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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03
121fER FROM HON. II. BIZ. =
Hi. ~ on the Presld l.l Or
ton. 1sBss]
\ XeA3bsr aicCLELLA2AND ~

ST.. PAUL, Oct II, 1864. =,
Editors Of the Press: >.'
Please publish the accompanying
lr'te' cfthe N%e.IH; NJ. itice, aud by
50 doing you will greatly serve the
cause Of the Union.
s5z.t) osI'gtsI.E: Respectfully, vi +
y. BLAkELY.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03
.JGlNNEsOTA UNDER A REPUBLICAN
~ 800" ADNINlsTRATION.

While Gilman, Brisbin, German and
other Democratic speakers are stump
ing the State with piteous takes Of OPP
preston and taxation, let our people
glance at what we, a. State, have re-
ceived from this Republican Admins
tration. 49, .'.~~ - :.
At the first meeting Of Congress af.
ter the Sioux outbreak, 100000 was
appropriated for the ''present relief" Of
the sufferers. After this, 81 100000
was allowed, aud the greater portion Of
it has been paid. The $35O,O00 rx-
pense incurred by the State hiss been
refunded. This was al done at time
when Ohio and other States were claim
ing damages which were not allowed.
These amounts. with the enormous
sums paid for supplies, transportation,
forage, &c., will swell the SUM to at
least Fiye Millions If kolzurs, disburs-
ed within the State BY this Republican
Administration in two years. The
greater portion Of this money is now
circulating among the peoplc-ull being
beae6tted by it. -
.Tke war tax in the entire State
a6,oaDts to less than $4,000. -,
= Think Of this, Democrats; and ask
yourselves II sou are willing to: con-
Aema aad vote against ABR&HAA Lin.
coin because you have to pay nec-
cssary tax TO support the Government.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03
Be Wise In Time !!

" BE Wise In Time!
~ No person reading in a. Ferer and
Ague District should be ,cithout a bottle of the
Army AGuE DROPS, 80
And it is strongly recommended to persons
travelling through places charged with mi
asma.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03

FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
CuAs. H. LlNpsLEY, J. N. MURDOCH,
JOHN g. Bx1z, J. W. MoRvoRD.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03

"Forevsr au"t that standard sheet "a: I'D
Where breathes the foe but falls before rs,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet, =,
lad Freedoms bunner streaming O er rs =
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03
UNION PRESIDENTIAL TICKET,

FOB JUDGES OF rBE SUPREME COURT,
Chief Justiee-THOMAS WILSON.
A''oe'"'<' ); II Il N. " ssxE5.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03

son cannot survive our Winters ~ on
the others. Our old friend, Will Kin.
kead, was one Of the Committee Arrahg-
ments and IS, I think, responsible for
the notices. As he has gone to St.
Cloud on furlough, the people. can call
him to account if they do not suit their
IDEAS. He has a: civil appointment in
the War Department, is steady as an
old Dutch clock, andis . rising man.
Isee tina: Gen. <Sibley is getting up
plan for more appropriations to buy
garden seeds and guns for his unfortu-
nate erring brethren, the Sioux, to set
tie them on DEVILS Lake, for the secur-
;ty Of the frontier settlements. Is Min.
nesota entirely given over to Sibley-
ism !? Is she never to be: delivered
from, the dominion of Indian traders :?
just think Of any sane man talking Of
gathering ! horde Of those ssvges to
gether for the government to feed them
through Indian contractors and Gov
eminent agents sent with more Flows
to rot and blankets to steal! Think of
collecting them within weeks walk
Of our settlements to 60 over the old
programme Of theft. aud plumber, and
u,assacre and horrors! @t s&s. ra.t.-4
When will our people learn that N
Indian has jixst AZ much right 70 life,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
PosT.oFFscE EsfIoNXcE.,

