The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-15
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY Is, 1854.


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ests, and so little of Minnesota, as to desire a
veto of our Railroad Land Bill by President
Pierce, he doomed himself to meet q sad dis
appointment. We cannot believe there lives
such narrow-minded evilwisher of hard luck
to the interests ofan cnterprising but compar-
atively helpless community. II the contrary
however he the fact, We hope he will modify his
feelings, and rejoice with the rest of US when
he learns that the President signed the bill on
the 29th ofJune-the next day after it passed
the Senate.
AS matter of information, land an important
item to Minnesota, which we have not hereto
fore been able to give in connection with our
great railroad enterprise, we will mention in
addition to the above fact, that Lyman
Dayton, of st. Paul, is the resident Director
for Minnesota, to complete the list of three
guaranteed us by the charter. We have not
learned the names of the Eastern members Of
the board. but have no doubt they arc the
proper kind of mcn-all duly alive to the mag.
nitude ofthe work, and men who will lay hold
Of it with hearty good will. We cannot re.
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nesota generally, upon the propitious selection
the stockholders have made, so far at least as
our home interests are concerned. Alex. Ram.
sey, Edmund Rice and Lyman Dayton are moi
only liberal and practical business men, but
citizens to whom we can entrust, with conf.
may arise in the board touching Minnesota'S
welfare and interest.
In announcing the full and glorious con-
summation of the protractcd struggle to Sc
cure this grant of lands, which lays the foun-
dation of the greatest enterprise ever projected
by the people of a dependent Territory
struggle which has taxed the full energies and
not little of the patience of those engaged in
the work-we may be pardoncd for saying that
to HENRY NJ. RICE, as Minncsota's Delegate
belongs the honor of leaving upon the pages Of
the nations history. the record of the first act Of
the kind that has ever TRANSFERRED. No Terrific.
ry, until this, had ever received grant Of
lands for railroad purposes and it is probable
that Minnesota will be the first Territory whose
soil will tremble beneath the tread of the Iron
Horse. OF course Mr.. Rice does not claim all
the honors of the grand result, nor would we
accord them to him if he did ; but to him be-
longs the crcdit-and high one it is-Ot
promptly and manfully taking charge fthc
enterprise, and driving forward, with u degree
of energy peculiar to himself, the plans and
views of those whom he represents. We arc
aware that he has had efficient backing at
home, and strong aid from fellow-citizcns who
were on the spot during the crisis of the con-
test but the fact that he has succeeded, even
with this powerful aid, in securing for tn, Ter
ritory the only measure of the kind which. a.
mong so many proposed, will probably pass
this session. is certainly entitled to more than
a passing notice.
And those who, perhaps, will be set down
as acting from selfish and purely interested
motives, should not be forgotten. 1t matters
not to the people of Minnesota what motive
railroad through the centre of their Territory,
SO long as the results are acknowledged to
promise so overwhelmingly beneficial. There
fore, it is not improper to remark, that Mr.. Bill
lings. and other Eastern corporators ofthe Min
ncsota and Northwestern Railroad Company,
as we'll as Mcssrs. Jcsup & Stimson. of Dubuque,
have laborcd increasingly for months to bring
about the consummation of this great work !;
and their labors have added largely to pro-
mote SO favorable termination.
Extensive Confla grafton in Philadelphia Heavy
Loss - Cholera at Barbados Gen. Ouitmam,
John J. Thrashcr and MIR. Sanders imprlso~ ed.
PHILADELPHIA, July 6.
The fire last night ragged with undated fury
the greatest part of the night, and was not got
under until the National Theatre, the Chinese
Museum and 80 or 40 stores and dwelling hous-
es were destroyed.
The Grard House was on fire several times
during the night, and narrowly escaped de-
structiOn.
WASHINGTON, July 6.
SENArE-Nothing of interest done.
lIOUsE-Almost Immediately after assembling
proceeded to vote on amendments adopted in
Committee of the Whole to civil and diplomat
ic appropriation bill.
July l.
The bill allowing exchange of and granting
additional lands for school purposes in the sew
cral States. was taken up and passed.
The bill for the construction of q line of tel
cHTdIu W tIIC dCIuC was tucH TAKEN up anu
amended, and postponed until Wednesday.
BALTIMORE. July G.
Madison Jefferson as before reported as injur-
cd at the railroad accident, died last evening
The jury, in their verdict, are of the opinion
that the Directors of the Company should be
held amenable by the grand jury.
Adviccs from Barbados to the 18th has been
received. Cholera has been raging fearfully at
that place /; deaths averaging 400 per day. To-
tai number of victims thus far is 1000. The
shipping generally had mostly escaped.
Mr.. Wilson. the American consul. at Turks
Island, had been released on payment of fine
imposed. Salt on the island was scarce.
PHILADELPHIA, July 6.
1t is supposed that an actor persisted in the
flames. as the bones of man were found among
the ruins of the National Theatre. i'm the dress
ing room. 1t is now stated that the loss will
not exceed S25O,000.
NEw-ORLEANs, July 5.
On Saturday Judge Campbell held General
Quitman, Mr.. Thrasher and Mr.. Sanders, in
81 600 each They refused tn Viyo hail ond