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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
The Decisive Battle Pend ing.

Our readers who have followed the cur
rent oflate news, says the St. Paul Press,
need not be told the fact that the great
battle on the Potomac, for which that
splendid army under Mcclellan has been
50 thoroughly prepared, is close at hand.
That is, if'the enemy will stand to give
battle. T., 8, p,.r, =
We have abstained from saying much,
or anything on the subject, in scrupulos
regard for the Government restrictions up.
on the press. But now that the event is
so near at hand, as indicated by a=commuT
nication this morning from the censor, Of
the telegraph, that We fsetfree to speak Of
it. The Chicago Tribune of last Monday,
says:
Ali the Information, private and public,
that comes from Washington, point to bat
ties soon to be fought and VOL" on the
banks ofthe Rappahannock and York riv-
ers. Summers division is passing the reb.
els southward, beyond Manassas. Banks
division is moving steadily forward down
the Shenandoah valley, in the direction
Of Staunton.
!: The Eastern papers state that power
full column have gore down the Potomac
to Fortress Monroe, to take the rebels in
the rear, By marching up the York river,
or m tha James dirort IN R;chn,ord
while the main army pushes forward along
the railroad track from Fredericksburg to
Richm ,nd-lepairing it as they 90: But
whatever may be the plan of operations,
there are men enough in the Grand Army
of the Potomac to march whittier they
please. It is not in the power of the rebels
to arrest the advance of 227 regiments Of
soldiers equipped and armed as are our
troops
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10

The Toronto Globe makes the follow.
ing among other remarks on the Pres.
ident's Emancipation Message-clearly
showing in what light it is viewed aoroad:
"This message will Develop much
greater measure Of sympathy for the North
than has hitherto been shown in Europe,
and will also aid the termination of the
war. The time has gone by when harm
could be done in the border Statesby sucl,
a proposition. The Union is thoroughly re
established in Kentucky, Missouri, Mary.
land, Delaware and Western Virginia,
and Tennessee and Eastern Virginia will
soon ve quiscent: The work of consolida.
ton has commenced, and Mr.. Lincoln has
evidently come to the conelution that il
can only be successfully accomplished by ,
great movement for emancipation. He
has done the right thing at the right mo-
ment, and We may safely add that he is
the right man in the right place. If he
accomplishes the work he has cut out for
himself, he will raise himself to higher
niche than any Of his countrymen. Even
the fame Of Washington will fade before
the glorics Of the man who brings free
dor, to four million of slaves.
ut is curious TO notice the different ways
in which the New York papers receive
the message; which was quite unexpected
by Congress and the public. The Tribune
is delighted, the Times fearful, and the
World aud the Herald, both Of which
have been denouncing the acolitionists
in the most outrageous way for making the
same proposition, think themessoge splen-
did move, and the Herald considers it
highly Conservative" Circumstances alter
cases. What is Conservative in i President
is rank blasphemy in Horace Greedy Or
Wendell Phillips"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

TxTENS1vE Explorations Of Land In this
T. District subject to private entry, and long
experience in Land Office business, give the un~
dsrsi ed peculiar advantages in he selection Of
land and the location Of Land Warrants.
LAND WARRANTS for sale at . small ad-
vance on New York Prices.
Contested Pre- Emption cases prosecuted be-
tore the local and General Land Oaice. :.
Attention paid to the payment OF taxes IN
Benton, Sherburns, Morrison AMI Stearns
counties
Town lots for sale in st. CT oud.
v3n4l-tf L. A. EVANS.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
"HoNE AGA1N."-Weil, we did actu-

"HouE AGA1S."-Well, we did actu-
ally get home, although We did not get
that far in our article, on the subject, last
week; but as we did get home just in
time to wait upon little daughter through
a bad attack of measles, and to assist in
getting up the ta= lists we must postpone
the conclusion Of the account Of. our trip
until We can set the tax lists into supple
ments and so relieve our columns. We
trust our readers will excuse the scarcity
Of reading matter until we reach that
point, which will be week after next at
furthest::~ Just now we are short of hep
in the Office. and pressed with job work.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10


