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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05

F." THE Hartt1rd Press tells story to
illustrate the spirit in which the recent
election in Connecticut vas carried. In
Mr.. Arnold's town good woman said to
her husband on Monday morning: 4 Hus-
band, ! have prayed u God that fir.
Arnold may be defeated and John Wood
ruff elected and now, husband, don't
you come home till night. and the Lord
help you to do your duty" Husband,
naturally enough, went to his days work
strengthened. While Watching the polls,
hs an Democrat about to vote who
had no right to vote in that village. If
Jon offer your vote shall challenge it, }"
aid the Republican quietly. D-n
you" was the answer, d-n you, If you
challenge my vote, l'h knock you down.
!" Very cell; shall challenge yoar vote !;
.i you knock me down, I shall get up
sgnin, aud 1 shall XII yos; remember
t6st |" The Arnold man retired.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05

z M1ssouKl.-The City Of St: Louis voted
for Mayor and other; M e. municipal q Offices ST. on 2
the 4th. In this commercial metropolis ot
the slave state Of Missouri, it is IN import
ant sign Of the times that Filley, Repubi-
can, IS reelected Mayor by about 5000
majority over Bogy, Dem, ,andz1sy quite
.5,oOoTover Wyman, the Know Nothing
candidate. Good for St. Louis! Neither
the Democracy Of chains, nor the illiber:
alism Of" Americanism" ," flourish within
her limits. : "'55ST.'~ ~ : 10 <,:.G- 4@* .
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05

the deep glanes Of her eye ~ she eagerly
scanned tho lists Of assembled knights.
He;s too, noticed the flush which. over
spread her natchlees face; and inspired
by that glance the steel,elad knight
P pressing br.vely into the conflict, nobly
! htonored his spurs.: Many. we're the loud
acclamations % he vanquishedt some lesa
skilfal knight y brayely resisted some
fierce assault. IN the heat Of, the conflict,
: and while the Knight Of the lion ! vas :
engaged ia ? distant part Of the field, )
page Of singular beauty, robed in J short
tqnic Of rose-colored silk, with = scarf, The
exact counterpart Of that borne IN the
crest Of: the knight, approached and and Pr.
sented to the nearly exhausted Count, )
glove, tiny . that Of ., fairy, and Of the
puzest white. Richard eagerly seized
, this token Of favor, and pressing il 70 his
flips, rushed with renewed yigor into the
combat. At length evening. approached,
and many had left the lists, either van
qqished or weary with the: combat, but
the brave knight Of the lion, remained,
the: acknowledged champion Of the field,
Richard was led to the Royal Gallery
TO- receive the prize from the hand Of the
beautiful Berengaria. As he received the
laurA chaplet and pressed upon her lips
the accustomed kiss, single rosebud
dropped from her hair, which he eagerly
seized aud conveyed to his lips, While his
eye beamed with peculiar lustre, and
his heart throbbed with deep emotion.
But cloud arose before his vison q
he thosghtE Of Alice of France, his BE-
!:trothed, and with mingled joy and sad
ness, he. received thas, congratulations F.,
bestowed5upon him. Il "a. :. ;.ssss*s :
Years passed-many and dangerous
engagements were reserved for the knight
Of the iop-bpt the reecoilections Of that
Tournament lived fresh il his memory,
and when, At length, he found means to
free himself from his engagement with
Alice, and while on his voyage to the
Holy: L.nd-the land Of glory and re-
novn-he turned aside 70 the beautiful
island of Cyprus the Ile Of love -and
|, ,m.de the mistress Of his heart, the long
loved Be1angaria, his bride and sharer
Of Ais crowns. >5.$ - 3ss'*7:# ~
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05
Scene IN a Slave Pen.

