Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
THE NEWS.

= to Oe suffering from ufopSy, ana VIII nave
?. to be relieved Of his command.
~ The coroncrs Of Now York hold about
$500 inqnests annually, and the avera &c
costs of each inquest is about IS.
y" "Morc swindling" is a caption that is
'e becoming unpleasantly frequent for tax
'e payers.
= Josiah Quincy, Of Boston, the oldest
IS surviving graduate of Harvard, will be
q ninety years old on the 10Th Of February,
. On Saturday, 80 condemned Govern
mcnt horses were sold at Frederick, Md,
'' at prices ranging from 25 cents to $40
ic each.
is Three hundred and sixty.fivo rebel
It prisoners rank and file. were sent on
10 Monday from For. Warren to Fortress
Monroe to be exchanged.
The English papers are suggesting the
expediency OF intervention by France and
England between the Federal ard Con.
r fcdclatc States of North America.
Gen. Scott is living quietly at the
: Brevoort House in New York. Gen.
Fremont and his Family are in obscurity
in Washington.
The Saints at Salt Lake City are fond
Of amusemcnts as well as devotional ex-
} crcises They are building an elegant
theatre.
), a Bankrupt law is about to be reported
to Congress. Ii it passes, the Govern
ment and the Republican party should
take the benefit of it.
The late battle ground in Kentucky is
called by various names Of Mill Creek,
; Cliff Creek, Fishing Creek, and Logan's
Cross Road.
The Rev. Joshua Wells, the oldest
minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, died at Baltimore on the 25th
ult., in the ninety y-eighth year of his age.
Mr.. Buchanan's book, now in press,
G will not be resume on the political
n events Of his life, but will be devoted to
the last three years of his administration
=. The Republican newspaper corrresp on
dents are trying to make out Mr.. Ely a
b sccessionist because he expresses some
u anxiety about the result of the presen,
:, contest.
s. An exchange says, that "if money i,
~ raised by taxation and paid out again to
~ ~ the same people, that community has lost
" nothing" Well, pile on the taxes and
10 let us see.
10 JENKINS says the last White House
&c levee was the most brilliant of the season
is Mrs. Lincoln was never more elegant,
no attired and was the centre of attraction
General and Mrs. Banks also attracted
" much attention.
The New York TiJnne is out, fiat
footed" against the restoration of the
Union under the present Constitution
It. so is jeff, Davis. One is as loyal as til,
ed other, no more SO.
~ Archbishop Hughes, at his reception
No by the Emperor Napoleon, had the priv
" ilege of blessing his son, the "Imperia
Sc Boy" who was brought to him for that
at purpose.
'y Intelligence from India states that th
It's cholera is making extensive rayages ant
ed that 5000 people died at Kandahar il
Lo eighteen days At Cawnpore the native
~ are rapidly diminishing in numbers.
/. The President does not want the pub
~ lie to believe all that is told of privat
y conversation with him. He says nothin,
nd from him is worth believing unless i
he has "ADRAmAM LINCOLN" at the bottom
ot Stanton the New Secretary of War il
well indorscd. The Seccsh call him al
" 1boHHonist, and tho Abolitonists cal
be him proSlavery Democrat. Pretty goo,
ns evidence that he is "nll right"
l. The city of London, Canada West, i,
re to be sold at Sheriff's sale. The indebt
edncss which renders this proceeding
the London and Port Stanly Railway.
/. a number of Missouri bridge burners
have been convicted at Palmyra by the
y Military Committee and sentenced to be
d shot. Gen. Ilallcck approved of the
n sentence.
The Wheeling Anteiiigencer says that
IA the Legislature, now in session at that
city, has elected two Ma ajor- Generals and
ten Brigadicr Generals out of its own
'' body. They are a modest set of patriots
H. The Cleveland Leader is trying tc
r. prove the Plain Deaier Democrat,
'l paper, WnlIo inc I(uH DPufer Is en-
er deavoring to prove itself Black Republi
-, can. Wen bet on the Plain Dealer.
, Arrangements have been made for ,
= Horse Fair at Chicago. commencing OF
the oath of September and continuing
two weeks. Open to all tho world TO
competition. Twenty five thousand dol
l. lars pre- miums to be given.
he The House judiciary Committee dc
So cidcd that railroad companies which hav
~ received land grants from the Govern
=" mcnt, are not entitled by law to compen
c' sation for transporting troops and mu
he ntions of war.
nl. Angelo Chiarini, noted rope walker
cd while walking with whecbarrow up
In tight rope stretched from the top o
Hayes Park Pavilion, San Francisco
fell to the ground, a distance of 60 feet
;" and died of his injuries on the 9th o
December.
A Times dispatch says that privat,
letters from persons abroad confirm tn
Iat impression that the Governments o
Us England, France and Spain mediate al
" early recognition OF the Southern Con