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TSerty Tsncs.3 e5 as se iPstiot DbooiS IS a 1865
Ten Thser pieces. al Olc Am Gold % - cent prem.
Tn Cudei pieces. as 81 lBsot of Eossnd Notes..4 n
We have it now officially from the vlcs-Pre.ident
Of the Ia Crosse aud Nil xauhes Rs lroad that the
August inters on tire Land Grant Bonds OF that road
is provided ard the coupons will be culy paid
Counitee Lac sso heeD appointed Of which the Vice
President, Mr.. Guest is Chairman, to take
measures TO arrange the floating deb, aid unsecured
bonds, and clesr the Compsny fIOm all s embsrsss-
merits. Tne Committee propose 10 mske q thId
morgage of g. 0GoGoO, VIA waich they are corfisnt
they can fubG ell the debts Of the Company i Low
secured by rrortPage, ircludirg the B,r-ton Boeds
the Ssct nd Mottesg Land GreDts, tie Corruption
Borcs tbs bonds II usa to the Ws.eltown R.laosd,
&C.. and the floating deb the sggregste Of oil being
stou 81 coo eco. large Lomber Of the lsrges claim
holders have already eIpressel their willingness to
make tte exchange. This VII leave the road Of
go nj es with mortgage dab. of E 600 G00 Some
couprsmise will afterward be- maze with the stock
holders 20 e. 10 refuce the stock ~ Al coo cog or
s. COOcC0. Mr. Chan berl4u tie c,tt.actcr, writes
tbst the road VII be completed 10 La C:osss by the
ls OF October AL the mlarsgeIs or, vey conf lent
thai then tie esliirgs wifi re ample the fst yoar 70
pay all the uer'st the debt ana after the fret year
leave .oaesi; for the ttjck, which latter, however
i. extremely doubtful
Tbe foloa Ing il the Crea'af sued By ;he Illinois
Ctrirsl Rsiroad Company 10 iis scckhol4eIs, aid
which WISE crowded out ye-tsrdsy:
To e SLa,eAol9es q iie Aino, Central Raaro1d Co.
Referring 70 the annexed poiioe Of call Ut so ssr
shars ths Directors desm It proper 70 mske brief
explanation of the circumstance which in their judg
Giebt require this astesSuGDt - os MADE.
Tie imperative duty Of lsy'rg the Company from
the sssgnu ents into mich |. was forcsd by the pres
Of the late financial oris, tas At time sine,
the essgpu snts were made ceased TO be the fret
care Of the ID rretcs. Two modes ony Of doing tnis
pre Iec hemseyts either by n OF az snent the
shses i.nt esssrf- the fsihs oeo 10 full 10 dsfE
sue pofos ofih- Opops Right Losn but 10 jg.c- ~ ,he
sbs aid the pssbiy that uthi only b. practically sub
scTbed for the bonds receivable Ia
future call the k Although the large holders Of stock
h Ia Til, county asd IN EaIre responded pr0inpJ the
New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-30

Since Jso. l.........."t57 s313i s5i7l09 eJi%7ol7
S. Diaper daily auction sale Of 0onds AID sto~k'
viii :ske place tc-no:row tWslnesdsyl &! l2i O'Clock
o. he Merchants Eacha.g-.
The receipts Of t5e IsIre IIs1te and Alton Railroad
for the fret four moths of 1913 have b-en e. ~
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
THE KANSAS DODGE.

