, 1866-05-08

1ior.' Orders nrc already pouring in at u rate
which threatens to anticipate the whole sup
ply. It Il estfmatodthat 81. Paul, Minneapolis
and St. Anthony Will alune consume oYof e.
0oo. 600 f:et in building purposes. 50, 000, 600
feet Will hardly supply tue Immediate aud mr.
Central. Many millions are called for up the
a.innesota Valley and at the river towns be-
low St. Pnul. a large advance In prices may
therefore be expected, not only on account Of
the great increase In the home demand, but
on account Of a considerable diminution IN
the usual sources Of supply. The St. Croix
River will this year send 50, ,ooo, 900 feet Of
lumber and logs to market, against 1eo.0 .0o0,-
900 feet last year. On the Chippewa River
&C, 000, Goo have been carried away on the high
water and Ice, large proportion OF which
will be lost for the season. The mills on that
river will have only about tWo-thirds sup
ply on hand.
= A halt million feet of old 1ogs-went over the
Falls and down the river when the wreck Of
the North Minneapolis Bridge swept along by
the mills Of st. Anthony, during the breaking
4R Epta, Of INC ise gorge couple Of weeks ago.
Euorts are beng made to recover some Of the
logs below, where sales can be readily made
along the banks ofthe river.
Ihe various saw mills here are now busy
with worknnen putting everything In order,
and many eyes arc looking for the pioneer los
Of 1865.
Letter from the lnae Count Guro1vskt.
The following letter was addressed By
Count GuroWsE, net long before his death,
to one OF his intimate personal friends, who
had requested his opinion In regard to the
the present political state Of things. We
publish the letter without changing its orig
inal rather broken English:
"DEAn FR1ESu:-The political situation Is rsry
str6Mel
f-.At JT~1.
himself more and more against any opposition TO
his will, and therein he Is strongly sustained By
Seward, Welles, Slrculloush, Dixon, Doot,t4e, and
the little villain,' Raymond.
"Denuded from al what it Confined OF beastly
and coarse. the speech ol the ed Of February and
all the subsequsn, utteraaces and manirstoca uade
by johnson arc decided, open srhycrsions aud de-
sunct1ou Of the vital, fundamental and phiosophi-
cal principle sol America. johnson and his sup-
poHess attempt to substitute the 1cA Of oue 10 the
VIII Of the many as Uttered BY Congress, The only
s2cnthcauoo OF Amerlca In the various crolutions
Of humanity fs, that until SCI every orcanic idea
WAS the offspring from ora mimi; 1t Vas go from
Moses down to The great md the small Napoleon
Exceptions rom this old axsom are few aud rare.
America organized It's poity theoretically and prac-
ucsaiy On selfsosernmeut, that On the reason Of
| the many.
"Johnsou attempts 10 subyert the will Of the manu-
I
That Is. personal policy. lie Il to become orcau,ze,
and legislator. THIN It will be tho continuation d
The old axiom prevailing In the philosophy OF his
tory and the old World.
''Johnsou Is intoxicated By power oud By the
| foucsl 1attesv.
"Br far other and better minds than Is this boo,
little wretch. have been ruined by f1arte.y. Ever
Caesar, even the great Napoleon, and under my
eyes Alexander I, and Nicholas /. Of Russia
| "1pity, therefore, this poor wretch to have eouf
out ot The track. In criminal law, the true cylui
nal. nre those who concoct and adulterate drink.
ny which they nadden poor wretch, commit,in.
| lhe1eupon crime.
"Such criminals. tn my Judgment, a1c Johns on.
nateTcFs aud sus:a,ners. who deliberately beeoa,t
trsisors and peEjurer. TO the great American uolfty
AID This, in my opinion, Il greater social erin,
THAI the treason In arms Of the Southern secession
| ists.
THE people at large Is the sovereign, and /,
must decide, II It will patiently assist in the de-
sructon OF its paramount and alone exclusive life
| giving principle. The people must decide between
poor, weak, but arrogant by power and BIZ ths
fonlest f.ttcry intoxicated ,nd1v1duum, and he
tween the best, the uohleet, the mo-t devoted AMI
tried patrfoie, az are thosc composing the mso-,,,
In both the Houses OF The Congress. I have tht
fullest confidence in the People. The faith vhtct
sustained Me dur1ng the darkest days In the pss,
years; the same faith fills me now. The people
will remain t1ue 10 itscll-acorn and crush The M
| Starts.
"You asked me my opinion. Thercit,s.
'~Iours,
/ ut;f.1ow.E,