The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-04-17
MINNESOTA IN 1859.

1erhaps ere WHAT we now wrlte reach
Is the eye OF our readers. the full bust
ness season, with all its attendants OF
steamboats,, &c., will have commenced
Our landings will be crowded with boats
the wharves covered with barrels, bales
ami packages, and the roads leading from
this, the great commercial mart of the
Territory, dotted with numerous teams,
Conveying goods to St. Anthony and 9th
er inland towns and settlements. Immi-
grants will crowd within cur borders in
greater numbers than at any previous
season. Some, the enterprising and in
dustrious class, VIII come determined TO
stay, let whatever obstacle or disappoint-
ment may stare them in the lace. These
are the only people worth having, or
worth paying attention to. The loafers.
who come to live by their wits, and by
''skinning" other people, and the croak-
ers, who expect to find bread and roas,
beef growing upon bushes, are not worth
spending breath with.
Farmers who come in early, and wish
to make commencement this season, by
raising sufficient for their own next VIM
ter's subsistence, will find yet plenty o.
good land, subject to private entry, upon
this side Of the Mississippi. The idea,
entertained by some, that all the good
land, convenient to market, is taken, is
incorrect. 1t is true, in the immediate
vicinity of the larger towns, the land has
mostly passed into second hands; but
few miles back, and in Benton county,
where the market is much better for
grain and vegetables than even here, and
where now that liquor is to be more
scarce among the Indians, it will be as
sale to reside as in any part of the Terri
tory, there is plenty of good land yet to
be had at government price. We would
advise no farmer to locate permanently
until he has taken a view of the country
as far up as Fort Ripley. Ii it be the
intention to settle upon the west side, the
valley Of the Minnesota first claims at
teniion. ltpossesses advantages over any
other portion OF that region, except that
bordering Immediately upon the Mississ-
ippi, and with this it stands upop an
equal footing. Perhaps we may say it is
more elgibly located for an extensive
farming and grazing region than even the
Mississippi shore. Timber is more plen-
tiful and of better quality. Sufficient
prairie, well watered, is intersperscd
with the timber lands, to admit of the
most extensive cultivation without the Ia
borlous requisite of c.earing;" the soil
OF which is unsurpassed in fer,ili.y.-
Ihe valleys OF numerous tributaries Of
the Mississippi, between the Minnesota,
river and the Iowa line, such as Cannon
and Vermil!ion rivers, afford the finest IA
cii''es Tor extensive farming COMMUNE
ties. Near tie mouth of the latter
stream is already quite a settlement
mere Is an extensive w~ter-power, with
TIE most eligible mill privileges. North
Oh Inc Minnesota, Comprising the valley
Oh Grow river, &C., the country is fine,
rich and beautiful, we'll watered and
heavily timbered. 1t has great advanta-
ges In more respects than We have time
to name at present. 1t will not fail to al,
tract attention. Our remarks in refer.
ence to settlements upon the west side
are, of course, based upon the SUPPOSE
ton that our treaties will be ratified with.
out delay.
Mechanics will find employment in TIE
towns present and prospective. Those
present, all evince tokens of improve.
ment this year greater than at any iorme,
period. The progress of those prospect,
i've, depends upon circumstances beyond
the control Of human efforts, although
human efforts and prompt energy must dc
much in this respect towards carrying
out the designs of nature. In St. Paul
more especially, are there signs of grea
progress this season. Two or three
hundred buildings will be erected, many
OF them of large dimens;,n. .,1 of hr;oI
or stone. "harves are to be built, land
ing' improved and streets graded. The
busy note of preparation is at everv turn
DINING in our ears. We loo1 for nav;.
CATION to close next November, upon four
thousand inhabitants within the corporate
limits of St. Paul.
Capitalits will not fail, upon coming
here, to note the peculiar advantages
which St. Paul possesses, notwithstand-
SNoy the affornv,fs - ill.,