Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-07
NO.12.

was entirely accomplished by Thursday mora
ing. leaving at day6reak not Fedaral soldier
on the Virginia shore: and Few hours later the
rebel pickets were thrown forward to the ferry
on that bank.
1t was our purpose of explaining the rela-
tion of this fight to Gen. Stones crossing of the
river and sin that respect it is worthy Of all
praise. and would have done honor to the bra
vest veteran. of Napoleon. 1t does not dim
their laurels that their brave self-sacrihce has
been rendered of no avail by a subsequent
change of plan. It is not our purpose to critl.
else or in our power to explain.
.-..-t Summary of News. sse,
Senator Wilkinson, of Minessota. has
written letter 10 explain his position on
the treatment of conirabauds. He thinks
that We have the temporized with the is
sue the rebels have~forced upon Us long
enough, and warmly approves Frsmonrs
proclamation. .--s-.,
b The Rochester Union states that the
man calling himself George Griffin. VINO
has been begging in Cleveland for aid TO
buy an artificial leg, de-, is probably an
impostor who has served one term In the
Auburn State Prison, and another in the
Ohio Penitentiary. At the latter place
he had leg amputated, and be already
has an artificial leg which heput on or Oft
at pleasure. % .s41 Esd tC,agBs IL .7a !
Trumbull county gave 3,195 majority
for. mrod, and stands next to Cuyahoga.-
Ashiabula gave Tod 3,o42 majority, and
stands third. f.... ..-., dsor III Il.
A Washington letter to the Cincinnati
Enquirer says there is much speculation
as 10 the successor of Judge Mclean on
rhe Supreme Bench, and mentions the
Hon N. H. Swane, of Columbus, as man
admirably qualified for the position, and
as such is looked upon with great favor by
the President. '' '.'4' .-' - -
A letter from Southern Kentucky states
that the Hon. John Bell has taken com.
mand of gunboat on the Cumberland riv-
er! DRINK or sober, he is now rebel,
and intends to aid in taking Cairo. ro.,!
According to the jamestown Journal,
the shipments of oil Oh the Atlantic and
Great Western railroad in the five months
ending Oct. 1st, were $4,000 barrels. A
contract has been made to ship 10000
barrels Of oil for Europe over this road and
the Erie. 4
The Journal also says that a Boston
firm, hitherto large dealers in whale oil,
have made a purchase and will erect this
fall large refinery, with tank of the
capacity Of 20, 900 barrels for the recep-
tion of oila And that a Hungarian gem
tleman is about erecting large refinery in
the same locality These movements m
dicate large eastern trade in refined oil.
Gov. Morgan has been in consultation
with Col. Delafeld. of the U. s. Engineer
CORDS, respecting the Harbor and Lake de-
fences. 1t is stated that the Lake coast
will be speedily examined and prepared for
defense. -. ....- ...-,.-..... u. .-,,..--
The New Orleans Della exults over the
fact that six hundred shares of the Bank Of
Louisiana. owned by VIM. B. Astor, have
been confscated. In good times the stock
was worth Sl50 share, which makes Mr..
Astor's loss 10000. -, -,
p Winter quarters sufficient to accommo-
date FIVE Thousand troops are TO be con-
structed at Camp Dennison. They are to
be built mainly of the material now in use
there, each cantonment to be large enough
to quarter one hundred men. -
The late census shows the total popula-
tien of Canada West to be 1895, 5,227@
Canada East l,1O3,666, giving a prepon-
derance to Upper Canada over Lower Can
L. Ht
There are now 1870 boys at the Ohio
Reform Farm Institution. They paid yis-
it to GAINESVILLE on Saturday, Gined at the
Hotels, and returned to Lancaster in the
evening. -.
Toledo is about 10 add Coal Oil Ref
merry to its manufactures. It is going up
on the site of the old C. & T. Railroad
depot. 81 ',-'' ''1'4
. The Prussian Government has present
ed 6,525 Prussian muskets to the city Of
Philadelphia. They arrived in the steam
ship Bavaria. 7 --i. -,
The celebrated counterfsiting cases of
the Italians Peciano and others in st. Lou
is, resulted in verdict by the jury Of not
guilty. The verdict SO astonished Judge
Wells that he discharged the whcle panel
of jurors for the Remainder Of the term.
The N. Y. Tribune denies that the spe.
cial dispatches Published in New York pa
pers are manufactured in the newspaper
offices, and claim that the bills of the tel
egraph companies for transmitting them
are sometimes as much as 81, 900 per
week. iac, 80, -.--------.-------ts%
The Post Office Department has already
issued fifty five millions Of the new stamps
and as many more will be required 10 sup
ply the demands for them now on file. II
The Cincinnati Gazette says that on
looking over the list of subscribers to, The
national loan, it is surprised to see thef
none of the LANES of prominent Govern
ment contractors appear 10 it. ~, 50
The Treasurer OF Morgan county, Ohio,
is found out to be defaulter to the tune
of nearly $4,000. He has been bound
over for trial.
A Novel Execution. $3.50