St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-05-16
WAR ITEMS.


Anderson remarked in Substance to a gen.
tleman, as they watched the MASSACHUSETTS
Eigth regiment on its march up Broadway
that fine looking as the New York Seventh
were, he had rather attack them :than the
Massachusetts Eigth. There WAS that in
the determined air Of the. latter, which
showed they would prove: formidable op-
p6nents. 5'''2' + - ii H>.-'''''''' III
The NurMEEa sr:AArE.-Mr.* jas: Jeur-
nings, of Preston, Conn, has sent one son
in, the Buckingham: Rifles, telling him at
parting: NDo your duty, my son ;lif fyos
fall your brother shall take your plaece, pll.aec and
after him I shall 60 myself" ~. :>,.,,..,,
"A GR1TTY CoNaREaAr1oH. .-- The Rev,
Dr.. Balch while officiating in his churth
recently at Newport, r: l., omitted the
prayer for the President 'of the United s:
He was escorted out Of the church by the
congregation, who without delay hoisted
over the sacred building the American fagg. e. g.
;, JnA1ogs:-It is said, Bogus President
JEFF. Davis, is jealous Of the laurels won
bSyI General Beauregard at Sumter, and that
the twain are not; on the best Of terms -
Naither of them need borrow trouble aS to
the future, on each others account. g ulti-
mately they will both get their deserts
Davis probably dangling from the highest
gallows, in consideration Of his being Che
biggest rascal. .:,~-~.i i, I t'iff il !!
The New V1Ra1N1A.-The Secession:
lists, it is said, Of Richmonda celebrated the
passageof the Secession ordinance By pla-
cinga negro a.tride of the statue Of Wash
tngton IN the Capitol; as type Of the new
order of things. A more appropriate en-
blem could not have been devised. "a
negro astridc the statue Of Washington y
exactly expresses modern Viilrssiniia. :
j, NICE SENSE OF HoNoR.--CoL Luttrell,
Of Georgia, having been challenged by his
own father, declined to, combat--not: on
any ground of ilial connection, but because
as he said, his father was sno gentleman.
GooD.-Whilc the Mass. boys were
stopping at the Continental Hotel Phila
en- route for Washington, a bystander asked
one of them how they like the idea Of the
Confederate flag waving over Old Faneuil
Hail, as threatenedby secessionist t;Mont
gomery?, He replied, "Let them come on
and try it-,ee'N send then. back to Met,
friends IN the shape Of BONE BUTTONS" j."
The BA1rlMoRE MAssAcRE.-Thc fray al
Baltimore, where the discharged shoetnakers
from Massachusetts displayed 30 much heroism
took place on the anniyersaryo of the Lexington
fight. Thi, coincidence excite> d great many
lively comments from Yankee, soothsayers.-
SThs abovc rs sneer s as Is Is th tshocmakeirs, ), is
chiinently characteristic Of the T. +: V::'s
We doubt if they could7"toe the mark" as
brayely as the Massachusetts boys khave
done, Remember, Bladonsburg,!fo V :,,:
MANY sneers have been leve'ed at the
Republicans in different. sections of the
country. and the: query has often been
raised whether they would be as willing to
do battle for the country as to talk
PLYMOUTH church is composed tlargely Of
Republicans, and we find in one Of the
| New. York papers, that over one, hundred
members OF Plymouth Church and congre,
cation have enlisted for the war. A mem
Der Of the church has engaged Is furnish
every one going from the Church with a
revolver, up to the number Of 200. The
church will make ample provision for the
outfit of its members. We also find that
Rev. H: W, Beecher's eldest son, and !
prospective SOM -in-law, have both enlisted:
-Gtica IN. " 3e1sygroph, Neutral. .., .,,n
Fort McHENRY.-The commander Of
this important stronghold evidently knows
aud Will not shrink from performing his
whole duty. Observing that batteries
were being erected by the Baltimorcans in
a position attacking the Fort, he is said to
have senta'shot whistlingt through! the air
above. the shovels! and guns Of the3trattors:
Presently aodeputatiouI Of, insulted, indig-
| nant and Iotfendod, ,Baltitaoreansv arrived at
the Fort and demanded to know whataha
meant by firing at or near thsn. The