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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
Reforms in Naples,

One Of the most sweeping acts of reform
ever introduced into any State has been pro-
mulgated in Southern Italy and Sicily
1t abolishes the concordats of 1918 and
1884, between the courts of Rome and Ma
pies, and establishes at once entire freedom
of worship The right of ecclesiastics to
inflict secular punishment, or to be exempt
ed from the operation of State laws, is also
taken away. All causes regarding the
right Of nomination to ecclesiastical bene-
fees arc placed under civil jurisdiction
The council of State has authority to de-
eide as to the respective functions of the
civil and ecclesiastical powers. Diocesan
Commissions are abolished. To these were
entrusted the administration of vacant
churches and bonefces; also the revenues
of the bishops, abbacis, DC. Part of the
proceeds of such sequestrated property will
be applied to the endowment of the poorer
clergy and other acts of charity.
Another decree lays the axe to the roots
of those monstrous outgrowths Of ignorant
superstition, the monastic institutions. All
such orders are to be recognized no longer
likewise the chapters of collegiate churches
in places having population less than
twenty thousand. Tho property hitherto
held by the bodies is to be taken possession
of by the State and administered by a spe-
cial commissiont to be appointed. The pres
ent members of religious houses may con-
tinuo to reside in any of these edfces, re-
ceiving an annual pension of from sixty to
one hundred and eighty ducats, according
to membership, age, DC. After dscharg-
ing such obligations, the annual sum Of
forty thousand ducats is to be set apart from
the revenue of such places for educational
purposes, the remaining proceeds to be APP
piled to similar objects of usefulness and
charity. Seperate clauses provide for tax
ing the revenues of bishops and archbishops
when exceeding a given amount. The
work of brushing away the monastic cob
webs which had spread over the best por
tions ofItaly appears to be done boldly anG
thoroughly by these DEGREES. Nothing now
remains but to apply the broom with equa
resolution in the Territory of which hi
Holiness has heretofore held the keys
~ y Com. Adv.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

The Memphis appeal of the 18th says,
We learned yesterday that President Lin.
coin, many years ago, descended the river
in 1atboat as supercargo. The flatboat
tied up at the plantation of Col. Ferguson,
on the opposite side of theriy The Col
having some wood he wished chopped, EN-.
ployed the flatboaL hands to do the Job fol
him, and Abe, the supercargo, sprang in
and helped. When Col. Ferguson was in
Washington while the rail splitter was {
member of Congress, the latter sought hin
out and renewed the old acquaintance
Lastweek the Col. was in Washington, wher
the President sent his card. Col. Ferguson
again called upon him, and they had cha
about old times and the present price o
cordwood
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

Awful Discoveries In mexico-vGctfmas
OF PriestIy Cruelty Buried Alive.
The Movimento, of the city Of Mexico, Of
February goth, has the following extraordi.
nary paragraph in relation to the discovery
Of mummied bodies in the Covent Of San
Domingo, now being partly demolished in
that city:
The bodies which have been exhumed by
the interyenter Of that building can be seen
ia the funeral chapel. Their number is
fourteen. The violent attitude in which
they are, the painful expression and mus
cular contraction they still exhibit, show
plainly enough that they were never bruied
in coffins, but were the victims Of priestly
inquisitorial crime. All suppose these
skeletons to have belaneed 10 unfortunate
creatures, who were buried alive, and the
circumstances that they were taken out Of
walls, coffinless, and unattended by any in
dications favorable to that class which leaves
among us such terrible reminders, compels
US to coincide in the general opinion.
Let the curious come to that asylum Of
the inquisitors and be convinced, like us,
what the agony of suffocation is, and the
horrible tortures attendant on the frightful
punishment of immurage, which have left
such fearful traces on those spectres. No
coffin could possibly be shaped to adapt it
self to the contortions those untouched
bones present.
1t is the hand of the inquisition, the first
page of our religious history following on
the conquest of Mexico which have Muir
dered those men. Their remains, preserv-'
ed from contact with the atmosphere, were
enabled to present the phenomenon of
mummification, although several of them
have been for some time past exposed, after
their exhumation, as we have been informed,
to the effect of most poisonous air, in Or
der to efface, if possible, those proofs Of in
quisitorial infamy.
The editor of the Boletin de Noticias,
who likewise paid them visit, makes sub
stantially the same remarks.
Another paper mentions the fact that the
bodies of six infants, in coffins, were found
in the walls of another convent.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

