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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
HOW IN LooKs no BUsINess MEN.

) Business men do not like the prospect that
looms up before the country, if the Peace party
should succeed Separation, and the complica-
tions that necessarily follow such a change
would derange commercial and financial affairs,
and produce universal confusion and distress, in
which none but the sharper and the specuiator
would be able to operate. Nor would peace be
assured, even at the expense of humiliation and
destruction Of the government. War, or con-
slant preparation for war, would be probable
and not only private business would be checked
and robbed Ofits legitimate products, but pub
lie enterprise must cease, and The era that sue
ceeded the Stop and Tax policy in New York
would return with ten-fold greater stagnatioB,
bankruptcy and distress, Those who wish TO
have the great question at issue settled at once
whether we shaH have great and free Gov
ernment, or be cut up INTO petty States jealous
and quafrelsome, exactiBg tribute from COM
merce and compelling the defense Of all our
frontiers-will vote the Union ticket.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
From the Evening Post.
UNION S0I.RTE1s,S sfaN

UNION SOLDIERS SONG.
Therebs have trampled down our fields,
Destroyed cur walls and bitches,
But Abe can build The fence again,
And Andy mend the breaches
Lincoln is the man we need; aA-
johnson, Toe, is handy;
Nankee Doodle, boys kurrah
i'' o+ For Uncle Abe and Andyl ~
We've got Grant from Abraham,
To beat the rebels hollow;
And when we have a man 10 lead
Why, we're the boys to follow.
lincoln is the man we need;
johnson, too, is handy;
Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah
For Uncle Abe and Andyl
Old Butler thinks the way to fight
Is with the gun and sabre;
And doesn't see that @Gontrabands''
Are ''fugitives from Iaborr'
Lincoln is the man we need; =
f' Johnston, too, is handy;
Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah
For Uncle Abe and Andy.
The eopperheads begin to squirm,
The rebs are looking surly, ~ ~.
Since Sheridan has made them run, ass
s By fighting late and Early. go
Lincoln is the man we need;
johnson, too, is handy;
biai Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah
=, For Uncle Abe and Andy i--,
And Of our gallant Sherman now
We feel a little prouder, 7 'z-'af
Because he's made lively -Hood. .,.h.,s.
By stirring the rebs with powder
Lincoln is the man we needj
johnson, too, is handy;
Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah
81. For Uncle Abe and Andyl
Our country in the Navy too
Has many brave defender; 20
There's Farragut knows how 10 shoot,
And make the foe surrender
Lincoln is the man we need,
johnson, too, is handy; ~ 49,
Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah
For Uncle Abe and Andyt
Poor little Mac has taught this TACT,
For which we owe him one vote,
''NapoleOnic strategy
Is hiding on gunbeatI '
Lincoln is the man we need;
johnson, too, is handy;
Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah
81 '.' For Uncle Abe and Andyl
Well have man for President ,-a
Whose courage never fails him,
A = That common sense which built the fence
f. Is just the thing that ails himl
. Lincoln is the man we need;
Johnson, too, is handy; ,f..l
Yankee Doodle, boys hurrah -,
For Uncle Abe and Andyl p. G
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
AsTHMA AND COUGH CURED.

The Pine Tree Tar Cordial gives instaslta-
neous relief in cases of Asthma and Whooping
Cough. 1t often cures whooping before it runs
half its course, as it acts at once on the phlegm
and mucus, and expels them from the throat,
and the sufferer is relieved. In case of Asthma,
use DIR. Wishart's Dyspepsia Pills with the Cor
dial, as they have never been known to fail To
cure that disease Z ah - sld-il
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21

DR. WISHART'S~ PINE TREE TAR
CORDIAL will positively cure the following
diseases: Consumption, if not beyond the pow
er of medicine; Inflammation of the Lungs
Coughs, Sore Throat and Breast, Bronchitis,
Asthma, and an unfailing remedy for female
| complaints. .F,. sss.r 5t iid V3
The above are few among the thousands
whom this great remedy has saved from an un-
timely grave. s13fei l'asl t.'sTsa.4 g 7fae
4 We have thousands of letters from Physicians
and Druggists who have prescribed and sold the
Tar Cordial, saying that they have never used
or sold medicine which gave such universal
REMEMBER THAT l9e r,
| The Tar Cordial, when taken in connection with
DR.. Wishart's Dyspepsia Pills, is an infaliable
cure for Dyspepsia. ,as 8 f alesf
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITSi ~
The genuine has the name of the proprietor
| and a pine tree blown in the bottle. All Others
are spurious limitations. sf5 sf-l - s.f
DR.. L. @. @. WISHART, 4
No. 10, NORTH SEooND-sF., PHlLADELPHIA, Pa.
Sold by Druggists everywhere, at wholesale
by all Philadelphia and New York Wholesale
Druggists. Ayl@M
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
NFAILIBLE CURE FOR BRoNCHITIs
Mr.. Ward saws:

