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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28
what Must Now bo Done.

A nation resting and rustling in idleness
now calls for fighting men and fighting
measures. Millions and hundred of millions
of capital are now ready, waiting that en-
ployment which peace can only give it. Bus
mess men here and elsewhere, at home and
abroad, in England, France, China-every-
where, have come to pause. They wait
and will wait, for movement on the ever
"peaceful Potomac" Whoever else waits
and is idle, let not an army Of six hundred
thousand men wait or be idle day longer,
while rebellion, disgrace, and ruin-all
stare us in the face, We cannot, must not,
fritter away another hour; we must strike
the rebels so they will feel it. Thus far
we have been dealing with "our dear South
ern brethern." 1t is high time that we
knew our men-that we knew the enemy
"a wicked band of conspirators--and dealt
with them in becoming manner. Every
man of these traitors, should be made i'm
mediatcly to feel the crushing power with
which they are contending. The "peculial
institution" should no longer remain un
touched. A stroke there will make them
feel. The property of every rebel il
arms should be con6scatcd. Such a blow
to their pockets would make them feel. l
all such blows fail, the neck should be tn
next spot in order. Try them there, fey
hundreds of them, and they will think w
are in earnest.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28

General Ben McCulloch, who is reported
among the killed in the battle Of the Or
ark Mountains, was Tennesseean by birth,
and vagabond and traitor by nature. He
went to Texas 10 1885 with Crockett,
fought the Mexicans, and afterwards the
Indians; settled 10 Texas, and took part in
the border quarreIs between Texas and
Mexico. The first act of treason for which
be became known was committed in De-
cember, 1912, when he mado part of band
which attacked the town Of MieF. The
Texans were in turn threateded by vastly
superior force under Ampudio; and in or
der to secure their retreat, Fisher, the Col
onel in command, sent McCulloch with q
detachment to gather horses and mules
from the surrounding country and bring
them into the town. McCulloch got the
horses, but persuaded the men under his
command to desert and leave their COM
panions to their fate, which was decimation
BY the Mexicans and long imprisonment
and suffering for the survivors.
McCulloch explained away this act Of
treachery, was forgiven, and was afterwards
member Of the Texan Legislature, q ran
ger and spy in the Mexican war; in 1855
United States Marshal of Texas, and since
the outbreak Of this rebellion q traitor to his
country. He was q dashing partisan lead
or, but not good Generally y. Post.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28
cen. Fremonl,s Department.

The Washington correspondent of the
Tribune is informed that the Mountain De-
partment extends no further South than
Knoxville. He says--Eight months after
the right time, Gen. Fremont is appointed
to the very command to which Secretary
Chase sagaciously recommended him to the
Government before it had been placed in
the power Of Patterson to throw away VIC
tory, and wound the nation at Bull Rum
A letter is in Gen. Fremont's possession
from Secretary Chase, written on the 4th
of August, 1861, in which the latter says
81 have never ceased TO regret that the
suggestions which / ventured TO make re
speoting your employment after your return
from Paris were not adopted. l think youl
services are Of the highest value where you
are. still think that tho theater which
proposed for your action would have been
moro important. The first part of my wish
as you perhaps remember, was, that you
should assume the command in the Shen
andoah Valley and vicinity, in place Of Gen
Patterson. Had my views been adopted
only to this extent, am persuaded oul
army would now have been in possession o.
Manassas and the whole line of communi
cation with Western Virginia would have
been open, for sure / am that Johnston
would never have escaped you."
The whole country will echo the distin
ouisbed Secretary's regret. Had his earn
est recommendation to the President, anC
Gen. Scott and members of the Cabine
been heeded, this war would long since hayc
been ended, the finances Of the country
been in very different condition from
what they are now, and the bitter cup o
this coming taxation averted from the lip
ofthe people. s....,,s
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28

