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®lw £t. (Etaud gjnwmt. Thursday, July 17, 1862 OFFICIAL PAPBR OF THB COUNTY. JANE G. SWISSHELM, EDITOR. "Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls be/ore us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet. And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us .'" t&* We will receive wheat, oats, corn flour, wood, good butter, eggs, or anything else we can use, in payment of subscrip tions to the DEMOCRAT or debts due the establishment. Now is the time to sub scribe or settle old bills. For Congress from the 2d District, O S E E N I E Republican State Convention. A. Republican District Convention, for the Second Congressional District »f this State, will assemble at Saint Paul on the 30th inst., »t twelre o'clock M., for the purpose »f nomina ting a candidate for Member of Congress from the Second District. The different counties in the District will bs entitled to be represented in the Convention by delegates who are bona fide residents of the counties from which they are accredited, as follows: Aitkin 1 Lake 1 Andy Johnson 1 Lincoln I Anoka 2 Manomin 1 Decker 1 McLcod 1 Denton 1 Meeker 1 DigStone 1 Mille Lac 1 Carlton 1 Monongalia 1 Carver 3 Morrison 1 Ca-H 1 Otter Tail 1 Chisago 2 Pine 1 Chippewa 1 Pope 1 Clay 1 Ramsey 8 Crow Wing 1 Saint Louis 1 Dakota 7 Sherburne 1 Douglas 1 Stearns 3 Goodhue 6 Stevens 1 Hennepin 8 Traverse 1 Isanti I Todd 1 Itasca 1 Wabashaw 7 Kandiyohi 1 Washington 4 Kannabec 1 Wright 3 Lac Qui Parle 1 Dy ord«r of the State Central Committee, ROBERT F. FISK, Chairman. W. L. WILSON, ANDREW NESSEL, C. N. WHITNEY, J. B. GILFILLAN, GEO- T. WHITE, Of the State Central Committee. 8. Paul, July 2d, 1862. JL- Republican County Convention. A Republican County Convention for Stearns County Minn will be held at St. Cloud on the 26th inst. at one o'clock p. M., for the purpose of selecting their Delegates to resresent the County in the Republican District Convention to be held at St. Paul on the 30th inst. The different towns in the Ceunty, will be entitled to a representation in said County Convention as follows. Lyndon Berlin Fair Haven Maine Prairie St. Cloud Brockway St. Joseph Tecumseh 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 Rockville Wakefield Munson Verdale Marion Oak Sauk Centre is plausible though not certain. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 The different towns in the county will select their delegates on Wednesday evening the 23d inst. By otder of the Stearns County Republican Committee. HENRY C. WAIT, Chairman. Gov. RAMSEY.—The Press of Wed nesday Bays a rumor was current in that city that Gov. Ramsey was captured with the Third regiment It says this report N The Confiscation Dill has passed both Jlousei of Congress. So, at last our rep resentatives have determined to make the rebels pay a part of the expenses of the war. The President has sent a special message to Congress, with draft of a bill providing specifically and fully for compensation to Stales that shall abolish slavery. The rebel forces at Richmond prior to the kto battles arc estimated at 220,000. Beauregard is at Richmond sick. Auoth er Merrimao, though smaller, is being built at that city. Our gunboats have been shelling the woods along James river. The rebel- still hold out at Vicksburg, and it is said that city cannot be taken. The bombardmeut is terrific WASHINGTON, July 12. The President, this morning sent for the Slave State members of Congress and had an important intorview with them.— urged upon tbem his plan of grad ual emancipation and hinted strongly that if this be not adopted, general emanci cation would come under less pleasant piroumatanoes. 7 _JstsT.* tic call fcr a County Convention Congressional Nominations. Colonel Stephen Miller wants it distinetly understood that he still considers Minnesota his abiding place, and that he has not been ab sent from his regiment since his eonneetion with it unless detailed for special duty, or when indisposition prevented him from being with the gallant men who compose the First. We blame Col. Miller for letting Colonel Sully have the command of such staunch stuff as the First is composed of, when he could have had command of them for the asking.