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St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens, the great English nov.
elist, is separated from his wife ]; Of course,
people said the cause was something pr
ticularlly scandelous. There is 4 stupidity
or malice forwhich weneyer could account,
that always attributes. ll serious domestic
troubles to the inddelity q one Of the par
ties; and we are truly glad. to hear that the
trouble between Dickens and his wife is
a cause honorable to both parties. a Lon.
don correspondent Of the Boston Atlas
thus explains it.
8 The scandalous reports about Dickens
and his family have excited much attention
here, but the manly card Of Mr., Dickens, pub
l3hed in Household Words, relieves him from
the imputations ofinfdelity. was yesterday
conversing with a gentleman well acquainted
in the Dickens anily and e..ributes tie differ
cnce between the novelist and wife 10 diverse
ysewsthey AXE resard 20 The relis educa,i-
Oh Of their daush e.3. Mr.. Dickens is decided
La::itudinalian in bis views, and generally at
[. ends the Unitarian Church: while Mrs. Dickens,
an Edinburg lady, brought up in the s..:icter
doctrine Of Pre- by. crinsn, sill clings 10 The
religious ;dcasincrlca.c cd in ier youth, and ma
tuca,' = wisics h. daayh els brought up in The
S. ne wsy. The fact Of the dsu:,,i,se.:s sid:ag
with the fa:he-, mc-c,y shows t;.ct Ike most
young people, they approve Of those doctrines
that Offer more freedom, aud are generally more
al, -aciive in appearance at least.
We pity the father; but sympathise
witch the mother. We should do just as
she did only more so. No one should
bring up daughter Of ours any thing else
Than Presbyterian, and rather than have
one brought up 1atitudinarian we should
steal her, at midnight, beg passage to the
other side Of the world, change our nameto
avoid pursuit; and support her by manual
labor.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

We have had copious rains and Steamer
Enterprise is making her regular trips be-
tween this and St. Anthony: - A small
band of Chipeways came down in canoes
on sabbath; and camped on a elittl isle opo-
site our Office. They were quite supei or
ia appearance to those who come down with
the trains. In fact they are the first We
have seen who do not make the Cowper idea
Of the Red man altogether ridiculous.
They were tall and commanding in ap
peaauce. The talle,t WIS woman, who
in rcd lessins and blue blanket, wrapped
straight around her from the neck to with
in six inches Of the ANGLES, without fold,
stepped out with graceful dignity which
lead us to suspect that massive skirts have
cntailed on most women sad habit Of wad-
ding She, and one gentleman, in soiledd
whise blanket and minus pantaloons, came
up stairs ia our house; and were greatly
pleased to hear our JEANNE play the piano.
FNettic, but little younger, was too much
afraid TO touch the keys; the eight:year-
old heroine went over all her pieces; trem-
bling at the novelty Of having two great
Indians peeping over her shoulders. The
man tlied, hard, to look as if he had been
brought up amongst pianos, books ingram
carpets and paintings; while shewas as ev-
identity delighted as any Of her civilized
sisters over display of new millinery,
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
Lct:s5: to GcueJcl Lo,crv.

