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

IL pursuance Of an order Of the Probate Court Of
L Holmes County. Ohio, on the 21st day Of Jan
uary, o2, in the case Of Edward Grosjean, Guar
dean OF lsiah Phil lips. Elizabeth Phillips, Sarah
Ann Phillips and Jacob Phillips against his Wards,
the undersigned will
On the 22nd day Of February, A. D. 1862,
between the hours Of y o'clock. ~. and o'clock,
p. NJ Of said day the premises, offer at public
sal e the following described real estate situate in
Saltcreck wnship, Holmes County, Ohio, to- wits
Part Of the north east quarter of section No.
twenty seven in township No. fifteen and range
No. twelve being part OF the south half Of said
quarter and descrb bed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the north east corner of said half
quarter and running south eighty eight and one.
half degrees west fity-.lx perches to the north
east corner Of the six acres thence south eighty
eight and one half degrees west forty perche5
thence north one and half degrees east twenty
four perchcs thence north eighty-eight and one.
half degrees east forty perches thence one and one
half degrees west perches to the north
east corner of said six being fftysix percheS
from the point of beginning containing six acres of
land more or less.
Terms Of sale-one third cash on the day of sale,
onc.third in one and onc-third in two years from
the day Of sale, to be secured BY mortgage on the
premises sold, and the deferred payments to bear
interest at the rate Of six per centum per annum
payable annually. Appraised at s5 o..
EDWARD GR0SJE AN, Guardian
Of Jsiah Phillips and others.
January -. 1862 (n49w4ps4t5)
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06

hafU ImeS aEetU
Tho Committee of Ways and Means, in Con-
gress have reported a bill taxing publishers
one half cent on every paper published by
them. This, ifpassed, which it probably will
be, will make our tax the coming year nearly
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS! In addi-
tion to this the Ohio Legislature has repealed
the law allowing the publication of the Gen
cral laws in the county papers, which will
take about one hundred and fifty dollars II
year off of us. Then, advertising has run
down to nearly nothing. Our advert sing
patronage that last year was worth $500 will
not be worth S40O the coming year. From
this our friends will readily conclude that to
keep up the FARMER we must cconomise to
the utmost extremity, and in addition to this
we must have promptly all money due u.s.
The long and the short OF it is that our sub
scribers will have to pay up or we will hav g
to "go up.'' Under the tax imposed by Con :
grcss more than halt of the papers in the
State must suspend within the next six months.
We will endeavor to weather the storm, and
we hope to be able to succeed if all our sub
scribers come up promptly and help us by
paying what they owe.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
COMMERCIAL.
Niilicrsbslrs Market.
SMOKE YOUR OWN PIPE!

n IEREsHAMs, Morcshams, Considerable shams, and
vi no sham at all Pipes just received az the
BOOK STORE.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
BERLIN SELECT SCHOOL!
NOTICE.

4 Ill persons are hereby warned against receiv.
a ing or purchasing certain note of hand. dated
January 9Th, leJ2, payable the ist day of April,
1859. made PAY able to Jonathan CARRIER, and signed
By me, the undersigned, calling for fifty dollars
Also. u certain other nore of hand, dated January
9TH, 1862 pay bic the lt day of April lsCs made
payable 10 John Haas, and signed by me- the UNDER
signed, calling Tor forty five dollars l am deter
mnck to pay neither of said notes, unless compell-
ed BY law, ~ they were obtained through misrepre-
scntation and fraud. DANIEL kElM.
Ian. 3 ,, lrUgnJOwat
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
Distressing Suicide.

