The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-29

or q similar name, and that he lived nD5l4OO
the railway The clairvoya6t was . boy employed il
London, and the foreman Of the establishment, whe
forwarded the communication to the police there, men
toned that the boys powers in this respect, had beer
frequently tested and found useful.
The circumstances were eventually proved in accord
ance with this marvellous testing, and the man was CON
yicted on the clearest evidence.
Letters from Rome announce that the studio of Craw.
ford. the celebrated American sculptor, is now entirely
closed, and that there is little or no hope Of his ever
recovering the use Of his ~eyesight, or even Of being en-
abled to finish the very little that is required to complete
his monument Of Washington, which was, last year, cast
in the royal foundry at Munich.
Emigration still continues on a large scale, chiefly fol
the United States, by means of funds supplied by per-
sons already settled there, to enable their relatives ia
join them. The guardians Of the Waterford poorlaw
union have sent out to Quebec upwards of 100 young
women, who had been inmates Of the workhouse for
some years. In Cork, several Of the police force have
resigned to emigrate to Australia.
The Madrid journals announce the death, at Cueta,
Of Augustine Zaragoza, who, when very young, distin-
guished herself in the memorable siege of Saragossa,
BY assisting the artillerymeH in the thickest of the fight
in firing on the French. For her services on this occa-
sion she was made q sub-lieutenant Of infantry in the
Spanish army, and received several decorations. She
was buried at Cueta with all the honors due to her me
mory. s
Ino Canadian dOvef0mcQt mas Appropriated $zV,VVV
for an exploration of q route and q construction of a
road from Lake Superior to the Red River, q region at.
tracing q good deal Of attention among our neighbors.
It is proposed to lay down q submarine cable from
Corunna to the Island Of Cuba and neighhoring isles, by
q company recently organised in England. b
One house in Sheffield, Eng, has taken an order for
40 tuns Of rolled steel for crinoline;; and q foreign order
has been given for one tun a week for some time to
come.
A brother Of the Rev. J. A. Sturgeon, the celebrated
London preacher, has recently appeared in the pulpit.
He is only II years Of age, and Is said 70 b quite :
character. This Sturgeon family appear to take to
preaching naturally.
Five thousand pounds sterling have been granted by
the British Government to Captain Boxer, Of the Royal
Artillery, and Superintendent Of the Woolwich arsenal
laboratory, as a reward for his invention and improve
ment Of fuses and shells, which were used at the seige
Of Sebastopol.
The Fou screw steamer, fitted out at Aberdeen, Scot
land, by Lady Franklin, sailed from that port on the
morning on the 1st, in search of the remains of Sir
John Franklin and his crew. The vessel has been sup
piled with every article Of equipment which could be
desired.
The GREAT SIBERIAN RA1LRoAD.-The Abeiue du
Nord, Of St. Petersburgh, discusses tho advantages Of
a communication round the world, beginning with : rail-
road crossing Siberia in the direction Of Irkutzk, and
which, in the opinion Of that journal, will be construct
ed sooner or later. Il points ont the utility Of such .
commercial communication, which would unite TO Eu-
rope, by the Russian Railroads, the commerce Of Cen
trail Asia, China and Japan The Euphrates line and
that Of Suea are, says that journal, only useful to En-
gland, and the Panama route does not oder the advanta.
gs to be expected from . railroad in Siberia, which would
be in the power Of Russia. It is added that NO want
of security need be feared in Russia, a. may be the case
on the Euphrates and Suez lines.
MANELEss HoRsEs.-The Persian Ambassador at
Paris, Ferouck-Khan, has just presented f. Louis Ma