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TH u RsyAY, JUNE,T. 185%BENTON COUNT T—ITS PRINCIPALTOWNS.THE FRONTlEBMANU doing . TW.E Siave been informedfirst rate | business. The old Hotel^TTTTam’ w. wood, SDItOlU{Buildingi«now occupied by Mf. JittesWarrenlSJetweennYoCouiffpulHki, being rai^d speedily,^The thirteen daypr^|have reportsfiidlit hausted the ammunition 61 Indeed the dispatches 6l PPLATTE RIVER.It is miles from Watab to Platte River. The country lying between the two places is very pretty, composed of prairie and woodland—the former predominates. Along Little Rock, and on the banka of the Mississippi, especially from the mouth of the former to what is known as the TammeracK Swamp, the land i9 of a superior quality, and is well wooded and watered. The town of Langola is situated just above the mouth of Platte River, which is a stream of considerable importance, both on account of the extensive pineries on its upper banks, and the fertility and lovelk ness of the country through which it meanders after leaving those pineries.„ ...#tore in the beet war4£t*e vn thetj. IV is a two story bloS^uilding,aud as good e* new,Thfi country contiguous to the town isoven and generally handsome.Now, we have only further to say,that we have passed many a pleasant I ghakoff stat0 ,h„ from the 19th to the hour at Swan River. The memory of $2d of April their fire had greatly slack-W. W. Warren, then the best talker jened, and the fact that though the Brit-dand the most graceful writer in the territory, remains with us, and ever will, a bright and precious treasure. We ofteQ met him there, and never shall wermeub-M4 t * 1|4' 4Ip.# # i ,Pdbish Government had received hews u£ to the 37th of by the new ag telegraph, they withheld it froiii t lie proves that the \llies had no substantial advantage^- After cease to admire the reverential, thought-1 ing shot away their vast stores of pow-Ail spirit, in which he was wont to dis- d«r “nd ball, there would remain noth-1 * .. . . _ _ . a - mg for them but an assault which woilld ucourse of the religion customs and Ins- *dipectclt;} aga[ast ,he outworks only lt;wtory of the. Indian. His knowledgeiin | Suppose the outworks taken, the power ] tltlHV*these matters was inexhaustible. He talkedi and wrqtp much and well. But his days were few. He too has gone. That journey to the Spirit Land which86 often and eloquently described theThe town ha9 but just started. At.has however, an auspicious beginning. A I Indian as travelling, he, distant fromgood grist mill is in successful opera-1 home and loved ones, commenced twotion, at which, as good flour is being (years ago.manufactured as can be made at any mill in Minnesota. Arrangements are being made by the proprietors of the town for the erection of a substantial saw mill, which, we are authorised to say, will be ready for work duriug the present season. Several new dwellingWe remember many others, but have not time to speak, nor is it necessary.LITTLE FALLS.of offense of the Allies would again*jjjp exhausted and they would have plenty to do to hold their outworks. Their guns would be ruined and mostly unfit for further use, their ammunition exhausted, their troops weakened by the assault and demoralized by the disproportion of the results secured. A new stand-still like that of the winter is not• - * 4 A Apossible while the heat of the spring sun develops a poisonous miasma under their very feet, therefore we shall bejustified in saying that the bombardmentWilliam Sturges is the principal pro- (of Sebastople is but the first step to- - . . .. , i raising the seige of that place. Forpnetor of Little Falls, and we can only even P the be * eyent if40^000 or M _speak of it since it came into his pos~ 000 more soldiers are thrown into the session It is a well known point in the Crimea, and a campaign is attemptedhouses have recently been built, one of county, and has made a good beginning, against the Russians in the field, thewhich i9 now occupied os a boarding | A Saw and Grist Mill have been rMn. have to be raised, and trench-r 1 1 es batteries and all abandoned to thehouse and hotel. The place is surround- ning for two or three years ; and a part ed by a rich farming country ; is eligi- of the time have done a good business, bly situated ; possesses a valuable wa- Mr. Sturges has himself put up the ter power ; and we see no reason, why, J Grist mill at a heavy expenditure, and with the energy they have thu9 far ex- the rebuilding and repairing of the Saw hibited, the proprietors of Angola, may mill has cost him much time and largenot concentrate there considerable busi- sums of money.ness and capital, and thus add one more I Benton County it indebted to Mr.r1Russians, until the very uncertain future there is a chance of renewing the attempt to take the place, uader better |t auspices. We shall sdon hear fhat fife siege is raised.THE PARKVILLE LUMINARY.to the long list of thriviug towns in our county.SWAN RIVER.This has been a somewhat noted place for a long time. The originalSturges for the public spirit he hasThe mobbing and distruction of theParkville Luminary, Parkville. Missouri, was caused by the followihg para-Ievinced, often under the mostdiscourag- graph which appeared in it *ing circumstances, in bis efforts to supply the community with flour and lumber.We ourself can bear testimony to thekin, of Scotch descent—a man of fine education, strong will and large business experience. He was for many years a fur trader among the Ojibway Indians, and settled at Swan River in 1848. There was probably more business done at that place during bis life time than at any other point in the county, and more than has ever been done there since. To a certain extent, it was a rendezvous of all the principal Indian traders among tne Chippewas and Winnebagos, of whom, up to the period of his death, Mr. Aitkin was an active and leading spirit. The establishment at Long Prairie of the Winnebago Agency, did much, for a time, toward making Swan River a place of trade by making it a depot for Indian goods. The place at that time was always filled with strangers. All was life and animation. .The Hotel was well kept and always crowded. Money was plenty, and so were good liquors.