Distressing Suicide.
On Saturday last Hon. DANIEL J. PER-
KEY, of Saltcreek township, in this county,
put an end to his earthly existance by cutting
his throat with razor. A Jury of Inquest
was called by HENRY PoMERENE, Justice Of
the Peace. Mr.. FIREsToNE, an uncle Of Mr..
PERKEY's, testified that he went to PERKEY's
house on Friday ev ening and remained to
Saturday. On Friday evening PERKRy and
and him discussed politics until late hour
when lie retired to bed and left PERKEY up.
In the morning he asked the deceased how
he rested to which he replied that he had not
rested at all. The TACT was that he had walk
ed his chamber the entire night. Some eau
sual rema Ks passed between them when the
deceased said he must go to he barn and at
tend to something. Was gene about twenty
minutes when witness went out to see what
detained him. After searching for some time
found him dead with his throat cut from ear
to ear. He had taken of his hat, coat and
neck. handkerchief, and apparently hal made
three cuts with the razor, cutting against the
spine. Wsness testified that he had never
known him TO converse more sensibly than on
Friday evening and Saturday morning. The
immediate cause for the rash act is not known.
Tho perilous condition of the country and
some other things had produced melancholy
in him which has been noticed Tor some time
past by his friends and neighbors. He was a
very sensitive man, and greatly inclined to let
troubles prey upon him. Mr.. PERKEY was a
much esteemed citizen He has served the
people of this county six years in the office o
County Commissioner, and in 1857 he was
elected to the State Senate from the district
composed OF Wayne and Holmes counties,
which office he filed with credit to to himself
and to the satisfaction OF the people. His
untimely death is deeply lamented by large
family and community generally. He is the
fifth man who has committed suicide in thai
township within the last two years.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
SUSPENDERS.

A FIRST RATE ARTICLE for e5 cts, and good
LAones for l2ls, and stll better ones for a little
more money. Everybody goes to the Book Store,
or Suspenders, they save money by IT,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
BRUSHES, BRUSHES.

LIAR BRU SHE'S, clothes do, shoe do, nail d.
III scrubbng do. teeth do, busting do, whiteWash
o, and almost eyer hing IN the brush lne fer sale
the BUUb SIORt.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
w EERIAGE

MARRIED-On the 3Oth ult., by Geo. G. Barnes
ESD, Mr.. JACOB PARCELL and Miss SUSAN l.
MACKEY, all Of Holmes county.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06

OF the above SIS are from Holmes County; 8
from Cuyahga; from Geoga; q from Portage:
from Summit; 2 from 1rumbull, and | from
Tuscarawas,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
Dissolution Of Partnership.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 18th day
" of January, a. ~ fs62, the partnership here
HerIer under the firm name of llezcr 4 Spicgel ioi
the purpose Of dealing in and purchasing produce
was dissolved by mutual consent The said Henri
Herzer, ono of the said partners, will after thi,
date carry on the business in his own name ont
behalf and settle up all accounts and claims il
favor Of and against said firm accrued within thu
''op' VI 'A' f''' ''''''''' J0SFPH SPIEGEL,
HENRY HERZER
Mi!lersburg. o., Jan. ~, 1867, t4av3)
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
COyerRetS! COVerIetS!

IL the
United States Clothing Store.
They have received very large lot from Penns van!a
manufacturer at very low prices Come and See,
HOFFMAN, 4 MOSS.
Nov IA, 1851.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-06
Dissolution Notice.
For Sale.

THE UNDERSIGNED is dosirous Of selling his res
l iaence in Alillersburg. The loi isequaI 70 any
in town. Tho House is cnmorta BILE, tho premises
cnnain plenty OF good water and other rconven!ences
II viii be sold al great bargain For particulars
enquire o' 'he o"H'' JOSEPH AK.
Nov H. l56i.-n33n
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24

A DEEP Sigh FROM NANTUCKET. Under
the heading of ''The last Ship the Nan
tucket Mirror says: a Tfsii99 IA
The ship Narragansett left this place on
Saturday evening last, in tow of steamer
Island Home. She has been purchased by
a firm in Boston, and taken to Fairhaven
for repair. Not ship now remains at our
wharves. Little could we have believed,
twenty years ago, that we should ever have
chronicled the fact. At that time, our
wharves were crowded with shipping, and
noisy with the din of hammers and drivers,
caulking mallets and axes. Teamsters
were trucking oil from the wharves to the
various factories about the town, and un-
loading stores for the shipping. -, Vessels
were constantly arriving and sailing, and
the cheering song Of the mariner was heard,
unloading their cargoes at the wharf:
Where then all was hustle and confusion,
now now all is, still and quiet, "A, few short
years have suficed to bring all this change
about; what viii another twenty wears
bring fortha ran tliW al Sniii a'1 Sod
e ta;1c,.3R s.,fE ro f,S,rs.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24
NEW SERIES-NO 463
Incidents Of the war.


