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The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-10
TOrrliOrlal Natter.

M0UsCbtO
We are glad to notice that Col. Mobiles has been re-
s nth Pass Wagon Road, from which he was : short
time since removed by Secretary Thompson. lie il
not perfect, but better him than some 6unkcy OF the
Southern Secretary, who would ob>truct instead Of for.
ward the work on this north' IN route to the P.c;6c.
which Southern Jealousy would keep closed if it could.
From the Red Wing Sentinel we quote -
"A man of Swedish birth, residing here. named Eric
Erickson. committed suicide on the End inst, by b arg
ing himself. a - -
Money is rather tight in Red Wing-interest. how.
ever, is quite moderate, say ten per cent. y month.
The small pox prevails to some extent near Wasioia.
Dodge Co.
On Sunday the 3lst ut four prisoners made their
escape from the Penitentiary in this city, and have not
since been heard from. Their names were Thos. Dunn.
a convict from Ramsey county Peter Farrell, prisoner
from Waseca county Henry Stall, and Henry Thea,e.
prisoners from W mona county They effected their
escape by picking a hole through the miserable v,lls Of
the prison.-lStilwater Messenger.
Maps showing the location Of the Southern Minne.o.
Railroad from St Paul and Minneapolis to the lows
line also the Root River Road from La Crescent n.
Rochester also the main Junk of the Minnesot. and
Northern Pacific Railroad, and so much Of the Rcd
River Branch as lies between St. Anthony and Grow
Wing, have been fled in accordance with Law in Ybs
Office. sE
The Nicaragnan authorities, instead of complaining
u Commodore Paulding for the violation of their ter.
ritory in the arrest Of Filibuster Walker, have publicly
thanked that gallant officer Tor his prompt aud efficient
.etion.
Gov. German lately delivered an address at Faribault
against the Lecompton Constitution, which hedcnounced
rs an Infamous swindle.
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Summary Of News.

