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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-08-04

Il From Fred douglass new NallOnd1 1-rd y uAy <V'I
Record of the Republican Party in
Behalf of Liberty and Equal Rights.
A brief recapitulation of the vari-
GUS measures enacted by the Repub-
lican party, during its ten years of
power, in behalf of the cause of liber-
ty and equal political and civil rights
to all men, without regard to race or
color, will be a matter of useful
information to our readers at this
time, and aid them in coming to a
just and correct decision as to the
party they can the most safely trust
hereafter.
The first blow at the "Divine" in
stitution Of slavery bill, which
become q law in August, 1861, con-
fscating all property and setting
free all slaves used in aid of the re-
bellion.
January 25, 1862, law was pass
ed prohibiting the use of the jails of
this District for the Imprisonment
of fugitive slaves.
The great measure emancipating
the three thousand slaves Of this
District passed both Houses of Con-
gress and was signed by the Presi-
dent in April, 1852.
On the 18th of March, 1862, bill
became law forbiding and furnishing
the return of fugitive slaves, coming
into our lines, by naval and military
officers.
March 9th, Of the same year, the
President had recommended the pas
sage of joint resolution proposing
a Co operation between the General
Government and the slave States for
the general abolition of slavery, on
the principle of compensation to the
owners. During the month bill
covering this suggestion passed both
Houses, and was signed by the Pres
ident April 10.
The bill abolishing the long-exist-
ing, odlous distinctions in this Dis
trict against the colored people, such
as taxing them for the education of
white children and denying them all
benefit from the tax, became a law
in May 1862.
June 10Th, 1862, the President
signed bill, which had passed both
Houses, prohibiting slavery forever
in all the Territories of the United
States.
June, 1862, a law was enacted es-
tablishing diplomatic relations with
the republics Of Liberia and Hagti |
In July, ofthe same year, a law
was passed comforting upon colored |
persons the right to testify in courts
of justice; also, prohibiting the inter
State coastwise slave trade.
In July, 1852, bill became a law
emancipating slaves coming within |
our lines whose masters were in re-
bellion and all slaves found in places
captured by our troops.
July 7th, 1852, President Lincoln
approved bill furnishing the infa-
nous practice of using the American
flag for the protection of vessels en-
gagged in the slave trade, in open de-
fiance, as had grown to bethe prac-
tice, of a plain constitutional pro-
vision. Under the provisions of this
act one Gordon, captured while en-
gagged in the slave trade, was tried,
convicted, and executed.
July 18th, 1862, a law was enac-
ted authorizing the enlistment and
military organization of colored
men.
September %. 1852, President
Lincoln issued proclamation de-
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The JeH Davis Scandal.

