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V \ _ V 1 V VOLUME 28. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, DECEMBER 17, 1868. , NUMBER 13. * *** 1 #/* l! L-J ~~ ~L ^*A" I TwifVi fo m 11TT nn ma on/1 kAnoaknU vn PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. For the following very full telegraphic abstract of this interesting aud important document, we 'are indebted to the Charleston Daily Xews: The President, in beginning his message, says that the greatest wrongs inflicted on a people are caused by unjust and arbitrary legislation, or the unrelenting decrees of despotic rulers, nnd that a timely revocation of injurious and oppressive measures is the ^ICaiCOb gUUU uiau vv vv ??. - . upon a nation. The legislator who retraces his steps when convinced of error will be rewarded with the respect and gratitude of his people. Our own history proves that most if not all of oar domestic troubles are traceable to .violation of the organic law and excessive legislation. This is strikingly shown by the Reconstruction enactments of the past three years. "Alter a fair trial they have substantially failed, and proven pernicious in their results, and there seems to be no good reason why they should longer remain upon the statute book. States to which the constitution guaranteed a republican form of government have been reduced to military dependencies, in each of which the people have been made subject to the arbitrary will of a cotnuiqnding general. Although the , constitution requires that each State shall be rcpreseutcd in Congress, Virginia, Mississippi and Texas arc yet excluded from the two houses, and, contrary to the express provisions of that instrument, were denied participation ia the recent election for a Presi dcut ami Vice-President of the United States. The attempt to place the white people under the domination of persons of color# in the South has impaired, if not destroyed, the iriendly relations that hud previously existed between them, and mutual 'distrust has engendered a feoliujr of animosity which, leading in some'instances to collision nnd bloodshed, has prevented thatco operation between the two races which is so essential to the success of industrial enterprises iu the Southern States."? The IVwident saj's further, that the entire Uaicn Jus been agitated by the apprehension of troubles, involving the penco of the nation, which has been iu* juriously affected by the derangement of business and labor, atid the want of prosperity in the South. The Federal Constitution mast assuredly be adequate to the settlementut affairs growing out of the war waged for its vindication.-? AVfoen Congress met in December, 18 G5, the Executive had, under the constitution, nearly completed th^ work of restoration. But Congress interfered and - > j ? .i.. uuojhuu j uiuunirvo v>mv;n auwitu uiir progress of restoration, and which after ihrec years of suite have left the country further from union and fraternal leeling than at their beginning. This legislation should be abrogated, or else irtade to conform to the principles of republican government. The President goes on to say that the "Tcnure-of /''Office bill" should be repealed, because / while it is in force the President cannotenjoin that rigid accountability of public officers so essential to an honoest i administration of the laws. The Presi. J dent says that the army appropriation i act of March 2, 18G7, interferes with y? the President's constitutional functions as commander-in-chief, and denies States of the Union the right of protecting themselves by their own militia. Both of these provisions should be at once annulled. "It is believed that the reEeal of olhsueh laws would be accepted y the American people as at least a partial return to the fundamental principles of the Government, and an indication that hereafter the constitution ?_i J j? Ivj uu umuc uiu uuuvsti o DUIC auu uil? erring guide." The 1'resident says that the public expenditures have readied an unprecedented amount in coroparisou with the growth of the population. That has increased from 1791 to 1800 700 per cent., and by 1S09 will have increased to 8(59 percent. In the same time the annual expenditure of the government has increased no less than 8018 per cent. In 1800 the expenditures were only 863 000,000. In 1809 they will be 8372,000,000, an increase of489 " ' per cent., while the population has only increased 21 per cent. The national expenses in 1791 were 81 per capita, in \ 1800 82, and in 1809 they will be 89 78. The President further says that the receipts from internal revenue and customs have gradually diminished during the last three years, and a continuance of extravagant expenditures will involve us in a national bankruptcy, or make inevitable an increase- of the present onerous and obnoxious taxes. Judicious legislation and economy can alone remedy the defect and avert the threatened danger. Without proper caro there will be no balance in the Treasury at the close of the present year, which would once more increase i the debt. By the report of the Secrc* ?