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VOL. 11. NO. 6. 



CONCORD, N. H., JUNE 30, 1849. 



WHOLE NO. 126. 



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Minesota. 



A new paper railed i tie Minesota Register lias 

 just been commenced tit Si. Paid, the principal 

 place in llie new territory of MinesolS. The 

 chief towns of Minesota Territory are Si. Paid 

 situated on tlie .Mississippi river about six miles 

 below Fort Snelling and thirteen below the 

 Falls of St. Anthony, and Stillwater, at the 

 head of Lake St. Croix, which is the most north- 

 ern point of certain si earn boat navigation in the 

 Mississippi Valley. Si. Paul has a population 

 of SiO souls, and Siillwaier something more 

 than a thousand. The Register bears date April 

 7ib, mill already we find tin; ''splendid steamers" 

 Doctor Franklin, Capt. i\l. VV. Lodwich, Sena- 

 tor, Caul. Orrin Smith, and Doctor Franklin, 

 No. 2, Cunt. A. C. Monitor!, advertised in it 

 as " now running as regular packets" Instween 

 those places and Galena and St. Louis. Willi 

 sni'li facilities of travel, and the inducements 

 held onl by the i it'll soil and the healthful cli- 

 mate ol Minesota to emigration from the old 

 States and from Europe, the settlement of that 

 region will be much more rapid work than was 

 that of the first Western Stales. (Many of our 

 New England people are emigrating to this re- 

 gion, and propose settling in the neighborhood 

 of the. falls of St. Anthony.) Minesota, beyond 

 ti doubt, will in time become as famous for lum- 

 ber as Maine is nuw. She has the timber, the 

 rapid water courses upon which it can be con- 

 veiled into hoards, scantling, &c, and the rivers 

 to b'ing it to a market ; and having these, with 

 what else she has, she will not be long without 

 men to put the whole business in motion. We 

 subjoin a portion of an interesting article 

 from the Register which will give our readers 

 Home idea of the resources of lb" new territorj : 



'■The Mississippi river, for a distance of over 

 two bundle I miles north of the month of the 

 St. Croix, runs through a rich valley of prairie 

 and oak openings; the banks above the tidls of 

 St. Anthony are from ten to thirty leet high; 

 the river nms over a gravelly bed, and is led 

 by innumerable small rivers of clear and rapid 

 waier; no marshes or low ground of stagnant 

 water are found in the vicinity — consequently 

 the country is free from lever and ague and 

 bilious diseases that are so common further 

 South, The soil is rich and admirably adapted 

 for raising wheal, com, oats, and potatoes. 

 Vegetables yield plentifully, and there is not 

 a better country in the world for raismg stock. 

 The. farmer finds a ready market for all bis sur- 

 plus crops; nearly half a million dollars will he 

 paid out annually to lite Indian tribes and for 

 the support of the military establishment above 

 the tails of Si. Anthony ;— this amount is paid 

 in specie by the agents of the Government, and 



a large portion finds its way into the pockets of 

 the liirmeis ami mechanics, in exchange fur 

 their produce and labor. 



"On the St. Croix and its tributaries the pine- 

 ries are very extensive, and hundreds of la- 

 borers find steady employment, good prices and 

 ready pay. Above the mouth of Crow Wing 

 river, on the Mississippi, the pinery extends 

 north lor three or four hundred miles; it is one 

 of the most extensive in the world, and the day 

 is not far distant when it will supply the Val- 

 ley of the Mississippi with building material. 

 The country bordering upon the bead waters 

 ol the river is strewed with large and beautiful 

 lakes, which are filled wilh excellent fish. The 

 white-fish are found in them in great abun- 

 dance and of very large size, even larger than 

 those in lake Superior; Ked lake is over one 

 hundred miles in circumference; Leech lake 

 more than fifty, and probably one-lonrih pait of 

 llie country is covered with lakes of the purest 

 water, 'file sugar maple is found in great abun- 

 dance upon the streams and some of the hikes, 

 and llie land is of the finest quality. So soon as 

 the Indian tule is extinguished, thousands ol 

 lumber-men will find employment in the North. 

 At the month of Crow Wins; river there is now 

 a Fort in progress of erection; the site was 

 selected by Gen. Brooks last summer; it has 

 been named by the War Department ' Fort 

 Gaines.' Two companies, one of dragoons and 

 one of infantry, have been assigned to garrison 

 it. Another Fort is now in contemplation by 

 the government ; it will probably be located 

 near the head waters of Sunk river, nlvoiti 

 seventy miles west of Fort Gaines. The atten- 

 tion ol the Government has also been directed 

 to the importance of establishing a large Fort 

 on the Red river of the North. The British 

 Government has already established one on her 

 side of the line, Fort Gary, and garrisoned it with 

 lour hundred men. 



