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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

port tho Administration and The var; aad 1aat
hsr next electoral vote forths Republican Gan.
dtaate for President; bat, The win never make
peace with rebels, neither viii she with their
allies. the Sioux. II justice is not done, she
will 90 TO- shooting Indians whenever these
government pets get from under Uacle Sam
uers wing: Our people will hunt them, shoot
them. set traps for them, put ont poisoned
bait for them--kill them by every means We
would use to exterminate psathers.
1--WE CANNOT breathe the same air with those
demon violators of women, cruciiers of infants.
Every Minnesota man, who has = soul and
can get I. ride, will 80 70 shooting IndiansS
and he who hesitates will be black balled by
every Minnesota woman and posted ~ cow
ard in every Minnesota home"
Well, I think they applauded that sen:
timent for full five minutes, and appeared
as if they did not like to quit then. So,
our people must have broad and deep
public sentiment on their side:
J.G.s.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
ORDINANCE NO. :.

The Council Of tie Tosen Of St. Cloud do sr3a;.
That L. A. Evans, Mayor of said town,
be authorized and required on the part Of and
for the Town of Saint Cloud to sign notice Of
application to the next term Of the. District
Court, 9TH Judicial District, to be holden in
and for the County Of Stearns to vacate that
portion Of State street or avenue IN the said
town Of Saint Cloud as surveyed and plated
by John L. Wilson and recorded in the Office
OF the Register Of Deeds for said Stearns Coun-
IT, extending from the Southerly boundary
line Of 81. German street in said town. in !
southerly direction, to the boundary zlins Of
the. said Town Of Saint Cloud as entered bv
the Corporate Authorities thereof in the Uni.
ted States Land Office. & - /, IL 81.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
c,lOlHsoI.IDATED.

The 81. Paul Pres and lnion have
been consolidated, tho latter being merg-
ed in the former; aud Mr. Drisooll admit
ted as one Of the editors Of the new pa
per- The Pres. hisgsbeen for more than
year much the best paper published in
St.-Paul, giving always full and reli.
able news, both by mail and telegraph -
Mr.. Wheelock has proven himself the
first editor in !: the State; as clear, con-.
else writer, and q most sarcastic reviewer
of men and. measures. / Under the new
arrangement the Press will be- rendered
more attractive, if possible, than before /;
and wc<shall have once no:e !. firm aud
reliable organ of the Republican party 10
the Capital Of the State Two papers pro-
Tossing the same principles in 4 city Of
that size could do neither themselves nor
anybody else much good. The choice
now lies between the Press and Pioneer,
and where true, hearty and unfaltering
support Of the Administration ia its ef-
forts to preserve the Government is con-
rsidered Of ally moment, there Can be no
hesitation: This support the Pres. has
ever yielded the Pioncer-Copperhead
by instinct and action never.
The Press establishment has also the
largest and most complete Bindcry in tho
State, and any Of our subscribers having
magazines, pamphlets, books, papers: or
anything of that kind to be bound, will
save money by sending them to the Pr<,.
Office. From having had work done there,
we can speak thus confidently. - =. Z
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

an opportunity to bring in the really gull
ty parties, if one could be considered any
more worthy ofpuoishment than another.
Before leaving be offered to Capt. Mccoy
an otter skin, about which 50 terrible q
hue and cry has been raised but in this
he merely saved the Captain the trouble Of
requiring him to leave it, as no officer
would permit a captive to 80 away with
anything Ut value when doubt might
b. entertained Of. his return. As is. we'll
known, the Indian did not come back
nobody was much surprised-and it made
no special difference. The chief kub-bub
is because the otter skin was left with Me-
Coy, aud as this is too trivial matter to
require extended notice, We will not speak
Of it further: Most certainly it had moth
ling to do with Lieut.. Freeman's advising
him to let the Indian 20. IL
The next point is, that the Lieut.. would
"excuse the commandant of the post at
Sank Centre for the escape of the cap
tives." He doubtless had good grounds
for his statement, or he would not have
made it. Still, we have always been COM
PEELED to think that some one was to blame
for the escape Of the. remaining seven cap
tives. .~~,--
In conclusion the Republican would in.
innate that Lieut.. Freeman was led to
make the statement to which exception il
taken, from desire for promotion at the
hands Of his superior officers. The men
of Company D are very well satisfied with
Capt. Taylor, but did they desire to make
a change, Lieut.. freeman would be The
man chosen to Gil the new position. With
Capt. Mccoy, who belongs to a different
regiment, he sustains no relations but
those Of brother officer. BY the men
and officers Of bis company and those who
are brought in contact with him, be is
held in the highest esteem; aud We re-
grct to have been compelled to enter thus
fully into the case to defend him from
the uncalled for aspersions Of a journal
that does not know, anything about the
matter and takes no trouble to inform it.
self.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
OBSERVERS.

