Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-21

John r. Slough, the Hamilton county
member of The Legislature who was expell-
ed from the house few years ago for an
assault on fellow member, is now Colo
nel Of regiment Of volunteers in Kansas.
William Campbell, of Union, Ross coun-
y WAS killed on Saturday light in diffii-
Guilty with . couple of negroes named
Rickman. Campbell claimed they had
stolen his property, started for the cabin
ofthe negroes with his gun. and was found
shockingly beaten and disfgured. The
Dseroes confess the deed, but assert, it
was in self defence.
Oberlin College has SO volunteer repre-
sen 'atisee in the Union army. Two are in
the Theological Department, 46 in College
and IL in the Prepatcry Department. What
College can present an equalRollof Honori
Cincinnati is now being supplied with
grapes from the Islands. Some 500 dozes
are daily brought to Sandusky, the Regis
ter says, most of them destined for the
Queen City. -.--
Il appears BY the London Sporting Life
that Mace, the English pugilist, will short
fy bind himself in money to fight Heenan
in Canada, according to he terms of chal-
lenge Of the Benecia Boy. =
The Memphis appeal says, from the
best information it can obtain the Southern
loss at Belmont was about five hundred
killed and wounded. There were fifty or
sixty killed and two hundred wounded 10
one Arkansas regiment.
4, Prices ofproyisions at New Orleans are
well up. Sugar and molasses cheap. The
latest quotations are: Mess Pork firm at
S45 per bbl; Superfne Flour Sl2 per bbl (;
Potatoes $sper bbl; Corn Sl,2O per bu;
Bacon Csc; per H.; and Coffee 60c. per tb
good fair sugar 4c per tb and Molasses at
l6 to lsc per gallon.
t lfthe "Confeds" want to wake up about
$4,000 live Irishmen iu the North, every
man of whom will be hero worthy of the
gallant 69th let them hang Col. Corcoran.
1t will be the costliest hanging the scoun-
drels ever INDUCED in.
1st Citizen-Gen. Hunter is sixty years
old. So old a man should not be placed
in the field. He should retire from active
pursuit.
End Caizen-Actire pursuits He has
retired from them. Active pursuits are
over in Missouri for the campaign. Have
you heard Of the active pursuits of any
thing since Fremont withdrew from Spring
feldq
An idea of the immence strength now
welded by the Government may be gath
cred from the fact that the volunteer force
now in the field number fully four hundred
and eighty thousand naen-having but
twenty thousand more to reach the number
authorized by Congress.
According TO statement in the Frank
fort Statesman, Kentucky has in actual SER
vice, or ready to be mustered in, 10000
men out of Union voting population
which numbers O,00o.
The block Of DR.. VIM. st. Clair, in FIRE.
mont, was burned Sunday morning, with
nearly all its contents. The principle loss
es were, Mr.. St. Clair, $4,000; E. Cross,
$4,000; Al. Harris, $500; E, Granting,
$500. 60
Edward Bissell, Esq, a prominent citi-
zen and one Of tho early citizens of Tole-
do, died on Saturday. He was formerly
an extensive miller at Rockport, and in,
the spring of 1888, made large purchase
of land in Toledo. Mr.. Bissell was one
of the builders of the Erie and Kalama-
zoo Railroad 10 Adrian, which was COM
pleted 33 miles in 1887, and cars were
run with horses.
The hog cholera is prevailing extensive
ly in Cambria county, Pennsylvania. many
losing their entire stock of porkers.
Caroline Shearer, o girl living in the
family of Mr.. Southland, in Toledo, was
burned to death Sunday morning, by her
clothes taking fire from stove. She ran
out doors calling for help, and the wind
blowing had, tine flames at once enyelped
her whole person. q