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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
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limited STATES INTERNAL
~ R1vENUE-Ann2al 7azes 1fsr 1sSa-The A.
tention Of taxpayers hereby called 70 the pSovons
Of the United States Excise Law relative 10 tho ~
sessment Of annual taxes. .
BY the sixth section II the act n Jnly 1897 II y
made tho duty u al persons, pastnenbips, firms,
sOciat30nS Or corporations, made liable 70 any daty
license, Or tax, on w bsfovs the frk Apddr n Aar n
each gear, to make list return TO tho Assistant
Assessor Of the District where located Of tho s0ent
Of annual income the articles charged With
special tax, snd tho buSnsss ~ occupation 1sbss
to pay any license:
Every person Who shall fai 70 make such return By
the dsy specified will be liable to be aaeessed BY the
Assessor accoedfng to the best Information which he
can obtain; and tn such the Assessor requfsed
to add my per csntu to the amount Of the items q
such list .. -......s - .
Every person who shall deliver to ~ asseasos any
false or fraudulent lit o. statement, with intent to
evsde the valuation enumeration required BY law,
Il subject 70 ane Of Ave hundred DOLLAR; end in
such the list will be made 0at by the AssesOS
or Assistant Assessoe, and from the valuation and
enumeration 70 made there eaa b. No appeal.
Payment Of the annual taxes, except those tpr r.
censes Will not Be demaaAsd upt the thirtsth dsy d
June. ~ - A.st~fI L ~ E4@S%
mo appropriate blanks on which TO mako Ystsrp.
and Ill necessary fnfoTnasicn, will b furnished BY
+. BtW.l Assistant AasosGoe ke tie 0th DIVISION q
whom the returns shosA b delivered n o. betoss
the first Monday Of May, at hisocs 10 %. C1osd, n
thesame once With 3. h. Pinney, Deputy Collsct1s
for said District. II. q. D. M0RkIeON.
y. B. Aseessos ~ District
Rt.Reul Feb 10th, 1861. na1S-5v
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
THE TRADERS CLAIMS.

We took occasion, in former issue,
to call attention to the outrageous
claims presented by traders to the Sioux
Commission, and by them allowed
The whole affair bears on its face evil
dence Of the most palpable fraud. The
Commission make no efforts to clear
themselves Of tho suspicion Of direct
completely. The f|low'ng extracts
from letter from a gentleman in Wash.
ington, which We had intended publish
ing last week, throws some further light
On the SUI icct:
''The Secretary of the Interior refuses
to report those Traders claims to Congress,
and says that they are most susp,cious.'
lilo will report the settlers clnms in a day
Or .wo. ! fear however T. at the faint which,
attaches to the traders claims may infect
the whole Report and prevent any appro-
priation. The assistant Secretary, whose
business l. was to ex,mine the testimony
as to the traders claims, say that they were
allowed 231 per cent more than their o,rn co.
'denee 'coa!d just;fy and in any event the
claims will be cut down that much-and
probably not cent will be paid of them
for some time to come, if for ever. The
testimony was of the most snsI icious kind.
Dozens Of pages Of Inventories. including
fractions Of yards, we're made out from mem
ory!! No testimony was given by the New
York merchants from whom the goods were
bought:-all the papers necessary to their
accounts against the government their or
binary accounts were saved, but strange to
say all the documents that could throw light
upon the amount Of goods they had on hand
were destroyed by the Indians!"
We would again urge upon our men,
bers Of Congress to use their utmost
endeavors to prevent this fraud upon tho
government.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

"A GOOD Acr AND A WISE INVEST
MENT.-Somc time since General
Thomas assessed number Of Tennes-
sec rebels in the sum of $4,000 for
the murder, by gucrlllas, Of one Mich.
igau and two Wisconsin soldiers. The
Milwaukee Wisconsin says Of the at:
fair: .a: ,.i,: .. ..,......... 81
This money has been brought to " is
consin. The widow of one of the eol-
diors, living at or near Delavan, in WAL
worth county, received her $4,000 in
cash, and her friends brought it to one
Of the Milwaukee banks, day or two
since, and invested it all in Govern
ment securities. The assessment and
payment Of it afterwards to the widow
of the murdered soldier was noble act
on the part Of General Thomas, but the
investment by the widow in the war
bonds Of the country was a still more
noble act 1t evinced a confidence on
her part, in the future of the country
for which the life Of her husband had
been given up, and it also Displayed the
most praiseworthy recognition Of the
justice and kindness manifested TO her
by the Government. t'i""o' e.d'll =
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

