Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-10-18


Indiana has in camp and in the field, at this
time $4,000 men, and win incrense II to $4,000
by the 25th Of October.
The New York Tribune learns That tho Gov.
ernment has had and is now having constructed
more than $4,000 gun carriages for field batteries,
There are now more than 10000 Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois troops in Kentucky. They are
in greatest force at Paducah, Oh the Louisville
and Nashville r., and at Camp Dick Robinson.
In one of the Troy IN. Y j pulpts, on Sun
day last, the pastor made a special prayer for
Gen Fremont, whom he alluded TO asa man
between two fres--the enemy in front. and
distrustful and slanderous people behind
A good one is told ofa Quaker volunteer who
was in n Virginia skirmish. Coming in pretty
close quarters with rebel, he remarked, ,"Friend,
it's unfortunate, but thee stands just where I'm
going to shoot" and, blazing away, down came
'secesh."
The defalcations of Haldeman. the late Se-
cession Surveyor and Pension Agent of Louis
vile, will amount to 3692 instead of Sl0,OOO as
stated in our yesterdays issue. of the former
sum, deficiency of $2,446 is in the Treasury
Department. and 81 ,246 in the Pension Agency
William B. Astor and George Opdyke, ofNew
York, are said to be largely interested in the
real estate of New Orleans. The former has
also been discovered to be the owner Of six hun
dred shares of the stock of the Bank of Louis
lana, worth in ordinary times $3.50 per share
Commodore Strbling, of the East India
ISquadron, called home for fear that he
might not be sound on the Secession question.
He is a Southern man and his son has joined
the rebel army. The gallant Commodore turns
out, however TO he Union man of the most
unconditional stripe.
In a recent article on American affairs the
| London Times affirms that the experiment of
our republic was a hopeless one from the first,
and that for the last twenty years our Union
has been breaking up. lfthe present war does
not finish it up another catastrophe like 1t will
inevitably bring it to end. SO the Times
predicts.
The Louisville journal says, Hundreds Of
those exceedingly sensitive Kentuckians who
so eloquently proclaimed that they could never
take up arms against the Southern States, mas
much as those States were Kentucky's sisters,
have now taken up arms for the conquest Of
Kentucky herself Isn't that enough to make
the devil laugh2"
/ A Missouri correspondent says: "Take any
Thousand from the hOrdes that are bowling on
the track of the Nationals in Missouri, and
prate about our nggers,' and nine hundred and
ninety mine Of them are two poor to buy even
a baby, if full-grown negroes were selling at
ten cents Dozen"
The population of the whole British Empire,
.o .;oi I - a., 1otost of;c;ol autboritiea is.-
H. ~ IsloIds 90 Os0 O0O North American Co.
lonies, 1875 900; European possessions, 3O5000;
West Indies and Guiana, 100000; African
Colonies, $4,000; Mauritius, HongK Kong, DC,
I2s0O0O; Australasian Group, 1,275O00; Ceylon,
1,753,0O0; British India l35,5OO,OOO Total,
lI74109000.
, Some fifty more Tennessee refugees, who had
made good their escape through the mountain
, passes, entered Camp Dick Robinson yesterday,
, and Joined the Tennessee troops. 1t was repor-
ted in the camp, yesterday morning. that large
number more-fixed by some as high as l,lOV-
or two C;noinn9ii Gazette. oct. Is.
The Washington Star expresses the opinion
that the Union sentiment was never SO strong
;" w., r,' ,IsS -, ', 60, : go - 49,, n,,,
has ordered $65 600 worth more of the l. 30 loan,
making $322'OOO in all
Saturdays Tribune says: There was a rumor
, at the Second Board that an order for $SOO,oOo
Oh tde 'SO Pef GEM, fr@asu,y nooes t naa t come me
the wednesday steamer, and considerable pnf-
chases of Government Skies have been made to-
day on foreign account.
n There have been purchased for the use of the
Y army of the Potomac since the war began, and
ar are on0 now wltnn s INES on noumI % %ds
:. and 5000 wagons at $Ii0.
Il ,..o.o.. e., NJ o,,o.ns os . snooosse,,l
attack upon our % vessels at the head of the Pass
If es is discredited at the Navy Department. Hol-
b Inns is known to be great and lying boaster'
> The army of Austria consists of grand to-
tai of 1884 men and l,OoS guns; that OF Prus-
OF RUSSIA ABOUT ooOOOu men ana l'ioU guns