Gen. Rosecrans, in a late telegram to
Gov. Ramsey, urged him to adopt the most
stringent measures to procure the return Of
deserters to their respective regiments.
A bill has been introduced in the Legisla.
tare, and will doubtless pass into ! law;
disftanchising all deserters and prohibit
ing their ever again holding any Office Of
trust. For the honor Of Minnesota be it
said, that the dcse,ters from her regiments
are very few, if any at all. *=ls.,
The following circular has been reociv-
ed by the sheriff of this county,: ~z...
'HEAp-QuARTERs, DEPARTMENT or THE NoRrH-) :
WEST, MILWAUKEE, Wis. Feb i2, 1863. I
GENERAL oRoARs NO. s.
The great number of unauthorized absent
necessary that measures should be taken to
cause theiF return to their respective com
mands. -
+ Captains Of Companies, or Colonels Of Reg
iments, have no authority to give furloughs,
without the same have endorsed upon them the
approval of the General commanding the AR
my to which such officers or soldiers belong. :,
"Any officer or soldier whose health permits
him to visit places Of amusement, or walk
''about the town, city, or neighborhood, in
(Which he may be, win be considered as st for
military duty, and as evadiog duty BY ab-
''sepce from his command or ranks"
3 Omitted States Marshals, Mayors, and Chiefs
'Police, Sheri6s Of Counties, Postmasters, and
"Justices Of the Peace, have been authorized
''by the President of the United States to ar
':rest any officer or soldier and convey him to
'the nearest military post or depot"
land five dollars, will be paid for each officer
cor soldier 10 arrested and deliv ered.n. = -,
Bycommand of Brigadier General Elliot,
RIO. SELFRIDGE,
Assistant Adjutant ;Geaera1::
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
ED1TOR1Al CORRESPONDENCE.

FAsH1saTox, Feb. 23d, 1868.
DEAR WILL have feared that the
people of Minnesota would think I had
forgotten their interests and my purpose
Of laying our Indian troubles before the
public in the capital Of tho nation. For
want Of : special agent it did appear that
l never should be able to make both ends
meet for public lecture, and when l last
wrote I had abandoned the project and
calculated to depend on private talks with
public men. Our Minnesota men have
been very unwilling to have mo leave
without lecturing, and SO Dr.. Fell took tie
matter ia hand and With the aid Of Mr..
kelsey, formerly Of the Illinois Legisla-
ture, undertook to make the arrangements.
The Minnesotians raised a fund for ex-
psuses, 80 Is to have the lecture free
each one Of our Congressman and VIM. s.
King giving IS, and other lesser lights
contributing. So, I delivered my lecture
il tho lecture room of Rev. DR.. Sunder-
lands church. 1t is aerge hall aud was
dsnsely filed. 1t is very easy to speak
in. I Vas "dead in earnest and had nc
trouble in being heard. Mr.. G. +. a.
Day, formerly Of St. Anthony, introduced
me. Tho audience we're evidently 10 ,
humor 70 DO easily pleased and I talked
two mortal hours, except such portions o
tho time .s the people took the floor ant
kept up such rounds Of applause that
had TO stop. Trust mo, Eastern symp.as
thy with Indians Is the result of misap
prshsnsion. The people listen to the sto
" Of tho massacres With breathlesss inter
ct and tears; and, At every demand TO
justice, burst into rounds Of applause
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

Mrs. Sw1ssHEhM's Lecture, on Satur.
day evening, synopsis Of which we give
in another column, was an interesting pro
duction, and was we'll received b, the au.
dience. Besides being woman Of grea,
ability, Mrs: $. is in earnest. She really
desires to accomplish for the general good,
and not for herself. alone. AT the close Of
her lecture the audience unanimously re.
qucsted her to. deliver another lecture
which she has prepared, entitled "Woman,
and her duty in the present crisis =
Wo.hington: Republican, FEB 23:7@- 3
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
FLAX.

