Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-08-18


Have mourned in the deepest Of woe;
Let the curtain he drawn TO,
We hope ii has gone TO
The land where other eats 90.
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A FAIR FUGfTIvE SLAvE.-The editor oI
the Vermont Tribune gives thrilling &C.
count of fugitiue slave who has Just pas.
sed through Vermont to Canada. lie says
She is 20 years Of age, tail, well-formed
and Of far more than ordinary intelligence,
able to read fluently, a member of the
Methodist Church, and the daughter of her
master! yes, she was running away from
her own father, Rruifin Gichrst, Of East.
ton, Md, beause lie lad sold Aer to South
] Caronian for Sl,l0O This Ruffin had
sold his own flesh and blood for so much
hard cash, and but for his daughters
shire wdness and heroism would have now
been lingering the price of blood. Char
lotte, the fugitive ran away lay secreted in
the woods eighteen days. found a friend in
Baltimore, who sent her to Quaker in
Philadelphia by railroad, by q mode we
dare not tell lest it should involve him in
trouble. Her long exposure and dreadful
journey to Philadelphia brought on a fever,
! from the effects of which she had not re
! covered when here at ST Albans. From
Philadelphia to Boston by sea- thence to
Maine, and then to avoid some blood hound
Southerncrs who we're on her track, she
turned her steps this way, avoiding her
pursuers with consummate address, and
finding excellent friends all the way, good
Accommodations on the U. r. R.; with the
money given her here, she went her hur-
ried way to the only land where she could
breathe free. God protect and guide her.
ToRNADo-Sepenteea Trees on the Track
-NdrroO Escape on the c. ce p. r. r.
The storm Of last evening was tornado
on the track of the Cleveland and Pitts.
burg Rail Road between Bedford and Mac.
eGonia. Trees were blown down and fences
scattered as though they had been straws.
The evening train out of the city, J. Malo-
ney, Conductor, while running round
curve, at speed Of twenty to twenty five
mics an hour, struck tree a foot in diam
eter, which lay across the track. Fortu-
nately the tree was of brittle wood and the
locomotive cut il in two and the train pass.
ed on with no other damage than the car.
ryng away of the cow-catcher. The train
from Pittsburgh, in charge of H. F. Sey-
mour, waited at Hudson until il was ent-
tied to the track, and then ran to Macedo-
mia, where signals warned it to stop.
In the space of three miles, seventeen
trees had been blown across the track, one
of them being three feet in diameter. The
farmers in the vicinity turned out willingly,
and handling their axes with the skill Of
practiced woodsmen soon cut away the fal.
len timber. The up train transferred its
locomotive to the train for Pittsburgh, and
the damaged engine backed the Cleveland
train into the city, arriving at quarter be-
fore / 2 last night Cleve. Herald, lIM.
CALIFORNIA FIREs-A very destructive
fire occurred at SanFrapcisco, on the morn
ing of the 11th July. 1t commenced in the
square between Washington, jackson, Da-
Wis and Front streets. That block was de-
stroyed, and a number of houses in adioin-
ing squares. About sixty five houses were
destroyed, and the loss is estimated at
about S225,000. The whole tract burned
was built of wood on piles. The tide was
out at the time, and the water being | 2l
feet below the street, and very shallow,
prevented the firemen from extinguishing
the fire sooner. A fire occurred on the 9Th,
on the corner of Front and Clark streets
loss about S25oo.
very destructive fire occurred in Sac
ramento on the 18th. 1t began about ! 81
a. M, in the block between Third and
Fourth and and X streets, and ragged
about hours, destroying six entire blocks,
and causing loss of about $S40O,OOO
The town of Columbia, in Tuolume CO.,
was almost entirely destroyed BY fire on
llth inst, morning. The loss is estimated
at about 100000.
The town Of Minnesota. Nevada county,
was burned down, with the exception of
three houses, on the 9Th inst. The loss is
estimated at near S52 1000.
Fourteen hundred acres of wheat were
burned in the Suisun and Vaca valleys on
the 7tb.
Four hundred acres of wheat were burnt
at San Bernardino on the 2slh June.
Twelve buildings in Sonora were burned
on the night of the Sd.
SCRAP OF HIsToRY-During the rev.
olutionary war, Gen. Lafayette being at
Baltimore, was invited to a ball. He went
as was requested, but instead of joining the
amusement as might be expected Of young
Frenchman of twenty-five, he addressed
the ladies thus:
Ladies, you are very handsome; YOU
dance very prettily; your ball is very fine
-bm my soldiers hare no shirts!"
The appeal was irresistible. The ball
ceased the ladies went home and went to
work, and the next day large number
of shirts were prepared by the fairest
hands OF Baltimore. for the gallant defend
ers of their country.
To DESTROY vERMIN IN HoUsEs.-Take |
up your carpets-down your curtains
In pailful Of water (cold), mix well one
pound of chloride of lime (having first
diluted into thin paste in bowl Of water.
for facility of mixture) With mop, wet
and saturate we'll the floor, skirtings, and
any other woodwork that will not sufferin-
Jury. Then shut the doors and windows
close. II there should be a suspicion OF