Mr.. Ward says: .-"
DR.. WIsHARr-SH: had Bronchitis, Inflammation
of the Lungs Shortness of Breath, and Palptaton OF
the Heart in their worst forms had been treated by
several OF the most eminent physicians in Philadelphia
but they could not stop the rapid Of disease
and had dispairedO Of being restored to health
truly the verge of the grave Your Pine Tree Tar
Cordial was highly recommended to me by friend.
tried it. and thankful to say that after using four
large and one small bottle, was restored to perfect
health You can give reference to my house, No. e6S
North Second street. at my Office of Receiver Of Taxes
Fl ON An to P. NJ, corner Of Chestnut and Sixth
streets. JOHN WARD.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21

We received the following from Utica, N. Y ::
DR.. WIsHART-DsGs Sir take pleasure in inform
ing yoa through this source, that your Pine Tree Tar
Cordial, which recommended for my daughter by
Mr. A. Hail. of this city, has cured her of cough Of
more than five months standing. had thought her be-
out any benefit. cheerfully recommend it to the
public as safe and remedy for those similarly
cted as know Of many other besides thSt Of
daughter that it has cured Ofleng standing coughs
Yours, respectfully, L. ii ..i...I
JOHN v, PARKER, Daguerrean Artist,
No. 126 Genessee street, Utica, N. Y.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21

have used Dr.. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cor
dial in my family and cordially recommend it valu
able and safe medicine for Colds Coughs and to those
predsposed to Consumption. DR.. G. A. FosTER,
No. 100 Genessee street. Utica, N. Y.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
nraI.W. GROAT.

VTToUHLD RESPECTFULLY snnounoe to the citi-
w sens Of Fremont and vcnity that he has PefInan-
entity located the above named place, for the pacce
Of Medicine and Surgery hopes by strict attention
TO requirements Of his profession, to merit snare
Of their patf0uEge- TT skftE =
Particular Intention paid to Surgery and tne treatment
Of hronie diseases Once and Residence, first building
south OF TschSIay's Cabinet and Furnitnre Store
June 1e IS63-24H
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
q. R. MeCULLOCH.

Drugs, Medicine, Dye-Stufs, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Books, Stationery, Glass Ware, &c, Se
No. 8, Buckland Block, Fremont.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
IL. w. FAILING,.

HoMRAPATHIo PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
oFFIcE.-Buckland's old Block, second Hoor. Resi-
Pike atrset first house east OF the old Catho-
~ ~ Iii ~ I.nrgs- Fremont April, 1864.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
cE0RGE j. sALZMAN,

SUR GE o N ID Z N It ST =
Rooms d Pages Buiiding, near the Post Office,
All operations IN Dentistry performed promptly, and
Warranted 70 give sstisfaction' ;ff -4sT-lsff fff
ie'a CLYDE, OHIO.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
s..R. TAYLOR, /,

dioMEoPArHIc PHYSICIAN. AND 'SUReEoN,
oFEgcE--In vsIlette's Block ever Boler& 4 Aather,
Grocery Store.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
r. RRUNDAGE,

Attorney and Counsellor al Law Onlce-iii %
Buckiand's Block, opposite the National BANK. -
p.ns;on ouHsies and arrrars Of Pay procured on lib
FREMONT, OHIO.
Februnry,a, 1854. a-1T fE9sE4A2f agA 3
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
ERERN15 q a0N.
ITIIA q. W. WINsLOW.

A. TroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law, will at
~ tend to Professional Business in Sandusky and ad
oining counties. Special attention given TO procuring
Soldiers IaT Bonnty and Pensions. ff5F &
OPfIdsA SecDnd StoEy Tyiefs Block.
FREMONT, OHIO.
Hnrrmher. u. 1863.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21

CounseFofs at Law and solicitors in Clnn
cery will attend 10 professional business and Land
Agency In Sandueky and adioinifzs Counties fft.
0mee-Second Story Backland's new BLOCK fremont
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
DENTISTRY.

TINEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN, by the use Of
Done in the BEST manner, and WARRANTED as CHEAP
as am sHcse else, FOR work 81 the same quality
tTs 4. PEEESCE Slrkeon .DeatIst.
nFEJcF Over the Post once, FREMONT, o.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
COUGHS OF LONG STANDING oUREDl

Capt. SAMUEL HARNER
No. 334 s.. Eight street, Reading, Pa.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
Times of Holding Courts i'm the
Fourth judicial District.

