St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-06-29
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Tie New Const;tutton-TAe ousled Judoe,-
The s.. :Lo"is Petroleum. Company ltem..
ST. Louis, No., June Is. &
ED1roR DEMocRAT.-We ME pass.
ing through asseries ofstriking events.
Since my hist, We have digested the
new constitution and voted on it. This
city gave over 1000 majority against.
aud the "ant,s'' pronounced at osce its
defeat by 10000 to $4,000 majority.
By-and-by, the official returns coming
in, kept reducing the n'ojority-.suntil
the Rep*x;eun an opponent only
claims some 500 majority against it ;
while the De,n~rat figures ) majority
for il Of 5000. Doubtless, il will r..
4uire the official count Ia decide how
it is. blicve that il is adopted, and
brakes "Bitters" will be the popular
beverage. Being absent from. home
during the ''::war Of the roses" (tor
Union, men have been bitterly at vsarrii-
ance on the sutject,) and not having
read the constitution. I am DOT prepared
to express any safe opinion az to its
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merits. A good many who voted for it
heartily condemn many things in It ;
while the opposition condemn oil of It.
The soldiers voted for it universally
Tho Intelligence" section in it is .
good thing any how !. and any boy, six
teen years Of age, Who cannot read and
write, must 80 to work and acquire
these rudiments of education before he
can vote that is, in 1870 any one not
previously a voter must have the new
reading and writing qualification be-
fore ho can deposit bis ballot, -. .n.->l
The Convention some eimc since
passed an ordinance .vacating every
Office in the .State-judges, &o.-and
authorized the Governor to appoint
new men or those he thought proper
then in Office, The Supreme Court was
put out and new men put 10. Well,
the old court labored under the suppo-
sition that the Governor being an Anti
Constitution man, would let them
alone; but they didn't know the metal
Of the man. A day Or two since, they
undertook to carry on their bogus
court, whereupop the Governor. came
to the city and arrested the whole batch
and put them in the city .calaboose.-
Some one bailed them ont, and to-day
they had a hearing aud we're disch.rg.
ed. Some Of their friends propose an
Indignation meeting tonight, which
will doubtless end in smoke. The ex,
element has been intense, and things
looked squally for fe" hours. A regi.
ment was ordered out under arms, to
be held in readiness to preserve the
peace of the city. The new bench are
running the Supreme Court to-day.
!, It has rained here almost necessarily
for eight days past, and the river j.
rising rapidly, mostly from the june
rise in the Missouri. .,s,.-.>-.
The immense elevator building here
will be ready to take in; wheat from
Minnesota BY b., the first Of October;
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Business is quite dull. Steamboat
stock is on the decline, and plenty ,o1
boats for sale at pretty nearly old prices
Building y not. lively, owing to scar
city Of lumber, and the continued higl
price Of brick and labor. 3. IT,:
The st. Louis Petroleum Company
have organized with a capital Of $780,
600, privileged to increase to 81 ,00v,
900, two thirds Of the stock has been
subsc ribed, They have a liberal and
special charter |; no individual liability:
shares are $40 each, and no easements
The directors are composed Of some o.
our most reliable citizens, and success
tul, careful business men. They have
fine samples Of oil obtained from thei,
lands in Kansas, near the Missouri
river The stock is being rapidly taken
They are very modest in their pretep
sions, and in. this are a long way, be
hind most o.. the Petroleum stock com
panies in, existence. - 9.
": Strawberries have come and gone
and had ; very: short season.: .Rasp
berries are plenty at $l.50 per gallon
cherries fifteen cents ! quart, and new
potatoes ton cents a'quart.. New apples
are also in the market in some abun
dance. s5s ': ...A :it1ai2}'r %!
zsss 90 ~ si.zaE Yours; Il, gss az
..s THIRD MINI.