St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-08

"A RuFrIAx U. 8. ORION. -We find
in tho New York Poet, tho aAidsviis CIV.
G.. Noyes, Lewis Tappan, and Vim. Bur
ney, the two former eminent citizens hav-
ing national reputation for honor and
probity, and the latter = grandson sof Mr..
Tappin, from which it Appears tha shout
q week ago, Mr.. Tsppan, accompanied by
his grandson, = law student in the Office Of
Mr.. Noyes, called at the cfice of Marshal
Rynders, for the purpose Of making some
inquiries concerning the three African boys
lately taken from an abandoned SLAYER,
brought into that port, and sent for safe
keeping to Eldridge street jail. j He
wished to ascertain if there was any OBJ
lection on the part of the Government to
han ding them over to the Colored Orphan
Asylum, there to be educated. .H
The Marshal replied to his inquiries
with great rudeness, and soon broke out
into volleys of protane abuse: When, f.
nally, Mr.. Tappan turned to leave, this
d;gni6ed and decorous officer of justice
rushed towards him, shook his fists in his
face, and drew back as if about to strike
him; when the grandson interposed him.
self, exclaiming, ''You must not strike nv
grandfather Thereupon the Marshal
seized the young man, aud one of the As.
sistant- NJ arsha]s, of whom there were a
number present, caught him by the hair
of his head and dragged him across the
room, when the Marshal came up, and
fun'bling in his pocket as if for knife,
threatened to cut his ears of. M. rap
pan on moving towards his grandson, was
seized ED hustled out of the Office !; but
the young man was not suffered to depart
till he had been subjected to further
threats and ribaldry.
ADvERTIs1Na.-The New York Herald
Of Sept. IL, contained 1851 advertise
ments: The editor, in remarks naturally
jubilant on the occasion, says no portion of
the journal is ode ad matter" for "even the
advertising columns, which many suppose
to be dull and tedious, are full Of life and
interest" Unquestionably this is So
The eye cannot glance over the so.called
reading columns Of a newspaper without
making the mind aware Of the contents of
the parallel advertising columns for the
sight Of the name and business of an ad-
vertiser conveys information and hence
when an article is subsequently wanted, the
mind rcverts to the source of its first i'm
preston, and if the advertisement be still
there, inquiry is sure to be instituted and
an order is apt to follow. And although
it is sometimes difficult for advertisers to
trace orders for work directly to an ad-
vertisement in newspaper (for the sufic.
lent reason that a person wanting thing
rarely mentions that he saw in an adverti-
sement where it might be Obtained still
the difference in the measure of success
between two firms or individuals, whereof
one advertises and the other does not-all
other considerations being equal-has been
too often illustrated in actual experience,
to leave room for dissenting opinion.
D0r An amusing incident combined
with serious explosion occurred at the
Western railroad engine house, in this
city, early Monday morning. One of the
engineers had .:wickedly purloined an oil
barrel, which he intended purifying and
filling with cider; but how to get the thing
free from the taste and smell of oil was q
job as difficult as getting the cask itself: !
He took the advice of friend, however,
and filed it with unslacked lime and wa
ter, which ingredients formed an immedi-
ate and powerful gas, causing the barrel
to explode and throwing the enormous en-
glneer some twenty feet in the air and
landing him astride of locomotive smoke
stack, with a hoop in each hand. here
was sad dilemma. His engine was Gov.
cred with lime, oil and dirty water, and
must be ready for the days trip within an
hour; he himself was besmeared wit h the
liquid and lastly his cider barrel was only
fit tor kindling wood. The two latter diff
fculties, however, wero Of necessity over
looked, and the engine was only cleaned in
season for its early journey by liberal ap-
plication of financial soap, and a judi cious
use Of the remaining hour Springfield