Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-30

Items.
The entire Union ticket for city officers in |
Middietown City, Conn, was elected by a large
vote.
Better have a nest Of wasps, or bumblebees
or hornets in your bosom, than stinging con-
science.
He is a contemptiblo fellow who sneaks
through life on tipioe, with his ears to the key
hole Of every body's business.
There is great temperance revival in Iowa,
and large accessisns have been made TO the alb
stincnce league
The National bltcliqenccr understands that
Gen. Burnside was relieved Of the command Of
the Army of the Potomac at his own request.
man in New York went to bed drunk the
other night rolled out Of bed and broke his neck;
his wife found him dead in the morning. Moral:
Shun the flowing bowl--or else lake the back
side of the bed
The Republican State Convention of Connect
ieut met at New Haven on Wednesday, and
nominated Gov. buckingham and the other
State officers for reelection.
Some curious genius states, as the result of an
estimate, that million one dollar Treasury
notes would weigh over a ton, and make a pile
as high as the Washington monument. This
will give some idea ofthe labor Of preparing our
! Treasury note issue.
The ladies in the Grand Duchy of Oldenberg
Germany, are engaged in preparing lint, etc, for
our soldiers.
Ono hundred and fftyone barrels of liquors
were seized the other day on their way to the
Army of the Rappahannock.
jeff Davis tells his people that their trials are
blessings. Then are they the most blessed peo-
pie on. earth. Scarcely are the devil and his
angels more blessed.
The Davenport Democrat says that fifty Of the
Oldest ''stagers' in that city have recently form
ed league and pledged themselves never to
drink another drop Of spirituous liquors. The
same paper says that the league is a ruinous
ISOLATION for certain saloons in that city.
1t is stated on good authority that the actual
amount Of gold taken from the soil of Colorado
during the past year reaches the value of $6,-
100000, and it is estimated that the mines now
being worked will produce over $l2,000O00
during the present year. The mining is mostly
quartz mining, and requires heavy machinery.
The whole number of rebel prisoners captur-
ed at the Murlresboro battle was about $500,
with 8 guns and standards. There number of
wounded was about 1000, and their is no doubt
but their killed amounted to fully 5000.
Rebel sympathizers in the Legislature of Iii
nois have introduced bill legalizing slavery on
the soil of that State. II provides for the sale
OF men, women and children; and not only this,
but for the whipping of them OH their bare
backs.
Gov. Seymour's Message was received with
much ec'dt at Richmond. 1twas published in
the Enquirer under the following announce
ment in staring capitals: " He says the Proc
lamation will be resisted Alliance Proposed
Between the West and South !"
Rebel newspapers say that of 10000 men led
into Missouri in April and May last by Price
not more than z, 500 are now surviving and fit
for service. They state their loss in the fight
with Rosecrans was 5000. In Breokinridge's
Division 1900 men were killed outright in an
hour and forty minutes, Wither's Division lost
$500.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express
tells the following as the latest about "Stone-
u WALL jackson: The night after the battle a
council of war was held by Gen. Lee, to which
all of his Generals of Divisions were inVited.-
} Gen. jackson slept throughout the proceeding
and upon being walked and asked for his opinion
CURLY said "Drive'em in the river l-drive'em
in the river"
\ A dispatchto the New York Tribune says
that the correspondent has almost the highest
official authority under the Government for sta :
ting that Mrs. Lincoln has at last become thor
oughly anti-slavery-is hearty in her approval
OF the Emancipation Proclamation. and urges
immediate and comprehensive arming of the
slaves who have been made free by it.
The Detroit Advertiser says: What fuss the
Democrats make about arbitrary arrests" now
that they have ceased, and the deluded men who
were imprisoned have been set free. They grew
valiant after receiving the assurance of the Gov
eminent that the practice of which they COM
planned was no longer necessary. Their batter
les were comparatively silent while the arrests
were being made.
Notwithstanding that the large majority oi
the Missouri Legislature are radical Emancipa-
tionists, it seems, from statement of the nativ-
Ities of the members, that only Il are from N Few
England, while Kentucky claims 4l, Missouri
S3, Tennessee II, Virginia Is, Georgia IL, North
Carolina a, and Arkansas l, making Ia in al
from the Slave States out of the total. Omit.
ting the 33 Mssourians, there still 81 natives
of other Slave States, or a clear majority. o.
the Free States. Pennsylvania claims ID, Ohio
, 9, New fork 7, Illinois 5, New England Il, In.
, diana 3, or 49 in all.
A little boy named Willie Thompson living il
s Washington, D. c., who has had long and Sc
Y we're sickness has recently passed number o
living creatures resembling catfish, which moved
. about and acted in all respects like fish of tha
kind Several of the specimens have been sen
d by the family to Professor Henry for examna
r zion, to ascertain the true character of the Great
= u-es. The boy continues to discharge fragments
Of like appearance. During his whole sicknes,
t ho has had a voracious appetite, while at tn,
slime time he was becoming emaciated, and ht
= is now only living skeleton.
;: The present winter is terribly severe II
e Russia. A letter from ST. Petersburg says
In the memory of man there has not beer
such winter as this at st. Petersburg
twenty degrees of cold; the river and ses
0 locked in ice for long time past, and moi
a flake Of snow! Owing to the CLASSY frost
s horses and pedestrians cannot keep foot.
ing upon either the road or the pavements
The air is extremely dry; we breathe it with
difficulty. Nervous people are particularly
affecte,i by it; accordingly, no one stirs out
except on business, and Of carriages and
lpromcnaders, there are literally none, even
at the Nevskia prospective, between two
and four in the afternoon, where there il
Ordinarily great crowd.
; MAJOR GIN. FITZ JOHN PORrER,s
CASE.
The findings Of the Fitz John Porter