The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-24
The Commissioner OF Immtgrat:on.

The Commissioner OF Imm { q ration.
There is scarcely subject which en-
more properly engage the attention o. t,ls
citizens of our Territory then the Character
of its immigration We want pao:l,e To-
come here, but We want those who come
to settle upon the land, 70 >''tiyate i, 4ad|
turn the prliries apd the forests into th.is-
ing farms The authorities Of every Tsrri-
tory have felt this to Ee natter o. such
importance that they have deemed It We
and proper, from time to time to .p;a'e
men of Information and o. 'ity at & ferelt
points on the sea-board VIII: The Few OF
dire ing the attention Of immigrants wes..-
ward-of securing the he's, and send'pg
them to the variors .ocs'ir'.s wt:ch t'geJ
representa-
The vast sweep of Immigration arrua''y
from foreign countries, aid the feeiirg that
generally exists among tio.e who come to
our shores es strangers to find q permanent
home N the Greet W., mo- ti'n 81
has made it necessary 20 lave IN sch p.a os
as New York, especially, fa;tafu friends
who viii endeayor to send Only ne &c
and keep beck the La(. That much may
be and hes been done by faithful Inn
grafton Agent Iccats / in New York. the
history of Wisconsin and Iowa will readily
show, and it was one of the w;se:i and mo-
prudent meas.'r2s of our Ia>t Legislature TO
appoint Mr. Eugan Burnand, q Comcl;s-
sioner on the pavt Of the TIE. -itory TO reside
in New York. The establishment Of tie
Office was demanded by the necessities of
growing Territory, and the apr 2;otment
could not have fallen into better bands than
those Of Mr. Bpp aand, who has a.i tne ne
cessalJ experience end ability.
We have been led te these remarks ia con.
sequence Of perusing letter from Mr. B1r
nand to gentleman of ;hise:ty, lntier date
of 18th instant in which he states tha- he
is hard at work, and though he has good
reason to complain OF the difficulties vii
beset him, on account of the eX' ans.ve ';v-
ing in New York, and the ta~'v action OF
those who should be prompt in tae'c pay
ments to him, yet he feels encouraged HIS
Office has hen thronged with rsope pre-
pairing for a journey to Minnesota with a
view to pc. nent settlement. ard his pos
as agent, as it becomes daily more knowu,
is assuming gre alter importance aad char
acter
His promptness in attending to our .T,e-
ritOrial interests has been ev;nced, . one OF
many Instances, by the fact that the New
Time" German paper in New York, hay
ing republished from the Wisconsin Demo-
crat, on article derogatory to our interests
and character, Mr.. Burnand repi;edt'rcugh
the columns of the first named paper in
most efficient manne--, and TINS core
the bad impression sought to be created
among the newly arrived Germans
He has also had several articles rela' We
to the Territory Inserted in papers publish
ed in Rudolphs,adt Hamburg and Ere
men, from the eft cts of which lie !;opes
much as paving the way for lerge ;mmi-
grafton next spring.
Mr. Burnand has gone about his work
Systematically and properly. The lateuess
of his arrival in New York prevent ed lis
doing much that would be immediat ely per-
ceptible, but he has established an extensive
correspondence abroad, especially with
newspapers has made favorable coanec-
ton with the Commissioners Of Imm;cra.
ton of New York city; and next sprirg We
may expect to see bands Of hardy German rs
vending their way into the rich w'6s Of our
Territory, to turn them into pleasant
homes
HE MEETING THIS EvENING.-We trust
the Democrats OF the first Ward and the