Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-18


! getfblea ere produced mo abu1dantly, ard the
/ POtptoe sttairs size ard favor rarely MT with
fst5er sou.h Daring the month Of September
CaPt PoPE sounded the Red river ,fTe hundred
nits and found it rom four to fifteen deep. Rcd
pronounced it ns7gable for the lsrgsst sEs steam.
ers So VIII these vail rs. Of tie Red IN .ss5k
rivers, ST.. Cloud hasa back country of nssry seven
hundred miles unequaled or fertility Of SOIL health
mess Of climate, abundance Of timber, and putty
Of Wster
Near the British Inc on Red river Is e settle
meDt called Psmbinn, engaged 10 the fur trade
This trade IS worth balf million Of dollars per
snuum, and has hsretO'e ere gone to st. Paul But
a. they have TO travel down the Red ard Sank
rivers and cross the Msis ipp at this point, they
viii prefer exchanging their fars here, to going
sixty miles farther to ST. Paul so soon as merchants
here srs prepared TO furnish them their supplies
These furs are brought down ia OK carts in the
Spring. The distance is seven hundred miles. The
sxen are large northern breed living entirely on
the grass, and travelling from thirty.fve to forty
miles per day. The carts are rather curiosity to
| 9 Terneszean. They are made with shafts and the
oxen driven tRndum, two to a cart. These carts
have not particle Of iron shout them Obi but
there must be tire on the wheels, you say. No,
sir, not bit of il. They are made just ss your
OWE, with hubs, spokes and fsllowes, all of wood,
but no metal about them, not even nail Nor
do they ever grease them. This in itself speaks
well for the country over which they travel seven
hundred miles. It is 90 rich and loose, 60 devoid
of rocks and hills that these carts last for years
But enough Of that
Lake SuptriE is distant ninety miles from this
place. Its western extremity is much fs ther west
,hau any her point en- his great chain OF lakes,
connecting with the Atlantic Transportation AID
travel By water being SO much Chespsr than it pos
sbly en- be by land, railroads not being able 10
compee with steamboats,, emiga ioa and sup
plies for the vast county west of this will SEE The
most westward point Of water conveyance. Ma
tn. e has fixed the western extremity cf Superior
ss that point sid ell travel, EN- grafton and sup
plies for The weat must come to that point. Ne
cessity will then fcrcs a Fai.road thence towards
hs west Where will this rosd cross the Missis.
sip2i ri7er1 The G ogrspby Of the eoultry points
to St. Cloud as that place, and proclsims tina.
ua ure has unsltersbly fixed it 50. Gov Stephens,
in his survey of a railroad to the Pacific, alter
careful examination of the whole country, crossed
the river st this point ind run his roUte up the
Sank river valley. It is the only practicable
route from the Lakes to tbs Pacific, AID the de.
mands Of the vast itch country OF the west will
soon force the iron horse from this poiot over the
beaut fI prsiries towards sun SIT. Tie lands
around Superior Hre unfit fOc agrCu ture but rich
il minerals. at no distant day these mines will
give employment to thousands of miners. Tbese
mist be supper ed from he uk river valley
and in excuargs e.Vs Their moaey here This
viii be another source Of nourshment to 81.
oud
Above Us is vat territory Of pine lumber
These piueri already give employment to SIX or
seven Euodrei men, who must be supplied with
provisions from Ssuk river ana goods fr,m S..
Cloud. Til number will yearly decrease u1,il
the Ta't am Ut Of lumbar fson twelve millions
acres Of lahd recently purchased by he Govern
ment from the Ch;PpeH.s is exhausted, thus in
or ssiug ,urce Of profit to tbis place.
West Of Sank river valley is discovered chain
Of rich ssls lakes, said to b. the richest in The
void. a comPIny has lie n clsTtsred s0d o.
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headquarters q. this Paco.
The Sank Rayds in tls Ai-sssippi rise, st
above this town, will be ONE very valuable Tor
manufacturing PURGE e, and viii, think, son
build up lsTgs manufacturing interes. hers. So
vita tie Sank river. There are hundr, d3 Of fine
privileges On it. watch will soon start ito b=iDg
manufacturing es ADJUSTMENTS Of various sor's.-
Already several mills arr in colrss Of erection
near this Placs, AID others will go Up in thS
spring.
Real estate has advanc d rapidly here in the
las. Fix months Lyts that we're offered for forty
dollsr5 IN the summer, sell readily nav fr two
hurdr d whilst ell have advanced in the same
ratio Just here I would s.y to mechanics, th,t
no place f 70 go fine field as s.. Cloud. The
propHstors of the W. generally cfsr to mechsn-
lcs Of every 'Ort, los much cheaper th,n the mar
ket price. Wages Of every description are high
Carpenters :esdiIy com nsnd two dollars ana a
bali per day and there is no fear Of decrease
in these prices. So mlny buildings are under
contract and more required, ard mechanics scarce,
that wages are in No daDgsr of rec ding
It will cos: man about forty dollars to reach
St. Cloud from Tenn -ssee, by the ri7er to Cairo
hsrce by rail Dad to Dunleitb ILL.,, and thence by
the river TO ST. Paul a-d on to this place. Far
ners should bring Their ho,sss snl ca tie with
! With them, s. they will need them for bre,kiDg
| Up the prairies. After they have accomplished
this, they can readily ssl their oxen at one hun.
dred and twenty-five to Two hundred dOlsrs per
yoke. Horses, and, in fact, all kinds of stock,
Command high prices The spring is the proper
time u come to Minnesota, though any time viii
do, so tie farmer is hCr9 and located by the mid.
die Of November, as ths winter sets in about that
time. The earlier in the spring o. summer he can
reach here the better.
A word o. two as ID thu climate. L! is general
" supposed that Southerners cannot stand the
cold Of Minnesota. It is mere stuff arrived in
St. Paul on the last day Of September coming
directly from Tennessee. The winter commence
earlier and has been by far more dssgreeabIe Of
than usual / have been more exposed to the
weather than ever was BEFORE and yet, have
suffered less than did in the South during our or
diuary winters l. is al humbug that Southerner,
csnust stand this climate. There are men here !
from every qnarter OF the globe, and those from |
the South suffer no more and are as able to stand
TIE cold as those from Norway. There is living |