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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-12
"lRl Us HAVE PEAGRF
Grants Inaugural Address

As might have been expected from
the reports sent from Washington for
days the city this morning, at an early
hour, was literally alive with people;
and every prominent point near the cap
itOl wa5 soon occupied, so that not even
a foot of standing room remained. The
preparations for the outside ceremonies
of the inauguration, embraced large
platform built about halfway down the
center fight of steps of the mai, east
ern porch. 1t was about ten feet high,
fifty wide and eighty long, with rail-
around it some three feet high. This,
and the place was covered with flags to
the floor, and on the outside to the
ground below. On the flags were hung
massive wreaths ..ofevergreen. The cell
umns ofthe porch were also draped with
garrison flags. This platform, the steps
back of it and the porch still further in
the rear Of it, we're occupied by Con-
gressmen and those having entrance to
the floor of the Senate, the foreign Iega-
tons, such as can crowd, and those
holding tickets to the Senate galleries.
After Mr., Colfax was sworn in the
Senate chamber, those present proceed
ed in order to the front porch and plat
form, where the Chief Justice admins
tered the oath to General Grant. Mr..
Chase was dressed for the occasion in a
black silk frock with flowing sleeves,
pleated bosom, but without either crino-
line or trail General Grant was dres-
sed like a man.
President Grants inaugural
Address.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-12
Crr1zEEs OF THE UNIrED srArEs:

CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Your suffrage having elevated me to
the Office of President of the United
States, / have in conformity with the
Constitution of our country taken the
oath of Office presented therein. l have
taken this oath without mental reserva-
ton and with the determination to do,
to the best of MY ability, all that it re-
quires of me. The responsibilities of
the position I feel, but accept them
without fear. The Office has come to
me unsought, and commence its du-
ties untrammelled. l bring to it a
conscientious desire and determination
to fill it to the best of my ability, and
to the satisfaction of the people. On
leading questions agitatiDg the public
mind l will always express my views to
Congress and urge them according to
my judgment, and when l think. it ad-
Yisable will exercise the constitutional
privilege of interposing veto to de-
feat measures which oppose, but all
laws viii be faithfully executed, wheth-
er they meet my approval or not l
shall on all subjects have a policy to
recommend-none to enforce against
the will Of the people. Laws are to
govern all alike-those opposed to as
well as those who favor them. I know
no method to secure the repeal of bad
or obnoxious laws so effective as their
stringent execution. The country hav-
ing just emerged from great rebellion,
many questions will come before it for
settlement in the next four years which
preceding administrations have never
had to deal with. In nesting these il
is desirable they should be approached
calmly, without prejudice, hate or sec
tionsl pride, remembering that the
greatest good to the greatest number is
the object to be attained.
This requires security Of person,
property, and for religious and political
opinion, IN every part of our common
country, without regard to local preiu-
dice. Laws to secure these will receive
my best efforts for their enforcement.
a great debt has been contracted in
securing US and our posterity the Union.
The payment Of the principal and inter-
est, as well as the return to a specie
basis as soon as it can be accomplished
withuot material detriment to the debtor
class or to the country at large, must
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
WANTED. AGENTS..

$40 to 5000 per month, everywhere, male
and female, to introduce tho Genuine In
proved Common Sense Family Sewing Ma
chine. This machine will stitch, hem, fell,
tuck, quilt, cord, bind, braid and embroi.
der in most superior m, inner Price only
Sl8. Fully warranted for five years. Wo
will pay $1,000 for any machine that will
sow n stronger, more beautiful, or more elias
tic scam than ours. 1t makes the "Eiastic
Lock Stitch" Every second stitch can be
cut, and still tho cloth cannot be pulled
apart without tearing ii. We pay Agents
from S75 to 5000 per month and expenses,
or commission from which twice that
amount can be made. Address SECOAIB Il
CO., Pittsburgh. Pa, Boston, Mass or St.
Louis, Mo.
CAcTIoS.-Do not be imposed upon by
9ther parties palmng OF worthless cnst.
IRON machines, under the same name or
o.nEr",se Ours is tho only genuine and
really practical cheap machine mnnufnctur
ed. mi ~
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28

