The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-03-22
NEWS ITEMS.

The following notice was posted in front of
the Erie Opera House a few days ago:
The main business portion of the town of
Monroeville, Ind, was destroyed by fire on
Thursday morning of last week
The grain elevator of the Erie Railway, at
Buffalo, was destroyed by fire, on tine morning
of the 10th, together with 50, 900 bushels grain.
Loss $4,000
Sam Cox had tilt in Congress, few days
ago, with Rainey, a colored member from
South Carolina. He felt like glorious "Sun-
set" after he got through, and sorrowfully ad-
mitted that the "coIOred troops fought brave
ly." He will be careful about exploring Afri-
ca, another time.
"Pay no attention to orders from Gould or
any of his hirelings"
Underneath it some wag wrote:
"If anybody hauls down this notice shoot
him on the spot. JOHN 4. DIX"
The citizens of Toledo havo held large
meeting in the interest of the st. Louis Thorn
town and Toledo road, and pledged it aid.
Recently ono Emma Couch, of New York,
made charge against the Rev. DIR. Carter, OF
that city, to the effect that he was her Sc
ducer. The charge was evidently made with
the intention of black mailing the doctor, but
he refused to be black-mailed, and brought
suit against her for defamation, and has shown
her to be an abandoned woman, the mistress
of one Sharpe, ami that the game was plan
ned between them. He will prosecute them
to the extent of the law, which is what all per-
sons SO assailed should do.
For the first time in history, q public re-
hgious discussion was held between two Wal
densian Protestant clergymen on one side and
two Roman Catholic Priests on the other, in
Rome, right under the nose of the Popel
The report Of the discussion was taken down
by short hand reporters for publication. So
nuch for the establishment of religious liberty
at the headquarters of Catholicism by Victor
Emanuel. Had those Waldensians challenged
those priests to a discussion ten years ago,
they would have been clapped into prison.
Senator Trumbull has had chance to know
chow it is himself" being brought to "per-
sonal explanation" on the floor Of the Senate,
for the first time, as he complained, in seven
teen years of service, on the irresponsible
| charge of somebody that he had taken a So.
900 fee from Andy johnson in the McArdIe
case, by which his vote on the impeachment
question was influenced in Johnson's favor
OF course this is not true; and Trumbull indig-
nantly repels the imputation on his integrity.
Not but that he took the fee; he did; but that
it was fixed by Stanton. Secretary of War, and
not by Johnson; and was fixed and agreed up
on before the impeachment trial came on.
nSchurz and Sumner are the pure patriots
and disinterested Senators they advertise
themselves to be, and whose zeal for Civil Ser
vice Reform would not let them ask the favor
of an appointment for friend; the same can
not be said for the disaffected philosopher" of
the New York Tribune. In fact, Mr.. Greeley
in the Iribtlse OF Friday, openly and without
shame, acknowledges that his dissatisfaction
with Grant dates from and originated in the
Presidents fayoring the Conkling instead OF
the Fenton clique in the distribution of the
Federal patronage in New York. 1t was, says
Greeley, "only when Grant turned his back on
himself by removing men whom he at first ap-
pointed to office from this State (that is, Fem
ton Republicans, and ,0ho1s the Tribune Gp-
proUed, and filling their places with factionists,
(that is, Conkling Republicans that any
| trouble t0aS created or diSSatisf faction ez-
pressed" Exactly SO. "H. G." was as good a
Grant man as anybody till his particular par
tisan favorites were turned out of Office. Then
MS wrath was kinfled, and ever since he has
been III pursuit OF sweet revenge. He now i'm
agines himself close upon Grants heels to the
Presidential race, and hopes, if not to distance
him, at least to elbow him off the course and
let some Democratic slipin. Greeley is judg-
ed out Of his own mouth, aud needs no con-
demnation from any other quarter.