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The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
Enlargemenf.

According to the promise we made some
weeks since, this number of the Freeman is
issued in an enlarged form, and will continue
the same size during the ensuing year, and as
much longer as we receive sufficient patronage
to justify us in the enterprise. Our readers
will see that we can give about one third more
reading matter now, than we could in the for
mer size of the Freeman, and that without
excluding any of our advertisements, without
which, it would be impossible for Wing pa
per to exist in this county six months. But
thanks to our advertising friends, with their
aid, the paper has lived one year, and is now
placed upon firm footing, and the publisher
hopes that it may long survive to visit and make
happy the fresides of it's readers.
We hope the public will duly appreciate oul
efforts to give them paper worth their mon
ey, (Which is but three cents a week, or one
dollar and fifty cents a year) and that they
will send in their names at the earliest posi-
BILE moment
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
Practical Philanthropy.

Gerrit Smith has manifested his sympathy
for the oppressed African race in a way that
abundantly proves its sincerity. A commit
tee in the city of New York, on whom Mr.. S.
devoIved the duty of selecting one hundred
and fifty respectable People of color as recipi-
ents of his bounty, acknowledge the receipt ol
seventy-fve deeds of land for as many men,
with $io for each of them; and of $50 for sew
enty-fve colored women, Deeds and money
in the same proportion, have been given to
four hundred and twenty-five men, and an
equal number of women, in other parts of the
State. These gifts amount in the aggregate,
to $4,000.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
NN- An editor is the most unenviable be.

@~ An editor is the most unenviable be
ing in existance. He is not only ex-
pected to please all his readers in every thing
says or does, but is looked upon as kind
of public property, to be delt with as the ca
price or whim Of any one of his owners may
elect; and they, (the said editors,) poor easy
souls, are expected to submit to all this with
out murmur Hence, among his numerous
and adnairing readers, there are class oi
'geniuses, or more properly muses. who, ap-
preciating his hard lot, attempt to supply him
with appropriate matter, at the expense Of
their health and brains, for his Interesting and
valuable paper and if the editor should be SC
unfortunate as not to discover any merit In
the articles.he receives for publication, and re-
fuses to publish them. he is either put down
as an ignoramus' or an ass, which may or may
not be true.
But what perplexes an editor the most is
to have frst-rate clever fellow, and asubseri-
Der to the paper, imagine that he can write
poetry, when he knows no more about il
than the man in the moon. We had a Tiece
of poetry handed to us this week for publica
ton by a person of the above description, who
is not only a clever fellow, but possesses tai
ents of no ordinary merit, which we must de-
cline publishing. That our readers may see
that we arenot too severe in our structures
we publish a verse or two, as sample. They
are inscribed to Miss Meta:
For hattering words and fair pretence,
Prepare thyselfa sure defence;
For those who seem thee to admire,
May soon alasi thee not desire.
The writer then gives some very good ad
vice to Miss Meta, in the next two verses and
in the next one following tells her to show {
proper spirit of fspunk' and independence to
wards the steamer sex:
Come then, and show that woman can
Be useful too as well as man;
And drive opposing brainless gabs,
To creeping back like prongy crabs.
The idea of advising Miss Meta to make
the gentlemen cragfsd in that kind of style
we don't like pretty well. We believe in go
ing ahead, and let the consequences take care
of themselves. After telling her what bene
fits she would derive from such a course
our poet winds up as follows:
Tho last, not least, say to you,
Be truly JUST and righteous too;
The fruit of such life will be
Joy, throughout vast eternity.
We think the above will satisfy our frienc
that his poetry is just no poetry at all. How
ever we have published worse, but it was on
| ly to prevent giving offence to the writer. Blu
in doing so we not only made ourself ridicu
lous in our own eyes, but in the estimation Q
the public. Among this class was an anony
NOUS piece, signed J. c., the writer of whicl
we do not know.
We hope F., NJ E., E. S., and A, will no
take it that we allude to them in saying tina
we have published worse poetry than the a
bove; we shall always welcome them to GU
columns.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
Ioz- The Commissiopers annointed bv t

