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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1860
Page
10
Fremont Journal notes this week prints an extra from President Bucanas, says no room for comments and urges reading it. The Kansas Bugaboo column reports heated charges against Capt. Montgomery and his men. Rumors of Chas. H. Larrabee’s death are denied and Larrabee is reported recovering from injuries from a fall.
A Chicago Tribune report notes the arrest of a railroad mail clerk accused of robbing the mails with notes and drafts totaling about $11,000 found on him. The piece also reprints a Democratic reaction to a southern senator, plus long excerpts, and shares early state post office receipts and deficits, with figures for South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi and remarks on political currency and secession. The latter section contrasts government revenue against post office expenditures and highlights partisan commentary amid Oregon and California election results and Pony Express updates.
A Washington telegraph reports Republicans in caucus opposed Thurlow Weed’s compromise and fear it would fail, while Seward and Weed remain unlikely to abandon the Chicago platform. The Cleveland Journal urges focus on northern agitators and Democratic seeds of disunion, blaming them for unrest and urging unity to preserve the Union.
The New York Courier and Enquirer lists yearly exports: flour 1,620,000 bu, wheat 11,000,000 bu, corn 3,500,000 bu, beef 93,000 pkgs, pork 108,000 bbls, bacon 15,000,000 ibe, lard 4,000,000 Ibs, cheese 29,600,000 Ibs, baker 600,000 Ibs, ashes 15,900 casks, rosin 212,500 cwt, spirits 61,000, turpentine, rice 30,000 casks, tobacco 11,000,000 lb, tallow 1,800,000 lb, whalebone not shown. exports rise with freight costs. Missouri results show voting tallies: Bell 68,372, Breckinridge 91,317, Lincoln 17,028. The Montgomery Reid notes frontier dispatches downplaying fort captures and town seizures. Powersiay district reports a 2000 prize in a mace contest amid wide excitement.
A chaotic mix of editorials, census notes, and local anecdotes reflects post election tensions. Topics span secession questions, electoral results, census figures, prices, and civic incidents, with references to Lincoln, Bell, Breckinridge, and regional sentiments shaping a volatile political landscape.
A forthright political column argues the Republican Party’s platform justifies its stance amid abolition tensions. It defends constitutional loyalty, condemns opposition misrepresentation, and notes the North’s wealth and leadership as pressure points in the national crisis. Also included are scattered notes on anti slavery debates and a New Orleans harassment incident prompting a German Gazette editor to flee.
A Washington letter reports an upcoming Tuesday or Wednesday in Congress where a leading Republican member may offer resolutions asserting states rights and proposing a constitutional bill of rights, aiming to calm Southern Unionists within 48 hours and chastise quack doctors disparaging the Union. It notes Hopkinsville fire at Western Lunatic Asylum, wide losses. Burkswell insurrection threat claims. Queen Victoria praise and a Missouri militia whiskey chase gag at the State House.
The article recounts anecdotes of Maxie Drvinenos Skip and Jemmy the driver, a hay-mow hiding employer who gifts sixpence, and a clever Jemmy prank. It also covers a fatal accident of Dennis Sullivan, a new Washington daily the National Republican, and tales of humorist Charles Farrar Brown, Rev Laurie anecdotes, and a yellow fever note on the Gambia coast. Several local incidents include Mr Lauritz sermon, Mr Lauritz anecdote, and a Petersburg wedding turned fatal, plus unrelated public notices from Columbus and Durham.
Fremont residents are invited to a relief meeting at Direhard Hall this Saturday evening to discuss aid for suffering inhabitants of the territory. Linn County’s HH. A. Ssara will share firsthand observations. The notice also promotes subscription premiums and local news from the Jourdanan.
Deputy U S Marshals W 8 Johnson and Lambert White were seized last Thursday in Marion on a warrant from United States Commissioner B White. G W Potter and G W Vomter accused as fraud agents in seeking Bounty Land Warrants. They were committed after Saturday’s exam. The Grand Jury will likely take up the case. Potter is a lawyer. they are brothers-in-law and aligned with Pension and Bounty Land warrants. Judge Glenn testified as prosecuting witness in Burden case. Local note highlights party politics, including a Democratic-leaning Bloomfield precinct with 70 Democrats and three Republicans and odd writing abilities among clerks. A Washington dispatch notes Gov Chase's rising profile for State Secretary role and cabinet consideration. Financial figures list European national debts as of June 1860. A novelty item mentions New Orleans youths wearing Southern-made cloth and a tiny Chinese lady’s shopboard.
Porro outlines bold policy to restore his administration, pledging to resist traitorous secession leaders and align with the Jacksonian standard. A Toronto Globe correspondent reports a near catastrophic rock fall near a museum stair, potentially crushing a party. a large amount of rock reportedly tumbled. United States Marshal in Columbia announces Federal Court session cancellation and juror nonappearance. John Young Brown of Kentucky, once elected to Congress before age, speaks at Judge Douglas’s Washington reception and is now eligible to take his seat.
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