LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.

ST. PAUL M.T. June 11 1857.

MR. EDITOR:—Presuming that your correspondents from this corner of Uncle Samuel's farm are as few and far between, as the reputed visits of angels, I venture the risk of being considered intrusive for the purpose of giving your readers (and they are many) a few items of this portion of the great West in general, but more particularly of this city and its environs. Eleven years ago a few pleasure seeking adventurers from St. Louis landed at what is now the city of St. Paul. Then a wilderness, unbroken save by the wigwam of the savage; or the shanty of their scarce more civilized brother, the white trapper, was all that greeted their eyes. Struck by the beauty of the country, as well as the salubrity of climate they determined to see more of it. Following the course of the "Father of Waters" they reached what is called Crow Wing, which at that time was the home of the celebrated Chief of the Objibeway tribe, Hole in sky (the native vernacular of which is Min-nahwah-ha) thence striking west pursued their explorations to Otter Tail Lake[.] Crow Wing is 135 miles above here, Otter Tail Lake 198. Charmed with the loveliness of the scenery, which lay in panoramic view before them, rich rolling prairies with all their wild enchantments redolent with the fragrance of a thousand flowers, interspersed here and there with belts of timber where bounded the agile deer, or roamed at liberty the lordly buffalo and where in peace Bruin could suck his paw during his half dormant winters—dotted with innumerable bright emerald lakes of crystal water, abounding in fish of the finest quality, is it to be wondered at; that instead of sojourners for pleasure, they became residents for profit, seeing that immigration would soon find this modern Eden. Nor have they have they been disappointed. St. Paul, St. Anthony, Mendota and several other towns were "laid out" by them and sprang into existence as if by magic.

Then begun the rivalry between the two Sts. being only eight miles distance from each other; each has been continually making faces, at his neighbor, down to the present day, with scarcely an interregnum of a single hour. St. Paul however was named as the Territorial seat of Government, which gave it an impetus

to outstrip his antagonistic sister, and increase in population and growth with a rapidity, unparalleled even, in the history of western cities; and now she numbers 12,000 inhabitants, who for intelligence, industry, enterprize, and wealth, will compare favorably with any corporation with twice their population in the United States. Immigration is very heavy this spring, but for the tenacity with which winter clung to us, it would have been much greater. Navigation was suspended between St. Paul, Dunleith, and Dubuque nearly six months, most of the time severe winter; but now, we are having delightful weather in return.

The Election for delegate to form the State Constitution of Minesota in July was held on the 2nd inst. Returns come in but slowly, but sufficient have been received, to warrant us in setting the Convention down as Rep. Rumor gives them 10 majority. In this district, the "Dimmicratic" party, routed the Republicans "horse foot, and dragoons." This however was accomplished by the suffrages of Irishmen who voted as one. Paddy admitted "accordin to insthructions" which were "airly and often," by which repetition over 1000 illegal votes were polled. But in spite of which another star is added to the brilliant galaxy of the Republican west. I promised to say something of the "environs," but which I defer to another day.

ION.