The levity of the French nation, which spares
nothing, good or bad, has even devoted to ridi-
cule the late extensive military movements in
the United States. A recent number Of the
Paris Chdrjrdri makes the following thrust at us;
"Happy America! Fragment of Eden in
closed by two oceans 1t is not thy children
who keep up innumerable armies to maintain
their rights
"Read and see:
"Gen. Scott, more suspicious than ever, contn-
ues his preparations of defense and notwith-
standing the opposition of the President, has
sent to Fort Monroe, in Virginia, SEVENTY men.
"What do you say to that, oh Virginians
my friends? Talk of secession in the presence
of such armed masses as these
"Such display of armed men ought to give
us magni6ed idea of the of the value (uu-
mericaD of each American soldier.
1t is evident that when Gen. Scott reiuforces
garrison, he does it in repeating to himself the
phrase parodied from one of the four rules: Il
! give one that is worth a thousand
"The following is the Tariff:
"For an important city undermined by scces-
sion ideas, Is men and l sergeant.
"To render impregnable a fortress OF the first
class, - men and one officer.
"And so on for the rest"
This is droll, certainly, and for Frcnchmen
who cannot understand American affairs, the
testing is admirable"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
A Model Township.

In Lewis township, Clay county Indiana,
they have a sort of foretaste of the millen-
mum. 1t has within its limits one hundred
and seventy families, all white, except one,
and they keep dark about it. There are in
it one hundred and sixty-ive voters, and,
during the last twenty years, there has nev-
er been a fight nor quarrel at any election
held in the township. 1t contains seven
school-houses, seven road. districts, seven
bachelors, and seven large men, three pair
of twin boys, three fidlers, three carpenters,
three post-ofices, three crazy men, and
three over seventy-fve years old. There is
not lawyer, doctor, or loafer in it, nor a
grocer, nor pauper. A better, friendlier,
happier population is not to be found in the
State.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

EARLY OCCURRENCE OF THE NAME OF
WAsHINGToN.-A writer in the Boston
Historical Magazine for the current month
gives an early-perhaps the earliest-au-
thentic notice of the name of Washington
In the first volume of the Chroaicon Mon.
asterii de abingdon, published in ilustra
ton medieval British history, under the
direction of the Master of Rolls, by the
British Government, at page 337, we find s
grant of land from King Edgar, the Anglo
Saxon king, to "Athelunol Washngatuno.
The document bears date A. D. 963, abou
nine centuries aOo.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

WAR Nor PROFITABLE GAME-The mer-
chants of Charleston are beginning to remon-
strate. They find that the military fever oper-
ates disadvantageously upon their business
because it draws off their clerks. The young
men of the city have flocked to the standards Of
the rebel captains in such numbers that there is
hardly counter jumper left to measure yard
of calico. volunteer writes an anonymous
letter to one of the Charleston papers. chiding
the merchants for their lack of patriotism, and
scoffing at the idea of profits where there is
glory TO be had The fun may be pleasant to
the young gentlemen on Sullivans' and Morris
Islands-eXcept, indeed, when they are on duty
in rain storm-but tt is death to the moneyed
men of Charleston With heavy taxes to pay,
and nobody to help them in selling even the
small amounts of goods that are wanted the
merchants are evidently in a bad way. Their
discomfort is neither wonderful nor unpardon-
able
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
10 TRIUNIPHE.

diei diel my calm and earnest soul
Looks forth with longing through the gathered nigh
My spirit breaks at last from Earths CONTROL
And struggles upward to the dawning light,
Like some poor bird who long with crippled wing,
Has felt the shadow Of the darkened oarth
High up to Heaven ] long to soar aud sing
To claim at last my heritage Of birthi
die ! die by birth we enter in
And wake to being, through the gate Of pain,
Death is the portal which at last we win,
To find release and freedom once again
"The wine is quafed;" then why should any grieve,
If Lile's full draught has left famished soul,
And we the banquet are content to leave:
To thrust aside the empty worthless bowl
l die! diet but through the vast unknown,
have no dread the future to explore;
Beyond see the white Eternal throne,
Where Love Divine is worshipped evermore.
pray thee, peocei strive not with skeptic cloud,
To veil the glory of this solemn hour,
By fearful doubt my soul no more is bowed;
But Faith and Trust assert their holy power
die l die! the great mistake of life,
By Death at last is wholly rectided,
"Conquercd but crowned" triumphant in the strife,
Though in the contest Armor is deniedi
"Conquered but crowned" the arena leave,
"Wherc all do battle" till their work is done;
Each for himself conquest must achieve,
And none should sorrow when the field is won.
ldiel diei but through the earthly bars,
Came visions oft to bless my wondering sight,
Like happy dreams softly beaming stars,
To gild the shadows of the heightened night
tender voice oft murmured in my ears,
l felt spirit move beside my own
And fairest flowers, though often wet with tears.
Across my. path have life and fragrance thrown.
How Heavenly pure the blue above me rolled,
How lofty reared the noble mountain high
How yearned my soul to share the conflict bold.
Who would not conquer, though to win we die:
But the fair blue dissolved in vapor pale,
never conquered in the ardent strife
Thcmountain side had no strength to scale,
And then knew 1t was the Dream Of Life.
My soul goes forth notlike vessel wrecked,
That drifts, dismantled to an unknown shore;
But like a barque, for fresh discoveries decked,
That spreads her sails new discoveries to explored
Farewell to thee, at last, Obi smiling Earthl
Strange gladness fills me- as you fade from sight,
You were the cradle of a mortal birth,
My spirityearns to revel in its right.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
The New York Tribune's Charleston
Correspondents.
The N. Y. Times saws:

