Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-05-04


"wisdom of the President" The Register says
Semmes sfor his private virtues and pubic SER
Ciees is endeared 10 every true friend of con-
stitutional liberty in the land" i- evFf
So much for pirate, who surrendered, and
then violated his honor by running away.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eight hundred e,nigrants for the West pass
through Toledo every week. a % sal a
The President, day before yesterday, granted
sixty-seven special pardons to ex-rebels.
A frein Erie, Pa, Sunday afternoon destroy
ed S35, 900 to $4,000 worth of property. as
The negroes of Memphis have subscribed
ten Thousand dollars for building hospitals there
for their own use. gsaaa af-
The only United States troops in the entire
State of Georgia now, are two battallions of the
regular army. '+'1 -,s t'i''. 9'i+r "
Foreign news up to the 18th says recent at
tempt was made TO assassinate the Gar of Rus
sia, but the bullet missed its aim.
Forney says sthe Senators have positively re-
solved not to confirm any removal made by the
President on political grounds.
The Spaniards have bOmbarded and destroy
ed Valparaiso. The loss of property is estimat-
ed at from fifteen to twenty millions.
The New York 7ri5,4e's Washington special
says: A majority of the Cabinet are quoted as
favoring the reconstruction report tif i'
The agricultural Bureau is in receipt of a
swarm of stingless bees from Honduras. They
are said TO be excellent honey makers. .-..
During the Presidents last speech he asked
aWbo made me your Presiient?'' "BooTH 4! >"
shouted some wicked fellow in the crowd.
The reported death of the famous fiddler, Ole
Bull, in Canada, is all fiddle-de-dee. 1t turns
out he has not been in Canada for several years.
The slowing away of the Atlantic cable in
the Great Eastern commenced on the 18th inst
The work of laying the cable commences in
July.
The Sandusky Register estimates the loss to
the fisheries by the late storm, at $50, 000.-
Pounds and nets in many cases were entirely
destroyed. fr.-,.H ., t
The last report of the health officer relative
to the cholera at New York, is very favorable.
No more deaths are reported, and the disease is
manifestly on the decline. .f"
"The Hermitage" Gen. Jackson's estate, has
been offered by Tennessee to the United States,
conditional upon branch of the West Point
Academy being located thereon.
A County convention was held at knoxville
on the 2Sth to advocate the partition of Tennes-
see. Delegates were elected to the East Ten
nessee convention to be held on the Sd inst.
A. q. Stephens, of Georgia, in his testimony
before the Reconstruction committee stated the
platform of the South TO be substantially that
1--WE don 'tintend to make any more eoleeessians.
The Methodists of the South have concluded
to adopt the name Of Episcopal Methodist
Church." Having for years twisted the doc
trines of the Methodist Church they now twist
its title.
The Fenians appear TO be rapidly simmering
down The O'Mahonyites are quarreling among
themselves, and the body of the Irish appear to
regard Roberts the only leader worth following,
if indeed, he is. :; 7;i h ,r-rE ,s.-4e,5
The Mobile ala J Tribune thinks that the
wretches who now constituted packed majority
of the Rump Congress will have to be driven
from the Legislative halls at the point of the
bayonet, before peace is restored.H fs -
The Legislature of Tennessee (House) has re-
fused, by 10 to is, TO admit to seats seven men,
bers who resigned in order 10 break up a quo
rum, and were reelected. By this vote, they
are declared ineligible to reelection.
In Canton, Ohio, there are forty three drink
ing saloons, and the town pays them SI54S00
each year, enough TO build church. an acade-
my, public hal; gymnasium, and found
free library, all of them, upon liberal scale.
The Judge of the United States Courts at
New Orleans has appointed Messrs R. H. Shan
non. Charles Claiborne and r. G. Ker, Commits
sioners under the Civil Rights lag, which some
persons seemed to think would not be executed.
The Cleveland Herald states that Chas. B.
Flood is the most prominent candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Secretary of State.
W. W. Armstrong of the Plain Dealer, could
have the nomination, but will not be candi-
date. nss .'c..g ffaHs-s ..li at,4s.
A copperbead in Maine, who had served out
his time of thirty days in the Augusta Jail, was
asked when he came out how be liked it. II
had bully time, said he. "There were IS in
mates and not a d--d Black Republican among
them" Barb i5-Ii.7 81 I-.t.4-. .....
A recent analysis of the milk furnished by the
New York milkmen shows that it consists of
three quarts of water to one of milk, to which
was added starch to give it thickness, grease to
make it oleaginous, and roasted sugar to give it
a creamy color. 7d fl
"why Mrs. B., how do you manage to have such nice
light Bread and Buiscuit sBecanse use Derrick Al
lan's Gold Medal Saleratus never saw any half ss
good like much better to with tartar thsn
do soda. shall never any other. If you viii try
one paper. Mrs. w., you will say the It has al
most cured my Dyspepsia Most all the Grocers keep it.
The Catholic Telegraph states that among the
converts confirmed on Sunday afternoon, April
% in the Church of st. Francis Xavier, Cincin-
natl, were ex-senator George o. Pqgh and lady,
who, with their children, had been baptized
some weeks previously. cora .H,.,
On Saturday, April q, there was fled at the
office of the Secretary of State the certificate of
incorporation of the Western Live Stock Insur-
ance Company, with capital stock of 800,
600. The principal office is to be located at
Toledo, Ohio. isiue1ail -rie r ..a.!,
Some of the Fenian Grand Army called on
OMahopey last Tuesday, at Union Square, N.
Y, and demanded pay for their services and
time lost in the Eastport expedition. After
little sparringy John came down to the tune of
thirty dollars apiece. .-ss'5 SIS: -1,n>.4si I
Last week torpedo, which had been sunk
for three years and one rmpntb, in Charleston
harbor, exploded in about eight fathoms of wa
ter. 1t is supposed to have been exploded by
the dragging Of aivessefs cable 1t lifted an
immense volume of water and presented quite
a grand appearance. s,oz s7.-f
The Massachusetts Legislature has passed to
a third reading bill for the equalization of
bounties of the soldiers of that State The bill /
allows nine dollars for every months service to
those men who received no bounty until the |
sum of 1926 is reached. Black Republican
Massachusetts, thus far does better by her sold
iers than any other State in the Union. WIZ
Gov. Pierpoint Of Virginia has declined to |
give his name to an application for the hall of |
the House of Delegates at Richmond for LEG /
ture to be given by the late rebel Gen. Oolston
in honor of the life and services OF the late Gen.
Thomas Jonathan (dtids Stonewall) jackson. =
The Governor plninly regards euiogies on Jack
son as but a covert mode of eulogizing and COM
mending treason. Which intensely disgusts
he Richmond Examiner j