Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-11-22


Our lst Lieutenant, Leroy Crockett is
now at Clyde, recruiting more men for the
Regiment 1t is to be hoped that De will
be able to recruit whole Company. Not
wishing to trespass too much upon your col
umns l will close. Yours in Union for the
sake of the Union. F. C.
Items.
In three weeks there will be half a million
Federal soldiers in the field.
Green the reformed gambler, is raising COM
pany for the war, in Illinois.
President Lincoln has taken $4,000 worth of
Treasury Notes A Charlestonian recently
took $4,000. ... -
The popular subscriptions to the National
7.30 loan amount to about $40, 100000 up to the
present date.
To have tarts for tea--let your wife see you
kissing the waiting maid. Sure thing
The New York Tribune learns that the Gov
ernment has had, and is now having construct
ed more than $4,000 gun carriages for field
batteries. tt
The Louisville journal says, "A hemp crop
has been raised in Kentucky, and it can't be
wasted. 1t must be used either in baling cot
ton or hanging traitors.
The Wheeling Intelligencer says, "A lady in
Northwestern Missouri offers premium for
enough Yankee scalps to make a bed quilt. =
Perhaps she would like to take whole Yankee
as a comfort
Figures will not lie,"is an old and used to be
well credited saying. But the introduction OF
hoops, crinoline, hips bustles and cotton breast
works plays the dickens with the proverb.
The army regulation" horse is fifteen to six
teen hands high, between four and nine years
old perfectly sound, square trotter, and color
bay, brown, black or sorrel.
A Mr.. G. Campbell, who calls himself Ken
tuckian, publishes disunion letter in Mem
phis paper. He is a very small creature-ont
of the Cam els that can "go through the eye of
needle. Il Louisville Journal.
A volunteer belonging to Philadelphia, pick.
ed up on the battle field at Balls Bluff rebe
flag of miniature pattern, made out of satin
The seven stars were of solid silver On the
white stripe was delicately written: "Amelia to
Edwin-wear this next your heart
Jim Lane, when he heard of Fremont's remo-
val, made the remark that the Government had
better turn the contract over to him to clean out
the rebels. He said he would agree to do the
job with $4,000 men, if the Government would
only furnish transportation.
A Saxon Princess, who refused the hand Of
the first Napoleon, is now living at Dresden. -
She is over eighty years old and has never mar
ried. She has two sisters over sixty years old
who have also refused offers of Dukes innumer
able, and still leading lives of nun-lik
celibacy.
The Indianapolis Journal says: 1.-THE baldes
absurdity that any government was ever guilt,
of is the release of rebels found with arms il
their hands on taking the oath of allegiance,
and pungently adds-"It would be Just as sensi
BILE to swear a skunk not to stink"
The Providence Journal is informed that on
of the nurses at Poolsville recently approache
a cot on which wounded soldier of the I5t
Massachusetts, regiment was lying and asked
sis there any thing that you think of that yo
want?" "Yes," was the quick reply ian En-
field rifle" 1t will be remembered that mos
of the regiment had smooth bores.
The battle at Belmont between the Cair
troops and the rebels, is described as one of th
most bloody and terrific that has ever bee
fought on this continent, with the single excep
tion of the battle of Buena Vista No soldier
ever fought harder or better than did ours o
that occasion.
A Charleston dispatch in Memphis paper
the 18th, says that all the able bodied men-nt
grOes--have been seized OH the plantations
Pinckney Island and taken on board our fie,
at Hilton Head
An unexpected return home, says the Pougl
keepsie Eagle is not always the happiest wa
for married men, as exeInplifed last Saturday
A man who was lately married, and had enlist
ed in one of the volunteer companies from thi
city, returned rather unexpectedly last Satul
day, and found his loving wife sitting on tn
knee OF a new recruit, on the side of the roa
near the country house, with one of her arm
around his meek, caressing him most lovingly.
Col. Mulligan said in a speech at Chicago
few days ago, @Gen. Price remarked to me as j
sat in his carriage one day, Colonel, by the 25t
OF December next, every battle will be fOugl
. north Of the Ohio river and on free SOIL" III
rebel prospect of fighting battles on free sol
does not appear very brilliant.
Red walking shoes for ladies with black hee
J I'VE mean the heels of the shOes-have Al
peared in New York, and Jennie June says the
are very striking and distingue with black DIRE
and fame eolored kid gloves.
, After the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Il
: South CarOlinians passed resolutions, invitir
the "mud-sills' Of Massachusetts to visit Il
classic shores of that State. The invitation h
l been accepted, and the Old Bay State takes Il
! subjects Of the Tattlesnake flag at their word
sending three regiments of her sons as CUES
for the winter.
A Yankee, who, when he was told by an Enl
lish tourist in this country, that the celebrate
of the 4th of July would soon be extinct al
swered: "See here, stranger, don't talk that wa
/ tell you when the resurrection day com
a round, the first thing done in the morning will
to read the Declaration of Independence"
1t is said that one Of the Volunteer Surgeon
!, on examination before the Army Medical Boar
after answering ali sorts Of questions about a
; shot wounds was asked, when does mortific
J tion ensuei" He promptly replied, @Whenev
!. man of sense thinks of this Board. He passe
: Kansas CRY, Nov. le.-Eight hundr,
y of Jennison's men, who left here on Satu
|. day for Pleasant Hill, succeeded 10 captu
ing 22 wagons and 200 yoke Of oxen b
longing 10 the Government train report,
burned by the rebels of that place. A re