—Hastings Independent. Why, Brother Stebbins wo did not dream that office-seeking was such a car dinal virtue, in your estimation, that you esteem it a crime for a man to neglect an opportunity of securing bis own eleva tion. Has it indeed come to that, that you consider a man worthy of condemna tion for prefering tho welfare of his coun try, to his own personal aggrandizement It is well known that Col. Miller was a civilian, and but imperfectly acquainted with military affairs when he received the appointment he now holds. On going to Fort Snelling he devoted himself, heart and soul, to the study of his profession, in tending to resign if he did not feel that he could qualify himself for his post before he should be called to active service. He soon satisfied himself and his superiors, as well as inferiors, in command that he could fill the post of Lieut. Col. efficiently and at the Battle of Bull Run had an oppor- tunity of verifying the correctness of this opinion. Owing to the fatigue and expo sure endured there he has never had a daj's he.lth since. At the time he might have been Colonel of the Third Regi ment he lying ill at Ilurflsburg with ty phoid fever and his physicians had little hope of his recovery but he was sustain ed through his long illness with the hope of being fble to resume his place in time to join his regiment before it moved for ward and be in at the taking of Richmond. That long illness so interrupted his mili tary studies, and so diminished his strength and powers of endurance as to render him, in his own estimation, unfit for a higher post than that he tbeu occupied and he honorably declined all attempts to win a place, and all acceptance of any place that ho felt another might occupy with more advantage to his country. To the excel lent tactics of Col. Sul'y, at the battle of Fair Oaks, it is believed the safety of our gallant First is due, while that brigade saved the day Col. Wilier might have commanded it as well, as is now shown in his success in carrying them through the late battles, and we with other friends be lieve he underestimated his own abilities but as this is a species of fault not very common in publie men we feel that he may hope to be forgiven by the public. Those of us who are more interested in his personal welfare than in his official promotion deeply regret that he cannot be induced to resign and leave the army, since that old Bull Run butchery has ap parently developed the seeds of consump tion which he only escaped some years ago by emigrating to Minnesota. From re ports we get from other sources than him self we fear that six months more of army life must seal his doom to die of pulmona ry disease, and so far as he is concerned this, more than anything else is the rea son we wish him a congressional nomina tion. If Richmond were once taken and he nominated we believe he would come home and canvass bis district, feeling that by aiding to prevent the Government's falling into the hands tf Northern sympa thizers with secession he could more effect ually serve his country than by wearing out the few poor months of a consump tive's life in galloping around after gangs of guerrillas. True, he writes us privately and posi tively that he will not resign until the war is over but one at least of his superior officers has already advised him to resign that his regiment may have the advantage of the services of a healthier man in his place, and from the readiness with which he has declined promotion we feel that he will certainly yield to. such suggestions on his first discovery of want of strength to perform his duty. From the effect our climate had upon him at first, it is fair to suppose that an autumn and winter at home will re-establish his health and we want to present the temptation of work to draw him here. Next to the work of fir ing bullets into the faces of the seccsh, he would enjoy the business of hurling plain truths at the heads of these cowardly sym- pathizers of secession who are organizing to attack our gallant army of the Union in the rear, and defeat it by political tricks. The real battles of tho republic are to be fought at the rolls and on the floor of Congress, and we want men in it who, like Colonel Miller, prefer their country's welfare to their own promotion. The reported mutiny among the rebols ot Fort Delaware is believed to be untrue Gentlemen from there last evening say they heard nothing of any disturbance. MoClellanism. Of all the mysteries of this inscrutable war the MeClellan mania is the most mys terious. Promoted to the command of the-whole army, one year ago, booaUSe, so far as we could learn, he had been in com mand of the