THE Hon. JEFFERSON DAv1s.-A
letter received from this distinguished
and beloved Sontherner. dated London,
March II, conveys us (says the New
Orleans Picayune) the pleasing infor-
nation that his health is excellent, and
that he Intends toretnrn this Spring to
The country which loves him so well.
He says.
ut has been my purpose to return
tins spring to what was my home, and
# permitted TO do so, without injury or
embarrassment to my friends, to ,ngnge
in some business which may yield a
euppor,."
Now, continues the Picayune, that
we are about to reorganize our efforts
to build q railroad to the Pacific, we can
place at the head Of it the man who, as
a soldier Of the United States, has al.
ready made q Typographical reconnis.
ance OF the route, and. as the head of an
effort to organizc.a nation. aud carry
through revolution, has shown such
powers Of administration as no other
living man has equalcd. '',
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
y THEr RAxAFXELn HuNAx xu

HE MUSICAL FISH, OR "LUB" PoI-
soN.-Qne day as I was returning to
Tallahassee from hunting excursion
in Florida, says recent traveller, we
wore rowing along by the shore, about
sunset, when suddenly strange,
grave and prolonged sound struck nv
car. At first thought it must be
drone, or fly of extraordinary magni
tude but seeing nothing, L question.
cd my guide as to what It could DO.
ooh, masss," replied he, "dat is de
fish what sings. Somo call it siren or
mermaid fish, and others musico." A
little way on we heard greater cho-
rus of these strange voices, reminding
me family of the music of church or
gans. / stopped the canoe, the better
to study this strange phenomenon !;
when, at my request, my sable oars.
man threw net into the water, and
soon laid at the bottom of the boat
about score of little fish, each about
ten inches loug, resembling the gray
mullet very closely in outward form.
"Desc be mermaids, massa,' said
the negro ''but in dc name OBJ heb.
ben, don't eat dem"
"Why not 7" quoth L.
"Bccausc dcy hab dc lub poison"
club poison and pray what's
that Z"
eyes, massa when you eat ono OBJ
desc fish, you fall so deep in lut you
can never get out again"
| tried to laugh my black friend out
of his notion, but in vain. In spite of
what he said, however, I had my mu.
sicos fried that evening, and found, as
| expected, that I was none the worse
for tho experiment. The musician
fish is white, with a few blue spots
near the belly. 1t is about sunset
when these fish begin to sing, and
they continue their music during the
night, initiating the grave and sono-
rous droning of an organ, just as it
reaches your car when you stand out
side a church.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
Amer ican.
Newspaper Directory.

"A Complete list Of Newspapers for tho
~ United States, Territories, and British
PROVINCES giving names, politics or pene.
RAJ character, subscription price, cirenlo.
tion' editors and publishers names. ponulo..
&c., &c. 'se"oo'
Also, separate lists showing at q glance
now now many and which papers circulate more
than 5000, 10000 or 10000 copies cach
issue, with actual figures given.
Also. classified list of oil publications.
devoted spcciallyto tho interests of Rcli-
g'on, Agriculture, Horticulture, Medicine.
surgery, Education. Juveniles, ,Freemason.
~, odd Fellowship, temperance, Com.
m1erce, Finance. Insurance. elsRoal Estate.
Mechanics, Law, Sport, ;Mhsio, Woman's
Fights, and those printed wholly or in tho
GERMAN, French, seandinaven, Spanish
nollandish, Italian, Welsh AMI bohemian
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TuE CoNrrnrp.ru Drn - n.

THE CoNrEDERATE DEAD AT Ger.
TYsBRUa. The Richmond Enquirer
says: General Fiiz Lee has lately re.
ce'ved letter from the superintendent
of the. National Cemetery at Gettys-
burg, stating that of three thousand
seven hundred Confederate dead inferred
at that place, about seven hundred can
be identified, the remainder cannot. He
states that the farmers arc beginning to
plow over the part Of the cemetery in
which they are buried, and suggests
that shey be removed at once Gen.
Lee communicated this information to
the Hollywood Memorial Association,
and the, ladies Of the Association have
determined to take steps to remove; the
dead from Gettysburg and re.inter them
at Hollywood. 1t will bo done as early
as practicable" t-'5 q lt q
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28