The new Kansas bill proposed by Mr..
ENGLISH, OF lndiann, as compromise
between the two houses of Congress, is so
Objectionable to both sides, that we hope
for its abandonment by its projectors, or
its defeat when it comes to a vote It is
dishonest scheme, because it pretends one
thing and intends another. It has been
said Of it with much truth, that it is at
once bribe and threat The people are
to be allowed to vote on the Constitution,
but they are to be rewarded if they vote
Yea, and punished if they vote Nay. MIR.
ENG11sH's bill provides for grant of
three millions of acres of land to the State
Of Kansas if she accepts the Lecompton
Constitution, but if she rejects it she gets
nothing, and must stay out Of the Union
until census shall allow that she has a
population sufficient to entitle her to a
member of Congress is now 9S ,420
and will be from ll0, 900 to 125 5000 under
the census If 1860. Thus, if the people
reject Lecompton, they will lie subjected
to pro-slavery rule for an indefinite period,
and minority will have new lease Of pow
er, using it, as Of course they will, to
strengthen slavery in the territory, and
finally to fasten upon the people slave
Constitution. Now, can anything be
more dishonest than this? If Kansas is
qualified to come into the Union under the
lIecompton Constitution, is she not also
qualified to come in under another Con-
stitution if she so elect? Yet she is to be
told, if this project succeeds, that unless
she votes in a certain way she must be
kept out of the Union perhaps for years to
come.
But deceptive and unjust as this meas
ure is, its adoption by the Administration,
for it is said to be approved in that quarter,
involves concession of almost everything
claimed by the opposition in relation to the
validity Of the Lecompton Constitution
1t is an admission that that instrument is
not the Constitution Of the people of Kan
sas; that it lacks what our neighbor of the
Union calls "legal virtue" and is of no
force until legally and fairly ratified by the
people. This is an important concession,
and deprives the Leeompton scheme Of its
most Objectionable feature.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

NEw PorAroEs.-IIcrc it is, only the
third day of May, i'll the year of grace,
1858, and we have bacn luxuriating on
neac potatoes "away up i'll Minnesota. -
This may be a startling announcement to-
eastern ears which seldom if ever listen to
any tale from Minncsot other than those
Of starvation and snow drifts; but it is
nevertheless true. Judge Orlando Stevens
has laid upon our table quantity Of po-
tatoes raised this spring upon his farm at
Minnesota City, six miles out Of town.
They are all of good size, and several Of
them are larger than hens eggs. This
will do to chronicle as the first fruits Of
the season. Wnona Republican.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
CORRESPONDENCE.
PRICEIoN Min. APRIL 10Th,

Mrs. EDIrREss
The dastardly attempt to 'scrush OUT free
dom Of speech in St. Cloud by the destruction
of your paper, has aroused the country. Tc
think that in the center Of tho New England
Of the West, press should be destroyed be.
cause of its noble advocasy Of rights of the
poor and the down troddcn, almost staggcrs my
credulity.
Shall Stakeholder crack his whip over tho
heads Of the citizens of St. Cloud! That is the
question. Most emphatically has the question
been responded to by your paper, and most
handsomly and unqualifdly do they sustain
you, in the good name Of st. Cloud, by tl,ei,
manly resolves. They ring out the true metal.
They have got the snap i'll them. Going as they
do before the country, along with the accoun:
Of the outrage, they more than ncutralise it.
They do more to give good name to St. Clond
than all the windy puffs it has ever received:
own little town property there, which,
since this event, and as a result Of the winding
up Of it, l consider enhanccd in value one hun
dred per cent. No thanks however to General
Lowery and his head laquey-Jecms' l leave
them to the indignant scorn and contempt OF
their Just inccnsed fellow citizens and to the
infamous notoriety they have brought upon
themselves.
l inclosc 81 for which please. send me the
Visiter according to your terms. will make
an effort to get more subscribers here for you.
Truly yours,
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
Fair Play for Woman.
4 LECTURE BY GEORGE wN

A LECTURE BY GEORGE WM. CURTIS.
The following is the New York Trt5-
unc's report of the Lecture on Woman's
Rights by Geo. w. Curtis, in that city.
A large audience greeted Mr.. G: w.
Curtis last night at Mozart Hall, where he
lectured on the above subject He said
that whoever had heard public speaking OF
read public discourses in this country, had
learned well the art of "not how to say it. -
There was always some party to be compro-
missed or some prospects to be ignored
Happily, tonight, there was no party, not
even committee to be compromised by
any plain speaking. I stand here tonight
alone in sweet and good cause. In say
Ing what I think Of it speak only for my
self, though I may speak also for many of
the good and true who hear me- The sub
ject is Of sucha nature that those who speak
about it may say nearly the same things
and arrive at the same conclusion. Al
though . new subject to popular audience,
it already has literature Of its own, many
advocates of its own, and has become asia
miliar to those who have thought of the
question as flowers are to May. When we
zee something that ought to be done and
may be done, we soon begin to consider
how it shall be done. Twill therefore hope
that our talk together this Spring evening
may be like the talk of Boaz when be saw
Ruth cleaning in the fields and said to her
"Be it far from me that when we reap thou
shouldst but CLEAN; lay thy sheaf adown,
come share my harvest and my home" p
[Applause. just in the degree that the
world advances, every question Of right and
responsibility is subjected to most search
ing discussion. It does no good to lose
our temper or call names. When this
nursling Of : question grows more robust
scolding may quiet it, and when it grows
older and tugs At your coat tails, swearing
may do Of Tightening with the bugaboo
but still later, when this poor little baby Of
question, at which You laugh has grown
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
Death Of a Revolutionary Hero
inc

