, 1864-06-14
from Our Special Corespo ndent.)

67. PAUL, June 8, 1854.
1proMised you letter occasionally"
l nm sorry there ia not greater supply OF
sensation items. The people are watching
the news from the army to the exclusion of
all other subjects just now. st. Paul Is
not pre-eminently patriotic city. believe
us yet there is no soldiers' did or sanitary
organization here which is in working order.
St Paul managed to escape the draft, which
is being enforced In the country towns.
TIE country towns think st. Paul has 'splay-
cd sharp with the credits. St. Paul is full
Of fcopperheads, us your correspondent ie in
formed and believes. St. Paul is great
cit5-that is prospeetisely. In territory It
is already great. All the back country to
the Lake ofthe Woods' Is laid out In tad
ditions'' to the city. In 1867, everybody
went crazy over corner lots. But lots'ar
very low now; you can buy lot two miles
--tsiy t,v mita-trom the Post Office, on
Dsyton's Blua. OF some nthar inacceeaitle
PIure, CO by 150 feet, for IS or $40. This is
considered low, very .or.
St. Paul, they tell me, will soon have more
Inhabitants than Chicago. This growth will
be as By magic when the railroad connections
are made. The St. Paul & Superior Railroad
Which is to be" commenced at once is the
most important This will secure the grain
trade, as 1t is said, as low down as Winona,
and The great avenue Of commerce for the
Northwest will be via Superior to and from
New York. What then will become Of Chi
caro? Also Superior irLn md copper Will
BIZ brought to ST. Paul to be manufactured.
For there Is timmense'' coal beds on the
Mississippi river. st. Paul is to be Troy
Pilteburg, very soon, almost Immediately.
Wien Il ose lots on ali the bluffs hereabouts
will be cheap ut $500 or 81, 600.
"a Tr.~l ~, y.t: rn-
conl beavers, and emeiters-and her atmog-
phere, her pure water, her wood, lumber aud
stone, will furnish ample materials tor wealth
and shops Tor the business which IL to be the
source Of her greatness
An extra session Of the Legislature Will
probably be called at once to make available
the late Congressional giants Of land for
comm need at once. This will cost the State
sl0, COO OF perhaps $50, 900, but It Is only q
little later in the pump, which will bring
ten.fo1d revenue to the Treasury, by enabling
rail1oad corporations to aieze Ill the vacant
lauds In the State, and hold them for $3.50 or
| IS 90 per acre.
Gov. Miller didn't see it at first, bnt the
the extra session will be called.
The Indian troubles are to a great extent
q tuMbug. kept up for military and CON.
| mcrcia1 ends. 1t hurts the State, however,
| py preventing emigration, nnd bleeds the
government terribly. General sibley Is IN
Old head, with IN eye single to sibley'a q In
terests.
The water continues low, aud there Is q
fair prospect Of q severe drought. A recent
frost cut down all the corn. Vegetation,
however, is as forward here as In Northern
Illinois, makisg allowance for the drought
and trost.
The logs have not, and probably will not
| core down this season. Woe to the luna-
bermen! Bankruptcy atares them In the
face And the, whole country Is suffering
| for want of the lumter that will not come
down tefore next year, for want of water:
Lumber In Chicago is cheaper than in st.
| Paul.
There is no rush hero US yet Of the health
and pleasure seekers, and very few arrivals
| as yet. Mr. Reynolds Of your city, of the
firm Of Reynolds, Ely sE Co.. is hcro for the
season. Several other health seekers from
Illinois, OF my acquaintance, are here
Business Of all kinds is dull. In the legal
profession there has recently heen q perfect
stampede out Of the city. Two Judges of
the Supreme Court, mid IN ex-Judge have
gone to Nevada.
St. Paul is not yet great city except ter
ritorially. A. j. q.