FIRE AT ST.. eCRo1x FALLs.-On
Thursday morning last, at about 3 o'olosk,
the splendid private residence known, x.s
the "Bartlett House," in st. Croix Fails.
AID owned and occupied BY j. D. Reymert.
Esq, was discovered on ERE, and in a short
time was totally, destroyed, together with
the entire contents - 1~s5~~
+ The house cost $4,000. A librry
worth $1,000 was also destroyed. lnsur-
ancc, sa,ooo.---,Tay!or Falls Reporter Sd.
DRowNED.-Wc are Informed that, a
man and two horses were drowned list.
week while trying to cross the M;nueseta
river at BIoomington.-&. Peter Trilcnr.
3d.. / +. / st - II AF =.
G Some Of tho farnors in this viciaitv,sir,
making IN effort to- purchase an apper>
stus tor manufacturing Sorghum syrnp.-
Ibid. ~ >" - PSI
The Winona Republican Of, the s-2d
says that the house Of Mr. Coburn, Ia sthe
town Of Fremont, wa. completely consumed
BY FIRE on Sunday mornin2 the 23d ult.:-
In addition to the loss of the building, $75
in currency werp burned .ss~
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10

~- We will receive wheat, oats, corn
-four, wood, good butter, eggs, or anything
else we can use, in payment of subscrip-
tions TO the DEMOCRAT or debts due the
establishment. Now is the time to sub
scribe or settle old bills
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
'Smite it in the Name of God, {"

from an eloquent speech delivered in
Congress by Representative Geo. W. Ju.
liam, we extract the closing paragraph.
sMITE 1T IN THE NAME OF GOD!
Sir, this rebellion Is bloody and fright
full demonstration Of the fact that slavery
and freedom cannot dwell together in peace.
The experiment has been tried thoroughly
perseveriugly, and with a patience which
defied despair, and has culminatd in civil
war. We have pursued the spiritof concil-
iation TO- the very gates Of death, anu yet
the. "irrepreslble conflict" is upon US and
must work out its needed lesson. This
black conspiracy against the republic,
which. has armed half million Of men in
its treason, piracy aud murder-this mag
-ni6cent spectacle Of total depravity, made
easy in real life, is the crowning flower
and frnit Of our partnership with the ''sum
Of all villanies.", All the crimes and horrors
Of this struggle for national existence cry
ont against it. In the fires of the revoul-
lion which it has kindled, it has painted
its own character with pencil dipped in
hell. The lives sacrificed in the war it
has waSed, the bodies and limbs mangled
and MANNED for.life, the widows and Or
phans made to mourn, the moral ravagcs
of var, the waste OF property, the burning
of brid gcs, the robbery Of forts, arsenels,
navy: yards and mints, the public sanction
and practice Of piracy, and the imminent
peril to which the cause of free govern
ment throughout the world is subjected,
all write thelr deep brand upon slavery as
a thirstless outlaw, and plead with US to
smite 1t in the name of God g..aan
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
l|sl;alnd.No.1 10
Taken!
FULL. PARTICULARS.
:: - I.
GREAT BATTLE IN TENNESSEE

GREAT BATTLE IN TENNESSEE
CHICAGO, April 8.
A private dispatch received in this cit,
to nightfrom one Of Gen.. G rants staff say,
we have fought and won the hardest battl,
ever fonght on this continent! The dis
patch is dated Pittsburg Landing 8.
BAssLE OF coRINRn.
P1rrsBuRG Via. Fort HENRY April 9
T One Of the greatest and bloodiest bat
ties of modern days has just closed re
solting in the complete rout Of The enem,
who attacked us at day break on Sunday
The battle lasted without intcrmlssion du.
the entire day, and was again renewed on
Monday morning and continued until fou,
o'clock in the afternoon, when the enetuy
com .;.enced their retreat and are still fy.
ing towards Corinth. persued by a large
force Of the cavalry. .,..n.
The fight was brought on by asbody ,ol
three hundred of the 25th Missouri regi.
ment, Of Gen. Prentiss' division attack.
ing the advanced guard OF the rebels,
which was supposed to be pickets of the
enemy in front Of our camp. The. rebels
Immediately advanced on Gen. Preptiss'
division on the left wing, pouring in vol
ley after: volley of musketry and riddling
our camp with grape, canister and shell.
This fire was returned with terrible ef-
feet and a determined spirit by both in
fantry and artillery along the whole line
for distance of over four miles
The most desperate firing took place
late in. p. NJ The rebels knew that if
they did not succeed in whipping them
then, tina. their chances Of success would
be extremely doubtful, as portion of
Gen: Bue'ps forces had by this time ar
rived on the opposite side Of the river,
and the other portion was coming up the
river from Savannah. q ia
/. = Gen. Lewis Wallace having taken the
wrong road failed to come to our support,
and we were therefore contesting against
fearful odds, our forces not exceeding 49,
900 men, while that Of the enemy was up
wards off, $4,000. Our condition. at, this
moment was extremely critical. . va G va
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10

: "A smart boy in one Of the city Sab
bath Schools, Who, upon being asked BY
his teacher: "What is the chief end of
man p answered, .'The end that bis head
III m" q" Z %@:% 81
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
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NO.. 81.