To RsMoyE %FnEoKLEs. = Cosmetics
sold to remove freckles nre often danger
ons. The best plan is to make lotion
ofa ieacnpfnl of sour, milk and small
quantity OF horse radish let this stand
from elk to twelve hours, then use it to
wash the frecklcs two times day.
The Legislature Of Illinois has passed
n law giving married women the right
to use and possess their own earnings,
and TO sue for the same in their own
name, free frome The interference Of a
husbund Or his creditors.
Three whales have lately been taken
IN Long Island Sound from which the
captors obtained $4,000 worth Of oil
and $1,000 worth of bone. {
"A San Francisco suicide left line to
his brother asking him, If he heard any
one speaking disreepectfully of him. to
shoot him dead on the spot.
The President has sent TO the Senate
since the 4th Of March over eleven hun.
drsd nominations. ga.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28

The Chaplain of the U. $. Senate
has, in a public prayer. instructed
Providence to fight on tho side of tho
Cuban insurgents and to conduct all
disappointed Office seekers to their
homes in safety.
There is an organ grinder at Nova
ra who recently returned from the
United States with $4,000 in gold
an amount he had collected in the
streets during the last ten Or twelve
years.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
| From the Darlington South erner. I
: TO THEE,

.5,.,..,.... .rt. TO THEE. II,
When do miss. thee? When the solemn
\Nniaht J = ;. alhI $8ff GlF
Fliphs wide its ehon gate, ,,;f,,,,g
And, drcked in golden garniture,
The,stars in regal state .t'E Z 8. 'i
Como forth then. then my spirit turns
To ellromembered bliss,
When together We have watched tn ose stars
just such nights as this.
Who're do miss thee? In the quiet room
8. Where swiftly passed the hours,
As Time flew by, on rapid wing .e
Scattering around us flowers.
There do miss thee every spot
Recalls tho joys Two known,
And slow and sadly pace these feet,
That wander there alone.
Why do miss thee? AS the hours gono.
- Laden with joys rare
,Coneenial thoughts, rich sympathies,
6S..And oil things bright and fair 'e
All! Lifo has rosy hours iow,
And few the momcnts bo,
When carh oan give such sweet content
AS Ihave found with thee,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
Who is Oespeles 2


VI n Cupan. mp correspondent OF the New
olh ~ orr" gives the annexed account
=. EesPe"cs, the civ'i and military lead
e' y, .,'o Suoah revolut'onlsts
o"'ios Nla''"el Cespcdes was born
ac1,'' 'or'y'hve years ago, IN the town
vi n"yan'o' Cnoa. The irst twelve
years OF his i''e were spent with his pa
.I"'s' .I VINO reslHea on plantation in
S.e. ylc,n'ty WIN them he only learn
81 'ne nfs! rua'mehts or reading, writ
'e a,'u i a. a. 'snmc,'c' wh'Ie at the same
s''ne ''' 'nou'gea III those hardy employ
'he''s ana ihea!th'glvIng game which
a.. vo"seq'leht 10 n lie IN country
nn.''ra''y ~. mountainous and full OF forests.
'h'S .a''''y h"vl"g moved when he was
s".''c '' yr'rS OF age TO the town OF Bay.
e'"', e' o.''os Mah"ei was sent to school
~ A." ".Ss ''o'e
~ &c" uoys alIer 'he commencement
~ Ills S.''o''s =, 'here' ne gave proofs OF
-" ~, ',i, Ih''ao'a,"arv mental activity and
.'te''ect""i II, '"'en's' leaving behind him
vi 'l''st advanced OF 'hr scholars IN the
sInoo,' sI ana or!hg recognized by Them as
o"e o;"s , "."o o' me institution. When
h"te!n ye"'" o! age ne went TO Hay
| a,,,J;". 80, =, w '"' c'j'I' 0, prosecuting his
'ss u;s s,'c.e ,or ."e Ia" rroiess'on-
H., s cav ,n'ellec'ua'''y was developed
LILY, @ ~ ',ae same tlme th"t numerous
t'SIn", r. Sln', Si'"s s"ve h'm an opportunity
,',a; W. ;""" "'s "c..V'' coura aSeo"s ana te-
n"o,'"S ,ho, u.s. u'Srosanon, giving an indication
% w. .na' nU "ou'o % oe as great IN war
90 ~ peace; "faonatmg as attorney
.. t.. ";~ 'li EUROPE "here ne went alter
""'os' anu receiving inc greatest uni
s.S ,s,Hy nonois, ne returned TO CUBA and
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McldensOn's National
Bank Note Reporter and Fl
nanCiaI Gazette,

