The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-12-04

of our Legislators.
The weather continues luke-warm,-neither
hot nor cold. The ice continues, however, to
increase in the Mississippi, both in quantity
and weight, and the Nominee has given up the
idea of attempting another trip. In fact, Capt.
Smith has worn himself out and is very unwell.
LIE Duo and McPhail left yesterday afternoon
for home. Success to them! 1 hear the Wis
consin river is impossible.
Yours truly.
GALENA, Nov. goth.
This is about the date when, for the past
three years, we of St. Paul were wont to look
for the "last boat" and we have never, until
now, looked in vain. From what can learn,
you are probably to-day crossing the river
without the aid of neighbor Goodhue's "horse
power" while we that are shut out are pinng
hopelessly to be with you. as the faithful lover
piheth for the bower of his mistress. While
some Of our citizens, with, as 1 think, more
zeal to get home than discretion as to how
they are to get there very soon with the pres
ent uncertain state of the roads and weather,
are rigging up teams and starting off, l am
content to await the more certain operation of
being "put through" from Prairie du Chen in
five days, by Willoughby & Powers which they
certainly can do, SO soon as they get fairly
under way. which must now be in very few
days. Baker got his traps rugged, and started
off this afternoon. An hour after he left. q
gentleman arrived from Prairie du Chen, with
the pleasant information that the Wisconsin
river could only be crossed with skiff, and
that with great danger.
| The "shut OUT and their goods continue to
arrive here every day. Sergent has an exceed
ingly fine and large stock, and his misfortune
in not getting them up, must call forth the
sympathies of his fellow-citizens. saw them
to-day in Campbel's warehouse, along with
various packages for other people above here,
and could not but reflect how important it is to
all of us, even with our present comparatively
small population, to push forward the great
railroad projects l alluded to yesterday. Ser
himself is not here yet. Curran, understand,
has run his goods over to Dubuque, where he
has opened up branch of the :'World's Fair"
and is raking down tho each at a round ratio,
much to the chagrin Of the Irregular dealers
of that place, all of whom he can outsell with
scarcely an effort. This is sensible. Mr.. A.
Fuller, of Boston. brother of the St. Paul Full
lers, is rooming with me at the Bradley. He
has been attending to getting their goods for.
ward, and started himself to go up. He was on
the Nominee when she turned back at La Crosse
last week. He desires me to say that their
goods, with few trihing exceptions, are all
through as far at least as Prescott and the foot
of Lake Pepin.
l saw yesterday, at the stables of the City
Hotel, two fine specimens of imported stock, a
Devonshire bull and COW, consigned to b. II
Campbell & Co.. and intended for Minnesota
but they also got here too late. They are the
property of Col. J. II. Stevens, of Hennepr
county, who by an enterprise of this kind will
lay the farmers of the fertile plains of Hcnne
pin, and other parts of Minnesota, under
deep obligations. presume the animals will
winter here and go up on the first boat. By
the way, speaking of Hennepin county, no part
of Minnesota is attracting more attention
abroad. The accounts of its great resources
and the descriptions of Lake Minnetonka by
Mrs. Elicit and the editors and correspondent.
of our home papers, have brought it into tn,
notice it deserves
John Brooks, the universally popular clerl
of the Nominee, left here this morning for st
Louis, by stage-the boats having stopped run
ming above keokuk. He is not certain he viii
be in our trade next year, which will be mat
ter Of regret to himself as we'll as to every man
woman and child that has occasion to trave
on this river, or do business upon the boats
Brooks is certainly the beau ideal of a steam
boat clerk, and it will indeed 90 very hard 70,
us to be compelled to do without him. sin
cerely hope that We will again greet his pleas
ant countenance in the Office of the Nominee al
the opening of navigation.
called this afternoon to pay visit to oul
old friend, and the true friend of Minnesota
that veteran of steamboatmen upon the Upper
Mississippi, Capt Orrin Smith. The season i.
now over, and the Captain. like his favoritt
Nominee, is laid up for the winter. They have
both seen some tolerably tough times the past
season-first contending with powerful oppo
sltlon, then low water, and at the end fighting
Ice like heroes, in order to get provisions sufi.
clent into Minnesota to keep us comfortable fol-
the winter; but we hope when genial spring
again causes the CONCEALED waters tn flou