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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
FROM FORT RICE.
SIX SOLDIERS KILLED BIZ INDIANS

Reports have been received of a diff.
6culty with the Indians ut Fort Rice,
which is in General Sully's District on
the Missouri. Gen. Curtiss telegraphs
General Sibley that the pickets around
the fort were driven in by Indians, and
a herd Of private stock stolen. This
herd probably belonged to the emf
grants who started for Montana last
year with Capt. Fisk, but were compel.
led to return to Fort Rice, and await
the developments of another season, or
abandon the trip. A number Of them
chose the former course, and were there
with their property hoping to get
through this year. 3"
Indian scouts who have come in to
Fort Wadsworth report that six soldiers
and two Indians were killed during the
fight at Fort Rice, and that the Indians
stole all the horses the soldiers were
guarding. :-.
COL Dimon, Of the United States
volunteers, is in command Of that post.
Pres. - r., .''t> @.>-~ ,t,}'i =
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
JEFF DAVIS.

The last heard from this ill.conceiv-
ed mixture of crime and crinoline, mus
lin and murder, perjury and pctticoats,
be had arrived at Fortress Monroe with
Vice President Stephens, Clement G..
Clay-for the pleasure Of seeing whom
President johnson is willing to pay
$20,000-and the balance Of the party
captured with him. This was on Fri
day. What further disposition the
Government will make of the traitor
cannot be told, but We are not willing
to hear that he will be favored With
anything short Of hanging. The Chi.
cago Tribune expresses the general
sentiment very truthfully and forcibly
thus
That it will he no easy thing to hang
Jefferson Davis, unless he be proved to have
been party to the murder of President
Lincoln, We know, DIT It must be done never
Neless.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
THE OLD LADY DAVIS.
How She was Capturcd-No IL Boo
and Whiskcrs-Hovv. . Sergeant Dl

The Heralrs correspondent gives the par
ticulars of the arrest Of JEFF Davis, fully
corroborating the official accounts already
published. When the guard went to tie
tent they were met by Mrs. Davis in d;sha-
billie, with 81 Please, gentlemen, don't dis
turb the privacy of the ladies' before they
have time to dress.' can right, madam"
said the Corporal, 1--WE will wait till you
have on your duds." Presently there ap-
peared at the tent door an 0stonsible old Ia.
dy, with q bucket on her arm, escorted by
Mrs. Davis and her son. s.rlease let my
old mother 60 to the well for some water to
wash in" said Mrs. Davis in pleading
tone. ut strikes me your mother wears
very big boots" said the guard, as he hoist
ed the old lady's dress with his sabre, and
discovered a pair of number thirteen calf
skins; ''And whiskers. too said the Ser
geant, as he pulled the hand from her face,
and 10! jeff Davis in ell his littleness stood
before them. A revolver was Immediately
pointed At his ear: and he was marched
back to his tent and placed in DURANGO vile.
Only about $4,000 in specie vas with the
party the several boxes were not yet
searched. ~ While on the road they
received . copy of President Johnson's
proclamation, Offering 100000 for Davis.
Davis read it and trembled, his hands drop
ped to his side, and, with groan, he drop
ped the paper His wife picked it up and
read it aloud, and the whole party burst
into tears. I'd ~. ssssss7 +. ,.;szs,,..,,f T.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
MINNESOTA TROOPS To BE NUS
TERED OUT OF SERVICE.

ii The following telegram was received
at the Executive department. yesterday {:
q WAsnlNaroN. May l8, 1865.
Governor Of Ainnesota:
\ Orders have been issued to muster out
all volunteer white troops in the Army Of
the Potomac, and Gen. Sherman's army,
whose tenn Of service expires prior to o.
,ober lst, next.
T. NJ. ylNCENT,~A. A.. G.
Col, Averill yesterday received the
following dispath: .,..-.~s-,.--. -.~s@~..
To Co... J. z. ,AverIl, Il. a. Pm g., St.
Paul, Minnesota:
Fort Smelling has been designated as the
rendezvous for returned volunteers. -
':5.F'., -. z>a!t +. NJ. VINCENT,
II SAL g.. g. Assistant Adjutant General
The Minnesota organizations in the
Army Of the Potomac and in Sher-
mans Army are the First, Second,
Fourth, and Eighth regiments Of In.
fantry aud the First Battery. Accord.
ing to the order, the Eighth is the on.
~ regiment that will be mustered on,
entire, as the others are veteran or.
CARNATIONS, whose term of service will
not expire until 1866. But in each
there are large number Of one yea,
recruits, who will be sent home. The
veterans enlisted ''for three yea,s or d.
ring the war;" and, therefore are emit
tied to their discharge whenever the
government says in explicit terms thai
the war is ended. H.: 80: ...~.,s.
No order has been received concern
ing the Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth
and Eleventh regiments, but it is ex
pected that they will be allowed to re-
turn home before the expiration Of tbei,
terms Of service Pioneer, 20th..
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