We publish on the first page an e1-
tended article on Flax Culture, taken
from the Chicago Tribune: There can
DO no doubt but that the cultivation 81
fax will soon become an absolute necessi.
ty; and farmers will find the article re-
ferrea to worth careful perusal and pres
ervation for reference. .~-~
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

% We will receive wheat, oats. corn
aoar, wood, good butter, egg, or anything
else We can use, in payment of subscrip-
sions to the DEMOCRAT or debts due the
establishment. Now is the time TO SUBJ
eribe or settle old bills.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

TIN Louisville Journal says: I'VE can have
no manner ofpatien,e with those Journals that
are more shocked At the illegal imprisonment of
one rebelin the United States that At the law
less hanging Of . hundred Union men in tho
rebel Contederaey," If: "@S IL
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS.

Gen. sigel has resigned.
+: 1T is said that the President viii call
for 600, 900 mole men. TX ::
1T is.thought that Charleston has AZ
ready been attacked. - :: < =: ),
The President signed the riiptioa
bill as it passed the Senat:.
JEFF DAVIS has appointed March 9th
as day Of fasting and prayer.
The Tribune. special says liberals no
truth in the report that Mcclellan is to be
reinstatcd ss General in Chief: - 49,:
WIN Sprague has resigned the Office
of Govorner of Rhode Island, to take bis
seat in the U. S Senate.
The President received dispatches an
nouncing the capture of Fort McAlliste1
at the mouth Of the Ogeechee river, near
Savannah by our iron clads: -
-Rumor says that the whole IF Porter'e
fleet has run the. Vicksburg blockade
If so the Indianola, Queen Of the West,
and other gun boats will be captured.
"A squad Of fourteen men Of Co. 81. I'd
Minnesota Regiment, while on foragine
expedition was attacked by 125 rebels
whom the brave little band dispersed, kill.
ing four men, eight horses and capturing
and wounding twelve more Of the rebs.
VIE Ia: M;nnesoto :! -. :~s,'s
The President has called an extra ses.
sion of the Senate to convene on the 5th
Of March, for executive Business; when hi
will send in his new list Of Brigadier aud
Major Generals, thirty Of the latter and
seventy-6ve of the former.
The Senate and House transacted .
large business, on Tuesday: In the Senate
bills were passed admitting Nevada and Col
orado into the Union as States, and tt
organize the Territory Of Idaho Tit
House passed the Senate bill indemnifyine
the President for suspending the Ha6ea'
Corpus.
| "A special dispatch to the New Yorl
Times, dated Memphis, March I'd, says
Arrivals confirm the capture and sinking
Of the Ind,anolia (Which went to recapturs
the Queen Of the. West) by three rebe
boats, thirty miles below vicksburg
The fight lasted several hours. The In
dianolia surrendered when in sinking con
dition. She was run ashore, and he
officers and crew taken to 'Vicksburg.
"A special to the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, Murfreesboro, March 2, says an ex
petition comprising 1900 cavalry and in
fantry left Murfreesboro yesterday. sut
encountered the enemy At Bradyville-
after severe fighting the enemy was driver
from town-iebel loss, eight killed, tweut!
wounded, eighty captured, also 500 new
saddles and accoutremeuts, and lot o
official orders, baggage, &c. The enem!
were portion Of Morgan's division. Gu
loss in killed. and wounded half theirs.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
GLORY ENOUGH!
the MISSISSIPPI TERMINUS OF
the Lake SUPERIOR RAILROAD
TO Be AT ST. CLOUD F.!
BILL PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATIVES!
::
"coAn LET Us BE 1oTFu1r'
"coaln LET Us BE JOYFUL -

By the following extract from letter
received on Wednesday evening by Gen.
Mitchell from Hon. H. G. Wait, it will
10 seen that the contest has been decided,
and the bill for locating the terminus at
St. Cloud, passed the House Of Represen-
tatives: .. -. =.
ST.. PAUL, MIMI, March Sd, 1863.
passed, fixing the Southwestern terminus at
or above St. Cloud, and ill the bill now needs
Is the signature Of the Governor in order to be-.
come . law.
This is all that could be asked. aud the
destiny Of St. Cloud is now = fixed fact.
BY the communication afforded by this
read, St. Cloud is as near New York as
Chicago, and the advantages thus derived
IN shipping grain and produce are almost
ipcalculable. Great credit for this result
is due Senator Moore and Representatives
Wait, Bentley and Richardson, and when
they return let there be a grand good
time gotten up in honor Of the passage Of
the St. Cloud and Lake Superior Bill, and
the men to whom it is due. Let US have
toasts aud turkeys, speeches and sponge
cake, cheers and chickens, and everything
in the best style. We do not doubt but
that Friend Fowler could get up just such
4 supper as il wanted, and the rest can
easily be supplied. The Legislature will
adjourn on Friday, aid all our members
will doubtless DO home by the following
week, when preparations should be made
for On enthusiastic welcome.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
SOLDIERS ON COPPER,
HEAOISM.

