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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-06
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-06

ANGELIC Save CATCuxa.'-Ip Gen
esls, terty sixth chapter and ninth verse,
we read -
And the Angel of the Lord said-re-
turn to thy mistress and submit to her
bonds = Chicago Times.
Ay, Yes, Abraham, Hagar's master,
was loyal mGn, pnd believed in the zen.
forcement of the laws. The book of
Exodus on the other hand. tells US that
Moses, the ser want Of the Lord, abducted
over 6,000, 90 slaves from an obdurate
and sLif-neck ed old rebel named Pharaoh
after he had polluted him with frogs, bit
hlu with eermin. stung him with flies,
covered him with boils, and pelted him
with naIi stones, and when the old seces-
sionist tried to chase them, the Lord
opened the Red Sea and told them TO
skedaddle.-[ Nashville Union.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-06

ky The families of Generals McClel-
Ian and Burnside are both with them,
and all reside together in one farmhouse,
near the headquarters Of the latter, Is
pecially as large portion Of the army is
nov massed in the nsighborhood They
are II tbs house Of Mr.. George YssntaJ.
When march will take placs il still :
matter Of uncertainty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-06
Important Circular from the stale
Department.

FRAss MAYrlELp.
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JOHN sTAsyus

EuFF wv OF Tue Fort.
Custom House Office, Keokuk Aug 90 62-anyqe A
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
Pennsylvania Railway

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
have just effected lease of the Fast Brr;a.n,i:
dywinc & Waynesbury Railroad FOR peri.
cd of five years The road extends iirom
Downington to Wayncsburg in Chester
county, seventeen and half miles. The
terms Of the lease secure the application Of
the net earnings to the pay nent OF the in-
terest on the $40, 900 of seven cent
mortgage bonds issued by the Brandywine
Company, first, and the balance to the
stockholders of the latter Company. The
new road tray erses and terminates in a
thlckly settled region, having abundant
resources in agriculture, manufacturing
establishments, vast deposits of iron ore,
numerous water powers, &c., demanding
constantly large supplies of anthracite and
bituminous coal, lime and merchandise,
and there is 10 douut that business will
soon be developed sufficient to pay fair
interest upon the cost of the road, which
was about $4,000 per mile. The compa-
ny still owe about $4,000 en- construction
account, and for lands and right of way
This amount is to he paid out Of cash due
on outstanding installmcnts on common
stock and subscriptions to preferred stock.
The Penn. Cca,l now controls the Pitts,
st. Wayne & Chicago, the Sunblry {: Erie
and the Fast Brandywine and Wayncs-
uur-h. Other tributary lines will }roba-
b]y be taken in and it IS in,iulated in the
lhlladeil'Aia papers that the managers are
ambitious to push for the control Of the
Pacific Railroad itself: The company are
now building immense grain elevators at
Philadel phia, extending their wharvcs, and
laying tlacks to connect with all roads CEN
teriny at Philadelphia. The growth and
expansion Of this corporation within the
past year has been WONDERFUL Chtcngo
K. Il. Gu:ette
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

KFNTUCKY COUNSEL TO THE LcUIs-
VILE JoURNAL.-The Frankfort Com.
m>nucolh says:
",Ihc editor of Ehe Louisville Journal
scer>s to have argued himself into a per-
feet frenzy over the Presidents message,
bu+, so far as we can learn his diatribcs
have had no effect npon any one else:
lie commenced his lectures upon tele-
graphic mistake, but he is so cxorted and
elatcd over his wonderful articles that he
has not time to discover his mistake, and,
probably, if he should discover it, making
the proper correction would be too hui
mila11ng at this time, before tic ink, in
which his denunciations are recorded is
dry. We think he had better 90 ahead
and not stop this side of the con lederate
lines"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
S co. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY g. "l86K3y