Mrs. Francis d. Gage sfSt. Louis, has been
spending the past winter in the city ef: Kes
Orleans. She visited one of the pens vhile
there. Below. is an extract from her desorip-
tion: - '"@+ - las -
"In corner sat q young girl, straight, ,slea-
der and fragile, with skin quite as white ss
some Of the tanned complexions Of the Middle
States-not that tawny white that SO often
marks the mixed races, but = clear brunette
with the rich blood flashing through the trans
parent skin, ami making her cheeks Rlow.-
Her hair vas brown and soft, and acurled 1T
the ends. It was short, after the present
school girl style, parted on tue top of the head
and had not the burnt appearance Of an Afri-
con. Her eyes were neither black nor blue
nor yet hazel; they were soft, dreamy and ex-
pressive:- "ss >.f<'1 - IsG3& ..f.J5-lt: ;.
SIS that girl for sale :" / inquired Of the
keeper. gisE- n~.........
(which one, madam! The vA;le one Yes,
madam. Julia, come up here. Speak to the
lady. s.s....z,.... ..-- 49, -
julia essayed to speak but f.iled-only. /.
slight 'ehm, Vas heard struggled to choke
down the wr,th Of the spirit, that was rising
'Julia, what can you do :" =. :: ...ss,t: Ia
81 can wait on the table, sweep, clean. dust
tsls care Of parlors and children, and sew
some" &@s7 ~ .4v1aslssy S:s,- ..'9 J.. ..z>ss..s
Can you 70 any house work, wash and
iron ?" sssfss '-',>~'
'.Ne.sr did, m.'am-speck me can learn
yet IL me triss, I'm young yit, only four
Eyes, madam, Oh. can l.arn-sh.'. from
4 good family, madamI-been we'll trained
excellent habits, madam-moral, madaa.-
Many gentleman would give nore than the
TA{xno i'm aokSSnar - ~, eSa1eIa L
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05

ten, and also, % the warrant claimed, that the
offence Was committed in Nssoa eounty-thaks
the Court had no jurisdiction over the sose.-
But the Judge, in tho face Of these facts, and
in defiance Of the Law, rem.ndsd her to isil
under the last warrant, to swat . hearing on
Monday morning, it then being late Saturday
night. sssa,ss 5St =.zrr.ss.:Ers ,.s-- sz,-a -
ii On Monday she was brought out again for
examination. Meantime, anothss warrant sti:I
had been prepared, inswLieh she3was charged
With enticing away two slaves (of the ten),
Charles and Dim property Of Jehn Fee, which
was served on her, and she was required to.
give bail to the amount Of 81 900. The next
day, Tuesday, the warrant was taken up which
had been served on on the saturday night pre-
vious: An attorney Of some pretentions, who
wss conducting the prosecution, assured the:
Judge that it was illegal and of no force. This
which her counsel had insisted on on Saturday:
night, the Judge was now ready to acknowl--
edge rs the correct view of the c:sse, and ae-
cordingly the warrant was set aside. Another
warrant was then served, in which abe was
charged with being found on the bank Of; the
Ohio river, in possession OF four slaves, the
property of Elijah Currans of Mason county.
Ky. On this warrant bail WAS required TO the,
amount of $500. As it was impossible to find
bail for SO large An amount Is vas required uu-
der both warrants, she vas accordingly remand
ed to- Jail, where abe has since been awaiting
her trial till the 3rd inst. : -
On that day she was again brought before.
the Courtsto be tried for violation Of the law,
the penalty Of which is imprisonment in the
Penetentiary not less than two nor more than
i've years. =. The Jury made short work of it.,
They were out but twenty minutes, when
they returned to their seats, and pronounced =
verdicts Of GUILTY, and she Was sentenced to
three years Imprisonment. And this expiation
to the outraged law of Kentucky, she must make
for sndeavoring to free two Of her children
from slavary. A.: ..-.-. =. .-...-...--. :
A LOVER or LIRExrY i
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05
-. r.. .sss Fsos, tie Ainns,ot;s..
> The Recent Elect }'ons.

p CoNNEcr1cur. The most important Of
th1. STATE elections occurred in sConneeti-
ento On the ,4th inst, for State officers. and
toqr lFllq members Of Congress. Heretofore, the
State has been represented in the House by
two Republicans and two Lecompton Dem
ocrats Bishop and Arnold-the latter
being sndidates for reelection. h, There
suit was considered doubtful, The parties
- Congress being very close, the election
eagerly looked for. The news by the tel
egraph5 is, that the Republicans haze made,
= clean sweep Of it-eleeting their entire
State Ticket, AL the Congressmen, and both
branches. Of tie Legislaturel In the lst
Congressional district; where .Chrk, the
old Republican member ran. independent,
sLoomia, Republican, is chosen over the
Demoeratie candidate by 600 majority.
In the 2nd district, Woodruff, kepubli.
can, Gusts Arnold, Dem.,a abbyj bby 500 maj@ =
Republican gain sinoe,the -laee Congress
ional election Of SCOT In tho 3ra diatEic.,
zburnham, Rep..sis chosen. by 400 mai
.itheagtandiipgI j. : =. an Independents Rspnb'E
|ean candidate dew Of votes from him. =.
II the 4th district Ferry, Rep, beati
bishop, l'eln., the old, mealbs1, bu over
[50o.major Retuus from NJ the towns
N the Stste show that l29 Repubipal,l
are elected Representatives, and : TOO
Democrats. The Republic hays elscs.
ed II SENATOR, the Democrats =. Tho
returns from all toans,e ,essot Gov. Busk==
Finghhari, Republican, by $500 majority.
Tho coDgredsmea are alli foor Rsppbili::
sans - before stated ~. :. f. IS. .
Thin victorious rssplt u tie noee imporo
ant, that tho battle .,l1 W mskht fsisoolsly o.
political grounds ppoaifion q tie srten'
Hon md psrpstua*ion lof lShse1y and II
favor Of the freedqmE ef tie Pui&e Land,
Ir the poleylof 10 hold iag sd dispoei;ng; 81
Ithoee' hands, - TO- ineEe4es ths npnabsn d
Ameriean fbeeboldess and cpltiyalors MI
ler than poar The largest pslibls slzssn q
fleysnue into ths TFsaiqai y: as5ss & -
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05
Who are the Niger w WoIshipers !

