The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
Miscellaneous summary.

IHE SPRING.-Ihe Mississippi rolls past Us freed
from the ice that has so long hidden it. Navigation is
opening. We are every hour expecting to hear the
whistle Of the FIRST boat. Our citizens are all active
and contented. Everything in the town betokens en-.
terprise a nd confidence in the future Of the place. The
weather is delightful and invigorating.
Commodore Mathew Galbraith Perry, the distin.
guished naval officer, died in New York City, on the
18th inst, of the age Of 63 years. He was a brother to
the hero Of Lake Erie. He commanded the American
naval squadron at the bombardment Of Vera Crnz be
also commanded the Expedition to Japan.
j. W. Farmer, a benevolent gentleman in New York
City, has kept open, ever since last fall, a free Dining
Saloon for all who chose to come and eat at his expense.
The average attendance has been about 1900 persons
daily. He expects to spend a large fortune in carrying
out his good project.
The New Orleans Delta says that the slave trade has
already been opened between this country and Africa,
and that large importations have been made, and the
negroes are now laboring as slaves on various Missis.
sippi plantations.
The Committee Of the Pennsylvania Legislature to
investigate the affairs Of the Bunk of Pennsylvania have
made a report, in which they e~xculpate Mr.. Alliboue
from the charges OF fraud made against him, but attri.
butte the ruin of the bank to his bad and reckless man
agement. Both he and the officers and directors of the
bank are censured for not sooner discovering the true
condition of that institution.
It is proposed to make an effort for a territorial or.
ganization of the upper peninsula Of Michigan, under
the name Of Superior or Mackinaw. The country en-
braces some sixteen thousand square miles, abounds in
mineral resources, and has an estimated population of
ten thousand. At present, it is a part of the State Of
Michigan, from the main portion of which, however, it
it is separated by the straits Of Mackinaw, and with
which it has no common interests.
John c. Hines. Rep, was elected Mayor of Chicago
BY a ma 'rity of 300 at the recent municipal election.
Geo. Il. Smith, commonly known as Geo. Brass Sup
lement dem has been elected Mayor of Madison.
Tue WISCONSIN RAILROAD FaAuDs-The Rni2road
Jour s"I says: In the whole history Of Railway frauds,
there is no parallel to those Def ne US. Th"se Of Schuy.
Ter, Hudson, Redpath and G~relet, sink into ~insigni6.
canoe in comparison with them According to the ten.
timony of byron Kilbourn before the Investigating
Committee, $4,000 was paid to Ex-Governor Basbford
for his service in giving the land grant to the La Crosse
Raj road Company.
We have reliable information that the contest involv-
ing Pine Bend, which has been pending in the Land
Office some three years, has been decided in favor of our
old townsman, d G. Murray. Mr.. Murray will at
once have the place plated, laid of into squares and
lots, and put the embryo town in motion.
Pine Bend is beautifully situated on the Mississippi
river, fifteen miles below st. Paul - Min %nesotian.
The bill changing the Minnesota Constitution 80 as
to allow our lately elected State Officers to take their
seats on the first of May, if we are not sooner admitted
into the Union, has passed the Legislature.
1t may be a matter of some interest to cur readers
to know something Of the comparative extent of
that Territory of the United States, whose chicf
officer is bidding defiance t., our Government. Accord
ing to Cotton, the area of Utah is 269, 10 square miles.
To engineers, and a few Others, this will give a lust idea
of Its vast eexs ent, but the majority Of the people will
form a better estimate hy being told that it is as large
as the Whole Of the New England States, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsyl ania, Delaware, Maryland, Ke1.
lucky and Tennessee. Or, to compare it with Eur, pean
countries, it is equal in extent to Great Britain and
Ireland, Switzerland, Prussia, and Denmark, with the
islands Of Guernsey, Jersey, aud Man, aud the Iouian
Islands added.
a Washington dispatch to the Paiiadelphia Pres.
says bitter feeling is apparent between all classes Of po-
l&iciaps.