St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-03-01
ssUn1sIARK:sOF THE WEEK
General Intellixence..s,,

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a cattle t o.. disease has broken ont in Cube,
oausing death IN twenty -four hours.
The friends Of Semmes, the pirate. ae.s.sert
that the President has concluded 10 relssse
him.
i The Gillian Government has obtained .
loan Of So, DOC, 600 from Barring Brothers 81
London. ls5s ~ fl l3 : ss3f.1 sf Is
. surratt, the ASSASSIN, Il believed e b
concealed u, In some Canadian monastery.
His sister has entered q convent. !! .
/ John O. Patterson, q New. York internal
revenue detective, has been arrest ed on the
charge Of levying black mail on several
Broadway merchants. q "Eaff
Secretary Meagherr, Of Montana, has is.
sued proclamation for State Convention
to be held at Virginia City, March 20, t.
form State governments; 81 * Vi: 81 Il
e The address. ofathe French Corps Legis.
latif In response to the speech from the
throne expresses satisfaction that the French
expedition to Mexico is to close. I. B 4 e !
q The execution Of the guerilla, ,one-armed
Berry, which was to have taken rlace al
louisville, on; the I'd, has been postponed
by a:fourteen days respite. Y
& In consequence 81 the turbulent disposi-
ton manifested by some portions Of the PEG.
pie in Washington, it has been deemed neces-
sary to putton an extra police force at the
Capitol during the hours Of Congressional
session. ss}t@ i*a%sE&fsis ,,a5es39o s1&~4 -
as, John Minor Bolts is out il . letter declar.
ing that there is q widespread conspiracy
among the late rebel leaders to involve the
country in q foreign war, and then, when
opportunity should offer, to take sides with
the enemy. .. ~: 8'g' -. " Tx. I'm -, j..
Ecuador has joined Chill and Peru against
Spain, and other South American republics
will probably follow her example. Asteam-
or belonging to the citizens Of the United
States has been seized ut Panama, on su l.-
picion Of loading supplies for the Spanish
squadron. 5000 ......... ..,.
The United States Express Company rob-
bers, at St. Louis, were secretly arrested
a week ago, and half Of the money has been
recovered: The robbery was planned BY a
saloon-keeper named johnson, and partici-
pated in byafvea others. They divided the
money equally: ,'et 3a&s i: a".. "a.
dAlmass convention has been called to
meet at Fond du Lac, Wis, on Saturday,
March 10, to consult in reference to the
projected improvement of the Rock River
from its mouth to Lake Horizon, by means
Of dams and looks, and to open canal from
Lake Horizon to Fond du Lac. 5<;" = $50 s1
A Frenchman, named Madden, was ar
rested in New York on Saturday the Sd, for
larceny. In his possession were found lett
tiers, written by himself, to Sir Frederick
Bruce and others, in which he states that
he has . commission from Heaven to kill
the President. He is : Mdd-un', indeed.
The gas monopoly Of Washington having
sent bill Of $500 for the gas used in the
Postofice Building during the month Of
February, when the whole building, except
the city postofice, is closed 1t. 4 o'clock, the
Postmaster General has ordered that the gas
be cut from the building, ind petroleum
used instead. 'a' ~ ~ - h< -
The French troops in the northern. and
western Mexican States are hemmed in q
few towns on the cost. Mszatlan is besieged
BY the Republicans, and some fighting has
already occurred, in which the Juarists
were successful. Insults and outrages are
being heaped upon Americans BY the I'm
perialists. y t,s2F1 a;'.I $50 ~ BAG !, =
ID Great foods have taken place in various
parts Of the country in consequence of. the
thaw. They are particularly heavy between
Bloomington and Wilmington, Ill, the rail-
road bridge at Marseilles being washed
away, and at Fremont, Ohio, where the
sandusky is swollen beyond oil precendent,
and tho business portion Of the town
flooded. ~. v-so1 + *adt III fusa53i z q HsEHIa&S
o., The Iowa Senate, on the 9Th, adopted, a
resolution that JEFF. Davis should be brought
to . speedy trial, and, if convicted, should
be punished.......The Iowa House, on the
same day, adopted, by vote Of Is to Is, .
resolution that the General Assembly has
the right, and i il sexpedient, to limit the
charges Of railroads. sss. :.4aas M,
The Fort Garry Nor Wester is alarmed at
the threatened disturbance of relations be-
tween the Indians and the English settle-
ments. Hitherto under solemn, treaty Of
peace with the Sioux the English trading
parties have been unmolested, but. now it is
strongly urged that . military organization
can alone protect the British posts. The
alarm is based on. grounds apparently real.
~ The New York Heralds Washington cor
respondent understands that, during the
late excursion Of Secretary Seward to the
West Indies no selected q l1arbor in the is
land Of St. Thomas to form rendezvous
for our national vessels, and that negotia-
lions with the Danish authorities have re-
suited in securing; US, the use. Of the same,
which will be of immense value to our Gov
eminent in case Of = foreign war.a1a seil3 II
European news is interesting, tile British
Parliament has passed an act, which has
received the royal approval, suspending the
writ Of .habeas corpus in Ireland. Over .
hundred persons were arrested in Dublin
on the l 9Th ultimo, suspected Of Fenianism,
and other arrests were contemplated. The
Austrian Emperor is reported to have ten
dered. M Ne troops. for Mexico under
certain conditions. Russia aud the Pope