Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-03-25

PRINTING EsTABLisli4MrNr
DESTROYED, u
Nsxs vas brought over from 81.
Cloud, yesterday + horsday morning.
t \ thlsEtyP Of Ia !" Es;ier'' ofhce had
been destroyed, and j part Of the Press.
either destroyed Or taken away. BY some
persoascr persons unknown. and the fol-
lowing was struck or at our Office, ia
the form Of hand-biIl, and posted up
about town Nj
Mrs. Swisshclm will address the p1b-
iic this evening at the Stearns House at
Q o'clock, p. M. ON the subject of the
destruction ofthe Printing Office. The
public generally are invited to attend :"
+ was reported that il was well UNI
defs.ood who had perpe,rated tho act,
and that in the evening they would be
exposed Itseems ! lecture had been
delivered some two weeks before by Mr..
Shepley, Of that place, to portion Of
which, Mrs. Swisshelm had taken ex-
ceptions, as she took it to be direct
thrust, we understand, at herself in the
next number Of the Vis;ier, the lecture
was made the subject nfsevere criticism,
and, as Mr.. Shepley's friends say, a
gross personal attack, upon his wife and
other relatives. In fact, from what we
have hcard, there seems TO be little
chance TO doubt its intended application.
The excitement continued to Increase,
up to yesterday morning, when it was
found, by the foreman, on going into the
Office. that It had been destroyed.
ImpeIled by curiosity, as much as to
learn the facts in the case, we went
down to St. Cloud, to hear both sides Of
the story, for It was understood that Mr..
Shepley was also to speak. Mrs. Swiss
helm, began her address by giving a
short history Of her life, the object Of
which was, as we understood il, to show
that her mind had been 80 trained to
love Of freedom, that she had imbibed
anti-slavery notions, and was an out and
out Abolitiorist !; referred to several arr
ticles heretofore published in the Vis;tsr,
to one of which, Gen. Lowry, she said, ,
had taken exceptions, and to another Of
which, Mr.. Shepley and other friends
Of Col. Barstow had objected and dis
claimed all intention to insinuate any
thing against the character Of the fami-
" who felt most aggrieved by the criti-
cism Of Mr.. Shepley's lecture She al,
so stated that certain overtures had been
made to her to turn the paper into a
Democratic sheet, insinuating that her
fortune would be made IL she complied.
She also produced a letter, which she
read, of rather threatening character,
which she, stated was written by the
hand Of Gen. Lowry, as she had been
Informed BY those acquainted with his
chirograPhy. In justice to Mr.. Lowry,
we will state that we saw this letter, and
that there is not the slightest resem-
blancc TO his hand writing. The whole
drift Of the effort Of Mrs. Swisshelm, was
to give a political coloring to the whole
affair but in this, in our estimation, she
signaliy failed. We must confess that
it looks to US like difficulty, which had
its beginning in petty neighborhood
quarrel, and the settlement Of which, by
the parties Immediately interested, a.
lone, would be much more credi,able to
all concerned, without dragging the mis-
cradle affair before the public. As re-
CARDS politics having any thing to do
with the matter, we say again that we
do not believe i had. The first intima-
ton we had Of any such thing, came
from Mrs. Swisshelm, last evening.
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After the close Of the address, which
was impressively read, in plain. audi
BILE voice by Mrs. S., q motion was made
TO appoint q committee to draft resolu-
tons, Sc, but wishing to hear both sides
Of the question, we lea and wen< over
70 the School house to hear Mr.. Shepiey.
He read those portions Of las lectare
which he said had called forth the attack
Of the Visilsr upon bis family 1nske.ol
the effects Of such stateneass going -
to the world. md following those SLAM
dered wherever they might GO many
giving credit 10 them where such indi-
vi6uals might not be knowu-even tho