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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-06-24

Coudersport Wednesday Evening, June "a, 1868.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
The oertaIn Fate Of slavorr

In a speech against secession in the South
Carolina Legislation, Mr.. B@yce of that State,
uttered these emphatic and prophetic words;
81 object, in as strong terms as ] can, to the
secession of South Carolina. Such is the nten-
sity of my conviction upon the subject, that il
secession should take place--of which have no
idea-for l cannot believe in the existence OF
such stupendous madness-I shall consider the
institution of slavery as doomed, and that the
Great God, iii our blindness, mas made us the in
struments Of its destruction.
The Baltimore american quotes the language
Of Mr.. Boyce, and concludes an able article on
the subject as follows:
"There may be those yet who will still fiatter
themselves that slavery is to survive these for
midable assaults and complications: and if there
should be such, We would once more remind
them that slavery was extinguished in Mexico
by what were termed Unconstitutional DEGREES
DEGREES born of period of revolution like this.
And although vigorous protests were made, and
even compensation provided for, revolution and
civil war; persisted in, gave the finishing below
to slavery without compensation; lesson which
ought not to be thrown away upon those com
petent to road the signs of the times in our
case"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
Death Of an Eeeentrsc Farmer.

Mr.. Abraham Hershey, an aged farmer,
died at his residence 10 West Hempield
Township, Lancaster Co., Pa, last week,
and was buried on Friday. After his death
a large amount Of specie. gold and silver,
was discovered in the house, and deposited
in the bank. The gold was in nmatch boxes,
bags, &c, and when counted amounted TO
ISls,ss4,4l. The silver was also in bags of
various sizes and from the weight, is eslima-
ted at over $4,000 Mr.. Hershey was
an unmarried man, but lived in bis farm
house, occupying n room, up stairs as a sleep-
ing chamber and a depository for his wealth.
In this chamber he kept his ..iron chest"
containing part but not all of his wealth,
for besides the specie, be holds bonds and
mortgages, and owned the farm Of l56 acres
on which he lived, toiled and died. y ~
Since ibe above was in type, We learn
that on Monday another deposit was found
in the house. This time tho .'bank" was
an old blanket, and on the contents being
Investigated, it was found to contain $I4O6.
$3.50 Of this was in gold, and the BALANCE
in bonds, &c. III
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23


because Ephraim hath made many altars to
sin, altars shall be unto him to SIM"
Consumption laid it's with'ring touch on one.
Amid our happy fresde band, the pride
Dear elder brother--of sweet memory.
He sought a SUMMER cline, and roamed beneath
The orange blossoms, and the fig trees shade,
Then faint and weary laid him down to die
Died, in land Of strangers, yet of friends
Died, far from home, yet with its comforts blessed
Wcstoodnotoer er hin,y ,yetdserc uerc who smoothed
Softly his pillew, cooled his fevered brow,
And treasured all so tenderly for us,
His dying words of faith and holy cheer
Then like his Master, laid him down to rest,
I"Among the rich, and DER hisgreen grave veptl
Last eve listened TO another tale;
Ofone who went forth in his manhood 8 strength
To battle for his country. Buckling on
His armor, in defense of sacred rights,
More precious even than that fair young life,
The laws and honor of his native land.
A prisner to those gates, at length he's borne,
Where once was found, such gen'rous love and
care,
Was oil poured in his wounds2 and warmed
and fed,
His chains unloosed, was he sent on his way
Rejoicing in a sympathy so true?
Once it were so--but to,o alas how changed
See the dark prison house, where gaunt and wan,
In. hunger, thirst and nakedness he lies,
Scoffed at, and jeered, and cursed, while DER his
head
Suspended, CLEANS fiery sword of death.
Why, why is this2 Have hearts so tender erst
Hardened to stone? the dove the vulture now2
The lamb the lion, thirsting for his prey2
Slavery, accmsed slavery, whose woes
Are legion, what black altars unto sin,
Were raised to thee, with bleeding victims rife
Aye, this fair land, boastful and proud so oft,
of its intelligence, wide spread and free,
With deeper guilt is stained, than pagan climes,
And their beclouded idol worshippers
Then "altars shall be unto thee to SinP'
Oh, fearful words immutable and Just
Oh stern decree, of wisdom infinite
Gaze now upon the scene, see bloody hands,
Raised ruthlesslY against brothers. life,
country aud herlavs, more blessed far,
Than the suns widest circuit shineth on.
See wrong misplaced for right, see hate for love,
Cursing for blessing death for blood and life
King Of the nations at thy feet we bow,
In grateful praise, for in this joyful hour,
Now in the dust, crumbling and ruined lie,
These altars made to sin; yet still We pray,
Oh let the curse remove, and the whole land,
From north to south, from east to west embrace
And with one glad hosanna raise on high,
An altar true to God and LibcrtyI
JAN l. 1863 D. NJ.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAMUEL A. GODDARD.
How a Toledo Gambler Robbed his vic.
Tins.