ELOQUENT ExTRACT.--Rev. Mr. Battellel
a member of the Western Virginia Oonsti-
tutionnl Convention, closed an able argu-
nent against slavery, as follows:
"My past and present are here, and il
heaven pleases, my future will be here, to
enjoy or suffer with this people whatever in
His providence may yet be in store for us.
IL has been ms fellow observer, and will
add, as fellow sufferer with them, that my
Judgment Of the system Of slavery among
US has been formed. We have seen it sock
ing to inaugurate, and in many places all
loo successfully, reign of terror in pro-
found peace, Of which Austria might be
ashamed. We have seen it year by year
driving out from our general climate, and
fruitful soil, and exbaustless natural resour-
ces some of tho men Of the very best ener-
'gy, talent and skill among our population.
We have seen, also, in time of peace, the
liberty of speech taken away-the freedom
ofthe press abolished-and the willing min.
ions of this system in hunting down theil
victims, spariug from degradation neither
the young nor the grey-haired veteran ot
seventy winters, whose every thought was
as free from offence against society as il
that Of the infant Of days. And last, bu
not the least, we have seen its own chosen
and favored interpreters, standing in the
very sanctuaries ofour political Zion, through
out the land, blasphening the holy prin-
ciples of popular liberty, to which the very
places where they stood had been eonsecra
ted, by booming my child, and every mans
child that must labor, to virtual and help
less slavery. And, as the natural outgrowth
of this, we have seen this huge barbariC
raid against popular rights, and against the
worlds last hope. 1t bas been the merit Of
other attempted revolutions that their mo
tive, at least, was a reaching upward anC
forward after liberty; it is the infamy o
this that it is reaching downward ant
backward after despotism. 1t would pu
back the hand on the worlds dial thou
sand years. 1t would put out the world
light in the darkness of utter aud drcarl
despair Surely to the extent that we have
suffered from these ills, our very manhooC
calls upon us to guard by every reasonable
preventive against their return"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28
wEsrnRN ExuDERAscr.-The Frankfort

1
WESTERN ExuBERANcE.--The Frankfort
Ky, Commonwealth, Of tho 10th ult., con
tains the following letter to the rebels;
My Dear Re6s;--I now take my pen in
hand for the purpose Of holding commun.
ion with you through the silent medium oI
pen and paper. have just learned that
the lines are now open as far as Fort Don.
elson, 10 Tennessee, and avail myself with
alaenty Of the opportunity now presented
of resuming our correspondence. Your
many friends 10 this section would like to
be informed on various topics--for in.
stance: N'H e o
How arc you, anyhowi
How does dying in the last ditch agree
with your general healthG 1aaaf1
How is the constitution down your way
Do you think there is any government
How is king Kottingr
Is Yancey we'll, and able to eat bis
oatsG
When will Buckner take his Christmas
dinner in Louisvillei
Is Lloyd Tilghman still hanging Union
men in the first district
Is Floyd still 'Tyeing cannon and Other
small arms
How is Pillows last ditch and wber
will he crafty his numerous friends by 'dy
ing in the samel
How is the Southern Hearth
Are you still able to whip five to ouel
What is your opinion ofthe Dutch race
Did the recognition by the s. Confed.
by England and France benefit you very
much?
Where is the provisional Government Of
Kentucky and what is it kept inl
Where is the Louisville Nashville Bowl
ing Green Courier now publishedl
And lastly, what do you think Of your
selves, any how2
A prompt answer will relieve many anx
ious hearts.
Yours, in horn,
A LINCOLN MAN.
! United States, Feb. 1s, 1862.
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rhe Famc Of Prcsiacnt Lincoln.