The New sYork, World dsyetes three col-
umns on Thursday to show that letters are
not safe In the post Office, and instances q
case of a. Oakley Hall, of New York, and q
case of WIN; B. Reed, of Philadeiphia "a,
"Ihe first grand coup de. main which was
known to the public. was the seizure in this
lily oi all the teiegraphic dispatches which
had5been sent CT received from Nav /, 1851.
The documents seized were voluminous. and
he doubt the otficfafs had plescnt time look.
ing them over bat nothing came of them.
The seizure was made. May al, 1861; bt br.
dera from Washingion.n i nod 1'osIg
The writer accounts fof the great discrep-
ances in the reports Of the number upon the
army rolls by the spies and bogus detec.
tiVes, everywher in administration pay.
'' Every fellow employed in tamperina
with the mails, or employed with the pro.
Vost guards, under pretense of hunting de.
serlerS, but really to keep up the net work Of
espionage and corruption all over the North.
and finally to force Abraham Lincoln on
the people foa anothea four wears. some.
how, 10 doubt, figures on the pay masters
lists" : - -.
" 1t has become notorious, and it is not N
matter OF one year but of several, that Gen.
McCieIlan's letters are regularly opened, and
Is stated on pre- ty good authorty-not Gen
McCleIlan's authority, however, but by peo.
pie who profess to know =. -sas.J .,'y
General Fremont has also complained OF
the same vile treatpeD! ofhis correspondence.
Many stances are mentioned of similar
treatment towards friends of those obnox.
ious gentlemen. The World, after giving the
modus operandi of opening letters, concludes
by giving the law against OBTAINING letters
and robbing the mails. 1t is to be hoped
they will be enforced. z. ... sl-as
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
E Said Mr.. Seward ia the well-known
Dayton letter. .,..r.a. f.-' -...

1t is hardly necessary to add to this incon
,tesable statement, lthat the rights of the
states and the condition Of every human be-
ing in them would remain the same, the
IebeilIon succeeding or failinsI the further
fact that the new President, as well as the
rl uzens through whose suffrage he has come
into Che adnlini straIion, has always repudi at
ed all aeslgre whatever and wherever Imput-
ed TO MIN and them OF disturbing the system
Of slavery as it is existing under the COnstl-
tution aud the laws. The case, however.
would not be fully presented if were to
omit 10 say that any such effort on mis- part
would be unconstitutional and all his actions
in thai drectlon would be prevented by the
JUDICIAL authority, even though they Were
assented 10 by Congress and the people.
Could language be more explicit? Yet
compare this with Mr.. Lincon's Niagara
letter. He does thus interfere with slavery
He persists in keeping thirty millions of
people al war rather than listen to an over
ture Of peace in which the Abandonment of
slavery is not th2 key note, and yet has thus
publicly and officially aYowed, over and over
again, his reputation Of purposes now dis
closed. and the las less character Of acts now
boldly done.
The Coup d. EtGt does not show more
shocking political immortality. Other Pres
identS have been Inconsistent contradictory
and Illogical. Mr. Lincoln is the first Presi-
dent who has dared to do that which. when
charged upon him; he had before repudiated
branded as lawless, as perjury, and is a
crime. Louis Napolean shed some blood to
get power, violated some oaths broke some
pledges. But he broke net half so many as,
Abraham Lincoln has confessedly broken,
and where the present Emperor shed rills
Of blood the present President will pour
rivers, if thirty millions of people are to be
kept wagrng the bloodiest and most gigantic
of the worlds civil wars until the South
surrenders its property, its prejudices, and
It's local self-government.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
DRAFTS AND REINFORCEMENTa~

1bere are two circumstances, which prove
trying puzzles to readers unyersed in the in..
tricaeies of military mansuvres, and un-
taught in the profundities of military criti-r
csm. We mention them briefly, with the
hope of obtaining satisfactory solutions from
claiming to be adopts in all the knowledge
requisite for raising and conducting armies,
and favor US with reiterated essays on both
subjects
The people of the North are represented to
be patTioticaly eager to rush to the battle
to crush the rebellion. How does it happen
then that those who uolxnteer to serve in the
army must be bribed into the ranks by the
most exhorbitant bounties2 How does il
happen, that the seduction of the bribe--no
matter how great-fails to operate on the
intensity Of the patriotic feeling, and con-
scription must be resorted These are. the
two branches Of our first problem. ~, svsg al
Being in comparative ignorance Of the con-
dition and movements of our grand army of 2
the Potomac but reading every day of its 4,
flank movements and its constant .diseom-
futures of the enemy, we ere in a quandary
to comprehend why it rsquires such frequent
accessons of Feinforcements. We wish our :.
ignorance TO be enlightened by some. expert, =
and we submit our queries in all the humili- =
ty of ignorance -..---.. --Es
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

