Lower Sandusky freeman. (Lower Sandusky [i.e. Fremont, Ohio]) 1849-1849, 1849-03-31
VARIETY.


The Governor of Massachusetts,, has appointed
Thursday, the 18th day Of April next, as day of
fasting, humiliation and prayer. The coal mines
schuylkill, Lehigh, Hudson. Wyoming and Sham
rock produced last year, three million three hun
dred thousand tons of coal 1t is estimated that
the amount taken out this year win reach four mill
ion tons-The voters of Vermont at their late
election, gave majority of over $4,000 against
the sale Of intoxicating liquors Last year they de-
cided in favor of licensing the same-Geo M.
Dallas, the late Vice President remarked in his val
edictory, that the equal division of the Senate had
required his casting vote thirty times.-Itis is said
that the Burnet House in Cincinnati will require
10000 acres of plastering Last year the num-
Der of chargeable letters delivered in Great Britain
amounted to 329 milions.-Their cheap postage
system has been in operation years, and in that
time the increase has been 253 millions. .--Chas
Fenno Hoffman, one of our best literary writer's
has become deranged--The Royal Theatre, at
Glasgow, Scotland was Consumed by FIRE on the
evening of the 18th of February last, and between
sirty and seventy persons perished in the flames
new bell for the City Hall, N Y. city,
weighing 10000 pounds was raised to its place on
the 9Th inst-A correspondent writing from San
Francisco says person bought about acre of
ground, and last season cleared $500 by raising
vegetables that's the right way to dig gold
The Fort Stephenson Mining Association that left
this place short time since, increased their num-
Der at Cincinnati, and go by way of Independence
and Santa Fe. They found two Santa Fe guides
there who are familiar with the route.-The
Cherokee Indians fired salutes on hearing of the
election of Gen. Taylor.-The homestead exemp-
ton bill has passed both houses of the Illinois Leg
islature go acres of land are thus secured free of
execution-The Austrian banker, Jina, has TAX
en- the new Austrian loan of sixty millions forms
equal to twentyj four millions of dollars of our
money.-The giant and giantess who have been
exhibiting at the N. Y. Museum, were married a
few days since; their united length is only sirteen
feet The nuptial couch prepared for the happy
couple, is something of curiosity, in it's way, be-
ing II feet in length and feet in width 1t is
named the "Giant's Causeway. AT Rutland,
Vermont, on the morning of the 14th February,
the mercury stood at 26 degs. below zero, on the
10 db At DeIOW, anu UH Tile 1Olu dL ZO Ii WOulU
be really refreshing to read this about "dog days.
a German emigrant ship was wrecked on the
Atlantic coast on the 23d inst, and sad to relate,
126 passengers were drowned-There has been
large shipment of cast iron houses for California,
from N Y. city-"Ma," said little boy, some
bod's going to die" "Why, my dear?" asked the
mother. "Cause, the doctors just gone by."---
The Librarian at Harvard University, who has kept
a diary for more than sixty years, says the past
winter has been the coolest ever experienced in
this country--On the 14th instant most de-
structive fire occurred in St Johns, NewBrunswick
consuming over one hundred houses-The Con-
gressional Library at Washington, contains $4,000
Volumes during the session of Congress it is oper
every day, and three days in week the remainder
of the time Every branch of human learning is
therein contained.-It costs as much to govern
the city of New York, for one year, as it does al
the rest of the State for three years.-In 177t
an important dispatch was carried from Philadel
phia to Boston in so hours, it is now conveyed il
as many seconds-Mr. John C. Crawford anc
two others, while water bound on White river Ar
kansas found den of rattlesnakes, and forthwith
amused themselves by killing seventy-seven o
them, each measuring over 4 feet Rather snaky