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St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Religious.

A Cumberland Presbyterian church has
been organized in St. Cloud by Rev. Lowry
and Rev. Calhoun. A church ediAce is to
be built this season and it is hoped to have
it ready before winter. The ladies of the
church have organized a sewing circle for
benevolent purposes. A union prayer
meeting is held semi weekly at the Everett
School House under the special charge Of
the Baptist congregation, andsome feelings
Of the general revival is apparent in the
meetings. 49,. ..,.., 49,. 49, I'D ~ ~
The Episcopal churches ofSt. Cloud and
Sank Rapids were dedicated on the 18th
Bishop Kemper presiding. Rev. Chase a
son Of Bishop Chase has been enstalled as
joint paster and is now gone to Ohio for
his family. - ,.s@..c =: .;ss,ss us #. q: IN
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
. CRASH

:.5'1.s..57 1@ Grasshoppers. II. '@> +
The St. Paul Times says "some Of the
Papers are trying to retrieve the grasshop-
per hoax" We protest against this
Grasshoppers are Stearns county perqui-
sites, and have been no hoax; but a severe
reality Last year long before this time
the ground was covered with the young
brood; but this year we have no prospect
Of enough to feed brood of chickens
We have not been able, after dilligent en-
quiry, to find any one who has seen a grass
hopper this spring. 1t was thought last
fall that there would surely be some, that
the former brood would not have left with.
out some having deposited eggs; but il
any were left, the warm weather in March
must have brought them into so forward a
state of incubation that thesnow storms and
frosts Of April have efectually destroyed
them. We have no grasshoppers in this
! region and no longer any fear Of them.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

hi Unbound hand and foot upon the al
tar,, : 1ecriaee to appease the wrath Of the
grs Mogul Of slavery; but 81 this y but
fors seap. The honest, thinking, intel
liaselt Asrican citizens Of Minnesota viii
nofanbnkt to such damnable, infamous out
RACES 1Hiire1iags may subeidise the press
government satraps may attempt to over
awe it-base dogs like these may destroy it
but g..
''There are thank heaven,
A nobler troop tosvhen big ustisEiyen
Who, all unbribed, on FREEDOMS altar stand,
Faithful and Arm bright -warders Of the land.
BY THEN still lifts the rREss its arms abroad
To guide all curious. mon .alons LIES road );
To cheer yanng Genius, Pity tear to stsst4
In: TaUTH's bold cause. to rouse each fearless
IS Hart; y S@.A.S ~ ri ~ u NV
Der male and female QUAcKs to shake the
Rod. -s<3tfxz.} Tft&4Itt2E-
And scourge the unse1sd things that scorned
Her God; .,.lEIt['
To hunt CORRUPTION from his secret deu-
And show the monster up, the gaze of Won
dering men," 80. r. - -
st. Peters Free Press
We are greatly indebted to the Free
Press for the offer Of type and press to con-
tinue the Nsiter, and for its enthusiastic
call upon the Minnesota Press generally to
reestablish and sustain us. We recognize
in the Free Press sign Of personal contact
with some Of our old Pittsburgh friends
who have taken up their residence in St.
Peters, and 50, thank both them and the
editor for his generous kindness. 49,. +.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

Il D0Mrs. .Swisshelm, well known as q
lady editor and woman's right woman,
who has been residing IN 81. Cloud, Min
nesota, for some years past, where she has
been publishing an interesting and spicy
weekly paper, called the St. Cloud. lNiisiter,
has become the victim Of get Of political
Vandals, who destroyed her press, and
scattered her type in revenge for certain
real or imaginary grievances. Brave men,
to thus destroy the property Of . weak wo-
man, who happens have more brains than
they possess! ... =.
We copy the above paragraph from the
Ottawa Free Trader, and recommend it to
the careful perusal Of the editor Of the Pc
oria 1ramsc,ipt who saw Sc ia his notice
Of the outrage % read ! very silly lecture
to women IN general and strong minded
women IN particular. The next time he
reads curtain lecture . the women We
advise. him % do it tsoppen and shove board, =.
and not spaniel Ike, crawl under bis moth.
ers peticoat, ii order mon thoroughly to
9llhood the women Who read his pa
per. .z .:.s :. 9
i g : mean eowardly outrage, perpc-
tl.tedl against ! noble pspe minded md In
tellectul woman, Who has been laboring
for pears, With self devotion, 10
elevate md improve TIE ,co1dliition az her
sex, and whether With i mora .ssseal than dis
cretionn' IS not ior. % q The editor az the
zzs'ansers pt a Judge. There may Is !. s.hole
IN the bed blanket that the editor Of the
lrasscrtpt has Mt MT had tie satisfaction
Of looking through etemoru Sentinel,
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Godey's Lady's Book

