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

The serpent caught on Dec 26, 1857, in lat
260 S., Ion. 60 E by boat from British merchant
man. The following account of the event is published
in London paper:
The ship having only steerage-way, saw about half
mile port beam very extraordinary looking thing
in the water, Of considerable length With the tee.
scope could plainly discern huge head and neck,
covered with long shaggylooking kind of mane which
it kept lifting at intervals out Of the water This was
by all hands and declared be the great sea ser
peut. | determined on knowing something about it,
and accordingly lowered boat in which my chief officer
and four wen taking with them long small line
in it should be required. I watched them very
anxiousy and the monster seemed regard their
approach At length they got close to the head they
seemed to hesitate and then busy themselves with the
line, the monster all the time ducking its head and
showing its great length Presently the boat began
pulling toward the ship, the monster following slowly.
In about half hour they got it alongside tackle
got the main yard and it hoisted on board
1t appeared somewhat supple when hanging but so
pletey covered with akyooking barnaces about lS
inches long, that had time on board before it
was discovered to be piece of gigantic seaweed twenty
feet long and four inches diameter the root end Of
which appeared when in the like the head of the
animal, and the motion given by the sea caused it to
seem alive In few days it dried up to hollow tube,
and it had rather offensive smell was thrown over.
board
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
Improved mode Of Veutllatlou,

During the preparations for the marriage in the paace
Of st James, a very plain man seen walking to
and fro in every part of the building asif he were
master Of the whole house. Now he was ii the chapel
then in the gallery he passed out from hall to
another; the ball room; the throne-room; the prvy.
council room; and even into the Queens boudoir AS
the roys procession passed along the Corridors he
standing alone against the wall-and the crnolne was
slightly crushed in consequence of the obstruction.
Who the intruder No he was not an intruder
but walked about in every place by express command
I will give you little account Of him.
Charles Watson is native Of Scotland, aud was
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
Cheating the Devil.

Squire H., living in the town of A., was a man
in easy circumstances with everything enough in doors
and out. 10 his yard was a huge pile of wood, sawed
and split and sufficient in bulk to keep dozen fami.
lies through the winter With enough more where that
came from.
POOR widow woman in Strengthened circumstances with
four mouths to feed and four little bodies to warm be.
sides her own. tsl
Squire H. dotted on his big wood pile, and was in the
habit Of taking peep at it through the closed blinds
Of his window, before retiring at night One night he
saw female hanging around the pile, and opening the
door partially to get better view saw her stoop pick
up large armful and start off, She had not proceeded
however, when she stopped Short and he overheard
the folowng Il cannot steal-the eye of God is upon
me : and down went the wood, and she walked of a
few steps and stopped again: Il have not stick of
wood in the house the weather is bitter cold and my
poor children freezing. The Squire has e0oushs
will never miss So saying, she fIed 6er arms again
with the converted fuel.
Again she~started, and again hestated What |!
steal II never did such thing and God forbid that
ksh6uld do it now and down went the wood upon the
pile again. But the thought of her suffering brood
brought her to the pile, and she filed her
the third time with wood. Once she started
and again turned back I will not steal will trust
in God; and if it is his will well perish together So
saying she threw down the wood upon the pile and the
Squire her enter her dwelling and close the door,
He retired to bed but slumber slow in visiting his
eyeds He thought of the poor widow aud her suffer.
ing children, and perhaps when he slept he dreamed Of
them.
Early the next forenoon widow w. was surprised to
see the Squires four team loaded with wood, haul
up in front Of her dwelling, and the Squire commence
pitching it off.
What's this, Squire H ? said the aatonished aud
halffrgltened woman; didn't order that wood, aud
God knows | can't pay for it.
It's yours, and all paid for, ma'am, sung out the
Squire, tuggng away at big log; you cheated the
devil last night!
The poor woman insisted that there must be some
mistake about it.
tell you it's yours, for cheating the devil last
night, said the SQUIRE and here comes man to saw
up, split it and pack it away in your wood house.
The widow began to smell rat and stammerng
her thanks to the Squire retreated the house. She
wanted tor no more wood that winter
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NUMBER ss.

that peasurable feeling Immediately succeeds that
coors of various hues start up before the sight, and that
these having been gazed for trivial space the rest
is oblivion. The mind, averted from the reality of the
situation, is engaged in scenes the most remote from
that which fills the eyes of the pecatorthe vile rabbe
the hdeous gaows and the struggling form that swings
in the wind.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17

shadows armies, and fourishes thousand years its
dwarf the hugest dreams of Greece and
in the background of its legends, stalk
deities to whom Jupiter Tonans and Hammeripg Thor
are Lpstian dandes and its annals enclose cons Of
ep chs in which successive unverses exist and perish
like breaths in frosty air. The poetry should
pect, and have found the climevast in mystery
warm with passion, farvstaed with revere, rich in jew
els, redolent with perfumes, brilliant in coors, mex
haustibe in profusion.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
Boys out at Night.