duct him to the Queen. settlement, and to
the house of -tbsalom Queen. The man,
although avqwipg, himself good Union
man, refused the offer, stating that he
would be killed 10y his cannibal neighbors
is discovered. He, however gave the Ma
jor a blanket to throw over his shivcr;ng
shoulders, and directed him to the house
Of Queen, for which kind action the Ma
jor desires his name to be suppressed in the
narrative.
The Major plodded on at last reached
the house of Absalom Queen, where he
found Home Guard of twenty-five men,
who had assembled to keep the rebels from
driving off the cattle from the Union set
tlement. Here was the first place he got
anything to eat after making his escape
Queen and ,,elc-sn Of his men accompanied
the Major, and by travelling only at night
went to the Tug Fork OF Big Sandy. cross
ed into keptuckysstopped at the house Of
Roland Sammon until after night, and
then moved down in a boat, reaching the
forks Of the Big Sandy before midnight.
There they found cncampcd Col, La1an
Moore's command, who had just returned
from PrestonLuvy, Ky. The party reach
ed the mouth Of Big Sandy on Sunday at
twelve o'clock, and there was great rcjoc-
ing all along tho Ohio river, firing Of can
non, &c.
Major Wha}ey gave each of Quccn's
men an Eniell ri1le, one thousand ro;,n],
Of ammunition and large lot Of l;l;.c ne
cessaries for tl,rir Devotion u l.iii an,: their
loyalty to the cause OF the Union.
Absalon,, Queen was brace soldier ia
the v;ir of 1912, and is as true and loved
a man as lives. There arc about two hun
drcd Union men in the settlement IN which
tic resides, one hundred OF whom, through
his individual influence have already join
cd Col. leislers Fifth Virginia regiment.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
DITCR AED PROPRIETOn>


y. ~
.u:1'be steamer ''crsiias which passed Care
Race SATURDAY sniight the 2lst, ,bripgs news
Of thcsYudden death of Prince Albert,
consort If Queen Victoria. -
He died on Sunday the: 18th, of gas
tric fever his illness not having been pre-
vicusl ly regarded SIS dangerous. = = -,
LONDON, 49,
The Patrie says it is asserted~"-tl,at :
France and the great powers .fhave been
consulted by Great Britain and have ex-
pressed the'op,nionl that the cuud uct Of
Captain Wilkes was a yioIvtion Of the
rights Of neutrals ..,.,2, 2:4,yt :e-
1t is generally understood that Gen.
Scott returns hons with some sort sf ,,lis- !,
sion from the frerch Government Be-
fore leaving he had long conversation 7
with NJ. Yhouvenal j.. -. -; :,"".1 =
hid cru ption Of Mount Vesuvi,,s con-.
ti:*ues. Houses We're falling in Tere. del.
Greco, and the :illace was in imm diate
danger of destruction BIZ the lava . All
communication between places in the :vi-
cinity Of the mountains we're interrupted ;
earthquakes we're frequent in the bay 'of
Naples. The sea had rcceded 50 metres.
The French transport ship, the Kesour>e
bound to Callao, was wrecked forty miI's
south Of Falparaiso:SS HShe had over six
hundred souls en- board,- only five xix
Of whom were saved. s., :: ;..g :.
There is a report that the steamer },t,-
ropa on her way to Liverpool, stopped at
Fort Warren and took on hoard 'ia.ol
i an
FORT MONROE, Dec. 70. ,.:>
The Hon. Alfred Ely came down from
Norfolk late this afternoon by a fag Of
truce. After a visit to headquarters, he
took passage for Baltimore. ..>"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

AN INSTANCE of Gen. Fremont's noble
candor md magnanimity is mentioned in
his having spoken Of the appointment Of
Gen. llalcci@ to succeed him in the De-
partment OF Missouri, as the best that
could have been made. !: 1t is only men Of
true greatness Of soul who can thus over
look all private griefs and wrongs for the
general good, and who can dojustice to a
rival Or even en- enemy though indeed we
have no reason to know that Gen. Halleck
is an enemy.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
A Strange but true Narrative.