Godey's LadY's Book
For June is here, and is q very fine mum,
Der. Fashion plates grow more natural
about the waists, and the patterns are very
pretty and must be very valuable to those
engaged in manufacturing s'trobes with
neadle wrought" Itsintroduees one fash
ion for which We have been privately be-
speaking favors for ! long time, Wis I
"childs night dress With, feet" night
drawem which enclose the feet like astock-
ing. We lbespeak for them favorable
reception, and love 70 think Of little white
feet II such !. snuggery when the mercury
is paying visit e zero !. 5s;zr @.s f.ssz
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

The Steam Boat North Star has been
purchased by company and taken over
Sank Rapids and Little Falls, to run be-
tween Little Falls and points still farther
up the river. She is to run two hundred
miles above; and St. Cloud is now more
than three hundred miles below the head
of steam navigation on the Mississippi.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Minnesota and st. Cloud.

Minnesota and st. Cloud.
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
a State university. A fne building has already
been erected for the use of that institution. Il
is situated At St. Anthony, built Of stone on an
eminence commanding . view Of the falls, and
no State in the Union has better foundation
for . good system Of popular education, No
other prairie State is so.wen timbered % Min
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
with clear water. In the country surrounding
st. Cloud and, as far North and Westas We have
any reliable account, settlers find no difficulty
in locating land on . running stream Or trans
parent lake with plenty Of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and - the land on
the West side Of the Upper Mississippi is only
open to presumption, there is little opportunity
for spectators, and settlers have assurance Of
neighbors and that rapid increase in the value
Of their lands and in social advantages which
arise from the system Of land in limited guam
titles to actual settlers. >' .'>'
The country around St. Cloud, west Of the
Mississippi Was purchased Of the Indiana in: =
treaty made with them by Hon. Alexander
Ramsey and Luke Lea in.lS62 and ratified by
the senate the same year. The Sioux had
owned the land from 1827, but had not occupied
it, and it was used ~ : hunting ground BY the
Winnsbasoss whose Land reached within four
miles north Of st. Cloud. Their country WAS
eedsd to the United states BY = trsaty began
-. =
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Seed Grain and Crops.

Seed Grain and Crops.
Henry Swisshelm was sent down the
river by q company Of the citizens Of St.
Cloud to procure seed grain to be sold on
credit to such persons as have not the
means of purchasing for cash. & -.
The general destruction of crops for the
two past years has made this very impor-
tant; and we are glad to say that he has
succeeded, that the grain is here and is
in rapid course of distribution. 1t came
late owing to a failure in preceding eff:
fort; but it is5sssaid to be in time. to have
all reasonable hope Of crop. The wealth
er has been chill and vegetation is in a
backward state, all but winter wheat and
rye which are in most aourishing condition.
Almost the entire population of this coun-
ty:is farming. Men, women, and children,
are fencing hoeing, digging or putting in
seed; and we have every prospect Of an
amount of eatibles that will be rather sur
prising. There is no danger Of there being
too much; and we hope our people will
pillow and plant, plant and pillow, and make
fence and kill ground squirrels, kill ground
squirrels and make fence with will, and
in good earnest. !: a.a.. $50 ...- .-.-: q:
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
which We had long looked forward, qast,
humble. little home Of our own. Yhe

which We had long looked forward, qaist,
humble, little home Of our own, The
,prepsratioa we h.d made, for baildinl is
nowlas money lolt, for it's aot thought
safe for ussto atsemps living done. Our
of66s mua1be So sitaatsa, thu with our
debility il is impossible for us to have
proper supervision Of it, for the press must
be placed where it can be guarded, with
out hiring men for that purpose. 49,,
We are not wont to make pitifdl appeals
for help, but we should be recreant to duty
now, not to state the facts, that those who
love the American principles Of freedom Of
speech and freedom Of the press, may
know that here, in this nominally free
State, it is in danger Of being crushed
|, The Nsiter is no longer local organ,
although We shall make it a prominent OBJ
ject to make known the resources Of north
ern Minnesota; but the great object Of its
life is to vindicate the freedom Of the press,
For this, men here, of both parties, have
contributed to purchase the material and
incurred large expenditure in publishing
it. Men Of comparatively small interests
are active and efficient as any, and We are
anxious thatth responsibility thus assumed
may not fall too heavily upon them. Our
terms Of subscription are as low as we can
make them, and to all who favor us with
subscriptions, We shall try to give the
worth of their money. The people Of
St. Cloud have acted nobly their part in
this matter, and to the friends Of truth and
justice abroad, we now appeal to aid us in
our struggle for the right.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Buffalo Hunt.