have been an observer as am sympathizing lover
of boys. like to them happy, cheerful, and glee-
some. Indeed, can hardly understand how high
toned useful be the rpened fruit of boy
who had full share Of the glad privileges due to
youth. But while watch with very jealous eye all
rights and customs which intrench upon the proper
rights of boys, equally apprehensive lest the
parents who not fore-thoughtt", and wh" have
habituated themselves to close observations upon
this subject, permit their ndulsences which all
certain result IN their decentralization, If not in
their total ruin and among the habits which have OBJ
s,rved tending most surely ruin, know OF none more
prominent than that Of parents permitting their to
be in the streets after nightfall
Boys should be taught to have pleasures around the
family centretable, in reading. conversation, and in
quiet amusements Boys seen in the streets after
nIghtfal behaving in entirely destructive of
all good morals. Fathers and mothers, ke your chill
dren home nght and that you take pains to make
your homes plant, aud attractive, and profitable to
them and 4boys I'll, With view Of their securytrom
future desr1cfioD lei them not become, while forming
their characters for life, accustomed to disregard the
moral sens shame = 70 openly violate the Sabbath
in s.re pastimes during its day OF evening hours
There is project on foot among the British North
American Provinces to have them united under one
& Jvernment
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
CurlOsities Of SCienCe.-NO. 2.

In my last, mentioned some curosities about snow,
intend before close to speak further Of crystazaton
as it is very curious thing in nature.
In those parts of the temperate zone, where
the ground during the winter months-hat best
of all the cereals wheat, grows to the greatest perec
ton. Two main reasons may be assigned for this.
1st 1t keeps the ground warm and if very deep allows
the roots Of the winter wheat to grow and get firm hold
and the early spring finds it vigorous healthy and
heavy. 81. A large quantity of Ammonia is found in
snow, which enters largely into the composition Of wheat
hence the operates powerful fertilizer; and
every time the farmer the covering his fields
with large body of snow, he may rejoice that it is in
the providence of nature that his fields are being en-
rchcd.
Capitalization is the power which determines the
forms Of inorganic matter As the results Of the vital
forces exhibited in the animal and vegetable king
dons bodies bounded by curved lines and surfaces
the result Of the (vtaD forces displayed in the inorganic
mineral world straight lines and plane surfaces
We apply the term 'lifeless or Inert to all Solids
and yet there secret forces existing in all minerals
which bind their ultimate particles together-not in con.
glomerate mass, but geometrcaly-n regular bodies
having equal sides and similar. Henceforth we shall
Aot EoChS, StOuc, duu kT6VeI,
thinking of those peculiar forces which give regular
and beautiful forms, even in inorganic matter.
! Cohesive attraction is but another name for these
forces Take for instance piece of quartz 1t has six
Sides and is an oblique rhombic prism. If it be now
taken and broken in fragments not larger than the head
of pin, each fragment will be crystal having six
sides-a prism like the 6rst-and though we may call
that cohesive attraction which kept the little crystals
together it is highly probable that the force keeps
them regular.
The large bodies of granite rock found in New Eng
land abundant is the quars and therefore composed
Of infinite number of crystals and every grain Of
sand is quartz crystal-a regular body-bounded BY
straight lines
The common salt, of which we consume 30 much
(too much lcrystazes into thou aads of little cub g. and
when throw fire, or heated surface it crackles
or decreptates. Why is this It holds water, not BY
absorption, but mechanically and this heated bursts the
bands that hold it, (evaporates and escaping, gives
notice of it by firing farewell salute
L. NJ CouNTRYMAN.
Ninnger, March Is, 1853.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17

Emphatically, Minnesota is we'll wooded Let the
reader take his map and he will declare is exceeding
y we'll watered also Well those streams and lakes
upon which he looks general thing skirted with
large bodies of good timber inexhaustbe unless Law
.hly destroyed 1t is not equally distributed as We
could wish but no where have things just as we
could wish them In Minnesota are found those pine
forests which yield rich supply Of lumber of better
quality than found elsewhere in the United States,
and perhaps in greater abundance.
OF water few words Of explanation will suffice.
There is abundance as the many streams and lakes will
testify. Springs numerous, and IN majority OF
places is found in short distances from the surface
All animal life is healthy. Stock Of every description
is easily raised The failing abundance Of scorns
from the oak groves and hazenuts aid materially in
the and growth of porkers nor need urge
that the upland and owand pares Afford the one suf-
6cien PASTURE and the other sufficient food for winter,
for large bodies Of cattle.
The country presents great manufacturing facilities
Sites for manufacturing establishments mills &C., are
found in numbers every stream. The Fails OF st.
Anthony are second to in the world, and their
worth is almost incalculabe.
The successful cultivation Of fruit trees here is put
beyond doubt, the peach and pear perhaps excepted
The cranberry grape plum, and crabapple are indigo
nous, and are found in abundance
Our system of free schoolsthe great school proper
ty endowment-and the interest manifested in establish
ing schools of high grade present another attractive
feature in favor Of Misnesota and in few years may
vie with the older States in educational facilities
In short, would say to those who are looking for
place to carry forward proably the pursuits of agrcu
ture trade, or mechansm-to those looking for eli
conducive to health aud ongevty-to those look
ing for scenery which to feast the Ideal man-coMl
TO MINNESOTA L. N. COUNTRYMAN.
Nininger, March Is, 1853.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17

