Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-11-21

NEW L Ohh. ANON' hO Wtto
special states that the Government is
the question of rcsumpsion of
commerce with Southern ports as fast as
they fall into our hands.
Orders were sent this afternoon to
convey Senator Gwinn and companions
to Fort Warren.
The Hcroids Washington special
state, that the President and Cabinet are
elatcd over the arrest of Slidell and Ma
son.
The proposition is, if England de-
mands satisfaction, to disavoy the act.
and assert that Wilkes made the arrst on
his own responsibility Government
can apologize, If necessary, and promote
Wilkes
Gen. Denver, Of California left here
to day for Leavenworth, to report to
Gen. Hunrer.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 14.-The Norfolk
Day Book of the llth is received, which
contains the following:
RICHMOND, Nov. 11.-Col. Corcoran,
three captains and eighteen lieutenant',
alt OF whom were captured at Manassas
and confined in Jail at Richmond has
been selected by lots to be hung, Capt.
Baker and crew of the privateer SdOan-
mall. The Hon. Mr.. Ely drew lots for
Corcoran, who is now in prison at
Charleston.
In case the court of New York con-
demned the crew of the Sa0annoh to
death, the Federal officers will be immc-
diately hung.
The Charleston Mercuyy Of the 10th
has the following:
The Yankee prisoners are all safely in
Jail where they will abide the issue of the
trial of our brave privateersmen at the
North; should one drop of Southern
blood be shed by the the Northern Court
for defending the Southern cause on the
seas, it will be paid with interest in
Charleston. Sef-protection and the en-
forcement of the laws Of nations
and humanity alike require, in this ms
tance, full and ample retaliation.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.--The Old Point
| boat has arrived here.
Charleston papers of the 10Th inst
state that Gen. Lee is making extensive
preparations to defend Beaufort, and the
place is not occupied by Gen. Sherman.
Negroes are engaged removing cotton
and other property, and that two Yam
kec gun boats are aground near the vii
lage.
| The Charleston Courier states that
there is little cotton stored at or near
Beufort.
Messrs. Hope and Bayard, who reside
on Hilton Island, set fire to every bull.
ding on their premises and their crops,
leaving mass of ruins behind
The guns of the Lady Davis and HIM.
treSs have been placed in battery at
Port Royal Ferry, under command OF
Commodore Dunovant, where stand
will be made
According to the Charleston papers
there were no signs of Gen. Sherman ta-
king possession Of Beaufort.
The Rutlidge mounted riAemcn o
Colonel Clenman's North Carolina Reg
iment, was also on the way. The
Charleston Mercury condemns the
manner in which the Coniederates have
prepared for the emergency.
LOUISVILLE, Nov 16.-The Louisville
Com'ier, dated at Boiling Green, the Sth
contains Richmond correspondence say
ing that Colonel, now Brigadier General
Humphrey Marshall, is to command the
Eastern Division of the rebel army in
Kentucky, and that Brigadier General
John G. Breckenridge returns to South
ern Kentucky this week to organize his
brigade, and put the Provisional Gov
ernment in Kentucky in motion.
The same correspondence complains
of the delay in getting the steam irigatc
Merrimac ready for sea; and speaks OF
81 rihcd cannon which came in the
steamer Bermuda with II grooves each
throwing shells of l20 pounds five miles
and half
CmoAGo, Nov. 16.-A special dispatch
to the Evening Joarnm from Cairo says
it as been ascertained that the rebel loss
at the battle at Belmont is 26l killed, 427
wounded, and 278 missing.
PoINT PLEASANT, Va, Nov. l6,--A
sad accident occurred at Camp Piatt. |.
miles above Charleston, this morning. -
Capt Bell, of Co., X 44th Ohio regimen
and | l of his men, while crossing the
) Kanawha in Skil1, ran under the steam
, er Commodore Perry, and the Captain
and seven of the privatcs were drowned