The following extracts are from letter
of Sergeant UNDERWOOD, of the Second
Minnesota Sharpshooters, to the st. An
thony Ne,cs. Mr.. Underwood has con-
tributed to our columns several interesting
letters from the seat of war. He had but
just returned to his Company from sick
furlough, when he was wounded at the bat
tie of Antietam, and is now in Hospital at
Harrisburg, Pa: asc
Did you hear of the sad case of poor
Woods, of Owatonna, of the Second Com
pany of Sharpshooteus? Itoccurred while
the regiment was still at Harrison's Land
ing. He was perhaps the lightest hearted
and merriest man in the company, of great
endurance, the long march only seemed to
increase his spirits, his song and jest enliv-
ening the camp at the end of the tOilsome
day. He finally excited attention by be-
coming detected and melancholy. In all
conversation, he would disparage himself,
and at one time said he was coward, and
asked the Captain to shoot him as such.
All had settled into the belief of his insan-
ity, when one day he took into his hand
the simple blade of Spanish knife-a two
edged blade-the handle being broken off,
and placing the point in the corner of his
eye, drove the blade into his head it's
whole length, being about A inches. The
Surgeon being called, extracted it, Woods
remarking that it did not hurt, and that
he could have pulled it out himself. No
blood followed the extraction of the blade,
and the surgeons all wondered that he could
live an hour or even a minute. Still he
lived and was not sent away to general
hospital for several days. It was thought
our Brigade Surgeons wished that if he
died, he might die here, so that they might
examine and report so strange case, but
humanity prevailed over their curiosity,
and he was sent away. No word has since
come back to the company from him,
though he is supposed to have died shortly
after. i. 0et .-,as ea. Um :
In the past month l have talked with
many prisoners. All agree in wishing
peace. The day of the battle lay talking
with an intelligent Texan On. fighting
was over and we were friends. The thought
came home with force" What is there
between us that we should have been seek
ing each others lives, but an hour since ?''
He was a clever fellow-just such an one
as / pick up for friend, the world over.
Said Texas, eff dozen men of each sec
ton had been hung at the beginning, no
war would have occurred and GO the SOL
diers in the two armies could settle the
whole matter with bottle of whisky"
believe it, and that in the settlement the
Union could be saved, too. .rs
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24

General George W. Morgan, the gallant
commander of the army which has just
returned from Cumberland Gap, is a Penn
sylvanian by birth. He was for two years
at West Point; was Colonel Of the Second
Ohio regiment Of twelve-months volunteers
in the Mexican war, and was breveted
Brigadier- General for gallant and merito-
rious oondnct at Contreras and Cheribusco,
in the latter of which battle he was severe
ly wounded. ~
A correspondent of the Louisville Jour
nal writes as follows concerning the con-
duct of this gallant officer in position,
during the Mexican War, equally critical
with that he has just done so well: -a.
Just previous to the battle of Buena
Vista, in Mexico, he was Colonel of an
Ohio regiment, assigned to the disagaee-
able duty of conveying provision trains
from Camargo, on the Rio Grande, to
Monterey. Information reached him that
General Santa Anna was marching on Ge-
neral Taylor with an overwhelming force,
aSl had sent General Urea around with
four thousand cavalry to cut off his sup
piles and intercept his retreat Morgan
was then at Ceralvo with only battalion
oflabout 800 men, and had to decide i'm
mediately whether to attempt to reach the
river in the rear, or Monterey, more than
| sixty miles distant in front He decided
| to attempt the latter. He then gathered
I all his stores and wagors, except one, into
| the middle of the Plaza and burned them,
and then formed his men into hollow
square, with the one wagon in the middle,
and started on his perilous retreat for
acd,d Soon Ureau and his 1000 horse
men appeared and formed, in the first
open space, far charge, threatening to
! ride down the little band of bristling ba-
yonets. But they rode furiously up only
to break and scatter before reaching the
rock of their own destruction. Again and
again they formed at every convenient
place, only to go through with the same
maneuvre. Never could Urea, with all his
efforts, get his men up to the point of the
| bayonet or often within convenient reach
of cold lead; while onward went the reso-
lutte three hundred, never resting, except
for few moments at time, in their
tracks and with their arms in their hands,
during the whole long march. In the
meantime General Taylor had defeated
Santa Anna and fallen back with portion
Of his army to Monterey. From that
place he sent out several miles two field
pieces, which drove off Urea and enabled
Morgan's men to relax little. But when
he ended the march many of them were
more nearly dead than alive. He had,
however, accomplished his object, with the
loss Of only one man wounded, and he on
the top of the wagon.
know not that longer continuous
march was ever made by a body of men
in arms. By many acqainted with all the
circumstances, it was considered one of
the most remarkable feats of the Mexican
war. General Morgan's late successful
move from the Gap will, however, figure
largely in history, and place his name,
along with those of Sigel and Banks,
among the very few generals who have
been great on retreat.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24
Washington HOspftals-.-The Widow
Douglas.