A Special dispatch to the Cinci
natl Commercial says:
The Superintendent of the Pull
man Car Company holds full sWorr
statements of conductors Of the
Memphis and Charleston railroad
corroborative of the account of the
JEFF Davis sleeping car affair, orig
inally published in the Louisville
Commercial but declines publishing
the same because of the extreme
sensitiveness of the Southern people
already manifested. As JEFF Davis
card did not implicate the the con-
ductors themselves but attributed
the story to the maliciousuess of the
Radical newspapers, the company
does not feel itself called upon to act
unless compelled by public opinion.
There is not the least doubt here of
the truth of the original statements.
Every Louisville editor viii stake
his life on it. Trice, the conductor
of the sleeping car has not been re-
moved from the train nor has the
railway company asked his resig-
nation.
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NATIONAL HORSE FAIR.-We &C
knowledge the receipt of tickets from
the managers of the Great National
Horse Fair, which occurs at Kala-
mazoo, Mich, commencing Tuesday,
August 10th, and closing on the Is,
Thirty thousand dollars cash premi-
ums are offered, and the manage
ment feel confident that the exhibi'
ton this year viii exceed that Of
any previous year. Half-fare tickets
viii be issued by all railroads lead
ing to Kalamazoo, and ample accom-
modations will be provided for visi
tors during the races.
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IHMichigan, of the State press
the Detroit Tribune says: The
Muskegon Chronicle, Hudson Post
and St. Clair Republican all take
quite decided ground in favor OF
General Grants denomination, and
Flint Globe cautiously intimates its
belief that he is decidedly the lead
ing candidate. The Adrian Times
farors the one term principle, and
calls for some arrangement whereby
the wishes ofthe people can be some
what more accurately ascertained,
free from caucus machinery.
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The utter weakness and aridity Of
Colonel Nc Cooks Ashtabula speech
seems to have discouraged even the
Plain Dealer. Not even the faithful
admiration of that sheet for the cho-
sen candidate of its party can nerve
it up to the point of saying a word
in commendation ofspeech or word
of rebuke to those who condemn it.
To have spoken full hour after
having taken the pains to send an
advance copy of his address to the
Plain Dealer, and with all this to have
failed to say anything which SO con-
finding an organ as the P. D. could
tie to, this must teach Commissary
George that politics and stump
speaking are not in his line.-CJeve-
land LeadeA.
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The L. S. & NJ. S. R. R., Company
at its meeting on the 9th, voted to
issue the remaining $15,O00,O00 of
the stock authorized by its charter.
The amount previously issued was
S35OOOOOO. The recent issue was
for the purpose of double tracking
the road and for other Improvements.
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LOCKE is missing the best opportu-
nitv for a good Nasby letter which
has offered for some time, in not
making use of a recent incident at
his old home of Bucyrus. Nasby's S
daughter spelled down by a nigger!"
there is nothing like it. The occa-
sion was where Clymer Of the Fo-
yuns's little girl was spelled down by
a little mulatto girl, and Clymer
made a fuss about it.
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CHARLEY BALDWIN, special agent
of the P. o. Department, is one of
the most efficient officers connected
with the service, and is a regular
s4rump" for chasing up rascalities
and capturing and bringing to justice
the rogues. His last effort was the
abringing to GRIEF Of the POstmas-
ter, at Cadiz, Harrison county, who
was arrested and taken to Cleveland
on the 9th, where he was held In
$4,000 bail to answer a charge Of
embezzling $1,000 to $1,5OO of
Money order Funds,
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TIE attempts made to deny that
JEFF Davis, when captured, was in
side of hoops, and female apparel
have ceased since he was caught in
a similar fix, on the railroad from
Memphis to Charleston, He promis-
ed to arise and explain" )" but he aris-
eth not, neither doth he explain.
Ahi Jefferson. All Democracy
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NOTICE.

CEALED proposals will be received at the Office
y Of the City Clelk until y o'clock NJ, August
18th, 1871, for grading and improving John street
from Front street to Buckland avenue. Wayne
street from Ewing street to John street, Wood
street from John street to the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad. and Clover street
from John street to the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad.
Plans and specifications for the improvement of
said streets may be seen at the office Of the City
Clerk.
The Council reserve the right to accept any or
reject all bids.
BY order Of the City Council,
GEORGE ]. KREBs, City Clerk.
July 81, 1871, al-S1
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Some idea of the profits of the above items
may be had from the following figures:
l. The sum of S36O,75l was paid to one
man for one months carpenter work.
2. The sum of S45,966 SO was paid to one
man for one days, and S945,7I, for one months
pIastering. OF this, $4,000 wasf for plastering
1853 yards-or, Sl6 per square yard. Garyey
was paid for plastering one hundred and two
acres, at 55c per yard, which is l3 times the
entire surface of City Hall Park.
8. As heretofore stated, the bill for carpets
would buy, at So per yard, l22,222 yards, or
enough to reach from Toledo half way to Day
ton.
4. The chairs paid for at So each would be
"a, 4,l45, or enough, set side by side, to extend
II miles or furnish two rows of seats around
the City of Toledo.
g. The bill for awnings would pay for 1854
awnings at the liberal price of $3.50 The
entire number of windows in the court house
I36-thus giving IA awnings to each window.
But the Times, in addition to the above
revelations, lis devoting a little attention to
other departments of municipal expenditure.
The Evangelist having undertaken, on the as
surance of Judge Hilton, to do little white
washing for Tammany, few figures are given
from the Department of Parks, with which the
Judge isIconnected as Treasurer and Vice
President. That gentleman is reported by the
Evangelist as saying Of this Department, of
there is any fraud there, must be party to
i, for the money ali passes through my hands,"
Accepting this challenge, the Times shows |
from the books, C) that the sum paid ''for i'm
provenents only" in the year 1870 for the q ;
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Notwithstanding the State is gen
orally conceded by the Democratic"
leaders to the Republicans by
round majority, the above figures
show that to secure the Legislature,
and through it United States Sen
ator to succeed Hon. John Sherman
the Republicans have some hard
work to do. Every vote is needed,
and no "side issues should be allowed
to detract from our strength even in
the stronger districts.
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NOTICE.

