The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-12
Prospects OF Minnesota next Year.

Prospects OF Minnesota next Year. X
The Indian title 10 the Sioux country having
been extinguished. and the money being here to
remove the Indians to their new quarters, no OBJ
stacle remains to retard the settlement Of that ex-
tensive and fertile portion of the Territory. NeA
year flood of population from the States of the
East and West, and from Europe, vii! flow in
increas sing two or threefold the number of steam
boats in the Minnesota trade. The margin of the
Minnesota river will, before next season closee be
come thicky settled, and its banks will show many
fourishing towns, some two or three of which will
soon be regarded as points Of commercial import
ance The trade Of that valley will centre at st
Paul, and soon double its business, with proper
tionate increase of population, and Improvements
in dwellings, stores, and workshops. With this
new and increasing resource Of trade, jobbing
business will grow up at this place, and many OF
our presctt fetaiiers will become wholesale mer.
to take their place. st. Paul will then put on
the air and dress of commercial city Our levee
will be enlarged 40 as 70 extend from the lower TO
the upper landing. This can be done at a mod
holders along the river, and in three four years
ievee and rows of buildings for stores and ware
houses will connect the now rival landings. This
is not guessing, but estimating the future on re-
liable data furnished by the past experience of set
West" '''
A glance at the upbuilding of the new Western
statos: The terrtosiai government Of Wisconsin
that time were but few thousands, and large
portion Of the Territory was occupied by Fndians
BY the census of l840, Wisconsin, had 80 S46 in.
habtants, which incIe In l8l5 to 40 900.
nearly doubling the population at the rate Of once
in two years. In one single year. l845, 1t has been
estimated that $4,000 immigrants arrived and set.
tied in that State, large per centase Of them from
the north of Europe In 1850 the population OF
Wisconsin was 900. i9l-a duplication OF it's inba-
bitants in something lees than 1--WE years.
In 1896 the district of Iowa contained 10 53l per-
sons. The Territory Of Iowa was organized in
1888. II then contained population Of % 800,
having more than doubled in two years. In 1910
il contained 3,ll2, almost another duplication in
two yeass--ia ls4A, 81, 81 persons. and in 1850,
Ti,ere are tvo reasons Why Wiscoee;n iucr,ased
more ppidIy Ia population than lows; Il wsa more
immcdateiy accessible by railroad and lake travel
fron the Eaatsrn Ssstss ad eisjsss and the people
mcans,to secure large Influx IL foreign immi.
grants That State has her Emigrant A gencfes in
oil the large commercial cities Of the East. Iowa
has not taken that trouble TO obtan inhabitants.
The statistics here noted, with other data, will
nable the reader to form reasonable estimate of
the prospects of this Territory for the next and
subsequent years of the present decade. But. We
wish only to glance at the prospects Of Minnesota
for the next year; post up the books and find on
the credit side to commence next season the In
dian title TO co. 900 of the Sioux lands ex
tinguished. and the country open for settlement;
the fame OF Minnesota widespread in the States
and Europe; her fertile soil and healthy climate
appreciated; no fear OF Indians; the s'too cold"
idea melted and dissipated; every question of SOIL
agriculture, and destiny settled in her favor; in
creased facilities for travel by STEAMBOAT the Chi.
cago railroad finished to the Missisxipp; and many
other valuable items crowd the credit page. On
the debtor eide we see a few individual items
hardly worth noticing.
Since l945 the basis Of immigration has greatly
increased; and we do not think il unreasonable to
expect that, as Wisconsin increased by immigra
ton SO, 900 in ls45, Minnesota may obtain an ad.
dition of fifteen or twenty thousand 10 her popula-
ton during the next year. Since 1874 the iacil-
ties of travel have vastly increased, while the
condition Of the people of Europe, and the enter
prising spirit OF the age everywhere, have excited
out new and more prosperous homes, and to found
new colonies and settlements in regions neither
touched by the hand nor blasted by the vices Of
civilization. In l545, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon.
sin and Iowa offered settlers millions of farms on
the great lakes, rivers. and tributaries hut most
Of the 'choice locations in those States have been
taken up, and now of sudden the Sioux country,
large enough for State-a country unrivalcd In
beauty, fertility and health--is thrown before the
world, like millions of golden prizes, offered freely
and without price (the country is not surveyed)
TO call the world ard the rest OF mankind.''
Win il not then be moderate estimate il We
put the immigration of next year ut Is 900 per-
sons? may reach 10000, even 30. 900, for all
the world is alive with the Minnesota fever. Take
either estimate, and then calculate the increase
trade that must follow, the increase Of work for
ulators, steamboatmen, teamsters, and poor print,
ers, who are the whec-horse Of the crowd, and
then look to the amount to be paid the Sioux In.
dians, and you will have some idea of the prospects
Of Minnesota next year. - 81 Paul paper.
A LITERARy CURIostTy.-.y We have had the plea.
sure within a few days of examining the manu-
script Of o small manual, the work of learned
German professor now deceased, which is I'M
doubtedly destined soon to work an entire rsvoiu-
ton in the method of acquiring proper pronun-
citation OF tho French, German, Italian, and Span
ish language. As the work is copyrighted, we
are not permitted to speak of it in detol, but in
few simple rules it teaches the pronunciation of
a language by means Of analogous En- glish sounds
The system 10 90 complete, so concise, and 20 sim
pie, that II is only TO be wondered that it il not
70 be found in any one of tho many systems nov
before the public for learning foreign languages
II is much superior to Ollendori's system az that
was to all other systems originated previously
The manuscript is the property of the Rev. N. w !.
Camp, ID. D., Of indianapolis, Indiana, who. we
learn, ia about to lay il before the public
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