We noted day or two since the curious
fact that during all the discussions concern
ing the genuinineness of the Tribune's
Charleston correspondent, that paper had
never directly asserted that they are written
in Charleston. To this the Tribune thus
responds:
If we have not made the assertion before,
we make it now. Our Charleston letters
are written in Charleston, and are sent to US
from there by post, or otherwise, according
to circumstances. Ifthe editor Of the Times
will step over any day, we shall be very
happy, on his promising not to make any
unsuitable revelations concerning these let
ters, to show him both the envelopes in
which they were received, and the manu-
scripts themselves.
That's quite sufficient. We want no
further evidence; and we cheerfully with
draw any insinuations we may have made
against the genuineness of our neighbor's
letters.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

WHAT GRANT THoRBURN SAYS OF HIMSELF
That eXcellently preserved old man, Grant
Thorbun, writes to the Observer, under date OF
February IS;
"This day enter on my eghty-ningth year.
Mine eyes, ears and limbs fail, otherwise my
health is good. l eat, sleep, and saw stove wood
as comfortable as did twenty years ago. | am
asked how | have lived. l answer, never was
drunk in my life; 1 never eat enough since
1888; ] have worn white flannel next my skin
from my neck to my ankle, summer and winter
Hence, / never felt rheumatic pain, nor head
ache | have felt the toothache and some
twinges of the heart among the bonnie Yankee
| lasses, to remind me that / was yet in the body
GRANT THoRBURN, Senior"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

A merchant in New York who had become
badly involved, concluded to convey real estate
and stocks to one of his clerks who had solicited
his daughters hand in marriage some months
before, and whose suit he had then Indignantly
refused. His resolution having been taken, he
" explained matters to the astonished clerk,
who readily fell in with his employers plans
The property was soon transferred the mer-
chant failed, losing every thing but his honor"
and the clerk Immediately sold the real estate
and stocks for what cash he could get and fed
to Cuba, leaving the merchant to mourn over
the depravity of human nature.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

In the house, the other day, Mr. Loveioy of
Illinois, made these pertinent remarks:
If the Union men of the slave States want
something to stand upon, I will give them the
Constitution of the United States. 1t seems to
me- if | were known there, or had the advantage
of being native born citizen of one of those
States could take those stars and stripes, and
waving them before the multitude, tell them ii
was the flag that Washington followed the flag
that led on the soldiers of the Revolution
while tracking their pathway in blood that it
was the flag that fioated over Yorktown and
Saratoga; the flag beneath which Sumpter and
Marion fought; the flag that was bathcd in a
flood Of glory ON the lakes, and guided the hero
ofthe Hermitage in 1912 and 1915; and still Ia
ter, coming to that gorge of the mountain ct
Buena Vista, where armed foes poured down in
almost countless hosts, l would tell them that
northern soldiers, side by side followed the flag
and snatched victory from the very jaws of de-
feat. l know l could turn back the insane
mania of dissolution"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

From the official reports, it appears that the
whole amount of revenue collected at all the
ports in the Seeded States during the last fiscal
year, ending June 3, 1860, was only S3,48l ,757,
or about one-twenteth of the revenue collected
in all ports of the United States. As these
States comprised about one-sixth of the Union
in territory and population, their share of the
annual expenditures of the Government could
not have been less than thirteen millions. They
will lose then, nearly ten millions by separation,
even if they collect and appropriate as much
revenue by customs as before, They viii find
however, that the sum of $3,49l,757 will not 60
very far toward supporting Government.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

CHILD LosT-HEART- -RENDING ACCIDENTAL
correspondent furnishes us with the particulars
OF sad and melancholy affair which occurred
in the north part of this county on the 18th
inst. On the morning of that day the wife of
Mr.. John b. Wagner, who resides mile or
two north of Washington Station, left her house
for the purpose Of visiting a near neighbor, ta-
king with her two children, twin boys, between
three and four years of age. About two o'clock
in the afternoon, two children, who had been
playing out in the yard, were missing; and
when the mother called them, but one returned.
She made immediate search for the other but
he was not to be found. The alarm was given,
and about thirty persons assembled, who kept
up the search till after midnight, but all in vain
the child could not be found. At daylight
the search was again renewed by about two
clock in the afternoon. Woods fields and water
searched, but without success In the mean
| time, the remaining child had been heard to say
| that George" had fallen into the water. Acting
upon this hint body of water about eighty
rods from the house from which the child had
wandered was again thoroughly examined, and
| the licless body of the boy was found therein
! 1t appeared that the little fellow had attempted
to wade across this water which was about six
| ty feet across and about twenty inches deep but
he soon sank down, chilled and helpless The
water was frozen over during the night, which
! prevented the discovery of the body until the
ice was thawed away next day. The heart
broken parents have the sympathies of the en-
tire community in the terrible aflction which
has befallen them-Napoleon Northwest.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
Grand Disappointment.

