Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-08-06
FROM THE NORTK-WEST.

Cores gondence of the Belmont Chronicle
ST. Paul, July 4lh, 81.
MR. TEoBURs: This being the day Of
days TO the American people, large prepar-
stons have been made here icr cele ebrations.
Oae feature in tie programme for pic nics
met my decided appreciation, that was stran-
gers we're equally with the citizens invited
to partake Of the hospital:tics. Let Us, Mr.
Editor. " no live in older and more settled
portions of the country take a lesson from
CUR frontier friends, and learn to make the
stranger feel al home among US Those Of
US who travel feel the warming, consoliEg
infu, noes of friendly greeting.
The stimuli lating effects of travel, the pure
air, the ch%ming scenery, caused me when
called TO the bountiful and luxurious table
on the boat, to indulge my appetite little
too freely, consequently, ;his morning an
little indisposed. about enough 10 con-
clude that had better stay in doors during
the day, keep quiet, rest, and write: So
here sit, my paper before me, my penc /
in hand, " ide spread &c, ne in view. The
house Hhyre am stonds on high bluff,
can overlook two-thirds OF the city; casting
glance to the North, East and South q
am near the Western bOrder) | ear see
from Ten to twelve miles country Of unGu-
lotions, the fnrthest off appearing as a ri ge
of uncommon evenness, and as circular and
regular as ii drawn by carpenters COM
pass, the cenger gradually depressed This
whole basin might be built, and from the
bluff nearly the whole of it be seen. The
situation OF ST. Paul is sublimely grand for
a great city.
jus; On the edge of where the buildings
now stand thickest. are oak openings, and
plenty of hazel underground, and here and
there and everywhere among those oak
orchards are to be seen the beautiful man
sions o: the citizens of ST. Paul. Alas.
that these beautiful oaks, and grand bluffs
are to be swept away BY the hands of COM
merce and avarice,-the grand, irregular
bluff to grading, and the lovely oaks to
warehouses, &c. liz few years the beauty
of ST. Paul vii! be educed to regular grades,
smooth walks, and fine houses crowded to-
gether. Before the destructive hand of gain
10 all that is beautiful is applied to the
wt1otr CITY rhrre strvuid be furk vi leusI
| fifty acres, on the bluff in rear of where the
city now stlnds, set apart for public grounds,
for with a country of a thousand miles to
the West, North West and North to back
it, what may not St. Paul be! You or |,
Mr.. Editor, may talk of cold winters, short
summers, &c., yet Minnesota, with its beau
tful Lakes ana fine waters, its quick rich
soil, and being one OF the finest wheat re-
gions TO be iour d, is JUS: the country for the
people OF New England and the Northern
latitudes OF Europe, and go ahead it will.
There may be some reverses, but after each
the rush of emigration and settlement will
increase.
As write streams OF people are passing
in several directions TO the various Pic Mics.
Several companies in Uniform are on parade,
| making a display, but as | am not OF a mil,
tarv disposition, these have not attracted
much OF my notice. The profusion Of car
riages, many of them of exceeding elegance
surprise me for SO new a place; many o.
the turnouts would look well on Chesnut
Street Philadelphia, the Horses are of a
very superior kind, and gentlemen and ladie:
riding on horseback is much practised,
learn there are many large fortunes here ant
! the possessors OF them are determined "tc
live whie they may" Not only to-day bu
yesterday, and AIN told all the time thi.
stream OF carriages, stages movers&c., E, are II
motion, it exceeds anything have eve!
! seen.
Feeling something better this vyning
took a short walh 10 see the German p,
! Mic, which hello near my lUd -tng. Thts,
are the people for social enjoyment, i'll
beautiu! Grove, on high bluff some l.OO(
or 1900 OF them assembled. A band q
music, long tables well loaded with Lgge
Beer, chamf aign Wine &c, with the othe
necessary accom- paninants, some sing NJ
some swinging, some little top heavy. 9th
ers driu king and laughing, aid all talking
presented scene Oi more enjoyment o
the kind than had ever witnessed in a so
cial gathering.
My friend has just returned from Pi,
Mic, at one of The Lakes, near ny. Wher,
he passed the day in very agreeable man
ner, and where sports and diversion wer,
carried to considerable extent.
TRAVELLER.