Sir. AS we go to to press We are warn
ed, by one we'll worthy of credence, that
your laqueys are plottinga second dis
truction of our Office, counting that tue
fisk will be less, now, that it belongs ex:
clnsively 10 MS. We have thought to pro-
Test privately; but selfrespect forbids after
the use You have made of our former lei; CT
We therefore make this public appeal;
and ask you to call of your docs.
As our enemy, We can ask no quarter Of
you: as man, we request you 10 dc.ist.
Since the Office destruction, you have
united ~isazAhe only: Oh u.o1, here l,ere in which
We eaa commemorate the dying love of a
common saviour; and, Notwithstanding we
did very wrong in pretending 70 turn dem
ocrat, the rights on our side. Tie wrong
we did was such as most gentlemen would
have repelled with laugh; and is no apol-
ogy for the kind Of warfare you have wagcd
onus. fyou have as much honor or manli.
ness as we still give you credit for, you
will not be deferred any course by -thrc:.tss;
and we make none; but the men of lower
St. Cloud think they know that you Incl.
ted all the rival claims which have disturb
ed their titles. You destroyed their print
ing Office and thus have brought great obi
UNI upon the place. 49,: ......
When we werethoughttob dying through
your agency; the danger Of personal ,io
lence, toyou and yourassociates, appcaredse
great that We forgot the gathering dark
ness in taking measures to- p4event il. aud
the men who then, at great enicncc
purchased us a new Office, would fee
no less indignation at it's Obstruction
than at that Of It's predecessor. If an,
injury is done to it, the consequences W.
surely be unhappy; and we doubt il an,
one has more reason then yourself to dep
recate further violence, for the prcvcutio.
Of which We would earnestly ;entreat you
TO use your undoubied power.
People know that efa:r you had, to 81
appearance, discarded these fellows you
sent your little hound Shepley on to Wash.
ioston for bone: They know that The
suit brosagsht in the name Of z6hepley and
wife was entered by DR.. Palmer. Wait
one Of the lawyers in the case, says you
are to pay the fees. You know the suit
will ruin the woman it processes to protect
and all are compelled to feel your course
one Of malicious, unmanly persecution.
Do not, we beg Of you, let it again take
the form Of burglary or there will bt
serious time. - T.. ....% - ~. I.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
elections.

"A father consulted friend as to
whether he ha;aa better give bis daughter
in marriage to man ofworth Of limited
means, or rich man who had no other
recommendation. ~ would give my daugh-
ter" wasthe reply, ito man without mon
ey, rather than to money without q man"
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

..Now spos'n you was to be turned into an
animal" said Jim, Sc what would you be Bill !"
'.Oh I'd be lion," replied Bill, because he
..Oh no don't be . lion Bill, interrupted lit
tie Tom, Who has had some painful calamity at
school; she wasp and then you can sting the
master.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

give for all the property Gen. Lowry
has about St. C.oad. We had riskcd
more than life ayain and again to attack
the highest in the land when their power
and influence were cast into the scale q.
|gainst the slave, We had sacrificed the
privasY We loved md bolae- 1 pnblicity
which had made all Dur nerves qpiver as
Iif under the surgeons knife hid shrunk
from no risk, no .oontamely oonnected
with standing between the slave catcher
and his prey. Our fidelity to his cause bud
never been doubted and now to'beotercd
bride by the little lordling ofsuch trc-
mendous city as this-to have chance
Of getting few square feet Of bramble
patch for stcliilying ourself and undoing
the work Of q lifetime! The temptation
Was great. Our :'hour Of weakness had
come aud without five minutes re-
Election We wrote that impossibilities were
required of none. We had done all we
could to sustain an anti-slavery. pres here;
and could do no more. as weare poor. Wehad
therefore concluded to accept his patronage
on his terms and support Mr.. Buchanan.
This would appear odd to manybut instan-
ces Of the kind were not rare. We. could
Us easily get new light as other people;
and, indeed, when We came to think Of it.,
it was quite natural. Our proper place
was in the minolity;and helpingthe weaker
party. Mr.. Buchanan needed assistance !;
aud our post was at his side, &c. We read
the letter over and were afraid that he
would think we were talking ironically,
when we wanted him to think he had made
an addition to his live stock; and wished
him and his laqueys to boast of the pur-
chase. We thought to throw the letter
aside and write one more humble, more
submissive aud less equivocal; but the fc-
yer was little abated and the fact began
to stare us in the face that this was deliber-
ate deception, doing evil that good might
come. For fear our good angel would pre-
vail We hurried off the letter; hoping he
would read it as serious acceptance ofhis
Offer. He did SO. 1t was soon conidentially
whispered, on the authority of MI. Shepley
aud DR. Palmer, that Gen. Lowry had made
an arrangement by which the 81. Cloud
F;st;:e. was coming ont ''all right
This was Just WHIT we wanted; and the
W. :se, did come ort alright. We lived
up to our contract to the letter, supported
Mr.. Buchanan beautifully! It was no
fault Of ours that folks laughed at our SOL
emn appeals in favour Of democracy; that
men threw up their hats; and; cried ''stand
from under" as We labored = convince
that woman-whipping was the only Amer
lean institution worth naming. We We're
not to blame that they Sid orr Innocent
scraps Of local history were 'rakins broad
sides all dow ine 'ine' Of our new ai!ies.
We did not promise to make i1revcrent
people serious or stupid folks bs;ybS.
Our engagement Was specific. We were
to support the admin ;;sation: FOR town lots.
We did do the supporting; but did not
get the lois! And now we just want Gen.
Lowry to walk down and settle Up. Ifhe
would like to rcen3.ge us: :'Barkis is will
liu". Any thing to make an honest
penny.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
History.
Concluded.