The steamship Muses. Taylor, with the California
mails of the 5th inst and upward of a million and u
half Of treasure has arrived The news from the Pacific
State is unimp"rtant. The Legislature was to have met
at Sacramento City on the 4th inst, but no report Of its
doings or OF Gov. Weller's message had reached San
Francisco when the steamer sailed. The town OF
D,wnieville had been nearly destroyed by fire, and up
ward Of Eve hundred thousand dollars worth of proper.
ty destroyed.
Full returns of the Territorial election in Oregon had
been ctived. The Constitution had been adopted by
Il majority Of 1893 Slavery excluded By u majority
Of 6,OS2, and free negroes by a majority Of 1913.
A letter from Florida, dated the 9Th inst, says 'It
has been very warm all winter; peach trees are in full
suloom, aud all kinds Of trees are out like May. People
are very busy gardening
Ex-President Fillmore is to be married on the 18th
Of February to y Mrs. Mcintosh, whose former husband
made u fortune in the crockery business in Albany, ano
vas President Of the Albany and Schenectady Ka,lrom
turing the last three years preceding The consolidation
Ottawa City, better known as Bytown. has been Sc
'ected as the permanent location OF the seat Of Govern
nent of Canada. Ottawa City is on the Ottawa River.
1t the head Of the Rideau Canal, and Fifty miles north
# Osdens -urgh, N. Y.
The Richmond papers arc very indignant that the
students Of the University Of Virginia nave invited the
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A few days ago, Mr.. VIM. Baker, of Cars Corners,
between Empire City and st. Paul, called upon US and
exhibited S, me potatoes he raised last season. Among
tltm wtIe two kinds, che called the Carter and the
e,lsr tie Western Red ; the former has a tin, smooth,
white skin, excellent for baking the other for boi..
ing is unsu, passed by anything in the country. Mr..
Baker has not, like too many farmers, overlooked the
in pe,tance Of security good seed, even for bis potato
crop, aud | y his exertions and experiments he can raise
almost double the amount of potatoes Of the hap-hazard
sort, and Away be sure Of Il first rate article. The
two kinds he raised, referred to above, seem specially
adapted tc this soil and climate. Every six hills of the
Carter yielded a bushel, and every eight a bu>hel Of
Rods, all Ia, &c, IL pealirg as if assorted. Of the best
raised ly lin and lis eighb"s, it to"k twelve hills of
The mesbannocks to yield a bushel, and twenty hills of
some other sorts-.mall and large together. All these
kinds were raised under the same circumstances Of soil
and culture and the same result happened with the
experiments Of his n~eighbors.
Mr.. Baker is one of those farmers who takes delight
in seeing others prosper; he wishes all to enjoy the
benefit of his lahors, and believes, as VIC do with him,
that his info, mation is worth thousands Of dollars to
the county, TO say nothing of the rest of the State. lie
made a saving Of City dollars with this new seed on
two acres only, which is some proof for this belief:
We know how much depends on the nature of the
soil in raising different varieties and it may be that
another variety might do better elsewhere. But we have
noticed that little carc-none at all, in facts given to
the seed potato by nine out Of ten persons. If they
want new seed, their next neighbours crop was good last
year, they will try it this or a certain kind is said to be
good, and they buy where cheapest, of ,hat sort, and get
a medley of poor mixed secd-and so it keeps on. But
don't hey all yield well? What of that? Why not Dc
as well as possible, and double good crops, and get bet
ter articles.
Dir, Baker, from the few tubers that he procured at
some trouble, has about forty bushels of these varieties
now on hand, and he wiIl gladly spare a few to any one
desiring to try their value he wishes to have good pc
tatoes take the place Of the common mongrel sorts
If the same course of experiment were undertaken
by all our farmers, what amazing results would 70 How.
bsepe6,ting The whole C mmunity. BY it every article
of food best adapted for each locality, and tie advania
gcs Of each variety, would be known in a few years.
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By the Report Of the Commissioner Of Patents, Just
made. we learn that there were 1868 patents granted
the past year in this country; New York has nearly a
third Of them. 1855; Mass 421 Penn 314 Conn,
1867 Ohio, c35. The remainder are divided with a
declining scale among the New England and old West
crn States according to population, but still lower among
the Southern States the highest among the latter be-
ing Virginia 81. Minnesota has thrce-last year We
only had one.
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10 doing this their is but little labor lost, and it paws
it none but the party himself ever knows about it.
In one particular Mt. Bakers example is worthy Of
imitation, and shat is to communicate what he has
learned. to the public, through the local newspaper. If
all our farmers and readers should do this, how inter-
esting and useful would its weekly contents prove.
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NININoER, Feb. 9th, 1858.


Mn. EDITOR Mons parturiunt, &c. The mountain
in labor has brought forth a mouse The hubbub that
was created among our excitable citizens last week has
dwindled to a calm. The reports that Mr.. Nininger
has swept away the whole of the Improvement clauses,
and was slaughtering our property wholesale, proves to
have amounted to nothing there was no foundation for
it whatever. Mr.. Nininger is not in Minnesota now,
and consequently it is impossible to give the ~refutatioa
direct to the statement, but fr,m every legitimate source
it ia evident that there is no truth in it whatever. se~
This is the season when ennui takes possession Of our
popslstion, and when they are willing to 90 into any ex.
trxvagances t" wear away the time until the whistle Of
the steamboats, is heard in front of the town. We would
recommend them to reorganize their Spiritual ~meetings;
t., re.experiment with the electrical force; to do any
thing in that rather than fall into the opinion that Mr..
Nininger is about to falsify that which he has promised.
We would say to our fellow citizens, that it is likely
We will soon have u charter election. Let us ccncentrate
our faculties on that. There is ample room for political
effort, and there will be a good deal Of patronage to be
distributed, and some fat Offices no doubt t. give away.
Can not some excitement be raised on these subjects ~
we'll as on the improvement clause I 90
Respectfully yo1rs, A CITIZEN
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81, OOO, 600, 900 1884, 900, 900

