, 1859-07-27
PAIL.

tLoHtsp1alen-H OF thu tEesx md Tnhtne.1
St. rArI, Juy Il, le!s.
The Maltese hare come and the disappoint-
1ncnt Is as great rs the crowd is ltlle.. i food
was expected, but il turned out oaly sprinkle.
" eek ago nobody would tolerate the idea that
a l.'ss nunber thau 8, 900 were coming. Later
adrices compelled them to reduce the number
to o,vo0. but below that figure not cat wuuld
anybody fall. But the nnticipations Of the pub.
lic2ns md sinners received rude shock when
tho Maltese hove in sight. What fall was
there my countrymcn! The splendid and capa-
cious steamers Milwaukee and Itasca came to
the landing in grand style, all decorated with
flags. crcr- greens, and cmblems, with bsnds!of
music playing, cannon booming, and passen-
gers cheering. But there we're only two steam
cr. in place Of Gre, and 500 cxcursionists In
stcnd Of 1000; and less tLan Lalf Of these eren
we're brethren OF the mystic tie. The num-
Der Of G. Il. J. As did not exceed 80
The members Of the Order in St. Paul met them
at the landing. to the number Of a0e and escort
ed the visiting SIMS through tue principal
streets, thcncc 10 tho large room where they
received IN address from the Grand Commander
Of the order in Minnesota, which was answered
on behalf Of the cxcursionista By Gov. Randall,
Of Wisconsin. After the usual congratulations,
the visitors were served Will, excellent colin
ton. The lodge closed about le o'clock. at
night, und the cxcursionists bttook themselves
to tic hotels 1t sci in to raiu on Friday night.
md all day Saturday wns wet and drixzly. The
slreeta wero muddy and the weather chilly,
which cast lalnper upon the order Of festivi-
ties. The Ben Campbell, stern wheeler, start
ed for Fort Smelling and tho Falls Of Mime
l,aha during the afternoon, and returned
towards night hut it was too un-
pleasant to sec much. To-day the
weather has cleared up, and tho Fasosite
has made two or three trips to the Fort and
Falls, enabling al1 to yisit the romantic "Laugh-
ing Waters" 4 good many people went up to
st. Anthony and Minneapolis, eight miles from,
ST Paul, by stage, hack and buggy. Some
feeling disappointed at the meagrc show, re-
turned home on the steamer Milwaukce, which
left for Prairic du Chen At ii A. Ii. to-day, but
the minority intend remaining until Tuesday
morning:
The .Fcast Of the Nine Cardinals" !" advertised
to luke place on Sicollet Istuud between st.
-aht'out enu Sa'uueaponsl ~ T.. - saeusna3'
WIS anuena.;ets POSTPONED gu account g! tue
weatiler: In: oecas,onsa smother sore d.sap-
po'ntaenG' az least i;"Vo persons came up the
ssiss,ss1pI. aua a"~h tae. A'nSeso1a 10 witness
irsc "aoS' epu .a;,t tst.saoul. Vne scaa'a.. tne
hute t4tfett, WIN ~ passenSets aoosfa tafen
~ NJ Ireseo.., neo" ng, uastin::S' ana 1taef
pG.n.s; ps"eteusa ~ a,t aasss 70 luz sans o.
3tnI.asS 3'nnsnIsa, S4sts aaes ehreeo 10 ona me
a!.es usau Jul '.ssc !! = ~.
sal.os'ts eesAe.s .e.'.ite1 ao"n uss river asl
n'sa,, e"csssus tuas the DOES OF Malta were
humnus' mol myth.
~ tne une appfoaehea tor the appearance 81
tne soas an intense curiosity was c1c!ted IN
rss:aso 10 NC !nssteIaons osoef: rue ansnn'atea
we.e 1eso11ea !ssael.a's n,s .ne enigms, anu
soen ima dn,sao a1nd 10, oses .ne neSss
a. e, fee NV. sAs a. H 1np W,
trs., ~, -. ~. ~ ,;,,,a ~. IA
49, w. ,'s,".. ~ y se @ = sssi eoso ~
shs, .a.,a5 ~. 1,s., ~, ~ Iso.ea NC
I've .nae Itoanpseo t.s ausu mo nc o1aes ~as
tae LYLE ~ a. son. "as su!l'eA11, :o-t uot Tss
.nau .n s.s,sNv Mou!a oc Spent 10 A'nnesota oy
.ae :ast e!o"o Q! s's'.ns o1eIafen. VINO were
eomang iFon al Least 1hirtT states Of me
unon ana a!so irom 1ae Tour quarters
o. o. tae haoAaoae s1ooe, ana 70 ootstn snare o!
'ne oo'setasasa y "ae oeeneu ptuuent ano
enter. aud they were afi generally ataken il, ]"