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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06
Fort ABERCROMBIE,
Nav oath, 1861.

DEAR DEMoCRAr.-The arrival of the
mail at this place is always an event of no
little importance, inasmuch as it occurs
but once week, and the accumulated
news Of whole week is certain to contain
more or less intelligence of interest. AS
soldiers have plenty of leisure to read,
they are generally good patrons Of the
press; ut this post we receive newspapers
and magazines from all parts of the coun-
try. For the latest news We rely upon
the papers Of Minnesota. We receive all
the St: Paul papers, and to the daily Piio-
neer there are at least half.a-dozen subscri-
bers. The St. Cloud DEMOCRAT is also a
regular and welcome visitor.
Fort Abercrombie is a pleasant and a
very healthy post, and when finished will
be very comfortable place for the troops
who are so fortunate as to be stationed
here. But its beauties are not for our en-
joyment. Our services are required at the
seat Of war and as soon as we are relei-
we'd by the Minnesota Volunteers we shall
leave for Pittsburg. where the whole Reg
imcnt cd Infantry will concentrate.
Among the passengers by the last stage
were Mr.. J. G. Burbank, of St. Paul,
Capt. Kennedy and lady, e.. route to Fort
Garry, and Mr.. Alcott, Deputy Paymaster
Of this department, by whom the troops
at this post were paid off yesterday.
Two officers Of the companies at this
post who offered their designations some
time since, have had their names stricken
from the roll of the army. The work Of
building is stopped, and the men are being
drilled and prepared for a campaign Of
active duty. MILES.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06
Fruit,

Apple and cherry trees in Hastings
have blossomed and promised fruit. awe
have faith like grain Of mustard seed,
that We shall yet have fruit in abundance
in this Stat" -Hastings Independent.
"Faith like grain of mustard seed!'
You poor forsaken inidel-left, thus car
ly to blindness Of mind and hardness of
heart We pity you and would recon-
mend your case to the prayers Of all chris
tians. OF course there will be fruit in
abundance in this State. We kno,o it,
and have known it all the time; and VIM.
Smith, scientific horticulturalist of long
experience who is now establishing nur-
sery near Minneapolis, agrees with us that
cit is a sin to doubt it," But it is no
wonder many are discouraged. Trees by
thousands have been brought here from
the low, fiat, heavy lands and damp. atmos-
phere CT Illinois Some Of them have
struggled hard for life, but one after
another have succumbed to the change and
died. So with trees brought from near
the sea coast They will not bear our dry
atmosphere; and even the seedlings rails
ed from fruit in such localities will
generally fail. We want the seeds of fruit
grown far back in Canada, where they
have "fruit in abundance" north of US,
and did not get it until after many fail
ures and much experiment. But the fact
that apple trees and peach trees have
borne fruit here is indisputablc evidence
for what ''has been done, can be donc."-
There is an apple tree on Cannon River,
we have forgotten the name of the propri-
etor, which has borne every gear for the
five past years. From this tree Mr.. Smith
has put down two hundred slips; and in
tends propagating from these and grating
until we have an abundance of Minnesota
apples of new varieties. Why should we
not have "fruit in abundance" here, where
the crab apple, cherry, plum, currant and
all manner Of berries grow wild?
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06
Correspondence.
HOME FARM, May Goth, 1861

HOME FARM, May 10Th. 1861.
MY DEAR MRS. Sw1ssHELM IL hope
your May number of the Atlantic Month
ly has reached St. Cloud, not because you
will find "Agness of Sorrento a rare
treat, bringing Italian skies to our wintry
cline; not because you will find "Pink
and Blue" charming as the colors named,
and as refreshing as an ice cream in July !;
but because I was charmed with crest
and Notion" as most babies are apt to be.
Rest, what dear, delightful word, sweet
eft of nouns found in our mother tongue,
it whispers so softly of hours of dreamy,
delicious languor, when body and soul re-
fresh themselves together. I remember
that in my overtaxed childhood, that little
word rest, to me, meant heaven and when
life's heavier burdens are borne, and our
little measure of strength fails us, how apt
we all are to think of rest yes, sometimes,
thankfully Of the calm quiet, and resting
of the grave but when the heart grows
weary with its ceaseless aching, what
sound SO sweet as "There the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary are at
rest" But why all this pain and weari-
ness, this needless wear and tear of the
human machinery? Why broken consti-
tutions, and breaking hearts? Having
perfect faith in the wisdom of the Crea-
tor, we look for some local, earthly cause
to account for the failure, which cause in
our present low state of mental science, it
seems quite impossible to discover. True,
there are ten thousand nostrums; prescribed,
while. some men yet wiser, find blessing
in our ills, wisely judging that if it "were
not for disease, infanticide would be as
common here as in China" This one lit
tie sentence, at once, and forever, destroys
all the Professors theory of under-civiliza-
ton. I think that at present but little is
known of the real structure of the human
mind, and the fixed laws that govern it,
Tho many years have elapsed since New
ton watched the falling apple, no philoso-
pher has eluoidated the simple unitary
law that governs mind. I dare not trust
myself to write of Crest and Notion" Sec
ing I have not learned to rest-you might
grow weary Of the motto" of my old pen
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06
State News.

