Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-12-04
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Connecticut pays the same bounty 10 color
cd as to white troops. fi.r,lsi..
Winter is already installed on the White
mountains. The snow is foot deep on an their
submits. taHi fa' lI ~
The Dayton Journal estimates the value Of
this years crop of tobacco in Miami Valley M
$l,0O00O0, II credits to Montgomery County
one half of the entire amount. .i b ,4f :
During the year ending with the month of
September last 24,9l4915 letters were sent from
the Philadelphia post Office.
The number of immigrants who arrived at
New York last week, was 1900, making the
number since January LIST, l405S6, against g.
294 to the corresponding date last year, or more
than one hundred per cent. more. ll
The complete vote of Delaware shows that
Nathaniel b. Smthers Congressman elect. and
out -and-out unconditional Unionist, has 6.99l
majority over Brown, ex-COllector Of Philadel-
phia imported and put on the course by the
Democratic faction. 'ai
A correspondent, writing from the Army
OF the Potomac, says every body is in favor of
colored troops. This is the popular feeling
Indeed, true patriots are in favor of any body
and anything that will tend to crush treason and
end the rebellion.
DR.. Winship, @the strong man." now lifts
daily dead weight of twenty-six hundred
pounds. He says he means to get up to three
thousand pounds and stop there. If be don't
stop somewhere, there viii be nothing to pre-
vent him from lifting up the remains of Fort
Sumter some fine morning. and throwing it bod
lily into Charleston.
The st. Louis Democrat says: "The Presi-
dent hit upon gratifying fact when he said the
election of Brown and Henderson, as United
States Senators from Missouri, through a radical
combination, was knocking heads together to
some purpose. 1t knocked the brains out of the
Claybank party, and the wind out of the demo-
cracy." t..- .i.-..t
GovERNMENT SwISDLER PUr TaRoueH.-
The court martial at Cincinnati has found e. A.
smith, contractor tor supplying the Govern
ment with several thousand horses guilty of
fraud, and sentenced him TO prison for one year
and to pay fine of $4,000. ~ ~
RrLING THE YAxKEEs.-The Bermuda Adro-
cate, of the 28th of October, SAYS: ,eThe Confed-
crate steamship Robert e. Lee coaled from an
American vessel at Halifax. The two vessels
had their respective flags flying. II was Gu
rious sight, and must have rilee the Yankees not
a little So says the Halifax paper" Since
this was written, the Yankees have been sriled''
to still greater extent; for they have captured
the Robert II. Lee, and now have her safe in
port.-Neio York Herald.
THE WoRLD MovEs l--Gov. Seymour, Of New
York, now announces that he assents TO- and will
forward the enlistment of negro soldiers in the
State of New York. They are 10 receive the
same bo,nties as white volunteers, are TO be us
ed to fill up regiments in the field and will be
counted IN the quota of New York.-4Gl Glec;. Her.
Twenty-Five notorious copperbeads have
hQQ nj tod To- IL.
tempting to throw train of cars off the track
on the Jacksonville and Manchester Railroad
with view of rescuing deserters under charge
OF proper officer The train was only saved
from destruction by the vigilance of the engin-
eer, who saw the rails had been torn up in time
to check its progress with but little damage.
The two Misses Callow, daughters Of Mr..
William Callow, of Baltimore young ladies of
fifteen and sixteen, who were left the sole pu-
pills in the seminary at Gettysburg during the
three day battles, have returned to their stu
dies at this school. Their heroism on that oc-
caslOn is still the theme of admiration in our
Union social circles. These young girls went
out of the house while the battles were raging
and brought the wounded in, dressed their
wounds, and nursed the sufferers. e
THEIR owx NOT FoRGorrEN.-We are clad to
learn that the good people in the vicinity Of the
Seven Mile House have not forgotten the Sol
diers' Families in their midst, who, on Thanks
giving morning were all-some Is families
surprised by receiving nice large roasts Of beef
hsh, chickens, potatoes, DC. This is as it should
be, and we trust other sections Of the country
were not forgotten Sa'dusky Register.
SINGULAR CHALLKSGE--A singular challenge
has been offered by Gen. Shurz to Gen. Leslie
Coombs OF kentncky,the latter having stated
in the Louisville journal that Shurz was cow
m n nf run frav. G.xl,