Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-08-01
NEWS ITEMS.

Gen. McClecn has been called 10 Wash.
ington to be assigned the command OF thC
Eastern army.
"A committee from New York visited III,
President and requested the calling of Gen
Wool into the field. They received no sat
isiactory answer
There is said to be 100 900 Federal troop
on the line Of the Potomac, extending from
Alexandria TO lIarper's For.y.
1t is asccrtained the re bells had accurat,
information Of our movements, and the
gradual Withdrawal from Fairfax was a por
tion of their plan for drawing our troops into
ambuscades.
"A card from James F.. Harvey, Minister
to Portugal, appears in the North american
denying in toto the charges against him and
demanding an investigation.
The wealthy and liberal Solomon Sturges
of Chicago, has purchased two splendid
horses, which he designs as present to Maj,
Gen. McClcllen.
III most Of the strong Republican coun-
ties in this State, that party is making nom
inations. 1t is only in a fcw strong Demo
cratic counties that no partyism' is tho game
to be played.
House passed Senate Bill appropriating
81, ,000, 600 to pay for tho transportation and
delivery Of arms to loyal citizens in the re-
belling States, and the organization of such
persons for their protection against insuroc-
ton and domestic violence.
The Philadelphia Evening "Bulctin''
has a special dispatch from Washington,
which states on the authority of letter from,
Teesburg, Va, that Col Corcoran and Con
gresham Ely are prisoners at Manassas
Tho dispatch also states that Col. Wad,
Hampton was killed and, the rebels were Ia
king care ofour wounded and burying out
dead.
From all tho reports we read OF the bat
tic Of Bulls Run, we arc satisfied that on
gallant boys oftho lst and I'd Ohio Regiment
CALAMITY performed the part allotted them by
the commanding officers. If the battle ondcc
/ dsastrously to our brave troops, tho blam,
lies not upon the irst and second Ohio.
While tho Democracy rally around no
flag but that Of the Union, they will neve
cease to fight for freedom of religion, freedom
Of speech, freedom of tho press, freedom o
the person under tho protection Of tho habea
corpus, and trial by juries mpartially selected
Tho Philadelphia correspondent of tn
New York Tribune says woman has bee
detected in drawing pay from tho voluntec
fund for three husbands, others for two, 9th
J ers for mon not married, while others hav
D been allowed for five, six and seven children
when they had but ono and in some instance
D none.
Joshua r. Giddings did not remain q
Columbus until the Republican committe,
dcliberatcd. He found himself in a minort,
(thc members not attending very welD he put
his sentiments ia writing and left in the morn
ing of Thursday, before the committee mo
The detection of Judge Spading (who is nov
dead against the 'nigger plank took Old CT,
by surprise, and SO confoundcd him that h,
left, not, however, without warning tho Com
mittce that, II they abandoned the Chicag,
platform, their doom was sealed, ,-Statesrlan
Tho demise of tho Republican party o
Ohio, and the actionot tho Republican State
Central Comnittec, on that subject, on Thurs
day, is the best proof We can offer in suppor
OF the action of the Democrats State Centra
COMMITTEES, in calling Convention to nom
mate n Democratic Union State ticket on tn,
9TH ofAugust noXt. Some party must man
ago the government, and all experience show
that none other than the Democratic part,
can do it, Impressed with this belief tn,
! Republican Committee has abandoned III,
| field, aud thus acknowledged tho incompe.
toncy of its men, measures and priaciplcs.-
Statesman.
--Wo understand that tho Republicans o
/ Clormont county have offered the Democracy
hdL of tho county offices if the Democrat.
will join them in making a ticket. This l.
liberal, when 1t is considered that old Clcr
mont can give from three to five hundred
Democratic majority. In Ashtabula county
tho Republicans have 1000 majority. In tha
county they don't want Democrats on thie
ticket Thoycan elect II without their votes