New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-10

ch lend at q - per 500 which and oan only b. Oh
tanned l., the actual sete0s. Winter wheat snd 81
kiI "a Of grsin AID vegetables have Afforded a most
IN. pdspt crop ih- -ea-on. Corn is excellent gro~th
~ errs. re-v rcavy-makin Il AZ onoe fine stock
CounITv. People from the different State are alike
HEALTHY snd satisfied with their ne" h"mee
SNNr PrrrR-Saiut Peter is young and thriving
own IN Minnesota. situated on the Minnesota River,
seventy five miles from st. Paul by land and one hun
dr, and twenty five by rver Though not yet Two years
old il contains already four hundred inhabitants and
tn ere sre Indications that il viii day become the
coI tai Of the State II hss large hotel steam "a"
and gr.st ul and a vel conducted newspaper called
IT, ~ Petr Co,fr7,r. The west side OF the HNer'
on which side is the towp is beautiful and emnently
productive prsre for twenty or thirty miles, while on
the opposite side and immediately adjoining. may De
found the best timber in the northwest in neNhaui-
bic quantities. Tn, combination OF timber water aud
prairie with all the necessary building material found
there. The railroad from Wnona to ST. Peter is only
about one hundred ard ten miles 10 length. and It's u;
mate comp elton is fixed fact: thus connecting the
Minnesota valley with the Mississippi below Lske
Pepn, ANA forming direct connection between -.
Peter. Wirona, La Crosse. Milwaukee and Chicago.
Also, the railroad up the Des Moines IN Iowa is pointing
directly TO y. Peter. The Government road from 81.
Paul to the Missouri River forms direct line between
st. Paul and =. Peter, by a road. with good
bridges across the streams, and wei graded The
county contains about 800 inhabitants. and ST. Peter
is ordinarily the head Of navigation for steamboats, on
the Minnesota River and good line Of packet, kept
running during the navigaLle season.
A correspondent writes from south Bend Minuc-ota.
in praise OF that portion of the Territory and describes
the uncommon inducements offered for farmers and
others wishing to obtain in the Great West permq-
nont aud pleasant home to emiCrate thither. The
valley of the Minnesota River contains thousands Of
ceres of land unsurpassed in ferity and desrablcucss
in every particular. Along the Blue Earth River and
the BIZ and Little Cottonwood Rivers the country is
wei timbcred. and although mos. of the timbcrcd
country already taken up by actual settlers there il
On abundance of prairie claims which may be entered
while the ad;oning timber be bought for = to $40
per acre Tie rolling prares abound in living streams
and the best of water always be procured BY dig
gns twenty five thirty feet The settlers in that re-
glen are mostly Yankees, Welsh, Norwegans, and
Celmans, many of whom have capital, with which
they are improving their land, and putting up sawms
and stores Immigrants are rapidly filling up the best
locations and the prospect is that the great bulk OF
the timlcrcd land in that vicinity will bo taken mp this
Sumner. 4 railroad survey is now making from Du-
Luquc to South Bend, and that place is in a great
many resi- ects desirable for persons in search OF
q homc.