The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-12-24


destined 10 commence with "W," wool and
vine. They will unques'ionably be leading
productions, bu, no theory can make this any
less great cattle country
Correspondence Of the Ohio Statesman.
From Dlinneso,a-.-Ag going TO be state...
Col. NObles' Exhi ibition.
SnAKoPEE, Min. Ter, Nov. 25, 1856.
Col. MEDARY-Dear Sir IL have been in
Minnesota Two weeks, and thinking YOU
nigh, like 10 know what my impressions
concerning the Territory are, | venture 10
give Them. III
In ascending The Mississippi, had no OPP
Por'unity 10 see the county, as the shoies
are generally buffy and barren. Ten or fif.
teen miles from The rver tie good country
commences. II consists of fertile, rolling
prairie, with considerable timber land, and
generally an abundance Of water
Most of the towns appear 10 be very enter.
prisins and hounshug. The rapiduy with
which settlers are coming into The courtry is
without parallel II is estimated by some of
the best informed, that there are nearly 2o0,.
| 900 people in the Territory at this time
could scarcely credit This when frs. landed
al 81. Paul. Since tten have been up The
Minnesota river as far as Traverse des Sioux
and 81. Peters, and almost every acre of
land is claimed for distance back OF from
ten 10 fifteen miles on each side of The river
There are many fine farms and larrn houses
all The way up 10 the Indian Reservation
nearly 10 Fort Ridgly. The bes, loc,,ons
between The Minnesota river and Iowa are
already selected and settled upon. North for
s'S'y or seventy miles along the streams and
around The little lakes, and about The same
distance ives, OF the Mississippi, The best 10.
cations are already claimed by settlers who
intend 10 pre-emPt. Thousands of men will
spend The winter here, building their houses
or cabins Gn their claims, So as to be ready
10 receive their fam lilies in The spring. Very
liule choice land will be left su.ieci 10 pri.
vals entry in another season. This is good
Tor the county, tnl not for speculators.-
Those who come now are almost actual set.
tiers, and, of course, will cause a rapid de-
velormenl of the country.
Steps will be taken this winter 10 call
Conventior 10 frame Constitution prepara-
tory to the admission OF Minnesota as State.
and in year from this winter she will
doubtless become one. Her soil is unsur.
passed, her climate for health is unequalled,
and her rapid development for two years
past is without parallel not excepting even
California. ST. Paul has resident popu!a.
lion, by actual count, of full ten thousand at
this time. A number Of other towns now
have a population OF from FIVE hundred TO
Two thousand inhabitants, which two years
since had not an existence. AS the country
is settled new towns are spIinging up con-
slanily.
A settlers claim 10 quarter section of Sc
leceL land sells readily for from $500 to
50 900, according 10 the advantages of prai-
rie, water and timber, or locality, even be-
fore The government is paid for ii.
Many roads have been laid out and inn
proved sufficiently for travelliDg purposes all
across the territory. The greatest enterprise
of The kind on foot a, this time, is the wagon
road from Fort Ridgely to Independence
Rock, near The south Pass Of The Rocky
Mountains. A government road, under the
direc'Ion of Capt. Thorn, Of the Topographic
cal Eusineers, has already been laid out and
will probably be completed next summer,
from St. Anthony, on the Mississippi, 10 Fort
Rrdgley, on the Minnesota River.
From tse San Francisco Sun.
The Mormons OF Utah.
Perhaps there is not more unpromising
region in our whole country for people 10
locate ia than Utak. Shut out from all inter-
course except such as may be had by the
most trying privaiions-devoid of almos, ev-
erything like natural products rigorous 10
climate-stere in soil mparatively-re.
moved from all markets for such products as
The industry of its inhabitants can iorce
from the reluctant earth-wihout naviyable
streams, and nciosed by lofty and rugged
mountains, Utah is gradually and steadily
becoming an objec; of far greater importance
than we are for the most part awars OF. I'm
PEELED by The most incredible fanalicism, and
under the mos: absolute type Of lheocralc
govenment-payiny blind and jealous obe-
diencs 10 the behesls of their leader, these
people are literally performing Miracles
Their missionaries are scattered over the
world, and though frequently repelled with
scorn and derision, return TO Their labors
with the most astounding pertinacity. But
few years ago, and handful of refugee
men and women from Missouri were wend-
ing an untrodden path through the heart of
vast and unknown tract, i'll search OF some
place where they right shelter from the
prosecutions of the world, and now that
handful of outcasts have grown 10 be pow
erful people, demanding admission into the
Union on equel terms with the States, and
setting the power and authority of the
American Government at defiance.
The rapid progress and colonization of
California can be accounted for on natural
principles, bu, The advancement of Utah is
almost miraculous. Thousands are fiockng
TO their standard, from England, Germany,
H., Ita fr.