Red RIVER IN thc years WC name s, llS
never been satisfactorily accounted tor hut N =, .iir-
missed that they came nom The suqera0lnlant So aief
ot the branches of tAc N.s>oivi, bursting Ot,g iIa
low ridge, which dAilc, tGc wafer AoNlI l..ia TIE
Gull OF Mexico irom tA.t aoNing AUTO dut>u-i> Ss,.
The only tax the Co,Oa.>'s oi Rel Ris,r "a, \
four per cent on al th, gcpl, they import Nss .A,r
from England or clScWh, r., ami The uud>on'S BW
Company pay the same on All lmp1u> iaey SCI ur
consume within the limits oi The Rel Rive, Colony,
The Company import goods Ald merch sHd,>s from
England, and charge the consumer IN the IOiony >
per cent. advance on the LOnGOn invoice prceS. Tor
freight insurance, duty, land-tarriAge AMI prsaI
They sell bar and sheet iron Tor ~ cents pound
sugar London crushed, "a cents tea from 80 cents
10 81. and other articles IN proportion The imports
for The last hNe years have averaged 100000, nom
all sources, and the $1,000 revenue i> devoted 10
schools, roads. bridges and internal improvements
all salaries beng paid by the Company The colo
nlSis export comparatively nothing-the only article
that VIII pay being Furs, mot including Buffalo
Robes on which the iiudSon'S Bay Company have
a monopoly. over which they watch with Jealous
eve.
Since The route has been opened AMI travelled
from Pembma 10 -. Paul. they have commenced to
bring forward mtr handse But learn that the
late tram from SCkirk, OF more than hundred
carts, has been met by L. = Custom House OH er,
above ~ Paul, and 90 per cent. DUTY demanded 0t
the SelklTket> On Eui,aO Robes, and 20 percent on
their Moccasins. The Minnesota Democrat says that
the Red River gentl, express the assurance that
they can never pay that tax. and that hereafter they
will be obliged Ia avail themselves of the boats and
ships of the COMPANY. We presume Congress VIII
look INTO this matter, and discriminate IN their fayer
unless there exists good reasons for contrary
course.
The cold is sometimes excessive IN The settlement.
Mercury freezes once or twice every year and
sometimes the spirit thermometer indicates a ten
peratuTe aS loN as 81 below zero. When such
low temperature occurs, there ls a peryadlng haze
or smoky appearance IN the atmosphere, resembling
a generally dlfuSCd yellow smoke, and tue sun leoks
red as in "A sultTy evening As the sun nses ~ does
the thermometer. and when the mercury thaws out
and stands at 10 or l5' below, breeze sets m and
pleasant weather foows-jhat is as pleasant as can
he, while The mercury keeps below zero rs contnu-
ally a fish l. IN MS own clement, and coming up
above the surface just about as often.
For weeks. sometimes, the wind VIII blow from
the neTth-tompe nature say from 5 10 10 bsow-sut-
denly II shifts INTO the south and for sx hours the
thermometer viii continue to fall, phenomena
which moteorologisiS, perhaps, can account for
Another when, IN summer, the wind blows al length
OF time from the north. II drives the water back and
Red River will have Us banks uil IN the dryest
sons The same thing occurs when the wind blows
from the same direction IN Winter although the sea
ard river are iiozcn, unOrokcnly, ten feet thck 10
the north pole.