: Nv AUA00SA y
The Hon. OWEN LovEyoY, Of Illinois,
in recent speech in the HOUSE Of Repre-.
sentatives, thus describes party which
is not so strong in the country, as it once
was: 5s.,] = '-5:..5 r,.n>@-:T 1,35sH2 =,
.1@:'The Slavery Democracy prates and
ehatters about negro equality, 4. Black
Republicans, and 'nigger stealing to use
it's classic phrases and improved orthogra.
ply. It has, or affects to have, grea,
horror Of .niggers.' And any one who ad.
svocates the principles Of human freedan
q they were eenuneiated and laid down in
enduring forms by the Fathers Of the Re.
public, Is = 'woolly head, and these same
Democrats have learned to speak of them
with a peculiar nasal twist. You would
suppose that these gentlemen, whose oltac.
tories are 80 sensitive and acute, never saw
: nigger, except in menagerie. And
yet, would you believe it? the first service
rendered him on earth is performed by q
Niger; Is an infant, he draws the milk
which makes his flesh and blood and bones,
from the breast Of q Niger; looks up in hel
face and smiles, and calls her BY the en-.
dearing name Of NANNY and begs, per
haps, 10 piteous tones, for the privilege oi
carrying tmammy' 10 the Territories; he Il
jundressed and put to bed BY . nigger, aud
nestles during the s!umbers Of infancy, .iu
the bosom Of . niger; he IS washed, dresa
Cd, and taken TO the table " . inniigger,, "a
70 eat food prepared by 80 nigger; every
service that childhood. demands, Is perform
eddy nigger, except that Of chastisement,
which, from the absence Of good manne1s
y many eases, it is to be feared. Is not per
formed at ar. When down appears on hi.
lip. the tonsorial service is performed BY i
niger; and when, he reaches manhood, he
iayades the: pigger auarten, to place him BIZ
self in the endearing relation Of paternity
70 half niggers. Finally, i he should be
ambitious, It may occur that he viii come
Congress 70 represent = oonstituency, thre<
8fths Of whom are Sniggers, and talk about
BLACK Republicans, sAas.lg .lganation,, mig
ger eqn2littJy,'' tnigger g stealing, and Tie
eaepaiye, ,eder ef niggerism."
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05

INDIANAPOLIS REDEEMED.---InI Indian
apois, at IN, election for town officers, tie
Republicans elected their ticket by an ~
erage majority Of 1875. This is another
!" democratic" stronghold ,Republicanised
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05
two RIG'1NAjL5.t TALE
~. = =. llEqr "a. g. Cloud Deuoer.t.] 10.
Thu aTOURNAldENToAT.
@.,~',:: pA1dPE1IA AN A.: .:a.:., =
~ slss.a l. 1o,.@ s1Aw:~

