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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Gen. Butler Once More.

The London Times publishes private
letter from New Orleans in which it is
stated as follows:
"Mrs Phillips. who suffered such bar
barous treatment from Gen. Butler for
having smiled at the Yankee soldiers, has
completely lost her reason. Gen. But
Ter has by recent proclamation required
every person in the city to register him.
self or herself as either friend or an enc.
my Of the United States, and at the same
time to give in register Of their proper
ty, and no article could be sued for or
sold or eni yed in any way, which was
not regularly registered.
The Times remarks on this letter:
at is sonsoloss humiliation and a
useless insult to drive up a whole popu-
lation under the muzzlos of cannon and
under threat Of boing utterly despoiled, to
commit sort of white perjury. ~ gen
t'eman with little tact might by this
have let loose those three million bales of
cotton. But while Butler commands,
New Orleans can serve for no Other use
without, but as a warning to all South
ern cities OF what submission to the North
involves.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Thc Rebel Iron-a,lnJ.

All accounts from the othor side of tho
water concur, that there are now building
at various places in England mum bcr
.ot powerful steamers, some say as many
MS twcnty-for the use of tho Rebels
These steamers arc to be of the most for
midable character, iron clad and noun
ted with heavy guns. They are construc-
ted in reference to strength and specd,
some of them to bo used as cruisers sim
ply, while othors are intended for smash
ing our wooden hulks and breaking up the
blockade. Thoy also threaten to capture
and destroy our Atlantic cities, and this
may not altogether be boasting. The an
nouucemcnt that an iron-clad steamer,
from whose sidcs the rihed shot of our
blockading vessels rolcd off as powerless
as bubbles, has run the blockade off
Charleston harbor, and is supposed to
be freightcd with iron plating for power.
ful rams which are being constructed by
the Rebels in that port, will create a sem
sation and will admonish tbs Navy De-
partment, if anything will, that no time
is to be lost in putting something besides
wooden vessels on guard
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Colonel Thomas III. Ford,

The committee havereportcd that Col
oncl Thomas Ford, of the 32d Ohio Vol.
unteers conducted the defense Of Mary
land Heights without ability-abando
ing his position without sufficient cause
and has shown throughout such lack
of military capacity as to disqualify him
in the estimation of the commission for a
command in the service. The said Col.
Thomas II, Ford, by direction of the Pres
ident, is dismissed from the service of the
United States.
Thomas, we believe, is great on Sweat
in The question is, did he commence
to sweat when he learned this decision.-
and how many barrels has he "sweated'
sinco-onc, two or three
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
The Case Of Mrs. srinsmadc---
Gross outrage.

We refer the reader to the correspond
ence, published in this paper, between the
Provost.Marshal- General SIMEON ORA
PER, and the counsel Of young married
lady, Mrs. BRINsMADE, who was arrested
in Washington, on the warrant Of one
BAKER, ProvoSt.Marshal Of that city, kept
closely confined there, and alteLward
conveyed on night train to New York
city, ana by acting Provost Marshal KEN
NEEDY, loclled.up in police station house
for six or seven weeks. But the reader
will learn the details of this disgracofu
affair from the correspondence, which
cannot, If he is Il man with the feelings
of n man, fail to make his checks mantle
with shame. How many such deeds have
been, and are committed by petty Gov
ernment officials, entrusted, as they imag-
inc, with an irresponsible authority over
the lives and Liberties of their lcllow.cti-
zcns, not excepting women like Mrs.
BmSsMADE, scarcely out of their teens,
the public does not yet know, and per-
haps never will know. But if the Ad
ministration does not interfere and rut
an immediate stop to similar outragcs
upon the personal liberty and personal
rights Of American citizens. whether OF
the one sc or the other, the authors and
abcttors Of some Of them, at least will be
dragged to light, aud meet just popular
rctribu:ion, if the arm Of legal justice is
found to be paralyzed
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Dcsigms OF the IsndicaIs---lI0n
ss~nurg Nnnsvimpg.

