Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-08-15

nation Of the Goversor called for able bod:
led "men," she was invited to leave the
ranks and return her regimentais to the
Quartermaster.
Hundreds of Unionists who have been
driven out of Texas and Arkansas, are re-
ported as arriving in Missouri daily. They
say that more than half the people Of those
States would fight for the Union, if the
Government would supply them with arms.
The Government his made arrangements
at four manufactures to have sixty rif1ed
cannon turned out week. With one firm
a contract for three hundred has been made.
Gen. McC Clellan relies upon artillery as the
principal arm of the service,
Gen. Pillows famous ctain bridge, which
was stretched across the Mississippi upon
buoys, to blockade the river against an in
yading force, has been torn away by the
drift wood, and $4,000 invested in this
splendid military engine was lost to the
State of Tennessee.
The Norfolk Day Book reports nightly
riots at that city between the Confederate
soldiers and the citizens, and also states
that the soldiers have entered the houses
of the citizens aud committed horrible de-
predations. ~ 3
General Kelly, who was severely woun-
ded al Philippi was presented with a
splendid horse by citizens of Wheeling, on
the alst ult., and the next day left to take
his position in the army in Western Vir-
ginia.
The Montgomery Mail (edited by the
Secretary of the rebel Congress- } says that
the Confederate government now has ESQ
600 soldiers, well drilled and armed, and
judiciously disposed for defensive opera,
tions.
We understand that Beauregard has hung
three men as traitors, one an engineer on
the Manassas Gap Railroad, another a
preacher, and third farmer.
A brother of David Case, of Norwich,
Conn.,, and brother of John Jennings, of
Preston, both killed at Bull Run are going
to take the places of their dead brothers.
The war feeling in the West is said to
exceed all precedent, and mora men are Of
fe:ing their services than ever before.
Since the 1st of June, there have been
received at Washington, by the Quarter
masters" Department, 4,7Os horses, 95s
mules, 906 wagons, $50 ambulances.
Lieut.. Coppic is now an officer. in Capt.
Aliens company, Third Regiment of Kan
sas Volunteers. The Lieutenant is one of
the twenty two men who invaded the sa-
cred soil of Virginia under Ossawattomie
Brown.
The patriotism of the Pittsburgh Bar is
shown in the fact that no less than twenty
six lawyers have taken up arms in defence
of their country. The Gazette publishes
the list of names. A large proport ion are
officers.
The Cincinnatians are feeding the hun
CRY on gigantic scale through the agency
of Soup House. For about one cent and
three quarters the committee dispense to
each applicant good, palatable and whole
some meal. For the five weeks ending
July 81. not less than s0,073 rations were
dispensed, consisting of 3S,507 loaves of
bread, 4fi,956 pounds of bread, and $3.50
pounds of beef, at a total cost of 81, 710.
Average expense per day, SS7.76. Total
number of families fed, 1854.
George Williams, colored, murdered his
wife at Colchester, G. W., last week, 10
most brutal manner. He crushed her head
with an axe, then cut his own throat, but
not fatally. A rope win probably end the
coroar Of the wrafch it.lt .zta
A very severe storm occurred at Miles
and vicinity on Thursday. The flood swept
away two culverts on the Michigan Central
Railroad, and two persons were struck BY
lightning.
John Griener, editor of the Columbus
Gazette, appointed Receiver of Public Mon
les at Santa Fe, New Mexico, has safely ar
rived there and entered upon the duties of
his office:
Hon. Andrew johnson, of Tennessee, has
accepted an invitation to delivss the annual
address at the Michigan State Fair.
Connecticut ingenuity is never failing in
the production of needful and timely ariic-
les. A wooden manufacturing firm in En-
field is making knit uniforms cf durable
material and proper color, represented to
be servieeable for summer or winter wear,
which can be furnished per orm-jack-
ct, vest and pantaloons-for three dollars.