Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-26
sr. PAUL, MINK July 10, 1866.

OT' fAULs MIs& j nly lSs 1902
Editors Evansville Journal:
With o view to health, we left the
comforts Of home in Evansville, on the
9th inst, for this cooler northern re-
gion. Business engagements detained
us in Indianapolis until the evening of
Wednesday, the 18th, when we took rail
for Chicago. As you have learned, no
doubt, resigned my official position at
indianapolis. Having previously ar
ranged at home so that my affairs do
not require my present personal atten-
ton, am now free to 60 and come as
may seem most conducive to health and
comfort. e !
AT Chicago we we're joined by an old
friend and his family, from New Albany,
who, like us, were coming to St. Paul
We spent day in Chicago, and then
came on by rail, passing through
splendid farming region, to Prairie du-
Chen, where we embarked on one Of
the 6ne Upper Mississippi packet boats,
arriving here on Sunday morning, the
10th. The trip up the river was de-
lightfuL The weather was clear and
pleasant. and the scenery grand and
continuously interesting; surprising, ]
think, the famed views on the. Hudson.
We are comfortably quartered at the
International Hotel, an excellent house,
waich would recommend to any Of my
friends who may visit st. Paul. On ar
rival we were gratihed by meeting our.
neighbor Garvin, who, with his family,
had been here several weeks. We were
sorry to learn, however, that they we're
about leaving for Superior City, for
which place they started next morning,
going by stsge-ths distance being one
hundred and fifty miles, and travelled in
three days, laying By at nights. The
only consolation we found for their GO
ing so soon was, that we we're able to
get their rooms, which were very pleas
ant front ones on the 6rst floor. But
for their departure, we might have been
q week in securing choice rooms, the
throng being SO great that many coners
have to be content with floor accommo-
dations in the halls. The rush OF health
| and pleasure seekers il tremendous. At
Saratoga and Newport it cannot be
greater; and, in my Judgment those
who come to st. Paul for eisher object
are wiser than those who 90 to the other
places named. There ia certainly some
thing in the climate here now which ia
exceedingly invigorating and healthful,
which, combined with places Of interest
in this vicinity, renders visit here very
desirable and agreeable both to invalids
aud to those in health.
| Yesterday, in corr psny with our New
Albany and other friends, we took a
drive to Fort Smelling, the Falls of
Minnehaha, and the Falls Of St An
thony, dining at Minneapolis. Con the
west side of the Mississippi at the latter
! falls, and returning at the close Of
twilight, which is hhre at about 9 O'Clock.
It is quite light here at half-past eight
Of evenings. We had very pleasant
day Fort Smelling, FIVE miles above
ST. Paul, stands on high bluff, at the
intersection Of the liver Minnesota Tor
St Petsr's) with tbs Mississippi, and
looks very Gibraltert do not believe
that even Grant or Shsrrlan could take
it BY assault from the river sides. We
had letter to the Colouel com mmanding,
and were shown everything of interest,
including the Sioux Indians under sen
tsncs of death for being engaged in the
great massacre Of the whites three years
ago One of them 10 q stout, sedate,
iron made man of probably City years,
and was q Chief in command Of some siz
hundred braves. The other is much
younger man, with nothing especial in
bis appearance. Il 10 supposed that 10
Q treaty, soon to be made with the Sioux
that these eut-throats will b. "amnsstied'
will be allowed TO take the oath, as il
were, and be turned loose, like thous
ands of white and worse outlaws; to pre-
upon the Government which spares
, them. The views from the fort ar,
splendid; that up the MinnesotA Vale!
is marvel of pleasing landscape beauty
Itreminds Que strongly Of many scenes
te be met with in the Cumberland Rive
Valley. In other directions the view il
for miles, and of striking interest.
Two miles beyond, We came to tn
falls of the Minnehsha, which ar,
very pleasing, being shout thirty feet il
& ~.dth with fall Of probably sixty feet
: The stream above is small, bat spread
ont as it reaches the clif over which
: poars into the ravine below. AZ time
70 the stream becomes low, and conse
y quentiy the falls lose their charm
Even now the volume of water is mue
smaller than usual at this season Of tn
year.
Four miles farther on We reach tn
!, falls of St. Anthony, aAnksd BY Mime
opOlis, on the west side, and the villag
of ST. Anthony on the opposite or eal
= = side. shall not stop to describe thes
- falls. Indeed cannot describe them
would. In state Of nature they mnr
!. have been very grand; but with numel
ir ous mill dams, saw mills and other mill
built all around and about the fails, an
= with thousands Of saw-logs lodged an
= Wedged in above, below, and upon then
il 10 hard 70 say how they would look