Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-02-19

Maine has ten thousand men in the navy.
If a woman is jealous of you, be sure she
thinks you handsome and attractive.
Virtue has its pains, but the greatest happi-
ness is still with it, as the greatest unhappiness
is with crime.
The Navy Department has thirty EIGHT steam
ers building, which will all have nearly the
speed of the Eutaw.
A vein of gold as big as a mans arm has
been found in Bucks county, PENNSYLVANIA
Considerable excitement prevails in conse-
quence. ~ ''sF.t .fi - - -
The Richmond Enquirer says, there is great
probability that all the newspapers in the CON
federacy, except few doing government work,
viii be obliged to suspend.
The door between us and God cannot be open
when that between US and our fellow men is
shut. g.
The New York Herald estimates that $780,
600 are expended each night in places ofamuse-
ment in that city, or $4,000 more than in Paris.
Ladies who make the shopmen show them
goods which they do not intend to purchase are
called in London paper counter-irritants.
A country girl, in speaking of the polka, says:
the dancin' was nothin, but the huggin' was
heavenly 8 aiaf fff-f.s7 n91E fs1ils
A citizen of Hannibal, Missouri, whose slaves
lately ran away. has since received from them
Bible, and the request that he "should read il
regularly"
The member of Congress from Arkansas,
elected by the new state convention, has presen-
ted his claim for seat.
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stroyed by fire, is to be rebuilt Immediately.
The sum of one hundred thousand dollars is
to be appropriated by the Massachusetts legis-
lature for the relief of the suffering loyasts of
East Tennessee. s e
Hon. and Gen. Robert Toombs, late Senator
of the United States, since Secretary of State
to jeff. Davis, was recently arrested at or near
Savannah for travelling on train without a
pass. He was probably mistaken for fugitive
slave.
Michael Cbevalier, in recent debate in the
French Legislative Chamber, divided the popu-
lation of his country into the following classes
100000 agriculturists, 100000 workmen,
100000 educated in the liberal arts, 100000
manufacturers; total, 38,0O0,O0O
New Orleans dates to the I'd inst. are receiv-
ed. The Free State Convention nominated the
Hon. Michael Hahn for Governor Some of the
Delegates bolted, and have named the Hon. B.
F. Flanders for Governor. The election takes
place on the 22d inst, and the legal restoration
of the State to the Union is looked upon as a
matter of course. The resolutions of the Con-
vention are patriotic, and thoroughly outspoken
against Slavery.
1t is stated here on the authority of Gen. But
Ter, that the deserter who went over to the ene-
my and gave them information of his recent
was one who was before convicted
of desertion and would have been shot, but the
President insisted on pardoning him.
The Secretary of War has come down on the
officers ofthirty or forty regiments |
and batteries for neglecting to forward proper
returns to the Adjutant Generals Office, and has |
stopped their pay until reports are made.
A mysterious disease has broken out in Som |
erville county, Maine, which has so far bafied |
the medical men. Several persons have already |
died, and many more are sick-six in one family. |
The disease resembles the cold fever that ragged !
SO fatally in that section forty years ago.
A family in Portland, Maine, came near hav-
ing horrible tragedy one day last week. A |
discharged servant girl took her leave in the |
morning, after having filed the tea-kettle for |
breakfast. A lucky suspicion caused the exam
nation of the water, which was found to be a /
solution of arsenic strong enough to have killed |
he entire family if their coffee had been made
without interruption.
Under the modified Treasury regulations on
he Mississippi, cotton is coming forward freely.
Two boats passed Cairo for Cincinnati Wednes-'
lay, with 1,749 bales, besides which 204 bales
lrrived for st. Louis. Boats were expected at
Memphis from below with 5000 bales. These
leavy receipts had depressed the Memphis mar
ret Ito 4c, and buyers we're holding off, ap-
further decline.
A Western paper records the presentation of
beautiful silk dress by ffty-five persons of
Burlington, Wisconsin, to Miss Isabella Craw-
ord, who demonstrated her pluck and patriot
SIN by knocking down one John Russell, of
Dover, for having insulted the memory of her
rave brother, who fell at the battle of Ohica-
nauga. coo 500 4ee .te.. fs +.
A correspondent at Newbern, N c., writes
We have enjoyed a season of beautiful spring
Teather. The birds are singing gaily, while
he young buds are starting on the tree. Over
oats and furs laid aside for thin apparel and
pring bonnets. -
The Free Democrat, published at tLewistowD,
'enn., says There is but one Union. There
ever has been but one UniOn-the Union under
be Constitution. He who takes violent meas
res against that il traitor, 5 II