BR The Commissioners appointed by the
Governor of Louisiana, to examine and report
upon the most feasible plan to protect New
Orleans against inundation, show the following
fact:
can inspection of the map and profles will
show that New Orleans is situated in a valley.
formed by the river bank on one side, and the
Metairie ridge on the other. The average
depth of the valley is fifteen feet below the
high water line of the Mississippi; five feet be-
low the crest of the Metairie ridge, and about
one foot above the ordinary high tides ofLake
Pontchartrain.''
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

ES- The following bills have passed the
Senate of Ohio:
To incorporate the Town of Fremont, in
Sandusky county
To provide for the early publication of the
laws, and for other purposes.
To incorporate the Sandusky and ottawf
plank road company.
To incorporate the Sulphur Springs turn.
pike company
To increase the capital stock of the Lower
sandusky, Tihin and Fort Ball plank roac
company, &C.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
s4g- The Wasbinpton Republic introduces

Eg The Washington Republic introduces
the following piquant paragraph from the Spec
tator, to illustrate the motives which actuate a
few men who do not undertake to conceal the
malevolence of their hostility to the present ad-
ministration. 1t may apply in many cases Of
detection and hostility, and we fear its appli.
cation may be as fit and forcible in many in
stances within the personal knowledge of poll
ticians of our own day, as when it was uttered
addison tells the story of countryman
who made very long and melancholy COM
plant to the Duke of Buckingham of sundry
public abuses, which we're causing much dis
content and distress. The Duke, after giving
him very patient hearing, told him that all
his complaints were but two true. "But my
dear friend" said he, 81 haye thought of an
expedient that will set all things right, and that
very soon' His country friend asked him
what that was? "You must know" says the
Duke, "there's place of $500 q year fallen
vacant this morning which l intend to put you
in possession Of" The gentleman (says Ad-
dison) went away satisfied, and thought the
nation the happiest under heaven during the
whole ministry"
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
German Docunents-Looaok one.


The editor of the Ohio State Journal says,
We happened in the Senate chamber 5'ester-
day, and heard some rich things about the
Statesman's German documents
M. Lawrence procured from Mr. Dubbs and
other German scholars, translation of the
heading of certain columns about the taxes on
the banks From all that appeared, We infer
that the public printer has been doing up some
rather strong operations in the way of naanu-
featuring certain facts, and by a system of tac-
tics peculiar to him, he has made as big mis-
take as he did when he resigned his post OF
Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety.
We have not the means on hand to go into
this subject at present But we wish to ad-
vertse the public that a very extraordinary
course has been pursued by the State printer,
in gathering documents printed in German,
and that certain steps are being taken to ex-
pose the whole transaction as it deserves.
We promise the public a rich treat when
this beautiful game is fully developed. There
is fun ahead.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

EE was much amused with the follow
ing occurrence on board the cars on Tuesday
last, on trip from Cincinnati to Columbus
Mr. johnson had taken seat by the side of
Mr.. Broadwell, at one of the watering places,
which had been occupied BY another person
who he'd just stepped out of the cars for mo
ment Mr. johnson observed as he rose from
the seat, ne t'found it difficult to hold a seat
anyeohere," to which BroadFdwell replied, he
chad SO much trouble to get a seat he would
hoJd on p.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

Eg The House of Representatives have
passed resolution to adjourn on the 25th
inst The Senate will probably adopt the res
olution of the House, so that we may look for
the grand finale of that burlesque upon legis-
latures to take place about that time.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

EW The Cincincinnati Gazette says we
have compiled from the Annual Report of the
Auditor of State the following statement Of
the land in Ohio on the tax list, and of the
number of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and Of
the number of pleasure carriages, and the
watches, pianos, as returned by the assessors
for taxation in the different counties of the
state. The table will be found interesting:
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