"The valley of Red river is one of the richest 

 valleys ill the world — mostly rich prairie, skirted 

 with pine groves ol limber. The population 

 of the valley of ibis river is nearly twenty thou- 

 sand — mostly half-breeds— allhouo.il theie are a 

 great many English, Scotch and French fanners 

 of the first class. The principal settlements 

 are north of the line, and the inhabitants Brit- 

 ish subjects; they raise large herds of cattle, 

 horses and sheep. Beef, pork, wheat, flour, 

 flax, wool and potatoes are cheap and abun- 

 dant; heretofore the trade of this settlement 

 has gone to the Hudson Bay, but the settlers 

 are now turning their attention South; the 

 Forts now building remove the only obstacle 

 thai has been in their way — fear of the Sioux 

 Indians of the plains. Last summer about five 

 hundred carts came down from Lord Selkirk's 

 settlement, loaded wilh llie produce of their 

 country, and with money and furs to purchase 

 supplies from our merchants. They were much 

 pleased, and from 1000 to 2000 are expected 

 down the coming summer. 



"It is to be hoped, and has been strongly re- 

 commended, that our Government will make a 

 treaty wilh the northern Indians for the pur- 

 chase of the valley of the Red river south of 

 the 49th degree ami so soon as it shall be done will 

 be filled with an industrious and moral set of 

 hardy pioneers, who will soon enrich themselves 

 and the country from the bountiful crops the 

 soil will produce. We hazard nothing ill saving 

 that Minesota before the close of this year will 

 contain twenty thousand people. A more intel- 

 ligent, industrious and moral population can tun 

 be found. The inhabitants are mostly from the 

 Northern Stales, and we venture nothing in say- 

 ing thai Ihej cannot he excelled in enterprise or 

 true worth. 



"The climate is remarkably healthy, nnd well 



suited to Eastern people. Four years ago, one 

 boat a mouth at Si. Paul, Siillwaier, and St. 

 Peters, was looked upon as au event worthy of 

 nonce. Last summer the arrivals amounted to 

 one hundred and fifty-four. St. Paul has sprung 

 up as if by magic; it now contains nearly 1000 

 inhabitants, and is l lie largest town ill the terri- 

 tory except Stillwater, which is situated at the 

 head of lake St. Croix, and the most northern 

 point of certain Steam boat navigation in the val- 

 ley of the Mississippi. Stillwater is a large and 

 flourishing town, filled wilh fine ami beautiful 

 cottages that would do credit to an Eastern vil- 

 lage, with churches, saw-mills, &c. ; ii has two 

 large and well-conducted hotels, where travellers 

 can be well accommodated ; it is about twenty 

 miles north-east from the falls of Si. Anthony. 

 Parlies of pleasure will find a plenty of fine 

 hunting and trout-fishing near this place ; the 

 scenery is magnificent, wild and beautiful. The 

 health of the place is unequalled, ami will doubt- 

 less be resorted to by invalids ami persons of 

 pleasure; it has several large and well-filled 

 stores, at which every necessary and many luxu- 

 ries can be bad at moderate rales. 



" At St. Paul there tire two good public bouses, 

 built with a reference to the comfort of pleasure- 

 parties visiting the falls of St. Anthony; there- 

 is also a large livery stable. At the falls of St. 

 Anthony there are now four saws, one shingle 

 and one lathe machine. A village has sprung 

 up there within a lew months; a large hotel is 

 under contract, and will soon be ready for the 

 reception of visiters. Regular packets are now 

 miming between Galena, Stillwater, St. Paul 

 and St. Peters; also from St. Louis a daily boat 

 may now be depended upon; these packets are 

 of the first class, the tare low and accommoda- 

 tions equalled by none ; at every point on the 

 river the producer finds a market ; all he has to 

 do is to raise a flag, and ihe first boat stops and 

 takes whatever he may have to dispose of. Eve- 

 ry boat that goes up is loaded with goods and 

 supplies, and many are engaged as traders; they 

 supply the inhabitants at their doors with such 

 articles as they may stand in need of" 



Planting Fruit Trees. — " Will it answer to 

 plant trees in grass ground ?" This question 

 which has been answered tor the thoiisandlh 

 time, is still propounded frequently; and wilh 

 an interest which implies, that a great saving of 

 labor may be effected, and full returns for the 

 expenditure received, though the plaining be in- 

 differently performed, and the subsequent care 

 neglected. If the ground has been deeply 

 ploughed, the " putting out " is soon accomplish- 

 ed, and if all is properly performed, the growth 

 and value will be increased ten fold. A neigh- 

 bor set out some apple trees in turf; soil deep 

 and rich. At a few rods distant, be planted 

 others, which were kept under cultivation. In 

 his own language, "The last were as big as his 

 leg, the. first but little larger than when taken 

 from the nursery." Au extensive fruit-dealer 

 once called my attention to the difference be- 

 tween that part of his peach orchard which had 

 been ploughed, and that in which it hail been 

 omitted for the present year only. The deep 

 green leaves and vigorous growth of the cultiva- 

 ted part, contrasted strongly with the other, al- 

 lliongh to the casual observer, both would appear 

 in good condition. — Albany Cultivator. 



b W. R. S. 



Lo7lgtevity.— Mrs. Elizabeth Grindle, residing 

 at Goshen, N. II., was one hundred and four years 

 of age last March. She is probably the oldest 

 person in the Slate. She has always been very 

 temperate in her habits, both in eating and 

 drinking, and n great worker. — .Yashua Gazette. 