g." VIZ are indebted to Lieut.. j. E.
West, Of Company 1, Seventh Regi-
ment, for a copy Of the Montgomery
(Ala.) Daily Mail, from which we clip
the following items '''- .'''y 's.'.'s'a q. =.
McARrHuR's DIv1s1oN.-We fell
in with a bevy Of gay and gallant young
officers Of this veteran division the 9TH
er day and encountered amongst them
galaxy Of as generous spirits as one
might wish to come up with in a days
ride or an adventurous campaign A
feast of reason and flow of soul was
the result in which "white spirits and
grey" were mingled regardless Of sac
ri6ce. We rejoice to know that SO ma
ny choice and generous spirits could be
collected from one division and we are
not surprised at the reputation of the
10th Army Corps, with such material.
Long may they wave. ..,s ...,
The STD, 7th, 9th, and 10th Mime.
sofa Regiments belong to this Division.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
INFORMATION WANTED.

Any returned soldier, or other person
having any authentic information rcla.
tive to Corporal Louis G. Timson, Of
company A, Ninth regiment Minnesota
Volunteer Infantry, of later date than
March 18th, 1865, will confer a great
favor upon his anxious family and
friends by Immediately communicating
the same, either in person or by letter,
to Rev. Seth Barnes, St. Anthony, or
j. b. CLANCY, St. Paul. Corporal Tim
ison was captured at Guntown, Missis.
sippi, in June, 1864, suffered at An
Jacksonville and other rebel "pens," was
finally paroled at Goldsboro, and sent
to Wilmington, N. G., about the first
of March, and was known to have been
in hospital there on the l4th of that
month, since which time his fate is un-
known to his family. -.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

A REPORT received By the Adjutaut
states that Sergeant Hugh McAlden,
privates John Morrison, John G. Fred
erick, Alois Burxell and Michael w.
Lawton, Of Company K, Ninth Minnie
sofa; who were taken prisoners, died at
Savannah during the month of Octo-
Der, 1864. s.esa4 @.s~$ .,zs.@ IA
The report also gives the names Of
private Thos. Mary Of Go. A, who was
killed in front Of Spanish Fort, March
ID, and private Oscar L. Tanner Of Go.
@, who was killed in front Of that fort
on the 9Th of April.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
THE Assassination TRIAL.

The testimony IN the trial of. the as
sassins at Washington is very volumi-
nous, occupying many columns each day
in the eastern papers. The evidence
given while the court sat with closed
doors, has been made pubic. The
Identification Of Payne as the assailant
of Secretary Seward is complete. The
scheme Of murder was talked over
among the rebel leaders after the battle
Of Gettysburg, on different occasions,
as appears uoon proof: The case will
probably close this week. 49,. -:
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

The following is from the conclu-
ding paragraph Of an eloquent tribute trip
to the memory Of President LINCOLN
delivered in Concord, by Ralph Waldo
Emerson s..
And what if it should turn ont. in.
the unfolding of the web, that be had
reached the term +; that this heroic.de-
liverer could not longer serve us; that
the rebellion had touched its natural
conclusion, and what remained to be
done required new and uncommitted
hands-a new spirit born out Of the
ashes Of the war; and that Heaven,
wishing to show the world a completed
benefactor, shalt make film serve bis
country even more by death than by
his life. g.. ~...
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
A LIFE-LIKE PICTURE.

The editor of the U. S. MIi2, in an
able article on ..The Great Crime"
gives the following truthful sketch OF
the character and appearance of The
Assassin, who is being grati6cd in his
hearts wish to become notorious, BY
the distribution Of photographs Of his
foppish face and figure, and lengthy
accounts BY correspondents Of his style
and ecceutricities
"a third-rate stroiling vsgabond, \
loose.living proaigate, cunning, egotis-
teal and vain, consumed with morbid
craving for notoriety (for we believe
that to have been the real, underlying
motive Of. the wretch) joins with Ger.
tain other worthless Williams in \ plot of
murder, which he Enthusiastically ex-
ecutes with melo-dramatic parade-and
the deed of on.-hali brute, half fool,
has hung the LAND with mourning. The
death Of ten thousand such paltry fel-
lows as he who so soon was tracked and
shot like noisomc beast in his hiding
place, would be but a poor atonement
for such loss as we have suffered.
And the greatness of the victim should
not be allowed to elevate the murderer
above the common herd Of ruffians.
"Sic scmper tyrannts" were but empty
words from his lips, familiar to stage
clap-trap. He did not kill ABRAHAM
LINCOLN because he believed him :. ty-
rant, nor to ''avenge the South" but
from vulg gar desire to become worlds
wonder through some stroke Of start
ling infamy-the same ignoble motive
which has iupelled hundreds of other
murderers before him. He was un-
doubtedly the tool Of conspirators high
CT in station than himself, but SO far
as he was concerned We give him credit
for no more respectable impulse to the
act than prompts the veriest quack or
mountebank IN selecting some hitherto
unheard-of mode of advertising himself.
Looking at the self conscious, Sinking
face Of the fop as his photograph pre-
sents it, one can easily fancy him re-
hearsing before his mirror, With studied
posture and grimace, his detestable part
in the great tragedy. But enough of
him he died as the fool dieth, and let
him and his name rot together" p,
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

