The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-04-23
FACTS AND FANCIES,

THE CoLONY.-Ahout one hundred persons
belonging to the Massachusetts colony. of
which we have frequently spoken, have arrived
since our last. Most of them came on the Clari-
on, Monday night Those who have arrived
are mostly males-the ladies and children, with
few exceptions, remaining behind until the
locations are made and houses built. They are
stalwart, intelligent looking fcllows-iust the
sort to settle up our new land and give charac-
ter TO Minnesota. Many more of the same sort
are to follow. They arrived in good spirits,
and appear well pleased with the country
They will make a thorough exploration before
locating. The larger portion of them started
try
RISE IN ST. paul. PEorERTY.-In February,
1850, vacant space Of ground at the corner of
Third and Roberts street, one hundred and lif-
ty feet on the former street and fifty on the lat
ter, was purchased for five hundred dollars. and
thought very high. Now small fraction of
the same, twenty-five by one hundred feet. can
not be had for less than two thousand dollars.
So we go.
THE MAls.-Our new Postmaster General.
as we had reason to suppose. is one of those mar
row minded Philadelphia gents. who imapincs
the sun rises just east of the Delaware and sets
Il few rods west of the Schuylhill. lie is max
ing beautiful mess of it with our mails. He
only allows us one week--sctting us back to
where we We're four years ago-thinking no
doubt this is enough for the heather of this
Territory. We consider the bid for six mails a
week by the Galena Packet Company perfectly
reasonable, and it should have been accepted
The boats are not at all TO blame. and any at
tempt to shift the responsibility to them will
not 60 down.
- The St. Anthony Express corrccts us in
regard to the breakage and loss of all the lors
in the Rum river Boom. The great body of
the logs which passed st. Paul were outsiders
which had lodged below the boom in times of
less water This makes difference in our esti-
mate OF loss, which we correct with great pleas
ure.
The KIND THAT SUITS Us.-The first thing
that some Of the ladies of the northampton
colony did after arriving. was to step into the
Mlnncsotlan Office and subscribe for the paper
to send to their friends If this is the kind of
women that Minnesota is to be settled with.
our next generation will be race of intcllec-
tual giants.
WHAT \ COUNTRY TUESDAY last was very
warm day-oppressively so, even to strangers
who have come up from the South this spring.
The sun shone down from n clear sky, starting
forth the grass and early vegetation, and caus-
ing every thing living to rejoice and bask in
his genial rays. Still, where the warmth could
not SO strongly penetrate. along the unexposed
nils and ravines were small drifts of the snow
OF the former week yet resting at sunset firing
cd about with borders of green growing YER
dure, reminding one of lambs rcposing upon
the bosom of a luxuriant meadow. At the
same hour. the rivers surface just below town
was alive with boys stripped naked and bath
ing! The little fellows remained in for some
time, and said they were entirely comfortable.
Strangers who had just arrived by the Excel
sior, glanced first at the growing grass and the
snow, and then at the bathing boys, and ex-
claimed, 'Wbat countryw