E In his inaugural President Lincoln
quoted from one Of his own speeches and re-
lterated this declaration:
| have no poroose directly or indirectly to
Interfere with the institution of slavery In
the states where it exists. I believe have
no lawful right to do ST., and have no incli-
naiiun to do so. ! now reiterate these senti
ments, and in doing so l only press upon
tho public attention the most conclusive
evidence Of which the case Is susceptible that
The property, peace, and security OF no Sec
ton are to be in any wise endangered by the
now incoming administration. -la
Mr., Lincoln now justifes the rebela in
disbeevng these solemn reservations by
proving that they were false. lie now does
what he then declared he had no lawful
right to do. and, for the sake of reelection,
cDnfesses the inclination which he then disa-
vowed.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsHINRToN, July IS, 1864.
To 1ph6nlI Il may concern, -,

1 U UfSO"t ~ "e'Y Co'''1C' ~ - ..-. rf-g--s--
ANY proposition which embraces,the res
| toration of peace, the interity of the whole
Union. and The abandonment of STA gerry an d
uhich comes By a1ri 1pih a authority thai
can control TIE armies nop at lr0' against
the United States. pjit be- receired and con-
sidered By the ,e,recutiBe gorerunlcnl Of the
United Stdies,and will be met BY liberal
terms cn otter substantial and Collateral
points, and the bearer or bearers thereof
shall have safe conduct both ways. --, .er
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Colate this ITO whom itjmay coneernn let
ter with NJ. Lincoln's past declarations and
avowas, END it viii be difficult to , restrain
within decorans language the sense of moral
Indignation which arises in contemp Iallng its
nblushing and Shameless perjury. r. Lighter
terms do not fit. His first official act was an
oath, solemn cath, calculated to bind the
corcience Of an honorable man and restrain
ito acts Of a dishonorable one. Many times
has MI. Lincoln violated his oath. N Let the
political casusts defend him. Now he vio-
ates his oath openly and publishes his shame
His own words in past time, denying to him
self any such purpose as he is now accom-
pishing, aae all that is necessary TO convict
hm of perjury, Other c. mmentary is use
less. Political opponents can aff1rd to be
dumb. Out of his own mouth is the Presi
dent condemned. He has again and lgjn dis-
claimed that the object Of this war was
aboirtion he has asaiu and again character
lied such prostitution Of the war for the
Bnlon as lawless and wicked he has accept D.,
edthe pledges E his party, whose platform
dsavowed any such purpose in its creed or
hopes aSabolition by the federal government; /;
to his party. TO the dubIc, to Congress, he
has reiterated these disavowals to f1reign
nations by the pens of his Secretary Of State,
he has declared the same thing, b.auded
such purpose as unconstitutional, aid do
clared,its impossi)ility IF accomplishment
even if united u by Congress, the people,
and the executive, for the reason that judicial
authority would be nterp5sed to prevent
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
Exile of Rebel Women and childrsn.

LOUISVILLE, July o.
tn Wednesday, about 200 rebel men, wo.
men and children arrived here on the Nash
vile train. They are all ardent admirers Of
jeff. Davis and the southern cause. They
were picked up, "way dewn in Georgia. by
order OF Maj. Gen. Sherman, aud forwarded
to this city, to be set north of the Ohio River
TO remain during tho war. b 8 70 8 fs1 ai a7
Another nstallment Of fifty rebel women
from Georgia rived here last night. 20 e
Three hundaed thousand and fifty moro are
reported at Nashville, and win be forwarded
here on Tuesday next. They ars TO be sent
out Of the United States. sen Esw ' fs''
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
Doft's Qcorner>
TWO PICTURES.

Brightly flows the blue Potomac,
Through the naples cleaning
Der the golden clouds of sunset,
Ewes fair star is beaming,
Leaning on his trusty firelock.
Stands the picket dreaming. ..-.
Dreaming of his New England .a
Home and friends endearing .
60 Soon Wen meet" he murlnurs fondy,
Hope his lone heart cheering,
Knowing not that through tie thieket,
Stealthy steps were nearing.
Lo, fash a quick dead rattle
Foemens' bullets flying, -s.s .sf
Pierce the true heart of the picket,
On the green sward dying,
Far from all he 10, ed so dearly,
Cold in death he's lying.
Now upon the western hill-tops
Sunsets beums are streaming,
Through the foatins mists IF purple .a
Ewes lone star IS beaming,
At farm door in New England
Stands maiden dreaming.
pown-dropt eyes and red lips parted
Curls, hrsweet face screening,
In her hand fragile locket,
O'e7 it she IS leaning, .... .
Down her cheek tear-drop tremples
Full Of tender meaning:
soon we'll meet" she murmured softly
With love undyiug, -'
All unconscious that her lover .
Cold in death is lying
BY the Llue potomac's waters sEa a..
Night winds Ger him signing. ...
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
The Kentucky Proclan,ation.

