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The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-24
Our Internal Resources.

To The Editor efMe Journal:
Why was the ancient city of Babylon enabled to
withstand the assault of a powerful b~esieging army for
so long a period of time Solely, because within the
city walls was a great quantity of land, and this being
cultivated, furnished food for man and beast.
l do not believe in putting legislative restrictions on
domestic commerce, but if we in Minnesota were wise
we would not import a 6ftieth part of what we do.
1t has been a question with me whether or not our
State possesses..enough within herself to make life happy
and agreeable. l have come to the conclusion that she
does. At first we might have to write with quill pens
and cook with copper stoves, but necessity would be the
maternal parent to many inventions; and after we Lad
unlocked the secret store-house of nature, and brought
to light the riches Of the soil, profuse as various, we
should wonder at our stupidity in not discovering the
advantages sooner.
The products ola good kitchen garden Of forty pcrches
Of land are worth more to a family than two hundred
dollars worth of groceries; and the product of a good
cow for a year is worth a hundred dollars.
We are looking to a large emigration for wealth and
prosperity; that is all right-the more settlers that
come the richer we shall be, but it is not so much On
account of the money that is brought as the energetic
and enterprising class of people we expect. Let us
not depend SO much upon external aid, let us rely on
our internal resources-they are ample, they are boun.
tiful.
In a country that can support its tens of thousands
Of cattle, let us not pay thirty dollars for a barrel eff
salt pork! In q land that can feed its millions of sheep,
and unlimited water power to manufacture their Aeeces,
let US not send fifteen dollars down the river for q coat.
The hides of beasts slaughtered here for food arc
bleaching in the sunshine and rain, while we are beg
CARING ourselves buying Boston boots.
Our tables are spread with the costly products of
other ~States-dr.ed, preserved, sailed, and picked,-
while our own soil can furnish them, natural, fresh and
F36seious.
I have never seen this country equalled for potatoes,
bceth onions, cabbage, turnips, melons, squash, toma-
toss, peas, beans, and spring wheat; corn does remark.
ably well. These things can be produced in abundance,
and most Of them keep the year round. Rhubarb can
be Produced in any quantity.
You may think that I am getting down to small po-
tatoes, but no such ~thing-these are the substantial
wealth OF a country, and with an abundant.supply of
them we can achieve great things-we can build rail
roads, magnificent halls, and tsapples.-and have time
to devote to science and learning.S j. BEsw1ck.
Nininger, March 81, 1858.
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THE EMIGRANT AID JOURNAL:

such moment that the hundreds of thousands of dollars
they receive directly, and millions indirectly, besides
the honors, is hardly sufficient compensation therefor,
and then hide the results in some obscure sheet, where
they 8 die and give no sign A time will come when
we shall DO amused on looking back to this time, to see
the pains our law makers, in the essential point of hav
ing the legal obligations made known, tried how not t.
do it,
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Miscellaneous Summary.