Canlisk Of this city, one of the men engaged
IN heeclng fHymaster Cook was frequent vis-
itor to Cleveland, and occupied q suit of rooms
there in Parsons Block, Superior street He
had contracted debts in that city, and Thursday
of this week an attachment was issued against
the property in his rooms. Officers in serving
the process made some rich discoveries which
are thus given by the Horald:-Tosodo Com,
The rooms occupied by Conlisk on the third
floor consist of sitting room, where the gam
bling was done. and bed room. The sitting
room was furnished in the usual manner, and
had a faro table near the windows, and draw
poker liable in the center of the room, with chairs
placed to each. The walls and ceiling of the
room are papered, with paper of star pattern
Directly over the rooms are two small rooms,
also occupied by Conlisk but not furnished
A portion ofthe flooring has been removed in
the room Immediately over the gambling room,
and small hole bored through tho ceiling of
the room below above each of the tables. AS
the holes come directly through the center Of
a star pattern in the paper, they are scarcely
distinguished from below. Each, hole is so
placed as to enable person applying his eye
to it. to look directly into the hand of the play
er seated in the chair below.
an Ingenious toLegraphic signal machine wGs
discoverod communicating bctOeen those holes IN The
room above andMe chair ofMe gambler dt tie room
bc'oto wire having handle near the hole
passed along between the flooring Of the room
above and the ceiling of the room below to the
corner of the gambling room and bed room. 1t
enters the bed room and passes down in the cor
ner, being concealed bya strip of board nailed
up and papered over. 1t then passes under the
floor of the gambling room to the table, where a
small piece of the flooring has been cut away
close by the table leg, where the left foot of the
gambler would be placed whilst playing
There it terminates in spring and hammer
concealed bv the carpaf>
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
GovernmcntP PecuIutntIons.

In Senator Wrights speech, lately delivered
we find the following:
One of the many questions in the West, and
perhaps, one of the most leading ones, whicl
was made, to operate on our elections, was the
ten thousand stories magnified, bad as they are
of the peculation and thieving going on under
the Administration. Well Sir, war brings with
! it, among other evils, always this. 1t is said
that during the French Revolution it was as.
certained, upon settlement of their accounts
that twenty per cent. of the public money spent
by the Government wns taken by swindlers
and speculators beyond what the contracts law
| fully would amount to. suppose Senators are
familiar with the history of the last four years
and are aware of the famous frauds committed
upon the Austrian Government in 1859 The
Austrian Government had under the caves o
the famous four forts, at one time about 600 00O
men. 1t was under those forts that Ma
poleon made his treaty of Villa France. Those
six hundred thousand men had been fed there
and had to rely on cattle killed inside of those
forts for about nine months. Six hundred thou.
sand men, of course, consumed a great many
cattle in nine months. One company had the
contract for the hides another company furnish.
ed the cattle 1t was asceRained on the settle
ment of the accounts that every beef had beer
driven in at one gate, then through a second
gate, and then third gate and thus counted
three times, and the fraud on the Austrian Gov.
eminent was forty two million florins, or $18
0O00O0in our money, in the single article o
cattle. Senators, are aware OF the facts brought
to light in the English Parliament in regard tC
the Crimean war. In the single article of bro
gan boots and shoes, the frauds on the Englisl
Government during the Crimean war, as official
lY ascertained, were over five millions of money
1t is so stated by late writer.
Mr.. President, notwithstanding all that haC
been done by this Congress- consuming nearly
half the time of the last session, to devise way
and means to detect and punish spectators ant
soulless men who are robbing the Treasury
corruption is still stalking abroad at noon day
arrayed however in purple and fine linen."-
One fact, however, must be observed, that al
4 is corruption is not accomplished by one par
Ity. In my experience as public man fo
thirty years, have found that in such times a
this, when peculation goes on it generally goe
on by pairs. As the beasts went into Noah
ark, our plunderers go in two and two Demo
I crat and Republican ff}
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
He Proposes TO Jcfr. Davis and is Rerus-