The New York Herald id reference to thu
report that Mr.. Lincoln intends to interfere =.
with The Democratic elections in kentucky ,u
remarks .,...-..rr. .-.s -.,c7 o>.-r... =,
"We would warn him that the employment ID
of his ismilltary power to control the POLITICAL
elections of theoountry is dangerous amuse-oah
ment Ceasar tried it and lost his life; Ma. CO
poleon and Cromwell tried t and succeeded: 20:
and We may say the same thus far for Napo -
con the Third but what the end bfhis ca-.sf
reer will be, remains to bedisclosed Abra-
ham Lincoln, however, is a gun Of much
smaller calibre and shorter range than any of -.
these and we therefore admonish him that 4
should be attempt the despot's policy of put M.
ting the ballot box, behind the cartridge box -,
twill be the most serious anil danagips to q
his prospects ola re election of al. the blul>-r,
ders OF his blundering administration, mar, ~,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
.ollecring in front of my house.

| collecting in front of my house. ff ...iI-
But the end was near. My aunt being Of
ar investigating tura of mind, was desirous
OF finding out whether the exertion of talking
SO loud was not Injurious to my wife.
Doesn't talking so loud strain, your
lungs ?" said she, in an unearthly boot. foI
her voice was not as musical as it was when
| she was young. ..... .-s--.- -.r..e.zs-
"It is an exertion ;" shrieked my wife.
Then why do you do it 2'' was the an
swcring scream" ..l..-..-..r ..-.ray
Because-because--you can't hear me il
| don't saualled my WIFE, ....s s... r.,r
What2" ....'.-.... .-....s. ..-.,.-
My aunt faialy rivalled a railroad whistle
this time. s.s.s ..... -.....f
began to think Of eyacuatiny the premi
ses, and locking around and seeing that
John was gone, stepped INTO the next room
and there he lay fat on his back, rolling
from side TO side, with his fist poked into his
ribs, and most agpnizlng expression on her
countenance, but not uttering a sound. In
nediately and inVourtariIy assumed a
similar attitude, an think, from the rcla-
tive position of our feet and beads, and our
attempt to restrain our laughter, aPoplexy
must inevitably have ensued, if a horrible
groau, in which John gave vent in his enIea
vor to suppress his rIsabilitiy, had not be-
trayed our hiding place. ..a -'' .. "@
In rushed myWife and amt who by this
time compreheaded the joke and such a
scoldng as got then l never got before,
aud hope never to get again. . I'D
know not what the end might have been
il John, in his endeavors TO appear respect
iui and sympathetic. had not gwen vent to
such diaboIica noise, something between
groan and a horse laugh, that all gravity
vas upset, and we all laughed and screamed
IN concert.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

ST. PATRIcK's BoDY FouNp.-While the
workmcn engaged in the renovation Of ST.
Patrck's Cathedral, Doublp, the Oldest
church in Ireland, were digging up por lion
Uf the flooring in one of the aiSIes they dis
covered large stone coffin of curious ORR
manship, buried few feet below the sur
face, Tire coffin was opened, was found to
contain the skeleton of an ecclesastic supos-
ed to have been buried there six hundred
Years The skull was perfect, and the
bones cru,nbled into dust when exposed to
the air. On the nd Of the coffin there was a
full length figure OF a bishop in his robes,
It was inspected by some antiquarianS, in
cludlng DR.. Todd, who expressed it as his
belief that il was the original founder If the
church. st. Patrick. II is in good preServa
ton and il is in every respccta most inter
eS ting relic. When the church is finished,
it gi.l be placed in most prominent posi-
tion because there is no more remarkable
antiquity in the building Irish Paper. 81
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
E The Republican Convention at Chi

E The Republican Convention at Chi h :
cago, which nominated Mr., Lincoln, passed
this resofuton 4-. ....:,.s.
Resolred, That the maintenance inyioaie
of the rights of the states and especially the
right Of each state to order and eottrei its
own domestic institutions according g to its
own judgment exclusively, is essential to that
balance Of power on which the perfection and
endurance of our political fabric depend, and
we d-nounce the lawiess invasion by armed
force of the soil of any state or territory, no
matter under what pretext, as amorg the
In his Niagara letter Mr.. Lincoln now de
I elares that the control over the domestic IN
stitut ions of the states confirmed to them'in
our Consiitution,a and in the confederate
Constitution not less explicitly, shall be as
sumed by "'an authority that can control the
armies, now at war against the United
tG States, 2 and transferred 10 him who now
controls the armies and navies Of the United
States, aud that otherwias he will not Astsn
to'evertures Of peace
III RI Hav,A uswTxTS tEESIcyt -
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
vowed.