n. Cohn, Publisher. l &c Nassau ST., N. Y.
Reports md describes Counlcrfoits so nc
curatcly that tho poorest judge may detcct
them quotes Bank and Bank officers; also
Price Currents OF various merchandise. and
of the New, York Stock Exchange, besides
valuable information. Subscriptions NAV
commence with any month Monthly fper
,annum(, 81 go. Semi Monthly tper an
num), $500. All letters must be addressed
TO A. Conn. Publisher, 7G Nassau st, New
ork. Leuer BOX 6l96. apl7.
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s'THE BLESSINGS OF CIvIL LIBERTY"
1t is to extend these that the New
York Herald is zealously advocating
the seizure of Cuba, so it says. v hat
nonsense We have oforeseen that
Cuba would be taken, as any man with
half an eye has foreseen for thirty
years past; but not with any such idle
purpose as that of "extending the
blessings of OWL liberty" Power
and expansion are not friendly to
"oivil liberty''; but both are incidents
OF o growing nation. This Union
cannot avoid conquest. That is its
fate. 1t must increase III strength
and territory; but as it does SO the
consequence of communities and sec
tions-indeed, Of the citizen-is stea.
dily diminished, and the powerful
weight of grand government at
length rests upon a .gfoaning people.
Nevertheless this is inevitable fate. -
We daily see signs Of the increasing
feebleness'of local populations, and
the steady centralization in one ma
tional government. That vast MAJ
chine Is fast receding from the people
and they are showed aside by corrupt
panders of power. Time is not re-
mote when tho people will cease to be
heard, because Q hearing for them
will be impossible from the immensi-
ty of the nation. Arbitrary rule will,
of, course, be unavoidable. Expansion
is equally unavoidable, and wi" shall
have St, Domingo, and possibly all the
West Indies and Canada and British
Columbia and Mexico and then, af-
ter timo,jth and that We call ours
now, will belong to. now masters.-
But this last oveht will be Of far moro
interest to civil liberty than the ao-
QUESTION in prospect for this country.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28

~ DEATH OF A PROMINENT Painter -
Mr.. James H. Walford. welI-kilown
printer died IN this city on yesterday
morning of consumption, in The forty
second year of his age. Flo was ma.
two ofthis city, was during its existence
the manager Of the Times newspaper
and had been Corresponding Secretary
Of the Richmond Typographical Union
for somcyears. He was highly esteem
cd by large circle Of friends, who will
learn OF his death with heartfelt sorrow
He funeral will take place in Trinity
Richmond Dispatch.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
The Empire State of the Pacific.