We have good authority for asserting that
after the election of Seymour, as Governor of
New York, certain parties; claiming to represent
the Governor elect made direct proposition TO
JEFF Davis for a reconstruction of the Union
1t is not necessary to assert that the terms of
the proposition were dishonorable, as no propo-
sition whatever, thus made, could be honorable.
jeff Davis spurned the offer; humbled the rep
resentatives of Mr.. Seymour who straightway
wrote his message, declaring nfdUor Of a vigor-
ottS prosecution ofho tCar.
Would it not be well for the New York Leg
slature, in behalf of the people of that State, to
inquire whether this action was taken without
compromising their honor, whether this aeci-
dental Governor assumed to speak in advance
for the State or whether he acted only on the
responsibility of Horatio Seymour Washing
ION RopMbkican.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
what the Rebels Hope,

The following is the entire passage from JEFF.
Davis Mississippi speech, in reference to the
States of the Northwest:
"Om Of this Victory is to como lie dSssatisfdetio,i
IL, tho Northeast lclich giN riye tho powcr II H5l
section aud scc sc5 in The future The dawn-3.frst
separation of tbe northeastern from, the Eastern
States, the discord amongt them Which ,eW pardtyz1
tic poccr ofboth."
After this il should be taken as conclusive evil
dence of reasonable intent for any man to pro-
pose to leave New England or any other loyal
section "out in the cold" or TO suggest any sep
arate arrangement between the Northwestern
and Rebel States.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23

ANOTHER BUTTERSUT CAeED.-Sheriff Childs
brought in, last week, rabid butternut from
Thompson township, for attempting to commit
a rape on his own daughter. The circumstances
are very aggravated. HschRnces for spending
the remainder of his life at Columbus are very
hattering. His name is Nicholas Mosier--Isf-
fin Tribune.
A REBEL DIsrLAY.-A woman, while walking
along Cathedral street, near Rend, yesterday af-
ternoon, displayed the rebel flag in the form of
an undergmnent. This was doubtless, iuten-
ded as a private signal, and as such no public no.
tice was taken oft. No person will bepermit-
ted to hoist it, however, in this city.-Bd1tiWore
Clipper.
Mrs. DoUGLAs.-The Washington correspon-
dent of the st. Louis Republican dehies,the re-
port that Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas is TO marry
Secretary Chase. He says; sIt is understood
here that the happy man. that is TO be, is Gener-
al Rufus ingalls,, late Chief Quarermaster Of
the Army ofthc Potomae,inder Gen. Mcclellan !"
Chicago has continually some new sensation.
The latest is the suit of young wife not yet
fourteen years of age, according TO her own
statement, for divorce from her husband, whose
wife she has been only one short month
A Richmond (Va) paper expresses great in
dignation at an outrage OF a negro wedding par
ty in that city, who, on New Years eve forced
themselves into the Broad street Methodist
church, so that the congregation were put in a
state of seige and were compelled to stop and
see two black couples married. The Richmond
editor says:-"Negro assumption and assurance
has reached pitch, indeed, when, without invi-
tation or warrant they storm into the midst of
worshipping white congregation interrupting
the exercises, and instituting mock ceremony
of their own"
The Richmond papers are all on half sheets
and delivered 70 Subscribers at rs cents wdsk.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23

Mr. WV. Cone, Of Cincinnati, was i'd
Holly Springs, Miss, buying cotton, when
the rebels made their recent raid. He had
$4,000 ou bis person when the enemy en-
tered the place, and Immediately throwing
off bis citizens garb, be attired himself 10
the caSt-of garments Of a private soldier,
entered the Magnolia House, employed as a
hospital, and throwing himself upon bed
assumed to be exceedingly and imprcssiycly
sick while the foe remained. As soon rs tho
rebels departed, be became suddenly and yiQ-
orously healthy, and walked into the streets
to denounce the traitors. He declares his
eleven hours sickness caused him less paiu,
and savsd him moro money, than any ILL
ness be ever before endured. issD
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23