Western Virginia army, the two wings of which, under other comman ders, won several victories whenho, with his oentre eontrived to come up in time to send the dispatches. For these-wonder ful achievements he was put in command of the entire forces of tho- United States, and people shouted hosanna in the high est to the acts of daring he was yet to per form. All through the latter part of last summer and early autumn he was "getting ready" to strike a tremendous blow, by digging ditches and folks waitod and be lieved. Lute in the autumn the roads grew muddy for, making roads had been no part of his plan cf getting ready. Then folks opened their eyes in blank astonish ment as if this was a most wonderful oc currence—never hod been any mud seen in those parts up to that time and how could mortal man be expected to provide against fuich an unheard of contingency Would you have an army advance through fathcmless depths of mud So General MeClellan became Gen. Stick-in-the-mud, and his worshipers bowed down to their miry diviuity, with renewed adoration.— When spring came and it was found that he and his grand army had been kept in the mud by a few wooden guns, it was still u\\ right. The fact that he had squan dered millions of the public funds and lost thousands of men by sickness, believ ing that the enemy before him was im pregnably entrenched, when he might have known the facts if he had pleased to ad mit information, rather added to his glo ry. When Secretary Stanuton drove him off the Potomac he took his men te the Yorktown peninsula and, set them to dig ging more ditches. After he had spaded away there until he had buried more than ten thousand of his men from sickness, principally brought on by exposure and fatigue in this unaccustomed spade exercise, the enemy he was trying to capture got up and walked off at their leisure, leaving him his precious entrenchments. In pur suing them a portion of his army wasfeur prised by superior numbers, at Williams burg, and only the determined bravery of the men saved that portion of the aimy from annihilation. went on to Rich mond and, twenty miles back renewed his digging operations. People were impa tient, but MeClellan was getting ready— digging his way to Richmond. He was slow to be &urc but then, he was certain fate—so cautious in making advances that going backward became impossiblc A year ago he had assured his army that there was to be "No MOKE RETREATS, NO MORE DEFEATS 1" True, there had been something of a scramble at Bali's Bluff, but he was in no way to blame. While he was filling the country with ditches a por tion of his army was surprised at Fair Oaks "by superior numbers" as usual and, as usual, was saved by the individual brav ery of the men and he dug on towards Richmond. His worshipers confidently predicted that he would take it in just the right time, and when he got ready, and while the country waited day by day to hear of the capture of the rebel capital, here comes the news that he is attacked and driven from his entrenchments, bark, back nineteen miles. With any other commander this would have been a great misfortune but, with MeClellan it was only a part of his pro gramme of getting ready. It left him just where he wanted to be. Folks had been mistaken in supposing he wanted to go to Richmond! Not a bit of it. Back on James river under cover of the gunboats was the point he was aiming for, and on ly by the most wonderful generalship had he gained it Well, instead of staying in these desirable quarters he is five miles out of them—back on the road ha came and this too is another evidence of his inscrutable wisdom. That ho was driven from his post is no fault of hit. Staunton did not send him reinforcements. Now, if it were any one else, folks would ask if the fourteen thousand men he killed by unnecessary labor—by labor for which he might have employed negroes would not, if properly preserved have saved any need of roinforcements. They would inquire how many thousand he had detail ed to guard rebel property and wonder if they could not have helped a little They would surmhte that ho should not have ta ken or attempted to hold a position with insufficient forco. But uo such surmises no such questions, in his case- It would bo an unmistakable mark of want of generalship in another to know so little of the weak and strong points of his oucmy that ho is always attacked at a dis- advantage, but for him to re/use to know is all right and the