*.: . tary of the Treasury it appears that 'J or the year ending June 30, 1868, the t receipts were 8405,638,083, and the c payments 8377,340,284, leaving a sur- o puis of 828,297,798. I)uriDg the year u ending June 30, 1869, the receipts will be 8341,892,868, leaving a balance of h 85,240,398 in favor of the year ending 8 June 30, 1870, "in which year the re- r ceipts should be 8327,000,000, and the p payments 8303,000,000, leaving a sur- o plus of S24,000,000. The President 1 gives additional details concerning the v growth and diminution of the debt be- t fore the war, anaits increase during s the war, to 82,873,992,909, the debt a being, on November 1, 1868, 82,527,- n 129,552. During the thirteen months z just passed, the debt will have increased 0 846,500,000. The President urges p Congress to make provision, without 8 further delay for payment of our obli- e gations at as early a period as may Do practicable. 8850,000,000 of our debt t are held abroad, and cur citizens are n taxed to support the foreigners who fi possess them. The debt must be re- 'J garded as permanent, for the result v would be that the borrowers would be- n come the servants of the leaders, and the leaders the masters of the people ti We pride ourselves on freeing 4,0()0,UU0 z of colored men. It will be our slmme f< if40,00u,000 of people make themselves t< the slaves of the bondholder. Huge \ debts arc incompatible with a republi- v can system. They would sap its found- c ations and erect upon its ruins a mo- ii . nied aristocracy. The President is in ii favor of reducing the rate of interest. I The Secretary advises 5 per cent, as h the rate; Congress last session was in a favor of4 and 4J percent.; others think tl 3 per cent enough. The President b Anniiiet mentions Uie popular urj;u'iii-ui^ -v paying G per cent, in gold on what.was fi lout in a depreciated paper currency, tl and against the payment of interest on c: bonds- deposited by National Hanks, c which are exempt from taxation, and w * hows that 17 per cent, niuv be received tl by tbe bondholder-on each dollar invested The opinion is advanced that the t( bondholders may be willing to]come to ci reasonable terms. They have received tl hack far more than their money inves- ri ted, and the President thinks that the d G per c?nt. now paid^ to them by the ai government should be applied to the re- ri duction of the principal iu semi-anuual ? instalments, liquidating tbe entire debt ei in 1G years and 8 months. This would J: give the public creditors a ftirand lib- f( eral compensation for the use of their r< capital. If t his provision be made, the' d nation will rapidly recover its prosperity, h In regard to the currency the Prcsi- w dent r. itcrates substantially the views o expressed in li s last message. The u question of the real value of the fhper. currency as opposed to nictallic curren- p cy is carefully examined, and the ncces- J sity is shown of making the greenback jr convertible into specie. Legislation on f( this subject is urgently required. None p but tbe bondholders receive payment. 0 in coin; the soldier, the sailor, the far- n mer, the public servant, the artisan, the (< mechanic and laborer, receive nothing n hut depreciated paper. The only just 91 plan to restore currency to the specie si standard. The President shows the ai production and export of gold, affd the rr amount now current, that there are now tl 8300,000,00O,in gold not accounted for, w and probably this is all in the country. S This shows that we can pet back to ? specie payments; but not while the gov- ai crnment and the banks continue to iF- tl sue irrcdeemtiblc notes. If we are'not ti to have a specie curency, let the mints p be abolished and all our specie export- h ed. When the government and the t( banks resume specie' payments all notes of either, of less than 820, should ti he withdrawn from circulation, so as to ci give the people a uniform currency?at tl all times uniform, stable and secure. S During the year ending .June 30, 18- sc 08, 6,655,000 acres of public land were d disposed of, the cash reccips being 81,032,745. On the 30th June, the pen-' ic "sion rolls bore 169,043 names, the a. ai mount paid for pensions during the year ti being 824,010,082. The patent office s; report shows that 14,153 patents were la issued during the year. n; The President is cordially in favor of ir the proposed Indian treaties, reserving- tc lands to he occupied hy the various ti tribes. This policy met with signa w success 3Tcars ago. and is more necessary ai than ever before. Put, in return for it what the Indians receive they should be sc made to remain within their