OEALED proposal will be received at the office
y of the City Clerk until y o'clock NJ, August
l4sh, 1871, for grading and improving Main street
from the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
road to the Tifin Road.
Plans and specifications for the improvement of
said street may be seen at the office of the City
Clerk.
The Council reserve the right to accept any or
reject all bids.
By order Of the City Council.
GEORGE ]. KREBs, City Clerk,
July 81, 1871, sl,as
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Hard Shedding for the Departure, ("
The Dayton correspondent ofthe
Cincinnati Gazette says:
1 can not refrain from saying that
in no place in the whole land is the,
new departure inaugurated by the
late Mr.. Valandigham, so utterly
dead as here where it was setin mo-
ton by a great flourish of trumpets.
1t is never mentioned, unless it be
derisively. Mr.. Vallandigham gave
vital force to the dogma and now
that he is dead the nine days wonder
has been permitted to die with him.
The Democracy has simply ac-
quiesced in the movement because
Mr.. Vallandigham desired it, not
because they were convinced of its
wisdom or its justice. They would
quite as readily agreed to any other
departure he had made no matter
how inconsistent with the previous
faith or how much it would have
gone against the Democratic grain.
An old bell-weather in the Demo
cratic flock here said, after Mr..
Vallandigham's presentation of the
new gospel: "1t,s mighty rough, I
tell you-next thing to DEATH But
I'll 60 through fire for Valr But
viii the faithful 60 through fire for
anybody else? That is the question
that is being answered negatively
hereaWay.
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AN EXPLICIT DENIAL.
Morgan Pilloried as Reckless Liar
and SlandereT.
REP. STATE Ex. Con-. Rooms OF OHIO,
Cnrrr,rnr-E Inlr d ISL


To the Ohio State Journal
NV attention has been called to a
statement made by General Morgan
in his speech here on the 25th, in
relation to the printing of documents
for this committee at Washing
ton in which he says that our docu-
ments are printed at Washington by
the Government at reduced rates;
that we have stolen paper for wrap
ping the same, that the time of clerks
has been employed in directing them,
and that they are franked all over
Ohio.
1t IS not true that this committee
has printed Hon. John Sherman's
speech or any other document a.
Washington.
1t is not true that any document
oftbis committee has been put up at
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LEGAL NOTICE. .

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition was fled
IN in the Court Of Common Pleas Of Sendusky
county, Ohio, on the 10Th day OF June, A. D. is7i
by the undersigned, praying FOR the vacation OF
the Plat made BY B. Amsden, Surveyor, April
18th, 1870 which Plat is signed and acknowledged
BY L. q. Rawson, II. E. Raws0n ard joseph II,
RawsOn- and recorded July IS, 1870; the Plat in
eludes Park and Summit streets. inl0ts Nos. I557
1855, 1859, 1860, 1851 f562 1868, 1854 1855 I5ee'
1867, 1865, 1869, 1870 and 1871, and OUTLETS NoS
% being Sandusky County Fair GrJundsl and ia
shown on said Plat, and situate in the f,it- -
Fremont. in said County Of Sanduskv. Sai5 ~ y
htiOn VII be for hearing at the OctOberterT, 1sZI
Of said court. I. G. RAWSON -''-a
JOSEPH L. RAWSON-
sAEDUsKY COUNTY,
June IS, 1871, AGRICULTuRAI AI, sfrrzTx,.
By AUCKLAND, EVEsETy & RoWLER, Their Ittys..
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ExEOurRlx SALE OF

r f A L Z S Z A 7 T.
/ TN pursuance Of an order granted by the Probate
Court Of Sandusky county. Ohio; VII offer for
sale at public auction, on
Friday, the lSth day Of Aug1tst, a. D. 1871,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ at the door Of the Court House
in Fremont, Ohio the following described real es-
tate, situate in the county Of ssndusky and State
Of Ohio, to wit;
The east half Of the southeast quarter Of section
twenty-four township i've, north Of range thir-
teen, reserving aud excepting therefrom twelve
acres on the north end, which are owned by one
Weaver; also excepting I've acres lately sold by
the exasutrlx, at private sale, BY permission OF
the court. The piece TO be sold containing thirty
acres, appraised at thirty-five dollars per acre
TER1Is OF SALE.-One-third in hand. one-third
IN one year, and one-third in two years, with in
terest. Payments TO be secured by mortgage On
premises sold. MAGDALENA OTTNEY,
1888 By JOIN L. GREENE, Her Atty.
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RnpUBLIcAN MASS MEETINGS.

