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LIST him Who destses delightful taatx,sa
tour, visit Minnesota. The merits md aav.n;
tages Of this beautiful state hare been over
shadoxed andp*xlooted by the din and elamo.
about Kansas md Pike's PEAK, but III wonder,
ful resources will get assert their superiority
She will not much longer remain under cloud
Minnesota twenty years hence will be mighty
State. Her population will then exceed tive
aiusoos<-st.-Paal aud St. Anthony will have
become great cities. Long befose TINT time q
system Of railroads will be completed, sad the
traveller from Chicago TO tile Northwest will
reach St Paul in Is honra, and the city Of PEN.
bina il sc hours, without break of guaRe Of
change Of carsj and the distance between St
Paul md Superior City, las miles, will be run
in less than hours. These calculations are
based on the present ordinary methed and
speed Of railroad conveyance. Fire years will
suffice TO eouneet chicugo By rail With ST. An.
thony snd St. Peter, and aye more will rush Oh
the lrun track far north towards Pctnbina and
selkirk, and complete it to Superior City at the
head Of the great lakes,
Minnesota IS the largest of the Western States
containing 10000 square miles, while Illinois
mas but $500 square miles Much Of the soil
Of Minnesota Is as productive as TINT Of Illinois
or Iowa. It would BE- entirely safe 10 estimate
one half tue area Of Minnesota rs good farming
land- The other half is covered with vast for
ests, and multitude of lakes md pools. The
agricultural capacities Of Minnesota are not
properly understood or appreciated in the older
States. The prevailing idea is that the winters
are excessively serete and tediously long; that
the summers arc short and cool; that the pro-
duet'ons are oats, potatoes, and little yellow
corn aud spring wheat; Tint The soil is thin and
stonEi sud that the people are chiefly employed
in cutting logs and aoating rai,s down the Mis-
s'ssirri. Or in laying out paper cities aloug its
banks. In short, that the clunate and soil close
ly resemble New England; except in beng
sonewn9t further north; with wintera longer
Sorwegtans and " half breeds,' with a sprink.
Ing OF lankee spectators and western lumber.
men. These ideas are wholly erroneous. Min
rssota is relatively the New England of the
Northwest. The latitude, it is true, is much
the sane. The climate is not 50 warm as in
those Western States bordering on the Ohio
Rtrer, but it is a great deal more favorable to
agricultural pursuits than New England. The
soil j. infinitely richer and more productive:
tle climate is more genial aud indurablc. The
piercing nor casters md the chilling focs oil
New England are not experienced in Minnesota,
me weather is more regular and not SO sudden
II sts changes. Spring OPENS in April and the
tuli closes in Aotember- These arc the months
which connect summer and winter About the
18th Of. November the rivers begin to freeze
over and snow soon after contnicnces falling,
aud from December list to April 1st the ground
IS covered with n white mantle. During these
iour months the sky is clear day aud night, and
tue alr still mud dry nearly I'LL the time. Winter
wheat and rye are protected from exposure by
tue snow until the cold weather is past There
Is rarely eter February thaw which overaows
rivers and inundutes bottom lands, strips the
SNOW from of the winter cerca md exposes
them to the subsequent free..ue winds. During
the winter mouths people can uooye abou,
oFiskly on tue snow. They become readily
accustomed t. to the cold. aud experience
little Inconvenience from it. 4 damp atmos-
pnete win freezing wind oecasion much more
suffering than dry atmosphere, however how
the mercury may fall. The winters in MINES
ota break up suddenly in April, aud pass away,
They 90 not "lingcr ia the la3 of spring." fron,
arch to JUNE, as IN .:orthern Illinois. With
!he hrst OF May comes seed time; the weather
Is delightful! from then until November. There
are are some hot days in July. but ,he nights are
not suflocat'ugiy warm. THERE ispIcnly Of sum
mer weatter 70 grow and ripen corn in perfec
.:on. The prevailing character Of the soil in
the south half Of Minnesota is limestone al'u,
Tium or rich sandy loom. Such soil driyes
vegetation forward very rapidly, and ripeus
cereals, fruits and vegetables before the autumn
fTosts. did not Sec better wheat, corn, barley.