The following occupies conspicuous
position in the columns of the New \ ork
Times of the 26th ult. We deem it un-
necessary to comment on declarations OF
designs so monstrous as those herein Sc,
forth Every intelligent reader can make
his own comments:
"With European recognition and con
stant efforts, open or secret, to aid the
South, the Government at Washington
will need all the unity and efficiency con
TEN plated in proclamatons. 1t will re.
quirc a million Of men and proportional
supplies. Martial law over the entire
North is national necessity. II the
Governors of the Northern States mani
fest factious spirit, the Provost Marshals
it is presumed, will have the power tc
keep them in order. If State Legislatures
should undertake to interfere with the ac-
ton Of the General Government, nccessa-
ry to the prosecution of the war, and il
the action Of any political party shall
threaten to change or para yze the move.
mcnts OF the Government it will doubt
less be copctent for the Provost Marshal
in any State to suspend political meetings
and postpone elections. If the Constitu'
ton Of the United States is to be con.
strucl according to the necessities Of q
civil war Of vast proportions, the Consti-
tuition Of individual States can not be al.
lowed to stand in the way Of It's vigorous
prosecution.
"Englishmen are in great trouble at
the illcgality and unconstitutionality OF
the acts of President Lincoln. They have
great tenderness for the constitution and
the laws, and feel very badly that the
Northern people, while conqucring the
South, should lose their own liberties.-
They tell us that the President cannot dc
this and thot-that his proclamations
are only waste paper. They appear tc
have very little idea of what the Com.
mander.in Chief of the army aud navy ot
the United States can do. a man o.
firm and rcsolutc will, with million o
men can do what he pleases. They had tc
learn that paper Constitutions, however
convenient they may be, can be amended
when necessary, suspended, or laid asid,
altogether, and that it is no longer {
question II America what this or thai
Constitution authorizes, but what is nee
essary to he done to make Of thirty ioul
States and vast territory one nation"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
The Hospitality OF New York
rendered to Gen. WcClcilan-.
NEGRO OutraEcS.

New York, Nov. 15.-It is said a
Deputy United States Marshal has gone
to Trenton to arrest two more members of
Gen. McClellan's staff.
The Board Of Aldermen to-day adopt
ed a resolution rendering Gen. Mcclellan
the hospitality of the city.
Albert Horne has been sentenced to five
years Imprisonment for fitting out the sla-
Yer City of Norfolk.
a young woman in lIackonsack, n. j.,
was yesterday outrage by negro named
Anderson, who stole his employers horse
and escaped, and reached New York
He has not since been heard of.
The on-plated frigato Roanoke will be
reported ready for sea in about three
weeks.
The incomplete regiments in this State
are being consolidated under order of
General Morgan.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
"EsInp COntr:sbund."

a Washington dispatch OF Friday to
the New York Times says:
Several hundred contraband arrived
here yesterday from Fortress Monroe
They were sent to Camp Contraband, 3"
where they will be provided for until pla-
COS can be found for them
Shoull the prediction Of the Times be
fulfilled that the ensuing New Years day
will witness the emancipation OF three
million negro slaves, with prospect Of the
speedy emancipation of million more,
Camps Contraband" will be needcl all
over the Northern States. Tho Times
should call the attention Of the authorities
to this subject, AMI wake up such lazy
AboltioniSts as Gov. Andrew. There is
no time to be lost. The first ofJanuary
will soon be he re, and Camps Contra
band" should be established and provis-
ioned for those three million negroes -
Statesman.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
IIonornbIy nIAchnrroh.

D.A. MAuoNEY, Editor Of the Dubuouc
HerdaS-who was arrested somo three
months since for alleged disloyalty, aud
has been incarcoratcl in Fort Lafayette,
since his arrest--has been honorable dis
charged by tho Govornmcnt,-T TclCqoph
&c DisPatch.
During Mr.. MuoSGy's Incarceration
his Democratic friends nominated him 70,
Congress, and at tho election came with.
IN a few votes Of electing him.
"llonerably discharged by the Gov.
ernment'" That is discharged without
any crime being charged against him
and without ever knowing for what h,
was arrested.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

