Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-03-27
AN INTEREsTING LETrER.
! III. ST.. PAUL, March 10th, 1885,

AN INTERFERING LETTER. -.
IA ,'.. Sr. PAUL, March 10th, 1855.
THos. B. WNEroN, Esq.-Dear Sir Yours Of
date, New Orleans Feb. Oath, is Just received, and
it gives me pleasure to answer your questions.
lst. Is the climate favorable to persons Of
delicate constitutions not pulmonary? - ~.
In reply to the above, would state that many
persons of weak constitutions in delicate health,
visited here the past summer and left in the fall
much improved, but rcallyI cannot now call to
mind more than half dozen persons Of my &c
quaintance who are not in the enjoyment of vig-
orous health, and therefore, would state, that as
to climate never have been in more salubrious
one, and have visited every portion of the Uni
ted States.
I'd. Is there more cases Of consumption with
you than south?
On this subject consider myself well posted
and will answer in the negative; on the contrary.
we have less of either pulmonary or tubucular
consumption than will be found in Mississippi or
Louisiana. The best data we have to govern us
as to the cases which originate here, is obtained
from Physicians appointed by government to at
tend the various tribes of Indians in the Terrific
~, and find, on inquiry, that the Indians are
nearly exempt from that scourge, but have seen
many cases of consumption among the Ctoctascs
and Cherokees Of Mississippi.
Sd. What are your most serious complaints?
The most prevalent complaint is Bastard 7y-
pltoid Fever, which hardly ever proves fatal,
when skillfully treated. This fever generally
prevails late in the fall or early in the winter.
Women and children are peculiarly exempt from
those enervating complaints 90 prevalent in the
south. inta' 'f5 .'s.I Z, 2Rss 12fla sa Ha+ca
My friend, John Harrington, was present when
l read your letter. He resided 10 years in New
Orleans aud has been years in this place, and he
says the climate is, far his experience goes,
equal to the south in every respect; he has not
been sick day since he has been here. 1 have
been astonished when attending church during the
last fall and winter, that in full congregations
seldom hear any one cough. Can this be said of
any southern congregation where the changes Of at
mospheric temperature are SO frequent Our
climate is remarkable we have continued cold
weather from LIST of November to last of March.
There is now inches of snow on the ground and
the river closed with ice. By the first of the
month the river will be open and from that time
until November, good sized boats will arrive
daily at our wharves. In five years have no
doubt St. Paulwi number at least q, 900 or 3d.,
600 inhabitants. 1t now numbers 5000; FIVE
years ago it had not 200 inhabitants. Judging
of the future of ST. Paul, it will be necessary to
look to its geographical position. ST. Paul is sit-
uated on the East bank of the Mississippi and is
geographically and practically the head of nayi-
cation on that river. We are six miles below the
mouth of the Minnesota river, which in usual
stages Of water is navigable for small steamboats,
for 300 miles or to the Yellow Medicine. There is
pleted to the mineral region of Lake Superior
from this point, to be continued to the Central
Railroad of Illinois, which will open direct COM
munication from this point East. The Northern
Pacific Railroad will be undoubtly located to run
from st. Paul via the Red river of the North
through this Territory, it is tho most practical
BILE route, for several reasons I'm the far north,
that is in this Territory, we seldom have snow deep
er than six inches; winters are very still, that
is, have no winds and therefore no snow-drifts,
and as a winter road, the only practicable one.
Again, thesurface of tho country is such as to
need but little grading and wood and water are
abundant. have convcrsed with some Of the
most intelligent Engineers belonging to the Uni
ted States Engineer Corps, and such is their deci
ded opinion. Now, when we take into considera-
tion all these facts, supported by the additional
fact, that St. Paul must be the market for all the
lumber and agricultural products of a vast extent
of the richest and most productive land in the
world, with climate unsurpassed for healthful-
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Paul from having 80, 600 inhabitants in five years
l confidently expect that large number of our
southern friends will visit here this spring, and
purchase property for summer residences, as it
can be so easily approached by the river to Cairo,
thence by the railroad to Galena, and then on one
of our fine boats to this place. We have any
number of fine lakes we'll stocked with fish and
the shooting on the prairies cannot be surpassed.
Take Minnesota with all its advantages, it bids
fair to be Will out rival-and 81. Paul its Cap
itoI We have some first rate hotels ;-price for
trancient boarders in first class houses, two dol
lras per day. House keeping cheap, particularly
in the summer. Vegetables of every description
grow luxuriantly. Respectfully, .a saa
.. JNo. v. WREN, NJ. D.
2 COLLINS sAPrRoPRrArrox.--Th Bill making a large
appropriation for the Collins Ocean Steamers e.
nally passed over the Presidents head, BY being
engrafted on to the Navy Appropriation BILL
The clause repeating the power to give notice to
rccind, was stricken out. This is another iniqui-
tous scheme which Gen. Pierce manfully put his
foot on, but which triumphed through /" skull
duggery." baa lirf d-fg sstaos III ar,ao
CHANcEABLx.-It is somewhat amusing to OBJ
serve how changeable some of our sptemporaries