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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-02-14

In answer to questions OF Judge Poland,
Mr. COlfax testified that he thought he receiv-
ed $1,000 day after he received the money
from Matthews, when the witness told Ames
that he (Colfax) must be out of it. Ames put
his hand in his pocket, took out small coin,
and Offering it to the witness said, consider
that I have bought it back" The witness
alwaye had great repugnancs to law suits,
and drew out OF the Credit Mcbilier for that
reason; would have been glad to get out Of the
Credit Mobilier at a cost Of twice the sum he
paid Ame5. He received the $1,000 from Mes.
bitt about the middle Of the month succeeding
his nomination. II he had received the $1,000
from New York, and Sl,2O0 from Ames also,
hs would have deposited both Of them.
g. W. Matthews was sworn. The witness
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The witness further certified, that he did
not remember of having got any receipts from
Colfaz, and never said 50 to any person; re-
membered that he gave to Colfax check for
$1,000. When he made his settlement in De-
cember; to the affect that he could not rsmem-
ber if he had paid COlfaz any dividend, he
had not seen the memorandum and his mem.
ory was not refreshed.
, 1873-04-06

renounced his interest in the Duddington and
other estates when he" became priest In It'll.
He was educated at Bohemia, Md, and st. Omer.
/. Flanders. He gathered together the Catholics
while still in his youth proceeded to Canada
with DR.. franklin, and Charles Carroll, his rela-
tive, to make an alliance for the Revolutionary
Colonies !; led devout and beautiful life, and
died Dec. s. 1915, at Baltimore. In this college
LIVED hyed, for more III than forty yea1s after her hus-
tur, and his portrait hangs in the college. All
the CAROLS of Duddington are buried there.
wAsHnGToN's CHURCH.
On Washington's birthday went to Alexan-
dria, and paid visit to the church WHARF Wash-
ington worahiped after Pohick was abandoned.
It is brick structure, with steep1e, surround
ed By very aged tombs. Within lit is an
old-fashioned pulpit, which used to. have a
sounding board over it, and saide-galleries. The
pew Of Washington is on the rectors right hand,
same aisle, behind Washington's pew, is Robert
E. Lees: The Vestry have recently erected, on
each side Of the pulpit, memorial tablets to
Washington and Ioe-
On one side Of that pulpit. the founder Of .
gives character even to the religion Of which
he WAS devotee.. On the other side,
scooped. into combination. with Washing
toms fame, is 3 man who did not
know the distinction between his locality and his
" II
liabilities, Lee had soldierly capacities natural
and inherited. The talents the eloquence, the
affection, and tho manhood thrown away upon.
the idol OF Slavery were sufficient to, have made
q great empire in some other quarter Of the
world, The. corporation Of Alexandria does not
possess the power, if it had the population Of the
Alexandria Of old, to make the weak and grace
ful Lee the peer OF the stern md sublime Wash
ington. Human nature has probably never
been ornamented with the - equal
Of Washington. Calm, sedate J; SELF
respecting, soul-consu1ting, noble in bearing,
formidable in arms and patience, tho naturnl
founder Of q mighty State, q great son, and
blessed by Nature without heirs to tarnsh his es-
cutcheon; reasoning, worshiping, ruling like the
Comprehensive to our weaker aosh: He is al
ready great diffused,' unportrayed essence,
rather than . personality.
There can be much said in: Lees, favor; but
it viii all be apology. And who ever apologized
for Washington That would indeed DO tho
height Of snobbory. GATH.
, 1873-04-06
Eea1.Skin Hunting.

