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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03
Edward A. Pollard.

Edward A Pollard, the editor and
author, died Tuesday evening, Dec
I6, in Lynchburg, Va. He was a
Virginiau, and was born in the year
1927. He evinced literary abilities
at an early age, and ardently es-
poused the championship of South
ern interests during the excited
period which proceeded the REBELLION.
He travelled through the South
corresponding with a Virginia,
journal, and published in 1856 q vol
ume of his letters under the title of
"Black Diamonds, Gathered in the
Darkey Homes of the South" This
book was mainly devoted to a de-
fense of slavery in its social and
economic aspects.
He held an official position in
Washington throughout President
Buchanan's administration, and was
conspicuous among those who were
secretly aiding the Southern States
for the impending conflict, at the
expense of the national resources.
He was an ardent advocate of Sc
cession, and when the confederacy
was organized he proceeded to Rich
mond and there conducted for sew
eral years the Examiner newspaper,
generally regarded as the ablest and
most vigorous exponent Of the Con
federate cause.
In 1862 he published a History of
the First Year of the War, and adj
ded from time to time volumes
recording the progress of the
conflict. These works have proved
mainly of interest at the North as
sources of information on disputed
points, and as authorities on the
plans and secret designs of the Sc
cessionists.
Toward the close Of the war he
was taken prisoner by the Federal
troops and confined for eight months
when he was released on parole. He
wrote and published his experiences
of prison life. Whenthe war was over
lie compiled complete Southern
history of the conflict, using for its
title the words, Lost Cause" to
which phrase he thus. gave general
currency. He afterward published
'Lee and his Lieutenants," in 1867;
the "Lost Cause Regained," in 1858,
and a "Life of Jefferson Davis" in
1868. In 1867 he started, at Rich
mond, new weekly, entitled, South
ern Opinion, which was suspended
in 1869
Mr.. Pollard's works have been
widely read at the South, and pto-
duced much bitter controversy. He
advocated after the war a hearty re-
cognition of the national authority
in the South, and during the late
Presidential campaign warmly com
mended the Liberal movement to the
support of his fellow citizens in that
connection.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03
Another Year in History

The year of eighteen hundred and
seventy two has closed its chapter
Of events, and been gathered with the
years that were before the food. In
social and political matters it has
been one of continued progress and
Development, rather than great and
important crisis. So so far as our
own country is concerned, our re-
Elections are pleasing and our pros
poets hopeful. Turning, however,
to the work Of calamity, disaster
and death, we are constrained to re-
gard the year just past, as one of the
most remarkable in the annals of
history. The record of disaster
compiled from the four grand divis-
ions of the globe, challenges a rival
in the history of modern times. The
names of those who have persisted
in accidents on sea and land would
fill death roll that would tire the
eye and sicken the heart. The list
of distinguished dead mingles with
our reflections as we contemplate it
with memories sad and impressive.
The Cleveland Leader sums mn
this roll as follows:
The death roll of journalists in
cludes Horace Greeley, founder of
the New York Tribune; James Cor
don Bennett, founder of the Herald:
Mr.. E. A. Pollard, of the Richmond
Eramine'; Mr.. Spalding, of the
World; DR.. Converse, of the Christi
an Observer; Theophile Gautier,
most brilliant of French feutilleton-
lists; and Geroult, editor of the
Opinion NatjoHale, besides a score
of the lesser lights of the profession.
Literature mourns the loss of Bu-
chanan Read, "Fanny Fern" D'Au
bigne, the historian of the reforma-
tion, Charles Lever, Prof. Hadley of
Yale, whose Greek and Oriental
writings have a high rank among
scholars, DR.. Norman Mac Leod, the
English theologian, and Sir John
Bowling, the eminent reform essay
ist. The dead artists of 1872 are.
Kensett, the American landscape
painter; Thomas Sully Ames, the
painter-poet Read; Westmacott, the
English sculptor, and Robert S, !
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