The following extracts from private
letter written BY an officer of the Ninth
Regiment stationed at Fort Abercrombie
aud We don't see why we should not
give his name, Capt. Barrett-speaks the
micds of the soldiers Of Minnesota, land SOL
diers throughout the army everywhere,
with regard to the Democrats who stay at
home keeping up fire in the rear of
"peace measures, peace conventions, armis-
tees aud other like devices to assist the
rebels.
"* Have you read Rosecrats' letter
to the Legislature Of Ohio? Of course you
have; well, read it again, it will bear reading
dozen times, and then should be posted up
in your Office. The spirit breathed in those
few lines tells why he gains victories con.
trast it with the platitudes Of some other Ma
jor Generals and you will see why they gain
deteats. i believe in Rosecrans-I did before
he wrote the letter, because he gave US victo-
ries; believe in him all the more now because
know why he gains them.
''This war must save the nation or it is al
ready ruined. You have read the Csnscrip-
ton Act-you know what it means: every
man in the country that can carry musket
must become soldier. l am glad Of it. The
policy Of volunteering is oil wrong Jet the
disloyal as we'll as the loyal be made to feel
that this war is their war, and that they must
fight to sustain the Government which pro-
tects them. 1t is useless to speculate as to
what the result wilt be. The entire orga liza
ton Of great party in the country is in the
hands of men who are in open opposition to
the Government and practically in alliance
with the traitors. They are giving vastly more
help to tho rebela than they could possibly do
were they in the armies Of Jefferson Davis
1t il state. Of affairs that cannot last long.
Something must be done to make them At least
seemingly loyal, or that which they are daily
invoking will he upon them. They want rev.
olution-it will be dreadful day for them
when they succeed in bringing one about,
81 do not believe there will ever be any per-
msnent peace until the Old Flag shall wave in
triumph over every foot Of territory dewn to
the Florida Keys, and wherever that flag waves
no slave be found; and it will take years to
accomplish this" ,....
Capt. B. writes as follows concerning
other matters:
''Things are very quiet up here-nothing
but Indian rumors which generally come from
st. Cloud and St. .Panl. 4 We are
still working At the Fort; it is nearly sur
rounded by 'tockade, and we'll defended BY
bastions.~ ~ >~..l. -"
"The most interesting item Of news which
have to communicate is, that about one o'clock
this afternoon the" Paymaster came along
He has paid Us oil up to the first Of the year,
and "Gresnbaz" is plenty now among the boys
Lieut.. Freeman, with sixteen men, is. here as
tho Paymaster's escort. He goes back on
Monday. We expect Capt. McCoy's Company
here soon presume my Company will be Or.
dered to join my regiment In the Spring. l
nope So.":.-- II 90 Vi. III z< =! a.,
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
Thermometrical Record.
reported expre.sly for the DExocRAr, ,
d. A0rIatt,s Drn0oisf., St. CIovd. & ~

Tho Missouri and Maryland Emanci.
patton bills have filled in the House fox
want Of time.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

MRS. SWISSHELl1'S. LECTURE IN
WASHINGTON.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30

ing the war thus far, and, for the forces
engaged, one of the bloodiest known in
Indian warfare, in which the savages failed
to obtain the entire mastery"
We submit, in closing this review, based
as it is upon the official records of the
Birch Coolie affair, that the narrative Civ
en- to the public by Adjutant General
MALMRos, is designedty and maliciously
false; most cruel requital to Major
Brown for valuable and gallant services,
and for sufferings incurred while rendering
them for the defence and protection of our
people; and that it is, and must always re-
main, blot upon the official records OF
the State. His narrative shows that he is,
in any moral, manly sense, unfit for the
position which he holds and if Governor
RAMSEY was not the instigator of the in
justice we have exposed, he owes it to
public decency, and to relieve himself
from an endorsement of the wrong COM
mitted, to remove this man from the office
he has disgraced.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30
The =. DIsgnissal,, Of Goodrich .,
from the Service.