The London Spectator contains the following
description OF the cruel method OF taking the
seals: The seal-hunters rendezvous near Jan
Meyen ca or 73 degrees north latitude), the
nearest place for seals, about the third week in
March, when the baby seals aree just born., The
harpooner chooses = place where number Of
young seals are lying, and harpoons, the moth
ers directly they come to see after them this
makes the mothers shy, and induces them to
Keep at q distance, and the baby seals are
abandoned. It is horrible to see the young ones
irving to suck the carcasses Of their mothers,
their eyes starting out OF their sockets. looking
tho very picture Of famine. They crawl ever
and over them until quite red with blood, poking
them with their noses, no doubt wondering
WY they aro not getting their IT, usual 1000
made il something dreadful. Il one could lmsg,
inc himself surrounded by four or 11ve hundred q
thousand human babies all crTi1E at the pitch M Of
their voices, he would hare some idea Of Their
cry is very like an infants. These motherles1
seals collect into lots Of five or six, and crawl
about the ice. their heads fast becoming the Big
gest part Of their bodies, searching. to find tte
nourisnment theY stand 80 much In w:nt Of.
Such cruelty ia gruesono. and Wozss than uu
, 1873-04-06
ROMANCE OF sTREET-BEGGING,

c.x D.~-o
Suit 6efsscen Eakner anu fsaushtoFs
SON FT9m .ne -. a Loa,s D Demoerat:
u 1o75 ~ ttaoa.', 80 Haso D9u1tsu .ao14'at
.9tt, c1tnJ " g. Me- a Iatta1 ui nle
WE, Paala, nus oaugnter Maly, tne M1teI apous
u years OF age and TWO younger iemalo cn.lalen;
lne iatnet appea1a ~ naso oeen .a.a
ssteet-peegaT ana eHploseu uupet u petsuns o1
20 go tnfongn the stree1s soncit1ne auns o1 tIe
eenartaoly o1sposeo* Ae lnlIlatea ms uauensfSr ef
Maty INTO the art ano msstery OF pesglns. teac
!ns aar AoM ~ Maae Appeals ~ tue Aost Pasu Pt -
accents, and teaching What sort OF persons 10 10
eepp1{ ~; NJ a aau no1 connl'e As opota.lons "
~. noaa! ont tooh hl5 troupe OF pe955a.s u
snd aennr,in1 ImcHso NasaVule ano otneI cues,
raar.1 A'4A@oo d Aa4''son1e iofsone IL io"
T., h;s Ista tau " ;enoTgn 20 maze him n prince
fa1aii.+ naIse my Domlngo, IN 1851 le1t nls
~ 10 y; +ha s,'!'a ~ and 1etuInea
h1,a sta. M ~ 80 ha1.,.t " olsne IN Inc lanu o5
.hae. nlae skleS M ana nanny oreeSes: and remained
rrona avsr roi,.. ,d IL IT,; lay supposed ne
cyo,n m r. vc1,a,tnnd 41 r,5a.tn,. = "no % nau
Fer mother and sisters h. fn,io,r;n tha :" H}o
sim nf hnr fnthar shc t.ar.1a1 n1 suo pioie7 ~
civ pathar;nr fract;os, cnrrsncv ilom , ct.5 ~
somefimes ren,ain swar for s;x mo3fna | At ti,,a
n1a 1ne- a atar ann.aa1,aot 49,. taat - t' s.mo'
Ka;nn a. s'ad aee eneneemens h as 81 Ms.seesoeggar.
~ ~ aoapt % III 1no ar, sas was quite
sota we'll stnjrad yit1 star1,s So Au. &C. ~ -
the habit Of donostinr her fns Yor @ nste " Isenu ~
;nD 1vth +ha m ne1 & iuas ~ 1os Gat1 Keep
at2 ~ 1lo I,t;ti c,,;t1 81, os n1is t % nse!
=, H. 1870 1 ~ hat1 TN: NJ -: aoH1eea
~ spe aha ' Iaa ~ ~, w., araa;t H. d un
a1G 5co On ~ a1so tai 1u "
har,,oIf >,,at,3 a..e Ma,,. ong .JIA unso @
% st;li Iivas xr;th hpon- bar ''u1s o"pe1'0-"ne
When norn;nco @ rad,martor; rot,,r,oa - +,s.
c,v ha ao,,oht h? ~ a..a 49, a;5 ~ sns
that ehe va IN nroancrnn. "n c;rcnTut.rcss ani
haI orer ain I'm rn Ianoe;f a. .ra,et III, i,,a
and a. = hs5 haa asnns;toI aua =, e. .no onn
tn, ~, 49, ~ a .:19 80 oPo11Ie4 I - uot AAI4o, VIZ
, 1873-04-06
A BUDDHIST LEGEND.

