St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-04-27
--I sF CLOUD MINNESOTA. THURSDAY APRIL o. 1866 - -

virtually wiping out Of the pretended
confed!eracv. With Davis, Breckin-
ridge &c. shxlkiny; their. portfolios
and personal effects with them packed
in few diIapidated trunks the Die.
tator, shorn Of his power, who will John.
son and other rebel commanders report
TO for orders ? or what can they expect
% accomplish by continuing the. con,
flict with ito lamentable conseq uenoes -?
These are 4 sample Of the questions
quite freely discussed today and to
which the almost unanimous reply is,
"they must surrender" -
Johnson 't'' will certsinly produce a dis
appointment, if, after hearing Of the
damaging condition Of affairs in Vir-
g'nia, and thereby obtaining such pal
pable proof Of the hopelessnc:s Of the
cause, he does not Immediately sue for
terms Of Sherman as liberal as those
conceded Lee. '''' 50 go ~ -
must cut short this rambling, strain
and speak Of doings about the city
The morning was a rainy one the first
rain for . week worth noticing, At
the rsual hour tile clerks promptly as.
sembled at tho War Department, and
the duties Of the day had begun in a
nervous and restless manner; much was
said Of the justice Of having a holiday
upon SO great al occasion, some declar-
ed it was prcposterous to attempt to do
anything correct, while others more in
dependent, declined to attempt for fear
of doing something right. The de-
scending rain made the prospect for
getting excused from duty quite a
gloomy one. In a little while owevcr
the crowd came aud took possession Of
the large halls Of the building, and
gave evidence Of the jubiIant feeling
existing by singing the ':Sar spangled
Banner '"Rally Round the Flag,
Boys, and then that new song to the
air Of "John Brown "-"Our Country, r,
aud Our Home" and all the multitude
joining in the chorus: III -. .<',f'>
"Rally, boys, rally! for Ills glorious. =
Rally, boys: rally: for it's glorious, y 7
Rally. toys. rally for it's glorious,
10 fight for our own dear Home.''
made the building ring again. and the
excitement became greater and more
delirious. After the widest shouting
ever listened to, the Secretary and
Gen. Halleck made their appearance
upon the staircase and said a few words
each. Mr.. Stanton having sent down
word about the time OF the successful
entry of the tumultuous crowd that
'schooI was OUT" We all joined the
procession, and with fine band of mu-
sic visited the White House, and after
a good deal Of music, more singing and
dcafening shouts Of gladness, succeed.
cd in bringing the President to the
front, where he remained until the
band got through playing the grand
old air, =.'God save the Queen. and
the audience broke down cheering,
when all was still, and Mr.. Lincoln
said as follows s-r,t- >s:* >.''. ~....
Il am very greatly rejoiced, my friends,
that IN occasion has occurred 30 pleasure
Eble that the people find it impossible to
refrain from giving vent to their feelings.
l suppose arrangements are being made for
formal demonstration either this or TO-
morrow evening. Should such demoustra.
ton take place. Of course will be expect
ed to respond, if called upon, and if I per.
nit you to drihble all out Of me now; will
have nothing left to say ON that occasion,
I observe that you have .. band of music
with you ! propose having this inter
view closed by the band performing par.
ticular tune which will name Before
this 10 done, however, I wish to mention
one or two little circumstances connected
with it (many voices-a story! story y
have always thought that Dixie. va.
one Of the best tunes l had ever heard
Our adversaries over the way, 1 know,
have attemptedto appropriate it, but in.
sist that on yesterday we fairly captured
it.. I referred the question to the Attorney
General and he gave it ~ his legal opinion
that it is now our property. now asl
the band to favor us with its performance u
The band played "Dixie," winding
up with. "Yankee Doodle. and the
President retired after proposing :;'three
good, rousing cheers for Gen. Gran,
and bis army" HIS speech was fire.
queotly interrupted BY laughter and
applause. Another crowd cslled on
him in the evening, when he again de-
clined speaking until fully prepared. -.
General B. F. Butler, the Hon. Viii
liam Dennison, Postmaster General
and many others made speeches during
the day. The streets were thronged
until late at night, cannon firing, friends
! greeting friends. Gsmiles" xara fra