The people Fof this State and of
other fo1rishing States of the Union
ofteR'exolaim With pride, New York
is a;great State,1 Ohio 10 aigreat State,
and 30 on; but none of the oitizens Of
our republic have cause to speak as
exultingly in this way as the Caiiforni-
ans. California is truly a. great, a
wonderful State, if we look at her
surprising growth aud astonishing pro-
ductions. We we're led to make this
remark by noticing the news from San
francisco about the export of wheat
and Hour from that port. There are
slxty-slx vessels now en- route to Great
britain from San Francisco with
cargoes aggregating one million seven
hundred thousand sacks Of wheat, be-
sides eight vessels for domestic Allan.
tic ports with a hundred, aud sixty-six
thousand sacks, and ten vessels for
Rio Janeiro with fifty-one thousand
barrels of flour. The California
wheat and -four now aAoat for China
and other countries is valued at four
millions of dollars. This is the coun-
try that twenty-five years ago was a
barren waste, and that twenty years
ago, when it first began to be settled
by mining adventurers, was regarded
as being unfit for agriculture and only
valuable for its minerals. It has
within tbis::short period become not
only great exporting country for
grain and flour, but it furnishes the
best. in the markets Of the world and
obtains the highest pricc. All this,
too, in addition to its vast p oduotion
OF the precious metals, wo, and other
articles. Nearly all the vegetable
productions of the temperate n,,and
oven some Of those that are semi-tro-
pical, are grown there larger, finer in
quality and moro abundantly than in
many of the most favored countries on
the globe. There is a population now
OF not less, perhaps, than four to five
hundred thousand, and San, Francisco
has grown within twenty years from q
small village to be princely city
with over a hundred thousand inhabi-
tants. Almost every climate is en-
braoed within tho limits of the State,
and nowhere can one be found more
healthfpl, agreeable or invigorating.
But astonishing as the the growth of
California has been, its future must
be more so. With the completion of
the Pacific railroad and the rapidly
developing trade and intercourse with
China, Japan and Asia generally, we
may confidently expect growth in
population, commerce and wealth that
will far exceed anything known in the
history of the world. The Golden
Cato, as the entrance to the harhor of
San Francisco is appropriately and
beautifully called, will be the en-
trance for the tecming millions of
Chinese and other Asiatios, and of
stupendous commerce. San Francis
GO will be, on the Pacific side of the
Continent, what New York is on this,
and will become at no distant day
the, second city of America. Indeed,
it would be difficult to conjecture
what the future Of that CITY or of that
wonderful county will be. The peo-
pie there may we'll say California is
great State and be proud of it.
..e'g. IVY HeroLI
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CURIOUS DETECTION OF A CRIMINAL.
Not long ago there occurred in Prussia
one OF those cases Of detection of crime
by scientific means which interest large
and intelligent class of readers. A
quantity Of gold, packed in boxes, was
dispatched by railway train On ar
rival at its destination 1t was discovered
that the gold had been stolen from some
OF the boxes, which were refllcd with
sand to make up for tho deficient
weight. Measures were at once taken
for the discovery Of the thief; and that
no chance might be lost, Professor
Ehrenberg was requested to make a
microscopic examination OF the sand.-
The Professor, who is member of the
= Acadcmy ofSc,ences at Berlin, well
known for hs researches into minute
objects and his comparisons Of volcanic
dust from all parts Of tho world, asked
that a quantity Of sand from every sta
ton by which the train had passed
should be sent to him. Examining these
one after another, he at last came to
sand which was Identical with that
found i'll the gold boxes. The name Of
the station whence this sand had been
collected was known; inquiries were set
on foot at that station, and among the
persons there employed the thief was
detected.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28

All exchange tolls I Of II; two ;yts Young 81,
men 10 Nashville, Tenn, who. loved
two sisters, and we're cruelty /, refused .
They then went to tie, bridge c@rossipe @
the river, and With one one last ,leok o. 3
heaven, ono. farowell glance ct Garth,
one thought Of their loved, they TO-.
getheeff efITare rescued Py : friepdiwhs
opportunely Appealed on the soone and
invited them to take . drink.
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a Boy Losr-A DISTRESSING CASE
Quite an excitement has existed in the
King settlement, on the Hoston RIVER
some ten miles from Bristol, for week
past. On Friday last young son of
George Morton, aged about l3 years,
took his gun and started in the direction
Of the river to shoot ducks not return
ing that night the neighbors were arous
ed and went in search. On the follow.
ing day his gun was found leaning
against a tree by the river side. 1t is
supposed that he had killed duck in
river and had attempted TO get sit BY
swimming, sand was drowned. The riv.
or was dragged and his hat fshed mp a
short distance below where his gun WINS
found. Though the search has contlnu.
ed for a week. the. body has not been
recovered, while the grief Of lns parents
is beyond EXPIRE ssion..
.trH -5 Bristol Ne,vs.
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MACHINERY.
THE ALBERTSON & DOUGLASS MACHINE
COMPANY.
Ne1o London. Coun

Wv '1VFF<VVI NUWW.
Manufacturers Of Steam Engine Boilers,
Circular Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Cotton
Gin Materials, and every description Of
Mill and Plantation Machinery. Have had
thirty years experience in the Southern
trado and can refer to ovcry Cotton Gin
manufacturer at the South, doing business
before tho war. Circulars sent to any ad
dross mi =