Gov. RAMsEY.-The st. Paul Press in
noticing the return of our Commander.in-
Chief from Washington says: "After an
absence Of four weeks, mostly passed at
Washington, the Governor of Minnesota
has returned to St. Paul. He has been
assiduous and successful in his arrange
ments with the War Department in be-
half of the First Minnesota Regiment, as
will fully appear hereafter"
MINNESOTA AND PACIFIC r. R.-The
Pioneer Of the Goth ult. says: Photograph,
ic dispatches were received in this city
yesterday from Edmund Rice, President
of the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Co.,
dated at Philadelphia, stating that work
would be Immediately commenced on this
road"
The prospect for wheat the present
season IL better, if anything, than last year.
The chill weather which has characterized
our Spring has had the effect to spread the
crop out thick over the fields, to strength
en- tho root, and furnish the base for an
abundant growth. The area of soil sown
in Olmsted county the present; season, is
at least one-third greater than heretofore.
The same account reaches us from all
quarters Of the State, and the indications
are that, bountiful as was last years crop,
the yield of the present year will eclipse
it by at least one third.-Rochester Post.
There has been a goodly display of
emigrant teams vending their way through
town during the past week, on their way
to homes in Minnesota. 1t is doubtless
the vanguard of small army: who are
making up their minds that Minnesota is
the place to emigrate to. We bid them
welcome.-l5id.
| IMM1aRANTs.-A large party of Nor
wegians landed at this point Wednesday.
They were direct from their native land,
and are to locate in the very 'fourishing
Norwegian settlement in this county. We
understand that this is but the vanguard
Of large body that are to emigrate hith-
er during the present season.-Red Wing
Republican,.
LMldhAI1ON." EmgIdnC beamS pass
through town nearly every day. We no
ticed four teams last evening with families,
furniture, farming implements, stock, &C.,
on their way to Sank Valley.-Anoka
Republican.
The Steamer Enterprise left this port
for St. Cloud on Tuesday night at IL
o'clock and returaed yesterday at o'clock
P: M:-making the trip in thirty nine hours.
She brought down 1900 sacks of wheat
This is bringing down grain with rush.
Aathony Ne,cs.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06
Rattlesnakes and Gophers.

The Wabashaw County Herald has an
account of hunt in which was killed
"striped Gophers, 3649; Gray Gophers,
1922; Pocket Gophers, 200; and eleven
Rattlesnakes."
Quite nice little lot of Gophers. By
the way, would not the skins of these lit
tie creatures be valuable. The fur is soft
as silk. But the rattlcsnakes take us by
surprise, as it is thought in this part Of
Minnesota that there are no venemous
snakes in this State. We have heard of
none being seen here except the blow
snake and its existence is thought doubt
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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06

DIR: Symth, a prominent scholar Of
South Carolina, inquiries in pamphlet,
"What is the difficulty and what the rem
edyY Not in the election of Republican
Presidents. No. Not in the non.execu-
ton of the Fugitive Bill. No. But it
lies back of all these. It is found in tina
Atheistic Red Republican doctrine Of the
Declaration Of Independence! Until
that is tran:plsd ~nder foot, there can be
no peace % =
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06

Gov. Ramsey ordered the several State
departments to be closed for tho day, and
the flag at the Capitol lowered to half
mast in honor Of Senator Douglas.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06

Mrs. Allen, the ambrotypist, had a tea
party and invited us to stay at home. We
have great notion not to let her take our
picture again, even if her ambrotypes are
the best taken in the State; and we never
saw better any place, but her tea isn't
worth q cent.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06
Negroes in this War and South
e1n Meanness.