TO The Clerk Of the Court of Common Pleas aohfs cHd
| for the County Of SGHdasky, and State Of Ohio.
TT Is ORDERED, that the Courts of the Fourth Judi
cia District of the State of Ohio for the year 1865
commence and be held as follows:
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21
FIRST SUBDIVISION

Il
| commence and be held as follows:
FIRST SUBDIVISION.
IN THE COUNTY OF ERIE.
DISTRICT COURT.
On Saturday, the 2sth day of April.
COMMON PLEAS.
On Monday, the 9th day of February.
On Monday, the 18th day of May.
On Monday, the I'd day of October.
IN THE COUNTY OF HURON.
DISTRICT COURT.
On Wednesday, the 2eth day of April.
COMMON PLEAS.
On Monday, the 27th day Of February
On Monday, the 18th day of June.
On Monday, the 9Th day of November.
IN THE COUNTY OF LUCAS.
DISTRICT COURT.
On Monday, the 18th day of April.
COMMON PLEAS.
On Monday, the 10th day of February
On Monday, the I'D day of May.
On Monday, the 18th day Of October.
IN THE COUNTY OF SANDUSKY.
DISTRICT COURT.
On Friday, the 2lst day of April. rr.l
COMMON PLEAS. +s
On Monday, the 9Th day of February.
On Monday, the Sth day of May.
On Monday, the I'd day of October.
IN THE COUTY OF OTTAWA.
DisrkiOf OOORT
On Friday, the 2sth day of April.
COMMON PLEAS q .- .-
On Tuesday, the 2lst day of March.
On Tuesday, the 9Th day of June.
On Tuesday, the Gath day of October.
,--- SECOND SUBDIVISION.
IN THE COUNTY OF LoRAIN.
DISTRICT COURT.
On Monday, the 2sth day ofAugust
COMMON PLEAS.
On Monday, the soth day of January
On Monday, the lst day of May.
On Monday, the 10th day of October.
IN THE COUNTY OF MEDINA
----- DISTRICT COURT.
On Thursday, the 3lst day of August. 80
COMMON PLRAs. Tfft
On Tuesday, the 18th day OF February
On Tuesday, the 10th day of May.
On Tuesday, the 31st day OF October
IN THE COUNTY OF SUMMIT.
DISTRICT COUNT.
On Monday, the 4th day of September.
st. COMMON PLEAS.
On Tuesday, the 2sth day Of February
On Tuesday, the 3oth day of May.
On Tuesday, the 14th day OF November
THIRD SUBDIVISION.
- IN THE COUNTY OF -GUYAHoGA.
zsssE5 DISTRICT COURT. s 8h@
On Thursday, the 7th day of September.
~ COMMON PLKAs.
On Monday, the 18th day OF February.
On Monday, the 18th day OF May.
On Monday, the 18th day Of November.
WITNESS the Official signatures OF all of the Judges
of said Fourth Judicial District the Common Pleas
Clerks Office in the City Of Cleveland in said Cuyahog
county, this 14th day Of September, A. D. 1854
JOHN FITCH s-
..s5.t s. f. TAYLOR,
STEVENSON BURKE, 5udves as
HORACE FOOTE, = ,ifr. q Eci said
THOMAS BOLTON, l'|7I :
JAMES N. COFFINBURY. t-st
hereby certify that the above and foregoing IL trul,
~ taken and copied from the origi nal fled il
~ this Office. Witness my hand = nd seal o
( SEAL. said county, this 30th day Of 'Septsmber
.Ne>- A. D., 1854. s, n H. W, ST CT AIR
Fremont Ohio. 40w4 ~ Clerk.
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hereby certify that the above and fore9o, ie is truly
~ se- taken and copied from the origi nal fled in
this Office. Witness, my hand = nd seal Of
: SEAL. said county, this 30th day Of September,
Sssno,, 4; ab3o y, isse a.. NJ W. ST. y kfE,
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-21

An old an trite saying is like this:-s'When
ash leaves fall, Copperheads crawl in theil
holes. " The ash trees have begun to shed theil
leaves, and the COpperheads are seeking then
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-16
'sThere is no such Word as Fail"