abandoned by the enemy Is. hight leaving
an their artillery, baggsage, supplies, and
SICK. -ar-t-@a 7f4 .6a5isGl (as%} ~
Gen: Pope ha, eaptsrsa three .esnetak.
6,OO01 prisoners Of VA, 100 Siege guns,
several field batteries and immense quau-
titles Of small arms, tent, wagons, holses
aud provisions. p We haye not lest . sim
gle man. = 3 o. g. s ~ me :a&9
:: SIEGE or: roEk1oowx. -
The following was received from Buffalo
after one o'clock last night, owing to the
wire working bad =. .@-
The following IS a summary Of intelli-
gence received by the War Department. up
to ten O'clock Monday night: - .s
The operations at Yorktown and Fort
ress Monroe yesterday in the enemy's works
were carefully examined by Gen. McClcl-
Ian and found to be very strong aud the
approaches difficult. The enemy was in
force, and the water batteries at yorktown
and Gloucester are said TO be much in
creased. :. x.,~
1t seems plain that mortars and seice
guns must be used for assaulting.
Another dispatch received at 10 30 this
morning states that Yorktown will tall, but
not Without siege Of two or three days.
Some Of the outer works we're taken. 90
A dispatch from General Wool states
that General Magruder had 80, 900 men at
Yorktown on the afternoon: Of Sunday.
The position of the cuemy i. a strong
one From present indications their forti-
tications extend some two miles iu length,
and mount heavy guns. The ground in
front of their guns is low and swampy.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10
H. C.. WAIT

D.aI<r IN Foreign and Domestie Exchange,
~ Land Warrants constantly on hand
a flor sale 1t . small advance from New
YorA prices. Collections, made, Exchange
drawn =. the elowestcurrentrste ,Tsxespaid, &c.
St.. Cloud, July 2sth, 1869. sug2-3m
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10

.
-Parson Brown1ow made d patriotic
and stirring speech at Cincinnati on the
2Sth ult, We are unable, from the great
press on our columns by the Tax List, to
publish the speech entire and must there
fore content ourselves with very few Of
the most striking remarks:
He the Parson) had never had anv
sympathy With sccessionists. He had been
offered large bribesto sustain the rehell;...
but though he was 5 poor man he was not
for sale. He gave an account of his cor
respondeace with Judah P. Benjamin, all
Of which he had preserved and would pub
lisb in his forthcoming book. He could
not express the joy he felt in finding tho
old Union flag cat Nashville. When the
army went to East Tennessee he wanted
to 60 along. II ,oasin Fremont's Depayt-
n,ent and lie 'eds glad cfl. Ftcmont. ,eo.
his sort q a man. and. Ae ,eonted to 40
with hin, to East Tennessee. There hsd
been great deal Of hanging on one side.
and he wanted to supeiintend it on tho
other. dc could say and without profan-
ity, that the Federal Army in East Ten
nessee would be hailed with Joy only cqu-
allied by the hosannahs Of the angels when
Christ was born. -"
He never had any sympathy with dis
uuionists, secessionists or abolitionists.-
He was born in Virginia, and his parents
before him. He is a slaveholder but bo
has no hesitancy in saying that when the
question come, as it will, ''the Unlon and
no slavery" against "slavery and no Uai-
on" he ,cas for the Uniion and let sloycrv
go to the dogs, or whcrc else it ncv b.
sent. He was for the Union, above that
or any other institution.
This wicked rebellion, he felt confident.
was on it's last legs 1t is almost plav, d
out When the rebel Crittenden's army
passed him, the men were literall bare
footed aud almost naked.
- The Parson said it might ss-
tonish them, but the greatest negro thieves
in the world were the confederate soldiers.
He spoke feelingly on this subject. They
had stolen from him a likely negro bow,
fourteen years old, and worth a thousand
dollars. He hal never heard from the
boy since he was taken away, aud never
expected to hear from him again or get a
cent tor him. It was solemn TACT that
Confederate soldiers had stolen more ne
groes during the war, than all the abcht-
lonists had stolen for forty years. ~
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-10

JAMES M. McKELVX.
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR Al LAW
ST. CLOUD,
viii make collections, invest money, buy,
oil or loan land Warrants, and enter purchase
i dispose Of Real Estate.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03
Pacific Railway Jubilee.