government and people appear willing to furnish him men and money without limit to be sacrificed to the ignorance which it is his establish ed policy to cultivate and preserve. We should not wonder if, by next spring he gets ready to take Richmond as he took Manassas, and so supply himself with Eaw-log artillery enough to serve him for fire-wood until he gets ready to catch a rebel army, or finish the war in 1962. Personally, we have no doubt Gen' Mo Clellan is bravo and skillful but he is the grand representative of that pol icy which aims to destroy the rebellion and preserve its cause—of that loyalty which would preserve the Union if it can be done without injuring Slavery, or offending the prejudices of Slavehold ers. How long this policy is to be in the ascendency, and how' many more thousand lives are to be sacrificed to it, God only knows. a a This document will be found on our first page, and speaks for itself so plainly that to speak of it is almost a work of superero gation. The men who concocted it would find their proper places in Beauregard's army if they were not too cowardly. It is an undisguised attack upon the govern ment, made by professed friends, now when it is in a struggle for life with avow ed enemies. The first charge made against the government is sending to prison men who were secretly aiding rebellion or who were believed to be so, and if the authori ties had done right the men who made this platform and Gent it out here for the endorsement of honest men, and their tools here who have hammered it through a State convention, by the trickery of a secret session would all have been in pri son awaiting their trials for treason or have already paid the penalty of tint crime. The men who deliberately set about breaking down the National govern ment or dividing, weakening and dis tracting it when it is engaged in a war for existence, must be traitors. They charge the Republicans with bringing on the war by refusing to adopt the com promises proposed by Democrats, and ory for the constitution as it is, forgetting that these compromises were propositions for altering the constitution to what it is not. Last summer these same men were using every effort to alter the Constitution so as to make it suit the rebels who aim to de stroy it entirely, and failing, and when Republicans and loyal democrats de feated their plans they "jump Jim Crow," and claim that they are the men who wish to preserve the Constitution as it is. Superior Road. By au item in another column, taken from the St. Paul Press, it will be seen that the Resolutions introduced into U. S. Senate, by Hon. H. M. Bice, have been so amended in the House as to remove our one objection. The point of intersec tion is fixed between St. Anthony and Crow Wing. This, as a matter ot course brings the terminus to St. Cloud, as this is the head of navigation on the Mississippi and the point at which the Minnesota and Pacific road crosses the river. Below this point it will certainly not intersect, but if the route should prove shorter and the road easier made from Little Falls, it will make no difference in its valne to St. Cloud. If the Pacific road is carried up to Little Falls, it would be simply from St Cloud to Superior via Little Falls. It is most for the general interest that the route from Superior to Red Rivei should be as direct as possible consistent with making use of the natural and acquired advantages al ready existing, and it will be important to realizing a quick return for the outlay of building that it should pass through as many business points as possible. So, we should all be willing that the up river country should reap the full advantage of anything favorable in its position. 4 I E On Wednesday morning, the 16th inst., by Rev. W. O. Phillips, Mr JOHN FARWEM, of Maine Prairie, to NANCY W. ALLEN, of St. Cloud. Maybe Farwell did not love us the less but himself the more that he has taken away our nearest neighbor—our tried, trusted, and true friend of years and we trust he will not assume too many airs of royalty, now that he has won what Solo omon pronounced "a crown." Truly his heart may safely trust in her, for she co'd not do an unworthy act if she tried.— May God bless them both in their new relations. The Office" return their thanks for an excellent cake. GIM8ENG.—So far Major Hill has pur chased about 25,000 pounds of green gin seng. has shipped within the past few weeks about 5,000 pounds of dry and clarified root.