3. sHEEp.-There is no country or cli-
mate more favorable to the raising of
sheep than Minnesota, Is has been thor
oughly tested, during the past three
years. Jsmes Lawrance, ESQ.,, who re-
sides about four miles fr m this city,
has lost only about four ont Of $50 sheep
during the past winter. This, perhaps,
is little less tina n the average lcss, Jet
it goes to show that this climate Is we'll
adapted 10 sheep raising WaLatha,c
uprnlH
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
AN INCIDENT OF BUTLERyS RULE
IN NEW ORLEANS,a Sc.

A correspondent 81 the Newark Da;i.!
~ Aduerttser, deriving his information
from private sources, tells this story Of
General Buffers rule in New Orleans !:
"Soon after the General reached
there, thejunior partner of large New
York mercantile house arrived in New
Orleans and presented to heavy firm,
Totes long due. The partners declined
to pay them, admitting they had had
the goods, but they meant u pay the
amount to the Confcderacy, not to their
northern offenders. Fi~aing it impos-
sible to secure the payment Of bis de-
mands, the gentleman laid the matter
before Gen Butler. lie sent the Pro-
vost Marshal for them. and they were
brought into. his presence. "Good
morning. gentlemen" said he, with his
accustomed blandncss. "Is this note
one fyour n'ake2" he asked, handing
them paper. EYES," they replied -
Are you ready to pay it2" h. inquir-
ed. "It is not now convenient" was
the response. "Gentlemen," said Gen.
Butler, II give you until tomorrow
morning at "ins o'clock, to decide
whether You will FAY this note or re-
main in the custody Of the provost-mar-
shall" They retired He then direct
ed the gentleman from New York to b.
at the store punctually at that hour,
and again present the note for payment,
and afterwards report to him., He was
there as directed with and rromptness.
but with sullen looks, the cash was
paid and the notes liquidated. This
firm afterward became most inveteratc
in their opposition to General Butler,
and they were among those who most
perslstcntly and wiltully maligned his
conduct and character.
"Th;s incident among many of SINH
lar kind which have been related to
nc, is worthy Of being put on record.
They are from one politically opposed
to General Butler, who never liked him,
but who saw in his resolute and de-
determined course what was an i'm
perative necessity in New Orleans"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
Livery, Sale and Boarding
S r A. B L b. =
ROGERS s SPENCER, Proprietors

RUG r KS SPE n CE Il, Propriet6rs.
liavingreceivcd a new and splendid 81
Stoch Of Carriages and Buggies,
We are prepared to furnish Pleasure Par
ties Excursions and Funerals with outfits
on the shortest notice. z,.p..
Horses suitable FIR buggy or saddle can
always be found at our stable Il. Ill, ...'
If you want Horse and Buggy, Team,
or a Team and Carriage, to go into the
country, or from one end Of it to the 9TH
er. call at our stable, whore you can be
accommodated at all times and at all hours.
N. B.-We are prepared to furnish reg
ular and transient i.@t]
For Horses, at our stable, at reasonable
rates. We would respectfully state that
"Billy'' Young, whom all know to be ou
fat in the business, ill'be on hand at all
hours: night or day, to wait upon cus tom-
ers. For particulars. call at our Office.
<5n52-tf ROGERS & SPENCER.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
A DEsERTER SHOT IN s1nu.Ex r..

Correspondence Of the 81. Paul Pres.
HENDERSON, March 18th, 1864
A distressing affair occurred in Wash
ineton Lake township, in this county,
on Wednesday moroiug last. The
statement, as near as l can ascertain is
us follows:
deputy Provost Marshal NJ. Braden.
thai, received orders to arrest desert
er by the namo Of Peter Kearnan, of
Company K, 10th Regiment, and left
here Tue day night in company with
.wo others, to 60 to the residence of
his father. aud arrived there just at day.
light. and made the arrest, Kearnan
being in bed. While dressing, b.
made an attempt to go out, but was pre-
vented. He afterwards made another
effort to escape, and was successful
The Marshal followed and ordered him
to stop, but seeing he could not catch
him, he drew his revolver and fired, the
ball taking effect in the back part Of
his head. The prisoner was carried
into the house insensible, and remained
so until the party left. =.'.. III ,
On the Marshal's return be sent DR.
Seiguerctte, of this town, to attend the
wounded mau. At last accounts he
was still living, but there is no hope oil
his recovery. 7%..:.t ts''-~*i II 4@.:
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