The passage by, Congress of the Pacific
Railway Bill was celebrated in San Fran
cisco on the evening Of the 10th ult by a
graud torchlight procession of the firemen
and general illumination of the public aud
private buildings ct the city Among the
notices OH the transparencies were the fol-
lowing -v'a <r#H. ~1tN.I
4" San Francisco the jumping off depot
Thus lar and you must take the water! fhe
waste places shall be made glad The
wilderness shall blossom as the rose
n g, American iron ONLY shall be used?"
"Cheap homesteads along the route! AL
ternate sections beside the Railway only
81 23per pcre," 1oC-f... -.f.........
Long live our Republic! The Govern.
mcnt gives $50 100000 towards the build
ng of the Grard Trans Continental Rail
way"
Z 1.-THE Cable proyeda a fable! The Rail
road is sure, when built it will endure"
Little Indian bog step out of the way
for the big engine"
'''Nesh No, / Mackerel, elk days from
Belfast 4... f..r... ..,
"Chesapeake Bay Oysters, six days from
the water!"
"Now time and space are in the race
San Francisco in 1862. 100 600 inhabitants
San Francisco in 1872, l,UO0,000 inhabi,
tants. San Francisco in 1869, S55 900 00C
!ssesaaale Property. san Francisco i'll 1872
$500 ,00O. .00Ow .ar. ..g
The Iron Of the East-(painted clasped
hamds) The gold of the West! T. t''
+" Westward the march of the Empire
takes its way"
The locomotive-hi PROV is wet with
the surge foam of either ocean his breast
is grim with the sands of the desertP
I" From NeY York 10 San Francsco-By
the Horn, 10000 m les; By the Isthmus
5000 miles, BY the R,irold 1000 miles.
From New York To San Fraucisco-By, the
Horn, 100 days; BY the lsthmus, 20 days
BY the Railroad, 4 davs!" ...I-1rg
" The Pacific Railroad-p,cle Sans
Waisthand. lie has grown 80 corpulent
tlIat he would bust without it%
" No need for thy elephant q, siam! II
iolIaws the track of ths bufdo!"k
"a" long twilight when coming West, a
quick daybreak when going East. Scope
mp your Longitude, Mr. Conductor
"Cape Horn be blnwed--Salt Lake City
the Halfway House ; Brigham Young, Esq.
Major SwitchETenderP n OFT I
Marrie.i---in June, 1862, by the High
Priest Of North America, Mr.. Atlantic tc
Miss Pacific all OF the same NatiOnV
- In one decade the HaIh0ad IS made !
=. From SEASON. to Season, on the samt
parallel Thousand Mles are as one Day =
The American nn!-From Sea tC
Sea, e!aspsd by bands OF Iron and hv"ks d
| Steel y
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03
Law OF news. lperS.

l. Subscribers who mot g, express notice to
tn contrary ars cnusi Tered as wshingto continue
their subscriptions to the paper.
2. II subscribers order the disrontinuance of
their periodicals. the publisher my continue to send
them until all arrearagas are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
pcrrIichs from the o'lice 10 which they were di-
rectai they are held responsible till they have set
tied the bill and ordered them discontinued.
{. lf subscribers remove to other places without
informing the publisher, and the papers are sent 10
the former direction, they are held responsible
5. The Courts have Il scided that refusing to take
periodicals from the office, or removing and leaving
them u,c ei for is prioa tacie evidence of inten-
tional fraud.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03

= -
bHrfrrsc.'
BY T. BrcaANAN ReAp.

EF1 80 ''IF n Y.U...1 .tHt f
My soul to-day, is far away, .". at '
Sailing the vesuvian Bay; 20 t."' .i "
Nv winged boat bird ahoat,
Swims round the purple peaks remote. .rg .
Round purple peaks it sails and seeks Jas
Blue inlets AMI their crystal creeks, .
Where high rocks throw, through deeps below,
A duplicated golden glow 'rual ullH
Far, vague and dim, the mountains swim,
While on Vssuvius' misty brim, .If To-
With outstretchei hands, the gray smoke stands
Overlooking the volcanic lands. lr
Here Ischia smiles o'er liquid miles, I'D.
Aud ycnder, buest of the isles,
Calm Capri waits, her sapphire gates
Bcguiling to her bright estates.
l heed not, if my rippling skf ,s
Flow swift or slow fr'm clif to elin;
With dreamful eyes, my spirit lies ..
Under the walls of Paradise.
Under the walls, where swells and falls
The Bays deep breast at intervals,
At peace lie, blown softly by,
a cloud upon this, liquid sky. u . .a
The day "a mild, IS Heave4's own child,
With earth and ocean reconciled; r
The airs | feel around me steal tI
Are ruurmuring to the mnrniuring keel.
Over the rail nv hand trail a NH
Within the shadow of the sail 80 'H ..
A joy intense, the cooling sense, lyt
Gides down my drowsy Incidence.
With rireainrui eyes spirit flies oii'I T'-fr
Where Summer sings and never dies
O'erveiled with vines, she grows and shines
Among her future oils and wines.
Her children hid the cliffs amid
Are gam5olihg With the gambring Kid !
Or down the walls, with tipsy calls,
Laugh on the rock like waterfalls.
The fishers child, with tresses wild,
Unto the smloth, bright sanl beguiled,
With glowing lips sings as she sips,
Or gazes at the far off ships.
'Yon deep bark goes where traffic blows,
From Ian Is of sun to lands of SHOWS;
This happier one its course has run,
From lands of snow to lands of sun,
Oh happy ship, to rise and dip, =
With the blue crystal at your lip!
Oh happy crew, my hearts with you,
Sails, AMI sails, and sings anew ....
M more, no more the worldly shore
Upbrdiis me with its loud uIroar!
With dreamful eyes my spirit lies
Under the walls of Paradise - . .-...-.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03

