Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-25
Stirring Times up NOrth---A Buchanan
and Douglas Fi.ht--.A Land Officer
Cleaned Ont.

Stirring Times up NOrth-..A Buchanan
| and Douglas Fisht---A Land Officer
Cleaned Out.
In the Stcarns county district, which in.
cludes Benton and Meeker counties, the Dem
ocracy-headed by VAN LOWRY, the old Win.
aebago Trader, whom some call General from
his having filled the post of Adjutant Gener-
al of the Territorial Militia for short time
under Gov GERMAN, who removed him in
order to appoint VAN ErrEN: with SHEPLEy,
the woman fighter one CARUTHERs, Register
Of the Land Office at St. Cloud, and Ten
VooRDE, the German grasShopper merchant,
to act as his Lieutenants-the Democracy,
We say, of that portion of the up-country have
recently changed their war-like tactics, and
from abusing and fighting Mrs. SwIssHELM
have now turned in to abusing ard mauling
each other. 1T appears that Lowry and his
set were determined to allow no DOUGLAS
man to be nominated, and in fact to wipe out
entirely the Anti-Lecompton Democracy
This purpose is said, up there to be not only
dictated by the fears of some of the BUcHAN-
AN office-holders, but is the policy advised by
Senator RICE to his friends, in special letters
to various persons throughout the Upper Mis-
sissippi counties, where the Indian Traders OF
his old Outfit still possess, as they always
did, the Democratic party. In Stearns coun-
ty there is IA considerable Democratic major
itv. made up by the large settlement of Cath
Ole Germans therein. Ten VooRDE and
EDLEBRooK two German merchants of Saint
Cloud, have heretofore led these people along
to vote as they desired; but on the question
of DOUGLAS and BUCHANAN, they have split,
Ten VooRDE leading one portion of them for
BUCHANAN and EDLEBROoK the other for
DOUGLAS In the nominating convention be-
fore mentioned, the two factions at length
met in battle array, LOWRY and his Lieuten-
young German-a Clerk of EDLEBRooK-on
the other In the course of the proceedings,
CARUrHERs, Buchanan and Rice Land Officer
at St. Cloud, had the floor and was making
speech, but made statement therein which
was contradicted by EDLEBRooK's Clerk afore-
said whereupon CARUTHERs jumped down
from the stand, and made at the young Doug
lasite for the purpose of personally chastis-
ing him for daring to call in question any
thing uttered by Buchanan office-holder.
The result of his attempt was, that the young
German knocked him down two or three
times, and showed Mr.. G.. that he had walked
up the wrong passenger AS soon as Mr.. G.
had had this idea pretty thoroughly knocked
into his noddle, he drew a revolver and snap
ped three caps at the German without the
weapon discharging whereupon Mr.. EDLE-
BROOK Clerk knocked him down again, and
this time kept him down, and gave him
most essential pounding real, thorough and
complete whipping! The convention nomin-
ated BURDIcK, Indian Trader, Of Watab, Ben
ton county; one WILEY, protege of the
Land Office at Forest City, Meeker county
this unfortunate district has two Land Offices
within it's precincts y; but the nominee for
Representative in Stearns county our inform
ant had forgotten 1t is understood that there
will be a DOUGLAS and Republican ticket
also put in the field.