To the ambitious there is this fear
full lesson: OF the four candidates for
Presidential honors in 1860, two Of
.them-Douglas and Lincoln--cnce COM
potitors, but now sleeping patriots, rest
from their labors Bell persisted in pow
erty and misery, as 4 traitor might per-
ish -; and Breckenridge is a frightened
fugitive, with the brand Of traitor on
his brow.-Bishop Simpson.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

The Indian excitement seems to have
almost entirely died out, and quiet is
again restored on the frontier of this
State. And yet, it will be we'll for
our settlers to keep watchful eye for
any Of the red devils that might attempt
another ipcnrsion.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
LITERARY NOTICES.

e.
"Chicks,,' very pretty and happily
conceived steel engraving, is followed
in Cooley for, June by fashion plates,
cuts and patterns, stories, recipes and
chit-chat, making this quite an sttrao:
tive number; za.i 4!t5.: Wifi
= ARrHuR.-This neat little home
magazine contains the opening chap.
tiers Of . new serial by Virginia F,
Townsend in the June number.
"SUMMER DAYs"-a beautiful steel
engraving, is the appropriate embellish.
ment Of the June number Of The Lady's
Friend. The double Fashion Plate il
also excollently engraved. The litera'
ry matter is varied and good.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
SECRETARY STANTON.

The present Secretary Of War has
been, almost from the day he first took
his place in the Department., the object
Of bitter denunciation from the opposi-
ton press. Every blunder that was
made in the field was laid to his charge,
and means were always found to place
upon his shoulders the responsibility
for every disaster that befel our armies !;
but strangely enough, when the news
Of victory came, and when recently our
glorious successes rolled almost the one
over the other, his name was to be
found only as the sender Of the glad IT,
dings. The papers that were the free
est to ccpsme for failure, were the
dumbest when the tide Of victory set
in.
1t has been charged that Secretary
Stanton has manifested signal lack Of
ability in his management of the War
Department, and that he has failed to
give our Generals in the field that sup
port which they required and should
have received. MAJOR General Meade
meets these points fairly and squareIy
in his recent testimony before the Com
mittee on the Conduct of the War
Gen. NJ. says, in answer to one ques-
ton:
SO far as my knowledge extends, and I
have many relations with the War Depart
ment. can most cbeerfully say that every
thing l have required or that thought
ought to be done has been promptly attend
ed to by Mr.. Stanton as the head Of the
War Department.
Again: H.
consider the Department has been con-
Quoted with very great ability. There may
have been some matters in which may
have differed with Mr.. Stanton, and might
have criticised his operations. ....: -
+: AS to the general management Of the
War Department., l consider it has been
conducted with grea: ability. ..<-s.7 =
# General Grant in testifying before
the same Committee, puts an effectual
quietus upon the charge the copper
heads have for three years rung upon
the country with the utmost yehemencc,
that Secretary Stanton "interfered with
the plans" of our generals. General
ID Grant, after speaking Of the ability and
good management Of the Department
under Secretary Stanton, says: .ss
So far as the Secretary Of War and my
self are concerned he has never interfered
with my duties, never thrown any obsta-
cles in tho way ofmy supplies have call
ed for. He has never detailed a course of
campaign to me, and never inquired what
was going to do. He has always seemed
satisfied with what I did, and has heartily
,eo-operated with me.
This testimony was not necessary, ex-
cept 30 far as it goes to make up the
sum total of impartial history which
! &
shall pronounce Secretary Stanton one
of the ablest men connected with the
Government-the right arm of the Ad-
ministration-and his name will IN no
wise dim the lustre Of those with whom
he has been and is associated in power.
His fault has been his unceasing devo-
ton to the cause of the Union. This
is what brought him ccnsure, just as it
did to one against whose name no
tongue dare nov breathe . word Of
harm. .- s...>,-~. .
In this connection it might not be
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

