, 1861-12-12
From tho Rcd Rlver Region Of the
NOE4hs

From tho Rcd Hlver Region Of the
North.
In these days Of wars and runlors Of wars,
when by means Of the telegraph the public
sits watching dRily and hourly for news from
all parts Of the country, from tic Kansas bor-
der to, ,Accomac-when our desk is crowded
With Army Correspondence, and our table
burdened with exchanges bulky with War
Ncws-it is refreshing to hear from spot
where there isn't any telegraph nor railroad.
Hnd tlis comes to us in a little sheet always
four weeks old on arrival, its news thus mildly
Favored with antiquity, but all tic more suss1
gcstiyc Of the calm that must pcrvadc that
hspcrborcan region, remote from earnps and
The jar Of war preparations, where army CON
tractors do not modest the serenity Of public
morals, nor rebellion disturb the peace. The
Nor teestcT, published at Red River Settlement,
visits us regularly, or has until this present;
hereafter, until spring opens, communications
are ut the mercy Of deep SHOWS and dog trains.
As the remotest possible remove from War
Ncws-nnd nc are in favor Of variety for our
readers sake-here is rehash Of the gossip
from the Red River Settlement, on the Red
River Of the North, "on and about" Noycm-
ber first. At the close Of six months nayiga-
tion, the steamboat Pioneer had hauled off for
the winter, leaving overland trainB the only
communication with Pembina and fa1-off St.
Paul The Settlement was expecting new
Governor, Mr.. Dallas, and new preacher,
Rev Mr. Nisbet, who failed to arrive The
whole region had been swept by disastrous
prairie fires, from which many Of the settlers
had suffered severely. A huge dam was being
| built, and the enterprise Of Mr. John Inkster
greatly commended in the erection of ~ grand
1nill.'
The buffalo hunters we're coming in from
| their third and last trip for this season. This
is what is commonly known as the green
meat party"-those who go for fresh in con
tEadiBtinction from dried meat and pemican.
They had been only three weeks away, and
came in heavily laden with "cows' meat. II
This, the editor says, will be bad for the firm.
| ers, who will haye all the less chance to real.
| ize on their beef, mutton and pork. We arc
| refreshed by one statement, On the principle
that misery loves company, for we are In
formed that the Red River Settlement is s'en.
| tire1y cleared Of money!
! The editor narrates with scrio-comic cir
| cu1nstantiality how trio of British Nimrods,
e1pcnsiyely gotten up, with no end Of patent
hunting apparatus, from double Mantons down
to the latest novelty in flies, in their wander:
ingE came upon party Of marauding Tcetons,
who with savage mirth, which only needed
proyocatlon to become savage murder, danced
around the luekless Englisllmen, little by little
stripping them Of traps, outfit and clothing,
horses, wagons and tents, and finally, only
after long debate, aparing their scalps. The
unhappy BritiEhers were turned adrih with nc
provisions but G leg Of ono Of Mcir o.sn horses
kindly knocked in the head and skinned fo1
| their use.
We arc panied to have our dream of tht
peace and Arcadian simplicity Of the Rei
River country rudely invaded by the CON
plants Of frauds il the public works, and " O.
favoritism and nepotism on the Riviere 1t
Seine, across which bridge is being built ,
We wish this had not been So. Alas! thai
even north Of fifty degrees north latitude sucl
things can be! We sadly come down to OIL
| own favored regions. again,