3
The Toronto Globe goes into the extatics
Ovor President Lincoln's emancipation
Message. The following is the conclusion
of its article:
This message will develope much great
or measure Of sympathy for the North than
has hitherto been shown in Europe, and
will also aid the termination of the war;
The time has gone by when harm could be
done in the border States by such prop
osition. The union is thoroughly 're-estab-
lished in Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland,
Delaware and Western Virgiuis, aud Ten
nessee and Eastern Virginia will soon be
quiescent. The work of consolidation has
commenced, and Mr.. Lincoln has evidently
come to the conclusion that il can only bo
successfully accomplished by great move
ment for emancipation. He has done the
right thing at the right moment, and We
may safely add that he is the right man in
the right place. If he accomplishes the
work he has cut out for himself, he will
raise himselfto higher niche than any Of
his countrymeu. Even the fame Of Wash
ington will fade before tho glories of the
man who brings freedom tofour millions et
slaves.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28

The advance army o. The Lover Pee,
mao fourd no fightfaI vdOasa eubs y q
Centrevillo, bat a number Of valuable metal
ones the rebels had destroyed before evacu-
atiDg. On taking possession Of Shipping
Point, EyAnsPoFt and codkpis Point alatx
ter Of March 18th says:
1t was found that Che rebels had attempt
cd 10 destroy everything possible By blow
ing up their magazines and bursting their
guns. The guns were loaded 70 the nasix-
zlss with solid shot and sand bags. und
firo was built under them, which burned
the carriages and hcatedths gans ssufIiciedt.s
" 10 ignite The powder Intbis way they
burst three ritied guns and one 42.pound
shell gun out Of twsnty.one left Ia their
works. a h# esfs sFH .fsai
They had in the Shipping Point battery
a one hundred and twenty pound English
rifled gun, Blakeley's patent, Of 1891, weigh
ipg l0,759 pounds. Il is banded at the
breech, 10 manner simular TO our pauott
guns, while the grooseis different from any
| have seen, being but square down on ons
side, and gradually slopibg to the next
groove. It was filed with shot and sand
audthe carriage burned, but the immense
thickness at the brooch prevented it's being
heated through sufficiently to cause au ex-
plosion. 1t is probably one Of the guns
brought by the Bermuda soms time since.
Among the other guns unipjured is
nine-inch Dahlgreen gun which was cast in
1855, and is supposed TO be one Of those
stolen by the rebels at Norfolk. sis 2a'
All the guns, with the exception Of the
English gun mentioned, are no doubt those
stolen from the United States at various
points. Theextreme northern gun at Ship
ping Point is burst, and an inscription 90
the face Of the bFeastwosk states thats'this
gun burst on the 18th Of Febuary, lee2."
There was rumor at that time in our camp
that it had burst, killing two men and
wounding one, which this date seems to
confirm. ~
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Genernl Fremont.

The New York Times which has long
been unfriendly to Gen. Fremont, renders,
through lettor from its Washington cores
pondent tho following tardy justice 10 that
commander:
"Spcaking of the success of Foote and
Porter, does it occur to you to look back
and give credit where credit is due, TO the
man who planned the enterprises which
have yielded such abundant returns? Do
you rccollcct that among the first charges
that were brought against Fremont was the
one that he was wasting meney 10 building
gun-boats to be used on the Western rivers,
and that an unending flood Of ridicule and
abuse was heaped upon what was called his
visionary schemeG Fremont has not been
permitted to reap the full harvest Of the
seed he planted, but the future will know
that for the fall Of Fort Henry and probably
for the ultimate reduction of Columbus and
the clearing out of the Mississippi, the ma
ton will be indebted to Gen. Fremonts
foresight and adaptation of means to an end.
The campaign Of the west is coming back
to the lines upon (which Fremont stood
when his triumphant career was cut short.
1t is demonstrated that it will be success
hereafter, only 10 that his well-digested
plans are carried out Thus time and cir
cumstances are vindicating him almost be.
fore the ink is dry upon the paper that
doomed him to inaction, and for time TO
public censure."
Thus truth prevails at last
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rncredIblx r1eathcnIsh.