r,.4ho x;11.ro ~ c,--,+b; +boro 1;rod q r,,,-rr
wifo m named nan % Reesnh, 81 W who at the ape Of H. gavs
foro and ;ov NJ tie nosseasor Of n nowIv-fonnd
tpe.snre 1y ~ b;a faca aa ike nodcn cIoni liz
aros ~; a,,d +ana- saa h1na fotna ond hia a,;1e
Iyat tAm ar u has;n1 e tha n,on;n Hehf
thao oJsw. ~ aao- fant ,shon ia bS bS3 .ra s,e ~
VIII u9y ara con1d nm ahomt thu honae tiara cane
da1 ..ha;, ~ s',5Jan1r fe1i s;cE a,d d;sd Az
Nassau not IT. nnderstandinr % what M had han hannened
to b her fair Iotus.eyed bow clasped T him to her
oae ~senne and tho
good people 70 give M ngr i some N mealGlnG 70 euro
ae5 oaGy cr bGi asd Inc ano On
ia tbe o III md thatsbe bears about on her.
hre. ~ st NH tha iead T bodv Of ,eT chd p, ' A47A
roT' w. aaid to himself: "Aias this Keesah does
~ ot,ndarsIand +ha inv - da,tL III ~ to
nn1,snrt nUr 1,ar And ha onswerad har md aoi1
ssSIu trooI or, crnnot mvao1f riya Im von ', any
nnd w;aa nivsci.n n cdex Who Ano" no's
1 - ~, ni ~ as;d the vonn@ 1notber u do +e, ma
.r,,o = !. +bst | ma ~ 6+ onca H. him ~ A1 40
"nv y II ". ha1v renl;ed III is ca,,a tha
Baddha he alone can cure thy child"
and @ set ont @ to Ind the Buadhs atill eIaspine to
when u % nhe found him. she bowed down before
him lima and said:
20 my lord and master! do yoa know Of any
tna6irfnH TINT will cure baoV (" -'''
And the Buddha replied. and said: "Yos. I
know Of one but you must get it for me-"
And she asked "What medicine do you want?
Tell me. that may hasten in search oi it,
And the Buddha said II wnnt only few
grains Of mnstard-seed. Leave hore The boy,
The 1irl refuaed to part with her baby. but
promised to ret the seed for him. As she wss
about to sot out, tho pitiful Buddha, recalling
her' said:
"My sister, the mustard-seed that + require
u,ust bo tnken from house where no child Do
rent, husband, wife, relative, or slave has ever
The Young mother replied, "vory good. nv
lord )" and went her wav, taking her boy with
her. and setting him astrIde on her hip, with ha
lifaiasa haad reatin0 on her bogou. Thus ghe
want from house, to house. from palace To- Int
heccin0 far soma crains Of mustard-seed. The
nao56ia eo;d to har. 0TIare arc tha aaada +al-a
thenn and % thy vav." Bnt she first askod ;,
q r. th;s nv friand'a honee has there evar
d;aa - ch;Id . hnahan5 - nnrant ~ - a1ara !"
xnd thav ma and al1 rsn1ied .-W rsdv That "a
thia that thou hast sid ?. Knowast thon not
, 1873-04-06