From the Wheeling Intelligencer, Dec. 5th.
Major *. V. Whaley member Of Con-
gress from the Wayne District, of whose
arrest by the jenkins Cavalry at the at
tack on the village Of Guyandotte and sub
sequent escape, mention has teen made,
reached the city yesterday from Ccredo
It would be hard to invent a piece of fie-
ton to surpass in the strangeness Of its
details, Maj. Whalcy's simple but truthful
story of his escape from the rebels. Jen-
kins and Clarkson attacked GuyAndotc
with twelve hundred cavalry, and after cap
turing the place, intended to make an at
tack upon Ccredo, but were deferred by
the approach of the steamer, supposed to
be hurting troops tow haley's rescue. The,
rebels numbered in all fourteen hundred
but two hundred we're left upon the road
to secure the retreat Of the main bod ~
Major w. was taken prisoner in the streets
of Guyandotte, by the notorious Henry
Clay Pate; Of Kansas notoriety, common
ly known as Mud Head who is now Cap
tain in jenkins Cavalry Regiment AS
Maj. Whaley and the balance of the pris-
oners were leaving Guyandoette, in charge
Of the cavalry some twenty secession wo-
men appeared in the streets in their seces-
sion aprons, and INDUCED in ..demonstra-
tions ofrejoicing, although they had pre-
tended to be very friendly to the Federal
troops previous to that time. Some of the
men Of the place, who had been treated
with great kindness by Major Wbaley
and his men, also cxultcd over the capture
and some, it is said, fred from the win
dows Of their houses upon our poor little
besieged garrison. These men ought to
be compelled to take the oath Of allegiance
to the United States Government. They
ought to be sworn. CAS- Artemus Ward
would shy, this is intended to be soureasti-
cal.) :.
When the cavalry reached Barbours-
vile, on Monday morning, Major Whaley
heard the booming of cannon, and knew
that Col. Zeig]er had arrived at Guyan-
dotte from Ceredo. As they passed
through l}arboursville, the Major saw a
large number of Union men tied along the
roadside, who had been captured by the
resident secessionists who were waiting for
the approach of the cavalry. The cavalry
left Guyandotte on Monday morning, and
during that day marched a distance Of
forty miles, without bite of anything to
eat. Many ofthe prisoners tainted, owing
to the inhuman manner in which they
were forced along upon foot, and Major
Whaley begged Jenkins to take them and
himself out in the fields and shoot them
as that would be Infinitely preferable to
the slow torture which they we're compel.
led to endure The prisoners were then
mounted upon horses, and managed to ge,
along without SO much suffering and ia
tigue. During Monday, Jew by the
name of Beckman overlook the cavalry
and informed the commander that Colonel
Zeigler had killed several Of the secession
lists in Guyandotte and fired the town.
This SO enraged the rebels that they rush
ed madly upon Whaley and his men, cry:
ing. "kill the ID abolition scoundre]s;'
and it was only through the exertions Of
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
JEFF DAVIS to Old Abe after the fail

JEFF DAVIS to Old Abe after the fall
OF SUMTER: ~, :.2, Iv.I As+e.. }.o-,,g.-. =
With paixhan, mortar and petard, s$
We tender Old Abe our Beauregard. ~s.s
Old Abe to Jeff Davis after the capture
Of Port Royal: ~....
Your tender lacked powder-pcrhaps you're
in want ...'5 r3t&s
have therefore sent you. the best of Dupont.
Dispatch.
. GENERoUs.-Soon after tie fall of
Sumter, jeff Davis telegraphed the follow
ing couplet ). ." - .:-
With paixhan, mortar and petard,
We tender Old Abe our Beau-regard
No one then exactly appreciated the
point of this well-intendcd joke, but now
1--WE see it, OF course "Jef" alluded
TO Fart Ecuurcgurd, at the entrance Of
Port Royal. which Old Abe accepts with
many hankS-"paixhans, mortars, Pc
tards,' and ALL "2,s'a .:t,s=>.#.z14F z4Js =
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
What the British TOries Saw

