Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-02-23
News OF the Week


land.
A man is on trial in Georgia for selling
free negroes into slavery.
IT is said that 1,069 shoemakers of
Lynn, the great Massachusetts shoe town,
have struck for higher wages.
ApvrcEs from Havana state that the
introduction of Coolies is prohibited by
Royal decree after the 3lst of December
next.
THE new Usury law of Minnesota fixes
the rate of interest at seven per cent, but
permits special contracts to be made as
high as twelve per cent.
TIE total emigration from all foreign
countries into the United States, in 1859,
was one hundred and sixty thousand,
being about ten per cent gain on 1858.
Our of the German population of fifty
thousand in the State of Wisconsin, there
is not a single individual from the Fader
land confined in the Penitentiary.
Two persons, hasband and wife, died
in Steubenville, on Saturday, from the
effects Of a quantity of whisky, supposed
to have contained strychnine, which they
drank.
The Republican press of the State is
generally opposed to an adjourned session
of the Legislature. They seem to think
that one short session of Black Repub-
lican law making power is enough.
VERA CRtz dates to the 10th says Mi
ramon's force threatening Vera Cruz is
1000 strong with 52 pieces Of artillery.
Juarez's force is 5000 strong with $50
pieces of heavy artillery. Active prep
arations are making for defence.
The lower House of the New y orll Leg
isature has passed bill authorizing ne
groes to vote in that State. So we CO.
The "irrepressible conflict" party is 60
ing the whole figure. Oberlin is no doub
in eXtacies.
In the Senate, on the l7th, the bill t.
repeal the law passed by the Democratic
Legislature, prohibiting negroes from
voting, passed by vote of 81 to IL, Mr.
Harrison, was the only Republican VIII
voted against the repeal.
BROWNSVILLE advices to the 9th inst
state that important unpublished disclo
suros have been made as to the complicit
of the Mexican authorities with Cortinas
which, is believed, will decide the ques
ton of war.
Mr.. Cook, of the Ohio State Journo
has been awarded portion of the bind
+ ing for Congress at such prices as wi
make it net him some 900. lie ho
just concluded that official corruption
not a crying evil.
Mr.. Henry w. DEEcHER is in tn
opinion OF the n. Y. Tribune a man {
excellent Intentions" As the dark rt
gions below are paved with that sort {
thing, we think the T,4Jane most uncha,
table in thus, with cruel sarcasm, hanC
ling its personal friend.
SOME papers are making great ado ov,
, the speech msdO by John Forney, Il
night after his election to the ClcrkShi
of the House of Representatives. The
ought to remember that John was lit
, "mellow" that night, and felt particular
ly glorious. He thought that he wa
about to fill higher office than old BuC
did.
Coz. RUsH FLoyp, of Virginia, BROTH
- of the Secretary of War, died suddenly
disease of the heart, on Wednesday nigl
of last week He was on the point
9 starting to the Democratic State Convei
ton, at Richmond, when he was attack,
by violent pain of the heart, of viii,
he died in few minutes.
CMClNNATIANs are moving everythiI
: movable to get the United States A
9 ricultural Society to locate their ne
Fair at Cincinnati. Leading busne
= men, horticulturists, manufacturers al
horse men are urging the matter. II
Society seems undecided whether to ho
the Fair there or in Washington City,
It TIE excitement in Northwestern Pen
d sylvania. where valuable oil springs ha
O been found within few months, is co
If stantly on the increase. New and a
+ parently inexhaustable springs are beil
IS opened, and tho greatest t.ouble seems
l. be to get barrels to hold tho oil which
freely flows out.