reserva- ti tions. This is .the only way in which ir war can be avoided. gi The railroad from Omaha tc Sacra ti mento is expected to be completed be- tc fore the expiration of the next fiscal E year. The amount of bonds issued to the companies is 841 ,."37,000. The strength of the armv on Septem- di ber 30,-was 4S,0U0 meu, whioh will be j al reduced by January 1 to 43,000. The hi President hopes that Congress will sane- j ei tion the reduction in the iufantry force, j tl and the retrenchment rccommended by st General Grant. The estimate of the hi War Department for the year ending ct une 30, 1800, was 877,124,707, but he expenditure so far shows that the ost for the whole year will be in excess f 93,000,000, it no reductions arc jade. In the navy a considerable reduction as beon effected. There are 42 vesels, carrying 411 guns, in six squadons which are established in different arts of the world. The total number f vessels in the navy is 20G, mounting 743 guns. Kighty-one vessels arc in ise. The number of culisted men in he service is 8000. A more thorough urvey of the North Pacific OceaD is dvised. The naval pension fund?a aoiety of the proceeds of the sale of pries during tho war?amounts to ?14,'00,000. The expenditures of the Detriment during the last fiscal year were 120,120394, and the estimate for tho nsuing year ?20,993,414. The restoration of postal service in he Southern States, and the opening of ew routes, has made necessary a deciency appropriation of ?741,440.? 'he restored and new routes am(junt, rithin the last two years, to 487,000 ailes. The President says that the mediaion of the United States bctweeo Ilrail and Paraguay has been without efect, and details the circumstances atendtm: the controversy between Mr. Vashburn and President Lopez as inolvin'_r the rieht of asylum. Lopez barged Mr. Washburn with complicity i insurrection and treason. Accordag to the statemeut of the latter two Juitcd States citizens attached to the ^ration were seized and imprisoned - ? m? l r n r i ad tortured by Lopez, Air. mentation, lie successor of Mr. Washburn, has een ordered 1o investigate the whole abject, attended by a proper naval iree to 'to sustain such demands as the lie occasion in:iy .require, nnd to vindiate the rights of the United States' itizens referred to, and of any others ho may be exposed to danger in the j leatre of war/' Negotiations are pending with a view j ) the survey and construction of a ship j anal across the Isthmus of Darien, and ic result is hoped to he submitted du ug the present session. The Prosient has been obliged to ask forexplantion and satisfaction for national injues committed by the President of Tayti. The unhappy condition of the ritire West Indies, except Cuba and 'orto Rico, lias been followed by a proinnd popular conviction in favor of j jpublican governments and an entire c-irc to secure them. The attempt, | owevcr, to establish republics meets ith many obstacles, growing out of the Id habits of dependence on European lonarchical powers. While we have, says the President, rofessed a decided unwillingness that ny part of flits continent, or of its adiccnt islands, should be made a theatre ir a new establishment of monarchical owor, too little has been done by us 1 1 - 4l. n the other nana 10 niracn mc com- i iunities by which we arc surrounded > our own country, or to lend even a loral support to the efforts they socon^antly made to secure "republican iniitutions for themselves. Our recent nd present example may check the rowth of free principles, and make icse communities dread a government liich consigns to military dominion tatcs which arc integral parts of our inion, and which, while resisting any Itempt by other nations to extend to lis hemisphere the monarchical insertions of Europe, establishes over a ortion of its own people a rule more arsh and tyrannical than auy known ) civilized powers. Alaska was acquired to extend naonal jurisdiction and republican priniplcs. A treaty has been made with le King of Denmark for the purchase t. Thomas and St. John's with thecon:ntof their inhabitants, and is still uncr consideration by the Senate. The President says that national poljy seems to sanction the acquisition ail incorporation of the adjacent connental and insular communities as lecdily as it can be done, peaceably, iwfully and without any violation of ationnl faith or honor. The govern-' lent will before long find it necessary ) send some effective aid to the solunn nf Mm nrnhlptua koiit before the ! j - - orld in St. Domingo.