Mrs. Sarah Benjamin died in Mount
Pleasant Township, Pa, on the Goth ult,
at the age of one hundred and fourteen
years, five months and three days. Her
maiden name, says the Honesdale Demo-
c7at, was Sarah Mathews, and she was
born in Goshen county, n Y, on the 18th
of November, 1743, She was thrice mar
ried. Her first husband was Mr.. William
Reed. He served in the revolutionary
army in the early part Of the struggle, and
died of wound received in Virginia. Her
second husband was Mr. Arron~O Osborne,
Of Goshen, n Y. He was also in the army
of the revolution, but survived the war:
Her last husband was Mr., John Benjamin,
with whom she settled in Mount Pleasant
in 1872. He died four years afterwards.
She had five children, the youngest of whom
is seventy years DID, She has left four gen.
earations Of defendants. From her youth,
until past forty years Of age, she was in the
midst Of rough and stirring scenes of border
warfare or of the revolutionary struggle.
Her temperament was such that she could
not be All idle spectator Of events. She en-
tered very deeply in all these vicissitudcs.
Up to the latest period of her life she dis.
tinctly recolleted the family of Mr.. broad
head, whose sons, in l755, boldly resisted
party Of two hundred Indians, making a
fort of their house She was in the vicin-
ity Of AIinisink when Brant, the Indian
chief, led party Of Indians and tories
through that settlement, scalping the inhah-
itants and burning the houses, After the
second marriage she accompanied her hus-
band in the army.
During marches she made her self useful
preparing food, and when in quarter, en-.
gagged in embarking some heavy ordinance
at Kingsbridge, on the Hudson, ostensibly
to attack New York, then in the hands Of
the enemy, it was necessary to do it in the
night, and to place sentries around, lest
they should be observed or taken by sur
Prise Her husband having been placed
as a sentinel, she took his station, with
ovcrcoat and gun, that he might help to
load the heavy artillery.
Soon Washington came round to exam
inc the outposts, and detecting something
unusual in her appearance, asked, "Wh0
placed you there" She promptly replied,
in her characteristic way, "Them who had
right to sir." He, apparently pleased
with her independent and patriotic spirit,
passed on. She accompanied the army,
with her husband, to the South, and was
present at the siege of Yorktown and the
surrender Of Cornwa}lis. During the bat
tie she was busy in carrying water to the
thirsty, and relieving the wants of the suf-
fering. When passing where the bullets
Of the enemy were flying, she met Wash
ington, who said, young woman, are you
not afraid of the bullets?" She pleasantly
answered, :'The bullets will never cheat the
gallows" She possessed extraordinary en-
ergy, even in her extreme age, and would
relate the events Of her early days with the
vivacity of youth.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
Extract from private Cores
DOndence.
B1DDEFoRD MAINE APRIL 13, 1853.

BIDDEFoRD MAINE APRIL l3, 1853.
hopeyou will not be driven, but get to pub.
fishing another paper again and in time you
will show those .'border ruffans" that thei,
mob spirit is not such as can flourish in The
noble land Of Minnesota. -
am pleased with tile noble. welcome tht
Editor of st. Paul Times, made you to use hi:
columns. am a Subscriber to His sheet, ant
shall herafter, feel q livelier sense of his
manhood, when reading his paper, than before
On your rcsuming: shall try to send you ;
few subscribers.
Yours very truly for Free Press, or none
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

THAT AR TuRN1p.-We were present
ed by our energetic and good-looking sher-
if, George W. Baker, with most ,nagnif
icent turnip, weighing two and one half
pounds, which was raised this Spriag.-
Talk about your country "down South, =
now, will you? You can't como in. If
there is any country this side Of "sundown"
that can beat Minnesota, we should like to
hear from them,-R Rochester Free Press.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

