Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-03-22
News from Abroad.

NY mere is lADOlUlCh NThulslOH
that the throne of God is surrounded with
the purest snow, out of which the angels
fashion themselves the pure and ethereal
bodies in which they are clothed when
they visit the lower world.
RF- The customers of cooper eau
sed him vast deal of vexation by thei
saving habits, and persistence in getting
old tubs and casks repaired, and ordering
but little new work. 81 stood it, howev
er,' said he, "until one hot day old Sam
Crabtree brought in an old bung-hole, tc
which he said he wanted new barre
made. Then / quilted the business IL
disgust"
Ey- A Western letter says Of Kit Car
son "When on his feet Mr.. Carson has
a somewhat dumpy look-the result o
what the Hoosier girl described in Mr.
Douglas as an 'inty-nite small chance oi
legs; but he sets upon horse like king
| never saw man presenting a more re
gal aspect than this veteran Mountaineer
when upon his favorite animal dashing
along like the wind"
Rg- The "Free Labor Party. THE
Abolition journals have a great deal tc
say about being the advocates of "fret
labor" while some of their large manu-.
features are threatening workmen with
loss of employment if they vote the Dem
ocratic ticket The Hartford Times an
nouuccs that Allen Hammond, of Rock
vile, has made proclamation that no mar
who votes the Democratic ticket shall
have work in his mill This is "free la.
bor," with vengeance.-NeW Haven
Meas.
Ey- The editor of the Sullivan Penn
Democrat says that large bear entered q
dwelling house in Cherry, and seizing 6
little child which was playing about the
floor, commenced caressing and fondlinG
with it in the most tender and fondes
manner. The child, as we'll as the bear
seemed highly pleased with each other
and strange to say, this singular proceed
ing continued for several minutes, til
the terrified mother, the only person
about the house, seized upon the appor
tunity to bar the door upon the rough in
truder while he chanced to be on the out
side.
Es- Return of Fugitive Slaves.-Thc
Chesterfield Md. Meas states that gen
tleman, formerly of that place, but now
residing in the District of Columbia, has
received letter from fugitive slave
man, who ran away from him some foul
years since, and escaped to Canada. lie
represents his condition as deplorable in
deed-regrets leaving his mastcr-and is
fearful starvation may end his life before
the return Of Spring. lie says that sever
others, most of whom ran away about
the same time from Kent county, like
himself, are anxious to return to slavery
GS" The Troy Arena says that Lev
Smith accompanied John Morrissey from
that city on Monday night, and will &C
with him to England to witness the fgh
between Heenan and Sayers. The Troy
Times says that soon after arriving ii
London, Morrissey intends to have set
to with Sayers, in order to test his "sci
ence." He has purchased diamond ring
at cost of Ss275, and if Sayers wins the
fight, promises to send it to a friend II
that city, as an indication of the fact
lMorrissey and large representation o.
the fancy departed in the Africa yester'
day.
Es- A Sad Sequel.-A letter from
Charlestown Va, to the Richmond Dis
patch, tells the following sad tale:
Mrs. Allibone, the oldest sister of Geo
w. Turner, who was slain by John
Brown and his associates, was buried
here to-day by the side of her BROTHER
She died at Mt. Hope Lunatic Asylum,
whittier she was taken shortly after hel
brothers death. She never rallied after
his murder, but continued to sink until
her broken spirit burst it's earthly bonds
and returned to it's Maker. Another
murder to be added to the Harper's Fer
ry list.
Stevens and Hazlett we're executed OF
Friday last. One of them is said to bt
the assassin of Turner.
Gy- The New Haven News gives the
following particulars Of an amalgamatior
case which occurred in Bridgeport, Conn
A handsome, buxom widow ofa late an(
influential and prominent merchant o
that city, who has figured conspicuously
among the "upper tendon" since thu
death of her husband, and might reason
ably aspire to the most honorable alliance
IN the way Of second marriage, has beer
so far deluded and carried away by thu
current fanaticism OF a certain class o
men in New England, who are annual,
invited to lecture among us on the "beau
ties of amalgamation," that she has act
ually taken to her embraces, as her 'ebon.
lord" negro laborer of that city a
black as the ace of spades. Her friend
and connections, who are most numerou
and respectable, are of course in the great
est fever of excitement and trepidation a
| the unfortunate occurrence, and are Civ
ing out that she is "insane"-that he
mind has been unbalanced by spiritual
ism" but her business transactions shov
that she has "method" in her madness
and that her lavish expenditures upon tn
negro were made with view to the con
sumatlon OF purpose long prominen