The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-03-03
From the Louisville .sournal.
Minnesota.

We have received considerable information in re-
gard 10 Minnesota, from di>ting iishcd kentuc kan
who recently returned 10 this State after passing
some Years there. Few sections of rich aud ex-
tended cotry presents such Invting prospects the
man Of enterprise that Young ana vigorous terri
tory. It's latitude ranging froa, i3d. son. to 49i.
It's altitude Of 200 feet om the Sc, AMI It's interior
renlotcness from both the Atantic and tic Pacific
oceans, ail and each guarantees for elastic,
healthy atmosphere. No damp, chilly Eastern, or
pestierous Southwern winds distibs the cquanmity
Of the climate. The winters are dry, and uniform,
though cold, and tn, summers offer the soothing
advantages 10 the Invalid seeking TO renova.e sys.
ten debl,liatcd by the iniammatory action OF more
southern cmes. This saIubrity is made secure BY
IL. universal prevalence OF pure aud abundant streams
OF water, which, leinatlng in springs, feed the
thousand lakes that make the Upper Mississippi the
list rcma,kahl, river the globe. The natural sub.
sceaery Of this region, srpesses in beauty and
Unity even hatot the OFT depicted Rhine, which has
b,cn the admiration Of travellers or dozen centuries
Thc Hand carpets If Kentucky and the snihcent
rolling pr.ries Of Western Texas alone compare with
it in general picturesque character while the grand
of the caselhted cliffs of the Mississippi proper
stands unrivaled by that Of any other river scenery
IN the old world.
This reg N furnishes the most abundant pnery in
America. With the exception of the pine forests
on the Chippewa, which should have belonged to
Minnesota, AMI the comparatively small pnery on
thc Wisconsin river, tn, country above the Falls of
-. Anthony and Of the ST. CroiX is destined to
b: almost the Only national resources of lumber, mas
much 5 the timber The heads Of the Aeghanv
and in the forests OF Maine is beginning TO be ex-
hrsted, and there remains only other resource,
that Of the country upon Lake Michigan, which must
TO be available. On Rum river, which is
a tributary Of the Upper Mississippi above the Falls
and which is the outlet to Thousand Spirit Lake,
near Lake Superior, there WAS seen last April, seven
miles OF pine logs ut one time, and this is but of
the dozep streams adording supply to the nexhas-
ib,c water power at the Falls of ST. Anthony. Below
the Wisconsin, river on either side Of the Mississippi
t. st. LOUIS, and even to Memphis and New ORLEANS
there is pine for iun Der. MINES is, therefore,
best in her matchess supply of pine and WATERPROOF
er, and not less in her bou dcss market for lumber
descending 900 miles to the Gulf OF Mexico; and
the rich country aad beautiful towns on the Mis-
sis .ippi advance ~ Improvement, her peculiar and
indispensable resources viii be in propol tiouate Der
nand.
Her mineral 1. present field for enterprise
and althou IN at present the indications To- coal and
iron Mt very marked, she has an abundant sup
PLY Gf copper the n,rthern and western shores of
Lake Superior The geological examinations justify
the expectation that Goa! and lead NAV he found in
parts Of the Territory, but the true and mex
haa,t1Ie wealth Of Minnesota is IN her agricultural
resources. These. once developed, will place her in
the front rank of prospe States 1t is well re-
ma kc Tint the most valuable mine in tic world is
the mines of Minnesota TRANSCEND in Importance the
b1asicd value OF tn ,se of Goco1da or California
The lands included in the recent purchase from the
Sioux Indians the west bank Of the Mississippi
and including the Valley of the Minnesota, contain
anptnt of rich soil exceeding that Of Keutucky.-
These will be surveyed and offered Cor SHE in less
than two wears, while Thousands ALREADY awaiting
themselves Of the privilege of obtaining prc-emptive
rights. The sol is adapted To the culture OF every
article grown in temperate latitude. The prices Of
agricultural products necessarily high and
remain for several years. well because the con-
greatly exceed the producers As that demands
for the support Of the troops and for the Indian
nuties which will continue as long as the country is
n frontier and the treaty sipulations are in force.
! The richness and cheapncss Of lands, which are
chiefly rolling prairie, and the high price Of provis.
ions, present, therefore, strong inducements yruDg
farmers To seek homo IN this healthy region, end
except The farmer, no citizen is more welcome THAI
the artisan Of every handicraft trade, whom ibe'a
wages and hundred openings for profitable invest
ments are Eeady to greet on his arrival
The Speculation, too, in lands money has here
safe and wide field which is Of the s. indca
assured prospect Of great gains can justit the enor
ankp,us interest of 3 10 per cent. per month.
The territory, which organized in lS4S- 49
| j. sclrce!y regarded rs frontier. Families remove
! thither by water IN week ten days, with al
! the comforts Of the older settlements; and al
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churches AM intelii gent society. The appropria
tons bv Congress have b,en liberal in publ build
ngs, libraries AMI territorial! Is, and in Sec
tions in every township for schools, double the apoun
heretofore granted to any territory. Passing owe
the advantages she offers to the lover Of every var
ETY. OF flesh water fish and Of every description o
game found in this latitude, we may add that seycra
beautiful cities destined spring up in this ia
vored region-one al the falls Of st. Croix, a
| Fond du Lac Lake Superior, one at Traverse de
Sioux, and at the mouth Of Blue Earth on the Mime
sofa, and prc-eminentIy two, one If them at st. Pau
and the other at The falls of ST Authony Those o.
the Minnesota will derive their prosperity from tn
agrcuItgra of that rich valley, but ST. Pau
and ST. Anthony will add to those advantages, tn
one her commercial resources and the other her
rf,cturing capacities. From these two embryo cite
magnificent project is in contemplation, that O
making a railroad to St. Louis and thence to New
Orleans. In the course OF the year the railroa
from Chicago to Ga'ena, will connect New York witt
the Mississippi, and thus extend to the great Easter
commercial capital the trade OF that great upper val
Icy, but the proposed route % St. Louis will divd