This sentence should be deeply i'm
pressed upon the hearts of the young
He who will not strike boldly in the bat
tie Of life, and conquer the opposing foe,
must sink sooner or later into the slough
of despond, and be forgotten by the on
marching army, whose lips are singing
the pean of victory. 1t were better for
that one that he had never been born
Lie is not a rose laden path for carpet
knights to tread. No, its ways are rug
ged, and it is the brave in heart only,
that, fearlessly accepting its challenges,
doing battle as they move along, who
win the goal. He who sets out with
fear and trembling, dreading to meet
foes seen and unseen, succumbs ere he
has commenced the journey; but he who
boldly adventures the path, whether it
leads to gloomy abysses or up giddy as
cents, over morasses, through the night
like forests, or into the regions perpet-
ual snow, holding aloft his banner, in
scribed with the daring motto, There
is no such word as fail'--is victor in
every fight.
His heart beats quick, his eye bright
ems, and his strong arm is nerved for bat
tie when danger approaches. No thought
has he OF retreat onward he marches,
driving his enemies before him. What
cares he for these-was he not made to
do or die Z? He will be victorious Moth
ing shall deter him. He knows no such
word as fail Whatever he resolves on
must be accomplished He cannot sue
cumb, though the world should be to
overcome Death, rather and he con-
Iquers The hero of the fields, he wears
the laurel crown! 1t is only when age
overtakes him, palsying his arm, and
stealing his strength of purpose, that he
wraps the drapery of his couch about
him, and lies down to pleasant Dreams .
Even then he is but subdued, not con-
quered His task has been faithfully
accom- plshed. His end is blessed =
Young men and young women, if you
would succeed in life, strike from your
vocabulary the stumbling block to sue
cess-the word fati
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-16
How Age Changes US.

! Those who have approached nearest
mature age, and have seen much
Of the world, will attest the truth
Of the following paragraph, written by
Sir Lytton Bulwer. It occurs in one
of his essays
" There was one period of my life
when [ considered every hour spent out
of the capital as. time wasted when
with cxhilarated spirits | would return
from my truant lettering, under summer
trees, to the smoke and din of London
thoroughfares, I loved to hear the ring
Of my own tread On the pavement.
The desire to compete and combat-the
thirst for excitements opening one upon
another in the upward march Of an op-
posing career-the study of man in
his thickest haunts-the hearts warm
share in the passions which the mind clear
from inebriety, pauses to analyze-these
gave to me, as they give to most unfiag-
ging energies of youth, delight in the
vista of gas lamps and the hubbub
of the great mart for the exchange Of
ideas. But now | love the country as
did when little child, before | had
admitted into my heart that ambition
which is the fierce lesson We learn at
school 1t is partly that those trees re-
mind us that we are growing old. Older
than we are, their hollow stems are COW
cred with rejoicing leaves. The birds
build among their towering branches
rather than among the lighter shade
Of the sapling. Nature has no voice
that wounds the self-love her coldest
wind nips no credulous affection. She
alone has the same face in our age as in
our youth. The friend with whom we
once took sweet council, we have left
in the crowd stranger-perhaps foe!
The woman in whose eyes. some twenty
years ago, paradise seemed to open
in the midst of fallen world, we passed
the other day with a frigid bow. She
wore rough and false hair But these
wild flowers under the hedgerow-no
friendship has gone from them ! Their
beauty has no simulated freshness-their
smile has no fraudulent deceit. y
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-16
Oriental Story Tellers.

Travellers in Persia, China and Japan
tell us of professional story tellers and
tradition reciters. who, standing in the
streets and market places, tell marvel
Gus tales to all who may choose to listen.
The following is one of their Chinese
parallels.
Fohi, in the course of his wanderings,
coming to village, knocked at the door
Of rich woman, and begged permission
to enter, "What!" said She. do you
think I receive into my house every roy-
ing vagabond? No indeed, it would be
unbeftting a respectable woman-go
your way p Then he went to the cot
tage of poor woman wno at once kind
ly begged him to enter She sat before
him the only food she had--a little goats
milk-broke piece of bread intoit, and
said: ''May Fohi bless it, that we may
both have enough!' She then prepar-
ed forhim cou chofstraw; and when he
fell asleep, preceving he had no shirt,
she sat up all the night and made him
one out of some linen she had made by
her own hard labor; in the morning she
brought it to him, begging he would not
despise her poor gift. After breakfast
she accompanied him little way; and
at parting Fohi said: ''May the first
work you undertake last till evening"
When she got home she began
to measure her linen, to see how
much was left; and she went on
measuring, and did not come to the end
until the evening, when her house and
yard were full of linen, in short, she did
not know what to do with her wealth.
Her rich neighbor, seeing this. was sore
ly vexed, and resolved that such good
fortune should not escape her again
After some months the traveller came
once more to the village; she went to
meet him, pressed him to 60 to her house,
treated him to the best food she had and
in the morning brought him shirt of
fine linen, which she had made some
time before but all night she kept a
candle burning in her room, that the
stranger, if he awoke, might suppose she
was making his shirt. After breakfast
she accompanied him out of the village;
and when they parted be said: "May the
first work you undertake last till even
ing.' She went her way home, think
ing the whole time of her linen. and an
ticpating its wonderful increase but
just then the COWS began to low. BE
fore [ measure my linen,' said she, 81
will quickly fetch the cows some water"
But when she poured the water into the
trough, her pail never emptied; she
went on pouring, the stream increased,
and soon her house and yard were under
water the neighbors complained that
everything was ruined; the cattle were
drowned, and with difficulty she saved
her life, for water never cease flowing
until the setting of the SUM-"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-16