oats or potatoes; iu Illinois or Wisconsin, Oh ny
trip hero than nave seen about St. Anthony
tor distance Of twenty miles, md I was u.s.
sured " persons from Various parts Of the
State that the crops look equally good. north.
vest and south. hundred miles from bere OF
the s7sub1ty Of the climate there is no Qucs-
ton. 4 healthier State there Is not in America
T. ~, u Tar superior to New England or Northern
illinois Tor persons having weak lungs Chill
fevers aud ague are almost unknown the peo.
pie bare buoyant look and au elastic step, the
natural consequence Of steady dry ai.ros
phere and clear sky. But let no one suppose
from my description. that like Californ,a. this
State isparched with drought in summc1. There
are frequent showers rains fall in sufficient
is less cloudy weather, less fox, md more clear
sunny days linn In uuy Su,te cast OF it. Min
nesoIa is West Of the influence Of the grea,
lakes, while The surface Of the State sparkIes
with multituaes Of hikes and ponds fed bs
SPRINGS These Inodify the Temperature Of the
and lakes Of Minnesota arc oil clear and limpid.
and are remarkably well stocked with trout and
other excellent kinds of fish. In no interior
Stute Of the Union do fish abound in greater
abuudauce. Every family can casiiy procure
al trey desire for domestic use. Twenty, forty
or sixty pounds are readily caught viii, book
and line By an expert sporismnn during au after.
noon's fishing in any Of the lakes near the fails
Of st. Anthony.
The scenery Of Minnesota is surprisingly
beautiful. The great body Of the country al.ef.
mates between rich river bottoms covered with
timber and high rolling prairics dotted and mir
Fored eses o1eF with lakes and pools ftinEed With
water falls VARYING in magnitude nnd beauty
from those OF St. Anthony to the classic Mime
laha. The size and number Of the lakes of the
State Torn, one Of its most distinguishing char
acteristics. Some are 90 miles il extent, and
others less than mile in circumference. Many
Of tbc more northern arc covered sith wild rice,
tnd are alive with wafer fowl; the shores OF
nearly all arc Of gravel or peLbles. and rntrely
Tree from marshes or malar,a. In many instan.
tea they are strung together BY timpid stream.
libe pearls On u silken 1fIread-the whoIc form
ing q most singular aud charming navigation by |
" HoIEu JenoFe p4fI3 0t &QE country are rendered
accessible. On the htad waters Of the Mi.sis. |
s'ppi and minnesota this peculiarity il iouud in
instances. |
For many years Minnesota will be the farorite |
Stntc for tue New England cnisrant. | have |
thought that il the whole three millions Of popu-
aton Of Yankee Land could be transported to
his State bodily with years provision md |
plenty Of agricultural and mechanical impIe.
nenta, that III twenty five years time they would
and collectively be as rich as 1hey
1ow are after two centuries oftoil aud economy.
It the Yankees had full possession Of Minnesota
wenty years they would build citr extending
rom the Falls Of St. Anthony to Fort Smelling.
md populate it With half million Of people,
they would drive a thousand mills with The
Eater power OF these Falls. They would manu.
acsurc afl the wheat grown in tha State, alI tue
roo1, and oil the lumber at these fails. They
sonid import Thousands ot bales Of cotton |
rom Mcmphis and Natchez. and spin mud weare
t here. They would combine the productions
# Rochester, Lowell, Saginaw and Boston in
his oue city. and supply the Eulley Of the Mis-
iasippi with their notions mad manufactures
Ill the Yankees Of New England want is the
oil, forests. water power, climate, uavicab'c
treams, and agricultural capabilities Of State
lke Minnesota, in order to aatonish all creation.
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Commerce OF the Missouri T4IIeT-.
errxcut aud Prospective AaElic
Trade.
Correspondents Of t.e Press and T1ibupe]
- PAxkv.t1I, No. July IL 1852,