The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-01-15
,5foFBEM0N SANDSKY COUNTY OHIO FRIDAY JANUARY Is 1862

lug MS lOcallly Otten.
4 In Mississippi the Major was taking
the testimony Of, among others, color
ed man whom the Justice, although /;
Union man, deemed it necessary to eau
ton about the solmnity of an oath, and
the pains and penalties ef perjury here
1 and hereafter. In the course of the
/, testimony the reconstruction laws being
referred to, the Justice interposed again,
aud wished to know if the witness know
anything about the reconstruction laws.
The negro answered he thought he
knew better than the people of the
) South what they meant "They are
intended" said he,. " for the present to
: place the Government in the hands Of
the loyal men, to protect al, and make
| a good government for the children Of
rebels to take part in when they shall
have forgotten the trsnsgressi0ns of
their fathers" And when be came to
lsign the sworn statement, he proved to
be the best penman present, not except
ling the Magistrate and lawyers. 1t came
to light that be was Secretary of the
| Loyal League and had delivered some
two hundred political addresses.
/ Major Bettis asseverates that large
class of the poor whites in the two Caro-
linas, and some of the other Southern
States, known as "Sand- -hilIers," are
lower in intelligence and human devel-
lopment than the negroes on the aver
Iage. The lawyer who was in company
with him, resident of Western State,
Ispied a nondescript animal not far off
one morning, and broke out: ''In
Gods name what kind of creature is
lthat?" He stood on two legs in a limp
sort of way, and was covered with the
remains of human clothing. The coat
sleeves we're worn off up to the elbows,
and the trowsers up to the knees; and
the greasy, ragged body of his coat was
pinned and tied up to cover the naked
ness of his own shirtless and filthy body.
"Why that is man down here in
the SouthF
" No, impossible"
"Yes, that is a Sand-hiller."
The fellow was near enough to hear
this conversation; he turned lazily
around, and gave them halfsheepish
and half-resentful stare and walked of.
The ignorance of some of the welI-to-
do classes was almost incredible. A
planter, for example, insisted that the
census of 1860 showed Is per cent.
more people in Massachusetts, than in
Mississippi, who could not read or write,
Excluding the negroes; whereas the fact
was, there were so per cent more in
caPables in Mississippi.
But l must stop. was sincerely
sorry to hear the South so unfavorbly |
reported. Still | retain sanguine hopes
Of rapid Improvements under Grants
administration.
CoNFEDRIT K ROADS (KY.) DEMOCRACY.
Mr. GOodiDg, Marshal of the District,
"a day or two since, meeting Hon. Geo. /
NJ. Adams at the Metropolitan Hotel,
whore the latter stops, congratulated
him upon his re-election-if the remark
was overheard correctIy-and expressed
the hope that he was right on the uegro
question. 81 hope / am not, was the
reply; "what is called right here is 90
ing too far for me- The Marshal some
how had maFyelOusly missed his usually
shrewd reckoning.
A COMPARISON OF THE STATES 1NvEKTIyE-
NESS.
For the week ending Tuesday, the
29th instant there were 2Sl Patents
issued from the Patent Office respec-
lively to the following States and foreign
countries: New York, Sc; Pennsyl
Vania, 80; Ohio, 81; Illinois, 20; Mas
sachusetss, 10; Connecticut 0; Califor-
mia, Z; Wisconsin, 0 Indiana, Z (; Mich
igap, 6; New Jersey, 5; Rhode Island,
5; Kentucky, 8 Vermont 5; Iowa, A Il
Missouri, 8; Louisiana, 3 Virginia. 2:I
Maryland, 2; Georgia, q; Maine,
New Hampshire, l Tennessee, L; Ore t
gon, ! South Carolina |; Nebraska.
District of Columbia, / I; England. Ia
8; Canada, !; France, 2; Italy, 1 II
Switzerland, l. This comparison of
States inyentiyepess although modified t
somewhat by the surrounding Of those q
who might be inventors, shows to great I
'xtent, where the igVeNiiUe qeRiuses most |
eside, aud suggests comment worthy G
# consideration. Alabama, Arkansas n
and Texas, are not repre-
ented iu this issuing of patents for to- a
lay yet each has a population, varying b
rom 28 to times that of Rhode Island, lp
which has s patents granted her. Vir- +"
,inia, with q population l-3 as great Is
s New York, has only 2 patents, while
he latter has az patents-one of the ii
esults Of the institution of slavery, The b
rimal cause of Southern Aristocracy." q
iachanical ingenuity is bound, sooner IL
r later to do away with the greater st
art of manuel labor, leaving the mind v
,eer to perform its mission intended by pi
he Creator X
a RENARKAPLE CONTRAST. HI
The amount of money received at the
atent Office during the las six moaths, =
nding with the Old Year, has been az
302. .O38,O2. The expenditures for the o. o.
sme time has been $262, 543 II, thus 1t
aviDg an excess of $39 49485; re-
contrasting with tie year vi
lding July lst 1868, when the expen- sll