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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
OBSERVATIONS WEST.

In the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser we
find letter from "New Yorker" whose
contributions We published few weeks
since. 1t conveys to the people of the
East the favorable impressions of our por-
ton of the State received by the writer
Our crops, however, have proved much bet
ter than he anticipated:
BUFFALO, Aug. ~, 1864:
MEssRs. DEMONSTRATING recently So
journed in the far north and northwest,
perhaps few statistics might interest yoar
readers. passed through great variety
Of country, from good, bad and Indifferent,
to the vetS best of lands and climate. The
extreme drouth has reached nearly every
point Of compass that passed through, or
could gain any information from, aud
therefore crops are necessarily light
Wheat, in many sections, is entirely de-
stroyed by the chinch bug, and altogether
is estimated atsjrom one fourth to one-half
of crop. Oats fair to good barley light
corn and potatoes good, with now and then
an exception, where the dry weather pre-
vented them coming. The chinch bug has
likewise, in some sections, commenced to
destroy the corn.
AS l made my way to the north and
northwest, found its resources scarcely
unsurpassed in any locality, for building
itself up to become q comm andiug and COM
mercial poin, of interest to the whole
world. The contemplated railroads of
Northern Minnesota to Lake Superior, Zone
of which is now in progress) will give ia
cilities to the commerce of this section
scarcely without rival. The North .rn
Pacific road, which will be completed eighty
miles above st. Paul to St. Cloud tn is sea-
son, will afford an opportunity for forward
ing all the necessary supplies at a rate
much taorc tolerable than is the case with
the present mode of using OK teams for for
warding. These facilities, together with
the natural advantages. that the northern
frontier is possessed of, are not only lnvi-
ting to the man of enterprise, the husband
man and mechanic, but particularly so to
the stock grower. Probably there are few
sections superior to Northern Minnesota
for the purpose Of growing wool. The
clear and admirable winters, not being
subject to any cold, vet storms, render it
decidedly favorable for sheep. They are
healthy, shear heavy. wool long and open,
Of fine texture and free from .'gum." The
numerous rivers and lakes are surrounded
with any amount of:hay, which is free to all
and pasture likewise; the only expense is
the cutting Of the hay.
The Indian instruction, which has re
tarded the emigration to Minnesota some
what, has nov played out. All the usual
avocations are now in full blast, and the
most remote settlers do not apprehend any
danger. The various forts upon the north
ern frontier, and the agility that they have
been manned, has made all things quiet
The redskins not exactly enjoying "the
steer' and the hemp, have fallen back, and
were never more friendly than at present.
NEW YORKER.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

On q tombstone in a church yard in
Ulster, England, is the following epitaph:
Erected to the memory Of John Phillips,
accidentally shot as mark Of affection by
his brother"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
ST. CLOUD BOOK STORE
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.

PHOTOGRAPHS, AMBRoTYPEs, &c.,
fAxEN At
Mrs. Fa1.well'S Gallery.
Opposite the DEMOCRAT Office, Lower torn.
Hours between 9 A. N. and Am.
Every variety Of Albums, FRAMES and
Cases kept on hand. v5n52-tf
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

Inc cOrreSpOn0enc0Ct 0e0atOf " all,
of New Jersey, under. his frank, in.
dorsing a proposition to furnish you
with 10000 stand Of Garibaldi rifles
just imported, "for which he could
'vouch," was in the Office where these
papers were found.
The correspondence of c. l.. Vallan-
disna.n, from Wiadsor, G. w., assur.
ing you "our people will ight," and
that "he is ready" and fixing point
on "the Lima road" at (which to meet
YOU" was in the Office where these pa
pers were found.
The correspondence Of Joepph Ris-
the, Auditor Of State, declaring that
"he would like to see all Democrats
unite in bold and open resistance to
all attempts to keep ours united pco-
pie by f,rce Of STEEL" and that "this
was war against the Democracy, and
that our only hope was the successful
resistance Of the South" was in the Of
Gee where these papen were found.
The correspondence of E. C. Hibben
who assures you that "the Democracy
are fast stiffening up when this war is
to be openly declared as being waged
for the purpose Of freeing the pegro,"
(which will arouse another section of
the country to arms" and declaring
"that Lincoln bayonets are shouldered
for cold. blooded MURDER" was 10 the
Office where these papers we're found
The correspondence Of J. Hardesty,
who "wants you to have that hundred
thousand mon ready, as we do not know
how soon We may need then,," were in
the Office where this ritual was found
The correspondence Of J. J. Bing-
ham, who asks you sc you think the
South has resources enough to keep the
Union forces at bay,'' and says that
"you must have sources of information
which he has not" was 10 the Office
where "these papers" we,e found
The correspondence of John G. Da-
Wis, informing you that i certain New
York journal "is wonderfully exercised
about secret anti-war movements; and
trelnble in their boots in view of the
terrible reaction which is sure to await
them," was in the Office where "these
papers" were found.
The correspondence Of W: S. Wal.
ker, who "koeps out Of the way because
they are trying. to arrest him for off,
ciating in secret societies." inclosing
the oath of the K G. C.'s prior to that
Of the .. A. K, was in the Office where
"these papers, were found.
The petition or G. L. Vallandigham,
D. w. Voorhees, and Benjamin Wood
in favor Of two Republics, and united
South, was in the Office where "these
papers" were found.
The correspondence Of Campbell, who
says: the Democracy were once not
afraid to let their purposes out to day.
light" Tut that snow it is deemed best
to work in secret, and asking your con-
sent" were in the Office where "these
papers, were found.
The correspondence of B. Etheridgc,
Clerk of the House Of Representatives,
giving official notice that "your credcn-
tials as member Of the Thirty.cighth
Congress have been received and fled
in the proper Office" and for you ITO
come o"," was in the Office where "theso
papers" we're found.
The correspondence Of George II.
Pendleton, which states that Etheridge' 3
plan to reorganize Congress, viz: ito
elect hi,nsl ~ - NJ
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