From Utah we have received intelligence down te
January 25th, by way of Council Bluffs. The Mormons
were manufacturing cannon, revolvers and gunpowde,
against time of need. A slight skirmish between q
party of them and a picket guard of the troops had
taken place, in which two of the former, and it was said
four of the latter had been killed. Brigham Young's
sermons had assumed a more fiery tone, and an audience
of 5000 people had pronounced, by rising, in favor Of
war to the death.
At the State election held in New Hampshire on the
9th inst, the Republican party, with Halle as Governor
carried the day by an increased majority over last year
Judge Loring has at last been removed from his Office
Of Judge of Probate in Massachusetts,, by Gov. Banks
at the request of the Legislature.
The steamer Eliza Battle was destroyed by fire on
the Bird inst, at Kemp's Landing, Ala, and forty lives
lost.
The Bill authorizing the citizens of Dodge county to
vote upon the location of the County Seat has passed
the Legislature.
The prospect for a crop of fruit in Northern Ohio is
very fine. The open weather has as yet done no ma.
terial injury, and if the spring frosts do not prove in
furious, the largest crop ever yet grown will be conf.
IDENTIFY anticipated.
We need a good Lumber Yard in Rochester. Cannot
some of the extensive Lumber companies along the
river, supply this need +? Lumber, here, at fail. prices,
will command, throughout the season, constant sale.
What say our Lake City friends to this ?-(Rochester
(Olmsted) Democrat.
Quite a number of chiefs representing the various
bands of Sioux Indians have lately started for Wash
ington, to negotiate with the Government for the sale
of a large tract of their lands now known as Dacotah
Territory. There will probably be a heavy emigration
to this Territory the coming season.
SHAkopEE REPoRrER.-This is the name of a new
paper just started at Shakopee by Milton NJ. Pierce,
formerly Of the Traverse des Sioux Reporter.
Later advices from Mexico have reached New Orleans.
The details of the civil war, which is raging in several
States, are thought to show great disafection to the
new Government, and Zuloaga's downfall is considered
certain. The whole country is a prey to soldiery and
banditti.
The bark Adriatic, Capt. Durham, famous from her
confscation by the French Court at Marseilles, and
double escape from custody, arrived at New York the
18th inst.
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The ATLANTIC NONTHLY-A copy of this e1-
cellent m~agasine, together with our paper, may be had
for a year for four dollars.
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Several journals of our State have been calling at,
%tention, lately, to the method pursued by the govern
ment relative to the publication of the laws. AS now
pursued it is a mere formality, whereas the design was
to make the people acquainted with them that they
might observe and obey them from and after their
passage and publication How can laws be respected
until they are understood And what judges and juries
will strictly enforce penalties where the violation of
the enactments is done unwittingly? If the laws were
published in all the papers in the State, every citizen
would become familiar with their provisions, and a ready
obedience would follow. Combining their publication to
reward some favorite, or pay for party service, keeps the
people in the dark, and they know not what to do, until
some of them are punished for their Ignorance, to open
their eyes. 1t is a manifest absurdity to witness the
course now pursued by the government. Gravely and
deliberately they discuss the important aud vital inter
ests of the State, and profess that their labors are of
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The great religious revival is still progressing at the
East. 1t now includes some of the denominations not
esteemed evangelical, and whose tendencies have hith.
erto been considered inimical to such manifestations
We are also happy to learn that the good work is be-
ginning to be felt in the West, and in various parts of
Minnesota gratifying evidences Of religions awakening
arc currently reported.
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parties owning trees in that part Of the town lying East
of Clarke Avenue, snd north Of Fifth street, 'that ere
considered an obstruction to the view Of tho town from
the river, and request them to remove the same within
. week from this date.
mitted the following report which was adopted:
Mr.. NJ. A. Miller having delivered bis survey Of the
Levee, and the same having been carefully examissd By
port the same be adopted; commencing 1t the north.
east corner of block No. two hundred and twelve (2i2)
Of Nininger's Addition to Nininger City, running di.fo-
nally from said point to a point forty-seven 77) eet
northward from the northeast corner Of lot number I've
To- in block two hundred and twelve (2l2,) thence
westward one hundred 400 feet to . point fortyseveo
47) feet north of the northwest corner Of the said
block, thence diagonally to the southeast corner Of
block two hundred and thirteen (2l3) Of Aforesaid "a.
dition thence in a direct line to the southwest corner
Of c. L. Emerson's Stone Warehouse, thence westward
to . point twenty (2O) feet south of the northeast cor
uer Of block sixteen (l6;) thence westsard to fhe
northeast corner of lot eleven az in block sixteso
O6;) thence westward to the northeast corner a rid
block (l6;) thence westward to the northwest eosner q
block fifteen (15D thence to q point thirty (8O) fssE
south OF the northeast corner of block number oustAea
Q4D thence westward to the northeast corner Of lot
number three ~ in said block thence westward g
the northwest corner Of block number thirteen 0s.)
The whole to be the base line of the Levee, and I'll The
ground lying north of said base line to be taken for
Levee purposes, all of which your committee respeet.
fully submit to the consideration Of the Council.
With reference to the Improvement and protection Of
said Levee from the action Of the water, your committee
would respectfully refer the same for the judgment Of
the Council
(Signed,) s.. S. EAros,
G. O. RosERrsos,
II. CAIrvF
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The PHRNELOGIoAL AND WATER CURE JOURNALS
We have received the March numbers of these excel.
publications, which, as usual, are replete with the
choicest reading and most interesting information per.
tanning to their several departments. know thyself,'
the most profound study Of the ancients, is rendered an
ordinary pastime by such aids as these. Fowler &
Wells, 8oS Broadway, New York 81 a year. With
our paper, only SO a year.
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PRoCEE6Ma6uQF TnE rows CoUsC,l.
. TAOUUNClL CHAMBER,
"Wednesday March II, 1858.

- We0uesday March II, IeDS.
Council met and was callta 70 order BY the President.
The Recorder presented J 8opd Of the Town Marshall
with the %sureties, which was approved, and ordered to
be entered upon the records f the county.
On motion Of IL. Clarke Messrs. Robertson and
Eaton were appointed a committee to wait upon those
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Prairie fires are now visible arc und ms every night ;
the sight is grand and beautiful, but it is the cause Of
too much injury to be desirable. A careful watch must
be kept by farmers, lest mischief befall them.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr.. D.. +. Truax moved that C. Stebbins and 1. N.
be a Committee to draft a set of Bylaws
for the Society, and report at next meeting.
On motion Of A. w. Macdonald, c. Stebbins was
made a Committee to prepare notices Of meetings, and
blank certificates of membership.
Moved that the Executive Committee meet at Hast.
ings at one o'clock on Saturday the 9th inst.
IN Z. P. COLLINS, President.
d. NsfouNrhyMAN, Recording Secretary.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