1t is sad and painful thing to go
through these military hospitals, but the
oftener one goes the stronger becomes the
melancholy desire to renew the visit.
Many scenes here transpire of a heart
rending character, and some of them sur
passing the widest dream of romance or
most incredulous tale of fiction. In some
hospitals the nurses are dressed in gar
ments of close-itting dark grey, and wear
white hoods which partially conceal their
calm, earnest features Night and day
and day and night they walk noiselessly
from bed to bed, ministering to the wants
of humanity. What errands of mercy,
and how appropriate the name, ''Sisters of
Mercy!'' In another building, and equal
ly patient in toll and assiduity to the care
of the sick and wounded, may be seen the
lovely daughters and mothers of New Eng
land and the North, and the Great West
and the Border States, giving words of
comfort and love to her betrothed, or IA
ther, or brother, neither forgetting the
stranger, whose kin are on the banks of
the Shannon, the Seine, the Vistula, the
Rhine, or the Pesth. gS - b - s43sl
Amid all that throng of noble women,
whose presence everywhere mitigates the
horrors of war, there is sseen one whose
coming is the signal Of unusual emotion
among the many patients. She isyoung
and faultlessly beautiful. She dresses
very plainly and in deep mourning,
which probably adds, to the marble white
ness Of her calm and expressive features.
She never seems to smile, yet each sick
mans eye brightens as he hears the tones
Of her voice. Human sorrow holds the
bond Of infectious sympathy, and hers is
sorrow SO enduring that its great seal shall
be broken only when earthly things dis
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24

solve in the ethereal Of the spirit life. She
has word for every one, and has nearly
finished her daily round when she stops by
the bed of a youth, by the side of one Of
the church windows, which look out upon
a grassy turf shaded by thick shrubbery.
Her hand is on his temple. He is fair
haired, blue-eyed boy. He looks up into
her eyes with bewildered gaze, and there
passes between his lips in broken whis-
per, the word Mother" The fever has
left him, and as she wipes the death-damp
from his brow, she feels her own sorrows
grow lighter as she moistens the lips of
that dying stranger. Worthy is she to be
christened as an American woman-wor-
thy to bear the name of the great Douglas.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24
LOVE AND MORAL COURAGE.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