The headquarters Of the great buffalo
hunt, in which Mohammed Pasha and con-
gressmen and diplomatists are to take part
next July, will be established at Brecken-
ridge, at the head Of steam navigation on
the Red River Of the north, navigable for
heavy draft steamers, rolls down one Of the
richest valleys in the world. Through this
country roam the buffalo and elk, the hunt
ing Of which is noble sport. The expedi
ton will leave st. Cloud on the Mississippi
river about the middle Of july, and pro
coed direct to Breckenridge; and George
F. Brott, Of Minnesota, offers to convey all
editors throughout the Union, who desire to
accompany the expedition, from s.. Cloud
to the hunting grounds and back to St.
Cloud, free Of expense. Proper vouchers
will be required to avoid imposition, = Bos-
tim Post. s.,ss. ..:.,..s..!,.>.. ~.s
!, IF the Boston Post wants vouchers as to
the ability or willingness Of George F.
Brott, to carry editors from this place to
Breckenridge, Or 70 Do any thing else in
the "go-ahead," line, he can have plenty Of
them. osIf Mr.. Brott.has said that he will
do this, it is all right, and it is just about
ike him to say It. The road from this
point to Breckenridge is principally on the
old Red River trail, and from those who
have frequently travelled it, welearn that
it is always in excellent order. Elk and
Buffalo were seen in droves last Fall be-
tween this place and Breckenridge. A
company Of Mr. Brott's men left St. Cloud
for Breckenridge last week, and # the edi-
tors should crowd Mr.. Brott, BY coming in
SO large force that he cannot find horses
to convey them al, he can easily charter .
Red River train, wooden carts, oxen II sin
gle harness Of undressed skins, half breed
drivers, OK hide covers, squaw, attendants,
and al the parapharnalia Of fashionable
Red River travel Come on, brother edi-
tors, and you may juat !. well leave orders
to have your presses sent after you, for af-
ter seeing this country, You will h.ye little
inclinatiol, to leave. = 's5'ia1s.ss
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
HighsHauded Outrage.

Tuesdays 1Smees Df1ngs us the starting
ofathe wanton destruction Of
the Office of the St. Cloud Visiter, Mrs.
Swisshelm's paper. '.r;s s>,:i,sgsss3 z,.st
About year since Mrs. Jane Swisshelm,
we'll and widely known to fame Us the tai
ented editor of the Pittsburgh Vssitcr,
removed for health's sake to st. Cloud,
Min. Soon after arrangements was made
with her to take charge Of paper in place
of the Minnesota Advertiser, the then sus-
pended St. Cloud paper. Mrs. s. entered
upon her engagement with all her accus-
toned spirit and vigoK She changed the
name to St. Cloud Nsiter, and made it an
able, fearless, independent, and yet most
courteous sheet, splicing it with her we'll
known anti-slavery sentiments. These fea-
lures of her paper aroused the ire Of Ger
tain pro-slavery, Buchanan Democrats
They at first attempted to overawe and die
tate what the paper should be-Democrat-
ic, or at least silent on slavery, and devoted
exclusively to local matters Fooled here,
and yet determined to triumph in their
hostility to the Vssiter, they broke into the
Office on the night Of the Oath ultimo, took
the press to pieces, and scatterered it with
the type and other, contents Of the Office
through the streets or threw them into the
| river! '.'',S
This deed of lawless violence was perpc-
trated by whom? Not by the red skins
who abound in the region Of St Cloud no,
they would have scorned without juster
cause SO mean an act: Nor was it done by
vulgar rabble; but, like all its predeces-
sors Of violence to anti-slavery presses and
persons, by gentlemen Of standing! A
Col. Shepley, head Of the "fustast family"
in St. Cloud, a Buchanan Democrat, openly
avows himself the perpetrator! q
A glorious indignation meeting was i'm
mediately held by the citizens Of St. Cloud
and vicinity. Mrs s. gave them speech
worthy of herself and the occasion. The
meeting passed series Of scathing and
cutting resolutions sdenouncing in most
unqualified terms. the perpetrators and
abettors of the act, and advising them to
take refuge in Arkansas Or. the Fejee
Islands, where they might carry on their
burglarious propensities TO their hearts con-
tent: They resolved thatthe Ns;ter should
be revived and sustained TOO, in It's own In
dependent course = &EssEEsl y s,4sT
We cannot find language wherewith to
express our righteous indignation at this
atrocious attempt upon the freedom of the
press IN Minnesota. This case Is doubly
aggrayating from the fact Of It's being 3
woman's paper. Freemen Of Minnesota,
y Z q a
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Pacific Railroad.