"A fellow contemplated in utter won DE-
ment the magnitudinous dimensions Of
bystander's feet, and in tone of astonisl
ment said as he surveyed the mans pr
portions, "You'd have been . tall man
they hadn't bent you % far up"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
the DEMOCRAT
Il published At St. Cloud. Stearns County,
Minnesota, every Thursday afternoon.
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Business cards, five lines or less, SIS per
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Ten lines Of this sized type constitute
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tionsts to the space they occupy in BREWER
solid.
II O B w O R TX
OF oil kinds executed with neatness and
dispatch, and at reasonable rates.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

tree, they lie for lev mougllV ~
ground Is if they were dead, but pressntl1
they begin to crawl along towards the tree;
which they ascend again. They rarely 10;
their wings, although they are pretty vel
applied in this respect
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

Why was Joseph put into the pit? Be-
cause there wasn't any room for him in the
family circle
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

Il. yA1ll1k GEN 4klkDil: -
r. ~ y my new shop near
lSfHd am prepared to do
&c ~ the Carriagemakiue
~ VI riages and sleighs made
IA ~ 6stantial manner at low
=. 49, 1k attention paid to repair
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

1T has been decided in Canada Cour
that payment there on 4 contract entere,
in the United States, may bs made in gree,
backs.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

er Stepleton respecting the liberty u
speech aud the rights ofrcbels ia the
North, are somewhat loose.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
NEW SADDLER SHOP.

WE have just opened New Saddler
w Shop, on St. German street, where
wehave complete = 6ortment Of everythinR
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

The Richmond Ex&naaer says. ut
easier for = saw-mill to pass through d
eye Of needle than it il for rich man
enter Camp Lee asa eonscript.'' 81. 81
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

- For al k1nds Of, JOB WORK
call - tIs1s 00oos
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
. W. METZR0TH
MERCHANT TAILOR,

VITOULD invite bis friends and the, Pub
w lie to cali and examine his Nev Styles
to Gentl.men's Furnishing Goods. Partic-
ular attention paid to custom work.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

p e. u AS JONES.
salt BLACKSMITH.
il inds Of work done in tho best
kktk NM 81 ible manner. Particular atten-
DE- i. to horse and ox-ehoeing, pillow
- d repairing of all kinds. Shop in
llding with Henry w. Weary.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08

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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
D. ", VOORHEES, AND The o. A. Z.
TREASONABLE PROCBEDINGS OF
NORTHERN DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS.

Spicy Letter from Gen. Carrington
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

In the city of London, at the time when in
the midst of the great commercial panic
the South American mines having gone
through. taking with them the coal and tin
mines of England-all confidence seemed to
be gone-there was no value for anything.
A gentleman offered you bet that you could
not sell gold in the street for its weight in sill
ver "Done Done l"-And the expert
ment was tried. A ragged fellow was put
upon London bridge with an old hat full of
newly coined sovereigns. which he offered for
half a crown apiece, declaring aloud as they
ran through his fingers into his hat, so as to
dazzle and astonish the bystanders. that they
were warranted pure gold, right out of the
mint Men stopped, handled them, looked
knowing. laughed. winked and passed on ;
and If was that only four were sold, and those
counters, or pocket pieces, to man who got
handsomely jeered for bis folly. since, they
told him. he could bny the same for six-pence
apiece at any of the fancy dealers.
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

