St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-19
Cesssgpondsnoss Of The 81. Cloud Democrat.
uETTEn FROM TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE, TEvN., !
March 3Oth. 1850. {

"A 3CA6llV1LlE, TENN,
4 &. March 30,h, 1850.
ED'roR orDEMocRA .-Through your
paper, propese, with your consent, giving
4 short account Of myself to those. "xho
can best understapd'' it.
On Thursday morning, the 22nd inst. ,
in company with: my friend, Ponie L., I
left the hospitsh!e reof OF: tho Hotel de Ia
Tut. and crossing the Father Of Waters,
took one Of Burbank T. Co.'S 1aomkizger.
for St. Paul.
Were I the God Of suffering, pain, and
misery I would reward the maker, owners
and proprietors Of those "masheens'' with
. crown Of immortality. The combined
ingenuity Of all Yankeedom cannot, in a
thousand years, contriv. anything which
can inaict, in given length Of time, the
same amount Of human suffering, a, one
Of those Internal relics Of an unknown
age and country, when and where the tor
lures Of humanity must have been regard.
ed as mans greatest pleasure to witness,
and highest and noblest destiny to inaict
If Messrs. Burbank & Co. will 20 with
their patent racks t. the Indus, they can
realize a huge fortune by Government en,-
.ploy. For, in that thurman land. every
new and improved mode Of inflicting tor
ture On condemned criminals, in we'll re.
warded.
After fifteen ounofe4qsisite suffering,
I brought up at the Fuller House, where
I remained two days. I regret to say to
the many friends Of our mutual friend,
the said Ponie L., that in the busy; crowd
ed: crooked, Bostanian, angie-worm like
streets Of St. Paul, lost the little fellow
very soon after our arrival. Whether he
followedafter ahand-organ, or bid behind a
horn "a brass one: I meap,) I cart tell
The two days Ispcnt in that city, were
busily emrloyed with large police force
in hunting him, but to no purpose. Ad-
,vereising hrge!y for him, ard being COM
PEELED TO- log along down Sou&sh." l have
nothing: left but to. promise his friends that
in "few days. ! will write an appropriate
obituary notice Of the gallant hero Of the
Green Mountains. ''f''. ""'' q
On Sunday, 25th inst, lefs St. Paul on
Steamer Frank Steele tor Wacoutah, where
I was again compelled to take one of those
patent pain-inaictors. In this I suffered
to Reads Landing; and frequently ca the
drive thought how little Pollok knew Of
mans ingenuity when he wrote
.'Man ne'er drank cup of earthly sort,
That might:notAeld another drop Of gall;
Or irr his deepest sorrow laid his head upon
pillow, :'+.~T's2.' o.
Set % close with thorns that might not held
another prickle STILL .-... ..
Oh! innocent, ignorant Pollok, how
little you knew Of staging in Minnesota {!
At Reads Landing, took Steamer Oce-
an Wave for La Crosse, where ve arrived
ten minutes 100 late for cars for Milwau-
kee, and were therefore compelled to r.
main there day and night. Happy ar
rangement this between La Crosse tavern
keepers and steamboats,.
Leaving La Crosse Tuesday, the 9Th
inst, at q o'clock A. NJ, travelling BY
railway VIZ Milwaukee, Chicago, l.aay-
cite and Louisville, reached this city
yesterday at 81 o'clock P. NJ. -
Travelling almost directly South from
Chicago, I was struck with the different
appearance Of vegetation, "a each morning
nfolds more Southern view. Leaving
the lakes frozen in Minnesota on Sunday
last, I am to-day Friday surrounded with
green grass, f.ll-blown fruit trees every
sort, while the forest trees are some leaved,
others budding, and all showing evidences
Of Springs green garments. The gardens
are looking ready to yield their products
to the table. To-day 1 had for dinner lct-
tuce, new onions and early vegetables of
this sort, ! learn green peas are plenty
in the market, but have not seen them.
Floral offerings are passing in abundance
among the young folks. The wheat is
almost entirely destroyed through the
country oats are looking we'll: ! motto
ed = few fields Of corn up, tn~ugh the
most Of tits just being planted. .,"....&. >
Nashville rs improving rapidly; the
population is now Estimated At forty thou
sand. Of al the mean, dirty, filth, mis-
cradle hotels ON Gods green earth, you.
car tiud then, in this city. Il Watab hotels