light, bthing S. reaplendent: glory the
proadGeity: y:of P.mpelana: sssss x=sa :: Il
Althdtgh it was yet saly morning, the
hnsy !atreeta were thronsed with esquires,
pegee ind smenials,l shurrying hither and:
th.tir, & tho lb;sadaiug .fe t...eir =lordiy
naasters. The glittering garments 5 Of the
eeauires the gaJ mantles and plumcs Of
eAs5paees garesan air Of grandeur osthe
busy scene;;' while from every quarter,
the sound Of music and the clatteripg Of
aEmsd steeds was borne upon the breeze.
$ 1tsvas the morning Of the great tourna-
neat, a;aad the pride and beauty Of the
laud had assembled, at the summons Of
the heralds of sanoho. The Strong, the
master and giverz of the entertai
Without the city werelpitched the tents
Of The princes and mobiles, who had come
to do honor . the brave Saneho, aad to
display their own %yalsr in the feat Of
arms. Tho wealth and beauty g sunny
Franco w.s here, with her luxurious no:
bles and fair damseh. England, too. had
>he1e her fainest flowers and 'bravest knights,
eagerly awaiting the opening Of the t.. tour. !:
n.ment; and each tent, or sncampment
bore the .rmsriA bearings Of the knight
Who RI the present calledsit home: At
= It'll diataneaa from the .othera. and oh
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05

6TrLL BETTER FROM MIcH1GAN.-The
returns from this State come in better and
better. Tie Republican ma jjority, accord
ing to'last nights mail, will go up to 10, 600.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-05-05
STX.ARNSs CO., = MINNESOTA, !.

BlIoH1oAx.-Heres on tho 4th, was an
election, throughout the State, for Chief
Justice Of the, Supreme Court. In, De.
troit, Geo Morton, the Republican candi-
date, carried : majority Of over 900
Republican gain Of 800 since last fall.
;, Returns from the interior of the State
also show considerable Republican gains;
md indicate the election Of Morton By from
10000 70 $4,000 majority. Hurrah for
the State of General eass. 81 ~ .|4.--. ~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07
THE SICKLES TRAGEDY.


WAsmNcToS, April 8.
The Circuit Court Room, where the tri-
al is in progress is still crowded. The
prisoner occupies the usual prisoners
box
The father of Mr. Sickles, and the faith
CT of Mrs. Sickles. Mr.. Bagioli. occupy
seats together. Numerous other friends
of the prisoner are in attendance The
names oftlse talesmen were placed in box
and called as drawn out.
The prisoner appeared calm and COM
posed, though his features were marked with
the lines of deep grief. AS the clerk pro-
ceedcd to draw the names of the talesmen
Mr.. Sickles stood in the dock conferriHg
with one of his counsel, while the Jurors
were being questioned. The call Of tales
men was continued through a numerous
list of names Of persons. most of whom
had either formed an opinion. or were from
some other cause disqualified.
Out ofssventy five called only three were
sworn, as follows: James Kelley. of Wash
ington. tanner; VIM. d. Harper. TO-. mer-
chant; Henry l.. Knight, do, grocer
Seventy-fve more talesmcn will be pre-
scented tomorrow
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

We do not know but that we have pub
lished the following anecdote before; at
any rate we have noticed it recently in a
number of our exchanges A subscriber
whom it strikes very forcibly in some way,
whether because he has experienced its
|truthfulness or admircs its wit, we know
not, sent t to MS for publication. and for
his qualification, as well our own, and the
readers also. we make room for it:
How SOME MEN GET INTO TRoUDLE.-
A man in n. Y. got into trouble by mar
rying two wives. Several men out west
got into difficulties by marrying only one.
A number Of Northern men found tronbIe
by barely promising to marry. A South
ern editor says hs was bothered confound-
edly by simply being in company with an
other mans wife.
Here is another "good one" which a
friend residing in one of the fourishing
villages in this county sends to us. He
does not say whether it is original or not.
We do not recollect ever seeing il before:
A Young man from Vermont went to
Boston to seek for employment, and as he
entered the store of a merchant who had
an unfortunate impediment in his speech.
the proprietor said to his clerks: There is
a greenhorn, call him forward and we will
have some fun with him. / will ask him
If he can tell why Balaam's ass spoke.
So they called the young man in and the
merchant began i'm his suffering way
"c-c-c-an you t-t-t-tell--hers he broke
down and one Of the clerks said to the
young man HE was going to ask you if
you could tell why Dalaam's ass spoke?-
No." said the Vermonter, Il was not
there; but ] guess his master suffered bad
ly, and SO the ass spoke for him."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

We publish in another column q copy
of the Homestead Bill which passed the
popular branch of Congress at the last ses-
sion in spite Of the 76 Democrats
who voted against il, Every Repub-
licam, but one, we believe, voting for it.
1t was defeated in the Senate, it will be re-
membered, EVERY REPUBLICANS vo-
ting for it, to - DEMOCRATS against
IT,
The Democrats arc willing to give T~d
Hundred Millions Of Dollars for Cuba
for the benefit of the Slave interest of tho
Sosth-in other words to buy Niggers fol
the Niggerless, but. yot Que Cent to buy
Land for the Landless. Can any one Ion
ger doubt that the pro-slavery principle,
OF the Democracy are at war with the hes
interests of the honest and industrious
white men of the North?
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

