St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20

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TIE most pu.zling. question is, Where
will h''Lee' JEFF: Davis 4 Co. 60! Sher.
idan With bis eighteen hundred cavalry
and a s;stsons infantry force have no.
been heard FROM for 2 day CT two, and
are believed to be on the Dauville road
ia front Of the retreatipg and dcmoral.
lied atcbelf horde. Grant but three
hours " paEehein the rear, and-vhen ias,
heard From pushing his victoriQu.
troops rapidly forward. Hancock NOV,
ing up the Shenandoah Valley, with %
army calculated to surprise tho enemy
as 70 its strength, since in their last 81
sue tea Of Of Richmond papers they say be
had but one or two regiments. Stone
man is already operating in North Car
olina, having met with but trifline op-
position after leaving; East Tennessee.
Sherman, with his iuviucible army oii
Western troops will be on the alert,
and now thas his men have had time
TO to- be 1shod anew, they will most un-
doubt o' edly ''go marching along,'' and
what can become of the rebel army is
difficult to conjecture. The end of the
var a''' is nc ncar, ana it may come upon Us
go suddenly to ssta1tle ,is. :-a'
| forgot to mention that there was .
terrible 1i' battle fought yesterday near
Petersburg: Our Losses have been
quite heavy. butl no estimate has ye,
been received as to the number. Aboa,
eight hundred of the wounded arrived
here yesterday from City Point; and
we're conveyed in. ambulancee to hospi.
tails in the, city. !? President Lincoln i.
still,, s'tlIllll,, With the army, rof the Potomac.--
= Yesterday during the: heavy engage.
ment be remained aboard the steamer
River Q:een, At City Point, receiving
and forwarding dispatches from Gen.
Grant. Today he has gone to the
front, and perhaps, 70: Richmond; The
city is to be, illuminated tomorrow
evening in :Lonor Of the fall of Rich.
mond, and We may expect a display
that sih, if possible, surpass that Of the
night of the 22d Of February, when all
the public buildings were brilliantly IL
luminatcdj in honor Of the fall Of
Charleston and the restoration Of the
6as over Fort Sumter .Ylla@ '''4j1'.,..'S ~
loBreyet Major General Robert Al,
derson has been sojouraing in our city
fora few days. He i: Z. route to full.
1.-the order Of the President. by r.is.
ing: the old flag tevern Fort Sumter /,
noon onrtle 18Th day Of this month
Il IS the Identical dag he was compel:
led TO lower by the traitors at that hon,
# day on the 18th of April, 1861, and
permitted to: carry North with him, If:
ter the Palmetto rag had been hoisted
apoa our dag staff. Gen. Anderson i
accompanied by corps of distinguish;
ed gentlemen who 60 7thither to partic
pate in the interesting ceremonies Of
unfurling sold Glory to'the breeze. :
:Richmond ours! methirks must fall
harshly upon the ear Of chat class 81
individuals cognomened tCopperheads, y
wherever they are to be found: 1Le,
the men of St. Cloud, who have un.
blushipsly and, 7 openly synpathized
with traitors iu'a srms.' now bow
their heads in shame in this glorious
hour. OF the n.tion's; triumph over trea:
son and armed resistance, and repen,
ftheir past folly in aiding an unjust
cause by denouocing the efforts put
forth BY thao Government; to suppress
the 9rebellioa aud to secure /. lasting
and honorable peaoe.oe Slavery the
would+be ootnes.stone o. the rebel gov..
ernmeut, lis forever dead, and buried be!
yond all power Of resurrection; while
The supestructure Il rapidly moulder:
ing away. 1t fsany iia your hypoborea.n
locality entertain nthopes for the coontinnu:
ance of this boasted ,Bsdthern inlstitu.
ton, they had bettel purge their mind,
ofsuch thoughts and gil them with bet
ter things a,ayi7s o. hazosn91 asp d
Honorable Messs. Ramsey aud Nor.
ton .are still h.ia' thei city; but contem!
plats; 5itartisg for home soon. Your
friend, osergeAn,:major John Hartley,
8th MINI. v Vols., has beenacomh misssion.
Cd bt,i theuP President lass captain and
Commissary ,of Subsistence IF Voiun.