Two Anecdotes from Hrnntome.
Here is little trait Of the great Constable de
Montmorenci, which gives q completing touch to
tile many characters historians have drawn OF
him, bnt which assuredly; might bo sought in
vain in any other pages than those ct our gos-
siping author. Btantome is remarking that he
was such an excellent Christian. and, "nover
failed to maintain Christianity in himself as long
many stories Of his unbfidled violence, tyranny,
and injustice with unqualified admiration !;
but "he never failed to say aud keep up Centre
testr) his paternoeters every morning, whether
he remained in tho house, or went out to the
field, to the army. So it was = common saying
among the soldiers that one must beware Of the
paternosters Of the Constable For as disorders
were very frequent, he would say, while mumbling
and muttering his paternostors all the time, Go
and fetch the fellow. and hang me him up to
here before me this instant for the execution
OF this man" Burn me this village instant
1yl' fCut me to pieces at once all these
villain peasants, who haye dared to hold this
church against the Kingr- And all this without
finished them, thinking that be would have done
very wrong to put them OF to another time; so
dote OF Bayard, the "Chevalior sans peur ct
sans 1eproche," which, despite the abundance
thank Brantome for having preserved It
was at the retreat OF Reboc, so disastrous
for France, that Bayard was killed, shot
by an harquebusque in the back
while protecting the retreat: He had been
which the courtesy Of Pescaro, tho General on
the Spanish side, had ordered To be placed over
him while he died. And as he thus lay, the rene
gade Constable Bourbon, who was fighting n
the ranks Of the enemy, passed by and said,
"Ah, n. do Bayard, in truth, am sorry for
you!" To which the dying hero replied: For
The love Of Hesven, Monsieur, do not be sorry
for me. I am dying for my King apd for my
faith. Be sorry for yourself; you are fighting gg
Bourbon hung bis head, and passed. on without
another word.-Ihe Cor7aIliH: -
, 1873-04-06
Good, but hold no other dogmas, aud USE no TO-

0C0Q, UUE QQ1Q 10 UtueE 0OBAa1t ANd uGB 10 To-
igiouAEites. ..,.-.
We are now told that tho Earl Of Aberdeen
had the frequent and poaitive assuranca Of Pitt
that the latter knew Who the author OF
"Junius was, and that 6ir Philip Francis was
mot the Th' bsa wand b
confding to Lord Aberdeen the rsal name OF the
author. As it ig, the controversy has scarcely
any new ground to start atresh. 80
+ The memorial Of Horace Greeley which
Whitelaw Reid, Of the New York Tribune, is en-
tains the poems Of Edmund 6teaman and Bayard
Taylor, and the funeral addresses Of DR.. Chaplin
and Henry Ward Beecher. a volume OF the lato
Mr. Greeley's letters will contain numerous let
ters written by him during the campaign and i'm
been sent to Miss Ida Greeley by their recipi-
ents, in order to give assurance that he was in
possesslonof his reason at the time they were
written. :
understood to be engaged On work about Bo-
iyia- -
-Oastelar, the great Spanish Republican, has
issued T. "Lne OF Lord Byron" a volume Of 15o
pages, which is said to be one Of the most re-
markable works in Spanish literature.
Santa Anna has been writing book, this
winter, on Mexican Affairs, +" snd a Boston firm
The New York Daily Graphic is the first
illustrated daily newspaper ever published, and
seems to be SUCCEEDS. 1t "as started month
ago, and from the first has taken the popular
AZ large as Harper's Weekly, seems an i'm
possible feat; but the Graphic does It. Its L.
lnstrations are produced BY . secret process OF
chemical engraving, which IN two hours converts
. drawing into an: electToplate. Some OF the
the numerous heliotype processes, which con-
slst in photographing the drawing upon the
plate that ia to be used II the pr1nting-press
The photograph Is eaten out by acids, without
theinteryention Of grayer. Besides its econo-
my, this process has the merit of fidelity TO the
original Every line and touch OF the artist IL
reproduced in fac-simile, and they are delivered
from the nurderous botching Of the engraver,
who Is their worst enemy. By these pro
cesses, page OF pictures can be
prepared ana printed las as aa'ce!y aHa,n,a as
The numbera OF the Graphtc before US aho"
Clearly what an Immense. 1eld th1s new 1ournal-
, 1873-04-06

. ~ have laid him under tree in the forest,
my Lord, !" said Keesah gently
Then said the Buddha to her: "You have
1ound the grains Of mustard-seed you thought
learned that the law OF death and of suffering is
among all living creatures, and that there is no
pernanence."
On hearing this, Kcesah was comforted, and
established mthe path OF virtue, and was thence
forth called Keesah Godaui. the discin1e at thn
Buddha.-Ronancs Of the Haren,
, 1873-04-06

necessary, destructive Of the very harvest the
harpooners seek. Three weeks later the babies
would be Independent OF their mothers, and their
skins. if they we're to be killed, worth more than
the shilling which those OF thepoor, starved baby
seals now fetch. The horrible indifference Of
man to the sunerings OF tho lower animals Is one
OF the yiIest OF his vices,
, 1873-04-06