The first time we saw Mr.. Brott we told
him Of Gen. Lowry's idea thathe had some
,, urpose about the management of the pa
.per he."e and wished to avoid any connee
ton with nm. Mr.. 3. wrote to the Gen
a note which VS. handed to us open.
was in the most geno!emanly terms, auddisa
vowed any object butthatof sivingreliable
information about the country. He ex-
prcssly stated that it had been heavy
tax upon him, and that he would be very
glad of any cooperation and assistance from
himself or any other proprietor. So far
as We know no answer was ever returned !;
but We did not intend toilet his generalship
off just SO. So We wrote, after some time
stating that MIR. Brott had concluded he
would not support the paper here any Ion
ger; but would remove it to Breckenridge;
and that as the object Of a press here was
purely local, we did not wish otir isn,s to
stand in the way. If he and Mr.. &. could
agree upon any plan of supporting it and
an editor that would Ike it to suit their
views they should count us out. We
would resign at any moment; whout anyit
i'll feeling, in fact that We would rather do
so than have St. Cloud eitwithout a1,rcss.
Or if they thought ourseryices Of sufficient
importance to bear with the expression Of
our anti-slavery views, they should appoint
some ono to take charge Of as many columns
as they pleascd and fill them with wha:.
ever kind Of politics they had mind to.
We cid not claim to make the paper our
organ but would simply maintain the free
dom Of expression in such columns as we're
placed under our control; aud assured
him this Was all VIC could do; by WY of
concession.
He replied that Ire had intended the
letter VIC have published as definite, at
he could not conscicnciously support a p>--
per which opposed our present admins: IL
ton, that he had no objection to the 'cmo
val Of the pressto Breckenridge as here, ii
would doas mucl, to support the local IL
tercsts Of St. Cloud rs it could do here be-
cause that place is SO situated, with icsei:
cncc to this, that whatever promoted the
growth Of the one must Of the other. So
here we had it in nut shell. Gen. Low
ry,' with that large reputation for gen
crosby which Southern gentlemen
in general, contrive to maintain
even while refusing to pay their washer
women, was cody calculating the benefit!
he might receive from the local press; ant
had no Conscientious scraples, SO long a
.Mcssrs Brott, Welles and Taylors pait
the printer; but could not bring his con
science into any compromise by which III
might be required % aid in footing th'
bills. Moreover. his first letter to us hat
been definite offer Of patronage upol
certain terms.
Here was an era in our life We hat
our first bid, no mistake, Property 9
nough to support two papers entirely Dem
ocratic' -not'a cent for ono that opposet
the administration. We had spent a
much money, supporting the anti-sl'ver.
press, d Nc should have been willing {
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aud such as were used in the Baltic by the Eng.
lisb The whole system of naval warfare seems
to be under going material change. We doubt
whether there will ever be seen again great sail
ing fleets On the ocean, or such battles as were
fought by Nelson, Rodney or De Grasse The
actual Sighting will be at the months Of ports
Steamers will not be weeks and months on the
seas; they will be in rapid notion and seeking
those points where they can be most useful, or, in
other words, do the most mischief in the shortest
time and At the longest range. If this opinion
is correct, it squite tme for this reason, a. we'll
as those we have already given, that our own
navy should consist principally of steamers, and
particularly of large number adapted to coast
and river service, for our own protection, if not
for foreign duty. There is no knowing how we
may be affected by war in Europe, which is
considered quite probable by many wise states
men at home and abroad, or by difficulty With
Spain, which We are fast approaching. 1t is to
be hoped that Congress will make suitable pro-
vision for these contingencies before it adjourna
The money that has been expended upon the
steam battery at Hoboken would have built
half q dozen steam gun boats of the kind we
propose. There has been talking enough for
one session; 1t is time to attend to the real bu-
siness of the country. Put on the steam. gen.
tiemen.
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CIRCULATION or THE Cry JourSAI.s.--In a
few remarks which We published about the cir
culation Of the New York dailies we perceive
that we made mistake In the circulation OF
the Ecenang Post, as sworn TO by It's publisher.
We stated its daily circulation at from two to
seven thousand day. The error, II seems,
was copied from the report of the Etening Err
press, which is generally made up of blunders
and stcalings from other journals The actual
evidence Of the Publisher estimates the circu-
lation OF from four thousand TO eight or nine
Thousand . day.
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ANOTHER FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT-M0RE
ROTTEN BRIDGES We publish to-day the &C
count Of another fatal railway accident on the
Lafayette and Indiana road, which seems to
have been occasioned by the same cause as that
to which the recent terrible catastrophe on the
Central railway is attributed. 1t would ap-
pear from the telegraphic reports that as the
Cincinnati night express train bound north was
crossing bridge twenty-five miles east of La
fayette, it gave way, precipitating the whole of
the carriages into the water. The train was
only moving at the rate of twenty five miles an
hour-not too rapid degree of speed for its
character as an express train. The only expla-
nation that we have of the accident is that the
river was high and had undermined the bridge
Water and fire are sometimes very convenient
elements when recklessness and negligence have
to be palliated. Until we have the facts be-
fore us it is of course impossible for
us to say how far the first of these
excuses will bear out the statement
that has reached us. We are afraid, however,
that 1t will turn out as in the case of the Cen
trail Railroad, that to carelessness of coostruc-
ton in the first place, and to negligence of
supervision in the second, the loss of life in this
second accident is owing. Engineering skill has
reduced to such positive certainty the capabili-
ties of resistance to tidal and other influences in
river works, that it will take good deal to con-
vince the public that the requisite degree of
architectural care has been used in the erection
of this bridge. Admitting that there was no
original fault Of construction, 1t will, we fear,
appear that little or no attention has been paid
to the evidences Of decay and insecurity which
it must have presented. 1t is premature, how
ever, to offer any opinion on the subject, and
we must await the evidence taken at the Coro-
ner's inquest before we can class this accident
under its proper head.
In the meanwhile, the verdict in the Central
Railroad case fully bears out the structures that
we felt it necessary to make in reference to it.
The jury find that the deaths of the passengers
we're caused by the culpable negligence of the
company in not causing the bridge to be pro-
perly examined. 1t is to be hoped that all the
persons injured, as well as the families of those
that have been killed, will at once commence
actions against the directors, in order to remind
them that there are other duties requiring their
attention than the care Of their own personal in
terests
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-16

