Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-02-08
News Items. &c.
'tand for right through thick or thin;
Let rogues uphold the wrong:

triumph lS with the strong
What'er the bad may say or do,
Fight for the honest part;
What bodies frown growl to you,
If truth sustains the heart
Decrease of California gold was S6000000
last year. Total amount received S33, ,566, ,409
| In England, there is King Charles spaniel
valued at $2,500
There were $4,000 deaths in New York city
during the past year.
Mr.. Cass is preparing TO leave Washington,
and will return to Detroit in few weeks.
The total number of arrests in the city Of St
| Louis last year, amounted to 1855, Of which IS
were for murder.
There are now on deposite in the savings
banks df New York more than $5O,OOO,OOO.
| Nearly 1000 cases of measles occurred in
Manchester N. H., during the last three months
Mr.. Piclens, the present Governor of South
Carolina, was the late Minister to Russia
The Postmaster at Milwaukee is defaulter to
the amount of $4,000. A special agent will be
sent at once, by the department, TO take charge
of the Office What pity we could not have
another Democratic Administration
Two young fellows by name of Hne and
Baird, skated from Toledo to Perrysburg, dis
tance of ten miles, in twenty-six minutes, on
the 3lst ult
A Virginia paper speaks Of the "chaste orato-
ry" of Secretary Floyd. If he isn't "chaste" as
an orator, he ought to be chased as a thief.
The Georgia secession convention, among
their very first acts, declared that the African
slave trade is not piracy.
Circumstances at Washington show that there
is a conspiracy on foot to assassnate Gen. Scott,
and the Mississippi and South Carolina scoun-
drels are at the bottom of it.
The fruits of secession, which South Carolina
thought so beautiful and tempting, turn out to
be apples of SOdom. We hope she may enjoy
the pies and dumplings they will make.
"Madame, good many persons were very
much disturbed at the concert last night by the
. crying of your baby" swell, do wonder that
such people will go to concerts"
Why didn't South Carolina, instead of choos-
ing the rattlesnake as her emblem, take the cot
ton mouthed snake? The latter isquite as ven
omous as the former.
Mr. A. North, of Loiain county, had one
sheep killed, and several others injured by an
, owl, on Saturday night, Jan 18th. He set trap
, and caught his majesty, which weighed eight
pounds.
A gentleman named Christie. living on the
Urbana road, near Springfield, Ohio was robbed
, a few evenings since, of about 800 in cash,
: which was taken from his house, through the
front door.
; There are now collected here between light
: artillery and marines about 500 efficient men
who are ready to deal with traitors as they
, Deserve Wash. Cor.
A minister who had received a number Of
q calls could scarcely decide which was the best
add asking the advice of a faithful old African
servant replied, "AIassa go where the mos
devils is"
Another negro has been hung for participa
= ting in the insurrectionary plot at Autangaville
o Ala. Two negroes and one white man had pre-
viously been executed.
The Legislature of North Carolina has sub
mtted the question of holding Secession Con
n vention to popular vote at an election to b.
" held On February %.
. The German papers are claiming that Senate
+ Seward is adescendant,ofa German family whicl
was driven out of Germany in some interna
i connections.
l. The Light House Board at Washington ha
. issued official "uotice TO mariners" that tn
70 Charleston Harbor is blocIaded, the lights dis
continued, the buoys removed and the mail
. channel so obstructed as to be dangerous 70
70 navigation.
u The bids for the half million New York Stat
loan, were scrutinized at Albany, on Friday
le The offers reached nearly five millions dollars
" 1t was taken within fraction of two per cent
> per annum. While the Federal Government ha
u been compelled to pay twelve per cent. premi
q
II The President has discontinued the work o
ge all the public buildings now in course of ereC
or ton at Charleston, New Orleans, and others
the seeding States, and also on all the Soutl
- ern Notifications; and no money will be paid OF
IN of the public treasury to the contractors engage
lis on these works, except in payment of servic
a heretofore rendered.
es Southern buyers of boots and shoes have r
"a Gently visited Lynn and Haverhill. A firm
W the latter place also received $4,000 TO liquida
We an old claim against Charleston customer, a
ok companed with au order for $1,000 worth mo
n of their goods to be Immediately shipped
:, him. The people of the seeding states are n
in u. prepared to go barefoot; they cant make the
It own shoes, nor buy them anywhere so adva
nd tageously as in New England.
he The Alabama Commissioner is reported
" have arrived in Washington on Wednesday,
; treat with the Government about division
the national property. Steal first and treat
'd. terwards is decidedly fine way of doing bu
ith ness. Those Alabamians are exceedingly no
nd orable men
,ra Georgia, through her traitorous ConventiC
demands her share of the national property a
uu proposes to guarantee the payment of her sh5
of the public debt How gracious this is
the mean time she has stolen all she can lay
hands on, and acknowledges the theft.
A Kansas correspondent of the Worcester S
ID. says tnat physicians from the interior decl;
their fears of an epidemic setting in among
people, superinduced by the scanty supplies
OF food and the utter absence for months of fir,
rn- vegetable diet The scurvy has already mi
hor its appearance, and in the extreme Western
Southern settlements it has made great progrt
:, The absorbing question of the day is, whet
tue the constitutionally expressed will of the peo
lire shall be carried out set aside at the demi
md of armed rebellion The Republicans sa,
ali shallbe carried out, while the Democratic pl
of Ohio plant themselves on the side OF ret
IN lion. Let the people choose.
or The sacrifice on the part of loyal citizens,
de- proposing terms TO traitors up in arms agai
ton the government and openly seeking its destr
III tion, because the people UOted against them, wo
lei' be fatal to popular government because it wo
nth propose TO set aside lawful expression of
people at the demand of rebellion and treas
1t would sap the very foundation Of our in
; nj tutions.
-. A western editor vents his rage in the foil
MS ing manner: "We would say TO the rascal
the stole our shirt off the pole, while we wer
. bed waiting for it to dry, that We sincerely
LOT the collar may cut his throat"
The Cleveland Herald notices the deatl
Mr.. Cox who was attacked some days s
with hydrophobiR He died at about 10 oc
on Friday night, after having suffered terr
ave the two previous days at intervals.
- The Committee of Ways and means in
5 House of Representatives at Washington,
hro reported an appropriation bill amounting to
$27,000000 for the support of the Goyernu
- during the next fiscal year. The appropria
airy for the Army is over $l4OOOOOO, and that