and the daughters of Naomi wont to CLEAN.
asked Solomons pavilion, but alas the cypress
timbers and the cedar wainscotting had been taken
down, and in their place there is brick-but cottage
with roof of red and green tiles. The entrance hall
is whitewashed there is little parlor with Birming
ham carpet, and drawing room papered with red
bordered yellow paper, purchased in Paris Rue des
Moineaux The chimney is Prussian, and the curtains
are of Swiss muslin. Instead of the servants of the
spouse, found nursery ymads one from Paris and
the other from Florence The slave who prepares the
tents of cedar is now called John He has red
whiskers, blacks his masters Shoes scrubs the floor
every day. and varnshes it on Sundays; and if some
romantic person should inquire had the naivete
do, about the dark Shulamte, he will be shown FIVE
sweet little English children redolent of cold and
Windsor soap fair floss silk, with their hair in
corkscrew cur and wearing prunea boots blue capes.
and green paraso The cinnamon trees have been cut
down for frewood and the aromatic grubbed up,
but the FIVE little misses do crotchet work under the
shade of ION C+ieten pear tree Since the Eastern
Mr.. Goldsmith has obtained the custom of the
P.cha Of Jerusalem for vegetables Last year he had
seven crops Of potatoes, thanks to his wonderful
drainage
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The atmosphere rises above with its cathedral
dome archng towards the heaven Of which it is the
familiar synonym and symbol. 1t floats around US like
that grand object which the Apostle John saw in his
vision Of glass like unto crystal So massive is
it, that when it begins to STIR tosses about great ships
like paythngs and sweeps cities and forests like
fakes Is destruction before it. And yeti 10 30 mebie
that have lived yass befosw We can be persuaded
It exists st all apdtAe gvntabslk Of mankind never
sealize the ttsta that stiad nf
mir. Its weight il 20 suornoas that iron shivers
before it like gluss yet soap-ball sails through
with mpunity, and abs nest nssct WAVES It with ito
wings. We touch it not but it touches us its warm
south wind brings back color to the pale face of the
valid its cool west winds refresh the feyered brow,
and make the blood mantle in cheeks even it's north
blasts brace into vigor the hardened children Of
rugged cline But for it, the rainbow xould want
its trumphal arch and the winds would not send their
6eecy messengers errands round the heavens The
cold ether would not shed its snow feathers on the
earth, nor would drops of dew gather the flowers.
The kindly rain would hail, storm, nor fog
diversity the face of the sky Our naked globe would
turn its tanned unshadowed forehead the sum- and one
dreary blaze Of light and heat dazzle and
burn up all things British Review.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-14
United States Foundry

There Ia any number of "Ricbmonds in the field'
for the location of the proposed T. s. Foundry.
None of them, however, present such combination
OF advantages as our Richmond Iron, coal, water
power, facility of transportation, security, health
fniDess, and many other powerful considerations
speak trumpettorgned In behalf of our city,
Moreover, Richmond give the Government
grounds for the purpose which would cost the
United Statesa million of dollars elsewhere. But
tdoes not follow that because the location ought
he here. 1t will be here. There are eager com
petitors, some of them making up in energy what
they lack In everything else. We must not be
content with deserving but must labor for
II with all our might, aud make known to others,
as we know them, the immense and varied adyan-
tages of Richmond for U. s. Foundry, advantages
IN which she Is unapproached and unapproachabe
by any other city in the Union.
The Chief of the War Department, who has the
selection of the site, knows the advantages of Rich
moBd; knows that our iron and coal especially are
unequsied In America, probably in the world, fer
the man ufacture of ordnance; knows that the best
cannon IN the ornaments of all Christendom are
made at this point. Where else do cannon stand
successfully such tests as are applied to them herei
Not another place in the United States can be
mentioned which bears any comparison with Rich
mond In this respect. All We ask is an examina-
tion of this location by military commission Of
Intelligent and impartial gentlemen, and then let
the decision be made the interests of the conn
try dictate In the meantime We trust that onr
respected representative In Congress- and the con,
mittee lately appointed by the Mayor to Wait
Washington, with reference to this subject. will,
give the matter their most prompt and energetic
attention.
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Things tn Petersburg.
.aEspospsScE or TIE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH ]