- The time lias rrived when a direct proposition for s annexation would receive the conintof the people and of foreign naons. There is no danger in cxtendig our area. The principles of free ivcroment as embraced in our constiition would prove of sufficient strength 1 comprehend the civilized nations of urope. To every man there are many, many irk hours?when he feels inclined to 1 laudon his best enterprise; hours when I is heart's dearest hopes appear delu-1 i vc; hours when he feels unequal to ji io burden, wlu-n all his aspirations j t ictn worthless. Lot no onethink that. 1 2 alone has dark hours, is the j < million let of humanity. * ; I THE CUBAN INSURRECTION' We pet very little news of the moi ments of the Cuban insurgents a knowjvrry little of their strength, tlv adherents, their means or their desigi The Spnnish'nuthorities having full tc trol of the telegraph and mail line co inunicatjng with the outside world < ercise ny doubt to a considerable extei the powjr they have of giving or st pressings the news of the insurrectit hs it mfjjr suit them. Thus, we are i formed *from Havana that some of t merchaitys there are raising subscri tions fo&he payment of three ra'ont voluntera against the rebels; that i mors rife that several cargoes arms foffthe revolutionists have be lunded;^hat it is reported that a seci cominiJron has left the island for N< York art) Washington to look after t Ainericrb press and government in I half rebellion, and that witti the las^-thrce months there has beer very great reduction in the price negroei Tho Republican Committee of H vana," under date of November 14, in a rogular pronuncinmento, denoun the Uaptaiu General, Lersundi, as ha ing provoked, this revolutionary ot break "in the ^island in consequence his adhesion to Queen Isabella and t Bourbons, even after expulsion frc Spain had become known all over t island;- the committee further char that ho has been acting as if confide that the revolution in Spain would ei in the restoration of lsabplla and bring birn new honors from "tlte odio Queen/' and that "if Cuba be lost Spain, as ?t may happen in consequen of recent events, the whole resoor.sibi ty will full on the Captain General w unfortunately governed the island d j-ing the time of the national revoluti against the dynasty of the Butrbons Here, then, the important fact i pears that this insurrection in Cu was set in motion in sympathy with t revolntion in Spain expelling the Hot bons, and against the Captain Gcncr Lersundi, still adhering to Isuhella, a the cause of the Bourbons. Since tl prorrtiaciamento was issued, howevi the revolutionists have doubtless hca of tho'appointmcnt by the Provisior <xov&#bcnt at Madrid of- Gcnci Dulce to supercede Lerscndi as Govi nor of Cuba; but still the rcvolutiona moveinemt lias been gairt:ng strong and has raised the ensign of "i dcpendenco and annexation to t United States." The revolutionary pr ty of ihc island have evidently made i their minds that Spain herself is ir doubtful quandary, and that her di! culty is Cuba's opportunity; and so is. Nor have wo .any doubt that tl issue will be the annexation of tl i .1- - t3.?l.?? isiarm 10 me uuueu nwiusj uui. wucu er by purchase or through the proscc tion of this war of independence to successful issue, now or hereafter, w depend very much upon the actiou government at Madrid. The present governmot at Madr has been recognized by the Unit< States. It has thoauthority, thcrofor to treat for a sale : it wants money vei badly, and Che money which it migl obtain for Cuba would enable it weather the shoals and breakers I which it is surrounded. In view of tl cession, too, wo have no doubt that tl Cuban planters and manufacturers < sugar and tobacco, would cheerfully a sume the burden of the debt. Whi does Mr. Seward think of it? Or would suppose that this would be exact in his line; but he may, perhaps, liar hiS fears of Englang and France. . Gi ing up, then, all hope, so far ast M Seward is concerned, we are throw back upon the question, what is tl prospect of this Cuban insurrection Iu our opinion if the managers havetl least degree of skill and sagacity th( will surely succeed; but while we ai ignorant of their leaders, their plan their forces, means and movements, v can ony say that the opportunity is a that could bo desired, and that if Cul falls short of independence it will be f< the want of competent leaders in th enterprise, and nothing more. iv. Jr. iieraia. The Negiio Vote.?Bennett ai gues that the "natural position and th natural tendencies of the blacks in th same community arc subordination t the white race. Nor can legislatio change those laws of uarurc. The; are en the side of the southorn whites and, rightly understood, the white may turn to their political advantag this'thing of universal negro suffrage.' The Radicals in Congress may as wel understand this first as last. Th whites will ooutrol the blacks. Nothinj less than the Africanization of tin South can prevent such a result. Tin negroes were induced to vote solidlj igains the whites last year by the ulis )rablo carpet-baggers and mischief ma tcrs who came to this section in searcl )f plunder. Even they, however, wit! dl iheir