Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-11-04
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John Morrisey, the pugilist, is Mcclellan
man, but being sharp, wants to bet 100000 that
Lincoln will be reelected. mo takers"
Merwick and Rosenthal, the Sandusky con-
spirators, who were indicted by the United
States Grand jury last week, were brought to
this city. on Saturday morning, and liberated on
bail of $l,5OO each.-Sasdssslsy Register.
Lord NOrbury used to relate-a grim Joke of a
caitiff upon whom he had just passed sentence
of death. "Oh ! after that F" cried the culprit,
addressing the Judge, and winking at his friends
outside the dock, ''I'm done with you Never
let me hear another word out of your mouth
You'd say anything, sOyOu would ~
Whenever the rebels have come within thirty
miles Of Washington, the COpperheads have
been very sure they were going to take Wash
ingtOn; but they never have any hopes, and
never admit anytedrS that our forces viii take
Richmond. Patriotic menl 't' -'''.
The great ''crime" which the Copperhead
party charge upon President Lincoln is, that he
desires to restore the Union bettered, strength
ened and ennobled by the removal of slavery
What complexion will that Crime wear in
histOry2 Do Oopperheads ever think Of that?
"Where's the freY'' asked Copperhead,
tearing out of his house in Batavia, in alarm at
the ringing of the church bells over Sheridan S
victory. 'tIn the 'front.' flank and rear of the
allied Democracy of the South and the North, .
was Union neighbor's ready reply.
a"Secession was not the event of oay, +" said
Rhett of South Carolina; ''it has been a matter
nursed for thirty years. And the bantIine
was sent North to Chicago for adoption via las
sau and Halifax and is now a dry nurse in Nc
Clellans bosom.
1t is mistaken notion that Mcclellan is not
a man of "bold and original conception He
linaugurated the greatest innovation in Military
history by leaving his army to the command Of
his Corps Generals in the 'seyen days battles
before Richmond, and leading the retreat to-
wards the James River by days march.
When the news of the nomination of Nc
Clellan ON the Chicago Platform reached Eng
land, ''the rebel cotton loan was buoyant at an
advance" When the news of Sheridan's VIC
tories reached England, the rebel cotton loan
declined three per cent. The significance Of
these facts needs no comment.
Twenty six war-wOrn and tattered regimen
tai cOlors of Vermont regiments have been re-
ceived and assigned prominent places in the
State House at Montpelier. .pi2feE
Afriend, writing from the mines at Potts
Vile Pennsylvania, says that perhaps the
Evening Post would like to hear that out of I23
veteran soldiers here, one hundred and seven
teen will vote for Lincoln. All the thinking
men here" he says, ''are sound Lincoln men. "
-EUegsi1ag Post. f4i f'@f
In Providence, Rhode Island, last week, some
laborers who were digging cellar turned up
piece of gold bar about three inches in length,
weighing five and one-haf ounces, and three or
four Portuguese gold coins of denomination Of
about twenty dollars each, two Of which bore
the dates of 1853" and-'1607." There were
also two or three silver coins. i4@
/ On Friday last the workmen employed on
the tunnel under Lake Michigan, at Chicago,
found unmistakable evidences of oil. Instead
of water the Chieagonians bid fair to obtain in
fammable material for city use. ar,-,l sss
In the fight of September 3Oth, before Pc
tersburg, Private Broad of the Massachusetts
57th, lost his lifewhile bringing in wounded
comrade. 1t was almost certain death for any
man; but, said Broad, 81 have neither wife nor
child to suffer, if | am killed" so out he went
and picked him up, put him on his shoulder and
brought him in safely, though the bullets flew
like hail around him. He laid his burden on.
the ground, saying 81 may have saved your
life, but have lost my own" He. was shot
through the bowels, and died soon after,