Mr.. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, has announ-
ced his intention, in the Senate, to offer an
making Breckenridge the east
ern terminus of the Pacific read. This is
a movement in the right direction. Min
ncsota will soon make road from St. Paul
to Breckenridge, which is on the line be-
tween this State and Dacotah Territory,
and will be the principal point at which
emigrants to that Territory will find their
way to the rich, fertile homes it offers to
millions of people. It is on the route sur
veyed by Gov. Stevens, and is within easy
connecting distance with the head Of Lake
Superior Mr.. Doolittle has proposed that
the choice of routes shall be left to an or
ganized company of capitalists, bound to
build the road, and that Congress shall
pass an act giving whatever assistance it is
thought best, to build the road by such
route as that company shall select. This
is the right plan, and one which could
hardly fail to connect the head of Lake Su-
perior and Puget Sound by the first rail-
road which shall cross the continent. The
superior health of these northern attitudes,
alone, would make the cost of constructing
and working the road, SO much less than
it would be in more southern ATTITUDES,
that this alone, must decide the choice of
intelligent capitalists. A gang of men,
enfeebled by fevers, will accomplish very
little compared to what would be done by
the same force, in climate such as ours.
Then, the SHOWS of our northern ATTITUDES
are much less serious distractions than
those Of more temperate climates. Up
here, the SHOWS are not generally so deep
as down in illinois. In an ordinary winter
it is too cold to snow, and that same cold
prevents the packing of the snow. Win
ter thaws and rains are almost unknown in
this latitude, and generally an ordinary 10
connective and snow plow would send three
feet of the light, feathery snow, flying be-
fore it like so much thistle down. 1 go
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

The Faribauit Herald says we are "sup-
porting Buchanan in horn" The Her.
aid will be happy to learn that Mr.. Buch-
anan is out Of the horn now; came out at
the little end and left his measures all be-
hind him. q. ~ ~ ss:t, ,-sa~> - -. .::...
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

Tim xSk NoTE REa1sTER AND D1rEo~
rob Of. GoUNrER1E1rs.-By GTynne
nd IL Wan ST. ~ Yk.
4 II. Tie g 1fsh No. Of this q % 4 our
tble, ind it appears to bsver CART fully
prepared \ is ga yea semi noath1y
81, monthly, 50.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

The Home Magazine for Junesis with
us; andwefnd it improves greatly upon ac-
quaihtance. A spirit Of purity, Of delicate
taste; and high sense Of propriety pervades
its pages in every number we have seen.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20


Swisshelm, and committee appointed to
draft resolutions expressive Of the sense Of
the citizens, who reported the following
which were adopted without single dis
senting voice: ..s.
That's the talk-and the ,oay q. t11k Il!
These resolutions have the ring Of the true
metal; and We much mistake the char,c-
ter Of the citizens Of Sc Cloud, and 81. Min
nesota generally, iiffthey are not lived np. Is
the, very letter. .Wesapprehend that Bor-
der Ruf6anism, especially of this Kind viii
not 60 down in Minnesota just yet, r 4
true, We m. now kept il dancing attsnd-
Iance At Washington, upon the slsve dnvem
!atsthe south and il isalso true, TINT those
Who By. the frauds Of laat election, are there
70 nstnepresent Us, have; bargained to de-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-22