lies, could not thus have uii? f, led cam DO 11 iney nau uoi? ueeu cucburaged in their villainous proceedings by the small-souled officials of the Freeduien's Bureau. Hereafter the whites will carry ^very elfiction in every southern State. Bankrupt notices, Underwood's patronage, and the droppings of the military, may "sustain for ^" a short time the negro papers; but the ' negroes themselves will vote as the JP" white people vote,, or, at the worst, ' enough of them will so vote to render ^ secure the ascendanoy of the Caucasian race.?Richmond Dispatch. Kg Gradual Depopulation of New oP England.?It has been observed as a singular circumstance, that for two years past there has been a great falling off in attendance at the commoD ^ schools in New England. This, for New England, where education is a ? *itnnArtonoo ia nn ijueaiiuu ui iuo mob iiiipvivuiiuwj ?.? extraordinary fact, and has led to muoh j. speculation as to the cause. It has 0 been satisfactorily ascertained that the falling off is not attributable to a di." minished interest of the people in edu^ cation, or to an indisposition of the children to go to school, but to a dejt" crease in the number of children. The diminution in the number of 1 children may well give rise to grave discussion. As there has not been a prevalence of serious epidemics in New Jiingiand very recently, cerrcumy not wimin the two last years, and no greater morncj tality in proportion to population than in other parts of the Union, and probably ug not so great among children as in large tQ cities or States south of New England, cc we may well wonder at the decrease in U the number of children. Forty years ago, it was not uncommon in that dislu trict of the United States?s8 it is ason sertcd?to find ten children in a family; and that the average offspring of males aged forty-five was seven. At this time, however, it is stated that the agcragate does not exceed four. Tho jr deaths are said, in many towns, to exaj" ceed the births, and, that but for the , emigration of foreigners, the would gradually become depopulated. Here wo have a problem worthy tho r(j attention of the Social Science Convenjaj tion. In Now York, and in several other large cities, marriages are not as frequent as formerly; but the population still keeps up to the general standard without the aid of foreign emigration. In New England, where we have n? never heard of any decrease in marriages, there seems to be a very marked decrease id births. Are wo to regard this as one of the accompaniments of j. an advanced civilization ; or docs it arise .* from physical deterioration ; or may we nt.frihutn it to an ncrjuisition of the ^ie peculiar physiological knowledge which ^ has been widely disseminated th-oughout certain portions of the country? u" Or would wc be correct as well as corn.jl plinicntary in concluding that it resultr cd from the concentration in tho brain 1 of all that the vital activities of the . body, and that the New England people in consequence of long-continued culti- I vation of the mind, arc capable only of 1 c> mental conceptions? Whatever the 1 7 cause is, the fact itself is a strange and * ^ startling one, and may result eventually f to in the d population of the New England * 7 Stutcs.?New York News. ] ic i 'o WAIT. Wait a moment, young man, before s" you throw that money down on the bar ' " and demand a glass of brandy and wa- i i /? !* i ?- / _. 4 _ 1 . ter. Ask yourseii ir iweniy-nve cents i y cnnnot be better invested in something S lC else. Pat it back into your pocket, f v~ and give it to the little cripple who sells ( r* matches on the corner. Take ray word s n for it, you will" not be sorry. p ' Wait, madam?think twice before v ' you decide on that ?100 shawl. $100 v ie is a great deal of money; one dollar is C a great deal, when people once consid- d ro er the amount of good it will accom- t 8' plish, in careful hands. Your hus- o re band's busines*is uncertain; there is a 1 financial crisis close at hand. Who n >a knows what that ?100 may. bo to you S ?r yet? a 18 Wait, sir, boforc you buy that gaudy s amethyst breast-pin you arc surveying t< so earnestly through tiie jeweler's u plate-glass windows. Keep your mo- c ncy for another piece of jewelry?a p e plain gold wedding ring made to fit a t< e rosy finger that you wot of. A shirt ir 0 neatly ironed aud stockings darned n like lace work are bettor than jrilt y brooches and flaming amcthyists. You i, oan't afford to marry ? Wait and think a s the matter over. in e Wait, mother,- before yon speak P ' harsdly to the chubby rogue who has m 1 tnm liiu nt.pnn nnd soiled his Marseilles ar e jackot. He is only a child, and, Joe ? "mother" is the swcccest word in all' sti 2 the world to him. Needles and thread; 'ci 2 and soap-suds, will repair all damages, wl f but if you once teach him to shrink. - from his mother, and