The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15
H0,ne SUMMARY.

The many large fires lately occurring in some of the
Territorial towns have admonished the citizens in them
to take steps for organizing fire companies. In our fast
growing towns too little heed is given to the danger in
CURED by accommodating as are everywhere seen such com
bustiblc structures. 1t would be well. even at great ex-
perse on the first cost, to hay i.terspersed in the long
rows of wooden tenements an occasional brick or stone
building, to stand as a barrier against a spreading con
Migration. Prevention in. such cases would be muel.
better than tue remedy proposed. Unless something Of
this kind be adopted We shall hear Of whole towns and
cities being burned to tie ground, as was the case in
California a few years ago.
Eli Thaycr, who organized a company, and had it
chartered by the New York Legislature with a capital
Of two hundred thousand dollars, is i likely to be able to
carry out his project successfully. He purposes to buy
up cheap lands in Virginia and colonize them with free
laborers from the North, by whom he will develope the
latent resources of that rich and noble State. Some
demonstration of OPPOSITION to his plan had been mani
Tested, but had been overpowered by the hearty support
accorded him by the citizens there. a large part Of the
stock had been subscribed to by distinguished Virginia
gentlemen, all of which was taken up the instant the
books were opened. The company were privileged to
extend their capital to half a million dollars.
The late Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Dobbin, died
at Fayette, Va, on the 9th inst.
State elections took place last week in Missouri, Ken
lucky, Alabama, and Iowa the three first were carried
by the Democrats. In Iowa the test question was the
new Constitution, the Republicans sustaining it and the
Democrats opposing it. The indications favor the sue
cess of the latter here alsosva t 4ssa &
1t is rumored that Col. Mobiles is about TO be removed
from the command of the northwestern Wagon Road
Expedition from this Territory to the South Pass; he
has been thwarted III every possible way by the Secre-
tary OF the Interior ever since his appointment, and
has been thereby deferred from accomplishing much of
his undertaking as yet.
AHairo IN KanseS ctil wear o snrinus eonoot f,o,
Walker is accommodating large bodies Of troops around
Lawrence. The Free State Party do not seem to be
well united; the mass of them appear disposed, however,
to carry out their plan of an independent State govern.
ment.
An unusually brutal prize fight between two PLila.
delphia bruisers, took place in Canada on Saturday af-
ternoon, for one thousand dollars a side. Upwards of
one hundred and fifty rounds were fought, the fight last.
ing about one three hours.
The Texas papers state that Gen. Walker will leave
New Orleans in August for the scene of his former
glories, and all who wish to- 60 from Texas are requested
to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.
The grounds attached to Fort Smelling, some 5000
acres, have been sold by the u. S. Government to MIR.
Franklin Steele for eleven dollars an acre. The fort
and buildings connected are all that were reserved.
1t is stated that snow fell in Massachusetts on the LIST
of August. Several passengers on a train Of cars testified
to it as a fact.
The celebrated Tom Hyer, the %pugilist, was lately
whipped in a fight, by a man named Tom Hunter, in
Washington.
To say nothing Of the other crops it is estimated that
the various northwest railroad companies will realize
81, OOO, 900 extra profit on the freight Of wheat alone
over last year. Pretty good for our poor season.
Professor Mitchell, the State G~eologist Of North Caro-
lima, recently went out alone on a professional examina-
ton of the Black Mountains in that State, and did no,
return. His body has since been found. 1t seems that
he was walking on the edge of q p~recipice when his foot
slipped; he caught at a branch Of laurel, but it broke
and he fell. a To his exertions the State owes as much
of Its prosperity as to any other man. He died a mar.
tyr to science and scientific knowledge.
Quite an excitement has lately been produced in New
York among the school teachers, pupils, School Com
mittees and the newspapers by the discovery that the
Principal of the Normal School cannot spell correctly
nor write dramatically. s, s8 fs s4s ms
Oregon is forming q Constitution preparatory to- ask
ing for admission into the Union. If Congress could
only be induced to commence the Pacific railroad, in less
than ten years we should have half a dozen additional
stars in the national colors.Aaf - 9aA.i ar
Miss Mitchell, Of Nantucket, Mass, the celebrated
astronomer, sailed recently from New York for Europe.
Miss NJ. proposes remaining q year ,fali tho purpose Of
visiting all the great obServatories of the old countries.
Miss Swift, the daughter Of the Chicago banker, is her
companion. faltR So