Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-04-13

sHHos 4Do non. Isdlp0 bIelCali, N N. mas
been elected Governor By q majority of
about 1000 votes over all others. He re-
csived about $500 votes more than GoV.
Baker, Dem. who lacks 10 $50 votes Of an
election. Gov Baker received about 26,-
500 votes, James Bell $500, and ASS Fou-
Ter 1900. The opposition candidates for
Congress are all elected by msjorilies rang
ing from 5000 to $500. Lyford, the ep-
position candidate for Rsilroad Commission
er, is elected by a larger majority than
Metcalf. Three hundred and six represen-
tatives are chosen, of whom 80 are Admin
istration Democrats, and the remainder op-
position. -Four towns are to be heard from
GREAT AMERICAN VIcroRY IN ST. LOUIS.
On Saturday night the Know NothiBgs
OF ST. Louis held mass meeting, and the
Speakers boldly announced that the issue
made was Nativeism, and so far as St. Louis
was concerned they were determined that
"Americans should rule America" On
Monday. the election came of, and in spite
of combination Of Wings, Democrats,
Irish Catholics and Greeks" SAN found
himself IN a majority of eleven hundred.
Clsveland Know Nothing.
TExAs-A steady stream Of emigration
has been pouring into Texas from the Gulf
States of the South for the last two years,
which must prove Of great value in deyel-
oping the resources of It's wide expsnse Of
territory. At Linwood, on the Nechss riy-
or, Texas, there is q bridge which the bulk
of the emigration passes over, and though
the toll taker keeps no record of ths per-
sons, he does of the wagons, and thsse form
pretty good criterion for Judgement Du-
ring the month Of December Of the year
1884, no less than $50 emigrant wagons
passed over this bridge, bound west; while
in January, 1855, the number was 700
Il is thought that, from tbe beginning Of
December to the end Of April, the average
will be six hundred wagons per month, and
FIVE persons to each wagon. making In all
Sc 90 wagons and Is, 600 emigrsnIs SEN
ator Rusk is said to estimste lhe emigra-
ton TO Texas this season at 1000 and The
Gonzales Enquirer thinks this amount accu-
rats-U S. GazetIs.
g The most effective engraving We
have seen in the Punch for long sime. is
in the presen: number. Ii represents q
scene in the Crimea,- "a desolats waste cov-
cred with snow, with no living thing in sight
but raven and two soldiers One Of the
soldiers is sitting down on a little bank,
smoking, with bis feet wrapped round with
rags. bis breeches legs torn of, exposing his
naked limbs to the cold, and his coat look
ing like the whole body bad been torn out
aud be bad pulled the tail over his shsul-
ders like shawl. Cannon balls, and skulls
and carcases of dead horses can be sesn
half covered in the snow, which is driving
down in heavy storm. A comrade simi-
larly dressed, or rather undressed. is lean
ing on a musket, and saying, Well. Jack,
here's good news from home. We're 10
have a medal" And the othsr repfes:-
That's very kind. Maybe one Of these
days veil hare coat TO stick It on
EE It is said that Secretary Marcy has
sent word to the United States Consul at
Havana. that if drop of American blood
was spilled in the present difficulties in Gu
ba, this Government would not be answer
able foF the result
or Horace Greeley starts for Europe in
the course Of a few weeks. His family
have been spending the winter in England
and he will go out to bring them home
While over there, he will make ii point to
be present at the great opening of the
French exhibition in May,
A French writer, nj the courier des
Etats Unis, thus sums up the four greatest
excitements ofNeW York city since bis res
idenee on our side of the water;-"Fanny
Ellsler-Jenny Lind-Louis Kossuth-Bill
Poole. So that, to ensure the greatest en-
thusiasm of the metropolis Of the new world
you must either-Dsnee IN a state Of semi
nudity-sing with the reputation of a spot
less virgin-Discourse with stormy empha-
sis upon private interests disguised as pub
lie ones-Or, die gambling roWdy, BY 9
rOwdy gamblers hand"
~ The Pope is sbOut to erect cOlos-
sal statue ofthe Virgin Mary at Rome. in
celebration Of the triumph Of the Immaca-
late Conception dogma Three hundred
medals are to be struck Of Virgin Austra-
Ian gold.
PRoeRRss. Legislature Of New
Brunswick has passed a Law providing for
the extension of the right of suffrage, the
vote by ballot, and the registration Of veies.
This legislature is fresh from the people,
and may safely be congratulated on taking
q right move in the right way. The regis
tration of votes is essential to the purity Of
the ballot-bOx, and We may well wonder
why it is not adopted throughout our Own
country.
A late Justice Of The Peace 10 she State
Of New York, little given to vanity, but
not overstoeked with legal knowledge. fell
in company with number Of Wags, BY
whom several legal questions we're pro-
pounded for his decision, and among others,
in very grave manner, What be suppos-
ed would be the punishment for the crime
Of Suicide? Quite elated with the Lotlce
taken Of him, in very grave and dignihed
manner his honor declared, that he did not
exactly Ieeollees-bul believed 1t was q
States Prison job.
The Washington Sentinel states that al
least $4,000 applications have already been
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