1t is said that the speed of swallows when
enigrating. is not less than fifty miles an hour
so that, when aided by the wind, they soon
reach warm ATTITUDES 1t has also been caleu-
lated that the swallow can fly at the rate of
ninty-two miles an hour, and that of hawks
and several other tribes to be one hundred and
fifty miles an hour.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
Ba- In Mr. Benton's speech delivered dlase


re- In Mr. Benton's speech delivered last
Wednesday, after showing that slavery was
prohibited in the Mexican territories by its
laws, and by its constitution, as revised IN
l843, which cured any of the suggested de-
fleets Of validity in previous statutes, he quotes
from the law dictionary of Escfe6e, the follow
ing provisions to show that even when slavery
did exist there It was with such facilities Of
manumission and other discouragements as
would destroy the value of slave property
He translates and comments as follows:
i IN English. @The master makes his own.
Whatever his slaves gain and ACQUIRE. by what.
ever title; and if he puts them at the head of 4
fshop, stall, or other establishment whatsoever.
he shall be obliged to attend to and fulfil ali
contracts they may make, as if himself had en-
tered into them.-Law Z, tit2I, Part 4.
"Fhe master who may be above the age of
fourteen years may lib rate his slave by tes-
lament; and he who may be above the az q
Iof 20, may lberate him BY in trument or be-
fore the judge, or even before friends, with
the aidof five Witnesses; moreover, the minor
Iof twenty. and over sixteen, may give liberty,
with the consent Of his guardian, to his child
had by slave woman, to his father, mother.
brother, and teacher, or to his nurse, or to the
Iperson who shall have brought him un. or
whom he shall have brought up and to his
foster brother, to the servant who may have
saved him from death or from dishonor to him
whom he may wish to make extraiudicial ad-
ministrator of his goods, being of seventeen
years, and to the slave woman with whom lie
may propose to omarry.-Law i, til. %, Part 4,
"If two or more masters have slave, either
of them may liberate him, giving to the 9TH
theirs the just price which belongs TO each;
and even third party may purchase him for
the purpose of setting him free,-LGaO 2, TIT.
| %, Part 4.
"The slave shall deserve his liberty in the
four following cases: l. If he shall Inform on
the ravisher or forcer of virgin woman; q
IF he discovers the maker of false money; 3.
If he shall discovers military chief who aban-
dons his post; A. If he shall inform on the
murderer of his master, or shall avenge his
death, or discover treason against the Kingdoms
In the three first cases the king shall give the
price of the slave to his master.-Lda0 g. TIT.
l22, Part 4.
If the master publicaly prostitutes his
slave woman, she is thereby freed, and he can
not recover her, or have any right over her
Law A, TIT. %, Part A.
"Finaly, slave will acquire his liberty by
contracting matrimony with free person, or
by receiving sacred orders, with the knowl-
edge and consent of his master; as likewise by
prescription when in good faith he shall be
called a free man for ten years in the country
where his master lives or for twenty years in
another, or without good faith for the space of
thirty.-Laws 5. 6, 7, tit %, Part 4.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
The Mexican Armf,-Satistics.

The Secretary of War has laid before Con
gress Report, giving the character of the
forces employed in the Mexican war-the
numerical strength of the regular and volun-
teer forces, the deaths. killed, desertions, re-
signations, DC.
Forces Employed and Mustered into Service
-0ld establishment. 1916 men.
Additional force. II,l86
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

~ The Maiden and Married Life of Mary
Powell, afterwards Mistress Milton, is the title
of new book, in pamphlet form, just issued
from the Office of Littell's Living Age, N. Y,
price 25 cents. Having read the work, we
can cordially recommend it to our readers as
deserving of patronage.
Address E. LITTELL & co.
New York.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

g-An editor down south who served four
days on jury, says he is so full of law that it
is hard for him 10 keep from cheating some
body.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

E Resolve to do thing and it is more
than half DONE Half resolve to do it, and il
will remain forever runaccomplished.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

E# Some ten or fifteen of our citizens in
tend starting for California on the 25th inst
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
E1y Times of holding the Courts of Com