We copy elsewhere several extracts from
Southern papers showing the estimate the
Southern powers place upon the coopera-
ton of colored men. That from the
Southern Confederation should bring the
blush Of shame to the cheek of any white
American. These men whose fathers
stood shoulder to shoulder with our faith
ers in fighting the battles of our common
country, have been prescribed, driven
from their homes, subjected to fines and
imprisonments, sold into perpetual slavery
aad denied all the rights of manhood, I'M
der the government for whose establish
ment and defence they gallantly fought
1t IL no wonder that Northern Governors
refuse the aid OF colored troops now
Their refusal shows a lingering sense of
justice. The North in the war has no
thought Of justice to the colored man :;
and so would omit the superlative injus:
tice Of permitting them to win victories in
whose fruits they are~to have no lot or
part. The South is troubled with no such
scruples. She can be very compliments
~, sycophantic, to to the black man when
she needs his aid, and feel no sense Of
shame in turning around, the moment the
danger is past, and demanding his money
or his life. It Is not two years since
these colored men of New Orleans were
required by the law Of Louisiana to leave
their native State on pain of being sold
into perpetual bondage. Now their pa
triotism is appealed to to defend their
father land! That they will do so we
have not doubt.
Their local and personal attachments are
very strong; and, as a people, they are
very forgctful of injuries. They are not a
far-seeing and philosophical race, and the
far off benefits Of triumph Of the Federal
Government are not likely to impress them
selves favorably upon their minds. The
North does not profess or intend any ben
eft to them; and they are not likely to
think deeply Of the general benefit of tho
march Of civilization. We have no doubt
New Orleans would find many Of her most
gallant defenders in the ranks of her COL
sssd men, whom her tyrant law makers
have 10 lately stirven to expel from her
I'll.
This article which We copy from the
Confederation wa, it will be noticed, pub
lished inHsotgomsry days after the sale
of tho ftss ceiored sailors of the Star of
the West. What comment on he un-
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06

VANITY FAIR denominates the rulers
of the Southern Coufederacy-The dy-
nasty of the Seizers.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06

What has become Of our Atlant;c p
Havn''t seen it 81 nee April! Shall moi
live long without it, shall haunt Ticknor.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-06

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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

BRUTAL MURDER AT -ALMONT.-FOr the second
time in two weeks the citizens of this county
have been startled by murder committed in
their midst. This time the scene of the terri
BILE tragedy is about two miles northeast of Al
mont. aud the name of the family, like that Of
tho man who murdered his wife, which we re-
corded week before last. is Bates, though We
believe they are not relatives.
Ii appears that for a long time hard feelings
bad existed between the two brothers, Truman
and Goodwin. and on Sunday the goth ult.,
they had a quarrel. We have not heard that
anything occurred between them of quarrel
some nature afterward, though it is natural to
suppose that there did. On Thursday last they
ate dinner together at the house of their father,
and about 8 o'clock in the afternoon the muir
dered man was in the house talking with his
mother. walking. during the time, from one
side of the room TO the other past an open door.
In the meantime Goodwin had stationed him.
self on the outside of the house with a rife,
near the door which his brother was passing
and as he came near fired. the ball hitting him
in the lett shoulder. and passing through bis
body. Truman reeled and fell to the floor
saying. - l am u dead man." when his brother
rushed into the house and placing pistol at
the back of his head fired, exclaming: I'll
stop your id bawling"
Truman, the murdered man. was married las,
July. and was hard-wOrking industriou:
fellow. while. on the contrary, Goodwin is sin
gle and disinclined to labor, and the latter j:
said 10 have been the cause Of much Of theil
trouble. The murderer is in Jail at this place
awaiting trial. He is about twenty two years
of age. and his brother was a few years older
Upper Ropubli.un, October Z.
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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16
BIGorRY DEFEATING ITSELF. VIII

BlGorRY DEFEATING ITSELF. - When
the persons charged with being engaged in the
hanging affair in Bunker Hill we're arrested,
those who undertook the labor Of bringing the
offenders to justice were solicited to send for the
Prosecuting Attorney, or his Deputyl~ho resides
1t Mason, but refused to do so on the ground
that they were Republicans! The individuals
implicated were arrested on a charge Of Assault
and Battery, and the Justice before whom they
were brought, though a good Democrat, was
ignorant enough Of Law to fine them 5000, or in
defauIt thereof, to commit them to the county
jail tor one year. As a Justice Of the Peace
cannot inaict penalty, in case Of Assault and
Battery, Of over 500, or three months impris
on"ent in the county Jail, the Justice in ques
uoo violated the law, and therefore the persons
arrested must be released
This result is on account of assinine'stupidity
ana |" another instance Of bisotry defeating it.
zen. The call Of the Free Press and other pa
Pefs Tor justice to be done in this case, is en-
nreiy unnecessary. Our officers will do thei
duty whenever called upon, showing neither feal
nor favor,
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

BASDAGEs FOR THE BowELLs.-A W ashington
correspondent of the New York Post says tina,
the officers of the Gafibaldi Guard are profiting
by their experience in foreign wars. Every
member Of the regiment now wears bandage
Of Canton Flannel next to the stomach and bow
els In the Crimean, this practice saved thou
sands of men from fatal diarrhe, and dysentery.
1t is proposed that every regiment be similarly
provided against diseases incident to Southern
climate.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

ANNrAL ELECTION OF Hook ARD LAD
DER Co. No. AT the annual election Of Res
cue Hook and Ladder Company No. l, held at
Dodge's Hall, on the 9th inst, the following Off.
GERS we're elected for the ensuing year:
Chas. ii. Harrison, Foreman.
James Johns, Let Assistanf
Charles Cannell, I'd
A. w. Nichols, Secretary.
Chas. s. Hunt, Treasurer.
Thomas Davidson, Stewart.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

