St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-12-09

pen Of Edmund Rice, Esqr, you will ob-
serve that the road passing through this
place, is to extend to the mouth Vi i'c1ubi-
na River, some $50 miles norc:..l OF lis, aud
will no doubt within very tcs Years for,u
a part Of the great Railroad Ii; ;;iwsy 10
Frazer River and California
Churches and Schools.
The Catholics and Episco,,sI;~l.s have
each completed neat and :cl.yeu:el:
church, and the Eaptists have I;,<ed the
frame Of large and con:lnod;;us building.
These as we'll as the Cumberland pres-
byterians, have resident ministers, wiz: .l-
fciate. weekly CT oftener, and wi.o for pie-
| ty and cloquence will compare. tAyur.,iy
with the brethren in the larger eastern c!-
ties. The Methodists have II, minister
amongst us, but furnish us re- 3u..rly with
preaching once in four weeks. They AID
the Cumberland Presbyteriaus cs,cc: It,
erect churches next summer.
The Catholics have Seminar: il, wick
the languages, music, &c, are Taught. i,
is in much favor amongst our citizens, .n,'
is IN fourishing condition. There ha4
also been a meeting Of the cit;z*:ls. "ho
appointed an efficient committee. jo- tie
purpose of organizing and opening Il ~,
lie Seminary next spring, whic!! pr,-.l*-s,
in connection with the above nsie e; ;scl..-.
mary to provide the town anf! s.ciniiv
with every desirable facility for ;Ae eia ::
cation Of ourssyouth, for years 70 c'Aua
Our Wants.
We want men Of enterprise a..' Capital.
to aid in the development Of Our :la.i4enss
resources. This is in part abou: 70 ia
supplied by eastern capitalists, wAo ~.
starting some eight or ten institutions us,-
der Our new stock security Banking Law
We want a few good coal mines reports O,
the discovery of which reach US weekly:
but all Of which reports need continuation:
we want in this immediate neish!,orhood
ten thousand head Of cattle; hogs and
sheep, all Of which can be kept and rear
ed at a trifling expense: we want ly Ae1t
: spring in St., Cloud another good Touring
mill, all earthen ware manufacturer, {.
plough and agricultural i,nplemen; manu-
facturer, chair maker, saddler, cooper.
tan aer, &c.. If you can find any cr all Of
these who are willing to emig,a,e send
them along; they are necessary to crr sus
cess, and we hope to be useful to :hcm.
! Miscellaneous.
We omitted to say in the proper place.
that some six hundred teams passed
through St. Cloud duriuy the past seasou
On their way to St. Paul to trade FOR the
usual supplies. They CAME from Eena!.-
SeIkirk and the various contiguous !sritiAa
settlements A portion Of then had sss~
yelled twelve hundred miles to resrA
this point. Many Of them were laden
with vaIuah le furs, and the others were
amply provided with gold Thei: trade
is very valuable to St. Paul, and p,opsr
} assortment Of goods would secure tl.>' III,
cr portion t. St. Cloud
SEVERAL. hundred gold diggers WITH
, their outfit have also passed through hi.
place for Frazer River, said to bc absa.
1900 mile. beyond US.
We observe by the St. Paul papers.tis=
steamboat navigation at that point ol.,*c'i
on the 10th inst, aite: an open seaSon .
eight months.
II is now the Gath of November, =::,:
the river opposite this place continues %
pen and perfectly free Of Aoating ice, tn,
rumor says that it is closed some dis.%:::-s.
North Of this. The weather is miit s.:,i
pleasant, and tn, remnant o.: Snow which
fell some time since, dces not exceed a-.,
5 all ipch i'll depth.
Truly Yours,
I MILLER & ;SWIsSH-:.I
:, St. Cloud, ,;ovr. -, 1862