Wv V.O1eVVVSVVV
The question at once occurs which Of these three great
departments Of the civilized and commercial world e.
hitits the greatest amount Of %solidity. We find that
in our own country the amount of assets proporsionate
to the amount of failures is very nearly fifty per cent
or to make the matter palmer, those who failed have
had on an average very nearly fifty cents assets for each
dollar of indebtedness; while in England on the con-
trary the average assets of those failing was but twenty
cents on the dollar; aud on the continent about The
same.
This table presents therefore the strange fact, that
the people of the United States and Canada have beea
doing a SAFER and more substantial business than those
of the old world, the long established prejudices Of our
transatlantic friends to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The secret of all this is that We are as u people possess.
ed Of better means of success than the over crowded
population of Great Britain aud Europe; for it is an
undoubted fact that our business men are much the most
enterprising, and as a consequence the most venturesome
Of the three, and that nothing but an understrstum Of
necessary and national success could bear up our reck-
lessness and extravaganza.
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The Prescott wis., Transcript has just en- tered It.
fourth volume, and bids fair to see many an anniversary
-as it Is an excellent and we'll conducted Journal
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-10

The Fort Sne. ling sale is being overhaulcd by Con
gress several distinguished parties have gone to Wash
ington from this State to give testimony in regard to it..
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-10
The State l~-eglslafurc.