The Tory org,us of England are brim-
full of wrath against our Government, and
are intent on provoking war The Lon.
don Herald, the organ of the Derby I'ury
aristocrsey, say If tkcF United States shall
dare to hang any Of Jeff. Davis's pirates;
that 'tsuch an act of alrocity would be fit-
ly punished by the joint Intervention Of
the civilized Powers to suppress the Amcr
ican Core'nmem oz'ogethsr, as a sco"rge
to mankind and disgrace to ci'ri1t%a-
tion.
The Birmingham Post, ano her Tory
sheet, says
We have but 30 stretch out our hand ,to
UPSET the blockade as c1iectually as if the
ships were made of pastcboard, while with
the other hand we would destroy the pct
ty Federal navy, reduce American com
mcrce to nullity, and turn the Northern
seaboard into howling Wilderness"
The London sund.>y Times. the organ
of the fancy men and bruisers, follows up
the compliment i'll this tremendously cncr-
gctic style:
Capt. Wilkes is, unfortunately, but too
faithful type Of the people in whose foul
mission he is engaged. lie is an ideal
Yankee, swaggcr and ferocity, builtup on
{" mountain Of vulSarity and cowardice-
these are his characteristics and those
are the most prominent marks by which
his countrymcn, generally speaking, are
known all over the world. To bully the
weak to triumph over the helpless ; to
trample on every law Of courtesy and Gus
ton wantonIy to vi0late all the more sa-
cred instincts of human nature to defy
as long as danger does not appear; and as
soon as real peril shows itself, to sneak
aside or run away these are the virtues
of the race which presumes to announce
itself as the leader Of civilization and tn,
prophet of human progress in these latter
days. BY Capt. Wilkes let the Yankee
breed be judged
Per contra We are told that the Young
Ireland party have been thrown into hys.
tcrics of joy at the prospects Of war be-
tween England and America. The Dub.
lin Nation says the capture of the Com.
missioners oa board of British steamc,
was an
"Act worthy of the spirit, daring and
dash cf the Americans; it was one to make
Irish hearts jump with JOY" "The news
continues the same organ, "has created
wild excitement and enthusiasm in Dub
lin, and 1t will awaken similar feelings
and sensations throughout the whole coun
try" If the English government resent
the insult, then we are told will come Q
s'great time for Ireland" Then will the
men who are gone with a vengeance prove
vengeful men indeed. Then will the
Irish race in America rush to arms and
bound into the BATTLE" G.. i.
If John Bull makes war on this coun.
try, he will have to fight the whole rish
race at home and abroad-in ireland and
Canada. as we'll as the United States. He
will find some hard nuts to crack before he
has "crumplcd up the Yankee nation like
pasteboard." IT,. -. .,..... Il, =;
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

The hopes of the slaves are concentrate
cd upon the arrival of the Northern army.
The first intimation Of the approach of the
Northern soldiers will induce them to
break through the most stringent guard
ing of the thousand patrolmcn who intest
the plantations, The most willful Of the
slaves desire to hurt no person, hut to gain
their liberty when they think they stand
at it's very threshold, their bound to its
will be terrific.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

Invariably the white man who compose
the rank and file of the rebel arny long
for an opportunity to pass beyond the lines
into the hands of the Union soldiers.
They do almost everything in their mili-
itary routine with degree of hcsitancy
which is very noticeable to the stranger,
aud betray stupidity (assumed, of course)
which perpetuates broils between the Off
GERS and the men. They only need the
opportunity, and they will embrace it.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
From Re-Annexed South Caro-
lima. 49,,

The Boston Transcript has a letter from
Hilton Head, s. c., Goth, from which we
take some interesting statements: {, =: ...
"Iast week, when went out on a scout
ing expedition, / found stuck, in; a nc: 70
cabin. a huge knife, home made, two e=elsa:l
about y or, II inches long: T pasE'd it
out, and asked a'slave who it !belonged 70:
and how it came there he said that Mas:
sa toll Bob (negro 'boy) to come along vid
he--but Bob he no go and cut for de field
to 60 to de Yankec-and Captain JOIN
frowed him knife at he and stuck in do
cabin 1t was imbedded about three ip-
ches in the: house, and the point is bro
KEN. The next day returned 10 camp
by that way, and found that the same mas
ter had been back there, and because a
slave with his wife would not go to tha
main land with him back i1to slavery, he
shot them: both dead in their tracks.
Il found fifty one bales Of the very bcs:
sea island cotton in bales, and rolled one
tale out Of the cotton house and made
four negroes put it on two whccls-wheel-
cd it about one mile to where my boat was
lying with guard put. 1T on the boat
rowed oye: to the steamer Parkersburg,
and had the extreme satisfaction of know
ing [ carried into camp the first object Of
our cncmys lovc--a bale Of cotton. Tho,
same identical bale went on to New York
by the steamer Atlantic. I discovered al
so cotton enough on three different planta-
tiens, piuckcd, but not ginncd, tc make
to speak within bounds-(and ypu know
thst I am no novice in the cotton blsipess)
1000 bales. I also discovered four corn
houses fillea to the ridgepole with fine corn
in the car, and loaded the :farkersburg,
with six hundred bushels. There are at
least 1000 bus1 els of corn in each Of FIVE
different corn houses I have visited, ms-
king ten thousand bushels Of unshelled
corn, on small island between Hilton
Head and the main land. The smain
land must reveal big corn and big cotton
as we'll as dig guns '''-.''''> '.1'-'
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
For the st. Cloud Democrat.
BATTLE SONG. 49, ...
BY NlYRON COLONEY. .