THE Mankato Linion of the 18th,
gives an account of a destructive fire in
that place. The Gre broke out in a
tailors shop and burned three business
buildings and dwelling house. There
was no. insurance upon either goods OF
buildings. N. Wallbcn, VIM Irving,
Mr.. Wickersham, MIR. Hickman, and
VIM. Reid, were the sufferers.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
General Hcadqua rtcrS, State OF MIN
fle9OtA.f! -r.- t.z.
ADJUrAsr GENERALS OFFICE.
ST.. PAUL. Min, March, IL, 1864.

ADJCTAST EENERALS OFFICE.
ST.. PAUL. Min, March, IL, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 8.
Having, thus far. been able to procure the proper
credits fsr but small number Of the citizens q Mn
ncsOta who have enlisted in the military organizations
of other States, owing in great measure to the fact
Of our not being , able to give the proper spelling Of
company and regiment; in order. therefore, that We
may be enabled far possible to overcome these
difficulties it Is recommended:
ellis Of Cities will procure and forward to this office,
by mail other safe conveyance At the earliest day
practicable a1dayits in reference to such volunteer
who are not known to be already credited to some
portion of the State.
, H. Such aGidavits must give the full name Of tho
volunteer correctly spelled and II his name q known
to be incorrectly spelled upon the muster roll Of his
company, such fact and such spelling should likewise
be given together with the number Or other desgna
ton Of the regiment and company In which he enlist
3D. and the State under whose auspices the same vas
Ill., Zach affidavit must contain . statement that
the volunteer citizen, or actual resident Of tho
town claiming him, together with such known facts
Is 20 support that conclusion, such the length
of time no such resident, his having voted or
paid poll tax in the town. his having left bis family
therein, their having received assistance from tho
". A separate affidavit must be made for each:
volunteer claimed and written upon one half sheet
Of Legal or fo0l.c.P writing paper; 1esy se.oed
his regiment and company plainly written upon tho
back.
'. All such at.davits mnst DO fled in this once
time, abstracts will BIO made out for the several
States in whose organizations such volunteer may
have end .ee . stss.. 'es
comparison with the muster rolls and records ON Mo
in their respective bureaus. rs.
tant Generals a. having enlisted from this stste viii
be unlimited to the Provost Marshal General q the
United States, and Hby him found correct. they will
be accredisea 70 the 1owns o.ssD.sn& s ~ sns
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

FATAL AccIpENr.-We learn that
a little girl, the daughter Of Mn. 9.
NJ. Work, of Waukokee, some time ago
in the absence Of oldey persons, had her
clothes take FIRE and was burnt to death
The age Of the child was six ycurs.-
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

Tue sioux City Reyi.tcr of the 18th
says: al =.
From reliable authority. We are in
formed that the siege of Fort Randall,
by the Sioux Indians, is being pressed
vigorously It is thought the Fort will
be able ~ hold out until it can be rein
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
ANOTHER CALL.

The Pre-: ilcnt has issacd another
for two hundred thousand more.
nnesota's quota is 2,lS0 men. The
# will take place on the 10th Of
I'll.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
the SAUK VALLEY HOUSE.

Fl'NlS house has been newly erected on St.
j Augusta street, on the Red Eiver road,
and the Proprietor is prepared to
ACCOMMODATE IRA VELERS
with comfortable lodgings and good meals
at reasonable charges. Stabling on the
premises sufficient for twenty horses. Farm
ers will find this good place to put up ct.
>n,T.s . -, JOSEPH PENDLE.
St. Cloud, March 18th, 1854. v6n34
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

The Fourth Regiment arrived in
St. Paul on Sabbath last. Dinner and
breakfast were gwen them at the In
tcraational. f~..s' s-ssS l.: "a" -
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
81. Cloud PIow Factory.