Tue LARGEsT DIAMOND IN NORTH AMERICA.
The Boston T'aDeLLet' says that the largest
diamond in this country is now on eyhihi
tion at a jewelers. store in that city. 1t is
reported 10 have been found "a year since in
Stoke county in the northern part of North
Carolina. on the Virginia border, near the
Blue Ridge, and in the rough, weighed 20
and tliree-qnarter oarats, aud since cutting
weigLs nearly twelve carats. Its true value
it is difficult to estimate, but il probably may
be found somewhere between $4,000 and
Sl3 600, and but for two almost inappreci-
able spots, the stone would he worth more.
In size. It approaches a lur;s plum stone in
length, but is deeper and broader. almost
square on the face. with rounded corners.
Ia the rough it was almost square. Each
Of the faces had to be ground down separ-
ately, as it was unsafe 10 chip nff corners
for fear OF cracking .he stone, The cost of
fine sand used for this purpose was over a
hundred dollars, and the total charge for
work viii DO over fifteen hundred dollars,
more or less.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03

has hean discovered on the shawangank
Mountain, Orange county. New York. Tne
Port Jarvis Union, OF the 9Th inst, says f:
A" It is ascertained beyond cavil or question
that the mine recently opened is rich in ure
of great purity, and win form source OF
great wealth to 'he owners. The vein was
struck at six feet below the surface. and las
been penetrated tO. the depth of eight feet,
The product is lead nearly pure. n
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03
-,HUTTLE SEWING MACHINES
''i- Price Only S40I ayL -a

IAe Rest and Strongest Jtachf'ie an Use 7
,WM f. CRAFT, Machinist,
Z I.9'N $50 Summit street. (oyer City Bnnk.)
TOLEDo Ono.
Having good engine and lathe, and all other
u,ols fitted for light job work, would beg snare
nf patnnaPe, feeling confident that all work en-
trusted % lhy cf9 wllA be d0pSin0a prompt and
wurkmanIke manner, and IN the most reasonable
erIns,
| shall continue to m lnufacture my great Shuttle
Machine, the best in for all kinds nf sewing,
light and heavy. This machine is well known and
bears guod reputation,
sz9rSEWING MACHINES, Of all i 'scFiptions
repAIued Jn the ShOrtesi notice. Reference may be
mad Ia J. W. Bailey, proprietor of the Journtl:
S'62iy t l =. r. WM, Z. CRAFT.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03
rERMs nr .AnvERrIsINa.
.JOR PRINTING

We are prepared TO execute all kinds of Job
Work. such as Posters, Stld Bills, Programmes
Invitations, Cards, Labels, Pamphlets, all kinds of
Blanks, &c, in the most satisfactory manner.
Orders filed at short notice, aud ON the most
rea sonablc terms.
,1'H.tara OBLINGER& & CHAPlN, r4.T-T
sr1u .. Zoo Publishers and Proprietors.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-03

ALI ~ SILVER BRIcKs.-lt is proposed in
Virginia City, Nevada, 10 ship Immediately
to the East for the benefit of the Sanitary
Fund the sum OF 100000, and in the novel
currency of silver bricks, The Teritotiai
Enterprise says; ....,.... f..',.. ,a
:" In.s sbipmept viii he made in solid
silver bgieka, stamped with an appropriate
ipRcyiption, and will prove the biggest adj
yeltisemcnt for the Nevada Territory that
ingenous brains have yet conceived. These
silver bricks will be enri0usly examined
York who would forget in fifteen minutes
after he had heard it, the fact that $50 900
IN gold coin or Treasury notes had been sent
from the unknown land of Nevada"