EE Times of holding the Courts of Com
mon Pleas in the 18th Judicial Circuit of Ohio
for 1850:
ERIE, February IS; May 20; Oct. Z.
HURoN, March IL; June 5 Sept, Is.
SANDUsKY, March 25; June II Oct 81.
WooD, April l October %.
Lucas, April 5; June "a; Nov I.
OTTAWA, May Z; Sept TO-
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

Deaf aud dumb ASYLUM 5000 90
Lunatic asylum 3l,s60 90
Institution for the blind 12,5OO 90
THE STATE DEBT.
Domestic bouds outstanding S529,592 81
Interest thereon 1857 81
School ana trust fund debt 1,6l5,625 SO
Interest 96,93s sd
Foreign debt 16,sSo,9s2 SO
Total State debt Si9,o26, 200 A
Total Annual Interest l,l47,855 As
The auditor closes his financial exhibit, by
saying: "The funds now in the the treasury,
and subject to the control of the fund commits
sioners" will enable them Immediately to re-
deem or purchase more than half million of
our foreign stocks; and should the estimates
of tie current year be realized, which is conf
IDENTIFY anticipated, the actual reduction of our
State debt during the current year, will not be
less than one million Of dollars
LCincinnati Gaz,
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

The mayor of Philadelphia presided over a
meeting in that city on behalf of the tailoresses.
The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16

Total amount Of irreducable school
and trust funds loaned to the
fund commissioners, and consti
tutine part of the State domestic
debt 81, ,625 SO 5
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
Our Patrons

Will confer a very great obligation upon us by
attending to very important duty devolving up
on them-that is to Say, by remitting al once, the
several amounts due this Office. We have en-
deavored to do our part, and hope you will do
yours We need funds and expect every one
who owes us to senk-promises won't do for
printers. Our workmen have to be paid in cash.
and we depend on the income of the Office for the
means. So, don't wait friends to be called per-
sonally, but enclose the amount of your dues and
send Immediately. Where subscriptions are not
paid in advance, we shall most assuredly insist
upon the full amount due at the end of the year.
Thankful for the liberal patronage we have rece-
we'd, we earnestly hope our friends will manifest
their interest in our behalf by promptly complying
with this request. The amounts separately will
be small upon each subscriber, but in the aggre-
gate, considerable to US. Who will be the first to
respond! r..e.e
For Job Work, the cash will be required upon
delivery, and accounts for advertising to be paid
quarterly.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
Temperance Pic Mic.

On Saturday last, it was our good fortune 10 be
present at Pic Mic given by the friends of the
Temperance cause at Smyrna Church, in this
District. We have never attended more pleas
ant or better conducted meeting than this. Every
thing went off in good order and the whole affair
may be regarded as victory achieved in the
temperance cause. We mean the formation Of q
Society in this section OF our District-and the
District and the success which has alrsadycrown-
ed the efforts Of those engaged in this enterprise
There is no place where a>Temperance organi-
cation was more needed, and the interest mani
tested by the people Of this neighborhood on this
OCCASION s an earnest of future success in the no.
BILE cause, which many of them have so ardently
espoused
Our thanks are due the Hon. D. L. Yulee for
copy of his most excellent Speech on the Califor-
MIA Bill, and also to Hon. /. E. Holmes for copy
Of his Speech on the Texas Bill.
w- We see the Chester Standard remarks
that "A report became current last week in this
District that the Representatives from Georgia and
South Carolina, with the exception of Toombs
had had meeting and determined to return home.
The rumor," he further remarks, "was entirely
unfounded." Ifhe will look in the Daily State
Rights Republican of the 18th inst he will see it
stated in connection with the Congressional re-
ports in that days paper.
fay- Gov. Towns, of Georgia, has issued his
proclamation calling convention for that State,
as instructed by the Legislature. Will. Georgia
submit! Toombs and Stephens would have her.
Lumpkn and others of that class would have her
submit. But are all Georgia's leading men policy
office seekers? We trust not. Be assured that
whatever measures she may adopt it will not be
far in advance ofthe Palmetto State.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
Phrenology.

