The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-07-15

ulation there must be- Ike the turn Of furnish
ing some slight convenience for visters, and col
lecting tax from each conner for the enjoyment
ofthem. This would be much less of damage to
The romantic, and probably Just IS profitable to the
operator.
REAR or ALI SAINrs.-The county be-
tween ST. Anthony and Fort Smelling is of the
most lovely description. Much Of the prairie
soil looks as if had been graded by the hand Of
man. so smooth and level Is its surface. The
whole valley of the ST. Peters is said TO partake
Of the same character. We do not wonder
that the whites are impatient for the Indian title
TO be extinguished, that they may appropriate II
to their own occupancy
FIR SyELLING.-Ft. Smelling is an extensive
and pleasantly situated fertilization. 1t stands
upon point of high table land, at the confluence
of the ST Peters with the Mississippi. Its garri-
son is rather deficient in active employment, and
we noticed number Of the rank and lille taking
exercise in large corn and vegetable field at
tached to the Fort. 1t was certainly not exactly
soldierly employment, but it was much more
manly, TO our mind, than shooting and stabbing
at SIS month"; and no questions asked.
| MAP OF ST. PAUL.-George c. Nichols has
made map of ST. Paul, which excels all others
we have yet seen in accuracy. 1t is well litho-
graphed; and Mr.. Nichols ought to be remunera-
ted for his labor, by ready sale of the maps.
! History OF MINNESOTA. We have COM
menccd publishing this week, Historical &C
count Of Minnesota, which we feel sure has not
been surpassed in erudition and research. We
commend the careful perusa Of these contribu-
tons, as they appear in the Pioneer 10 the at
Ill II.
have the talent and research united, to prepare a
history Of such faithful accuracy, written in a
STYLE so chaste, coucise and lorcible.
LINES TO LAKE PEPIN.-We thu nix the
author for his truly valuable contribution on our
first page. Some Of these lines are such as be-
ing once read, are indellbiy printed on the mem
DRY. We do not remember ever to have had, in
one week, two communications valuable as
this and the one mentioned in the paragraph
next preceding this.
PEws IN Mr.. NEILL's CHURcH.--The
pews will be rented out on the first "Wednesday
in August, in the afternoon. Let all who desire
obligation on Sunday, be present at the church
that afternoon "The laborer is worthy Of his
hire, "and although Mr.. NELL has labored with
Us more than three years, and spent his funds in
building "A chapel that was burnt down and a
church that Is an ornament to our town, we are
not aware that he has ever received one dollar
of salary in ST. Paul. The sale or lease Of pews
in bis church, ough, to afford him comfortable
salary and for the credit of the town and for the
sake Of liberal, enlightened Christianity, we hope
that such may hereafter be the case
New PoTAToEs.-Friead Larpenteur, who
is always rather ahead Of the rest Of them, sent
Us in Il lot of excellent new potatoes, last Satur-
day. The drouth has been unfav orabe to very
early potatoes; but nothing could be more oppor-
tune than the late drenching rains, to set the tu-
bers of the crop in general. There is every
promise of large yield; and no indication at a II
yet Of the rot. Some have been planting poa-
toes as late as the 4th of July.
OATs.-Ibs crop, or at least early oats,
which usually stand as high as your shoulders at
This time in July in Benton county, we learn is
very much dvarled by the drouih; such a
dronth as was never before experienced in Min
nesota and would have been utterly destructive
Of the crops in most soils.
WHEAr.--There is but little white, wheat.
The spring wheat will be sweet and good; but
the yield much lighter than usual
CoRN.-This crop, which is now fairly set
and started, is coming forward at a gacp 1t
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summer, accompllshes for corn in Minnesota
/ MosQUIroEs.--These insects are BY means as
troublesome in Minnesota. as they were in former
years. In fact, with proper excrtion in excluding
them from houses, by bars IN the windows there is
necessity at all of using bars around beds The fact
Is Our Territory has been rather baed about mosque
toes II is very evident from the following paragraph
which We copy t'Om an exchange, that they much
larger, plentcr and more fierce, dowa South:
The editor of the New York Journal of Commerce
has received from Florida fur quarts Of Mosquitoes
IN Il glass receiver jar, marked 'SPrc>crved mos
qnitoes from Florida.' They specimens Of the
mosquitoes which. according To statement IN III Jour
nal of Commerce, thrust Their bills through an Old
boiler, in which unhappy Yankee had taken re igc
to avoid the enormous MOSQUITOES of the everglades
The story goes, that the Yankee, in finding how
matters stood IN the morning, went to work and clnch
ed all the bills inside the boiler when the mosquitoes
taking alarm, with the boiler and flew off AZ Il
laundering rate III the direction Of the Okceenokec
swamp. Nothing is wanted 10 substlatiate the
story, but the boiler.
LATEST NEws.--On Wednesday morning, we
found the st. Paul and the West Newton at our icvce
stuffed full Of passengers; and on the West Newton
we find the Galena papers of Monday, and the St.
Louis Republican Of last Friday. Amongst The pas
scngers the St. Paul is Rev. Mr.. Chase Of Match
cz Miss; and on the West Newton, De- Raw of
Galena The Newton missed making her last trip.
The Nominee Is coming with the mail.
STEAMBOAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Loss OF
LIFE.A Geographic dispatch, dated New Orleans,
Juiy 9th, SAYS: ''The steamboat St. James return
ing from Biloxi, exploded and burned this morning
on Lake Poncharuain. Fifty lives were lost inclu-
ding Judge Isaac Preston. Of the Supreme Count
Corporation Attorney Wolff, and other prominent
citizens, and many ladies and children returning from