Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-11-07
THE NEWS.

cd upon with great favor as the successor Of Judge
Mclean on the Supreme Bench of the United
, States.
In ST. Louis, few days since, a child heing
heard to cry distressingly, neighbors broke open
V the door of the house, and found the child, about
three months old, lying upon the breast OF its mo
4 ther, who was dead. The inquest learned that she
) was soldiers wife, and the cause OF her death
!. disease Of the heart,
Tom Sayers, cx.champon of England, is 60
] ing to PARIS. to astonsh the Frcnchmen with
series of sparring exhibitions. London papers ex'
mr. s. the opinion that IIccnan will go to England
, next year, to fight King Better amuse himself
on the rebels.
The city of New York presented gold snuff
box, costing $500, to Major Anderson, on Wed.
ncsday OF last week.
! FIX .Postm ,ster Fowler, of New York, is at
Tepic, Mexico, employed in a cotton mill at a sal
lery of s2,5OO a year.
Colonel Steel, in command of the 43rd Indiana
! Regiment, which destroyed the type and presses
of the Tcrre Haute Journal on the night of the
list ult., has issued an order severely dcprccatng
the act, and offering to give the civil authorities
all possible facilities for che detection and punish.
ment of the offenders.
A second crop of tobacco is growing at En-.
field, Connecticut a crop that has shot up from the
old stalks, cut more than month ago. 1t is fully
foot and half high.
1T Is stated that the grain stacks Of Southern
Wisconsin and Northern and Central Illinois, are
-. o., IL, .;,t, in,
. that much of the wheat has been poorly stacked
with the pu pose of thrcshing before the fall rains
i came on; but that during the entire month, to the
g 5th of October, rain has fallen almost daily.
y Reports from Cognac say that the vintage o
1851 will prove complete failure, so far as genu
~ inc Cognac Brandy is concerned. Instead ofrecov
f. ing from the frosts in May, the vines have grow
e worse every change of weather. and will not yclC
" wine enough for consumption in the vicinity.
- The nut crop in Pennsylvania this year is yer,
abundant. 1t is said that the lofts of the country
le stores are groaEing with the weight of shobarks
e which selling at from Soc to 25 per bushel
10 Chcstnuts, which are equally plenty are selling il
* the country at 81 so per bushel.
lr -Four years ago the house of family named
m IN Perkins, numbering e0vn persons, at Mburn, N
ld Y, was burned in the night time and all the in
Dt mates pcrishcd in the flames. A man namet
~ MITCHELL who recently died in Illinois, confessed
us just before breathing his last that he set it on fire
til The Grand Jury of the United States Court
now in session at Cincinnati, has found true bill
m Of indictment against James NJ. Chennowith, Joh
ed a. Skif and Thomas b. Lincoln, charged witt
ne treason.
~ ~ The British brig Aaricl arrived at Philadelphi
as on Saturday in charge of prize.crcw. She wa
We from Liverpool bound to Charleston with carg
ol of salt. She captured off Frying Pan ShoaI;
ON while trying to the blockade Off Charleston,
ed by he gunboat Gcmsbeck.
of --- Congress will meet on the first Monday O
o' December. Preparations for the session have al
ready commenced. The chambers of the Senat
and House are being fitted up.
=. Stay awake in church. It's a shame for tn
church to be made cemetery, where the livin
W sleep above ground as the dead do beneath.
- 1t is stated that the combined feet whicl
England. France and spain propose to sent
~, against Mexico will carry 1900 guns, Of whic
Dl Spain will furnish 600.
- The New York Times London letter say
o3 that the ship Finga has sailed from the Clyd
with an enormous quantity OF munitions of wal
40 nominally for Madeira and the coast of Africa
but really for the rebel States in America.
60 The great naval expedition was passed o
IIateras at daylight ON Wednesday morning.
55 A report from Washingtr IN says highly trus
II worthy information from France establishes i
80 :, diplomatic circles the fact that the Emperor Ma
poleon and his government consider the integrity
70 greatness and prosperity of the American Rcpul
81 lie to be identical with the present and futur
- prosperity of France.
W "A terrible storm ragged in the East on Satul
last AT Philadelphia one hundred and fifty Gsl
N6 ing vessels were anchored in the harbor during tn
gale and suffered great damage. About twent
% vessels went ashore and large number were soy
in by running foul of each other. 1t was equal
70 severe at New York and other places.
80 The Governor of Ohio has issued his proci
-, nation setting apart Thursday the 2Sth of No
" asa day for -ttstng and prayer