Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-01-06
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Nearly all the Tennesseeans have deserted
| from Hood; among the number is Hon. A
Nicholson.
The New York Legislators are in trouble
Board at HOtelsi four dollars per day, but theil
pay is but three dollars per day
81 wish, said son of Erin, II could find
| the place where men don't die, that might &C
and end my days there
The BuenOs Ayres Standard of October 26th
announces that gold has been discovered in al
most incredibly large quantities in the Province
| of San Juan almost at the foot of the Cordill-
eras.
young man was recently arrested in Skib-
bereen, Ireland on a charge of being member
of the Fenian conspiracy, and is awaiting his
examination in prison, the magistrates having
refused TO accept bail for him. The Dublin Ex-
press urges that a severe example should be
made of him if found guilty.
The Louisville Journal is persistently advoca-
ting the abolition of slavery in Kentucky, be-
cause as itavers, the rebellion has virtually de-
stroyed the institut there, and the sooner the
State can 'get rid of the shadow of a slave la
Dor system, and grasp the substance of a com
pensated labor, the better will it be for the in
terests of labor, the moral condition of the ne
grOes, and the welfare of all the industrial pur-
suits of the commonwealth P"
The Chicago Journal learns from gentleman
who saw Pierre Soule a few days since at Ha-
wanna, having just reached there from Mexico,
that the state of things existing can hardly be
described. The French have withdrawn all
their troops but about fifteen hundred, and the
'guerrillas are holding high carnival. The road
Var 10 sa.s n
imilian hasnO money, and, altogether, he has a
poor time in ''reveling in the halls of the Mon
tezumas"
Gov. Brown of Georgia gives us the sequel of
Sherman's march. 1t denounces the robberies,
not of the Union army, but of squads of deser-
ters from the rebel army who are, as he asserts,
wandering over the state, impressing horses,
mules and provisions without authority, and for
their private use. The Governor authorizes
anybody who can to shoot these marauders, who
number, as he says, "a large part of the rebel
cavalry force, +" and are scattered over nearly
half the territory of the state. southern pa
per reported a few days-agO the desertiOn of one
entire regiment, with colonel at its head.
A Scotch minister was once busy catechising
his young parishiOners before the congregation,
when he put the usual first question to a stout
girl whose 1ather kept public house: "What
is your name?" Noreply. The question hav-
ing been repeated, the girl replied, ''Nane. o.
your fun, Mr. Minister, ye ken my name weel
enough. Dye no say when we come to our
house on night, @Bet, bring me some ale?'-
The congregation, forgetting the sacredness of
the place, were in broad grin, and the parson
looked daggers. Ess -
Johnsons Island has been reinforced by
large detachment from Hoods army-no less
indeed, than 306 rebel officers captured by Thom-
as within the last week. Among this number
are three Brigadier Generals, Smith, johnson
and jackson. Generals Ruger and Quarles, if
not more of the same rank, were left behind at
Nashville; the latter being wounded.
It is understood that the President will i'm
mediately send to to the Senate for confirma-
tiOn, the nomination of General Thomas to be
Major General in the regular army.
The gunboat Ocacia captured the steamer ,Js-
la, with 400 bales cotton, from Charleston, for
Nassau. The julia arrived at Port Royal on
the 2Sth ult.
The number of rebel prisoners now in our
hands is about SO, ,00O The exchange of pris-
Oners is to be resumed at once, and soon our
men will be releasad from rebel pens
W. P. Nixon was elected as Union Repre-
sentative to the Legislature from Cincinnati. on
Friday last,