, 1859-07-25

TonoS1o, July 1s.-I 1eare this day for the
Red ls,ser Settlement, and wish to suppelmeut
my 1ofzoer statements with . few u1ofr senten.
ces on sundry matters.
-. We have no newspaper az yet IN the Red
Klrcr Settlement. N one has ever been essai,-
!,shel or attempted to bc establishcd. Its said
that Tie liudson's Bay Company has always op-
posed tho establishment Of paner there. and
Of course where their influence is all.powcrfuI.
their opposition must be caectual. If trac. II
indicates thnt publicity would be undesirable,
md perhaps Eulnous to them. A desire 10 con
ecal Is wei fit1cd to excite suspicion, whether
true or not. However, this much know, TINT
the present representative of the Company in
the Settlement Is BY no means opposed to tho
enterprise. 4r. McTarish is a gentleman of
liberal and enlightened scntincuss, aud has it,
tic sympathy with bis predecessors in the opiu-
lon' real Or pretended, that =" a newspaper
would do more harm tIlan good" Our popu-
i.t'oa is about $3.50. One half is Roman Catb-
o'ict and has 4 much smaller Per qentace Of
readers thon the Protestant half. After careful
calculation :wonld set down the number Of
Subscribers IN :le rtaec At Goo. There would
be = considerable number from Minnesota, und
not . few from, C4nada- Perhaps some from
Eugiand. Nr. Lawrie Of tie 1rra Sound Press.
tateiy packed M rrcss. types, and all, and
staricd for the Red River. but RECEIVED sninr
encouragement atSuu|t st; Mnric's to publish
paper there, which he is accordingly about to
W.
9. Te hare not q single hotel or boarding
house. toa may think this strange, but 70 t,
Is. Nor il it 10 strange when you take into
considcrtiun the fact tlat hitherto the humber
oI eomcrs and goers has been rerE small.
When fay " hitherto" should explain it Us
comprising the period up to the last yenr OF
two. At the present moment, there arc large
humber OF Fistturs and straugcH- Hundreds
arn passing through to Frascr river. Others
come as intending settlers, and others again as ;
mercy temporary visitors. In apy case hotel
q: se1ne kind Is required. There are several
1argc aud respectable houses that m;pht ho
rented aud furnished for the purpose:
.. medical man or two wc greatly need.
In the whole settlement xe have but two doc
tors. one Of whom il connected with the COM
pany Of Royal Canadian Rides lately tept
thithcr: the ether is rather too old aud feeble
for much actual service. beside having his time
taken up with other business.
4. Within the last year, gscat deal Of land
has becn taken up in and around tie Fed river
colony: There has been quite a rush to the
land Office This is one Of the "sigus Of the
ttn,es.' People are looking ahead, and cannot
fail TO fec progress apd prosperity looming in
tbs distance. The tina haa arrived tue when |
Hudson Bay territory must 80 forward iu its |
sslretr Of improvement e. The Hudson Dav |
Company sell the lands. They do 80 in virtue |
Of tic rights gircn them by their charter, If |
the charter Is worth anything, it is worth a !
great dcal-,!giying them not only tic exclusive
right to trade, but actual proprietorahip ia TIC
>oil. Land is sold 1t seven xhilliugs and six |
pence sterling per acre. Onlv small instaf-
ulent IL called foF nj once, however. the rrst
being paid very gradually. >.