Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-03-27
NEWS ITEM s.

attempted to assassinate Billy Wilson,
but was unsuccessful
1t is said that the loss sustained bv the
Government, by the destruction Of the
Cumberland and Congress, cannot be less
than million and half of dollars.
The official list Of the Federal loss nj
Pea Ridge is as follows: Killed 2l2 /;
wounded, 926; missing, la.
The Washington Star says the Conrcd-
crates are Dragging of floating iron.clad
battery they have nearly ready for opcr.
ations against the United States vessels
in Savannah River.
1t is reported that jeff. Davis has is
sued proclamation calling on al be.
tween the age of 16 and 60 to enroll
themselves in military companies and re.
port to headquarters.
The officers of Gen. Grants division
have presented him handsome sword,
in acknowledgment of which gift, the
General made brief speech by proxy.
II is rumorcd that Cen Shields must
have his arm amputatcd because of the
wound received at the rccant battle near
Winchester.
John Sellyot has been appointed Post
Master of Nashville. He was driven
from that city by the rebels for his Union
proclivitics.
The Executive Comm ittec of the H.
linois State Agricultural Society has Just
decided that the next annual Fair shall
be held at the city of Peoria.
The citizens of Gallantn, Tennessee,
a heretofore disloyal town, have met in
town meeting recently and voted to re-
turn to their allegiance, and to petition
for post office.
A fire at La Crosse on the night of the
18th inst, burned the Augusta House
end thirty other buildings. Loss, $125,
900, with little insurance.
The Wooster Democrat notices the
death of Judge Neal Mccoy of that
place, on the 10th inst He had been
Associate Judge of the Common Pleas,
Mayor of Wooster and Shcriffof Wavnc
County.
While Fremont was in Missouri, cv-
cry battle fought was lost by the Govern
ment troops. Since Halleck has been in
command every battle fought has been
victory to the Government What does
this prove?
A special Agent of the Post Office
Department who was in Kentucky and
tennessee, reports general desire for
the ,e-establishmont of the mails, and
willingness to return to allegiance.
The Grand jury, at the present term
of Court of Common Pleas of Columbi- !
ana county, cost the county four hundred
dolars-one-half of which the New Lis
bon Patriot says, was occasioned by liq-
uor cases.
One hundred thousand dollars and the
interest have been recently paid to the
authorities of Cincinnati, on the loan of
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
lent by Cincinnati to the State on the
breaking out Of the rebellion.
Says the Boston Post: 1--WE have
heard OF many instances of distress in
business circles lately, but that of the
New York merchant, whose wife gave
birth to twelve children in forty y-twoI
nonths-in instalments Of single, twins,
riplets and fours--seems to bo the most I
narrowing" i
The Albany Argus tells how the Mer- |
imac may be put to her ps--"Pro-
ent the new tax bill to her. The boiling
rony of the schedule would prove too =
much for the boiler iron Of the stea mcr.' a
The Grand Jury Of Columbiana coun L
y have found bills Of Indictment against I,
!. +. Scott and Thomas Uric, for muir :.
cr. The accused are res idents of Wells I
lille, and arc charged with the murde. of q
David Wright, of that village on the 9th t
If January last. G
Mr.. Enoch Boone, the first white male
hild born in Kentucky, died at his resi-
lcnce in Meads county, in that State, on
he Sth inst. in his S5th year. lie was
born in Boonesboro, on the 10Th of Oct, :
l'I lie was member of the Baptist :
Church for iifty-eight years.
The Louisville Democrat says: "Pres, c
lent Lincoln's special message must have
been one OF his rail splitting jokes we
have yet to hear of an Emancipation par
y in the Border States" {
A San Francisco paper sums up Frc-
mont as follows "lIc was statesman
who had never made speech General !
who had never won battle; pathfnd- J
n who had always missed the track, and J
millionaire not worth continental
IN"
II seems that neither section is content
With the way the war has been managed {