Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-20
NEWS ITEMS.

rosettes arc said tsbc real patriots and ready for
an engagement.
Robert Bcntly md Joseph Hedges, of Mans
field, Ohio, have been appointed Licutenants in
the regular army of the United States
The New York Times, leading Admins.
tration organ, is out in favor of standing army
The people will veto any such proposition as that.
The patriotic military of Cumberland have
been guarding the railroad bridges about that
place for week past. They have had artillery
and all the other essentials ready for giving the
rebel inccldiarics warm reception.
An Improvement has been made in an iastru
mcnt called the laryngoscopc. by means Of n
lens and mirror, the light Of lamp on candle
can be concentrated so as to show the ondition
Of the throat with great certainty.
We are informed that the Ministers of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, waited on Mr.. Lincoln in
body, to urge course Of reconciliation and peace,
and that he replied that the platform on uhch he
,cas electsd should be carried out, If cost tie iues
Of million of men ,-Alerandria Va } Sent incl
The Mansfield Herald reports that t he
Granville Female Seminary is about being re-
moved to that place. The first session OF tho
Institution will commence on the first We'd.
nesday in September next at Mansfield.
Gen 10. Lane has met with an accident
He shot himself near lis residence in Douglas
county, Oregon, the ball entering the lower
part of the breast and coming out at the shoul
der. The wound is serious.
The Worlds Washington correspondent
says "1hc conduct of Gen. Piorce is CEN
surod in good set terms. This officer comes
from New Bedford. Mass, and is not suspected
of possessing any military Abilities"
Gov Curtin of Pennsylvania, has ap-
pointed Tuesday; the 2d day of July, to elec
a successor IN Congress to f. Joy Morris; ap-
pointed Minister to Constantinope.
1t is said that Henry Winter Davis viii
be appointed Minister to Austria, in place OF
Buringame, rejected by the Austrian Govern.
ment, and that Burlingame will be sent to
China. ...... ..... ........
The report that the Cabinet had detcrm.
med to instruct Gen. Butler not to receive
any more runaway slaves is incorrect. The
, question has been under discussion, but has
not been finally settled. SO says the Wash
/, ington correspondence of the New York Her.
aid.
Tho Fourth of July has been set apart by
the Presbyterian General Assembly as a day
for prayer for the estoration Of the blessings
I l.cD %, otr cSalc Tho Aufv
we owe our Creator, as well as the promotion
of our interests individually and as q nation.
j. require speedy return from bloody strife to
= blessed Peace. D.. ...
= - The Memphis Appeal, of the 14th, say
that a warrant is out for the arrest OF Andrew
9. Johnson, for treason to Tennessee
Thursday was kept as Fast day thro'
otrt Tennessee. All business was suspended
by the secessfonists.
--Nochoas Longworth. of Cincinnati was Sc
vcrcly injured few days ago by falling from a
window. lie had an arm broken and sustained
other injuries. lie had been sick for sometime
, before. .....t. .....
Mine hundred and sevcnty-two muskets and
several cannon have recently been,.scnt by the
rebels to Northwestern Arkansas, to be used in
, case of an invasion from Kansas.
The worm now making such havoc with the
crops in portions of the West, resembles very
Y much in appearance that which is known rs the
common Black Cut Worm. They are most des
tructivs in field Of Timothy grass, which they
| clean entirely out, stalk and blade, while IN a
n Al. Al e.
W rm is now DUNG much damage in Warren and
Prcble counties, Ohio
1t is said that Mr.. r. S. Todd who accom-
panied jefferson Davis to Richmond, is the broth
house in New Orleans, which permits
his wages to run on while he goes into the war to
fight against tho Government.
The Austrian government has declined to
receive Mr. Burlingame as minister from the
United States, on account Of the decided interes'
he has shown in the success of the Italians, and
his prominence in securing them the recognition
of this government.
Henry Winter Davis is beaten for Congress
in Baltimore by Henry May. Mr. May was the
Democratic Representative in the Thirty third
Congress. They both run as Onion candidates
Mr.. Davis has been considered as strongly tine
tured with Abolitionism as his location woult
p, admit.
The Grand Jury for the United States East
ern District of Peuusy sylyania have rcportod on Ia,
army clothing aud provision frauds, that they ar,
confident gross ousragos have been perpetrated
but that they have been SO well covered up as t,
render it impossible to separate guilty from inno
cent parties. They therefore ask to be discharg
ed