Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-10-30


sky so farfn asked Charley little four-year
old, Of venerable lady who sat in the garden
knitting, "No, my dear; why ~" saidgrand-
ma, bending her ear, eager to catch aud remem-
Der the wise saying Of the little pet because
there is nothing in the way" replied the young
philosopher. resuming his astronomical search,
and grandma her knitting.
Sixteen years ago there was scarcely any rail-
ways in Ireland; now there are about 500 miles
of railway in that country, constructed during
that time, at a cost Of E26O00000 sterling. In
addition to ten or eleven millions Of passengers
and about two millions tons Of merchandise and
minerals, there are now carried yearly on the
railways of Ireland about four hundred thousand
head Of cattle, nearly half million sheep, aud
upwards of seven hundred thousand pigs
An Ohio stumper, a vallandghamcr, while
making a speech, paused in the midst Of II and
exclaimed, "Now, gentlemen, what do you
thinkS" Instantly man rose in the assembly,
and, with one eye partially closed, modestly re-
piled: 81 think, sir-I do indeed, sir--I think
il you and were to stump the country together,
we could tell more lies than any other two men
in the country, sir; aud I'd not say a word dur
ing the whole time, sir
This is an old story revived; the incident
was originally recorded in the Journal several
years since, and transpired at Rollersvlle, in
this county Journal.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, like Rachel of old,
refuses to be comforted and in reply to the N.
Y. Wor}d--which latter paper asserted that had
the contest in Ohio turned upon Republican
measures, Valandghsm would have been elect
ed-says, "the World knows little of what it is
talking about" and adds:
No Mr.. World, the people in this election,
had these distinct and unequivocal Republican
IL ff,,,o haf,n tt,
not only of continuing the war, but of continu-
ing it upon the Republican basis We regret
the fact, but it is useless to deny it.
The adiutant of a Maine regiment in the De-
partment of the South, in providing counter
signs selected words difficult for uneducated
persons to pronounce, which called forth the
censure of the colonel, who ordered the adiutant
to take the names of rivers, lakes, or towns of
his native state, as the men would be familiar
with them; whereupon he sent the following
list to the colonel for approval: Sysladobsis
Cheputnatcook, Magaguodaric, Welokeneba-
cook, Mosselucmaguntie, MOlechunkemunk
Chemquassabamtook, Pekaguimack Sheketa.
hank, Pamgockamock, Mooselockamoguntic
Molly ychunkamug.
The Virginia City (Nevada) Bulletin says that
a large field of sulphur has been discovered in
Fassen Meadows at the foot of Humboldt can
non. As far as it is now traced it covers some
sixty acres, and is from one to three feet thick
The top is composed of peculiar kind of crust
The company own one hundred and sixty acres
of what is supposed to be all sulphur.
BoRDIR STATE REJoIcINGs-A meeting to re.
ioice over the result of the recent elections was
! held in Nashville on Saturday evening last
Speeches were made by General Granger, Andy
johnson and others. A similar meeting was
held in st. Louis on the same evening. The
triumph of the Unionists in Ohio Pennsy ylvania
Indiana and Iowa will greatly strengthen the
loyalists of the border states in their conflict
with secession.
They WAvER.-We see nothing of the
defiant insolence which marked the conduct o
the Democracy in the last years contest. They
are awed by the majestic utterances of the Free
men of Connecticut and Maine and CalifOrni;
and Iowa and Pennsylvania and Ohio, and wa.
yer as the hour for the onset and charge ap
prOaches. The sure premonitiOns of defeat have
made towards of them all.-BufdIo Advertiser
NEGRo INsURREoT1oN1 IN GEoRG1A.-Tbt
Milledgeville (Ga) Recorder, says: "Eighteer
negroes have been lodged in Sparta Jail, Han
cock county, for combining and attempting tc
excite insurrection. They had been holdin!
secret meetings and planning matters. In al
about one hundred in number are implicated
All the ring LEADERS have been arrested. The
operations have been extensive"
Our RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.--Tht
action of the English Government in turning
out Mason and sezing the rams is regarded a;
establishing perfect understanding with ou
Government, and the rebels acknowledge i
so by ordering all the British Consuls out of tn,
Confederacy. These occurrences are believed
TO permanently settle the Intervention question
New GOLD DIscovERIEs.--New and i'm.
mense gold deposits have been discovered with
in a short distance of Colorado river and abou
ninety miles north of the overland mail rout,
to the California placers They are in dr.,
gulches of the mountains.
How THE SOLDIERS VoTE.--Out of ovc
25,000 votes cast by Ohio soldiers in the lat
election, and already reported, Vallandighan
did not receive thousand. Out of some fiv
thousand votes of Iowa soldiers stationed at an
near Corinth, Colonel Stone, the Union candid
ate, received 4,l74-Tuttle, the opposition can
didate, though claiming to be a war denocra
aud well known to the army, receiving only 764
GOVERNORS IN WAsHINGToN.-A Wash
ington dispatch says that during the past weeI
the President received visits from Governors @
five States to arrange matters in reference to tn
quotas to be called for in the new draft. In ev
cry instance proper credits of volunteers hav
been accorded, and the Governors have bee
satisfied with the fairness of the preparation
for the draft.
SERENADE OF THE NEW G0VERNOE,