The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-11
rae VIRGINIA ELrorIoN, 6rH JULY.

the free, or nearly free cession of those
Islands.
TIE VIRGINIA ELECTION, 6TH JULY.
A prominent, well-informed Republican
writes to friend of mine in this city, will,
he thinks. go 10000 majority for Governor
Wells, the Republican candidate for his
present position. The Governor he antici-
pates will run ahead of his ticket. A por-
ton of the Republican nominees he is not
confident will be elected at all. The consti
tuition, test oath and all, win probably be
elected. The only doubtful proposition, in
his mind, is the test oath. The legislature
is sure. Another active, working, knowing
Republican, though not so sanguine respect
ing the Governors majority, expressed sub
stantially thesame opinion personally to me
yesterday. o rs hIa 1o
PREaIDENT GRANT CUT DEEPER THAN HE KNEW
When, few days since, as isrepOrted, he
replied, to the reference Of the question of
the discharge ofal old clerk in the Treasury,
on account Of his politics, "a man who has
been clerk for 20 years is supposed to have
lost all political identify, and to have no
politics to be turned out for, any more than
an officer in the army" 1t is too true. A
man who will stay in a Government clerk
ship 20 years through all changes Of admins
tration, in nine cases out Of tan must have a
natural tendency to fossilize, and no doubt
the process would be fully completed within
that time, But for that very reason / would
Gust him as one who was destitute of the
elements of character to contribute anything
to, or appreciate American citizenship, and
therefore undeserving share in anything the
Republic has to bestow. An army is an
unavoidable despotism; it is therefore diff
ferent thing with an officer
l Served THEN RIGHT.
Commissioner Van Aernam has ordered
another agents name to be stricken from the
list practieing before the Pension Bureau,
for charging poor widow an extorionate
fee, and ordered the pension to be paid direct
to the claimant He has already dismissed
several for similar offences.
$s0,25s.9O have been paid into the con-
science fund Of the Treasury, all told, since
1881 inclusive. Each years receipts are
much larger than any preceding. In 1861
they were $3.50. In the fye months pas
lsed Of this year they have already exceeded
$4,000. >
Three notable deaths have occurred here
within a few days: Commodore Oha's
Stewart McCauley, Dr.. W. B. Magruder,
once Mayor Of Washington, aud for many
years its most eminent physician; and Mrs.
Harriet Balch Macomb. relict of the late
Alexander MacOmb GeDeral-in- -Chief of the
United States Army. They were aged re-
spectively 76, so aud IS. The lady had
added the attractions of great beauty of per-
son and graces of manner, in her younger
days, to that Of eminent social position, and
for many years enjoyed the distinction of
being one of the bellies and leaders of
Washington ton. But she long out-lived
that, and learned to Sigh, with the Preacher,
aAll is vanity l" Albeit religious woman
as she was, daughter of clergyman, about
60 years church member, and always kind
and charitable, she never entirely ceased to
feel lively qualification at the remembrance
that once she had been the centre of personal
admiration.
Three boxes, the size of ordinary dry
goods boxes, were sent to the Treasury from
the War Department in June. 1866, for safe
keeping Last Friday they were opened to
see what they contained. II proved to be
captured property from rsbeldom, consisting
Ofplate, silks, &C., altogether Yariously valu-
ed from $4,000 to 100000.
A scheme of storm signals has been ar
+ ranged for Washington. Tslegrams viii
state at building where there is a steam
whistle, where and what The storm is, how
fast it is advancing towards Washington,
&C.; all which the whistle screams out in a
pre-cODcerted manner; and the inhabitants
govern themselves accordingly ~
Friday, the plates, rolls, dies and bed
pieces Of fractional currency and United
I. States bonds, we're destroyed in the Navy
|, Yard furnace under the supervision of the
committee appointed by Secretary Boutwell,
to take charge of the matter. The plates
weighed about 10000 lbs. From the bond
plates eight billions tsOOO,OOO, ,OOO) of dollars
had been issued. j. E.