ToucH NOT MY SISTERS PIcTUEE.-The fol-
lowing incident W IS related by Confederate
prisoner to an attendant. who, by many acts
of kindness won his confidence:
81 was searching for spols among the
dead and dying upon the battle field, when
| discovered small gold locket upon the per.
son of dying boy, apparently about fifteen
years of age. As | endeavored to loose it
from his grasp, he opened his languid eyes
and implored me by all that was good and
pure. by the memory of my own mother, not
to rob him of his sisters picture. oh l'said
he, it was her last gift. / promised her
when she kissed my cheek at parting, that l
would always wear it near my heart, in life
or death Then as if throwing his whole
soul into the plea, he exclaimed: '0hI
touch not my sisters picture As the last
words faltered upon his tongue. his voice hush
ed in death. BY the dim light of the stars /
hastily scooped shallow grave, and buried
him with his sisters picture lying upon his
breast
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

THE FREEzING OF LAKE AND ITS FIsH.-A
correspondent of the Buffalo, Courier, writing
from Franklin. Erie county. PENNSYLVANIA,
January ID, mentions the following circum,
stance: The ushering in of the year 1864
finds me winter-bound in this out of the way
place, where King Jack Frost reigns with
oct rival, both on land and in water
There is q small lake near Edinboro a few
few miles from here. covering about two hun.
drel acres. which froze over so suddenly that
the fishes had not time to dive below, bui
were frozen in the ice, and the good people
of the borough are feasting on fresh fish
bushels Of them having been cut from the ict
to-day.
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

EARLY ABoLITIoNIsM IN IRELAND.-It is a
curious fact that Ireland was the first Euro
pean country to abolish the Slave Trade.
Giraldus Camoenses says that National Sy-
nod assembled at Cork in the eleventh centu.
ry and prohibited the traffic in slaves between
England and Ireland, and liberated all the
bondmen then in the latter kingdom. This
was when slavery existed in every other king
dom in Europe. A canon of the Catholic
church delivered in ll02, in London, said:
" Let no one from henceforth presume to
carry on that wicked traffic by which men
of England have hitherto been sold like brute
animals. But in that glorious reformation,
Ireland was the first of all the countries of
the world. Before the Conquest, says vii.
liam of Malmsbury, the English were in the
habit of selling their children and other re-
lations to be slaves in Ireland and it was
said that the Anglo-Saxo nobility sold their
female servants when pregnant by them
exactly as the American Shareholders do.
Against this atrocity the Irish people rebell-
ed even when they were the gamer by the
traffic, and by an edict of the national synod
agreed TO emancipate all the English slaves
in the Kingdom"
How, then, can an Irishman be the friend
Of slavery in America? He cannot. if his
mind be enlightened nor can he adhere to
that accursed, outcast organization of man.
stealers, now known and despised as the
democratic party. Oregonian.
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

CURE FOR WEAK EYEs.-An elderly gentle
man, accustomed to 8 indulge" entered the
room Of a certain inn, where sat grave friend
by the fire. Lifting pair Of spectacles upon
his forehead rubbing his infamed eyes, and
calling for hot brandy and water. he COM
planned that his eyes were growing weaker
and weaker, and that even spectacles didn L
seem to do them any good ''I'll tell thee,
friend, F" replied the Quaker, ''what think.
Ifthee was to wear thy spectaeles over thy
mouth for few months, thy eyes would come
around again.
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

ExosrosIs.-A curious case of this kind
came under the treatment of DR.. Willard, of
La Porte, few days since. 1t was that of a
Chinaman, who had been troubled with an
ugly tooth some two or three years. much41of
the time under the treatment of Chinese doc
tors who had failed of giving him any relief
One of the prongs of the eye-tooth had grown
to enormous size, an inch and half In
length, Including the tooth. from the root of
which it commenced growingl and about one
and one-fourth inches in width, with an av-
erage thickness of half an inch. and very long
and solid. 1t had split the jaw or aiveoiar
process: liberation had worked its way
through the face at different places and heal
ed only to break again, as was shown by sew
eral sears The doctor captured the tooth,
which he still retains for the inspection OF
the curious Mountain Messenger.
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30
painful interest of the scene have been yet