Terrible Epfdofnfo ~ PlFmoufh, Hnd.
A terrible epidemic hes broken out in
Plymouth, Ind, completely battling nlI ef-
forts Of the local physicians, and carrying of
every patient in a few hours. There are no
symptoms indicating its approach The pa
tient is attacked With chill abd thinks he
has an attack Of the ague; but, as soon as
the cbillis over, lhs patientsinksip into a stu
por, from which ho rarely revives. The
muscles are rigid tho pupil OF the eye is
insensble either 10 light or touch; the sur
face Of the body is extremely lender and
sensitive; tho head is drawn back, the Jaws
are fixed, and the breath is drawn forcibly,
with Kissing sound, as IL by great effort,
through the closed teeth; the patient is
blind and deaf
10 children tho stupor is very liable to be
broken by frequent convulsions. During
the stupor largo black spots, many Of them
raised up like blisters, appear on tho surface
Of the body and Limits, the patieut usually
| dying in from two 10 four hours. In some
rare cases the opatient fingers along for days,
in species oflow typhoid fever, accompan.
led by blindness, deafness, paralysis Of the
extremities, &c. In some cases the patient
reviyes from the stupor feeling so well as TO
beliye ehimselfconyalescent butin the course
of an hour or two, is seized with terrible
delirium terminating in coma "a stupor)
and DEATH
Tho local physicians finding all their eff
orts to check the epidmic unavailiug, Dr,J.
Adams Allen, Of the Rush Medical College
Of Chicago, was called, who recognized The
disease as cerebro spinal meningitis, a dis
ease which FIRST appeared in New Y ork and
Now England during the war 1sl2-14, car
rying off many Of the American soldiers;
and in Virginia, in the most fearful form,
in 1922.
This disease appeared in Michigan du-
| ring the winter Of 1889, and was known
las the spotted fever, or spotted death. It
commenced in Kalamazoo, whefo it was
the most severe, but ragged terribly in Ian
sing Grand Rapids, Codwater, and other
lportions of the State. AS the result Of his
observations at that time, DIR. Adams rec
ommcded stimulauts to the surface; tinct-
ure of MUIR, Ferri and tincturc of Cantha-
idss internally; and concentrated nutri-
ment such essence Of beef and egg nog,
all the patient will take The treatment is
working well at Plymouth now.
This disease leaves the patient in ty-
phoid fever, and very low, and liable to loss
of sight or hearing, and to paralysis, upon
recovery.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
The DeTenses az oharIen1on.

LOuNrIesV"n UoFFeHp0nuehce MoOlIe AuVefIseF,J
The cannoners of Forts Sumter and Moultrie
would desire no better sport than the enemy'f
navy, as at present constituted, should be hurl-
ed against them. As for the new iron-clads, We
have reliable information that they cannot be
ready before the middle of January, at the earli-
est; their fitness for the Job" for which they
were built will even be doubtful, and their sea.
worthiness worse than doubtful. Long before
they can be brought here, some very material
improvement in our defenses, intended specially
for their reception, will have been finished; and
ifthey do not find our own homemade IRON
clads a pair of ugly customers, then the judg-
ment Of our best and bravest naval officers is
very much atfault. Everything considered, we
Of Charleston consider our worst danger as past
aud devOutly hope that Mobile is equally fortn'
nRtd,
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
The Life and Dearh OF a patriotic 5,

A surgeon ia one of the Alexandria military
hospitals writes in private note:
"Our wounded men bear their suferings mo-
bly,; have hardly heard a word of complaint
from one of them. A soldier from the stern
and rockbound coast of Maine-a victim Of the
slaughter at Fredericksburg-lay in this hos
pital his life ebbing away from fatal wound
He had father, brothers and sisters, wife and
one little boy oftwo or three years old, on whom
his heart seemed set. Half an hour bef,re he
ceased to breathe, stood by his side, holding
his hand. He was in the full exercise of his in
tellectual faculties and knew he had but brief
time to live. He was asked If he had any mes
sage to leave for his dear ones whom he loved so
well? '1e2 them, said he, 'How I died-they
knotc how Ihvodp"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
sonnet.
TO JOHN BRIGHT or ENGLAND.

