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

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the railway The clairvoyant was a boy employed in
London, and the foreman of the establishment, who
forwarded the communication to the police there, men,
toned that the boys powers in this respect, had been
frequently tested and found useful.
The circumstances were eventually proved in accord
ance with this marvellous testing, and the man was con-
victed 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 Il large scale, chiefly for
the United States, by means of funds supplied by per-
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 tor
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 artillerymen in the thickest OF the fight
in firing on the French. For her services on this occa-
sion she was made a 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.
The Canadian Government has appropriated $4,000
for an exploration of a route and a construction OF a
road from Lake Superior to the Red River, a region at
tracing a good deal of attention among our %neighbors.
1t is proposed to lay down a submarine cable from
Corunna to the Island of Cuba and neighboring isles, by
a company recently organized in England.
One house in Sheffield, Eng, has taken an order for
40 tuns of rolled steel for crinoline; and a 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 to be quite a
character. This Spurgeon 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 Foo screw steamer, fitted out at Aberdeen, Scot
land, by Lady Franklin, sailed from that port on the
morning on the LIST, 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 RAILROAD.-The AbeaHc du
Nord, of St. Petersburgh, discusses the advantages of
a communication round the world, beginning with a rail
road crossing Siberia in the direction of 1rkutzk, and
which, in the opinion of that journal, will be construct
ed sooner or later. 1t points out the utility of such a
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 suez are, says that journal, only useful to En-
gland, and the Panama route does not offer the advanta-
gs to be expected from a railroad in Siberia, which would
be in the power of Russia. It is added that no want
of security need be feared in Russia, as may be the case
on the Euphrates and Suez lines.
MANELEss HoRsEs.-The Persian Ambassador at
Paris, Ferouck-khan, has just presented to Louis Ma
poleon, four Arab horses of the purest blood, from his
master, the Shah. Their peculiarities are two; they are
larger than any blood horses hitherto seen, and they
have no names. Paris was much delighted with the
beauty Of these animals.
A workman of Orne, having read in some foolish
book of the great properties possessed by a rope which
behind HIM the following note -" Farewell, my wife
and children. AS | have no fortune to bequeath you,
| leave you an article which will enable you to succeed
IN all your attempt. Divide amongst you the rope with
when have hanged myself"