The MULE Although the
mule, since his race began, has been named
as the most stupid and obstinate of brutes,
we entertain q respect for him. The mule
population of these mountains possess traits
of character which render them useful, res
pectable and worthy of admiration. The
mule seems to be creature intended for SER
vice on the narrow trails of this uneven up
per country. His stout back and careful feet
are the best of mountain travelling facilities.
Mount and start on the winding path before
you; soon you reach precipitous and rocky
hills, up which it would be painfully toilsome
to 60 on foot. But your mule walks steadily
to the summit and cautiously and safely car
ries you along the rough declivity, his small
and beautifully formed feet touching nothing
that might endanger himself or rider. Do
not pull upon the rein, let him select footstep
places, and though the time be blacklist night
he will not leave the trail or stumble, or fall.
You will be borne around the steep hills
where the horse would tremble with fear, and
where you would not be pleased to walk
Down thousands of feet the precipice extends
below the little mark of road, and you hear
the ceaseless voice of chasing waters. which
you cannot see. Before and behind you, and
on either side, stand the great earth-towers
setting forth their shadows, and under the
solemn influence of wonderful and diversified
locality you pass from hight to hight think
ing that the whole race of mules has been
ungenerously and vituperatively misrepre-
sented Sierra Citizen
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

Not long since we told how sewing
machines came to be invented-the
death of some young girls by con-
sumption, contracted over the needle,
inspiring the bene6cent idea in the
sympathetic brain of neighbor nae
chanic; and now we give, condensed
from the Scientific american, the
origin Of the stocking frame. These
two narratives illustrate the remark
that the annals of invention have their
romantic incidents no less than those
of love. So long ago as 1859, GER
tain Reverend, by name William Lee,
A. NJ, Of st. Johns College, Cam
bridge, fell in love with a young wo-
man, as men have done before and
will do again. The maiden either
was very Industrious, or very mali
cious, for whenever the Rev. lover
called upon her she was invariably
knitting stocking, and paid but little
attention to his honied remarks. ellis
desire for wife soon changed into
male VIOLENT determination to spoil her
knitting forever, by inventing a ma
chine that would supersede stocking
making by hand. He visited the lady
as seduously as ever" but not to
make love; "his purpose was to learn
the mystery Of knitting, that he might
contriye to do similar work with iron
fingers" For several years he studied
hard over his novel machine, and at
last it was completed. Meanwhile,
however, Lees love for his lady was
supplanted by the attractions Of his
invention /; and although the lady her
self, subdued either by his Indifference
or by pity, sought to regain his affec-
tons, he continued obdurately insen-
sible. "He abandoned his curacy,
shut his heart against affections, and
wove stockings in his head from morn
ing till night. The result was that
though he succeeded to the utmost
in his invention, he died in Paris, in
concealment, grief, and poverty"
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25
THERE is nothing unsightly or tire

THERE is nothing unsightly or tire
some on the earth; sorrow, horror,
WEAKNESS and disgust are not in these
thousand creatures that animate the
world. They are in the heart of man,
who diffuses them over certain days,
over nature, as, on other days, with
out more reason, he pleases to en-
bellish them with his transitory Joy.
Let us not be in haste to condemn
certain beings to reprobation; let US
regard them sooner with respect, as
created by God, who knows better
than we the secret Of universal life;
and, when religion, morality, and phi
losophy exhort US to revere in the
most humble creature wonder which
confounds our presumptuous knowl-
edge, let US admire and love every
thing that has lie, and not kill it
for it is necessary that every one
should live its life.-Home Journal.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

A MICHIGAN JoKE-The Detroit Board
of Education, who must be little waggishly
inclined, have adopted as device for the
seal of that body handsome young mistress
with thriving younker across her lap. The
left hand is uplifted, having a stout leather
strap in the act of descending upon the
younker aforesaid, whose mouth is wide
open, from which issues the motto of zeal,-
"Strike, but hear me."-[ Exchange.
In reply to this, the Philadelphia
Ledger remarks that children are not
benefited much by instruction,
when the teacher begins to operate
at the wrong end. As the mind is in
the brain, common sense teaches that
the direct application of means of
instruction should be to the head
The plan opposite to this is adopted
only by quacks in the business of in
struction. whose physical is greater
than their intellectual development.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