The pro-slavery Shamocratic papers are
busy Just now invensing accounts of cases
of amsTgamation between whites and
blacks in the Free States. If the editors
of those papers would travel a short time
in any Slave State there would be no ne
cessity for their resorting to their imagin-
atoms for accounts of such occurrences
that is if they felt the least disposed to
deal in facts rather than fiction. The hyp-
ocritcs affect great horror at occasional ca
ses of amalgamation in the Free States,
but such incidents in the South, evidences
of which are as thick as blackberries in
their season or leaves in Allambrosia, new
err canses ripple upon the surface of their
equinimity. or an emotion of the slightest
regret in their pious souls. If they were
really opposed to smalgamation they
would not favor the spread of slavery as
they do, because wherever slavery exists
there amalgamation abounds. Which,
then, is the Amalgamation party? The
Democrat party. Of course.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

The last Conncrsville Times contains o
lengthy report Of the trial of William H.
Smith for the murder of VIM. II. Harvey.
The offence was committed on the 18th OF
February last. at Vienna. in Fayette coun-
ty, and the murderer escaped to Illinois,
where he was captured and brought back.
In FIVE days after the trial commenced at
Connersville. and resulted in the convic-
ton Of the accused Of murder in the second
degree, and sentence to the penitentiary
for life. From the report of the evidence
it appears that the deceased advanced up
on the accused who met him. and in the
struggle that ensued Smith stabbed Har'
ney with knife, killing him in few min
utes.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

Our friends who are still in arrears for
subscription, and others who are owing
us for job work and advertising. are in
formed that we would he pleased to hand
each one receipt for the amount of his
Indebtedness. We have a considerable a..
mount outstanding. in small sums, which.
If in our pockets, would enable us to pay
all our debts. thus relieving rs OF all I'M.
easiness and embarrassment, and enabling
us besides to furnish better paper. VIII
not all in arrears como forward at once and
pay up? II we did not greatly need our
dues we should not trouble our friends
with this dun. Do not think the small
sum you owe us, realcr, is of no con-
sequence. Every little helps. Mountains
are composed of small PARTICLES of matter.
the ocean Of drops Of water.
Good Wood. Wheat, Corn. Flour,
Meal, Bacon. Maple Sugar and Nolasses,
Potatoes. Butter. Eggs. Chickens, &c, DC,
taken in payment OF debts due us.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

such position that Mr. Sickles could con-
fer with his counsel.
The Judge mad never seen man tried
for murder who was not placed in the
dock, and had never read of such case
certainly not in England. He was not
disposed to make any distinction in this
case.
Mr.. Stanton disclaimed any dcsire to
have any distinction made. They would
be satisfied with the arrangement sugges-
ted by the Judge. Instructions to that
effect were given to the Marshal, and the
Court at o'clock adjourned.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

The young men OF the Democrat pub
lished last week the dirty slang Of the Por-
ter Deasoerat in reference to the editor of
this paper We mention this now that
our readers may know we were not the first
to recommsnce hostilities. We shall! not
repay them in kind Immediately, but they
may bet their ribs that we will not die a
cent in their debt in this respect. We have
often told them that we would much pre-
fer our controversies should be conducted
in . respectful manner toward each other,
but they prefer dealing in low slang and
vile personalities. So be it, then. II
does not take rs long when we once Sc,
ready to make them cry ''peccavi," OF
chase them under the house with their tails
sticking between their legs and their ears
bent straight back A friend has furnish
cd US materials for their biographies. which
We may publish. with appropriate illustra
lions, for the amusement of the pablic, i
the ladies' think they can afford to wea,
looss wrappers and keep the butt ons sew
ed on their husbands pantsloons for 6v'
or six weeks.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

1t is said Gov Melary of Kansas. ve-
toed the bill abolishing slavery in Kansas,
and that the Governor of New Mexico APP
proved the bill establishing slavery in that
Territory. This shows the true Shamo-
cratic grit. Had the Legislature of Kan
sas passed bill establishing instead of a
polishing slavery who doubts that Mcdary
would have approved it? Had he done
otherwise his official head would have
rolled of on the block as quickly as did
Gov. Walkers for rejecting the fraudulent
election returns from Oxford, Kickapoo
and Delaware Crossings.