Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-03-26

New HALL.-The books for subscription 10
tho capital stock of the new hall company, VIII
be opened on Tuesday, the s1st inst, in the
City Hall. It will be admitted on all slues
that an edihce OF the character proposed to Do
erected would be highly creditable to our city,
and prove useful acquisition.-Other cities
have their libraries, reading rooms, and athe-
nouns, aud Wilmington should have hers, ana
she can have a structure afording every desired
accommodation in this respect, if .onr citizens
eyince a commendable liberality. Will they
do it, Will they not show that they are equal
to any Of their neighbors in public spirit and
energy-that they are determined to have
hall of which all may be proud.-ltis proposed
to erect a building at cost of about S4O,O
and the stores, rooms, &c, in connection with it,
it is estimated, will rent for such sum as will
pay six per cont. on the entire investment
There should, therefore, BIO no difficulty in
raising the desired amount, as this is the legal
rate OF interest on money. The commissioners
are among our most worthy and influential cit
izens, well calculated to give confidence to
those who have any doubts of the utility oil
commendable character of the proposed enter
prise. They arc as follows: Willard Hall
Joseph Shipley, Mahlon Belts, John Wales
George W. Sparks, Charles w. Rowland, Jess
Lane, Samuel McCaulley, Washington Jones
Victor Du Pont, Charles H. Gordon.
New TERRIToRIEs.-It seems probable frol
present appearances, says the North American
Al, - a., a,vtiI f;nr
organization of the embryo territories of N
vada, Dacotah, Arizona, and Neosho. Whe
Minnesota shall be admitted into the Union Il
number Of States will be thiTty-two. Gregg
and Washington will raise the number to thir
four, and Nebraska and New Mexico to thirt
six and the four new territories would, wht
admitted, increase the circle to forty. Shou
Texas and California each be diyidedintO thr
States, as is proposed, the number would
raised to forty-six. Then there Is the propose
State of Superior or Itasca, making the nun
Der forty-seven. We have omitted Utah, b
if that territory be admitted as q State, Il
number would be forty eight. This numb
would be reached without any division of n
braska, Oregon or Washington. But the 70
MGR is largo enough for six or seven State
Oregon for three, and Washington for two
These calculations serve to convey an idea
the rapid growth of our republic, the immens
extent Of our unsettled territory, and the in
portancO of the legislation affecting it. TIL
wilderness is a vast empire of itself. Befol
twenty years it will be teeming with an indu
trious, hardy, enterprising and enlightened poi
uation. In the unknown solitudes of the gre,
mountain region, and by the margin of I'll
grandly rolling rivers, prosperous cities wi
spring up, while the voice Of the farmer, Il
low of his cattle, the scream of the locOmotiv
and the rushing sound of the steamboat wi
everywhere tell that civilization has reacht
the tar west. What mine of wealth will
this he to the commercial and manufacture
classes Of our own section Then Philade
phia, Baltimore, New York and Boston, will
the marts ola trade compared with which VIII
we do at present is trile. There is nothil
in the progress Of the West which is not Of i
terest here. Blnks, currency, agricutul
towns, lands, mails, newspapers, Workshop
trade, religion, education, customs, all are
great Importance to the eastern cities.
send out merchandise, laborcrs, capital, III
sionaries, educators, physicians, editors, Il
chincry, and receive brilliant returns. Eve
new territory organized is a fresh source
profit to us. Every new State admitted is
impetus given to the extension of trade. Hcl
the disposition OF the Western empire is OF '
importance to us, and We should take an act
part in such disposal.