EVERY great and commanding mo-
ment in the annals of the world is the
triumph of some enthusiasm. The
victories of the Arabs after Mahomet,
who, in few years, from small be-
ginning, established a larger empire
than that Of Rome, is an example,
They did they knew not what. The
naked Derar, horsed on an idea, was
found an over-match for troop Of
Roman Cavalry. The women fought
like men, and conquered the Romen
men. They were Temperance troops.
There was neither brandy nor flesh
needed to feed them. They conquer
ed Asia, and Africa, and Spain, on
barley. The Caliph Omar's walking
stick struck more terror into those
who saw it, than another mans sword.
His diet was barley bread; his sauce
was salt; and oftentimes by way Of
abstinence he ate his bread without
salt. His drink was water. His
palace was built of mud; and when
he left Medina to 60 to the conquest
Of Jerusalem, he road on a red cam
ell with a wooden platter hanging at
his saddle, With bottle of water and
two sacks, one holding barley and
the other dried fruit.-Emerson.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

FORGIVENESS brave only
know how to forgive; it is the most
refined and generous pitch of virtue
human nature can arrive at. towards
have done good and kind actions
towards have even fought, nay, some>
times conquered; but a coward never
forgave; it is not in his nature; the
power of doing it flows only from a
strength and greatness of soul con-
scious of its own force and security,
and above all the little temptations Of
resenting every fruitless attempt to
interrupt its happiness.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25
Iron i'm England.

The following extract is from an article in
q late number of the London .drt Journal:
IS England may, in a peculiarly appropri-
ate manner-when considering the position
which she holds among the nations--desig
nate this as her Iron Age. In all parts of
the country the earth is pierced in search of
iron ore; and the blaze of iron furnaces IL
lumines the midnight sky wherever the prox-
unity of coal admits of its being smelted
The island is traversed in all directions by
iron roads-iron buildings receive US at the
ends of all the railways-iron enters more or
less into the structure Of nearly all our large
edifces The Temple of the Italian muse has
sprung, like Aladdin's palace, into sudden
existence by the aid of iron; and the Crystal
Palace stands on its hill at Sydenham, tri-
umph which might be dedicated to Vulcan, as
the work of the Cyclopes. On the river, and
on the ocean, iron exerts its power; and from
the canal boat to the Leviathan, iron boiler
plate has taken the place of wood. Iron ap-
pears to be destined to aid largely in the
progress of civilization, for " homogeneous
metal,"--a kind Of semi-steel-is employed
in the construction of the small steamer in
which Livingston is to lay open the treasures
of Central Africa to the world. Iron, too,
has invaded the domains of fashion the fact
that one house in Sheffield had few weeks
since orders for sixty-fve tons of steel for Ia
dies petticoats willsprove how successful the
invasion has been. To achieve these triumphs
the iron-making powers of the country have
been taxed to the utmost. 3 More
than three millions and half tons of pig
iron--equal in value to upwards of twelve
million sterling (sixty millions of dollars)-
are produced each year in these small islands.
This, it must be remembered, is the value of
this metal, ere any cost beyond that of smelt-
ing is incurred upon it. When this is con-
verified into bars and rails only, the value is
more than doubled; and when we have this
important element, by the aid of skilled la
Dor, manufactured into all the numerous ar
ticles for use and for ornament to which it
is applied, its value is increased more than
q hundred fold"
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

GOVERNMENTS are not made but
grown; not fashioned like this build
ing, but developed like the pines on
yonder hillsides. Everything in
republic is aaoat-there is nothing
settled. Neither Congress nor Cabi-
net decide policies or make laws
Tell me the talk Of the street--what
the Herald and the Tribune say, in
reflection of public opinion, and can
tell you what the statute is to be-
A republic has no
natural conservative elements-its
only emblem is the ocean, only pure,
because always in motion.
The world is necessarily divided
into two classes, the conservatives who
look wistfully over their shoulders at
the past, and as Douglas Jerrold says,
regret to see the new moon, so great
is their respect for the old,-and the
progressiyes, who fancy every change
an improvement, and are like the
Spanish Prince who said he could
have planned the planetary system
better if he had only been consulted.
Both are useful, are not to be gotten
rid of, are indispensable; the only
question is their respective functions.
Where is there independence in
party or politician ? An eminent
statesman says he has not spoken his
own mind for 20 years. Politics are
like snakes-the tail moves the head.
The leaders hang out their banners
but they never march forward till
they see the people behind. A boy
on the steamboat mistook the beam
playing upon the deck for the engine
he did not know that there was a
fanatic down in the hold that supplied
the power and did the work.
U'endeH Phillips.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25
ADDITION TO OUR POPULATION

ADDITION TO OUR POPULATION.-
Under this heading our exchanges
are all recording the expected advent
amongst US of some 800 Shakers.
Well, let them come,-but how col
ony of people who strictly practice
celibacy, and who believe the only
way to remove sin from the world is
to depopulate tive say, how such
dry moralists can benefit California
we do not see. Perhaps though, the
climate may proselyte them to the
worlds opinions.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-25

A MAN ceases to be a 'sgood fellow the mo-
ment he refuses to do precisely what other people
wish him to do.