COLUMBUS, July Is, 1871.
The Republican State Executive Committee
make the following appointments for Masi
Meetings, with speakers named. The County
Committees VIII furnish additional speakers
when deemed advisable, and make all neces-
sary arrangements for the meetings:
Hon, John Sherman,
Toledo, Thursday Evening, August 2fth.
Gen. E. F. Noyes,
Columbus, Thursday Evening, August 24th.
Marietta, Saturday Afternoon, August 26th.
Gov. r. b. Hayes,
GAINESVILLE, Thursday Evening, August gath.
Hon. o. p. Morton,
Davton, Thursday Evening, August Gath.
Gen. j. A. Garfield,
Cincinnati, Thursday Evening, August gath.
Hon. :. SheIIabarger.
Cleveland, Thursday Evening, August 24th.
Hon. James Monroe,
Columbus, Thursday Evening, August oath.
Hon. John A. Bingham,
steubenyille, Thursday Evening, August 24th.
Cow j. c. Lee,
Akron, Thursday Evening, August 24th'
Gen. 1. r. Sherwood,
Mansfield, Thursday Evening, August oath.
Hon. VIM. Lawrence.
xenia, Thursday Evening, August cath.
Hon. Richard Smith,
Toledo, Thursday Evening, August 24th.l
Hon. Martin Welker,
Evansville Thursday Evening, August oath.
Gen. H. G. Burnett,
DAYTON, THURSDAY Evening, August 24th.
Hon, j. A. Amber,
Cleveland, Thursday Evening, August oath
Col. G. Il. POOrman,
steubenviIle, Thursday Evening, August 24th.
Gen. j. w. Keifer,
-. Akron, Thursday Evening, August 24th.
Hon. AIphonsO Hart,
sMansfeld, Thursday Evening August oath.
Col. J.R. Swigart,
xenia, Thursday Evening, August oath.
Hon. c. DelanO.
sandusky, Thursday evening, August 24th'
Hon. r. p. Buchand,
ssndusEy, Thursday Evening, August 24th
Other announcements viii be made in few dayf
RID. HARRIsoN, Chairman State Ex- Com
RoDxE7 Foos, sec'y.
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UNDER the act to issue more
national bank circulation to States
not having their proportion, Ohio has
received $76O,OOO; Indiana, $1,l74,-
900. and Kentucky, $2,2OO,0O0.
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SENATOR THURMAN bid off the A.
&G.W Railway at Akron, Wednes-
dav of last week, for $4435, 800.
General Mcclellan was also at the
sale.
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AN ORDINANCE
To PreUeRt the Obstruction Of Streets 5y Raj
road Cars and Locomotives.