st. Cloud PI0W Factory.
NICOLAS LAIR
would call the attention 81 Farmers to his
IN various kinds Of
DOUBLE AND, SINGLE SHIN, HARD
ENED, CAST AND COMMON STEEL
PLo w q
Which he viii warrant TO clean in Asy soil,
TO run with easy. steady motion ssd light
draft. Also, I'll kisds Of 4
BREAKING FLOWS.
Old Flows repaired in good style.
Al hsv1 selected large stoe1 70
best materials si4 supsristsp ~ con.
struction Of oil my Flows myself, An ~
sbled 70 sell them st low prices. Moreover
oil my Yows not snsvsfiDg the sbsVe rec
omnsndaAion can 30 YetN ned to ne.
NICOLAS LAuR.
st. Gsrsais g.. opposite Brokers' Block
sign Ut the P:Ow. v1n30-tf
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

OFFICE FIRST DIVISION,
ST. PAUL g. PACIFIC II. X Co.,
St. Paul, March 18th, 1864.
Proposals will be received until
APRIL 10TH NEXT, .."-
FOR GRADING TEN (lo} NILS ROAD BED
From the end of the present grading, ten
miles below St. Cloud,
TO ST. CLOUD.
Profile and specifications Of work to be
seen ut the Office Of
p. J.. GREGORY,
Agent Of the Company ut St. Cloud.
And nt the General Office Of the Company,
St. Paul. L.
WM. Is. L1TCHFlELD & CO.,
v6n3l-tf ~.-l" Contractors.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
House and Lot for Sale.

A two story frame dwelling house, with
convenient outbuildings, located on Lot 6,
Block SO, on Fourth street, will be sold on
reasonable terms. For furtcr particulars
call at the residence Of 49, +
JOS. NJ. GREEN,
vGn34-3mN Lower st.. Cloud.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24
RAIL ROAD LAND! !

First Division, st. Paul anit
Pacific r. r. Co.
This co%%paxy .niisv. offer, for sale tn.
Lands granted by. C6Tgress to, aid in th<
construction Of its branci, line from st.
Paul to Watsb. =
Valley Of the Upper Mississippi, i,
on both sides Of the river. and embrace a
great variety Of
TIMBER, PRAIRIE AND HAY.
The Road Is now in course of actual con-
struction, and will be
Finished to st. Cloud
before the LIST day Of January, 1865
The Lands are f..
EXEMPT FROM IAxATI0n
until sold and conveyed by tue Company.
They arc offered in tracts Of
40, 20, OR ieo ACRES AND UPWARDS,
aud will be sold to
ACTUAL SETTLERS
upon advantageous terms
Terms, cash; tho bonds of the Company
at par, or TO those whe desire it,
7 Long Credit and
LOW RATES OF INTEREST.
All persons trespassing upon these lands
will be prosecuted under the recent Act of
the Legislature.
For Information as to lands in the Coun-
ties OF
TODD,
CROW WING,
MORRISON,
BENTON,
STEARNS,
And the north part Of
WRIGHT AND SHERBCRNE,
Apply to
F. T. GREGORY,
GEO. l.. BECKER,
Land Commissioner,
vGn34-tf St. Paul, Minn.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

GEO. i. BECKER,
Land Commissioner,
vGn34-tf St. Paul, MINI.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

For Information as to lands in the Coun-
ties OF
TODD.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-24

Profile and specifications Of work to be
seen ut the Office of
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-01
Philosophy Sounding the Deptbs.

Tie downward course of our transcen-
dental philosophers is denoted in the fol-
lowing reference by the Newburyport
Herald to lecture by Ralph Waldo
Emerson in that city:
When he referred to our present nationa,
struggle he sunk to the level of stump orators
in thought, and below them in oratory: and
when he-like Garrison Philips, and Others of
that class-so recently peace man, advocating
the reference of national disputes to arbitration
which was nothing else than advising com,
promise, and shuddering at the taking of human
life as the objectionable sin, and the shedding
of human blood, even the blood of the murder
er, as the lowest depth of debasement-whe
he approved of war as a means of eleyatiOn-of
regeneration, he was absolutely lost. He SEEM
ed not to see, that though war through sin and
crime may be unavoidable, still it is permitted
in this world only as hell is permitted in the
next; and that the condition of war is no more
desirable, save as a chastisement that may turn
us from crime to virtue, and from the INTERVALS
to the celestals, than place in hell is desirable
when we have done with this life In his pas
sage from the advocacy of peace, counting that
the state Tor advancement in civilization, to
war as means of moral purity, he has made
the same transition that Robespierre and his
school ana IL France iii the days of the terrible
revolution that shook that country and terrified
the world by its madness.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-01
A ssxEigsl OfficiaI,, OH Gen. Meade.