except to pass road bills, town acts, and establish fer.
ries. So much time has thus been consumed, that at.
tempts have been made to cut off further legislation on
such local matters this session. It would be unjust to
retain such exclusive power, and not afford the desired
legislation. The time taken to pass one Of the bills
would suffice to enact a general law that would be of
more certain benefit to the State. The Bank Bill was
further discussed, but only to put the bill in shape it
will pass before long, We think, from the favorable in.
terest manifested towards it.
We zee that the charter of the Nininger and St. Peter
Western Railroad is before the Legislature for amend
mept. to have it extended FROM the Minnesota to Glen
ooe. 1t is done at ths instigation of the citizens Of that
locality.
The Emigrant Bill to encourage unfortunate persons
to come into Minnesota, and protect them against their
creditors for I've years, is more f~avorably entertained
BY the Legislature than was expected from the fierce
Onslaught made upon it by the press. 1t has been en-.
crossed for passage.
The Loan Bill was discussed and put on its passage.
An important bill has been introduced to aid the
Land Grant Railroads by a loan of FIVE million dollars
BY the State. 1t dues not meet with much favor out
side, but appliances are brought to bear on the Legisla-
ture to favor its passage. 1t is proposed as an amen /.
WcHt ~ sue OOuotItutIou, WHICH now IOrOIuS loans over
half that sum. A committee has been appointed to
investigate the affairs of these r abroad Companies from
their start, in order to apply the anticipated loan under
standingly.
The tau bill, extending the time for the collection of
the taxes Of 1857, has passed both branches Of the
Legislature. 1t provides that the time Of payment shall
be extended to the FIRST Monday Of July, and that the
county Treasurers shall pay over to the State at that
time the lands shall not be sold for delinquent taxes
prior to the second Tuesday in Augast. All moneys
collected for State or Territorial purposes shall be in
coin or or State or Territorial orders. Taxes of town,
city, or village governments, and ais" for the espport of
schools do not come under the provisions Of his act :
also the counties of Ramsey and Mesker.
In the proposals for mail contracts for the ensGing
year, for Minnesota, Nininger is included as ons Of the
points where a steamboat mail is to be left daily during
summer, and in winter the stage line is to deliver and
receive our mails as in other post towns between St.
Paul and Dubuque. It will be the fault of the citizens
if they permit themselves to be wronged next year as
they were last. either by the boats or stages. They get
we'll paid for the work they agree to perform, and Their
is q way of compelling them to do it: and it must no,
be longer overlooked.
The Fort Sne ling sale is being overhaulcd by Con
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The Mormon RebcD1lonL
The latest intelligence from the Utah army represents
it in good condition.
A letter had been received from Brigham YosnG, e.
c~onpanied BY 4 quantity Of salt-an article Of whiGh
the army was at the time 10 such want that Gfteea d..
lars had been paid for . quart. Youag said that ~
salt was sent either as a gift or for sale, y Col. John
ston might be disposed but the Colonel sent il back on
the ground that the Mormons were traitors and rebels,
with whom it was not possible to treat in any peaceful
manner. The letter which Young sent with the salt was
pretty we'll spiced with warl;ke menace, threatening to
retaliate any harm done to the Mormon prisoners With
the army upon prisoners in bis hands. It i. believed,
in fact, that Young holds in this capacity no less dis.
tinguished a person than Col. Jack Hays, the Texan
Ranger, whom he seized in the Autumn, Is be was on
his way, in the public service, home from California.
Subsequently to the rejection Of Young salt, . conxid-
ersble supply was obtained from Indians, who obtained
for it the handsome price of three dollars and fifty cents
per pound.
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To tie Eliior Of the Em;yront Aid Journal:
SIR: l hear only one opinion in regard to the appro-
priateness of your article in last weeks Em,qrunt Aid
Journal respecting the 'Irregularity Of Boundaries.'
1t is "a word 6tly spoken
These are certainly not the times to have our county
involved in expensive improvements! which may be-
come comparatively valueless owing to their erection at
an inconvenicnt point.
That we are destined to be scalped by Ramsey coun-
ty is quite obvious, as our crown will soon be grssped
by its agent the St. Paul bridge, and although in many
cases what u friend gets is not lot, still in q matter Of
this kind a 'quid pro quo may be looked for. BY in
specting a good map Of Minnesota the 'quid pro quo
may probably he found. Meantime the people Of Dsko-
ia county should see that not a dollar is expended for
county buildings, iu case it should by and by be found
that the alteration Of our boundary lines would prove
the outlay to have been made at an announcement point
for the bulk Of the population Of the county.
NININoER, Feb. 9th, 1858. Dakota.
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The Failures Ut the World.
The following table shows the comparative amount Of
failures aud assets in this country, England and Europe.
They are as follows
Liabilities. Assets.
United States and Casad. $500, 0Oo, 900 sl44, 00O, 900
Great Britain 4OO, 600, 900 80. 600. 600
Continent of Europe 300,O 900, 900 $1,000, 900
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Hon. Henry Winter Davis to deliver IN addrsn befors
the literary societies Of that institution.
There are four ladies' in the Utah military expedition
sgainst the Mormons They are Mrs Gov. Cummings,
Cummings fsoss one Of ber fee. Will. crossing ID. noun.
tains.
The spirit Of Daniel Webster was called up lately, in
. spiritual circle in Northampton, Mass. He confessed
he had made many mistakes in his social and political
life while on earth, and 10 bis Dictionary.
YANKEE SHoEMAKERs Horace Greeley writes from
Davenport, ILL.,, TO the Tribune, that we're $4,000 SHOE
makers transported this winter from Me- EsgIand TO
the tributaries Of the Upper Mississippi, there would be
ample work for the whole of them, and they would III
better recompensed than they now can be. Every pair
of shoes that now nets the maker but one to two bush.s
els Of corn, would command from three to six bushels
If the makers we're located in this land of plenty. Five.
sixths of the boots and shoes worn by the farmers Of ~
Northwest are made in New England, where p~rovisions
arc much higher than in the West.
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4,256,2O

The last mentioned amount will be required to meet
the expenses of the county for the present year. The
percentage for collecting and Disturbing not estimatedin
the Treasures account, will exceed 50 900.
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Making a total Of

Amount e assessment for 1857
less
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-01

rKAn Irish Funeral yesterday number
ed thirty one carriages, ten two-horse wag-
ons, nine couples on horse back and a large
number on foot Supposing it to be the
funeral of an important person among the
Irish, inquiry was made, but the reply was
from one of the "mourners," "Oh, its only
an Irish boy from the patch" The size Of
these Irish funerals depends materially upon
the quantity of whisky dispensed Oh the
occasion.-Cazette.
The above effusion Of double distilled
meanness never came from the brain of q
man who has the least pretensions to hu-
manity. We undertake to say that the ma
jority of persons at that funeral make more
pretensions to sobriety, and are more temp
crate men that the writer of the above
Know Nothing squib. The Irishmen who
hired the use of those carriages, paid for the
same, and why have they not as much of a
right to follow their dead to the place of
burial as any other people. Does the Ga
zette man make a practice of burlesquing
every funeral service he sees passing along
the street. No, only the Irish Let us in
form the Gazette. that the Irish people turn
out as soon to give a poor boy from the
patch" decent burial. as they would for
person occupying that ass-tute rank which
the writer of the above enjoys.
That paragraph, on the whole, is about
as mean and uncalled for as anything we
have seen lately. What better could be ex.
pected from that person who is a sworn ene-
my to foreigners
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-01