BEAUTIFULLY SA1D.-We have the fol-
lowing extract on a homestead exemption
law, from letter written by distinguish
cd Judge of Tennessee:
Secure to each family, whose labor may
acquire it, a little spot Of free earth that it
may call it's own-that will be an asylum in
times Of advcrsity, from which the mother
and children, old age and infancy can still
draw sustenance and obtain protection;
though misfortune may rob them of all else,
they can feel they are stillfree; still entitled
to walk the green earth and breathe the free
air ofheaven, in defiance of the potency and
power of accumulated wealth, and the dom
ineering Of the pretending and ambitious.
The sacredness of that consecrated spot will
make them warriors in the time Of eternal
strife. These shocks of corn, said Xono-
phon, inspire those who raise them to defend
them. The largest of them..in the field is a
prize exhibited in the middle Of the stage
to crown the conqueror. Secure home to
every family, whose labor may obtain one,
against the weakness, vices or misfortunes
Of the father, and you will rivet the affect
ions Of the child in years of manhood by a
stronger bond than any consideration that
could exist. He will remember where ne
had gamboled in his early youth, the stream
upon whose fowery banks he felt "a mothers
love, and the green spot within that little
homestead where sleep the loved and the
lost" -
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
Written for Meals Saturday Gazette. !
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY
MOTHERS DEATH.

By MRS. JANE @. sw1ssHELh.
'Tis years, six long years. mother since
We wrapped the winding sheet
Around thy worn and wasted form
Thy rest was calm and sweet.
Death came in his good angle garb,
And freed from racking pain;
Iwould not then for worlds have called
Thy spirit back again.
But Earth is very silent now
1t wants thy pleasant tone;
Its hottest, brightest light is fled
Thy loving smile is gone.
I listen in the twilight, to
The plaintive whipporwill-
The sighing of the zephyr's breath.
And murmering of the rill-
Thy voice, thy dear voice, mother mine,
Is wanting, wanting still.
Thc sky with all her brilliant eyes,
Could nc'cr look half SO fair,
Did not think thy spirit pure
Looked down on me from there.
When sickness lays his iron hand,
To press my faint head down;
IT'S then, It's then, my mother dear,
feel that thou art gone.
No love is half so tireless then,
No hand is like thine own,
When friends, kind friends are around m.
bed,
And loved ones standing near
To speak in tones of sympathy,
Their kindly words of cheer
I turn in utter loneliness,
To whisper, mother dear,
That sound of mother, mother dear
Earth has no other word
With half 90 much of melody.
How has my full heart stirred
TO hear it poured from cherub lips
Like notes from some glad bird.
No wonder that turn mine eyes,
'-eing looks above
The world is very ~~-,,.4,
Without mothers love.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

MiSNEsOTA AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE.
We are gratiRed to learn that arrange
ments have been made to secure three hum
dred and twenty acres of land to be given
to the State for the benefit of the State
Agricultural College located hear this town.
We hope to see Il commencement made
this season on the buildings and grounds Of
the College.-Glencoc Register.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
~ CaDital punishme,

1T Capital punishment is not inflicted
in Wisconsin, and movement to reinstate
it has called forth in the Milwaukee Wis
consin an article argueing in favor Of the
present and milder mode Of punishment
by Imprisonment. The writer insists that
the crime of murder has not increased
since the abolition of the gallows, and
challenges the proof to the contrary.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
Ear The coal husi]1ess

p8r The coal business of Ohio in 1910
employed four hundred men; in 1850,
seven hundred; and III 1857 Eve thofisahd
The labor Of these Eve thousand men have
supplied independent Of the large amount
Of coal used for fuel motive power, in
steam engines, &c, equivalent to the labor
Of Eve hundred thousand men.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

I@ Punch has portrait of .'The next
ambassador to Naples" It IS a seventy
four FOUNDER, behind which stands an Eng
lish tar with his hands on the fuse.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

p8 Rev. DR.. TAYLOR Of Onachita
Parish Ga. shot one Of his negroes re-
Gently for insubordination.-
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27
the ST. T.CloUDVlSITER
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St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