The FLUvIAL QUESTION IN South AMERICA
COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE or THE POINTS AT
lssUE.-We publish elsewhere an interesting
article which details very fully the causes Of
the separation Of Buenos Ayres from The Argen-
tine Republic, and Of the present difficulties
existing between them. These questions are OF
far greater interest 10 the commercial world
than might at first be supposed. On the one
hand the Argentine confederation, which is
composed Of the interior States, il lighting for
"luvial liberty" or free trade for all nations on
the various magnificent rivers in that republic;
and on the other hand, Buenos Ayrcs, once q
province Of the republic, but now separated In
consequence Of her antagonism to this doctrine,
is insisting upon her right to the privilege
which che has for years enjoyed, of being the
intermediate port Of all the trade Of the other
States When it is considered that the trade of
the provinces along these rivers is enormous,
that the country is one Of the most fertile and
productive in the world, and that the opening
of the rivers would give an immense i'm
petus 10 commerce in new channels, the
sympathies Of all statesmen and merchants
will Of course be with the republic. That
one province should monopoize the channel
of the trade of fourteen States necessitates he
restriction and crippling of that trade, while
to throw it open to the world would benefit
both foreign countries and the States them
selves In this view il the questions at issue
are to be decided by force of arms. as indi.
Gated by the last accounts from that quarter.
il cannot be questioned that the sympathies of
civilization would be decidedly with the Argen-
tine Republic.
II President Buchansns message has caused
the opening of the Paraguay-ss il undoubtedly
did, by frightening Lopez into the treaty with
Brazil-if Urquiza and the Argentine Confcde-
racy stand firm for "fuvial iiberty"--if there
is probability of the Amazon being further
opened, as indicated by the treaty between Bra
I'll and Paraguay as the policy of the former
and considering the probable opening Of the San
Juan river by the Cas- Yrisarri treaty, we think
we may safely congratulate the commercial
world on the prospect of speedy and extended
1uvial privileges in Central and South Anne
RIGA, the advantages Of which will in time be
almost incalculablc.
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Violent Tornadoes as the West.