Ike mC8L IGECuCu0I6. 10 6ASpGGhVA ~ Hos0 oAAI1-
The Marquis de Chambrun, who has resided
in Washington for nearly fifteen years, has writ
ten book entitled " Le Pouvoir Executf aux
Etats-Unis; Etudo do Droit Constutlonnel." (E1-
ecutiye Power in tho United statesi Study Of
Constitutional Law.)
Berlin announces us nearly ready for pubEca-
tion selection OF the correspondence between
Bunsen and the late King Of Prussia, Frederick
William w.. from their earliest acquaintance In
Rome to near the end of the life Of TIE hlng
Another work by the game author, The Gene
ala of the Prussian State" is advertised as in
the press: u.;.,oa nr,-
time" though it viii probably not be bis last.
"A literary curiosity, 1.-THE Poems no Or MAY,
Of tits Queen. collected from original and OBJ
scure sources, will be prefaced with an introduce
ton by Mr.. Julian sharman. :,
-Anoyel BY the Princess Mathilde Bonaparte,
entitled "L La Dame \ Ia Rubine, Tlu shortiy ue
published. This novel 1t is said nas taia Pc be,
fore III. Prosper Merimee some time pe1ote o17
docease. and was corrected by him.
IT is announced in the Paris papers that al,
Henri Rochefort has written noTel, ent11eo M
"Les Despraves," " during his imprisonment: 5ne
Minister Of the Interior has, however, 1orpiooen
the publication of the work in France.
Three new books from the feminine s1de OF
the Eeecher house arc in preparation. 6eslaes
AIrs Beecher Stoves "Palmetto Leaves Mfs.
q. ". Beecher is to print series OF Mothell9
Talks With Young Housekeepers," full OF com,
mon sense, and supplemented by recipes ana
Hiss Catherine Bsecher proposes . "house.
keeper and Henlthkeeper," something Of Inc
Ba1ne order, also With recipes.
Lord Lyttoa was fond OF publishing Vorks
anonymously; but he usually avowed the author.
ship after short wlle It is said the reason y he
10 Strictly concealed the fact that he wrote ms
looming Race ia, that it contains profession
Of his fGith,-a profession he alTays shrans :
from making openly His ideal race believe, i
nav be recollected, in Sup.6me being. the ALI
, 1873-04-06

sympaIQ1aln W1tn nm, laheu ny tue u1ar
mond subject agin. He did not Like the idee
at ali at frat, and kicked and cavorted Ike
. vicioue mustang, but at last, refectih'
that his debts Of honour must DO met, he cayed
in and parted with the diamond, after kissin' II
agin and agin, with tears In his eyes, for ten
ever should want to part with the stono, I
would give him the option OF repurchaslng it at
the same price, addin' 7per cent interest for
the time had laid out Of my money. I must
own that I felt pretty hunky oyer my bargain,
and prornis499g myself great pleasure a IN NeT .
pretty high, and proposed = game Of euchre to
nv companions, Just to while away the time.
have played all sorts Of games in my time in al
sorts Of company, but the game OF euchre was
but the cards certainly 1an agin me- IN the queer
est way. So, after losing quite pile, thought
il time to give over, and went to bed, thinkin'
Tint, after All, my diamond WAS some consola-
ton, But when, next morning, my friends did
not drop in to breakfast, Is they promised, I
altogether aud made tracks for great 1apidary
down town. After examinin' the gem, be told
me- coolly that it was about the best bogus dia-
mccd h5 had ever seen, but thst sham it was,
and no mistake. 4ou. sir, may imagine my
dollArn on the diamond, and q heap at play, as at
the thought; that I, Coc1 Nat, OF San Joaquin,
had been gobhled by q couple Of New York dead
beats guess my language was pretty heavy
when. Just as had cussed ali the wool Oh Of my
new oyarcoat, an ideo Knocked up agin my brain
and struck in Ct once; inquired. where tho
createst tewaler and diamond merchant in the
citY Kept, and a{tsr showing him my bogus gem,
and swearing him to secrecy, asked il ha could
find me 3 real diamond like it.
He told me- that he would do his level best
to match it, aud did SO within three hours, charg
in1 ma twelve thousand dollars for the stone. /
then had it set in tho rim. in tho place OF my
bogus one, and, putting Col Bogus in my
pocket, walked into ths bar Of my hotel As
had Judged, there uas more than two in the lit
t1- SPECULATION ! had suffered from. ny friend
, 1873-04-06