Prof. Crane, of New Orleans-a native of Vir.
ginia-is in our town, and will deliver free lee
ture on tomorrow night. 1t can but be interest
ing even to the sceptic, to attend the Professors
iectures-he at least understands his business, If
it be humbug-he explains it, and you are not
humbugOed--in hearing lecture on humbug.
But we do not believe il a humbug-.it may be in
the hands of such men as Bybee and others, but
we are sure that you will be convinced that there
is science about it. His description of your all
cestors will surprise you, as we'll as his deneations
of character. He has thrown out suggestions to
several distinguished men in our country, upon
which they have acted and succeeded. Clarke
Mills is an example. We have often heard from
his own mouth that it was at Prof Cranes sug-
gestion that he first turned his attention to that art
in which already he stands the unrivaled genius
of The West.
Come out and hear him on tomorrow evening
His examinations Of heads after his lecture is quite
interesting We were one of his subjects, and
whether It was that his remarks were correct, or
that he gave us so much better character than
we expected, we will not say but he certainly told
some things very truly.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24

An AFFECTING SCENE IN THE INDIANA PEHI-
rESrrARY.-During the recent cholera sickness
in this prison, the services Of the clergyman
were often in requi>ition, who has given several
sketches of the last moments the dying pris-
oners. Here is one:
While was in prison the Warden led me to
the bedside of convict by the name ofShear.
er. was informed that he had formerly been
one or two years member of the State Legis:
Jature--had stood very high in the estimation
of his w:citizens-and at the time Of his
conviction was surveyor of his county. He
had been tried before the United States Circuit
Court, and on mere eirumstantial evidence had
been convicted of mail robbery and sentenced
to four years imprisonment The poor man
knew me, having heard me preach in the pris.
on. "Sirr," said he, 81 must die" He was
then in collapsed state-the marks of death
were upon his-countenance. / sat down by
his rude couch and held his pulseless haud:---s
Long did / endeavar to point him to the Lamb
Of God who taketh NJ ay the sins of the world 8
His spirit grew Calm and almost joyous, and
he professed that the terrible "sting" was gone.
Now, said /, "Shearer, you are perhaps near
death, have you any word to send to your fami'.
ly!" 'Ohp said he, 4 have wife and two chill.
dren-I wish could see them once more. He,
paused moment. unable to go on. No doubt
his thoughts were at "home, sweet home" He
rallied and proceeded-"Tell my family that /
am innocent of the charge for which suffer"
said to him, "Mr. Shearer, you are now in 9
few minutes to stand before that God who will
Judge you righteously; there can be nothing
gained, but everything lost by concealing the
truth do not utter at this solemn moment an
untruth." He replied, 81 know it all, am..
about to 60 before my Judge, and to you, sir
declare with my dying breath | am Innocent"
Never had such emotions. have stood by
many death.hed by the rejoicing christian
and the despairing rebel; by the young the old
but this to me was most impressive. He had
been one of our lawmakers, had sent his intu.
ence from the legislative hall to the extreme
borders of the State, had moved respected and
beloved; yet there he lay; a felon dying fel.,
ons death about to have felon's burial aud
this, all this with strong probability ofhisin-
nocence! And then all he wished his family
to know was, in death amid the dwellings Of
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
Rail Road Stock.

The Stock of the South Carolina Rail Road
Company has advanced to eighty-6ve dollars
The Bank shares are quoted at twenty-five dol
lars Making The Bank and Road stock worth at
present, one hundred and ten dollars. There is
every thing now to satisfy us that this stock will
be profitable
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
Wednesday.

Remember not to be absent from the meeting
on Wednesday, You, and you, and YOU, and eve-
ry man attend. Let old Kershaw, by her acts, say
what was said in the old Declaration Hall, in the
better days of the Republic, ''Sink or swim, live
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
aeorsia-call of a Convention.

The Mercury of yerterday says: ave eary by
Telegraph that Gov. Towns has issued his pro-
cIamation calling convention of the people OF
Georgia, to take into consideration the measures
rendered necessary by the late acts of Congress"