fOu0 Lttfo ofttt L<OCuNtOttCeo.
SECTION / Be it ordained by the CITY Couu-
ell Of the City Of Fremont, That IL shall BE-
unlawful for any conductor, driver or enRin-
eer of any locomotive or railroad car. or train
of cars to cause or permit the to stand or re-
main on any street, lane, alley sidewalk or cross
walk, within the limits Of said city, so as TO en-
eumber or prevent the free use and passage of the
same for period longer than five minutes at any
one time.
SIC , Any person found violating any of the
provisions Of this ordinance, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
fifty dollars and the cost of prosecution; and m
case Of the refusal or neglect Of any person to pay
such fine and costs. the Mayor shall order such
person to be imprisoned until the same are fully
paid.
SEC. 8. It shall be the duy Of the Marshal of
said city to arrest view any person found viola
ting any of the provisions of this ordinance. and
bring him forthwith before the Mayor to be dealt
with according TO law.
Passed July 81, 1871.
JAMES KRIDLER, Pres. Of City Council.
GEORGE J. KREBS, City Clerk.
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ABOUT two hundred Of the Mason
ic Fraternity, of Canada, intend Wis
ting Cleveland, about the 18th OF
the present month. They will be
we'll received.
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WASHINGTON, July 29.-The sub Ku Klux
Committee, consisting of Senator Scott, and
Representatives Stevenson and Van Trump,
reached Washington to-day, returning from 4
soiourn of four weeks in various parts of
South Carolina, where they have been investi-
eating Ku Klux outrages on the spots where
thew occurred. They first VISITED the capital
Columbia. More than a hundred refugees,
who had fed from violence in various coun-
ties, were there, but after examining witnesses
for two DAYS the committee determined to 60
closer to the scenes of alleged violence, and
went to Spartansburg. They expected to re-
main there three or four days, but stayed
eleven. When word got out through Spar
tanburg county that they were there, whites
and negroes, victims of violence, came in by
scores every day, from all directiens. Murders
and cruel whippings by Ku Klux bands had
SO terrified them that, In many neighborhoods,
nearly every negro man and Republican white
man had slept in the woods for months, every
night. They showed scarifed backs, gun
shot wounds, MANNED ears, and other proofs
of the violence they had suffered. In Lime
stone Spring township, one hundred and eight
cen cases of whipping were proved. The COM
mittee awoke every morning to find in the
yard by the hotel new crowd of victims to
the Ku Klux. Some, including whites, had
suffered outragers which cannot be described
with decency. After being whipped, the VIC
tins, well known TersoIs, were often COM
manded, under pain OF death, to publish cards
renouncing the Republican party. In a file OF
the South Carolina Spartan, Democratic
newspaper, forty-tWo such cards were found
recently published.
At Unionviile the committee remained two
days. Not an avowed white Republican was
found in the place, though the members OF the
committee were privately assured by few
that they would aVow themselves If protected.
The terror of the negroes here is complete.
The last election was carried by a Republican
but the Republican county officers
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AAEE- - ml1AOAN
oovEBSoR-
EDWARD F. MOVES. Of Hamilton County
rrEurEEAET GOVERNOR
JACOB nrUEHIER, Of cuyahOga County.
SUPREME JUDGE.
VIZ WEST, q Logan County
TREASURER
rsAAcR. wELoH, Of Belmont County
AUDITOR.
LANES WILLIAMS, Of Franklin County.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
kB. POND, Of Morgan County.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
THOMAS W. HARYEY, of Lake County.
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.
RODNEY FOOs, of Clinton County.
MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
R.K. HosNER, Of BInsiingum County.
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The New Legislatnre.

The Ohio State Journal, in a seem
ingly cautious calculation of the prob
able complexion of the next Legisla-
ture, to be chosen this fall, gives the
Republicans, in both branches com
bined, &c members; Democrats, 49;
Doubtful, 26. Total, 141. In detail: {:
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CHARLES PRATT,
@. P. WICKHAM,
F. W. COGSWELL,
J. r. BARTLETT,
W. B. SLOAN,
rua.nsal Cnrar

I, accordance with the above call the Republi-
c.ns Of sandusky County are requested to meetaa'
the Club Room in Fremont, on
saturday, August 90, ISL
at O'Clock P. NJ, to sppOint delegates to said con
vention. Let there be general attendance.
By order Central Committee.
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THE KU KLUx KLAN.

Investigations of the Congressional
Committee-in South Carolina The
Half of the Story Not Heretofore
Told-Crowds of Witnesses Appear
to Be Observation-Disclosures and
Crimes Without Ascertainable
Number = Outrages Perpetrated
Which Cannot Be Named with
Decency-A Shocking and Painful
Recital.
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FREMONT. OHIO
FRIDAY, august 4, 1871
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From Fred Douglass New National Era July 2O,l
Record of the Republican Party in
Behalf of Liberty and Equal Rights.
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Republican Judicial Convention.
A Republican Convention for the nomination of
a Common Pleas Judge for the First Subdivision
Of the Fourth Judicial District Of ohiO, wih be
held in Clyde on
Wednesdays August o, 1871,
at IL o'clock A. II. The basis Of repTesen tatlen IN
said Convention viii be one delegate for every one
hundred votes cast for Secretary Of State IN 1870
and one for every friction Of hfty votes and over
This gives the several counties comprising said
Subdivision the following representation
Lucas County, Deieeaies.
Huron ....................S
Erie ............-.......25
sandusly" ....................2O
Ottawa .-.............-....
The County Committees Of said counties VIII
desirnate the manner of appointing said delegates
:. srair regr,ectire counties.