The following cutting epigram on Gen
MEADE's recent advance into Virginia is
circulated in the Washington hotels, and
is said TO be the production of high Of
fetal. 1t will be remembered that it is
founded OF the French kings famous dis
patch after his ruinous defeat at Pavia:
"Alrs lost but honor!" Francis cried
AS crushed on Pava's field he lay:
:" There's nothing lost but honor - sighed
The prudent Meade to-day.
The epigram is well turned, but it tells
shameless falsehood. This "higi Off
cial" undoubtedly is one of those WASH
ington quid-nuacs who arranged the stage
for the Fredericksburgh and Chancellor
vile tragedies, and he would doubtless
have felt great deal of satisfaction in
having the season close Hich Just such an
other bloody fiasco- That he was not
gratiiied let the army and the nation thank
God and Gen. MEADE.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-01
Health of General Grant.

The New York World says the coun-
try will regret to learn that the health of
General GRANT is precarious and that his
friends are apprehensive for his life. 1t
will be remembered that since he assumed
command at Cairo he has not once visited
his home. He has spent two summers on
the Lower Mississippi, the last one in the
facilitating climate of Vicksburg and New
Orleans. The serious accident that oc-
Cured to him in the latter city gave Sc
we're shock to his system, and he was any
thing but well when called to the COM
mand of the armies of Tennessee. An
army officer, direct from Chattanooga, in
formed the editor of the INDIANAPOLIS
JOurncI that
General Grant is still suffering from his fall
at New Orleans, has grown thin and STOPPING
and shows marks OF so great a loss of health
and strength as to create fears of his recovery
though he still works as indefatigably us ever
When it was announced at Cir. ITS headquar
tiers that Bragg had been removed and HaideC
put in command of the rebel army, the Genera
quietly remarked, HE is my choice"-al
opinion that seems to be very generally enter
tanned in both armies.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-01
Battle OF fsinggOld.

We published yesterday some account
OF this battle from the New York IVor{d,
and now what the correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican says of it:
The conduct of Hooker, in rushing so many
brave men into the jaws Of death. cannot be
too severely reprcnended. He had won aurels
at tie battle of Lookout Mountain, and his
head was turned, and he was too impatient to
obey the strict orders of his superior. In his
impetuosity-I will not insini:ate that he had
taken thief into his mouth to steal away his
brains, though that is currently reported-he
determined TO carry the post here, regardless
of its strength, and OF the loss of life which an
assault would entail. General Grant demanded
an explanation Of his unprecedented conduct,
when Hooker replied that his skirmishers be-
came engaged, and that it is a point of honor
with him to sustain them. The object of send
ing them out was to ascertain the position of
the rebels, while a flank movement was made
upon them, which must have resulted in the
capture OF most of them but by his reckless
ness Hooker lost lis the advantage which this
would have secured, and consigned hundreds
of brave men to their graves.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-01

Cavalry.

General HALLEoK's statement of the
number of cavalry horses destroyed by our
army will strike everybody with astonish-
ment. A remount tor the whole service
once in two months is the rate at which
our cavalry horses are used up, by want
Of skill and often culpable neglect of the
akfmals; 435,OOO horses will be needed
for the coming year if the evil remains
unchecked. The enormous waste of horses
was one of the points which was urged
quite early, we believe, by those who
wished to sec the volunteer cavalry force
kept within narrow limits. The admirable
service done by this force will outweigh its
immense and needless expense, in the
opinion of the country.
The immense consumption of horses,
however, is an evil which is felt outside
the army or the Treasury. The stock
breeders declare that if it goes on it will
permanently injure the breed of horses in
the country. The horses of mature age
are being taken up by the Government so
fast that young horses are put to work too
early, the result of which will ultimately
be seen in the diminution of the average
size of the breed.