Duncanson, whose life recently went
out from the ward of an insane
asylum.
The pulpit has been especially be-
reaved by the death of such men as
Peter Cartwright, DIR. Francis Fin
ton of Trinity Church New York;
Bishop Nc Gill, Richmond; Arch
bishop Spalding, of Baltimore, Car
dinal, and DR.. Ostrander, of the Re
formed Church Of New York. The
American army has lost Generals
Meade and Halleck. The old Con-
federate army mourns General Ewel
and Patten Anderson France has
lost Marchal Foley, the victor of
Montebello, and England Field
Marshal Sir George Pollock, a vet
eron won his lauTels in the East In
dia service. Among the Americans
eminent in politics, who have died
during the year are -ex-S Secretary
Seward, ex-Postmaster General Ran
dali, Garrett Davis, Mr.. Ingerson,
ex-Minister to Russia, ex-Senators
Grimes of Iowa, Walker Of Wiscon-
sin, Wall Of New Jersey, Bragg of
North Carolina, and Winkle of West
Virginia. Mazzini, the Italinn re-
volutionist. Juarez, President of
Mexico, Earl Mayo, Governor Gen
eral of India, Duke dc Persigny, Sir
Henry Bulwer, Lord Londsdale and
the Duke of Bedford, both of Eng
land. The royal dead Of the year in
clude the Archduke Albrecht Of
Austria, King Charles XIV. of SweT
den, Prince Iturbide, son of the first
Mexican Emperor, the Duke of
Guise, and within a few days past
King Kamahameha, of the Sand
wich Islands.
Other prominent Americans who
! have died since last New Years day
are John A. Griswold of Troy, New
York, General Ho&ard, author-ef the
Supreme Court Reports,s' Erastus
Corning, Samual N. Pike, Paran
Stevens, Simeon Leland, Joseph II.
Scranton, founder of Scranton, Pa,
James Fisk, Jr., of Erie notoriety,
and David Paul Prown one Of the
Igreat men ofthe Philadelphia bar.
The profession of music, which has
perhaps suffered least during the
year, has lost Lowell Mason, Mr..
I Hastings, the eminent writer OF
| church Music, and Henry Chorley,
who as critic of the London Athene-
um, held the first place in English
musical criticism. The drama has
'tsuffered the loss of Edwin Forrest,
James Hackett, the greatest modern
Falstaf, Miss O'Neill, Sedley Smith,
Mexican Buchanan, Eliza Logan,
Bogumil Dawson and Emile Devri-
ent. Morse, the inventor Of the tel
egraph, DR.. Francis Lieber, Babinet
/ the French Scientist, Mary Somer-
vile the English astronomer, and
Feuerbach, the German speculative
| philosopher, are among the losses
which have befallen the cause OF
of science during a year which
seems in retrospect to have been
almost constant funeral from its
dawn to its close.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

got in the way of freight-and one
passenger was killed.
A man lost leg by attempting to
board a moving train on the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad.
On Kentucky Railroad, a broken
rail cspsized train, fatally injuring
several persons.
In the list of disasters of another
class we have as follows:
Two men, in new York saloon,
mingled with savages and were muir
dered.
A girl came to her death by the ex-
plosion of kitchen range.
Two hundred people assembled at
church in Williamsport, Pa, and
while celebrating Christmas festivi-
ties the floor gave way, and fourteen
were killed and forty injured by the
accident.
Six girls and one boy were burned
in in a terrible fire in New York.
An old lady in Keokuk, Iowa, got
too near the stove and her clothes
took fire, burning her to death.
The Christmas festivities at Mem
phis were varied by the shooting oi
five negro women.
A mother and her three children
living in a log hut in Illinois, were
frozen to death in their bed.
In Milwaukee, a woman wandered
about the street at night, until
numbed with the cold she sank upon
the pavement and died.
Beside these is long list of sim
liar disasters, not including the
scores of unhappy mortals, who, tiret
of life, have gone the way O
the suicide. In some of these
instances the accidents were una
voidable, or not directly chargeablt
to any cause of carelessness or neg
lect. but in others criminal disregard
of life or personal safety, is directly
chargable to some one.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03
omciaIInnntanon.


An instance of red tspeism occur
red in connection with the Center
street fire, in New York, which would
not appear like such a hideous bur
lusque if we were not SO familiar
with previous police performances in
that city.
tseveralpersoDs we're buried in the
ruins, but the high almost religious
regard for the detailed formalities OF
of law which the police authorities
entertained, forbid any efforts on
their part to recover the bodies un-
til all the cnrcuitous intricacies OF
legal process had been traversed.
The owner of the building was not
there and sent no authority for dis
turbing the ruins. The police and
fire departments having no authority
to interfere except from him they
refused to meddle, and for days the
entreaties Of friends prevailed no
thing and the bodies were allowed
to remain At last the coroner aid.
ed by some citizens who furnished
funds succeeded in getting the work
done.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03
The Ways OF Death

