Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-12
NEWS ITEMS.

1t is believed that the rebels will make
another determined stand at Richmond.
The President holds that the courts
and not the military have jurisdiction un
der the fugitive slave law.
News from Mobile states that the I'm
ion fleet had attacked fort Morgan, hav-
ing passed the lower batteries
The man who annexes "but" to his
Unionism will soon find himself on the
rump of the rebel party.
1t is reported that Martin Batzncr,
Treasurer of Franklin County, Indiana,
has absconded with thirty thousand dol
lars belonging to the county.
The wounded from near Richmond arc
being transported North as fast as con-
veyanccs will bring them.
Work on the Atlantic g. Great West
ern Railroad is going on between Akron
and Tallmadge, and indeed at various
locations along the line.
Some papers are beginning TO ask;
"whcn will the war end" Our answer
is when the rebellion is ended and Abol-
ition fanatics cleaned out Of Congress.
On the 9th, near Richmond, tho rebel
army opened with cannon on one wing
of our forces, but were soon silen ccd.-
The attack was near New Bridge.
Prentice says it is seriously feared that
the horrors Of war arc to be aggravated
by the extension Of the Congressiona
session through the summer.
Several prizes have been lately cap
tured by our blockadng vessels and sen
into ports. They are principally Johr
Bull adventures.
Utah is knocking at Washington fol
admission as q. State. They claim one
hundred thousand inhabitants in tho Ter
ritory.
Secretary Chase asks for authority tc
issue one hundred and fifty million il
treasury notes a large proportion as
low as five dollars.
Intelligence, official and unofficial
from North Carolina does not confirm
the reports of writers whose letters hav,
| LED to the belief that the State is upor
the point of returning to her loyalty.
Memphis surrendered to our gunboati
on Friday last, the 9th inst The who'll
rebel feet was captured or destroyed by
our boats without the loss of one man OF
our side.
In regard to Abolitionism and Scces
sionism, it is difficult if not impossible
to decide which is the father and which
the son.-LouisyiRe Jour6m.
Hon. b. Burns, Of Mansfield, distin
guishcd Democrat, has been appointed
Colonel of one of the new Ohio Rcgi
mcnts by Gov. Tod.
There is a rumor that the Union mel
in Texas have been secretly organizing
preparatory to return to the Union
headed by that old chieftain Gen Sam
Houston.
1t is stated that Gen. Joseph johnson
OF the Rebel army was mortally wound
ed at the latc battle near Richmond. De
sertcrs put the rebel loss at 10, 900 killed
wounded and missing.
Three miles Of canal have been wash
ed away by the late food near Maucl
Chunk, Pennsylvania. Much property
and some lives have been lost. Th,
damage done by the flood in Pennsylva
mia to various Railroads will soon be re.
pairel
The President has ordered a military
commission to meet in July for the tria
of editors and letter-writers, who hav,
violated orders in regard to the publica
ton of war news. Gen. Keaney an,
Coils. Taylor and Craig will be member
of the commission
The California Senators, McDougal
and Latham, voted against tho bill t.
punish polygamy in Utah, only becaus
they regarded its passage at the presen
time as impolitc and calculated, if en-
forced, to interfere materially with over
land communications with the railroa,
routes which pass through the Salt LAX
region,
Mr.. Powell, of New York, before tn
Anti Slavery Society, said "ho was gla,
the American Government had been shat
tered; the North ought to have dissolve,
the Union long ago" He said the Soutl
had anticipated the North in duty. Sue
language should consign its author t.
Fort Warren.
1t will not be untrue to say that tn
abolitionists in Congress have don
more to pu. Washington in danger tha
the whole Southern army has done, The
have made a negro city of the splendi
American Capital, and they ought to b
cleaned out by hook or by crook.
Sixty thousand negroes are now main
tained, fed and clothed, by the Govern