RAILROAD TRAINS FoRcEp oFf THE rRAcK-HovsRs
PRosTRArED-sxvKRAL PERSONS KILLED.
81. LouIs, May is, 1855
violent tornado blew the passenger train Of the chi
caSo Alton and st. Louis Railroad OF the track At Isx,nx
ton, Missouri on Thursday night, and several per,c>s
were seriously injured Tho towns Of iernFen and Pso
ria al the junction Of rowands also suffered severely hall
the houses in thcm being prosraed At Towards three
mon were killed.
Yesterday another storm or like character passed cvsr
the region between Bloomington and Springfield dong
much damage A large number Of houses Elkhart ana
wamsville were demolished, OF them falling In and
crushing family Of five persons 10 death.
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NORFOLK May Is, 1855
The yacht Bebccca, with sprvats party Of gcausnss
excursion Of pleasure, arrived In Hampton Roads
last night In ny hours from New York They ic 5,ady
Hook Wednesday night with fine brccze from the
northwest The party intend 70 remain couple Of days
here, Wait the Navy Yard &C, proceed TO Annapolis -
see the Naval school, and then 20 up the Potomac 70
washnson and pay their respects to the President and
his secretaries. New York yacht At wAshingtss wn
be a novelty In The dull days Of Congress.
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Trouble I'm Kansas.
KAssAs CRY, MAY -, 1858,
Via ROCKVILLE. Mo. Nav rs

K.SsAs Cry, May -, 1858,
Via BooSvTfIE, Mo-, May Is.
Intelligence arrived here last night from Leoompon 10
The eect that band of msrauders committed numerous
derredasons in that ncghborhood the ill., robbing
several settlers and the store OF william s. Wells sons
aseen miles from Ieoompton The gang Is said 10 num-
Der sixty mer completely armed, and asserted 10 ss
the same that recently perpetrsicd tho robberes ssH
murders a Fort Scott No pursuit was altempsed
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There were also deaths Of congestion Of the
bowels. Of disrrhos, Of dysentery, 6 of infam.
nation Of the bowels, 2 Of erysipelas Is Of small.
pox premature births, % stillborn and IA deaths
from violent causes, including / suicide and |
murder.
The following Is classification Of the diseases and
the number Of deaths in each class Of disease during
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The Crevssse at New Orleans.

THE DAMAGE ESTIMATED TO M MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
Nsw ORLEANS May is, 1858.
The efforts to stop the twenty ave miles sbovs
this city have been abandoned. The damage By the
various crcvasscs in this vicinity counted by millions q
dollars The river In not yet falling here.
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM UTAH.
Flight Of the Mormens Gov. Cumning
in Salt Lake City.
&C.. &C., DO.

Fort LEAvENwoRTH. May Is, 1855
An express has just arrived from Cams
Scott. II left the camp on the 10th of April.
The Mormons were leaving Salt Lake City
for the White River Mountains. Governor
Cumming had gone to the city by invitation.
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~ Ns@uItx, May IA, 1868.
The steamer CITY Of Huntsville sunk on Wednesday
night Palmyra Island, Cumberland river and total
loss. Ton lives lost No particulars have come 70
hand.
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The Southern Convention

MoyieosRRy, May "a, 1868.
The proceedings Of the Convention very dull TO-
day. NO business transacted, The time being enrey
consumed In speeches. number Of delegates have lc
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The LATEST NEWS.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON

The Recent British Outrage on Americas
Vessels-Action of Our loyernment-
Special Message to Congress
ders to tho Home Squadron
The Three Volunteer ke-
giments and tho APP
preparations,