St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-05-23

tSl0 OcCccSlVu TOllSplIAtOIos tlsO 10 OAc AuSSI
infamous. The bonds in question are a
portion Of one Of tho Indian Trust fluids,
and were placed in custody Of the Collec-
tor at Nashville by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, for convenience in collecting the
interest. Thus the 'hig h-toned, ohival-
rous sons Of the South have gone from
bad to worse, until they have descended
to the intamy Of GODDARD, Bailey aud Floyd
their illustrious exemplars in stealing the
Trust Funds Of the poor diaEs.-Phila:
Inquirer. ..'-,.. 49,, 49,.
Fortifyins ths, mississippi.
A gentleman who came up the Missis-
sippi River last week states that the town
Of Randolph, Tenn is being fortified
This town lies just at tile bottom of curve
IN the river, and completely commands it
for three miles UP, us between the two
bends there is neither ISLAM, nor any 9th.
er obstruction. They had, seven brass
6-poundcss pointing up the stream, and
were bringing battery from Fort Hudson,
near Baton Rouge. Two 42-pounders
were taken up on the boat which brought
him, and five more were to come from l}a-
ton Rouge. They will completely COM
mand the river. This is considered the
strongest stragetical point below Cairo
There were about 800 troops at this place
last Sstursay They were shouting For
Cairo" and expected to move on, in q
short time and rendezvous with Kentucki-
ans to attack the city, which they appear
el to count upon as doomed. The river
had fallen four feet at the mouth of the
Ohio, and there was 10 danger that the
water could be let in through the levces
to food Cairo; indeed, there was no dau-
ger at high water, as the banks were efic-
iently guarded.
1t is known that on this river it is Gus
tomary to use whart-boats at the landing
Our informant observed that at Napoleon,
Arkansas, at each Of the four doors of the
wharf boat was brass piece, while in the
stream was kept All armed boat, to over.
haul whatever craft they. chosc.-M 2
Tribune. .:,.H .':.'
TERRIBLE AFFA1R.-A terrible tragedy
occurred in Marietta, Ohio, on last We'd
nesday night, resulting in the probable
death of two respectable citizens Of that
place, and the sel+.destruction Of desper..
ado named Mcbride. 1t appears that Nc
Bride was arrested on a charge of arson
for burning the saw-mill owned by Mr..
Cram, Of Marietta. Subsequently. to his
arrest, he agreed to pay Ave hundred dol
lars to a lawyer named Green, provided the
lawyer woull obtain his acqnittal. bu-
ring the trial Mr.. Green labored assiduously
for the benefit Of his client, and had the
pleasure of procuring his release. 1t seems
that Mcbride refused to pay the lawyers
fee after he was released from the clutches
of the law, and on Wednesday last portion
Of his property was being sold to satisfy
the claim. 49,
During the evening Green had occasion
to pass ljcBride's house, when the latter
discharged gun heavily loaded with buck
shot, wounding Green, it is feared fatally.
When the authorities attempted TO arrest
the would-be murderer, he boldly ANNOUNCE
ed that he was armed with three reviewers
and a gun, and would kill any man that
attempted his arrest. He said that he
had powder enough to blow up the dwell
ing, and would do so if they did not dcsiyt.
Orders we're given to capture him dead or
alive, when he fred again and wounded a
man named Lewis dangerously if not fatal
ly. The desperate then closed the last
act Of the dreadful drama by shooting
himself dead with a revolver - Wheeling
htell'gencer.
ANOTHER REGIMENT ERoM M1NNEs0-
TA.-We understand that requisition
was received yesterday by the Governor
for another regiment OF volunteers, for three
years or during the war. Tn ,se compa-
nies which we're too late for the first regi-
ment will now have an opportunity for
forming the second, as soon as their ranks
are filed, and the Governor is officially
notified of the fact-Ptoneer. .s-r
No None TRoops FROM MINNESOTA.
We learn that dispatch was received
yesterday from Washington that no more
troops would at present be required from
Minnesota. The statement published yes
terda that another regiment was called for
was misunderstanding of the acceptance
Of the First Regiment for three years ser-
vice.-P;oneer, 18th. = !
Child DRowNED.-A little son of Mr.. |
Theodore A. Barkman, residing few
miles north Of this place, was drowned in
. small stream pear his home, on Wednes-
day last. The child was three or four
years old. The father was confined to his
bed by sickness at the time, and the little
boy wandered away and was found dead
in the stream some two hours after he was|
missed -Mantorv;Ae Ezprees, 18th. 's@''