The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-27
Oux minAesota CoFrespsn1encc.'
aApK RAIDS. Mar 1. le

Oux A1innesota CoFrespendence.'
sAvx Raids, Nay I, 1865
The WeaMa and ne C'imase-Gr Seizure and Sale Of
NH Logs Remedy for 7repass Suageaed-,SaI Kills.
GyiH kills Sseas1oats, &C., dc.
The subject Of Newspaper talk for three fur mouths
past has been the wsshsrths terrible weather Of the
winter through which have just passed. but that
head bave nothing to say except thAt the ground In
this region csen to the ceph Of four feet and the
surface OF The great hsisspp to about ths depth
The spirit Thermometer ct Fort Rpsy-46 10 deg north
indicated ATTY degrees bsiow This In New York
would be coptdered cold weather. and there dous
that many people would freeze death the atmos.
pbere 20 intensely cold there here. There SONS
inolserepAncy." Old Mr.. Ferguson used to say in
matters pertaining 70 the weather In the United States
widely extended are Its territorial limits.
Like the argel ken Of in Revelations our country
stands with foot this West Indies and the other
away up North, to Yards the Arctic Well from
Florida which Amos. touches the tropc Of Cancer to
the parss Of 40 North there needs be great diff
climate TO Fey no,haug OF the various kinds
weather that he people Evng within hose lines
uDmit to- they ossrs TO live In the United sss- In
New Yort I'D all along The Seaooard Of Union you
hsve very cbsDgeabe ana dssgreeabie wsathsr which
csusss coios ouehs, cansump ton and dea b. Ths
Of that Is, tie moisture which rises fm tss
snd AIS the ,mosphsre loads toe lulgs to such . do
gree ths, il is almost Impossible to breA,he In winter
Here, DO sever tbs case is oif,rent asus,ed as We
sre within zoo niles If the head wAers of the Mlss,
sippi, anc mere than 600 mules from its mouta-tar
nom The vaposs OF hs salt va sr-ws are Dot afflicted
With coughs Es The opy cold" kao
Of Is the cold Of the so,pesrs which, du.ias
and all binds OF waier, and freezes them up gh that
there possIbe evAp sra,ion bon them until late to
of steam, and therefore, lungs are op
pressed with unbreathsnls The wind aoss
water to cause Vacuum vhica, it is said nat.rs ao
hors. Nevertheless, Jack Frost bites SHARPLY. but
please at part the year; ans, to shs summer
sipge fact that tho couniry Is throDged with from
ills ss ubr ious to doc IL Ion With tui, sub
may Be well enough to tnst zen iuches 1t
average Of he depth OF tnAt Arics rem winter 70 via
ter that travel ID never impeded % 1t Is In the
States, in cold weather have read In the HERALD Of
great storms Of and banks Of SNOW, waicn
many uue curing the past winter brous A. the gfest
iron horse Ct the Iair dead stand st Whsn
have great misery 70 passengers drawn 10Y said
iron h rse; but such thing lcour in uinnssots
because, in first p CO. Is sufficient
otstyuct raiIrcsd track, IN the next piAe, If
there we've it would be 90 dry and light-t ere being
neither rain wind to pack ft-tnRt the sno
plough would asos though Il out cf
! son, and bad no right to lie on ths track That's al
We had great sale OF mid legs Wednesday the
16 inst ct The Land Office 10 this town. for account of
land by persons Engaged In the lumoer busin.ss .nd
were, OF course without leave license. Tasre ia
deal OF pine timber In this Upper region toe
necessity of having lum ber build houses VI III
urgent people actually obliged 90 into tins
woods and out as much as hey think they en- SO to
GOOD advantage On of tne trbuts'ies # hs Nus
sissippi above this PORT, If the eet
river ITSELF largo onsptss nss been eote 3uttng ne
past wiz ter by sons fourteen a-r-nt pr
which tho Commissioner the Genera Lsro OH e hear
ing Of Issued crcsrs 20 be keg,ssr o-c saoe We ia thus
district to seize sell every log 80 CUT ard rse ne
receipts the creCit o. United Stats Tbs
orcer was pesewp 70 s-ss anc sell leaving he Regis
ter Receiver least wills per disors Ion.
sold They ascertain their
tents, but were sejudged 70 amount Ia tho whole TO
O course the oegers attended the SALE and hal every
thing their own way. At the hour appointed, the Re-
opened the matter BY sAtpg that .be logs would
be sold In lots, according their and locality
that nothing less than twelve and half cents would be
received as I'D Lot No. icing offered bids were
made lot NO the same, and the end of the
fatigue. sas then announced that no sale h.d been
effected and that the timber, being stl the property Of
the United states would sold Without reserve to the
! bignest BIDDER One cent per thousand thereupon
offered, and each lot sold separately to
the person BY the loggers "odder and TINS
u0t vs o. Grss rate pe mbs., tor the Of hrse hun
drsd and eighteen dollars ana Hits Gems There sAsA
At the sale bnt no outsiders inter cred
the Depar not issued uLt the winter had half
exp1sa the iumbernen had right to purchase the tim.
There no issuing such orders 10 preserve the
timter 90 pubic lane nor is the umpage system OF
paying 80 much thousand feet Of Any effect tor in
county l.e tbs the people must hare timber and
lumber 70 build houses IL and they vi have IL.
the Isne surveyed ana thrown into make, A. so "a
possible Then let these who fine timber buy the
lard and cut their K gs With clear conscience. No
other pan will succeed, that know o. t, preyeat the
gove nment rom beI schou sed" every winter unless
Ldtec, be nace STATE prison offence to take bsr
from the public lanes. That might pat a stop the
tretpass nut what would The people then do n lumber
in his interior Lei Il therefore be surveyed
| thrown irto MAI ket with ell possible despatch
saw mills ard s,ist mills being erected on the
Mississippi am lis troutafiss aj along shore" for one
inbred and thirty miles above The Falls Of St. Anthony
ard curing this spring and summer . great ux OF
settlers IL expected The river is open navigation,
the snow ia al gone the frost out Of the ground and
the sell Is now ready cultivation. road Is to Do
opened this spring, frvm In this quarter
s< where, eighty five miles above ST. Paul, to Mile
Laos sbout forty miles FRI here and then there viii
be good read nom the Upper Mi.sssippi to Lake So.
perior ore bundled and fifty nj es-that part OF tho
| read between mile Laos and Superior having bren a.
| ready completed. Great csuntry Great "beeplesi',
We have two steamboats, the Mississippi above the
Fails Of st Anthony which come up to Sank Rapids,
about Inety miles by the way ri the river They COM
mfpced ruL mir week ago. We have no Indians now
to bother the Winnebagoes having been removed to
| the Minnesota river about year since
1 The Troops for Canada.
0D Monday ast the Governor General Of Canada com.
EuIicaied The following document to the Legislative
] Assembly -
/ mo. 10 DOWNING STREET. May 2, 1850
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