Thought her mine; l thought the world
Shone forth with joy for me;
didn't dream in after years
Its folly should see.
But so it proved. I sought her hand
q really thought Id get herr
But OH, alas, the answer came,
"Her mother wouldn't let herr
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

The Richmond Enquirer gives the vote
in the United Statet Senate on the "Force
Bill" of Jackson's time, as follows:
Yeas-Bell, Chambers, Clayton, Dallas,
Dickerson, Dudley, Ewing, Foot, Forsythe,
FreliDghuysen, Grundy, Hendricks, HILL
Holmes, Johnston, Kahe, Knight, Naudain,
Prentiss, Rives, Robbins, Robinson, Rug
giles, Silsbee, Sprague, Upton, Tomliuson
Waggaman, Webster, White, Wilkins
Wright,
Nay-John Tyler.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
Total ten years........ SOS. .627, 500

The sugar crop of Louisiana last year was
valued at S249S9OO0. The average for five
years has been Sl7000,000
So we have paid nearly sixteen millions of
dollars duties on sugar for the protection of the
planters of Louisiana, every year during the
last ten years. This is the greatest of~the hor-
rible expressions of the general government
which the Delta State has resented by with
drawing from the Union. Another grievance of
the late lamented Louisiana, is that her postal
deficiency was paid by the General Government
year after year. The forts were also constructed
without cent of expense TO Louisiana How
strange that such am oppressed people should
have co2descended to remain in the Union so
long. Com.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

We may safely promise largely Increased en-
old foe. 1t is not wise to nurse quarrel and
keep it warm by brooding over real or imagin-
airy injuries. And the road TO peace is very
plain and straight; if We have been basty or
unkind, or inconsiderate, there is nothing so
manly and honorable as prompt acknowledge.
ment Of our fault or folly, and none buta brute
will refuse proffered conciliation.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

The Washington correspondent Of the n. Y.
week was one from young lady on the Hudson
river, asking AN appointment for her lover as
keeper of light house, promising, that IN the
event of the appointment being made, the two
would be united and made happy, and she
would assist in attending to the government
light. OF course, the appointment was ordered
to be made forthwith. +"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

We are pleased to notice that John j. Piatt,
formerly of the Mack k-a-cheek Press, and more
recently connected with the Louisville JouraR,
has been appointed to a 81 200 clerkship in one
of the Departments at Washington. Success to
the young printer poet
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

It is stated by the New Hampshire, papers
that Judge Bell, the defeated Fusion candidate
for Congress in the second district of that State
"does not take a newspaper. No wonder he
was terribly beaten by his Republican opponent.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
Come and See HOIIy's Family Sewing
Machine.

This machine is finished superior to any ever offered
in this community. t Is centre table style, with fall
leaves each side. 1t is warranted to be all required Of
any sewing machine It makes difference which way
it, for Il works just well backwards forwards.
It will all kinds Of goods, from the lghtest TO the
heaviest and may be used successfully leather work
PRICE.
Plain black walnut machines with fall leaves S350 90
Polished " silver plated $500
Polisd mahogany, silver plated and pearl work 5000
Hemmers and binders, with tools complete 800
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

Elisha Whittlesey has accepted the Firat
Comptrollership of the Treasury. No man has
received higher tokens Of appreciation than has
Mr.. Whittlesey from two administrations
Pierce and Lincoln. UI tA g
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

Nothing betrays 70 much weakness Of under
standing as not to perceive the misery of man
,oithoW God Nothing is surer token Of ex-
treme baseness of spirit, than not to wish for
the reality Of eternal promises No man is so
heaven.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05

On the 18th inst, two little girls. one aged
nine and the other three years, were burned to
death in Youngstown, by their clothes taking
fire
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
Free Sugar.

The following is the official statement of the
amount of sugar imported into this country
from 1851 to 1860:
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-04-05
COME AND SEE
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NOW ~ OPERATION AT

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II will knit plain ribbed work. and by changing the
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and stitches will knit very elastic open work. or very
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1t will knit stockings Of any size, from the childs
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1t will knit tight loose Underseeves Ties Tppets
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Stockings and fancy work knit to order.
Price Of machine complete, $50.