—Mankato Record. Hon. H. M. Rice. This gentleman has made a speech in Senate advocating the policy cf arming all negroes who are able-and willing to fight for the Union and nailed Garrett-' Davis to the wall, with his Border State sympa thy for rebels. W thank God that Rice has taken this position, and so proved that his love of country is stronger than party ties. W cannot see how any man who desires the preservation of the Government more than that of slavery, can Ion gcr shut his eyes to the duty of using every force, at our command, to erush this wicked re bellion and Mr. Rice's seeing the truth, and boldly giving it utterance,will do much towards saving the lives ot hundreds of thousands of white men who must be sac rificed to preserve a country for the ne- groes, if the present policy is not changed. We believe black men have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness but, we object to exterminating the whites in order to leave them possession of this country. a S or I SUPERIOR CITY, July 8th, 1862. From Our Regular Correspondent. 'I lie Bay de Noquct and Marquette Railroad brought to the dock at Marquette during the week ending Thursday, June 12th, 6,978 tous of iron ore, making the total amount received up to same date 24,376 tons, requiring a fleet of schooners, barques and propellers to transport to De troit, Cleveland and Chicago. The products for May, says tho L. S. Miner, were 149 tons 41 0 lbs. copper from the Minnesota mine, 26 tons 1,149 lbs. Rockland and 51 tons 1,378 lbs. Na tional. The Minnesota leads the column. The Portage Lake mines are in a flour ishing condition—the Quincy, Pewabec, Franklin Leloyale, etc., raised 357 tons copper for May. The improvements of Portage river, by means of which the lar gest steamboats run to the docks or the towns of Houghton and Hancock, place Portage Lako district beyond competition as to facilities for shipment, the mines be ing within a short distance of the docks. There are some two hundred houses in process of erection at Hancock and work men are in demand and cash payments. The distance from Sunrise to Superior City is one hundred and ten miles via Military road. The steamer Water Witch runs regularly from Marquette, Portage Lake, Ontonagon, etc., to Superior City, as does the schooner Neptune, owned by M. & R. O. Coburn, of Superior.— Why do not your sheep grazers import stock via Superior? Messrs. Williams & Co. shipped via steamers Northern Light and General Tay lor Alone in one day two hundred and sixty tons merchandise and produce and fifty head of cattle Fare on cattle about $10 each. Atten tion, drovers! Should any of your citizens wish to indulge in specimens of native silver found and manufactured in the copper mines, I refer them to the Lake Superior Miner adver tisement of silver spoons, $6 to $10 per set— knives $2.50 to $5 each, and tobacco boxes $5 to $10 each. B. mm* From the Second Minnesota Bat tery. [The following extracts are from a lettor re ceived by VVm. Kinkcad of this place, from his brother Alex. We are glad to learn that he has been promoted from Sixth Sergeant to Orderly, with every prospect of a Lieutenancy. He says that the Battery has been ordered to fill to the maximum number, and that Lieut. Woodbury comes to St. Paul on the recruiting service.] CAMP CLEAR CREEK MISS.. 1 June 25th 1862. DEAR BROTHER.—Lieut. Woodbury leaves Camp for St. Paul to-day on recruiting ser vice, on his arrival at which place he will mail this. We are camped at pres ent on Clear Creek, (as muddy as the d—1— Any thing here in Mississippi not perfectly black is called clear) about twelve miles back of our furtherest advance, and the same place that my last letter was written from. We are near the Mobile & Ohio railroad, and about thirty miles from Grenada, where the enemy is said to be encamped fifty thousand strong. Certain it is since the evacuation of Con nth I have not seen a secesh man or woman. How long ve shall remain here or where we shall be ordored, I cannot say. My belief is, that we are stopped here because our transporta tion must all oome from Tennessee river, and until the Memphis road is opened to Grand Junction or Corinth, we cannot advance. Such is the prevailing opinion. Gen. Halleck, doubt less, knows all about it. It is a curious faet that we get many items of news from St. Paul and the East about affairs here of which we previously knew nothing. I am well and hearty. We have forty on the sick