Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-06
NEWS ITEMS.

There Is no truth in the statement tha
Tho Government will call out 100,0 600 more
1men.
-Ex.Gov. Thomas, an unconditional Un-
ionist, has been nominated for Congress at
Frederick, Md.
Columbus Dclano of Mount Vernon has
been appointed Assistant Commissary with
the rank of Captain.
1T is stated that the three month"; troops
lat Camp Dcnnison, who decline the three
years service will be disbanded this week.
james Watson Webb, of tho New York
Courier and Enquirer, has been appointed
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary to Brazil.
The aggregate force at Camp Dennisor
on Friday. was-oilicers and men-lO .364
Tho sick list showed 369 privatos but mo-
| half that number wero in hospital.
A few days ago, a sail l-boat, containing
twenty persons, was capsized in tho Missis
sippi, opposite New Orleans, La, and sixteen
PERSONS were drowned.
In view of tho stagnation Of business
the landlords in Cincinnati are generally re-
ducing their rents from one fourth to one
Ihalf.
An official dispatch from Gen. Mellow
Tell to the War Department, says that the loss
|of Union troops at Fairfax G. II. was and
that of tho rebels %.
The pilots of the port Of Cincinnati have
rendered their serv ices to the Government to
take gun boats or transportation vessels
down the Mississippi rivers, free Of charge.
The Government OF Holland is about tc
iberatc all tho slaves in their foreign colonie,
but subject TO zen years service to their pres
|ont masters before tho law takes efloct.
The trial of Ogilvie Byron Young, Al
Cincinnati, on II charge OF treason, was bro't
to a sudden termination on Thursday, by the
District Attorneys abandoning tho prosocu
|tiou.
The vote on tho Secession Ordinance In
twenty five countios in Western Virginia
shows n MAORI y of $1,000 against it. IN,
result in Eastern Virginia, is almost unani
nous for secession.
There has been great dissatisfaction il
tho Massachusetts, troops at the Relay Hous,
arising from unmilitary conduct of Brig. Gen
Jones. lie WAS recently burnt in eiligy n
their camp.
Tho Government has received largo quaint
h, NTt IA, ,ts
md putting up wires as they advance int
T Virginia. These communicate with tho dc
partmcnts in Washington.
Tho Washington correspondent OF the
Philad elph,a Press says there is much suffer
ing among the poor of Alexandria that busi
ness is entirely suspended that there are u,
arrivals at the hotels, aud that all tho steam
boat lines have stopped running.
The Washington correspondent of tho
Atlanta Confederacy thinks that Go n, Bragg
|sicgc of Fort Pickcns will bo chiefly impor
|taut in OBTAINING several Government vessel
there, while the battles that shall decide tn
question of Southern Independence are bein
ought elsewhere.
Mary W. Dennis, six feet two nche
high, is LIST Lieutenant Of the Saltwater com
pany, Minnesota regiment. She biilei oven
the inspection ofthe sur geon ofthe regimen
IN discovering her sex, but WAS recognized b,
st. Paul printer who became shockingl
frightened at her threats OF vengeance upor
him II he exposed her, and he decampcd.
I'VE learn that on Saturday night ther
were 5000 U. 3. troops at Grafton, and tha
the number would DO Increased to 10000 du
ring the present week. The secessionists ha,
retreated to point fow miles nearer lIa,
per's Ferry, but detachment of U. : troop
would probably rou, them from there also.