on the aaueduct. The canal and the creek
must be crossed to get to the Falls, which are
situated quarter OF mile from the village.
The Fall itself can be beheld from the rocky
precipices which inclose it, in all tho
solemnity Of nature. and loneliness A
series Of strong and heady rapids aeck
the wide river as it come narrowing down
to series Of strewn rocks, some OF them OF
formidable size. Between some OF the greatest
Of these, the river tumbles in elbow-form, and,
proceeding few feet farther, dashes again into
. dark gorge, surrounded with naked sleeps,
along which the frs and forest-trees are revealed
in the back ground hemming in the lonesome
pool with stern and beftting foIages. Back or
villages of Orutt's Cross-Roads and Rockville,
Is wall IS gold-mine which has produced seT-
ersl fine nuggets. On the Virginia side arc the
towns Of Drainesville and Ieesburg, and the
beautiful Difficult Creek, which formed fea-
sure in the War OF Secession
FIGURES.
The Great Falls are 109 feet above tide-water,
and can be relied upon for supply OF ,000, ,oU0
gallons per diem. Andrew Ellicott first suggested
tne Crest Falls as the source Of the citye water
supply; and, sixty years. aftorward, Lieut..
ae'gs confirmed his Judgment.
OUR CANAL.
The average movementof freight BY tho Poto-
mac Canal is about 900 tonnage, bringing =
net revenue Of upwards Of S200,000. The toll
Pef ton OF coal from Cumberland to Georgetown
w generally been 46 cents, and on gram Si.oo
Psr ton. The canal has debt OF about s., 5O0,-
wv. It costs in au, to deliver coal to vessel at
georgetown from the coal-feld, S2.1S4 Per ton,
Wharfage standing at IS cents.
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
pldish, castellated, with queer, feuds1looking
toqnd towers, stands Georgetown College on the
] heights above the Potomac, with deep, fu-
nereA vale winding below, and the sprawling,
thining, slet-sprinE1ed river brawling away right
opposite.
4 Georgetown College is the largest Jesuit col
+ zee in the country. The oldest part was Lr:ir
ltos. the main cdifce 1871. 1t VAS founded BY
a'o'n Carroll, lrst Archbishop Of Baltimore. Who
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-06

NE WATER woRKs.-It is estimated that
che sum of s5oo,12s will be required to con-
struct the proposed new basin, put in newlpipes,
and make the necessary arrangements to supply
the citizens In the Second Ward, South Of the
Christiana, and those In the Ninth Ward, with
the Brandywine water. Tie expenditure Is a
heavy one, but IL seems TO be demanded and
II must be met sooner or later. 1t Is saul the
improvements will give supply Of water for
over 100000 people, and but little addi ional
expenditure will be required for thirty or forty
years, except for ordinary wear and tear The
provision for clearer ami purer water Will DC
worth considerable, and we may as well 1901
the bill without grumbling
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-06

On December 10Th, 1877. by Rev. Joseph
Welcli. .Ia,"es II. Goodwin and NJ. 4. W. At
klnson, daughter OF he late Joseph Atkinson,
all Of Phil.
On "Wednesday, JANUARY lsl, by Rev. James
Waters,Mr. David o. Gillespie aud Miss Adelia
Findly, all OF this city
On the list lust, at the house Of the brides
parents, No. doJ W. Third ST., by lev. Chas.
Hill, William l.. Crossau 10 Miss Annie L.
Mitchell, all OF this city.
by Rev. }. 5. l.arne, at the Parsonage OF the
SLOAN NJ. +. Church, on New Years Eve,
Mr.. John II. Tslley OF Brandywine Id, Del
to Miss Lydia II. Streets, Of Concord Township,
De- Co., Pa.