Of the cousutiooa system while also Il Tampico General
Moreno did the same thing
public Of Mexico placed-vz ION the aga Of January
On that day Zuloaga with other title authority than
capital appointed twenty eight persons Who, being made
orepresent the States and Territories OF he republic
(Which States and Territories had neither appointed them
recognized them) were 10 proceed TO the business
OF electng . Provisional President Of the republic.
The election was made the very same day by these
the chei.an Who had them Zuloags The captain
Of the rebel soldiers elected by them 10 be the Pre-
sdent Of republic On the 18th Zuoaga the newly elected
President appointed the members Of hs cabinet, who
consisted Of Messrs Cuevas, Esuero Parra, Hero MAJ
been orgsnzed the sphere Of whose power extended
further than over the federal district and over the City
ofPuebla, twas Immediately Aerwards-viz on the 9th
nion Of such eovernment by that body created much
and general surprise; for Zaloaga, under no con;
the nssios. Hs wss not government d. i,~s, a.
WAS manifest, for Il was present before the eyes
Of everybody how he bad seized upon the governments
because all the States Of the confederation only
fused TO acknowledge him. but actually engaged In
making prspsrs;9ps y ress is and oppose him
government OF Mexico tnat in the manifesto which was
issued by the individuals who formed this governments
rg.Dized by the ambassadors OF the friendly Powers,
the following remark able words occur '
Tho constitutional party which bag been the incen-
diary cause of al hosties and enmes, which has
also been IN favor of dictatorship without any limit 10
it's powers, will doubt ask the government by what
rigot set up and what rs its legal chiracsrs
Toe which only desfes tohpresent itself be-
fore The country under the simple form OF dsinsrsted
and II truth will any reply to this question by
stating that right founded upon the right OF &c
sevsen sud Its legal character will be that which the
republic viii best1w upoE. Il, whose duty J. is
itsel II Is pcssble that the government III be
national administration only the government OF sone
oil the departments OF the republic $50 ttf.' -
Can whose cioaspess Of their total " ant
~ Lam frnn
confession ccneusye tuscan sucn ever be
regarded the government Of the repubbcS Yet they
were bus regarded by the members or the diplomatic
corps while at the very time tho patton ~ large
protesting against the reaction agsiost gov
eminent which had set up and recognized and yielded
In Gina naiuafo
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-22

hold Of Mel auRblIu AT snv timer A. Not that Raw.
stood 90 that could see all that was going on don't
think could have caught hold Of him my seeing
him. stood right by them when Mclaughlin spoke OF
Morrissey.
To Mr. Sedgyck-I did mot see Cunpinghau's hands on
Mclaughlin ~ anytime; 8 II calde up Mclaughlin had
hold Of gha and think that nothing could have
occurred before that, for was looking on; the
whole Of the occurrence and my attention only At
tracted from the parties halfa minute at time. a.
Richard Degonnre sworn, depOsed folows-I WAS at
No % Howard street on the night Of the occurrences was
Friday there from the beginning 70 the end Of tho
Array Mackey came in about twelve clock with some
other friends and had drnk-abOut one, Paudeep and
Harvey Young: Ali hands went 70 the bar and had
drink, Cunningham among them; Paudeen commenced
10 speak Of Morrissey, when Cunningham told
him 10 stop talking OF him 10 his ABSENCE
Psudeen called Morrissey thief other hard names
LcIAuRhn told him that be could lick him. korrssey
any Of his friends Cunningham said he was mucn bis
(cf Aughlns1 friend Movrsseys and did not want TO
have any rouble Cunningham said 10 Mclaughlin Let
70 me- I'll Kill you" Tpa witness proceeded 70 do
tan the circumstances OF the Array almost IN the language
the for the prosecution which renders ia
petition unnecessarily i dSsaos hear Cunningham say
that IL hcLsuR friends waited satisfaction ho would
give II TO them.
This wi!ness roesexanincd by Mr. Sedgwick, but
nothing material was elected. 'e.a ef.
John Arey, examined by Mr.. Whiting, Saddle was
present IN How ard the night OF the ARRAY Con-
nNeharr theye Gbout hour before Mclaughlin came
in After The conversation between Mr. Petrie and Nc
Isugbln about korrssey, he (McIaughn) took hold Of
Cunrrgbnm: did Cunningham seize Mclaughlin
first; am when sezed the rst time by McLsdgh
lin who epceavored tn l him over the bar, told him TO
Let him go, eight niue tes; twenty minutes alter, NC
Ia,ghlr to hold OF him again and pulled him over the
further than before that the tmo the snoo
pg place Tbe evidence Of this wtnoss vas aho sub
sapiay the the other Witnesses except f0uug1
ferea IN the msttcr NEAR. M Young aud Mr.. Turner;