"a BY MYRoN CoLoNEY.
Awake! awake! Columbia's sons,
Brave heirs Of Liberty;
Hark! hear the boom of treason's guns,
Across tho sullen sea-.
Then seize your rifles and your swords,
And let each flag on high
Be stamped with the immortal words,
"WE CoNoUER or VIZ D1E!"
Chorus.-Hurrah! hurrah let Freedom S band
Their sturdy numbers swell,
And boldly march to Dixie's Land
And thrash the traitors we'll.
Put Treason down with iron hand,
Be swift, and strong, and brave,
Teach every rebel in the land
To fear u traitors grave.
Deal sudden blows, nor stay the fight
Till flies from shore to shore
In streams Of telegraphic light,
"King Cott OH is no more! ~
Chorus -lIurrah! &c.
Then rally, boys, on every hand,
Present living wall
Around the alters Of our land,
Prepared to stand or fall.
View overtures Of peace with scorn,
And toadics with disda:n,
Till joyous notes from victory's horn
Proclaim us One again.
ChoyUs-Hurrah &c.
Then hasten from each plain and hill,
With song, and cheer, and shout,
And never cease the strife until
We've cleaned t rascals out.
Come on! come on! eur mighty tread
Shall shake the solid sod,
While streams our motto overhead,
columbia and God!''
Chcrus.-Hurrah SC.
LAKE IDA, Dec. 18th, 1861:
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

FATAL Acc1DENr.-We are panied to
learn that Mr.. Wyatt, who kept the
"Wyatt House." some IL miles this side
of Wiuona, was aocidcntly killed by the
upsettiug of sled loaded with lumber, he
being caught under the load when it went
over, on. the l7th near his place.-CHat-
field Democrat. ss@':} ..>%
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

A New PARrNERsH1p.-The Heroh2
in its best religious manner, eh;s imag-.
ined out a new firm, nndcr sth;s: ,esigna-
ton of "Grce|ey, Raynl,hid, Satan, ana.
Company '%o v4jh. a. a5 ! : Ar.,,ss4 ; 5 81
II We=wrfe not previously aware that the.
$e"'pr ,l2>'itor Of the, Herald eontempla',d i
,n'cr:ps into partnership With Mese::@l
sirtecy, Raymond, and g Y'ty-tt..,.
tiy tair,, t', = 2. -o5 Yz{4 -,E.>x q, r
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

State Treasurer Shelter telcyraphs from
New York that the January interest of
the Minnesota State Debt will be prompt
]y paid at the banking house of Kirkland
& Go. on the first proximo. Mr.. Shelter
left some days since to attend to this mat
ter.-Press, p,
The amount of the interc st is $4,000
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02

DIWe have noticed for the past few
days a number Of strangers about tewn:-
Many of whom, we are pleased to learn,
visit this section for the purpose of huntin z
up locations for themselves and families.
= bid < "1t: - e.'A Yi%44s; i :,
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

INTENSIVE Explorations of Land in this
Il District subject to private entry, and long
experience in Land Office business, give the un-
dersigned peculiar advantages in the selection OF
land and the location of Land Warrants.
LAND WARRANTS for sale at q small ad-
vance on New York Prices.
Contested Pre- Emption cases prosecuted be-
fore the local and General Land Office.
Attention paid to the payment of taxes in
Benton, Sherburne, Morrison and Stsarns
counties.
Town lots for sale in St. Cloud.
ySn4l-tf L. A. EVANS.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-02
THE DEMOCRAT

The DEMOCRAT
u published at St. Cloud, Stearns County,
& Minnesota, every Thursday afternoon.
0RFlcs CORNER THIRD AvENuE AND WASH
#N INGToN STREET.
--O0oO--
|, TERMS:
ons copy. one year, $3.50
f Five o0pis'' one year, ,S'26 S'2S
III. Twenty copies, one year, land one
copy extra to the getter up Of the
slab, 5000
Payment must invaaiably be made in advance
49,
RATES OF ADVERTISING
S3ne column, one year, $4,000
Half column, $500
one-fourth Of column 20OO
ono square, (ten lines or less) one week, 100
business Cards not over six lines, 500
over six lines and under ten, -.J 7.0O
\ Legal Advertising Done at legal rates.
All letters Of business to be directed to the
EDITOR.
JOB PRI-NT TING,
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executed.
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HON A s J o N e S,
H.. BLACKSMITH.
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to horse and ox-shoeing, plow work, andre
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