Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-09-11
News Items.

J. W 9"'" "N'VSN'oH PRISONERS. Horace ASK IS
Is "Why should all the dirty worl, be put upo
, the ncgroP Ofcoursc It should not. acco,
5 ding to Abolition Philanthropy it should al
be put upon white men,
Ohio has transported three thorsand sicl
p aud wounded soldiers from Pittsburg Land
ing and elsewhere in the Tennessee Valoy,
, an expense TO the State Treasury OF f1rtv.on,
thousand dollars. Eleven steamers were en-.
ployed. The distance from pittsburg Land
ing to Cincinnati by river is about fourteen
hundred miles.
The English journals record the rcccn
, death Of General Peter b. D. Stornc, lie.
sccndant Of Lawrence Stcrnc, after an i'm.
pdsonmcnt for debt of thirty years
b.. The New York State Army List shows that
New York city had in April last organized
nearly sixty regiments OF infantry, six Of cav.
airy, and about four Of artillery, batteries in
cludcd. The city had, therefore, sent out
a out scvonty-fvc thousand troops, exclusive
Of the three months men.
Tho rebel war department has promulgated
an order declaring Gems. Hunter and Phelps
outlaws, to be treated, if captured, as feons,
and not as prisoners of war. The same is
denounced agtinst all commissioned officers
who lave been employed drilling slaves with
n view to their armed service. The rcsigna.
| ton Of Gen. Phelps, however, has been ac.
ccptcd, and he viii thus escape the risk Of
being taken and hing,
1t is denied that any papers Of public i'm p
/ portanc were obtained by the rebels in their
capture Of Gen. Popo's baggage. They took,
however, his commission as Major General
and other papers valuable to him. Ex.Sena.
tor Yulcc wore oronc Of his good coats, and
left shabby ono in its place. They also
| dressed up a"contrab1nd" " in his uniform. and
cXhibitcd their dislike Of him in various ways
Gen. J. A. Garfield has been nominated by
the Radicals Of the 10Th Ohio District for
Congress, over John IIutchins, the present
member. The nomination was made on the
9TH ballot, by majority of two votes.
| It is stated that the Secretary of War has
decided to keep the drafted men in separate
regiments from the volunteers.
! The prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago,
arc being shipped South at tho rate of about
one thousand per day.
The st. Louis taioa says that late intclli,
/ gcncc has feachcd that city to the effect that
4 formidable expedition is forming at Little
Rock, Ark, destined to idvadc Missouri --
Forces will be ready to meet them on the
frontier and drive them back.
Ex-Governor Hicks Of Maryland, has join.
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a private.
4 Helena, Ark, correspondent Of the Mis-.
souri RcpHbiicaR states that General Curt $
stan and family left Helena on the 2Sth ult., .
fer Cairo tho General to report himself, as
was said, at Washington. The troops at Hell
cna were in command Of Brigadicr- General
Peel, who, it is said, does not approve the
emancipation policy OF General Curtis.
The rebel Secretary of the Treasury is call
ing in his Treasury notes, as he says they
have been ccuntcricitcd
The New York POSTS Washington cores.
pondcnt states that Cabinet meeting was
held on Sunday, 3lst ul.,, at which it was fin
ally decided to issue orders for the army to
fall back upon the old Potomac line, for SIX
or eight weeks, until the new lcyics shall have
been slightly disciplined.
Late French scientific papers are full of
a discovery recently made by young chemist,
named Cotellc, by which hc is able to extract
alcohol from coal gas, The alcohol is said to
be of very superior quality and is sold at
one third the price of common alcohol. A
company has been formed lol working the
patent.
PoindcNtcr, the notorious leader OF gucr-
rIla bands in Missouri, was caught on Mon
day night, the 1st inst, twenty miles from
Iindson, on the Hannibal and Missouri Rail.
oad. He has been condemned as a spy, and ,
will suffer death.
Hon. Joseph Holt, Of Kentucky, has been !
ppointcd Judge Advocate General, under
he law Of last session commonly called the !,
Drafting act. An court martial proceedings q
,re to be sent to his Office for revision.
Gen. Kirby Smiths advance into Kentucky, ,
says the Now York Times, is OF infinitely ,
more injury thaa dozen Of Morghn's hasty ,
raids. Morgan came too suddenly, and left
90 soon for his presence to be very harmful |
or discouroging. General Smith, however,
comes in force, and is prepared to seize, to
keep and carry or all the portable wealth
hat he needs or desires
The Ashtabula Sentinel Of the Sd int, com.
parcs Grcclcy's letter to the President to the
hand writing on the wal, which made the t
King Of Babylon tremblc, "only BECAUSE"
Is the Sentinel says, cit told him that he had I
,ccn weighed in the balance and found want. |
ng--not because Of the authority by which l
I was said" This is a good specimen Of the y
Nholiion-Rcppb pressure upon ,Ioncst i
I'D Abe"
BY order Of General Wallace, pontoon ?
'idgc has boon constructed across the Ohio
ivcr, at the foot OF Walnut street, Cincinnati, :.
t was completed in the short space of oitwcnty- y
our hours, and is supposed to be designed to l.
lcilitatc the rapid movement Of troops and f.
upplies. u
Hon. c. l.. Vallandlgham las been nomi a
otcd for ConglcSS in the Montgomery Dis
flct, which went fusion by about 8 800 at last
ms election. Heavy figures to overcome.
1t is reported at Helena that Rosecrans
lado an attack on the Confcderates at Tuxn. !,
, and was severely rcpulscd. Il
Changes. ="
Secretary STANTON has resigned and Con :"