New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-14

bows uuon The laud. A. the shower iaadt any cscur
sion Gbou: the place impossible, .Se another s'res
Of oraioal entertainments TO tho assembled and IN the
language Of of the peaker most intelligent crowd.
getting their enthusiast aud gcoinatur paudts IN re
Turn, and went our way rejoicing Indeed may say
here that The whole voyage has been little else hisn
Jocne rom tie beiinnirgani no doubt VII - to thecni
Orr next stoppipg.pace at Prairie IA Crosse. a
wo0dirg place on the essem shore with two or three
frame houses overlooked by OF the loitosi cliffs
had seen. dozen Of u.s. including courageous young
lady dashed OF 10 climb il, and tedious and rcsone as
cent II was The SUNNI, OF the bluff rising like ccft
ugaroaf with its ia, side toward the river
than fifteen feet wide but covered with -ass anil had
two or three dwarf oaks sqrngng from the cresccs Of s
verge Il was al least five hundred feet above the water
ard from ihe Top the eye sweep. 10 the horizon bot
sides Of the river panorama that only upera,yes
could describe. Wide Prares, markell b. Indian trails.
or dotted with the plowed patches OF here and herc
chance settler interrupted by oak forests, or by inland
ranges of lower bluffs and knobs made the scone, with
the river It's shores and islands for the center Of the
whole. What land what land it Is
Ii is not necessary to LAY that the VOYAGE had other
diversions than these OF stopping places. Remember
ihcrc thousand people OF embarked on boerd Of
FIVE spacious steamers with nothing else do than TO be
amused and delighted No one viii suppose that there
was any lack of occupation Of saety Promcnaing
On deck and watching the shifting landscape Of the shores
naturally formed principal paslne, but now AMI then
Two or three OF the boats dashed together that pas
seneers could pass from To The other AMI then came
visiting of friends deck deck. AZ night dancing in
one cabin would draw Together The daucers or coare-
sa ioae in another the listeners and takers. Professor
SrLIlNAY Col JOHNSTON, and other Gentlemen, had large
audience. one evening but was attracted b. tho gayer
sounds from another boat and cannot attempt any report
of their conversation which every body said was highly
interesting and instructive. In the cabin Of third boat
OIL the only rainy and dsAgrecablo evening We have had
there was mock court where Col. ScnDrLxn was tried
for assault ard battery the Rev. DE- KENNEDY, by
breaking down the berth above him and bruisng him with
the sats when both were asleep. Il OF infinite
dtolciy, the prosecution was conducted by Mr. PuscE
Of Tie Jouraoi of Commerce, and the deicusc by Mr.
Mo.rs KrNpAII of Boston Many witnesses exam
nod, in the most amusing fashion. AMI finally alter the
rlcadnss If the counsel both parties brbod the jury and
adjourned the TIL the next day since whom have not
heard from il. But II such tun only happen
when men have nothing more serious to absorb them
So the time passed till carly this morning when
we were informed that st. Paul. the terminus oil
our journey, noar at hand. III our Meet
was together. for the War Eagle, the fastest
Of th,m he'd waited for AZ Lake r. PIN an expansion
Of hc river about $50 miles below ST. Paul not unlike
IIaver.traw Bay on the Hudson, except that Is larger
and has a richer foliage on s shores and we were TO
"A
This was finally accomplished about clock this NOR
ming with Haas A,in the band of each steamer blowing
is brayes while the blue sky and blazing sun with
cool breeze did their utmost for the briancy of the per-
folmsnce. The position OF St. Paul az you approach the
town from below. is very admirable. The river bends
there almost right angles and the town stands on the
bluff the north bank just after the bend IS turned
Though but six years DID, 1t already has 00o people and
looks ike long eli, lized city. There brick dwellings
Ir.ot n....1c . iafnt Nx,tia
pillars a county courthouse jail several churches,
market schoolhouses blliarl-room, on.pin alley,
dry goods stores groceries confeconcr and icecrcam
er numerous array of those establishments 10 which
the Maine Law is especially hostile, and glorious,
Loundcss country behind.
At the landing were met, in most cordial and
friendly way by the citizens healed by Governor
CoRMAy and Ex-Governor RkNssY, who though we had
not been expected till tomorrow, welcomed with
Western hospitality. Carriages at hand and soon
the majority OF party the way tn the natural
wonders Of the vicinity II my good fortune to be
taken in charge by W c. LIZ Orc, Esq, long CORES
pondcnt Of TIE TnBuNE St. Paul aud to find place
in the carriae which bore OF the agreeable Of
our fclowexcusonors with Mrs. LIZ DCc orour ciceroHe
first remarkable cavern some three miles from the
town. next 10 the Minehaha Falls Fort Smelling Lake
Calhoun the Fals Of ST. Ashony, and home the
prairie and along the bank Of the river Fort Smelling il
built q commanding blum IN the m rc formed by the
junction Of the ST. Peters with the Mississippi and the
country behind IT, the west Of the ST. Peters regarded
~ the best in Minnesota If not in a the United States
Excellent il indeed if drive of thirty miles going aud
returning has shown us n fair specimen sf IT, deep
black but not cayey soi excellent springs and living
streams, with occasional Of hard wood compelled
admiration at every moment. Lovely beyond praise
ihis country ndisputably Isl; bat it whispered in my
ear that the winters when the pares covered with
sno are bitter and merccs and that the wind goes
them with aspcy. Dis,rt the land spectators ST.
Paul said this mali gnAnt whisper but ny friends there when
questioned closely denied the mpuaton and said that
their winter climate though cold and keen, equabe,
and occasiOned lcss suffering than that of NewYork or
Boston and that the SHOWS, beginning in November,
gone in March. Healthy the air and the scasone rich the
soil vigorous the people they said of the Territory and
in proof they pointed the throngs Of immigrants con-
sany attracted hiiher the report OF those who came
before occupy its lands those not yet surveyed for
purchase. The Territory now counts some 30OsO white
settlers and must double the number within two years
have seen little of -os little Of The similar and COM
pemg regions of Iowa and Wisconsin, but know that
they all destined to be densey populated wealthy and
exubersn in whatever makes the greatness OF State.
Had to become Western emgrant, should only find
it difficult to choose between them because each has 80
many points Of remarkable exceonce but | should be
wherever in either that with industry and
prudence, independence would in a few years be
sonably certain. My own tate would take me further
down the Mississippi than here say in the vicinity OF Du
buque or to the beautiful shores Of Lake Pcpn, but il
could not be thought an III choice or hard fortune which
gave man homestead by the gen,ler and secluded
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