St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-03-06
From the "smoky City,

be.rin 3 date of the 22d ult. we2hop.
our friend Win pardon the liberty The
first itemis concerning the celebration d
Washington i birthday - E<ss%s%
"This day and evening is to be oelebra.
ted here in grand style. As Allegheny
county has been in politics, 80 she is in
war, turning out her tens Of thousands
Many hearths have already been 1osolated
and still others 60 10 fill the ranks and
when such glorious marching on as our
'mudsills and greasy mechanics are DO.
ing in the Southwest recently, it warns
up the blood of the people to fever heat,
and results in general display Of 'rejoic:
inys on Washington's birthday. Some
opposition has been made to using money
in this way, preferriag to give it to the
needy families. But the expenses will be
mostly met by those who arc able to do
both literally and think it is laudable
jubilee. The big guns are booming loud
and fast, making the buildings tremble.
To night the city will BE- in a .tlaze of
light in honor Of George Washington and
Fl. Donelson."
Here is an item about the big mortars
cast at Pittsburg: ..... 49,.
"That our forces still mean work down
there, is evident from the fact that the big
$4,000 pound mortars and shells are being
shipped for Cairo as fast as possible
You can only imagine what nice things
they are to handle. Nine tons in mass,
only four or five feet in length. breadth
and height. No thief Of lesser Dimensions
than Floyd would be likely to run away
with one of them" ...
We most devoutly hope the following
with regard to COL Miller may prove cor
rect, and our correspondent occupies po-
sition such as to give much weight to his
opinion on this subject .,.iI
~ think you will see Col. Miller before
many weeks passes. He thinks his health
will not improve permanently without
again breathing the pure air of Minnesota.
I am sorry circumstances have kept him
from the field. l believe there was no
officer in the army rising more rapidly TO-
distinction than he was at the time he was
Frustrated by disease. All he requires is
health and opportunity to make his mark as
a military leader. But that monster more
to be feared in armies than all other cne-
misunderstanding checked many patri-
OTIS career" g.: -,
"a Ward" has been favoring the deni-
zens Of the "Smoky City, ":.'
"In the midst of all this clashing Of
arms and blood stirring times, the folks
will have fun, and to get 1t IN the most
condensed form, the Pittsburgers brought
before them the veritabie a. Ward.'--
Don't you wish you had been me for an
hour, and been here to hear and see him
in his 'forteT l dare not venture to tell
you of his sparkles, for the whole lecture
was side-splitting and everybody came out
of the hall year younger than he thought
he was, present company excepted l
ought to say. He is gushing over with fun
and for the sum of twenty five cents he is
perfectly willing to letter gush.' " ..
Here is bit of ''romance in real life"
decidedly rich. As the facts have not
been given in the press of that city, and
on account Of the high social position Of
the parties, We give only initials and those
fictitious: s'
"And now I must tell you of an affair
of the heart that is decidedly tragical. 1t
is kept from the newspapers, though it is
the gossip from lip to lip all about here.
x. y, merchant, you may know has been
devotedly, and for some months constant
ly, attentive to Miss L. R., and it was no
secret that an engagement signed, sealed
and delivered had passed between. Thus
far the course of true love was all smooth,
but here comes in the tragical part. Miss
r. came to the city on Tuesday evening
to attend lecture. Another adnirer &C.
companied her, and from the fact that x.
Y. was at the cars to meet her. it may be
inferred that the arrangement yrs mutual
The upshot of the affair, however, ended
in K. Y: going right off to his store and