Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-08-08
NEWS ITEMS.


fatten on smoke. How lucky would il be for
sundry eloquent statesmen if they could get
mon TO do 50,
While one our chapans Of the army was
repeating shis limo of the Lord s prayer 'Give
MS this day our daily bread'--a soldier added
in loud voice, 'fresh! ~
There is SAIL to be a good deal OF sha-
wing practiced on the soldiers at Washington
Some, It is stated, have given as high as from
twenty to fifty per cent for advance money.
1T is said that In the year 1850 thcrc were
only ten synagogues in the whole land. To-
day there are a quarter of IN ilion of Jews
and about ninety synagogucs, and many
smaller communities.
The New York Tribune blames the lato
defeat in Virginia, to tho Cabinet, in not al
lowing Gen. Scott sufficient mon. Gen. Scott
blames the Tribune with pressing him on too
fast.
There is an occasional rumor that Cairo
will be attacked by the rebels Of tho south
west. There is no good evidence Of tho fact,
and no arprehen sions OF the results are felt, If
the attack is made.
Gov. Dennison last fall wanted the people
TO try "chapgr." This fall he is not quito so
anxious, but he learned the people the habit
and they'll change him of poH Az HONEST
MASl
Some persons take rcproof good humor-
edly. unless you arc so unlucliy as to hit a
sore place. Then they vince, and writhc and
start up and knock you down for you impcr-
Thence, or wish you good morning.
-Ofthe artillery lost in the Bulls Run dis,
ostcr, six belonged to Arnold's battery, fou
to GrHn's five to the Rhode Island, six tt
. Ricketts, Gone 30 pounder), and four tc
Carlsle's making a total loss Of twenty lv,
guns.
Gen. Scott is said to be greatly incense,
: Mt the publication ofcopics of the official re
ports of regimcntal and brigade commanders
lie objects to II as improper ,unmiitary, i'll
u timed and nischicvous He has directed stric
orders to be promulgated prohibiting the pub
= licaton Of these reports.
We learn by private letter from a gen
tleman in Iowa, that any quantity of corn cal
be purchased in that State at eight cents pc
bushel. Think of planting, plowing, gather
n ing and hauling corn at eight cents per bushel
"A letter from Il resident of Washington
now in Richmond, says recruits are smuggle'
down the Maryland shore ofthe Potomac from
here, and then taken across the river by yes
sells in the employ of the enemy.
1t is amusing to read tho war letters o
the Washington correspondents of tho New
York and Philadelphia papers, on army move
ments. Ono would suppose, who did not
: know them personally; that they were all ole
retired army officers.
The bill providing for direct taxation, an,
system olintcrnal duties, will undoubtedl
- be amended in Congress No heavy land Ia
- will pass on account ofthc Western members
The tax on tea and coffee is determined on
and will he heavy at that.
james W. Chcnowith, of Cincinnati, ha
, been arrested on a charge of treason in fur
nishing the rebels with pistols. Judge Lea
= witt fixed his bail at 5000. His case will b
loi Htallhb Nv tHc ctlobcl tclHl VI luC u -
Circuit Court at Cincinnati.
The Cleveland Artillery have been yer
indignant at being required to pay for the uni
= forms tae State furnished them. After thre
~ months service they came ont with abou
nine dollars apiece the rest OF their wage
being taken to pay for uniforms that were no
!, received Tor six weeks after they had been OF
: duty
A charleston merchant was drafted for tho
war some time since, and procured n substi
tuto WHO vas killed in an engagement The
, merchant has again been drafted, aud plead
cd that he had been regularly killed, an,
was so recorded. Il is said that the miitar,
authorities refused to recognize his title o
exemption, and inssto d on regarding him a
J a living man.
= Tho Government does no propose to rec
oguize tho Southcrn Contcdcracy by an ex
; change Of prisoners. All who have not beel
o officers Of tho Unitod States army will DO re
leased upon giving their parole not to bea
arms again against the United States, or af
ford aid or information to the enemy.
While Senator Wilson was making hi
mnstorly retreat in Virginia, on being repulse,
. by u tcamstcr whose wagon he sought to oc
cupy, he protested, in plantivo accents, tha
ho was Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts,, Thu
' response Of the tcamstor was to tho point
u "licury Wilson bo id I've kicked him OF
I tho wagon six times already"
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