The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-22
Our Minnesota Correspon dence.
ST. PAUL, min. Teri July ,, lo5

Trout Fishing UpY0 Mississippi, SC.
Among the numerous readers Of the Herald, dosbt-
less there are some who love the "gentle art Of
good old lzaak; and many more who, of a summer
season. seek, in distant and strange lands for ,th
natures beauties, and cool air To all such my
hurried serawl may not be unacceptable.
On the waters Of he Upper Mississippi, or that
portion thereof which extends from the city Of Ca
lena to the mouth Of the st Pc.ers, the traveller
will now find four steamboats, constantly plying be-
tween those two point; and among them, the
Nominee, Capt urrin smith. to which and to
whom ] would particularly direct the attention Of
all who seek the amusements and the wonders Of
the great Northwest
a few days since. on the imitation OF capt :,
your correspondent, with party Of gentleme from
Galena and Dubuque, furnished with the proper
apparatus for catching. and utensils Tor cooking,
trout, took passage on board the Nominee
bound upward, for trout fishing, aud nothing el.e.
Before stating the arrival Of our party at the
fishing ground, forty miles below Lake Pepin, some
would require Of me TO give them an mixing Of the
manner Ia which We passed our time, aud how W
enjoyed ourselves, on the route. To meet such cv
pectotions ! need only remark, that the boat was
heat, cleahly, ana CONFERENCE.-The Wauds fault
less-htr c0mman Ter and all hands, ditto. Bl, 20
the lovers Of nature. in her magnihcence and her
beauty, steamboat accommodations, In trip on
she Upper Mississippi, would scarcely be thought
Of The passenger who loves TO gaze upon the
grand AMI beautiful, will in fessting bis eyes, for
get his stomach and his palate. Ah, sir, would
that Your Ranney had been with us-he would have
found magnificent subjects Tor his canvass, which
no painter has yet attempted lie would have
seen, aside from the mighty bluffs pyramids aud
mounds, which border the shore, on the swollen
bosom Of the great river, pictures which can no.
where else be found. Imagine dense forests Of huge
gray columns, shooting uprigh, from the placid sur
face Of dark deep water, a1d crowned with rich aud
close foliage, supported by huge interlacing limbs
and all these cOlumng, and limbs, and the foliage,
reflected by the unmoyed surface AZ you gaze far
through those cool water grOttOes, undsturbe3
but BY the wary duck and her timid BROOD you
cannot but wish yourself young Sioux brave, that
you might lay at length ia your neat canoe, and
smoke your pipe, while your squa padded you
through the faisJ like scene. enice In her paint
est days. ne'er presented more beautiful vistas for
the light gondola. But am forgetting the trout
Having assembled the mighty river beyond the
tih degree Of latitude, We held a council % deter
mine where We should first " cast our lines; and il
settled, after argument % follow Capt. Smiths
advice, and land at Wangler's grounds, below
Lake Pepir, on the east side of the river cord
inqly short hour before sunset, with the yawl Of
the Nominee filed with anxious fishermen aud
their baggage, we left the good steamer, her boun-
tiful table and comfortable berths, 20 try the har-
ships Of trout fishing among those s,upendous bluffs
and hills which had 30 long. on either hand, invited
our ins pection.
Two miles above wangler's, Esgle Creek enters
the Mississippi, and its waters, pure aud cold,
contained the Jewels we sought. Anxious to see
the ground where we we're to enact our picstSry
fests, we decided 4 row the ysw TO the mouth of
the creek, pitch xpr tent, and ncanp for the night;
but ere we found the creek, Wangler (~ho was ABB
sent when We landed at his csbin) overlook us
Nhaie w were Forcing eur watery winding way