E A dead mule, belonging to Mem
phis citizen, was being hauled out of the
lines the other day, when -bayonet thrust
revealed the fact that the carcass contained
10000 percussion caps, : qnaniry of ammu-
milton, and other contraband articles, which
some rebel symPathizsr r bad taken this meaus
y lcfsnugsI;n7 as.,,g av,,s~4 -vs5 Gig
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10
S= The following is the story abou

E The following is the story about
swapping horses of which Mr.. Lincoln
wa, reminded when his reno nlinaton Tor the
Presidency was formally announced to him.
| A Dutchman undertakes to swim a mare and
colt across a stream, and not being a swim.
mer himself, he taxes hold Of the colts tail,
! and the trio start to make the passage. The
! colt, weak and immature, begins TO show
signs Of giving out about the time the mid.
die Of the stream is reached, and men on
, the opposite bank cry to The Dutchman to
seize the tnarc,s tai and rehe7c the colt, or
he will be lost. Looking anxiously about
him, and seeing the mares tail beyond his
raach, he tishtencd his grasp on the colts
caudat extremity, AID he replies TO his in
terested neighoors, that this is no Place to
swap horses" The result, Of course, IS, that
Dutchman and colt soon sink to what novel.
rsts term '' watcry grave" We are left to
nfer that the colt represents the almost ex
hausted Government, and the President, the
drowning Ddtchman. 1t is not strange that
his re nomination should have called this
story to mind The question for the -peo,
pie is whether there is not some way to save
the colt. ..,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

A GENTLEMAN cnrsd ot Nervo,s Debility, In
competency, Premature Decay and Youthful Error
actuatee by desire 10 benefit others win be happy
to furnish TO- all who need il, free of charge J. the
recipe and directions for making the simple remedy
used in disease Those wishing to profit by his and
possess Valuable Remed, will rsieive the came,
ey return mail, Carefully sealed by addressing
JQHNB OGDEN
i. .gsdL No. 6OEA-sou street, New York.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

GEN. SIGEL UNDER ARREST.-A Harss-
a; dispatch in last evenings Phiiadeiphis ) !
Bulletin says; General sigel stated to severe
al of his friends that he had been piaced eun.o fl
der arrest" % s-igoa t.Ts'
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

"a A contemporary mentions the arrest aofa9 ooi
woman in the street with nothing on here
person but ove letter aud q adagaerrosyps. IN Is
Rather poetic and pot uresque oo'tume Tor
thssrnetror0iis.+ we'd a1a1 Is
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

PURPosE CT THE WAR - Resolved, That
I, this war is not waged on their part in any
spirit Of oppression. nor for any purpose, of
conquest or spbjngatlon, nor for the purpose
of overthrowing or interfering with the rights
or established institutions of those States,
but to defend and maintain the supremacy
Of the Constitution and 20 preserve the Tn
ion with all the dignity; equality, randthe
rights Of the several States unimpaired and
that as soon as these objec IS are accomplish
ed the war ought to cease.-ResoutIon Of
Hon. John J. Crittenden passed July 22d
1861.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-10

R3- A short time ago IN he lhyalcity
of Philadelphia largely dressed female
answering the description OF an z. f. V.
hailed a Vine street car. just as it stopped
to take her aboard Union soldier stepped
out of the same car, On entering several seats
were vacant, and the would be lady inq uued
in very sharp tone: Where did that sol
der ST: "a No answer. q Again but in a
more shrill tone than at first, the same
question was, Z" Where lid that soldier sitf''
Sill no reply from any Of the passengers,
the car going ahead. the LADY, still ,inseat-
ed, when the same question was fairly spit
out between her teeth. 7" Where Gid that
man sit ?''n An honest Hlbernian, quietly
seated near the unhappy female, and nc
doubt desirous of relieving her in some slight
degree, replied, &" Faith ma'arn. he sat on his
end aud took il away with him ~