Tor the Democrat.
MEssRs. EDToRs II regret to see the
e0urse the Gazette and some miserable and
Iunprincipled men are pursuing to sow the
seeds Of discord and strife among our quiet
and peacable citizens Why must the peace
OF this model city of cities be disturbed, and
every mans hand raised against his neigh
Dor-his friends? Why must the good
name Of Davenport and its thousands of en-
lterprising business men become the terror
md reproach of friend and foe! Shame !
suhame! upon hGt man who dares to show
himself upon the streets of this beautiful
city, sowing the seeds of turmoil and strife.
Let the finger of scorn be pointed at him !;
let justice brand him as Cain was brand
ed. that he may be known and stunned as
the evil one himself. Why all this turmoil
and strife? this war of words? If this is
permitted to continue, it will strike fatal
blow at the best interests of our beloved
city Our Eastern friends are coming by
hundreds with their thousands Of gold;
coming to seek homes in this Earthly Para
dise-the West; but they will pass by Da
venport, "On the other side" unless some
thing is done to show them that we have
the finest of everything, and that nothing
but contented mind is wanted. to make
it the happiest place on earth
Now, all this war, and thousand and
one" Issues, is narrowed down to one and
! ask, why this one evil cannot be fairely
Investigated, that We may know Just what
our true condition is. If there is but one
wound, why cut and slash ourselves before
this is healedi Let us 90 at it business
like. There IS a way, and one to which no
business man can raise the slightest objec-
tion. If Messrs. Cook d Sargent will do
as they wish their creditors to do, all can
be made right in twentyfour hours. Let
them come up and satify the community
that they can, in one, two or three months
redeem every dollar of their issue, at par and
there is not a man but what would stand
by them until the last dollar was sent
home. But if they cannot, let them not
sacrifice their friends and their own good
name. l am aware it is said that such a
course is humiliatlng, but to that objection
there is one unansurable reply it is the
magnanimity of such course-one which
always wins golden laurels; one that will
ensure brighter chaplet than ever rested
on the brow of King. Let them state, in
words and figures, just what they can ac-
complish. If they can make it appear that
they can relieve this community in stated
number Of days-all right; if they caunot,
it is but justice that this public should
have their word for 1t. Let true estimate
Of affairs be made and published, as other
Banking firms do such course is manly,
honorable-and whether they are able to
save themselves or not, the public will
know what they may depend upon. Will
they not do it? JUSTICE.
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DAVENPOR. IOWA. M0GSF MO

e. The only objection 80 ~
Royal HigAsss u the 0ssssts. - = 9
bundle Of truisms II relation b NosSDea =
that Of the Pork. II il . fsst that ~
ought to have given IT ersdit for thsss soo
hogA But let NJ see hov that paragraph
reads:
That Auscatins has packed nearly 30YOoe
head cfpork this year; whilst Dsvenpose
because of her wildcat currency hos psekr
ed none at all: that's true.
We wish to offer the following - -
amendment, and challenge the Gasette r.
refute it: (.
That Muscatine has packed nsaEiy 2o.Ooe
hsadsot pork this year. Whit with her
wildeattsngseney. Davenpost has packed
none q Ar tksfs srxs. Il a
We have The proofs q hand IN rs)atiql
70 certain pasfiees atsepllpg = bs1 -
~ith this reg nsney, aaa ws -ssa she~
them. Wildcat won't buy pork, Mr.. Ga
ssste that has been tried.