painful interest of the scene have been vet
further heightened in intensity
At length the Speakers hammer fell. A
dead silence instantly prevailed, and the re-
specSive delegations assembled and took their
seats around the tables prepared for them.
1t was my privilege, from an elevated po-
sition on the right of the chair, to enjoy full
view Of all the groups, and have preserved
a rude and hastv sketch which caught of
their positions while the first ballot was pro-
ceeding. Each delegation appointed one of
their number to act as Chairman, collect
their votes and report the result. The dele
cations voted by pluralities. Whoever, in
each, received the most votes. was reported
as the choice of that delegation. There were
twenty four of these groups; and when the
votes had been gathered in each. they were
called upon TO vote, which they did in sue
cession, rird r0ce, commencing with Maine
The silence was like that of a sepulcre. Mems
breath WAS suspended. as State after State
uttered its voice: and o. can ever forget
the moment when the Speaker, standing up
in his place, declared in clear, sonorous
voice, that seemed to pierce through bone and
marrow, that JOHN QuINcY ADAMS, having
received majority of the votes cast. was du.
ly elected President of the United States for
four years from the 4th day of March next
ensuing"
Then rose such shout from the galleries
as seemed to lift the very dome of the hall.
Mr.. McDufhe (whose candidate had been de.
feated, whose eager hopes were blasted, and
whose personal pledge for the good order of
the assembly was remembered by all ! sprang
in much excitement from the ground, and in
voice that rang above all the tumultuous
plaudts of hespeetators, cried, "Mr Speak
er, move that the galleries be CLEARED !"
The question was put and carried. Yes, !"
said foreign minister to another, who stood
by his side, . but how are you going to do
it ?" A natural question enough for a Euro
pean, Ignorant of our country and the people.
Here were no guards, no gendarmes, not
even constable how was the order to be
enforced?
He soon saw, and while he gazed. seemed
penetrated with speechless wonder. No soon
er had the Speaker given the order, The
Sergeant alarms will clear the galleries, y
than an active, slender young man, of grace
full form and with brilliant eve. darted
from his place and mounted IL did not see
howl to the broad stone cornice which runs
all round the hall in front of. and below, the
breastwork of the galleries, motioned with
his arms to the dark, dense, and almost suf-
focated mass of human beings before him.
exclaiming, "Gentemen. the Speaker orders
the galleries to be cleared; you must retire
clear the galleries" And at his word,
like flock Of quiet, passive sheep, when the
gate of their pen is thrown open, out went the
entire crowd, without word of complaint or
remonstrance. and in an incredibly short
time not soul was left behind. The foreign
minister lifted up his hands in amaxement.
and exclaimed, "Wbat government What
people ~
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

THE Victoria Chronicle relates: :. A young
reprobate at the New Zealand House perper.
trated an act of cruelty which should have
assured him severe punishment. In spirit
of deyilishness. difficult to imagine. that little
wretch tied two unfortunate cats together
and placed them in the oven of stove, Sc
curing the doors. He next lighted flre IN
the stove of pitch pine splints, and unniind'
ful of the cries of the victims. piled on the
fuel until humane person hearing the nolse'
opened the oven door, and found the ooaies
OF botl. animals baking; the one dead ana
the other dying"
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

CopPERHEAD LoGIc.-The Marysvilie tx
press reasons to this conclusion II the
foot of the negro had never pressed the soil OF
America, the institution of slavery. as mat
tar of course. would not have existed The
quiek-witted Nevada Gazette continues the
logical process: IF George Washington had
never been born, be would not have been the
father of his country. If John Brown soul
had no legs, it would not be marching on. II
the editor Of the Express had been hung, as
he should have been when plotting for a Pa
cific Republic, as matter of course he would
not be writing copperhsad articles"
The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30

Power OF COMPOUND INEEREsT.-The SIM
pie interest of one cent, at 6 per cent per
annum, from the commencement of the Chris
tian era to the close OF the year 1868, would
be but the trifing sum of eleven dollars, thir-
ty-seyen cents and eight mills; but if the
same principal, at the same rate and time,
had been allowed to accumulate at compound
interest, it would require the enormous mum.
ber Of 81 $40 billions Of globes of solid gold,
each equal to the earth in magnitude, TO pay
the interest; and if the sum were equally di-
vided among the inhabitants of the earth,
now estimated to be one thousand millions,
every man, woman and child would receive
81 $40 golden worlds for an inheritance
Were all these globes placed side by side in
direct line. it would take lightning itself,
that can girdle the earth in the wink of an
eve, 73, 600 years to travel from end to end
And if Parrott gun was discharged at one
extremity while a man was stationed at the
other-light travelling l92, 900 miles in a
second the initial velocity of cannon ball
being about 1900 feet per second, and in this
case supposed to continue at the same rate !;
and sound moving through the atmosphere
ll20 feet in second-he would see the fash
after waiting 1l0, 900 years; the ball would
reach him in "A billions of years; but he
would not hear the report till the end of one
thousand millions of centuries. Again, if all
these masses of gold were fused into one pro
digious ball, having the sun for its centre, it
would reach out into space. in all directions,
one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two
millions of miles, almost reaching the orbit
of Herschel or Uranus and, if the interest
were continued till the end of the present
century. it would entirely fill up the solar
system, and even encroach five hundred mil
lions of miles on the domain beyond the
planet Neptune, whose orbit, at the distance
of two thousand eight hundred and fifty mil
lions of miles from the sun, encircles our
whole system of worlds.