The holiday edition of newspaper
literature this year presents arevolt.
summary of accident and death, com.
piled from almost innumerable
causes and sources. The slaughter
of human life and the torture and
suffering of numbers of unfortunate
beings, last week, was too great fol
the comprehension of any but those
who were companions in peril. The
list of accidents by rail sum as fol
lows:
The Goose Creek Holocaust, on
the Buffalo and Corey Railroad, in
which train broke through trestle
work, and was precipitated thirty
feet, then took fire burning thirty
persons.
Near indianapolis, on the Indianap-
oils, Peru and Chicago Railroad, a
broken rail capsized a tram, and
three persons were killed and some
twenty injured.
A snow bank on the Atchison, To
peka and Sante Fe Railroad block
AIDED a train, which was telescoped
by another train, and two men were
killed and several others seriously
injured.
A broken rail on the White Water
Railroad was the cause of an aeci-
dent in which two persons were bad
ly injured.
An express train on the Erie Road
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

CAEAP AMusEMENr-There is
nothing in the almanacs which re
commends the season of.the year as
the most appropriate for killing of
mankind, but it seems to be the an
nual period for accidents, murders
and similar pastimes. Killing some
body has become a cheap amuse-
mehe, and a popular way of balan-
cling accounts. Life is of late only
a commodity to be bartered for. A
cheap possession belonging 10 any
one who chooses to take it. At the
present time the current news Of the
day consists of revolving accounts
Of men shot by assassins in lonely
places, children finding death at the
hands Of inhumaa mothers, wives
falling beneath the ak in the hands
of husbands, and men shot at noon
day by aggrieved neighbors. We
suggest the propriety of calling
home our Missionaries from the
isles Of the Pacific and set them at
work among the barbarous ssyages
in our own land.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

Is it true, as we have heard, that
our County Infrmary is under the
control of man who is abusing its
inmates? We have understood that
no fire is allowed to the inmates, and
that in the case of the sickness of
Mrs. Webster, an old lady nearly
eighty years of age, the doctor had
to order fire in her apartments.
We call the attention of our County
Commissioners to this matter, and
if it is not seen to, we have other
facts substsntiated by competent
witnesses, which we shall Yentilate.
We have heard rumors for some
time, but until we obtained the above
facts, we paid no attention whatever
to them.-Clyde Independent.
The weight of county matters
resting upon Whites shoulders is
causing his once robust form to bend
as with the infrmities Of age. We
have no desire to defend Mr.. Sea-
man or any one else in the abuse of
unfortunates committed to their
charge, but we can not find any just
reason for complaint on this score,
but on the contrary SO far we have
had means of knowing, matters at
the Infrmary have been conducted
very satisfactorily during the ad-
ministration of Mr.. Seamen. It is
very difficult to manage our county
affairs so that Clyde will be perfectly
satisfied. We know where the shoe
pinches, however.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

OF moral death everywhere. It mas
seemed strange that the peraicious
effects ofthis evn have not been suf-
iciently realized to arouse The pub
lie mind to an active sense Of their
duty in relation 70 il and ID make
use of vigorous means to prevent its
spread. There are laws which pro-
vide for she disposition of these
works as well as the authors and
agents engaged in their distribution
but it has remained simply latent
force because of the inertia of the
public mind. To great extent, in
proportion as our literature is high
toned and elevating in its tenden
eies, our public morals will be pure,
a condition which cannot be hoped
for where the mind is constantly in
fuenced by the corrupt, debasing
food which 1t receives from these
works, and their banishment from
all accessible places would be the
greatest auxiliary Of reforms within
reach.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

To belong to distinguished
family amounts to but little except
the unutterable pleasure drived from
having their expectations, prospects
and experiences, political, social and
moral, canvassed and dissected by
ambitious writers. The idea of a
public parsonage having secrets is
as inconsistent with the liberal Ii
cense which newspapers enjoy, as it
would be for woman to remain the
sole possessor of interesting intelli-
gence for four and twenty hours.
Here is an illustration ofthe amount
Of argument necessary to arrive at a
correct representation of a highly
important matter, without which
knowledge, the person in question
would suffer insulting neglect, and
the public would have Withheld from
them intelligence ofan important ma
ture. One paper says daughter ofEx
Senator Wade is soon to be married
to a carpenter in Ashtabula. An
other paper rushes to the defence of
Mr.. Wade's reputation, by declaring
that he has no daughter, either Of
his own or adopted, and resents the
impertinence Of the ignoramus who
set in circulation the libelous report.
In order that justice may be done to
that atindustrious carpenter in Ashta-
buls, and that an impatient public,
plunged into bresthless supeDse by
the incongruity of these statements
may be satisfied, we will telegraph
at once to Mr.. Wade, and PROFOUND
the following questions;
Have you a daughter and if so
why?
2 Is she the handsomest girl in
Ohio,and if so by how many degreesi
8 Have her young affections en-
twined the aching heart of a jack
plane musician in Ashtabula, and is
she about to be united to said honest
laborer in the holy lands. of paddock,
and if so, when, why, and how
much?
4 Does the carpenter thus accept
with hisown free will and accord, or
have you a house to build?
Please answer at once as business
in al parts of the country will be
suspended until the facts are made
known. ..r
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03
GUARDIAN SALE
OF REAL ESTATF,