The army correspondent of tho World,
who has just been over the Bull Run battle
field of July, makes the following almost
incredible statement in his letter dated
Centreville, March 18th:
Mrs. Butler, whose husband owns the
farm house shelled by Ayres' guns, took
me into the attic rooms where our l2-pound-
er went through, and talked with me a long
while about the events subsequent to the
battle of the 18th. Her sympathies are
on the rebel side, and so cannot disbelieve
her frightful and sickenng narrative of the
atrocities of the victors. Nineteen of our
men were buried near her house. But an
a fen soeekS every corpse had been dag up,
the flesh boiled or hacked from the bones
and tie latter distributed as n,ementos of
southern conquest and bdr6artSne. The
stencil engendered by this monstrous pro-
cess was so horrible that the family had TO
leave the place, and much sickness ensued
among the troops. Mr.. Butler confirmed
the statement of his wife. There is no
doubt gifts truth. Among the stuff left be-
hind at the camps, joints Of human vertebrae
and human skulls, scraped and polished
have been found to-day. Mrs. Butler tolC
me that on the night of the Goth noun
ted Federal courier came within their line
and asked for Gen, McDowell's headquar
ters. AS he put the question he saw The
Palmetto in the hat of the South Carolins
guard, and put spurs to his horse, but was
shot and killed. Dispatches in cipher were
found on his person. He was buried, bu
dug up within week, the flesh boiled from
his bones, and tho latter exhibited as em
blems of 'an invaders fate"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28
Unconquerable EIeroes. 3

A Newport News correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial says:
A part of our regiment were detailed to
take the wounded and dead off the Con-
gress, the others to keep the enemy from
boarding her. On board was the most hor'
rible sight ever witnessed. The deck wac
covered with the dead and wounded We
had to walk round in the blood 10 get them
Poor fellotUs, Nth their arms and legs Of
sOsre laying on their backs aud cheering
for the old flag; and one poor fellow whom
| I hclped into boat with both legs of
looked up and said to me, 'Lienteuant, let
give three cheers for the old EagP and tool
bis hat of, and gave as histy cheers as
ever heard. But he died that night 10 on
hospital, sAAa'h 10 goo 4atep9f sdl
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MONEY IN New YoRK.-The World Of

MONEY IN New YoRK.-The World of
the 18th says:
There is more active demand for money,
but the supply is in excess of the demand,
owing to the arrangement among the banks
to use the demand notes in their possession
for call loans to government to the extent
of $2o,oo0,o0O, and the certificates of these
loans as cash to settle their daily balances
to each other at the clearing house. This
is virtual expansion of $2o,ooo,ooo de-
termined upon by the banks, and it will ad
vance the price Of government securities
thus giving them an opportunity to sell al
satisfactory prices those in which their cap
ital is at present locked up. The banks
have already deposited in the sub-treasury
about 100000 demand notes, and if the
sub-treasury disburse rapidly the demand
notes will return to the banks, and thus en-
able them to grant loans to government fol
100000 by the use of about $4,000,
900 in demand notes quickly turned over
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28
'sT0 Epes Sargent, Esq., Boston"

The Senate of Kentucky have passed bill,
by vote of nineteen to four, which, If it be-
comes law, will prove rather ineonyenient to
rebels. Itproyides that any citizen who shall
enter the rebel service or continue In It after
the passage Of the act, or voluntarily give aid
and assistance to the rebels, shall be deemed "a
have expatrlated himself, and shall no Longer
be citizen Of kentucky, nor shall again be 1
citizen, except by permission of the Legisla,
ltnre. by general or special statute AFank.
fort letter says II win pass the House withou
doubt 1t .itoaa -ae1i .4arrl ul|
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mason and SIideII.

