The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-08

ST. Paul, Minnesota, Dec 81, 1850.
UInfer in Minnesota -Isducements to Emtgrasts


ST. Paul, Minnesota, Dec 81, 1850.
UInfcr in Minnesota Inducements to Emtg'asts,
&c. SC. &c.
Here, in this Hyperboreaa region, far away from
Wall street, spectators, custom house office seek
ers, abolition and women's rights agtators, we
have little else 10 do to revel in the exhera
ing and exciting amuseinents and sports of North
ern winter. An! how we pity you poor Gothlm
ties, now Flooding through sposh, now facing .
drilling northeaster, or risking life end limb in q
crowded omnibus, perchance cropping your way
through impeneuable fog, eating the life. blood
from delicate lungs, and forming a winding sheet
TO many lovely form, which would have proved
brilliant orna ment to society. Here the weather
is superb In no part of this continent are the
skies SO clear, so "darkly. deeply, beautifully
blue" and guided with such surprisingly rich
and delicate ,ints, as IN Minnesota. Sometimes.
especially at sunset and sunrise, for weeks in
cession, in moderate weather, q deep golden hue
overspreads The horizon, shading of into the most
delicate violet and crimson tints; and when the
weather is severely cold the northern sky changes
to an inky backness, and you may almost see the
gliiteIng frost flakes and icices sparkling in the
transparent atmosphere. Six inches OF snow on
| the rock frozen ground makes sleighing superb.
and every form OF vehicle which the ingenuity of
could invent, is called into requisition TO inn
prove it. sheet OF ice foot 10 thickness, lies
firmly over the broad surface of ths :" Father of
Waters" forming magnificent road, over which
sleghs fly, with lightning speed, bearing their pre-
cious burden OF pump roe Checked bellies, who,
from all parts Of the territory, turn out to enjoy this
amusement. Balls are very common here at this
season. The officers at Fort Sneiling are a set Of
jolly dogs, every way competent to attend to the
interests OF Uncle Sam and the fair sex, at the
same time, and are never reluctant to strip 1t on
the light fantastic toe, or skim over river and
prairie to the merry music OF bells and joyous laugh
ter.
But we have advantages here for the poor, as
well as others. AS you have ever shown yourself
the real friend Of this Glass; although not devoting
your paper to advocating humbug labor reform as
sociations, and insurreclionary movements, permit
me- through your paper, TO invite the thousands OF
suffering poor in your city, to health, happiness,
and competence, In this territory. No Western
with Minnesota We have a climate of unrlyaiied
healthfuntss. The fearful chill and feyers, which
have been such a curse to the other Western
States, are here unknown. Consumption 10 a
stranger to this climate The exceeding dryness and
purity of the atmosphere set all pulmonary com.
plants at de lance The season is amply long enough
no produce all the grains and fruits raised in New
York. Good land near the villages can still be Oh.
tanned at government prices, and, at the present
high prices, the emigrant can raise enough the first
season to pay tor and fence his land. Mechanics
command higher prices than in New York city
cirpenters and joiners aud mason, paid two dol
lars and MALT per day. Let, then, all who
living in miserable dependence in the city of New
York, and would exchange such life for happy,
independent home, come to Minnesota. The ex-
pense Is not great BY first class and steamers
IT will cost man some S35 or $40; by economy he
may come for considerable less. Many farmers
pay for iheir farms with the first crop. la two
years, man may easily pay for and fence loo acres,
such Is the fertility Of the soil, and the excellent
we say, come and secsre yourselves an Independent
home. VERTAs.