TO JOHN BRIGHT OF ENGLAND.
A nation greets thee DER the wave, John Bright
A nation not thine own nor yet allied
In all things to it, but whose sense of pride
Scars, thro on wounded wings, 20 loftiest flight.
We cry thee "Hail loud shouting while we fight
For Honor's vantage: aye, while lands derde
And thy land loudest; for thy voice hath cried
Boldly and bravely in its honest might
For the great principle of Human Right
For this We thank thee, that on Freedoms side
Thou daiest to stand and stem the accursed tide
OF high-ranked selfishness, which would ncite
To popular madness and obscure the light
OF Gods great justice, in eternal night
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
John nrighrs speech and the presldent.

Jonn BrfBhps speech and the PRESIDENT.
In recent interview with Mr.. McKin,
of Philadelphia, with the President, the
late speech of Hon. John Bright became
the subject of conversation. The President
expressed great delight, and saio To had
been particularly struck with its islcitous
close. AS matter ofrhetoric, he thought
the last sentence was particularly beautiful
Mr.. McKin took the liberty to say: IS il
Mr. President, that is beautiful sen
tence, but If you will allow me 10 say SO,
uoS any moro beautiful than heclosiug SEN
tence Of yourspeech, nor calculated to giyo
a thousandth part of tho pleasure which
that sentence is now imparting. allude,
Of course, TO the last sentence Of your proc
lamation, in which you said: 'r'
sand upon this act, .. etc, repeating the
sentence at length. The Senator from
Massachusetts, joined heatily in this senti-
ment, and the President gave another turn
to the conversation. I'D
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
Fiendish Act.

Mr.. Trayhorn, the loyal. Sheriff Of Barbour
county, Virginia, was captured by band of re-
bells the other day, and shortly after his lifeless
body was found hanging to tree about five
miles from his residence. The rebels took six
horses from Mr.. Trsyhorn, and about thou
sand dollars which belonged to the Stale
history Of the war showed the capability of the
rebels of consummnting any act of atrocious
villainy
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
Liberal Offer.

The Chicago 7'ibane offers areward of 81 900
to any Democratic member of the Illinois Legis-
lature who will put his finger on the section of
the Constitution that forbids the President as
Chief TO issue his proclamation
depriying the rebels Of any property they may
possess the loss Of which will weaken them or
the Goyernment--Slaves Included If
there ia any such provision the money can be
EARNED by pvfuting 10 tl1s ssctfon tr cFEuSs
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
OhoIera in Japan ana OhIna.

Dates from KanagOwa, Japan, of October 23d
state that the cholera has been making great
ravages throughout the country. In Yedoit is
estimated that between it and the measles al
least 100 600 people have died this season, and
some place the deaths are twice that NUMBER
The mortality has been chiefly confined to the
natives. The cholera has prevailed more or
less in all the Chinese ports along the coast, 50
much asto make itunsafe for the crew of the
United States steamer Wyoming TO go ON shore.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
Property OF Rebels in washington.

Attorney General Bates has decided that all
property seized by the Military Governor Of the
District of Columbia ON account of the treason
fits owner shall be turned over to District At
torney Darlington. who viii proceed against the
the Confscation bill. General Martindale will
hereafter act in obedience 10 the decision d the
Attorney General.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
The Prociamnlion in Francc.
The Paris correspondent of the New Yor

The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Times writes:
developed in the Message, has given an inn
mense advantage to the liberal writer's in this
country against the hackers of the rebellion, al
advantage of which we are making good use
Joined to the speeches of Messrs. Golden and
Bright, our side have now decidedly the advance
and il would pot be surprising to see several
pens which had been welded in the interest Of
Slavery, forsake that cause 1t is true, that Mr.
Golden says, and as every one on this side has
remarked, that not one liberal pen-and he
might have added not one pen that was worth
having-has been welded in favor of the rebel
lion ,"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-23
desperate Condilion of the Enemy,

portant dispatches, whose capture off Charleston
was recently announced, was son of the noted
George N. Sanders. The dispatches were ad-
dressed to leading European Statesmen, and
were from jeff Davis and his cabinet minister's
One of them contained this cry for help-"F5r
Gods sake send as aid or tcc perish '.H; f.F