A late London letter to the Chicago
Journal states that the recent news has
produced pleasurable feeling with the real
people of England, and adds:
The Southern Commissioners, agents aud
refugees generally, are very much down
spirited. Mason makes no headway at all
in England, although he has formally off
cred to abolish slavery after certain date,
suppress the slave trade, adopt system
Of free trade, &C., &c. The Government
puts no confidence either in the honesty Of
the propositions, or the ability of the South
ern confederacy to carry them out. Fo
all practical purposes, the acknowledged
representative of the South in this country
might as well be wooden pump as the
man whom it has cost England five millions
of dollars TO bring here.
In Paris, Mr.. Slidell is faring no better.
By the last accounts, he and his friends
were very much depressed by the unsatis-
factory results of his reception by NJ. Thou
venel, from whom they appear to have
learned the utter hopelessneso of even an in
direct recognition Of their proposed confed-
eracy. Ono of the most eminent Secession
lists now in Paris confessed, only day OF
two since, that he feared Slidell would have
to return home without having accomplish
ed anything, and that slavery was the great
obstacle in the way of success. Slidel
makes the same offer there that Mason does
here, as to abolishing slavery, etc., but adds
to his propositions, as guarantee for thei
fulflIment, an actual portion of the soil o
! Louisiana or Florida.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28

A remarkable individual lives in the town Of
Solon, Maine. His head is apparently destitute
Of the reasoning and moral faculties. His eoun-
tenance is utterly expressionless, and yet he has
an astonishing memory. He can relate with
marvellous accuracy all sorts Of incidents Of his
experience, never forgets anything, and can re-
peatwhole pagea after one or two hearings,y-
Still he is as simple as an utter fool in nearly
every respect
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what Capt. Ericsson wants 10 do.
The following note from Capt. Ericsson
appears in the Boston Transcript: a
New YoRK, March II, lee

"My dear Sargent: | accept with great
pleasure your congratulations, and assure
You that every exertion will be made on my
part to furnish tho nation with war vessels
that will enable US TO defy Europe. Give
me only the requisite means, and, in very
short time, we can say to those powers, now
ben. on destroying republican freedom,
leave the Gulf with your frail craft, or per-
ishl have all my life asserted that ma
chanicNl science will put an end to the pow
or of England over the seas. The ocean is
Natures highway between the nations. Il
should be free; and surely natures laws
when properly applied, viii make il 50.
: "Yours very truly,
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-28

The Emancipation Message of the Presi-
dents is meeting with extraordinary favor
BY all classes, save few semi-secessionists.
Even many of these are forced into acquies-
cence, and comfort themselves by saying
that it is rebuke TO the radicals" who
have demanded immediate and uncoudition-
al emancipation. 1t will be found however,
il the matter is examined, that the class is
a very small one which has demanded any
thing more than the emancipation Of the
Slaves of rebels. Tho great object gained
by this message, is, that tho President j
fairly ranged upon the side Of freedom and
against slavery. For the frat time in Two
generations The Government of the United
States officially declares that slavery is an
evil, and the cause Of rebelions and dis
cords; and in thus breaking away from the
rule Of conduct which has nearly destroyed
our country, President Lincoln has endeaF-
ed himselfto every true lover Of his poun-
TRY, and giTenthe American nation 2 step
forward that will never be retFaced. Hence
forth our Government is upon the side Of
freedom and slavery must ultimately 20
out with The war CseSslassd Leader IS
/ Mr.. w, Miller, whose extraordinary case
has recently been SO much before the Brit
ish public, has, at length, after an imprison-
meDt Of .ifty years Tor debt been restored
70 freedom. HeeOllee.ed ali bis docunsnip,
to which he attached great interest," q be
4 alleges they prove that hs nsses Owed a
shilling Of the El, 900 for whieh be vas
arrested, and took . lingering farewell Of
the prison authorities and his old comRados
lin nsislonnne.s He then, with q scrse~ing
! Hook. proceeded with assislanee 70 ths cab.
) Al subscription was institased some monihs
! back for Bis benefit ahd has already To1ch-
ed considerable sum, tho prison aalhoflisss
having heard 81 800 named as is amonnt.
i Mr.. Miller though nearly eighty yehfs Of
age, possesses almost unimPaiFet the uss
Of ail bis faculties, and tho change Of air
consequent on bis liberation has had Inost
lbens6ei2i effect upon his heelth : He AAd
been for some tiuho pfesious 20 bis Falsaee
I an inmate Of the prison ihdnnafy. nq9as
si s.s+--+sf+F-s-e-- se
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