BY MRS. JANE G. SWIsSHELN'
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-14

A correspondent writes-as many have hitherto wri'.
teu-to ask as whether We consider Minnesota q State
which present attractions to those who are intending to
migrate westward this Spring iu quest Of independence
aud home Of their own.
q We snswer-Desidedly Yes: Minnesota Is q good
State-one Of the most fertile, best timbered, best
wstered of al the new States. Her climate is cold
her winters, unusually long and severe-but, to Offset
this, she presents the advantages above hinted, with
general s%alubrity and rare beauty Of landscape. Her
numerous lakes are gens-pure, clear accessible be,
streams are more abundant aud enduring than those Of
other prairie States her timber and mill power are ad
vantsges which . few years ~rssidence on q level sea Of
wild grass would eaxble you to realize. Yes, Mime.
sofa is richly dew. red BY nature for Attaching and sub.
sisting a free, industrious, and thrifty people.
Her cold is an o~bjection-more beeauEe Of it's effect
on fruit-trces, &c than from its direct ~ina6epce on hu-
man beings but it 10 not an unuixed evil. Il uuques.
tionably contributes to vigor Of muscle, energy in labor,
activity and longevity. Indian corn usually ripcns cou-
sidcrably northwsrd Of St. Paul; and where that ripens
men can prosper if they will. What is here said Of
Miuue.os. is equally true Of q good portion u Wiscon
sin, which is hardly equal in fertility to Minnesota, but
which has counterbalaucing advantages, whereof pprox-
unity to markets is most prominent nv. Y. Tribune
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-14
Minnesota Through the senate.

The bill for the admission of Minnesota passed The
Senate on the 7th by IN almost unanimous vote-twe
Southern Democrats aud one American, Kennedy, o.
Maryland, voting against it. The latter obstructed it,
passage several days after it was reported complete, BY
raising objections to the privileges accorded to foreign
era contained in it. This was frivolous, but so has
been the long and useless delay in passingis it, altogether
1t will now appear in the House under favorable cir
cums,ances, and will likely be passed without delay
We have been SO often disappointed, however, when it
seemed certain to pass, that we dare not be sauguine at
this time. The mischief already caused BY the delay
cannot De much aggravated by being p~rotracted 8 few
months longer; the provisions have been made for our
State officials 20 assume their authority, and at that
time We shall be in a situation which will entitle US to
the respect Of a sister State in the Union, With all the
power to carry on its government and maintain it's dig
nifty.
By the Bill as passed, Minnesota is allowed two
Reprssss2 y Nd tive Of the three already slsassa
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-14
~1'elegraphlC News.

ST.. Louis, April 8-The Kansas correspondent Of
the Republican says that the constitutional Convention
adjourned on the 3rd. Under its action negroes are
allowed to vote on the Constitution, and at the FIRST
election thereafter a vote is to be had on the question of
universal suffrage. Foreigners having declared their
intention Of becoming naturalised are also allowed to
vote. The question Of negro suffrage caused a good
deal Of excitement aud angry discussion, and the repre-.
~sentatives Of several counties signed the Constitution
under protest.
The returns Of the municipal election yesterday are
not all made, but enough il known to insure the ee;
tion Of the entire Free Democratic ticket by an aver.
ago msjority Of 800 to 1900.
The whole Free Soil ticket, headed BY j. w. Gar.
dinhine for Mayor, was elected at Jefferson City BY an
average m,jority Of 20.
DuBiovE, lows, April 8-Ths Peoples candidate
for Mayor (auti.Lecomptou) was elected yesterday by
500 majority.
Providence, r. l., April THE American Re.
publcsns have elected their entire ticket for Governor
and State officers, and . great majority of both branches
of the General Assembly.
The vote Cor Representatives in this city is very
much split up, and there IRE probably only two mem.
bers Of the Assembly elected here.
the SOth ult., at St. Joseph. MIR. Constant reports
that Brigham Young had notified Col. Johnston to
leave the Territory Of Utah by the 10th Of March !;
otherwise his troops would be annihilated. Young had
also rendered to the army sufficient provisions to last
them to the States. Mr.. Constant net a supply train
of one hundred and sixty wagons, accompanied by four
companies Of troops, on the lst inst, on the Little
Blue River. He also reports the Indians all peaceable