ON Friday last, Secretary Seward,
for the first time since the attempt of
assassination, went to the State Depart
ment, and gave audience to one Of the
French Legation. The symptoms of F.
w. Seward continue to improve. r.:
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

SAYS the Chicago Tribune: A let
ter in cypher, found in JEFF: Davis
house at Richmond, proves his compile
ity in. the assassination plot beyond
doubt. It shows that be was in cor
respondence with the Canadian rebels
on this very topic, end expressed linn.
self favorable to it..
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
amiss to add an incident given by the
New York IndeDendent

New York Independent:
IA few days before the Presidents death,
Secretary Stanton rendered his resignation
Of the War Department. Heacoompanied
the act with most heartfelt tribute to Mr..
Lincolns constant friendship and faithful
devotion to the country, saying also, that
he, as Secretary, had acccI led the position
to hold it only until the war should end,
and that now he felt his work was done,
and his duty was to resign
Mr.. Lincoln was greatly moved by the
Seeretary's words, and tearing in pieces
the paper containing the resignation, and
throwing his arms about the Secretary, he
said: "Stanton, you have been good
friend and . faithful public servnnt, and it
is not for you to say when you will no Ion
ger be needed here y Several friends Of
both parties were present on tho occasion
and there was not a dry eye that Witnessed
the scene. -fH-S ,2f2 ia 4..ss%:H 53.l5j3
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

The edi or Of the Falibault RepuL.
Ncqn is somewhat exercised beca .se
Pennsylvania has furnished this State
witha good share Of its brains-thc
Executive, one U. S. Senator, one Con-
gresham, the Chief Justice and one of
the Associate Judges Of the Supreme
Court being among the public men in
Minnesota who hail from the Old Key
stone. For "played-out politicians
they do very we'll, and Minnesota will
scarcely complain Of them.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

MEXICAN AFFAIRs.-The Worlds
Washington special says: cit is ru-
mored that Macmillan and Kirby
Smith have negotiated an alliance, and
hints that our government is closely
watching movements in that quarter"
The same special says: "Mexican cmi-
grafton agents have abandoned the sys-
TEN Of newspaper advertisements and
recruiting Offices, and have substituted
a system Of silent organizations all over
the country, corresponding one with
the other, and preparing secretly means
Of forwarding large number OF emil
grants to the Mexican frontier"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

The Secretary OF War has promised
to loan the Chicago Sanitary Fair, if he
gets them in time, the dress and shirt
worn By JEFF: Davis at the time Of his
capture. w
Secretary Stanton has also loaned the
Fair the lock taken from Libby Prison.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
A coRRrs s,1,l, Of Che P;o,nee,

writing from Little Rock, Ark, says:
Capt. 8. G. Miller, Commissary of Sub
sistence, is also In town. He has just been
relieved from duty in. Brownsville, and
comes here to assume the duties as Com
missary Of the LIST Division, 7th A. C.
i The Sd Regiment is still at DeVulrs
Bluff doing heavy guard duty. As I was
there but . short time, and that very early
in the morning, / had no opportunity to
meet the officers Of the Regiment, much to
my regret. The health Of the boys is good.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
q. S. 7-30 LOAN.

:. e -.
The sale Of the first series Of $50, 900, 900
Of the 7-80 Loan was completed on the 8lst
OF March, 1866, The sale Of the second Sc
ries Of Three Hundred Millions, payable
three years from the 10th day Of June,
1865, Was begun on the LIST Of April. In
tie short space Of thirty days, over One Hun
dred Million. Of this series haze been sold-
leaving this day less tban Two Hundred
Millions to be disposed Of The interest il
payable semi-annually in currency on the
10th of December and 10Th Of june, by
Coupons attached to each note, which are
readily cashed anywhere. It amountsto
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

Governor MEG rath has called the
South Carolina Legislature to meet at
Greenville, on Tuesday, 25th inst.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

"A daughter Of Old John Brown
keeps negro school in the house Of
Gov. Wise.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

The reported shooting of the rebel
Forrest by his own men is untrue.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

THE telegraph has been occupying
its favorite positlon-on the ground
oflate, and we are without telegraphic
news for the past two days. '.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

GEN. SHERIDAN has been sent with
4 force to Texas. -. -.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

GOLD closed in New York on tho
23d inst. At 1924. ~ f...sa co. FL
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
ICEl ICEl.

HAVING leased Joseph Towards Ice
Ill House, Ism prepared to furnish the
people of st. Cloud with ICE during the.
present season. @
7srass to csssto'se,s for tie seaso,s-Sixty
cents per 100 lbs IL
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25

A call is requested from al in need of good
hardwood lumber. PETER LOSO.
st. Jo.. MIMI, May 18th, 1866. rn42-4t