We find the following statement in the
St. Paul Press, Of the 24th instant:
Goodrich, like Porter. was dismissed from
the army Of the United States; but, unlike
POrter-alas he was dismissed without q trial.
Anxious, always, to vindicate the char
acter of our contemporary for truth and
veraoity, we append the following letter
from the Adjutant Generals Office, in
proof of the fact of such GO dismissal
ApJUT.,NT GENERALS OFFICE, !
WASHINGTON, Nov. u, 1862 {
SIR: Your resignation, rendered the 10Th Oc-
tober, to take effect the 1st November instant.
has been accepted by the President of the
United States, to take effect the Dist instant
l am Sir. very respectfully, l.,t
Your Obedient servant
(Signed,) JAMES B. FRY,
Asst. Adjutant General.
Capt EARLE s. GooDRICH.
Aide-de-Camp,
st. Paul. Minnesota.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30
Sioux treaties AbroGated.

BY our special dispatches it will be seen
that the bill for the abrogation of treaties
with the Sioux Indians, has passed the
Senate. 1t contains provision for the
payment of 100000 to the sufferers by
the raid.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30
Col. John IL. SanbOrl,.

Among the nominations sent to the Sen
ate by the President, was that of Col. JOIN
B. SANBoRN, of the Minnesota Fourth, for
a Brigadier General. Col. SANBoRN has
well earned promotion for his general
ability as an officer, and. especially for dis
tinguished gallantry at 1uka and Corinth.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30
BRITISH BLOCKADE RUNNER
CAPTURED.

New YORK, Jan. GA letter from
Key West states that the British neutral
blockade runner Antonica, with a CARGO
ofpowder, from England, was captured off
the United States steamer Pocahontas. bv
Mobile. N' "
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30

More Printing Swindles..The Repub.
lican State Printers becoming 80
Outrageous I'm their Charges that
the State Auditor feels bound to Ex.
pose them.
We were astonished on looking over the
Annual Report Of the State Auditor, to
find that the charges rendered to him by
the public printers, were of such swind-
ling character that he felt himself officially
bound to expose them to the Legislature
and the people, in order to guard against
repetition of like frauds in the future.
The Auditor does not furnish the figures
showing the sum total of such swindling,
ana IN this .e is clearly guilty of an Off
Gal SIN OF omission. He does, however,
give samples of the charges rendered, from
which it is certain that hundreds and per-
haps thousands of dollars have been dis
honestly taken from the State Treasury
during the past year.
To show the character of this swindlinp.
we extract from pages 8 and 10 of the
Auditors Report for 1862, the following
copies of bills rendered for the incidental
printing of the last regular Session.
200 yeas and nays, comp. 1 900 ems. so 60
Paper, 30 sheets, 2c.....1 100
Press work, I token. 60
Binding, 81 65 per 100 copies 80
Members of the Legislature all know
what "yeas and nays" are. They are
simply the names of the members printed
On slip OF paper, perhaps four inches by
eight. The legitimate charge for printing
the 200 copies is comprised in the first
three items of the above account, and it
amounts to 1928. The fourth item is
where the stealing comes in; and that
amounts to So. 30-or nearly one and a-half
times the legitimate charge, extra. That
is stealing on right royal, liberal scale
stealing at the rate of one hundred and
fifty per cent. This $3.50 of stealing is
put down in the bill as "binding" Will
the "Press Printing Company" which
executed this incidental printing, tell us
' 'A'ure ITO" they went 10 work
" OIu 'n yeas ana nays -! VI
, 'eo''"'e I'D 'llaihS
was ever done. The charge was con-
IA o'''ei "oiue' II "''' H'e"i-
ing "',"' "i'e'A ''e' 'o0A '''e i'oiiey itoi''
N',''e Aie'''i' vi '"oii p'etoA'' tleJ
ioooe' 'he 0'ate. 1haC Is me pam Eng
llsh OF the transaction.
Aholhef Dill winch the Auditor cites as
All example, IS as follows;
'oo per dle'n certificates, comp 1000
Paper. So sheets. ................ 20
R Rie5i mo'A' tokens ''..........'. ~
81 AZ
This is Of precisely the same character
with the one before considered, only that
the proportion of stealing is greater
being $2.53 of legitimate charge. and
S495 of stealing. For lis in the former
case. no binding was. nor could have been.
done.
AS we said before, the Auditor neglected
his duty in not making full exhibit of
this swindlng and thieving business, in
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30

Brig. Gen. Silas Casey has been made
a Major General for his gallantry at the
battle of Fair Oaks, on the Peninsula
and for voting to convict Fitz John Porter.