TN pursuance of an order granted by the Pro-
| bate Court of Sandusky County, Ohio. I. Eliza.
beth Short, Guardian OF Philip Short will offer for
sale, at public auction, on
Saturday. the 25th day of January, 4. D. 1873,
between the hours of one aud two O'Clock P. NJ.
at the door of the Court House in the City of Ere
mont, in said county, free, clear, and unincum-
bered of the dover estate of Elizabeth Short
therein, the following described real estate situate
in the township Of Riley, county Of Sandusky and
State of Ohio, to wit:
The center part of the west half of the north
west quarter of section number thirty 1901, town
ship number i've t5l, range number sixteen n 81.
being all of that part Of said west half of the
northwest quarter and lying between the part
heretofore conveyed by deed BY W. I. Kelley and
wife to Joseph Beck and W. ?. Neeley, and said
parcel of land containing twenty-five i25 acers vf
land be the same more or less, but subject to all
legal highways. Appraised at 81, SEQ.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third in hand Oue-third
in one year, and one-third in two years from day
of SALE with interest to be paid annually deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage upon the
premises sold. ELIZABETH SHORT,
Guardion of Philip Short.
T. P. & II. f. FINEFROCK. Her Atty's
December 80, A. D. 1872. IA
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

5d STzTF TREAsuRER MAcKEY (OfPa. !
has bought controlling interest il
the Pittsburg Commercial of G. D.
Bingham, paying therefor 100000
1t is understood thSt Hon. Russell
Erett Of Philadelphia, viii assume
the position of managing editor,
AR. Bingham severing absolutely his
conndection With the paper. 1t is
stated that Mr. Bingham sewers bis
connection with the paper on account
Of the condition of his vife's health
which is too precarious to bear the
severity of the climate. Mr. Bing-
ham will leave SOON for florida, where
he will join his family.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

THERE is a prospect that the
food of obscene literature which is
being poured over the country is TO
be in ameasure suppressed. A man
in Brooklyn named Comstock is
spending his time and a large amount
Of money to prevent It's spread. If
he succeeds in sny degree he will
prove a benefactor TO mankind.
There is no source of evil more pro-
li6c of vice, particularly in social
forms as this class of literature. Its
effects are ike 3 fetid atmosphere,
Or poisoaous malsFias sowing seeds
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03

eCoM1Y ofthe Ohio State Journal
is noted for terse definition, but his
definition ofa two legged Ass en-
titles him to another degree He
applies it to one Dalzen, who he says
sis a most indomitAble, persistent
determined ass, who exerts himself
beyond his natural capacity to be
more ofan ass than nature intended
he should be" That ought to be
clear enough for the weakest com
prehension. .anay I - i.e
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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-03
ni z. L. CROSS.

Those pictures of silver and apples of gold,
About which so many strange stories are told,
Were all bought of Cross, the man who de-
clares, he will warrant every piece of his
wonderful wares. @. COLUMBUS.
Probably no place in the city affords SO
abundant material for an hours pleasure, az
the jewelry and music store of E. L. Gross.
Art gallery should also be added. for the dis
play Of handsome Gromos, engraving, and 9th
er styles of pictures, gives his store room a
very attractive appearance. His jewelry de-
partment always contains a complete stock of
gold and silver ware, and very large assort-
ment of watches and clocks. In musical in
struments he keeps large variety of pianoes,
organs, melodeons, guitars, violins, &c. He
makes speciality of pictures and picture
frames, and the most particular can not fail
to be pleased. In brackets and fancy articles,
he always has an endless variety. His store
is always crowded with buyers and others
who step in to see the many beautiful things
which are continually on exhibition.
There are of course many other business
houses not mentioned in our list but we could
hardly undertake the task of enumerating all
80 we conine ourselves to our patrons. We
fatter ourselves that no town in the state, Of
equal size, can boast Of as many entsrprising
and solid business houses as can be found in
this city. 1t is our usual custom to briefly
notice our advertising patrons at the end Of
each year and we present to our readers thil
hasty review for their perusal.