AsiSAF"'A'1
PETERSBURG, April Is, 1858.
The examination of Jos. Delano, whose arrest
on suspicion of having blown up the Old Street
engine, noticed yesterday, took place before the
Mayor to-day. The courtroom was crowded. and
considerable excitement prevailed Several po
licemen were examined, who testified to having
seen him out Saturday aud Sunday nights, de-
porting himself in such manner as to excite sus-
picion that he had designs against the house and
apparatus of the Old Street Engine Company
RECRUITING testimony was introduced, proving
that on Sunday night the accused was not out OF
the house from early bed time to the time the
alarm occurred, at 3 o'clock Monday morning
produced by the explosion. The evidence for the
Commonwealth was merely circumstantial, and
what was plausible about 1t thus rendered
void, and the case changed into complete farce,
concluding with the dismissal of the defendant and
the applause of the assemblage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards was arragned for dis
cussing domestic point in a manner highly dsa-
greeable to the Deighbors. and held to bail in the
sum of $50 to be peaceable for twelve months.
The Allen Plate, which will be the prize for the
handicap race at New Market in May. is now. l
understand in the hands of Messrs. Kirk Son, of
Baltimore, who have contracted for the work. 1t
will consist full set of silver service nished
in magnificent style, and as before announced.
costing 81 500.
Several villainous attempts have been recently
made to fire dwellings in various parts of the city.
The incendiaries have each occasion used a
combustible made of cotton, saturated with oil
and filled with friction matches. This they throw
into any portion of the exposed quarters of the
building, where, if allowed to remain for any
length Of time, they explode spontaneously, and
set fire to whatever combustible is near.
special meeting of the council was called last
evening, and reward offered, by resolution, of
ST 000 for the detection and conviction of the in
cendary who fired the Old street engine. on Mon
day morning The several insurance offices, it is
believed. will swell the amount offered thousand
or two further
There was a,uite a demonstration at the court
house last night, by the merchants, in opposition
to the recently enacted license law. Our repre-
sentstives, Messrs Claiborne and Brown, made
speeches, vehemently denouncing the bill, and
also the hasty method in which the Legislature
conducted great many things of importance TO
the Commonwealth. 1t was resolved to investigate
the coDsttutionality of the bill by means OF legal
assistance, and committee appointed to raise the
requisite sum to defray expenses.
The streets are quite lively to-day, the tempers-
ture pleasant, aud the skies jubilant with bright
clouds. evidently on an April bender round the
heavens
Miss Lizzie Pettit's Shakperean Reading takes
Mace tonight, BEpPo.
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THLH0RAPHIC NHW0.
RnppRTKD FOR THB DAILY DISPATCH
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL or THE CITY or WASHINGTON


NEW YoRK, April l3.--The steamship City Of
Washington, with dates from Liverpool to March
3lst, has arrived.
Telegraphic news from Bombay Is up to March
9th.
Sir Colin Campbell before Lucknow, with
nearly 10000 troops. The attack was expected 10
take place on the 10th of March.
There had been several scattering encounters,
in which the rebels had been defeated with great
slaughter.
The statement that the King of Delhi had been
tried and convicted, is erroneous; his trial was
still progressing.
The female English prisoners, with the Queen, at
Lucknow, are reported to be still alive and well
treated.
FROM CHINA.
There is nothing later from China, but the de-
tails of the last advices are interesting
The United States frigate Mississippi was at
Shanghai, and the Minnesota in Canton River
Martial law had been proclaimed IN canton.
L. s. Commissioner Reed was going to Manila
until the time hxed for holding the conference
with the town authorities Of Shanghai.
FRANCE
Il is rumored that Napoleon will visit Queen
Victoria this year.
attention to the commercial depression in France
The report that the Spanish authorities had In
troduced project for the abolition OF slavery IN
its possession, is erroneous.
ENGLAND.
The shipments of gold from Australia to Eng
land since the ia,1p exceed @'0O00O ''s''''s'
LIVERPOOL March 3l.-Sales of cotton for three
DAYS amount 81 Ue bales, of which spectators took
1000 and exporters mI0 bales Hol ders are press
ing on the market and prices irregular, closing at
decline of lsGIii.
Manchester advices favorable. Prices slightly de-
clined
2IG22s; southern 22d23.; Ohio 23tGZ1s. Wheat very
dull and nomnaly unchanged. Corn duil-all DC
scriptions offered at 331zGp34s. Sugar dull Conee
ouiet Rice dull kosin steady at As 3dtgis ID
SD rits Turpentine firm and holders demanding an
al, auce to as.
chnnacl. COnsols % 1hGly1 q.