But why don't you like him, Agatha ?''
"Oh, because !7' i
What philosopher ever solved the mys-
terry of this true woman's reason? "Be-
cause" means ten thousand things that
pretty, dimpled lips don't choose to put
into shape. 1t means that they know ,chy
perfectly well themselves, but won't tell !;
and not all the coaxing Of curiosity can get
it out of them.
And so pretty Agatha Milne played with
a knot of scarlet roses, whose velvet petals
glowed on her belt-ribbon, and lifted up
her soft, hazel-brOwn eyes with provok-
ingly absent, unconscious look.
"But, Agatha" pursued Ruth Ellen
wood, stopping for moment in her occu-
patton of braiding and arranging Agatha s
beautiful waves of auburn-gold hair, "I'm
sure I've heard you say, again and again,
he was such pleasant partner at balls and
parties, and-oh, Agatha! don't jerk your
head so, or shall have to braid all these
strands over again!"
Nonsense; that's no test at all p" said
Agatha, pettishly, the peach-like crimson
mounting to her cheek. "What can you
tell about young man from mere ball
room acquaintance? Any one can be
agreeable enough to hold your bouquet, or
bring you an nice-cream; that's, if he knows
enough not to tread on your toes in the
polka, nor to step on your flounces in a
promenade
81 know it, said Ruth; "but the ques-
ton is"-
"But the question is" interrupted the
imperious young beauty, show do know
that Mr.. Fitz Aubyn, silver tongued as he
is to me, with his homage and compli-
ments, don't 60 home and swear at his
mother and sisters? How do l know that
Mr.. Jennings, who has the whole diction-
ary at his fingers-ends, doesn't cheat his
landlady! What means have of ascer-
tanning that young st. Simons, who is such
a graceful waltzer and agreeable small
talker, does not finish his evenings at a
drinking saloon? Oh, Ruth, we have tests
for ascertaining spurious dollars and coun-
terfeit bank notes, but how on earth are
we to know counterfeit husband until he
is tied to an unlucky ;apron-string for
life ?" Is ir'l sa..a .f..,3 nr.l- sd altl,soT
" She laughed as she sprang up to look for
her bonnet, but lifelong eye lashes dropped
low with very suspicious moisture. q,
"Well," said Ruth, Tcaressingly patting
Agatha's tiny hand, }" ] amIvery, very
thankful that Providence didn't make me
a beauty and an heiress, since it has ten
dency to awake suspicion and distrust
But, Agatha, in spite of all you have said,
/ feel firmly convinced that Charles Stan
ton is noble fellow. -,-, III; .,. .,.i..,ae
every likely" said Agatha, lightly !;
shut here is Fitz Aubyn, with those
splendid white horses OF his, so give me
my shawl" .....: :..,,, s,,, r,,, s,.,
&c And whittier are your footsteps to be
directed to-day ?"ia -'-i go '.'." - o.
el3" Oh, we are going to that private view
of pictures in - street, you know" "nqa
And Agatha swept out Of the room with
the imperial port Of young queen. =.
~ The whole lustre Of moonlight pouring
down through the circular dome Of frost
+" .n 4 .nwo315tsoRl .slsd9T eGt a5Tnwot
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24
VOL. XIV.-NO. l9.
AN EPISODE OF THE WAR.

The following verses are from an English
Journal, depicting the sufferings among the
factory operatives in the country for the want
Of cotton: sa
Dead-dead- @
Far better it should be so;
To lie in a pauper's coffin there,
Than Sins temptation to know.
For o, my girl was bonny and fair,
But beauty's curse, you see,
When Hunger and Want, Disease and Care,
Such merciless fiends can be.
1t was for her sake, that, day by day,
My heart grew heavy and sore;
Till hope itself seemed ebbing away
From my lifes dark, sunless shore.
ad-dead-dead!
She was starved to death, 1 say,
Because of the fierce and cruel strife
Mid our kinsmen far away
Man, look on her face so worn and pale:
On her hands, SO white and thin;
Here was spirit that would not quail
From striving her bread to win!
But yonder, closed, is the factory gate,
The engine is red with rllst
And what could we do but starve and wait
Till peace should bring us crust?
ead-dead-dead!
With her brother lying ill,
And her father shivering on the step
That leads to the silent mill
Alone kneel in my binding tears
Alone in my black despair
My heart Oerburdened with gloomy fears,
Yet far too bitter for prayer?
Why do you prate how the world still grows
More kind and more wise each day?
Wars bloody fame still glitters and glows;
The olives Of peace decay.
ead-dead-dead
Oh God that my curse should fall
On the heads of those whose selfish aims
Have worked such woe for usall!
Man, blame me not for my burning words
Nor bid me these thoughts disclaim;
For death has riven the silvery chords
That swelled through my anguished frame
True I'm only woman, whose heart 81.
Lies struck by mortal blow;
But God how keen is the bleeding smart
A mother alone may know
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24

Professor Theophilus Parsons, of the
Cambridge Law School, has written a let
ter to the Boston Daily SAdoertise,.,, in
which he maintains the constitutionality of
the Presidents proclamation as a war mea-
sure. 30 Professor Parsons is man ofeini-
nent legal ability and q pure patriot.
The letter was written before the proc
lamation suspspdings the !. writ Of lhabsas
corpus was issued, and q the sentiment; d
"our whole people should feel that they
constitute the army Of the Unionrl,lJEis Uniopnrl in
dicative Of the ground he yould1. take rela
tive to the suspension ofthe habeas corpus.