hide away his childish faults, that damage cannot be sn l repaired. It i Wait, husband, before you wonder eci audibly why your wit'2 don't get along wi TTIKU idUllljr ,UU VO UUU llVUOV^liUIVt IO* sponsibilities "as jour mother did/'? She is doing her best, and no woman can endure at best to bo [slighted.? Remember the nights she set up with the little babe that died^ remember the love and care she bestowed on ypu when you had that long fit of illness 1 Do you think she is made of cast iron? Wait?wait with silenc? and forbcaranee, and the light will come bach to her eyes, the old light of the old days. Wait, wife, before you speak so reproachfully to your husband when becomes home late, and weary and "out o. sorts." He has worked for you all day long; he has wrestled, hand in hand, with care, and selfishness, and greed; and all the demons that fojlpw in the train of money making. -Let home be another atmosphere entirely; i-i i f? r -i i.i let mm icei mat mere ia uue piuee m the world where hie can find peace, and quiet, and perfect love. , Wait, bright young girls, before you arch your pretty eyes, and whisper "old maid" as the quiet figure steals by, with silver'in its hair and crow's feet around the eyes. It is hard enough to lose life's gladness and elasticity?it is hard enough to see youth drifting away, without adding to the bitter cup one drop of scorn! You do not know what she has endured; you never can know until experience teaches you; so wait before you sneer at the old maid. Wait, sir, before you add a billiardroom to your house, and buy the fast horse that Black and White and all the rest of "the fellows" covet. Wait, ' ? i i 1 ! _ ?T J 1A. ana tmnir wnetner you can auora it? whether your outstanding bills are all paid and your liabilities fully met, and all the chances and changes of life duly provided for. Wait, and ask yourself how you would like ten years from now, to see your fair wife struggling with poverty, your children shabby and want-stricken, and yourself a. miserable hanger-on round corner groceries and one horse gambling saloons.You think that ia impossible} do you remember what Hazel said to the seer of old: "Is thy servant a dog, that he ; should do this thing?" . ; J Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale-face youth from the country "that you can do nothing for him." You can do something for him; you can give . him a word of encouragement?a word of advice. There was a, time when you , were young and poor and friendless.? Have you forgotten it already? Wait, blue-eyed lassie^ wait a while before you say "yes"- to the dashing young fellow who says he can't live without you. Wait until you have ascertained "for sure and for certain" as the children say, that the cigar and the wine bottle and the card table are not to be jour rivals in his heart; a little delay won't hurt him, whatever he may gay, just see if it will. And wait, my friend with the brown moustache; don't commit yourself to Laura Matilda until you are sure she will be. kind to your old mother; and ;cntlc with your little sisters, and a :rue, and loving wife to you, instead of a nerc puppet who lives on the breath of "ashion and excitement, and regards the lunny side of Broadway as second only -iii :o Elysium. As a general thing, peo- .(< de are in too great a hurry in the xorld; we say wait, wait! ; Ouit Liverpool Steam Line.? The Golden Horn, the first ship of the egal a lino of steamers for Liverpool, las cleared at this port with a cargo of !,553 bales of Upland and 188 bales of Sea Island cotton. Messrs. II. Mure & 3o., her agents, having, with excellent uccess, placed a full fricght on her in ;ood time. Her carrying capacity, rhich has exceeded anticipations, it rill be seen above, amounts to near 3,? 100 bales, and is taken on a moderate Iraft and a fine trim of ship. The coton on this vessel has been received, not * nly from Carolina aud Georgia, but Uabama is well represented, and our ew connection,. Selma, in the latter Itatc, has a fine shipment on board.? 'he agents of the line here, notwithtanding the somewhat uutried character of the enterprise, have secured a lost gratifying basis for future succss, and as soon as the superior caa'citics of the line are known, patmege will be obtained from all the j tori or points of the South and West. Chartes&n Courier. Joliny Shrimp says that "politics is hard word. I don't know what it cans. I guess it is a sort of sickness, eople who have this kind sickness eet together in the evening and howl id talk. Pa has Vn bad. He goes it five nights in the week, and does'nt * f a. TT- 1 ay at home the otner nignt. jib uas iu so bad that he can't walk straight lieu he comes home. There are from two to three feet of ow on the Upper Minnesota lliver. snowed for threi days and nights inusautly. A Government supply train is snow-bound on the Medicine Kivcr.