St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-05-21


ers. Its distance from Grasshopper is l21
miles.
There are quite number of Minncsotiars
here who came through overland route last
season Many Of my old friends from Stearns
and Douglas Counties have crossed the noun
sans to Oregon and Washington Territory.
Yours truly, JNO. POTTER.
ST. FAIL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Tise 1i"dso;, Fay Company Have Tal.cs,
u Lars. Interest iH IT,
Edmund Rice, Esq, President Of The
Pacific Railroad and L. Il. Litc',fir}d,
ESQ, xio lr,s the contrac: for Its con-
struction, called for Europe last Thurs
day in the steamer Persia; upon business
connected with the road In the financial
article of the New York Tribune cf ia.
3ti inst VIC find the following importntl.
intelligence regarding the prospects for
the speedy accomplishment Of this noble
enterprise:
The St. Paul and Pacific Railroad commcnc-
ing 1T St. Paul. and running northwest along
the Mississippi River to St. Cloud, and thence
tc Gcorgetownt upon .kc ned River Of the
North. ha:e hceh cctstr.,c!;ns their ffrst Dir;
.;sion Of eighty miles from Saint Paul to Wa
tab during the last eighteen months, and have
completed the same to the Falls Of Saint AM
thony, and have graded about seventy miles.
Iron for Il portion. and ties for the whole dig
tancc, are being delivered upon the line ana
the Company expect to have the eighty miles
completed by Jan. I. 1854. About 81. .4OO, 900
tave been expended in construction. The
Company have issued first mortgage bonds for
S7oO.0 .0Oc, "i1a have negotiated $35O,Q0O in
this city. and ar:cng the purchasers vere Oil
yer Charlick, sar,::t, !. Tiilcn; 4. G: jerome,
, sad cthcr-. The bHlaHce. $3.50 900; arc psac-
:1 by the Fo::trat: in the hands of Afcssrs
duncan, Sherman Il Co.. ,c bs u>ed in COM
rlcting the road, and only ,,sct; upon til: cc--
: 1ificate of Oliver Charlick and Albert Ilavcr-
meyer that the work has been done. thus pro
tecting the purchasers Of the $3.50, 900 against
any further issue Of bon,8 unless the work !.
| completed. ..j ..- -...A.
These bonds represent, oh;y Si0 eco per mile.
! The Completed road is earning interest upon
its cost. The great object proposed by the
St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company, ans.
for which the grant # lands Held by them vii,
be L .t:urifccnt endowment. is to connect hv
ralr';a:i, the navigation Of the Mississippi
Rig: :t:d ;:s :rib,:'tries at St. Paul. near tho
! f:s:s oc ST: Ar.hch+ viii the Red River of th.:
i5?!::, az! 5t.ee n:*sa!tte stream. Of Noth-
Vest British America. Perhaps nowhere CT,
the American continent will such important
commercial results follow as will be Witnessed
in Minnesota, when 5000 miles Of stcanboa,
| n
reEce Rivers, and 5000 miles of similar nav;-
| Ea,iun on the rivers Of Central British Amer
:ca are io:Hei together, h'oetly tr The nropc-
se;' routes of the st, Paul and Fstila Railway
In the spring of 1862, the corarany placed tic
first division of eighty miles, from ST. Paul to
| Watao, under contract. near fifteen miles O:
which has been completed, and cars running
| to the Falls Of St. Anthony the balance Of
| the line is expected to be in operation before
January. 1864. The Company ha~c !>s:ci
their first mortgage ren1 e.tatr t.o:t,!s tv1?'
81 100000, eseased Upon 3U1 900 acres Of
Ct laid, and second upon the railroad being
less than So 80 per acre upon the land thew
arc due in 1892, and bear interest Mt rc~
! cent. payable semi annually with the Govern
ment tax and are receivable Cor lands sold lv
the Company et their par ta,;c The lands
have been carefully SURVEYED BY competen.
who are Offering then. fer sale:
The President Of the Beard, Mr.. f: R;:c
goes to Europe in few days to enlist forcicr.
capital in This enterprise. The Hudson R.r
Company have taken large interest in it.
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The Winona Republican of last wcr!,
say, that tbs Wlitons s::d st. I'cte: Rail
aoad Company has purchased " eighty ai-
ditional cars and three locomotives for ts.c
use of their road Seven of these cars a.
rived on Sunday night; the o.hs:s ere now
on tie way hither. they have also par
chased sufficient quantity of iron to |av
the track as tar as St. Charles Of this
iron there are now 1900 bars en- the way
this side Of Chicago.
''We understand that seyerat Of the East
ern directors Of the Com pany will be in
Wiuona within the present week, and that
during their stay here tcrtnanent icca.
ton ofdero: grounds will be made. Ar
ranyemcnts will also be effected for the
erection ofthc necessary buildings. such
as passenger and freight depots, enigma
houses, etc.
JeHe:scn H0Fis suspended The haboas- -
corpus act in secret manner some time
ago, for the purpose, OF making efficient
war upon the North. Mr.. Lincoln open
y suspended it az time OF danger, lnr
the purpose ef saving the North and ,o'
the syn'pathizers look upon Mr. Davis IS
= ''stcrh statesman" and Upon NJ. lin.
coin as tyrant. Why 4he listinotio,,
&C. W. Merrill, 10Th .Msr.erhusctts
drummer boy who was saved from dea:f
durias 5nc of the recen: battles on TIC
ltappahannock by the pocket Testament
given him by his muther, in which a bulle.
buricditself harmlessly, has Icen prcsen
,d with an.e!c Sant pocket testaf,,eht hear
ms tho autograph OF the President