— There was music, and dancing, and frolicking, and rollicking, such as were never seen there before, or since. The oldest inhabitant mentions those days with a tear in his eye, at the Good time, not coming, but past.We have listened to his story many a time. It seems that all sorts of spirits congregated there—-some for fun—some for money—and all—for something.— Elements the most incompatible suddenly coalesced. Strangers at night, invariably became friends closely compact, before morning.. It was like a great house, at the four corners where men coming from different points of the compass, met, had a good time, and according to our oldest inhabitant, always left feeling better and richer than when they came.This was in an early day, wlion men and times were better than they are now. The old settlers counted theirhimself last summer, that the orders for lumber should be promptly filled. His mill has been doing a fair business this Spring, and, considerable lumber has already been brought down and sold at this place. We have just learned thatWe have occupied conservative andnational ground, promptly opposing themen and the measures which have brought on this crisis. Will the Presi-proprietor was the late William A. Ait-1 unremitting labor to which he devoted I dent meet it —Surely he cannot longerVri’ ; * follow councils from among Abolitionists and nullificrs?—The country demands that firm, sound, energetic men have the direction of public affairs— who will impress and enforce justiceand law.—There is virtually no law inKansas, and no security for life and. . , . . . ./property, save in the sense of honqrardanother saw is now being put up, so that |T ^ ' hcrished %y true piftheer.^This mat save the country from bloodshed, hut the Government is held up totwo will be running in a few days. The proprietors, we are glad to hear, have logs in abundance on the spot. This is fortunate. We have never known so great a demand for lumber in the.county. Men seem to be willing to pay any prifee—if only they can get it. It is now selling here at the cni.rro°Ufl price. of $36 per thousand feet, A few Rafts only, have come down as yet ; but W* hope when the two saws run, lumber will be more plenty, and the price reasonable.Little Falls is a pleasant place. The distance from Swan River is about five miles. Around the town, the scenerystrikingly picturesque. You see in every direction, handsome grove9 of hard timber, which give to it a certain air of age and cultivation rarely met with in this new country.Our space forbids an extended notice of this interesting point. Suffice it to say, that in our judgment Little Falls will ultimately take rank among the foremost towns of Benton County.MORMONISM.A young English Mormon writingfrom the Great Salt Lake City to herfather in England, presents Mormonismgraphically thus :•VWell, finally, we got in sight of tjie''Kingdom of God,” so called, but I thiok it more the kingdom of the Devil than nythio£ else I ever saw under the sun, full oi abominations. Brigham Young, the Governor, has fifty to sixty wives ; he is the most filthy spoken manI ever heard. Marriages and divorces are matters of traffic. Five dollars is the chargo for releasing a wife or husband from the matrimonial yoke. The whole affair is however, conducted moreridicule and contempt, and its iiuthprirty disregarded. Judg s of elections have been displaced,and appointed—the polls have in some instances been guarded with pistols and bowie knives—and some of those elected are going to the governor swearing that if he does not give a certificate immediately, they will “cut his throat from ear to ear !” Is the flag of our country no longer to be a protection ? -or are individuals or companies of men *o declare we will! and it must be so without rfgard to law ? Is this what the authors of the Nebraska Kansas bill meant by Squatter Sov-ereignty ? Our readers will bear with usfor the lack of the usual amount of Editorial matter this week, as the Editor is absent.—Tecumseh Herald.We hope said Editor is en route for Sauk Rapids to pass a few weeks here, hunting, fishing and poetizing,V i * * 1 .agreeably to our request made a year ago. We will furnish guns. You have no idea, Benjamin, what a country this is to dream in. It might be thought it is not the land of dreams. This ik the very spot on which to write a book. You cant do it where you are, in the noise and confusion that surrounds you.i * ' • • *** / i- » * a * _ ' a #Your converse ueeds to be with the old forest, and the prairie flower, to set the mind in order for high mental exertion. But the old forest and prairie flower are here—and the pure lakes, cold springs, and singing rivulets. We have, too, more singing birds than you ever conceived of. At Tecuroseb, you have listened to the croaking of frpgs in the mill pond, and the hooting of owls,i you. lark
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