list. Albert Whitefield, of Kandotta, James Furgason and Geo. Davis, of Sauk Centre, are in the hospital, not dan gerous. Lyman C. Ayer is one of our most efficient men and highly esteemed. Alonso Spaulding is also sick. Wm. Gilpatriok well and cooking for the Company, and a "brick," as usual. Johnson is Wagonmaster, and if well. D. is neither well nor sick—got the spring fever. From the fact that I have not seen a sick day or been off duty since I joined the Company, I am called a "perfect salnmandcr." ^^^^r^^r^^^ TELEGRAPHIC. Bad Jtfewt! ... The Minnesota Third lfagh ment in Battle! Attacked by Superior Um bers! Gallant and Protraded Re sistance! They are Compelled to Sir. render! The Rebels Marching upon Nashville. N A S I E July 12. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Georgian and Texan guerillas, under Col. Forest, at tacked the 11th Michigan and trd If in* nesota, in Mufersboro, earlj this morning. After desperate fighting this 3 M., th Michigan troops had surrendered. Th Minnesota troops were strongly entrench* ed, and cut up the enemy terribly, with Hewitt's Kentucky battery, repulsing them with great slatghtcr in three char ges. Flags of truce were sent in by Col. Forest demanding a surrender. Col. Les ter replied that he would hold his posi tion a week. The Railroad track was torn up but has been replaced. An at tack on Nashville is not improbable. Col. Lester is reported falling back on this city. Cannonading is heard repeatedly here. Col. Boon has arrived with several com panies. A E A special dispatch to the As sociated Press, says that Mufrees bovo has been taken by the rebels, mostly Texan rangers, uuder Forest, but were shelled by our battery. It is reported there that the ich igan was captured, and the 3rd Minne sota with a battery was holding out last accounts. Brig. Generals Duffield and Crittenden, of Indiana, wire prison ers. Great excitement in Nashville an attack is expected we will give the best fight possible, and if compelled to yield, will shell the city a battery is in posi tion for that purpose. NASHVILLE, July 14. [Special to 7/eraW.]—Tho Unionists lost $30,000 worth of army stores at Mur freesboro. Tho Union forces engaged were the 3d Minnesota, Col, Lester, six companies of the Michigan, Col. Parkhuast, 300 strong, the 3d battalion 7th Pensylvania cavalry, 225, Hewett's battery, GO men, the 4th Kentucky, in all about 1,400 men. The rebel force consisted of one regi ment of mounted infantry, a regiment ot Texan rangers, and Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee cavalry, between 3,00 aud 4,000 mostly armed with carbines and shot guns. Their loss in killed and wouuded is heavi er than ours. The Pensylvania 7th lost in killed wounded and missing, 200 men. The only officers escaped as far as re ported, are Capt. F. Andrus, Gspt. C. C. McCormick, [Most, probably C. C^ An drews, of Company I, of this County.— ED. DEM.] and Lieut. H. D. Mooney. The Commissary Department was re plenished with new clothing. &e, which has fallen into the hands of the enemy. Capt. Rounds, Provost Marshall of Mnr frcesboro, and Guard, shot nine rebels be fore surrendering. The rebel GOT. Harris and Audrews Ewing were known to be near Sparta a few days since, organising a raid on Murfroesboro, which may, it is ap prehended, be extended to the Capitol ot the State. The publio are in a great state of ex citement, many families having left The Louisville cars this morning were filled with alarmed speculators and adventur ers. 1 Tt is reported that John C. Brecken ridge, Co}. Forest and Col. Raines, of Nashville, and that Gen. Xirby Smith is advancing on Nashville from Chattanooga with 15,000 men. Murfrecsboro wss barricaded with bales of hay, and the federal shells set fire to many of the houses Col. Lester is fall ing back towards Nashville. Union reinforcements are coming np by special trains. ,' The 28th Kentucky has just arrived. The} were cheered as they passed through the streets. The secessionists confidently expect the arrival of.J^he rebel forces soma time to-night J|ft^" Batteries hart beeiilplaoed on Capital Hill and other jjolnts^s There maybe musio in Noshviile be fore this reaches the north. Col. Lester surrendered at Mnrfreesboro at four o'clock p. M—the Minnesota Third and Hewitt's battery included—the latter for want of amunitioh. Men are lying on the sidewalks holding their horses' bridles iu their 1 expecting every moment to be called action. I 1 F,