The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-24

Assembled Brethren-The Other Ora. ,
tors-Ths Various Incidents u the
,Oeeasion. -. i
.: NV ATKINS COLLAGE, III
;: GR1INsBu1a, GIIsx Co., Ky.
Fob. Is, 1870. }
From Orr Reguzar Correspondent. Is
ED1roR JouRNA1.-I might tell
you about the death Of George D.
Prentice, tie vi; and poet, at Louis.
Vile; the fanfaronade' at his f.nerJ
tho pomp and ceremony. It Cave Hill
Cemetery over his interment; Tie eulogy
At Frankfort before Tie, assembled wiz
dom Of The Commonwealth ) how all
the papets came out dressed in mourn
iOg-and Ill that. - -..''$5 "
I might tell you Of the doing, Of tho
Ku Klux Clan over IN Pulaski, whore
six men were killed, and ton more
wounded, in the streets Of sommerset,
only fly miles from .+Greensburg, and.
how tho people and papers laughed over
it, as i. good joke on ,sommsrset, and
ended there. I.... .:,..4-., !
might tell you Of the: anus
ing spectacle of three substantial
men being found dangling by the neck
from the strong limbs Of one, tree by
the roadside, last week, up IN Lincoln
county, within sight Of the Court
House, in. Harrodsburg, and no one
knowing anything about it-or caring
enough to cut them down during one
whole day. >..:: -" ~:
I might tell you Of a sharp shoot
ing match over here in the next
county Of Taylor, where two brothers
met At the gate and commenced firing
At each other; how one fell'after'a few
shots, and how the other concluded to
make ;good work. and put three other
balls through him after, he was, down
PROSTATE begging for mercy, and, how
the people talked the thing over two or
three DAYS as : brave transaction and
left it there. 49,, 49,, $3.50.
f might make long letter on these
incidents and accidents, peculiar to this
land Of broom sage and tobacco, but !
am not going to crafty you in this way.
You shall hot roll these thiugs as g
sweet mo,sel under your tongue" ]
reckon the people Of the old common,
wealth Of Kentucky have right te
engage in such sports if they want to,
, without your making up faces and look
ing solemn. 1 will not tell the Demo.
orsts about it, because thoy will main.
tain, forcibly, that these fellows who
hang by the neck on catalpas and fall
by the gatew.ys have no business be:
ing black Republicans, when they know
it is odious and deserves punishment
No; l have another circumstance t.
relate, for the special, inherent edifca'
ton Of all my old Abolition friends
used to think madoaps when I wrote
Democratic diatribes III the St. Cloud
U5Ssi;on. 7 thought they we're crazy
ana wondered how = their pl.eid face.
could look ID honest Democrat ia th.
: sye: But they were not Is: crazy afte,
: Ill, rs the following noteworthy and
interesting transaction will show, We
hsnently. - -: '''':
Gen. Runeles is tall l.nk nan, O
about forty. He has : rpbiouad nose
but that i no reason Why he shouldn'
BE- respected. 4 mans nose has moth
ing to % With Sc priaoiples,, .,s IKE Is!
red nose, if there i eaough d it. Dr.
Fosters is my model. You remsmbe,
biz. I heard sundry object e. Gen
,, Runcles on this account when he cam,
to town on the stage, and couldn't So.
: Why people would be 20 fastidioas JUS
, Is though a Brigadier General Who :
doing missionary work couldn't go on
, because his nose is like INTO Dr.: Eos
tors, who, We all know, IS > principles
, man. You don't see any use in m,
, saying 20 much about Gen. Runcle'l
nose, as I heard il, but will before 1 ge
, through. l was not IN the secret
, There was reason. A brick had fall
en- on it. This was last week. TIL
next morning after Gen. Ruucles' arri
val At the hotel here, they came dow,
street by twos, and TOURS and Fights
denique, in companies and squads, earl.
in the morning. Some on horses, 9th
, ers on dilapidated mules, With sheep
+ skin saddles. Finally foot passenger!
| came stringing down Buchner's hill
! put my head out Of ! second story
+ window As far = practicable, 6rst turn
, ing to, the right and 70 the lsft.to SCI
. il Mayor Marshall wls anywhere about
aud secondly . SO what the eiroumt,
.t.noH of fh;a nnrianal stir If III IN, an,
oolored brethsren meant l I observed
il looking up and down = fo ' the he M.yor''
.olemn face that Twas not alone. Diver.
other. windows were o m with
better looking faces than 1,l mine g. ! no
. tieed they were more ore composed. The,
were undivided and had one object. ]
, had Two. The Mayor FIRST, and Al OH
oolored b brethren ''s', afterxalds. The
sidewalks swarmed with mass Of old
hats and " ragged coats, ). 4 4; ml .
din filed the air., White folks said