Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-11-14
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men.
A dwarf elephant, twenty years old and only
thirty inches high--a perfect Tom Thumb Of
the elephant tribe--has just been added 70
Wombwell's (now Edmond's) mensgerie in
England. Itwas imported from Malacca.
BY an arrangement entered into between
Gems. Grant and Price, Iuka is to remain neu-
tral ground for hospital purposes. Neither Of
the belligerents is to occupy II with troops
which will enable citizens in and around the
town to aid the medical authorities in their at
tendance on the sick and wounded.
1t has been ascertaincd that when the rebel
army took possession Of Lexington, they cap I
tured million dollars worth OF stores for the
army, four or Eve thousand men, and an i'm.
mense quantity Of ammunition and clothing. |
There is plant in the island Of sumatra,
the circumference of whose fully expanded I
flower is nine feet; its nectarium is calculated to
hold nine pints; the pistils are as large as cows
horns, and the whole weight Of the blossom is |
computed to be Is pounds.
A ploughman was hung at Warwick England, |
recently, for shooting his fellow-servent in the |
back while bent over the wash-tub, according 70
his own confession, because she never would |
draw him enough beerl He also stated that be-
fore committing the crime he tossed up whe- |
ther he should kill the girl not, and the
chance lighting of the instrument he tonsed de-
cided the poor girls fate.
We learn from Fort Lincoln that part of the |
negro regiment had a fight with guerrillas on
Thursday last which resulted in driving the |
bushwhackers from our SOIL killing twenty and |
wounding a large number. Eight negroes were
killed and Lieut.. Grew, a white officer. Our
informent tells us that the blacks displayed a
valor never surpassed by any soldiers.-- LeaVcn-
North Conservative
III, 80 L., -,
the street, accosted her with the question: "Whose
child are you2" "Child Of wrath" madam"
replied the little urchin, if addressing the
parson. The lady resumed, and said, Where
were you born2" Born IN sinp' persisted the
diminutive theologian.
The city council of New York passed an or
dinance last week authorizing The, issue of bills
of the fractional parts of dollar, to the amount
of three millions of dollars. Persons who re-
qure these notes must deposit an equal amount
Of current funds in advance with the city cham.
berlain The people Of Gotham are probably
tired of waiting on the manufacturer Of the pos
tage currency, and so have started mill Of their
own.
An important seizure has just been made at
Washington wharf. Thirty tons of lead were
about to be shipped TO Baltimore of which no
inconsderable portion was composed Of melted
bullets, which had been sold at the grogshops
for what soldiers can buy there.
1t must be happy thought to lover that his
blood and that ofhis sweetheart mingles perhaps
in the same musquito.
The Grenada Appeal Of the 5th says great
fire occurred in Augusta, Georgia. Cne-f fourth
| of the city was burned. Cotton warehouses and
cotton burned is valued at half million.
1t is stated, in dispatch from Philadelphia,
that Gen. Mcclellan disobeyed orders from Gen
Halleck, in consequence of which Gen. Lee es-
capped, and that this was the immediate cause of
his removal. lis known at Washington that
Gen. Halleck has for some time been strongly
J favorable to the change that has been made, but
the President was slow to discover the military
necessity. sfn
occasional" of the Press estimttes that tho
Administration will have a working majority in
the next Congress.
Gen. Davis has delivered himself up TO the
civil authorities in Louisville, TO be tried for
manslaughter in killing Gen. Nelson. He was
admitted to bail, and has gone to a command in
the army of Rosecrans
The Charleston Mercury quotes, with evident
appreciation, the answer of rebel sentry to a
General officer who rebuked him for not salut-
ing, @Oh, h-ll, General, salutings played out. /"
The "white trash" begin TO be oiscontented.
The army of the Potomac has now 81 900 draft
animals-niules and horses in its employ. Its
baggage train, placed in line as closely as poss-
Die would reaeh ol19 mlles'
UCan Won tell me how the word saloon is speltf''
, was asked of a cockuey by Philadelphian.-
, aCertainly." replied the Londoner. with look OF
triumph, there's hess and a hay a hell and two
hoes, and hen.
Col Ford of the 32d Ohio, who was connected
vi a. ~ hon'a IN MansesJ tn Hsn;,si ~,
E.c, - s.vs that he was moi at ali rssndns;ble y;
tha, sgrender dor and g;ves tbortstivs
statonsart ~ ths c;rcn,nstan.es attend;no n
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One day last week, New York house sold t
anoaner mn, . ,ho ,oods nj, - s.;J 20 ~
fnn, tro,,sacton of tba Kind an racord !,
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Inc traitor 4lscoYe.euI M tnS "1 Deps' s''en'
sald 70 oe Sa'nes ~. mnYn', sonuIens.' Wu i;..
o lin Prince Georges county, MARYLAND. He i
made acquainted with all the orders to the arm
n before they are promulgated, aud knows th
IA most valuable secrets of the Government, whic
! he communicates to his rebel cronies.
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: sured for putting Miles in command.
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