St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-05-02
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Patriotism IN NEW YoRK.-The ven
erable Peter Cooper says he is too old to
fight, but he has some money, which the
Government can have every dollar Of; if it
is needed. >''..* -'E"' ''s...., 81.
GooD.-Mr. Dean Peabody, Of Lynn,
presented the Light Infantry Of that place
with $400, and to each officer he gave
silver mounted revolver. .:.r l., ~ jgv
g A NOBLE PLEDak ak-The Vice-Presi.
dent Of the Atlantic yInsnrasce Company,
Mr.. Charles Dennis, has made an indiyid-
ual demonstration which does credit to his
patri >tism: One of the Clerks, Mr.. Jo-
s.cph FL. Chapman, who is member Of the
Seventh, has wife and child, and Mr..
pennis has pledged himself that in case
Mr.. Chapman should fall in the defense of
lis country, to provide an annuity ofSl 900
for his widow or orphan IN. Y. Pyst.
Secession AT CAMBRIDGE, MD.-On
Saturday, man G: J. Smith, formerly an
actor in the Atheneum, in this city, made
an attempt in Cambridge city, to raise
company, Of men for the Southern army.
The citizens got after him and compelled
him to "secedc" in double quick time-to
leave Cambridge in greater hurry than he
ever did a place before.
CAN'T Go TuERE.-A Natch~z paper,
in recommending a well-known hotel in
New York, says, cit is emphatically
gentlcmans hotel" As gen'lemen are
generally considered to be honorable men
we presume male bipeds from the Confed-
crate States will not patronize it.
SEcEss1oN1srs DRIVEN Our.-Last
Monday, i'll Upton, Ind, two men were as
certained to be guilty Of raising Seces-
sion Gag on the Cour; House the previous
night, when they were compelled to leave
town at once, although residents Of the
place. ..-..
No TRAIToRs IN IND1ANA.-Hancock
county is the Democratic stronghold Of the
Sixth District; a meeting was held few
days since, when, among others, the fol-
lowing reslution was unanimously adop-
ted:
Resolved, That as Democrats and patri-
OTIS, we will vie with our political opponents
Of other parties III our devotion to the
Union, and in our support Of the lawfully
constituted authoritics Of the Government,
in the faithful execution oe their duties.
Hon. Henry Winter Davis has offered
himself as a candidate for Congress in the
4th Maryland Congressional district upon
the basis of unconditional maintenance
Of the Union
Ex President Pierco made speech at
Concord, on the 2sd, declaring it to be
the duty of every man, to support the flag
apd the Constitution of our country, during
the present emergency.
CAss1Us NJ. Clay, Minister to Russia,
has offered his services to the Secretary of
War. Mr.. Cameron said to him, e'Sir,
this is the first instance in history that ev-
er [ heard Of where foreign Minister VOL
unteered to serve in the ranks" "Then,"
said Clay, "let's make little history
A company Of 100 volunteers was speedily
raised and put under Clays command
Mr.. Clay has got up a company at the
Capitol, representing almost every State in
the Union ~
The New York World estimates that
more than one h,sndreo millions of dollars
have been rendered to the United States
Government for its support in the present
emergency. This single fact will ststrike
more terror to the soul of jeff than a
thousand guns, or tens of thousands Of
men. 1t shows on which side the capital
Of the country arrays itself. 1870.
MIR. ROGER A. PRIoR, of. Virginia,
while in Fort Sumter before the evacuation
saw in the surgeons room decanter which
he supposed contained brandy, and from
which he chivalrously imbibed. The de-
canter contained iodine of potash, and the
surgeon Was obliged to give Mr. Pryor a
counter irritant to save his valuable life.
FLETCHER WEBSTER, son Of Daniel
Webster, who has jnst been removed from
office by Mr.. Lincoln, has raised regiment
in Boston and rendered it to the President.
ARCHBISHOP HuGHEs has suspended
the stars and stripes from his residence in
New York. p. :.
A. SOUTH Caroline paper threatens DR..
Holmes, of the Farmer, with a coat of tar
and feathers. He gives the following
capital turn to the threat: d:
Sand the feathers, too! What should
We do with such, ':toggery" on our body :?
We might do to sit on goose eggs, and
hatch South Carolina St atesanen, but it
wouldn't pay" ..'': ~ y 49, '."'' . .
f.. ~, It it said Of Colonel Ethan Allen
that he once attended church whe1e a
minister; made an estimate, the result OF
which was that out Of the whole human
race not more chan one in 1000 would be