Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-07-16

Fry against James Gordon Bennett, for il.
belous articles published in the New York
Herald, has received final adjudication in
tho Superior court Of New York city. Tho
plaintiff, il will he recolcctcd, recovered n
large verdict against tho defendant, which
was ordered to DO set aside. A now trial
was then had, In which verdict Of $4,000
wns rendered for Mr.. Fry. The defendant
then presented bill of exceptions and
and moved for new trial. This motion,
after several years, has been denied by the
General Term, and judgement ordered for
the plaintiff on the verdict, The case will
probably be carried to the Court Of Appeals.
The inhabitants Of the Superior country
arc earnestly enlisted in the matter of the
formation Of tho new State of Superior
A circular numerously signed, has been is
sued which calls convention to assemble
at Ontonagop, on the 25th of August, for
the purpose of interchanging views and
adopting measures conducive to the attain
ment of the object. 1t is further proposed
in the circular that Territorial Govern
mcut be formed to give place, ultimately,
to State organization.
Mr.. S. G. Arnold, who lately was editor
Of the Toledo Blade, has assumed the edi-
toria conduct of the Newark Americdn, to
which paper he will bring talent which
will mako il rank among the best papers in
Ohio.
The management Of tho Cleveland d To
ledo Railroad have reconsidered their very
hasty determination to abandon the North
ern Division west of this city, and have very
sensibly instructed road-master True, to use
all possible dispatch in putting the track
West of Port Clinton in sufficient repair for
the passage Of trains.-Sdn. Reg.
LovEJoY RENoMINATED.-The Republi-
cans of the Third Illinois district have nom
mated the Hon. Owen Lovejoy for re-elec-
ton to Congress by acclamation. He re.
ceived the vote of the entire Convention,
and accepted in n spirited speech. Mr.
Lovejoy is ono of the able and earnest men
Of the free Northwest, and we are glad to
see it stated that ho will carry his district
by largely increased majority.
The Englshmen to whom Mexico owes
the bulk of her present debt have hold a
meeting in London and voted in favor Of
Gen. Houston's plan of United States
protectorato over that unhappy country.
The Missouri Democrat saws that the
slave system is virtually dead in Missouri
The industrial element which has forced it.
self into tho State is breaking down all op-
position, and will eventually make Missouri
a Free State.
INTEREST IN MINNEsoTA.--A bill has
been ordered to third reading in tho Min
nesota House to prevent usury, but fixing
the legal rate of interest at 5 per cent =
That young State must bo the paradise Of
Shylocks.
A new and dangerous counterfeit Ter
Dollar note on the State Bank of Ohio, is
in circulation. Look out for them. Tho
paper is rather yelowish, and the eyes ol
of the vignctte poorly executed.
The artesian well at Columbus, had
reached depth of l,708 feet, on tho 9th
inst, and is not through the limestone yet
The duel bctwoon Gibbons, reporter fo
the Now Orleans Crescent, and Hanlon, re
porter for tho Delta, in which the former
was mortally wounded, arose about bi
Of "copy," as printers term it. The two re
portcrs were at school examination, ant
one Of them got hold of the manuscript
compositions, and the other accused him o
meanness in so doing. In this case Glib
bons was the aggrcssor from the first,
The profits of tho New York City Bank.
in lS58 are slightly less than for the same
period in 1851. This year the diyilend'
payable on the first day of July wore ST.,
5oo,6S2 on a capital of ss2,229, ,5oo-ol
an average Of about 3.sl per cent.
A young friend writing from Pilot Grove
Grayson county Texas, under date Of june
9Th says:
81 have travelled considerable distance
over land and water, among civilized ant
savage people, yet have had no adventure
worth narrating. havo Travelled over 4
vast amount of good country. out hero in
the Southwest, which only needs the indus
trious husbandmcn of the North to make