Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-03-14
NEWS ITEMS.

, JOllty hgalnSt SUCCESSFUL.
--PREsipESr DAVIS declares that war be-
tween the two sections is inevitable. Vice
/ President ALEX. H. STEPHENS and HOWELL
Conn assert the contrary.
Hon. WILLIAM l.. ID ,YToS, the Rcpubli.
can candidate for Vice President four years
ago, has came out in Avor of compromise,
and been "road out' by tho N. Y. Tril uno,
INSTEAD OF retail ating upon the man who
calls youa viii ain, liar or u thief, cool ly
inform him that you have not sufficient conf
denco in his varaciiy to believe him.
--IlENxg wMrEG DAVIS is understood to
have bcon rendered either the mission to St.
Petersburg OF that to onstantinopls. lie
will accept neither.
- The wi fe Of the editor OF the McArthuI
Democra has just blessed her lord with boy
baby, aud tho editor rcjoicos over tho event
exceedingly. That makes the tenth. - CAii
cothc AdUtrtiScr.
! What asplendid fellowhe would mike to
commence western town with. The "ga y
and festive Gu $50 should be rewarded by the
McArthurites with n roundly increased ub-
scrlpton lst.-Seneca Adrertisr.
! -TnE President has appointed RoBERr +.
PAYNE, Esq, District Attorney for the North
orn District Of Ohio; to take tho pl ace o
Hon. G. w. BELDES. Mr.. PAYSE's appoint
ment has been confirmed by the Senate.
AN ice machine, HARKlsoS's invention,
is as work in London, producing, with ton
horse steam engine, eight thousand pounds
OF ice in twenty yfour hours, at total expense
ofS2 so per ton, which is 80 per cent. cheaper
than imported ice.
--Ir is now conceded tn at Senator SUMNER
will receive the appointment OF Minister to
France. His only compot tor being JoHS c..
? FREMONT. Tho friends of SUMNER are max
ing desperate efforts in his behalf
- some twenty -oight or thirty years ago,
HoRATIo KING, the recent Postmaster Genor-
al, and HANNIBAL IIAMLIS, the present Vice
President, wero engaged in publishing u
weekly newspaper in tho small and OBJ.
scuro'villago orParis, on the Little Andros-
coggin river, way down in Maine.
--EouIs NAroLEoN has annexed Morocco,
one fthc States in Northern Africa, to his
domnions. The annexation Of Savoy and
Nice only seem to have whett I'd his appetite
, for more acquisitions. Franco Is gradually
reducing all North Africa to her sway.
The contest for the mission to the Court
of St. James continues animated among the
host of applicants. 1t seems narrowed down
to Mr.. ConwIN of Ohio and Sen ator HALE OF
New Hampshire. 1t is quite impossible to
say which Of those two will bo chosen.
r Nit. W,GFALL said, in tho course Of the
del bato in the Senate on Thursday, that the
; adoption of the CnrrEapEa propositions by
Congress would have saved the cotton States
to tho Union. And there is no doubt of it,
F. Tho republicans preferred dissolution TO those
propositions and we have it.
I Ar u large dinner party at Washington,
WmFALL ossayed to make u speech, and al
luded to Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE's g dsicat for Pros j.
sont in a rather unpar.iamentary manncr.-
Ills only excuse was his condition, and Mr..
BREcKNRIDGE wittily replied that his doleat
was no special wonder when he came to look
at his supporters. WiGrALL collapsed.
--MR, BUCHANAN was received al Lancaster
on the 9th inst. by largo concoursc Of people.
There was n fine display Of military and the
procession WAS several squares long. He
was greeted with a national salute and ring
n ing Of bells. Mr.. BucuANAN made bric;
, speech OF thanks concluding with expressing
: hopes that the Constitution and tho Unor
n would be perpetual.
, Tho Missouri Senate passed resolution,
c on the 9th that thotr Senator's be instruct &C
and their REPRESENTATIVES be requested to
opposo the passage OF all acts granting sup
plies of mon and money to eocrce secednl
=, States into admission or subiuuation, that
should sueh acts bo passed by Congress-, thoi,
Senators h, instruc,od and their Representa
= lives be roouestod to retire from tho halls O
y N', ,''''''e