Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-02-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Several companies of the regular troops have
been ordered to report to Gen. Terry at Rich
mond.
A terrible steamboat explosion occurred on
the Ohio river Tuesday morning. 1t is report
ed that some eighty lives were lost.
The Tennessee Legislature has passed the
bill giving the negroes the right to testify in
Courts of Justice.
The United States steamer Soto arrived at
Havana on Jan. 20, with the Hon. VIM. H.
Seward and family on board.
The small pox is said to be raging in India
Dapolis. 1t has also broken out in Louisville
and Cincinnati
The Reconstruction Committee have sub
penaed Parson Brownlow to testify as to affairs
in Tennessee in Reference to Reconstruction.
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, the
mint and branch mints of the United States
coined $32, sl9,248 g. in gold, silver and cop
per.
In the Georgia LEGISLATURE, on the 27th., Her.
schel V. johnson was elected United States
Senator. On the first ballot A. II. Stephens
received majority, but would not accept the
place.
The Posts Washington special says that the
House Committee on public lands have agreed
to bill which brings all the public lands Of the
South under the provisions of the homestead
act.
The bill before the Senate relative TO the
trial of JEFF. Davis, enacts what is now the doc
trine in Illinois and other States, that an opin-
ion should not exclude a juror, provided the
Court is satisfied that he would act impartially.
Mr.. Seward and his family have returned
from tEeir Southern coasting voyage. They
touched at San Domingo, Port au Prince, Ha-
wanna and other places. Mr.. Seward and
Frederick have beer grately benefited in
health by the tour and the whole party had
good time.
Enthusiastic individuals, sanguine to the last
letter, are sending in their contributions for the
extinguishment of the national debt at a rapid
rate. A farmer in Indiana proffered a thousand
dollars A man in New York generously gave
penny. Some send to the Treasury a half
dollar, others full dollar, towards getting this
enormous public burden out of the way.
Alabama is cursed with Legislature which
enacts bad laws but is blessed with Governor
who promptly vetoes them. The unregenerate
rebels of the Southern portion of the state sup
port the Legislature, and the Union men of
North Alabama uphold the Governor. Thus
the state will perhaps be kept in moral equi-
librium until Congress gets her reconstructed
JEFF DAvIs.-A sensational dispatch comes
from Washington, stating that JEFF. Davis is to
be speedily tried, and that the present gather
ing of MajorGenerals in that city is for the
purpose of organizing court for his trial.
1t is not very probable, however, that the
great military conference is for any such pur-
pose. The report that they are to confer with
the President on reconstruction matters is much
more plausible.
The speedy recall of the French troops from
Mexico becomes more and more certain. The
Paris correspondent of The London Times states
that at the last council of the Ministers, all or
nearly all OF them were for speedy recall,
and that the Emperor only is so far disagreed
from them as TO prefer waiting for the time
when the Emperor of Austria should be pre-
pared to keep his brother on the throne. Gui-
zot has also come out for the speedy withdraw
No public man is found to attemt defense of
the Mexican expedition, save Lamartine, the
Beggar.-N. 7. Tribune.