God defend thee, land Of nations.
Mother Of the brave and free;
Fen amid thy desoatioEs,
Stronger grows our love for the.
They who wound thee, best Of mothers
They who seek thy life to take
Shall we deem them friends and brothers
Nay. we'll smite them for tiny sake.
Be the sword of justice lifted
Quick descend the righteous stroke,
Till the traitorous host be rifted.
Broken its tyrannic yoke.
Comrades be our motto ever,
Faithful TO OUR CoUNTRY's TRUST
Though we give our lives, yet never
Shall our mother kneel in dust.
By the love we bear that mother,
By the duty children owe,
Faithfully by one another
Stand we till we crush her foe.
Let the hail of bullets rattle,
Hostile weapons line the field;
In the day of Freedoms battle,
GoD ALMIGHTY is our shield.
When the cloud of war is riven,
Peace shall like rainbow shine;
They who for the right have striven
Coming ages shall enshrine.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-16
Music at Home.

No family can afford to do without
music. 1t is luxury and an economy !;
an alleviator of sorrow, and spring of
enjoyment protection against vice
and an incitement to virtue When
rightly used, its effects, physical, in
tellectual and moral, are good, very
good, and only good.
Make home attractive music affords
means of doing this. Cultivate kindly
feeling, love. Music will help in this
work. Keep out angry feeling. emusic
hath charms to soothe the savage breast. :"
Be economical Pleasure, recr cation,
all must have, and no pleasure costs less
in proportion, to it's worth than home
music. Make your sons and daughters
accomplished. What accomplishment is
more valuable than music Fit all
your daughters to support themselves
in the future, if need be. There has
been no time in many years when any
young lady having sufficient knowledge
to teach music could rot pleasantly earn
respectable support in that way.
But, some may say. Il have no
ear for music, nor have any OF my fami-
ly.' Probably not one of you ever tried
it faithfully. Perhaps your sons had
no natural "ear" for reading, or your.
daughter no natural hands for writing !;
and certainly unless they had learned
these things, they would never have
been accomplished in them. Music
does. indeed, come more natural to
most people than many other accomplish
ments that are next to universal yet
it does not come to all without much
time spent in careful cultivation.
The one best means of introducing
music to the family, and introducing its
cultivation is to procure a good musical
instrument. If none Of your daughters
or sons can play at all, yet if they have
good instrument at hand, some of them
viii learn. In almost every family this
viii be the case. Buy an instrument and
try the experiment if it succeeds only
to very small extent, the cost will be
repaid many fold.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-16
The Roll of Honor.

The Secretary of the Navy has re-
Gently awarded medals of honor to a
number of petty officers and seamen who
have 4" distinguished themselves by gal
lantry in action and other seamenlike
qualities - Among these are several
instances of cool bravery, which the
country under whose flag they were per-
formed "will not willingly let die"
Thus James X. L Duncan, an ordinary
seaman, when, during the engagement
near Harrisburg, La, March I'd, 1864,
shell bursted at the muzzle of one
of the guns of the vessel, setting fire
to tie of one of the cartridges, which
had just been put in the gun. Immediate
ly seized the burning cartridge removed
it from the gun, and threw it overheard.
Hugh Mellory, ordinary seaman in the
same action, saw shell pierce the bow
easement on the right of gun No. l,
mortally wounding first sponger. who
dropped his sponge out of the port upon
the forecastle. Mellroy instantly jump
ed from the port to the forecastle, re-
covered the sponge. and sponged and
loaded the gun while outside, exposed
to heavy fire of musketry.
John Jackson. another ordinary sea-
man, is decorated for an act of wonder
full coolness and courage. In Stono
Inlet, last August, be was stationed
on the forecastle lookout, and discover
ed two torpedoes floating down SO as to
cross the bows of the vessel He seized
boat-hook. jumped on to the bob-stays,
and carefully guided the torpedoes down
with the tide. Subsequently he vol
unteered to remove the caps, which be
did with skill and courage.