Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-11-28
THE NEWS.

AT an evening party in Huntington, Iudi-
ana, few lights since, two young gentlemen
who had been very enthusiastic wide awokes
last fall, but who iefused to Join company OF
volunteers for tho war, wcrc seized by the
young ladies', arraycd in pctticoats, and turn
ed into the street. 4 fearful warning.
George r. Bucll, the correspondent o.
the Cincinnati Times, has been arrested for
publishing matters against the orders OF the
military authorities. 1t is said that they atc
after iker correspondents.
General Cfittendcn's headquarters are at
Calhoun, kentucky, on Green River, twenty
two miles flom mOwensborough lie has three
thousand troops in camp
According to a recent letter from Port
Royal, South Carolina, that point is thirty
miles from Charleston, and twenty from Sa-
vannah.
AS things look now, II is for JEFF. Davis
and his Courcil OF Ten to decide whether
they will sacrifice Virginia to save South Car
olina and Georgia, or sacrifice these two cot
ton States TO save yet little longer the cast
crn section of Virginia, for the western sec
don has rcsolutcy declared for the Union
Upon either alternative this rebellion goes
down.
The Richmond papers gvo an account OF
the battle OF Romney, in Western Virginia.
They acknowledge their defeat, but state that
they had onlyifyc hundred against five thous-
aud Yankees. The reason they give for the
loss Of so many taken prisoners is that their
wagons blocked up the road 50 that they
could not run away
1t is generally admitted that Beaufort hal
better hcnceiolth be the capital Of South Car
olna. The city of Charleston is too pcsti-
lential al togcthcr-besidcs possessing an in-
ierior harbor.
The Richmond Examiner coniesses that
none Of the rebel coast works are fitted to re
sist the heavy fire OF "A fleet 1t suggests the
construction Of Notifications covered with
T., logs, buried under thick stratum of earth.
--Peterson's Dctcctor cautions the public
against counterfeit l0's on the Waterbury
Bank Of Connecticut. 1t is the best executed
and most dangerous counterfeit that has been
out for years
The San Antoniu Herald, of the 26th ult.,
says Charles Anderson, arrested by McCul-
loch for attempting t, come North, had cs
$ capped from the guard, and was then at large.
1t has bccn officially asccrtaincd that the
i Government has now in the field, in camp ant
= in the process Of formation 100000 volun
) tcers, and the enlistment for the regular serv-
= ice are more than heretofore numerous.
General II lecll has issued orders that, il
consequence of the important information re
, spccting the number and condition OF ouI
forces, being conveyed to the enemy by fugi
- two slaves, no such persons shall be hereaitc
. permitted to enter the lines Of any camp o
3. any forces on the march, and any now within
. suco lines, be Immediately excluded there
Il from.
D -Adviccs from France Indicate that tht
, feeling on the part of that government toward
the United States il more cordial than ever
The Government has no evidence of any
. rebel privateer steamer being on the seas, ex-
ccpt the Sumpter, and she is endeavoring to
evade capture
Major Lee, Judge Advocate Of the Army,
has had the charge against General Fremont
f nnder careful consideration, and has made a
report to General Mcclellan. Probably Frc-
mont will coon be called to stand trial upon
them before Conrt martial.
z The Jackson correspondent of the Vicks
- burg Suq says he has seen a letter from Gcn.
Johnston to Gov. Pettus Of Missi ssippi, de
j, cning TO receive more troops under the lat,
= requistion, having already more soldiers thar
ho can dispose of. The Governor is request
-. cd to disband all companies organizad under
q said requsition, unless they go armed and
equipped for the war. Tho Sun states tina
tho volunteers who had been recently muster
od into the service at that city were very in
st dignant at being disbunded, and their oliccc
At had left for Jackson to lay their case belor
Ne Gov. Pettus.
fT The force on the Potomac has been II
OF creased by at least twenty regiments since tn
bc sailing of the Great Expedition, and twely
IT, moro are said to be now going forward
u The Ohio Legislature will meet on tn
8 first Monday Of January, at which time Nj
VI Tod will take his long coveted scat.
- Appearances indicate design to throw
- TO drive Buckner across Cumberland River
and to send grand expedition down the Mis
sisSppi.
4. The telegraph informs us Of the appoint
A ment Of Benjamin Stark as United State
in Senator from Oregon, to i'll tho vacancy oc
IA casioncd by the death of Senator Baker. Mr.
, Stark is Democrat.
Il The Government Of Italy has adopted
the stringent rule of France in regard to pi
= ratical vessels engaged in depridating OF
t American commerce.
r., The Richmond Enquirer says that
1t tho Confederate Congress has passed. 4
bill for the removal Of tho Capitol from II ich
mond to Nashville, aud that Congress wi.
soon assemble thore.
--Governor Hicks, Of Maryland, has roc
/ omended Thursday, the 2sth inst, to be- OBJ,
< served in that State as doy Of thanksgivin,
!, and prayer.
f. Col. George W. Morgan has been ap
-, pointed a Brigadier General. He was II bray
aud gallant officer in tho Mexican war, an,
. will do good service in the present struggle
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