MICHIGAN SOLDIERS FALSELY CHARGED-Col.
ID. A. Woodbury., of the Fourth regiment, has
written the following note to the n. Y. Times,
which corrects a statement put forth by one of
the correspondents OF that paper: "ln your
special correspondence of the 29th ult., is a
statement thar the Fourth Michigan men, mis-
taking the Californians for rebels, fred into
them In justice to the members of the Mich.
igsn Fourth who were on duty that night, per-
NIT me 10 make a correction. The pickets OF
the Michigan Fourth extended to the road on
which the California and other regiments we're
passing, and were between the fires of the two
regiments, but knowing that there vas . mistake
being made, used every effort to prevent the
panic stricken soldiers soldiers from firing upon
each other, and did not fire gum.
Truly yours, d. A. WOODBURY.,
Colonel Fourth Michigan Volunteer.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

The OTHER SIDE.-The Jackson Citi-
zen, in speaking of the recent affair in Bunker
Bill, says that Etchels vas a man of strong seces-
sion principles, and that the demonstration
against him arose, not from desire to ipjure
him, but for the purpose of frightening him into
becoming Union man. 1t states also that the
affair itself has been greatly exaggerated.
We are satisfied that Etchels at least laid him.
self fairly liable to the charge of being a seces-
sionist, not only from the tender footedness OF
our contemporary on that subject, but from state
ments of reliable citizens 1t is rare indeed that
there arc not two sides to story.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

EXAMINATIONS N. bingham, a celebrated Physician
Of Utica, N. Y, " have treated of Iniam
nation of the Brain, Infamma,ion Of the Lungs, nam
nation Of tie Bowels and k,dn Inf ammatory Rheu
msusm, Child Bed Fever, with Dr. Trssk's Magnetic
Ointment, With perfect success, when all internal
remedies have sed Also Of Group, Scarlet Fever
Csnker and liberated Threat ami Lungs with like
In the epidemic known the Putiid EysepIas by winch
80 ma0v valuable lives lost, tested frequently
And 1t failed Of eecting speedy aud
In cases of Burns, rams, Bruises Frozen LIMBS Chi
bains, &c il cures like a charm No physician fam
lily Will be a single day without this medic ne, Ter be
coming acquainted with its pOser TO cure"
SORE LIPS, CHAPPED HANDS CHIIBLAINs, are cont
pletely cured by two three applications of the Mag
nstc Ointment.
Read aGvertism emit in this paper. 3m336
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16
LANSING CRY MlLLs.-The farmers of

LANSING CRY MlLLs.-The farmers of
this part Of our country, and the public gener-
ally, will be pleased to learn that the above mill,
owned BY B. E. Hart, 4 Co., has been thorough.
y overhauled and put in perfect state Of repair
BY the addition of new bolts, and every other
improvement that was necessary to make it a
first class Touring mill, capable of manufacturing
an article Of -four, equal to any mill in the State.
We hope the people Of this city will try the -four
from the City AiIls, As they will find it a supe-
rior article to any in the market. We speak
from experience, having tried it, and know that
no better article was ever manufactured. Ian.
sing should feel proud of every improvement
that helps to build up our city, and one such i'm
provement is the City Mills. They should Be
pssronised, and if they continue to make as good
an article Of -four IA We have had from them
they will be patroni=ed. Let every one give
them trial and satisfy themselves.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

FREMoNT's COMMIssIONs.-.The st. Louis
Democrat of Saturday last, says: " We have
full and satisfactory authority for contradicting
the absurd telegram sent over the lines day
or two since to the purport that President Lin
coin declined to recognize the commissions Of
Fremont. The statement was entirely false
The on;mus of the telegrapher from Washing.
ton is becoming disgustingly apparent"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16
ADVERTISEMENT

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midst of that healthy. pure, unadalterated arti-
Gle, D. B. DeLand L Co.'s Chemical Saleratus.
This article We can with confidence recommend
to our patrons to be just the thing which it
claims to be. Get . paper and prove il for
vouraelvea
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

4 NOBLE ExAMPLE-The heroic devotion that
leads such man as Hon. John j. Crittenden,
though nearly eighty years of age, to enlist ia
the ranks as private, is enough to stir the blood
in the heart of an iceberg. Who can contem-
plate such affecting proof of the deep love for
his country, existing in the heart of that ven
cradle patriot, ard not blush for shame at his own
indifference and want of patriotism?
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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16

THIRD WARD ELECTION The first APP
pointment for special election in the Third
Ward having fallen through an account of lille
pality, Saturday of this week has been designa-
ted for that purpose. See announcement IN
another column.