New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-20
FROM MINNESOTA.

Correspondence Of The n. Y. TIitIle.
ST. PAUL, July 10, 1853.
In TIE TRIEuNE of the Sd inst. you state that
"the Winter Just closed was both pleasant and
"more favorable for business in Minnesota than in
"sny other Free State" Having spent over twenty
years in Central Nsw-YoIk we can bear willing
tes.iu opy to the peasantneGs of the Winters here
in comparison to ose in that most favored locality
The Summer thus far has also been the most beau
tiful we have ever spent in our Life. While large
portion of the Union hes been visited with such
foods ard winds ard whirlwiLds as have been
rarely known Minnesota has been almost entirely
exempt. We have had succession OF very hot days
in the month of June, always, however, succeeded
by nights cool and beautiful for refreshing sleep. we
have bad more rain than usual, but none too much
for vegetation Travellers uniformly speak OF the
contrast in the appearance of all kinds OF crops here
with those in other localities. The breadth OF
ground sOwn and planted must be certainly double
that of any former year, fact which IS one OF many
favorable results of the great crisis The Wheat
crop here is very great and in al respects success
full one Farmers from Gencssee County, New
York, Informed us last year that more bushels OF
equal weight of Wheat were harvested here per
acre than on their farms in Western NewYork. 1t
is certain that the Wheat fields here the present
wear promise all that be desired, and there can
be little doubt that the present crop will furnish EVIL
dence that Minnesota is unsurpassed in this respect
Crops of all kinds are most luxurisnt in growth and
| no man however deeply embarrassed, can fail to
become enthusiastic il ne will but go into the cOun-
try. Thetoi is peculiarly adapted TO the growth OF
vines and vegetables, and doubt if any locality
can excel our own in the excellence Of Its potatoes,
! cabbages, turniPs, beets, &c.
| The new History of Minnesota" By Edward
| o. Nell, has made its appearance with the com
mencement Of the new State. AT least two thirds
of the large octave volume il filled with the account
| of the early French explOratiOn-the biography OF
such men as Hennepn, aud Du Luth, and lie
| Sueur. and Nicollet. The bsok entirely avoids all
| putting of towns and cities that are hoped Tor. III
Is as il processes TO be- truthful history OF the ex
| treme Northwest, graceful and easy IN style and
| fascinating to the reader No Western state mas
been 40 fortunate in its hlstOr an, and the book VIII
continue TO be more and more priced as the coun-
trv increases its age. To all persons Interested IN
the life of the pioneers IN the history oil the Hd-
| sons Bay Company and Of the Red River country
| this book i, offered and will be read with an inter-
est rarely equaed.
The Red River trains are nov paving us their an
| nual visit. They bring with them to exchange for
goods and supplies from $4,000 to $4,000 IN iars
and buffalo robes and golj Many also have bills OF
| exchange on the Hudson's Bay Company, London,
generally for sixty days, aud in small amounts,
| which are readily negotiated here. Mr.. Neil, IN
his History Of Minnesota" gives the following
description of the carts of the half-breed hunters
| These carts in each one Of which single OK IS
harnessed ike horse, are now daily seen IN our
streets in trains of six or eight or more aud often
with bat single driver 10 the tram
For mary wears the hslf breeds OF the Hudson
Raw Coupspy have subsisted by hunting the B1fao
on Ire psns Of Mirneso.a ard their or
tbs territory of the United Ststes hsve beer llss
ground of compliant. The tol!owi s sEss "a ID =
OF the extent Of the huncg OF British nan ofeeds 10
Mipnesota The number OF carts for the nrst mp u
each wear given: In 1925 there were bs0 aHsi 70
1880 $50: in 1885, go; in 1910, l,2lO WIKI the COM
mencement of each Spring thar hunters com mnence
psrations for their campaign, and about the month
Of June they march forth 70 the plains. ihef cal.'
Are truly primitive having the sppes-snee OF oeine
made before the days of Tubal Cain. Not paltclIs
of iron fastens them together. The wheels are Win
out tires, and wooden pegs take the place OF nor
snkes Into the shafts an OK is harnessed, WIZ eear
;Io made of raw-hide and With this vehicle they rave
hundreds of miles. Women and children accompany
the hunters and they wind over the prafies N
sv hunting attire they appear ike bold cru aaels on
| nn;Iorimage When they halt for the night, the cert
srs arranged in the form Of circle With the sheit
nroiectipg outward, and within this wooden cordo
he tents are pitched at enc and tpe AnmsA tetn
aTed at the other extremity when ds ger IS expected
Az the hoistipg of the isg in the morning al tar
are Up and doing ald Ct the lr wering ofths tag