Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-01-27
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Gottschalk' $ agent ran away, a few days since,
with $40, 900 belonging to the eminent pianist.
There were 30, S25 births in Massachusetts,
last year; q, 974 deaths; and II, Oh marriages.
1t is stated that the number of our men in
the hands of the rebels, at this time, in round
numbers, is 43, 900. The number of rebel pris-
oners which we hold is over 70, 900, including
twenty zone rebel Major and Brigadier Generals.
They have had cold weather in Connecticut,
the mercury touching 49, below zero at Hart
ford ON the morning of the 18th.
The population of the European nations is
about 327,0O0000 souls Their standing ar
mics absorb 100000 of the population, the ex-
penses of which is nearly 9lO0O00,O0O.
The people of Mansfield were aroused on
Wednesday morning about five o'clock by loud
reports like thunder claps. number ofhouses
were shaken and in some cases windows broken.
The mercury in Montreal Canada, on the 18th,
was 81 degrees below zero.
Accounts on file in the department at Wash
ington show the singular fact that, since the re-
belliOn began, forty thousand more Southern
whites than blacks have received assistance
from the Government. We commend this i'm
portant fact to those who are forever growing
that the free negroes are an expense to the Gov
ernment.
GdliqRdni says that Dr. Decaisne, Of Antwerp,
announces that itch may be cured instantane-
Ously by simply applying (withOut rubbing,
petroleum to the parts affected. The mere em-
anations of that oil are sufficient to dsinfect the
patient clothes, and DR.. Decaisne adds that all
other parasites of the human body may be de-
stroyed by the same means.
About ten thousand pieces of Roman money,
principally of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius,
Cludius and Nero, have just been discovered in
the bed of the Mayenne at st. Leonard. Their
presence is explained by the fact of dangerous
ford having formerly existed at this spot, and
the custom of travellers to throw in the river a
piece of money as Precipitation.
A photograph of old John Brown, wreathed
| in laurel, is now hanging in the parlor of the
mansion formerly belonging to H. A. Wise,
who hung the original in another part of the
State. The estate, situated about eight miles
south of Norfolk, has been confiscated by the
| Government. A plan of Secession drawn up
by Wise in 1857, and approved by jeff Davis,
| was found in the house.
The San Francisco Bulletin says: During
the last three years, which have been the most
trying of the transition period, the assessed val
uation of this city has increase from $l47, ,O0O
000 in round numbers, to $I77, 000, 900, show
ing an average gain of $40, 100000 per annum
| in spite of Washoe and drought. The increase
in one year alone, from 1862 to 1863 was about
| $4,000 000."
| The war among the Richmond news papers,
in regard to jeff. Davis, RACES with great bitter
ness. The Sentinel is making attempts to de-
| fend him against the many charges preferred,
! while the Wing and the Enquirer are lashing
him with equal zeal. JEFF. evidently has hard
| time of it.
| A lady of Lyons, France, who had been
whipped and beaten by her husband, lately
wreaked revenge thus: When her husband was
asleep in bed She tied him thereto with stout
twine, and then armed with powerful stick,
| returned with interest the accumulated blows
of past years, till, exhausted by the exertion
she was compelled to pause. After an instant )
rest she made deep eurtesy to her belabOred
husband and announced to him her intention
of eloping to her parents residence, which she
Immediately carried into effect, leaving him tied
to the post. The husband has sued for divorce.
A terrible calamity befel the family of Mr..
Robert Forsyth, In MacOmb st. Lawrence Co.
N. Y, few nights ago. His house took fire,
and six persons, altthe inmates, perished In the
flames The victims were Mr.. and Mrs. For
syth, daughter agedl9, grand daughter aged
| two years, and Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson, father
| and mother of Mrs. Forsyth.
General Sherman writes, privately 10 high
officials, most encouraging news of the situa-
ton in South Carolina, and there is no point of
importance in that State that does not lie at his
mercy. r
The Reciprocity Treaty came into force
March 10Th, 1855; by its terms it was to contin-
ue ten years, then to continue until put an end
to by eitherparty giving one years notice of a
wish to end it. The treaty cannot, therefore,
end until the 10th of March, 1866. even if no.
tice is given on the coming 10Th of March of a
desire TO end it.