The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-17

Summary o. Kesss,
No less than three Homestead Bib are sow beesss
Congress: Senator Foot's to grant . HOMESTEAD e 80
hundred and sixty acres Of the public lands to setsaas
settlers; Senator Johnson's, granting "a apy persoa uhe,
is the head Of a family, and . citizen aGf&11Uaited
States, a homestead Of f60 acres ofah public domain
upon condition of occupation and cultivation for 1--WE
years. And Mr.. Crows Bill, which is to prevent the
future sale Of the public lands under proclamation of
the President until the same shall have been SURVEYED
for at least fifteen years.
The CAUSE or THE MODERATE WsArBIR -Sev.ra
c'ptains of vessels state that the Gulf Stream runs this
year forty or fifty miles nearer the American COAT .h,n
hitherto. The fact is mentioned as accounting for the
e1tlaoro1nary miidness OF the winter weather thus far.
But We should iikest TO know whzt@hxs caused this s..n.
lar variation in the course Of the Gulf Stream Per.
haps the ftdowing from the Spiritual EAeoroph nav
account for the milk in the cocdanut. It says that
medium in the Office Of that paper was lately Informed
by a resident Of the other world why it is we, have such
warm weather at this season of the year. The sadopt.
ed son Of the spirit land says, |the warm weather &c.
tuaIIy originates ln spiritual causes resident in some
newly and divinely energized condition of the .pir;tu.I
sphere: enveloping our world AMI acting upon It Is .
whole
A new illustrated paper is about to be started in Lon.
don, on the plan of THE illustrated LonAyn N,r.1 A
large capital IS guaranteed for the new paper WHICH wll
oai u "t'e u '~ne Mutrafei Nras Of Losd0n.'
Some prominent Literary New Workers. are to contribute.
MAcAuLAr AND PESN.-Lord Macaulay has replied
to Mr.. Hepworth Dixon on the subject of William Penn
and the Pardon brokerage at Taunton. An elaborate
note to the second volume Of the new edition of his His.
tory OF England sets forth the argument If it be said
(h's lordship concludes) that it is incredible that 80 good
! man would have been concerned in SO bad an affair. I
ONLY 0naWnH h a Oh. e. -
from being the worst in which he was concerned. For
these reasons leave the text, and shall leave it exactly
as it originally stood
IaE WEALTH OF LoNDoN.-Some idea of the wealth
1t the city Of London may b. CLEANED from the follow.
ing facts published not long since. The estimates we're
made previous to the year 1856, and of course are some.
what increased since that period - ratststssf
The business Of the Bank of England is conducted
by about 800 clerks, whose salaries amount to about
l9o,OOW. The Bank in 1850 had about twenty mil
lions OF bank notes in circulation. IL the same year
there were about Eve millions deposited in the savings
banks OF the metropolis. The gross customs revenue Of
the port of London in 1919 was IL ,07O, l7n; sixty.6ve
millions IS the estimate formed of the total value Of pro.
luce conveyed into and FROM London. The gross rental.
"s assessed by the property and income tax, is twelve
aud q half millions.
The gross property insured is l66, 900, OOOL. and only
two.nttts "f the houses are insured. The anonnt Of
capital at the command of The entire London t.nkers
may be estimated at sixty-four millions /; the insurance
have always ten millens Of deposits ready
tor Investment; seventy.eight millions are emploved in
discounts. In 1871 the transactions of one London
house alone amounted to thirty millions. In 1889 the
payment" made 10 the clearing house were nine hundred
md htty-four milIions-an enormous sum. which will
appear still greater when we remember that all sums I'M.
der iOW are omitted from this statement
1t Is stated that the St. Louis banks will resume spe.
Gle payments on the lst Of March.
Bayard Taylor is travelling through Greece At present:
next summer he will visit Russia, and extend his .ex.
to its remote provinces.
Santa Anna has m'de a reply to Gen. Pillow, in re.
ianon to the charges OF the latter, that the ex.President
1T Mexsco had received money from Gen. Scott to end
the war. Tic is very indignant and peppery in reply to
this gross charge.
The st. Louis Demo"r"t states as q report that the
banks OF that city will resume specie payment Oh the
LIST. of March.
The Nebraska House Of Delegates expelled a reporter
for calling one of its members a small potato
A ship with 600 coolies on board, from Macao to
Havana, was set upon by them several times to ret pos.
4ersion Of it. A large number were shot before thew
subdued.
1t is stated that the late Mr.. Blennerhasset, Of St.
Louis, who IS mentioned as the nephew Of the Hermann
blennerhasset who was made 90 famous By Writ. had in
possession the manuscript Journal kept BY Hermann
ell his transactions With Burr ; the same
from which Mr.. Davis, in his Life of Burr
- oS'y~ OUSuu V4UCu&t Ut8tG6 tn8t ~
the intention of a member of the family ut St. Louis
70 edit aud publish that Journal, together with some let
fes throwing light on = transaction in which American
people, especially of the West, will never cease to take
IN interest. 4#s Tia
On the 18th ult., the steamer Fanny Fern exploded
her boiler, u few miles below Cincin natl, BY which dis.
sster thirteen lives were lost, and several persons1badly
The fremont street Baptist Society has accepted the
). 5. Kaliochs resignation. Mr.. Kalloch will
bass the summer in Kansas, and may practice his new
profession of the law there or in New Enelnd.
The Rev. Beverly Waugh, senior Bishop Of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Baltimore, At the
ge Of So years. '44'2< p : 44' 80
In tho Louisiana Senate notice had been given Of the
OF a bill to import 5000 negroes from the
of Africa. .f
) 1t is saidthat Dir. James Russell Lowell is editor Of
The ATLANTIC Mo"h!y. sl
The State Of Rhode Island, with a population Of near.
J 100000, and no death. penalty. had no murder com.
United within her borders during the year 1857. The
;ity OF New York, with about q~uadruple the population
It Rhode Island, had not less than Thirty murders.
Rhode Island has a~dense population, engaged in manu-.
actures. much Of it f,reign.born and uneducsted.
Mr.. W. H.. RUSSELL, the famous Crimean correspond.
mt Of the Lon'on Tim.s, has engaged with Mesers.
to write f them a novel Of modern life.
A few days since, = country fellow entered one of the
Aork OabRs, ana marching up TO the counter, ex-
laimed, Here | am, | want you to take a fair look at
le. Without a word further he strobe out The next
ay, the same customer appeared, uttered the same
'ords, and again disappeared. The third day, at about
he same time, he walked in, and advancing to the
eller's desk, threw down a draft payable three days af-
er sight. Now, said he, you've seen me three times,
want the money for it r
The Marechal d'Etrccs, aged lO3, heard Of the death
t the Duke de Treame, at the age of %. Lam sorry
OF it, said the Marschal. but not surprised be was
oor-worn out creature I always said that man would
ever live long ~
A gentleman having fallen into the river Exc, relating
to Sir I. A said, You will suppose | was pretty
Iet.' Yes said the Baronet, wet, certainly, in tbe
- .~.. ..s,4 Is 4sa.'.