The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-30

| is by no means confined to St. Paul. All
the towns on our route, q being those most
Immediately concerned ic the topical objects
Of the expedition, have manifsted IN earnest
interest 10 the movement. The ferries have
everywhere been made free TO % or nearly
so. The bridges, you know. have been car
ried away by the floods from Bum River
and ELK River and the ferries, Of which there
we're two across the Mississippi at st. Cloud,
were also partially destroyed by the same
cause. The Upper st. Cloud ferry. how
ever, was put into operation again on sa'ur.
day. On the temporary ferries at Anoka
and Orono exorbltant rates are charged.
At the latter especially the rates are twenty
five cents tor single horse and fifty cents
for team. The expedition is indebted to
the enterprisng citizens Of Anoka for its
first elevation to the dignity ofs taput NOR
iuum. They vet the excellent precedent Of
paying the expenses oil our hrriage at that
point out Of their own pockets. We owe
this service chiefly, am inclined to believe,
10 the good Offices of the Woodburys-as
pleasant family Of gentlemen as live on the
green earth. Three Of them know per-
sonaIIy, and vouch for them that they are
quite as agreeable 10 private, ss they are en-
terprisiug and spirited in matters which
concern the public.
This example OF public spirit had it's effect
on the Elk river CHAxox--who yet us over
for merely nominal sum, and who deserves
the greater credit, a. Oron0 contains little or
no public to psy for the expenditure of time
and labor which he freely contributed.
The rapdiiy Of the current and the width
Of the river at Lower st. Cloud, would have
made the passage extremely difficult In the
absence Of the regular means Of ferriage,
IL il had not been for the accidental presence
OF body Of lumbermen 10 the employ OF
Mr.. Ygws. encamped on the east side.
These men generously offered to take us
across for nothing. but their liberality was
anticipated by several gentlemen of IT.
Cloud, and among them the owner Of the
ferry himself, who volunteered to pay them
for their trouble. The celebrity with which
they poled and skuled us across the rapid
current excited the admiration Of Colonel
MOBILES, who desires them to be commended
to the notice Of the public.
I should not omit TO mention that for all
we have seen Of the SUN since we started
from ST. Paul, we might rs well have been
travelling oil the way through the Thames
Tunnel and tor all the dry weather We
have had, the Tunnel, to complete the hg
urc. might have been seive, with that elias
sic conduit Of London moisture pouring
through tho interstccs. To-day. Saturday.
tho sky looks as heavy and dun again as the
leaden rind of Chinese tea-chest aud
wthal il ia 30 cold and has Een ~ cold,
that il were going to write you about the
weather. | should date my letter in Novem
Der or March, to preserve the reputation OF
our climate You will forgive me, then. the
weakness of seeking a transient CLEAN OF
comfort from the roast beef and virgin
sheets Of the Stcarns' House.
have yielded 50 much. for private rea-
Sous Of my own, to the seductions OF warm
housing and digcstibk cookery along the
road, that my experience of the camp-life OF
the expedition has been extremely limited
thus far-and indeed the particular phase Of
campliie exhibited along a populous thor.
oughhre. in the Disseminating atmosphere
OF houses aud purchasable comforts. is not
likely To contain much OF interest to your
readers The interest Of campl,le begins
with its isolation. A back ground Of desert,
such deep eternity OF solitude as is afforded
by the undesirable sweep of the western
prairie. is necessary to its picturcsqueness a
u scene or to its test as an experience.
will begin my itincrancy, then, when get
to 1t.
Tomorrow Sunday If it is fine day. |
will perhaps tell you what the good people
Of st. Cloud did with IA last night at the
Willis House, and how they did it. lfit is
very fine may be gooi-ua,ured enough to
ensure our boys n glorious Immortality.
by recording their names in the fioSExR
AND DEMOCRAT. J. A. W.
>UaBkR Two.