, 1870-08-27

SIR: In your columns Of The 2lst inst, Al |
article appears in relation to Dn1utl, 3Iinn,
in which tbat cnbrSo city of some three OF
four thousand Inhabitants IL vastly under !
.ated, al respects its present prosparity. and
fn,ure prospects. Having visited that local
ity three 5ears since, when the settlement
consisted Of one store, one public house, the
United States Land OiEce, and aboat dozen
email dwellings, in d,lApidated statc, you can
ju6gc Of my surprise At witnessing, at the
present time, city, chartered in Jau-
uary, 1870, governed by,A Mayor AID
l:oa,d Of Aldermen. Nov there are
two churches, TWO good hotcls, two
newspapers issued weekly, two eor tia1ee
tanking housef, public library, tl.i1ty OF
torsy storeR, besihos great number OF
ealu1ns, and small groceries or taverns: i
large grain elevator in the course Of construc-
ton, a substantial stone pier extending ahou;
500 feet into Lake Superior, which il to Dc
exteuded to upwards Of ,oo0 fact,-th,1a fur
tisi.lug an artificial hatbor. safo except iu
northeast storms The dwelling houses arc
counted By the hundred, including those du-
iel.ed and in course Of construction, thu whole
town being alive. with 3n active population.
moat1y Of tue male sex Let NE ask ii MT this
| eu,elIriso aud rapid growth deserving Of great
credit, instead OF DciEg ridiculaa by your cur
res. .on3ent.
| Ii does not require sage or n pEopha: to
account for Al this app;Isnt prosperity il a
lotL at map Of North America to eeu It's
commanding positior-its present aud future
| grcwth not Icing confined to tho United States,
| t,ut It will increase aad grow with the sa:tit-
mint Of the new ur;.ish poaseasions lying
EN-! racing the Valley of the 1.c1 Iirer OF the
| North, the Assiuibotne, tho Saskatchewan. ani
tie country lying in the basin og Lake Ntuni-
peg. Is this no. enough to iusurs it's failure
impcl ltAncc ae great commercial ccutlo Or
mart OF tsades Il ros, let mo eAi yo4z
str. tching across Minnesota, Dakota AUD
Montana to 1uget's Sound OF. thc Pacific
Ocean. ALI this lmueuse region, nqN alu Dat
b wildeInesr. Is capable Of sustaining danss
population for hundreds of milus west an1
noTthwszd the soil produces the cereals, the
grasEes, and vegetables IN great Abundance.
Iku temperature for the summer u1utlla il
az favorable IL Northern Illinois or Southern
N1ihnseo,a, having :hreo or four mouths free
from trosts; the tall of rain being abundaa,
in spring and during the seaaon Of vegetation
Nhlle during the winter mouths there il but =
email fall Of soow With continued cotd AMI
nesltny weather.. possesaiDs. In sa:t, =
'Slberian summer" with Hucls climate at
| will. no -oubt. produce arobust ssco If people
III order to further interest your readers,
NlN fTe@c1t Hn fALsAGL iEOtu tub report O.
General 7. ]. Clam, Of the Cnited State
! Corps Of Engineers: Through Deata'
: Dotf-tha entrance OF Green Lay to LAX
Michigan-d1aw Oh the map Of the Unites
States . straight line, bearing southwark Il
. the pacihc Ocean; it n,lf be found to pas
and thence to the pass south Of Sans
: Fe, New Mexico, to the Gulf Of California
$ rassihg through Tubac, Arizona. This d
e yidinG liAa consalns the points OF equal dls
ta1css from the two great lakes-superio
and 11ichigan-and every point OF ter1tor
is nee:er to the head Of Lake Superior than
the head Of Lake Michigan. GcographicAl!
therefore, Of a1l on1 country west AND soutl
west Of the lskes-embsa acing one h.lf I
Ii Wisconsin. ali OF hnnnesoss, one-thi1d
n Iowa, most of Nebraska, nearly al Of Color
u territory west and north, ase situated neat,
4 tho head Of Lake Superior. (where stant
~ Duiuth) than to the heal Of Lake 1lich'gA
Nv (wlcre tta,lds Chicago}. No Que who Will tai
ss west Of the the uuiIcd Statea+ and c1ami:
~ ite Topography and isothernal 1nes, can +.
~ 10 perceive that this Northwest, contAi
0, I ing 30, &c equare niles. MUST in ,ime ne
q at band, have an important tcei9ht in resp+
ce 10 iolisisat, productive, and couneFeial i
be Further, il you investigate the secret intl
ed ence Of climate, you will lind Northern vi
:, 1eso,s, With ite pure and inviyosasing atm.
a'- plere, giving life aud rtrength to the hum
er frame u all seasons Of the Soar. while I
nj climate Of Southern Virginia, near The 81
-. loArd, at thus eeAton OF the Year, begets
en- yer. lsseitude, and death, 50 far a. mon
ac- aud ph! siea1 labor il concerned: hence. n
lin folk, lying on the southern condnes OF I
=, temperate zone, will, 10 doubt. be eclipa
eo in point Of population aud commercial ,
his portance, By Duluth, lying on tho nosth
"A confines OF the temperate gone. with n'
H.. annual temperature OF 10 degrees Fahreuh
ny j. DLs1URSSLL
,ta CHICAGO, Apg. -, 1870.