Horatio Seymour, the new elected Gov
crnor of New York commenced his po-
litical life in 1871, when he was elected a
member Of the House of Assembly OF
New York from the county ar Oneida
lie was again elected in 1913 and 1S4A,
and in 1915, being rechoscn. he was clcc-
ted Speaker of the House. He soon tool,
rank as among the abcst and most ac.
complishcd men in the State. In 1850 he
was nominated by the Dem ocracy as theil
candidate for Governor. He was dcleat.
by Washington Hunt, the Wing candidtc
by about $50 votes, in poll Of more
than 400, 900. In 1852 he was again the
Democratic nominee for Governor, and
upon this occasion was elected by ma.
jority of $4,000. In 1854, he was nom
mated for reelection, but, owing to the
division of the Democratic party into
Hard and Soft factions. he was beaten by
Myron Ii. Clark, Wing Maine. Law Alb.
olition candidate. The run was, howev.
er, exceedingly close, the majority agains
him being only about 800 votes, in poll
OF half million. AT the same time 30,
900 Democratic votes were thrown away
upon Chief Justice Bronson, who wa,
the Hard candidate. In 1856 he was one
of the delegates at large from the State o
New York to the Cincil natl Convention
which nominated Buchanan and Brecken
ridge. In that Convention ho voted fol
Pierce, then for Douglas. In 1860 he wa.
spoken of as candidate for President
but declined
In 1862 he is again nominated for Gov
rnor and elected by majority of ID, 900.
On the first Tuesday of January next he
will be inaugcrated into office-iust ter
yeats exactly from the day that he hat
been prcviously y sworn into the same office
What momontous changes in the inter
regnuml There has been no Democrat,
Governor since.
Horatio Seymour is a fine speaker, anC
easy and elegant in his manners. lie pos
ional and forcible in the presentation o.
bis ideas, whose mind is as vigorous as il
is cultivated and refined, while in polit
les he has always been faithful and life
long Democrat. His speeches during
the campaign have been remarkably able
productions--well considered, happily
conceived in their tone and character, and
splendidly delivered. They made grea
impression upon the popular mind. Nc
Aboltonists or Administration men il
ihe State of New Y York was able to answer
them, either on the stump or Ii the news
paper
The Governor is exceedingly popular
in his own county-Oneda-w which gave
Lincoln $500 majority, but now give,
only AIS against him. a brilliant future
awaits Mr.. Seymour, if he dcvelopes the
same sagacity in the future that he has in
the past Cincinnati EnQuirer.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
A Niger i'm the wood-PIIc.

This colorcd question has been the all
absorbing topic for many years; so that
a great number Of people, 'neglecting their
own affairs, think of nothing else. They
worry constantly about their down-trod-
den African brother. 1t has come to this
that nothing can be broachcd, but that in
some way this question will get mixed
with it. No man can be a candidate for
any office, but he must be sounded on his
preferences for color. No public journal
is allowed of,half the time to discuss any
thing but the niger question. Many
mon have been elected to the highest Of
fec by riding this hobby we'll. In church
in State, in business, in every walk OF
life, This eternal contraband would be
thrust in. tE HraFg
The people at length become tired oft
and Sambo is on the wane. ......
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Missouri Legislators.

The st. Louis abolition papers claim
that majority of the Legislature of
Missouri, just elected are emancipation
lists. Knowing something Of the terror
ism which the administration at Wash
ington has exercised in Missouri, we have
been prepared for any result of the cleo
tion.
1t is, we suppose, the Prcsilonts plan
OF emancipation that has carried Nilsson
ri-compensated emancipation. That
plan has not carried in Illinois, nor in
New York, nor in New Jersey, nor in
Pennsylvania, nor in Ohio, nor in lndi
ana. 1t has not carried in the election o
a majority of the next United State,
House Of Representatives. The decision
of the country in the recent elections was
that if Missouri or any other State want.
to emancipote her negroes, she must do i
on her own account, and not on the &C
count of the Federal government.
We have no objection to an cmanci-
patton majority in tho Missouri Lcgisla
ture if it be the purpose Of Missouri tC
form and regulate her domestic insttu
tions in her own way, without cxpecta
ton of taxing the people of Ohio t.
aid any of her policies. The people o
Ohio wish to purchase no negroes, eth
or for purposes Of slavery or of freedom
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Retaliation.

We find the following in the Cincin-
natti Commercial under date of Louis
vile, Nov. l6:
On the passage of Kirby Smiths rob-
ol army out of the State via Cumberland
Gap. they captured Captain II. King and
fifteen other Home Guards. and hanged
them, without any charges being made
against them, or giving them the benefit
of trial, The Union men in the vi
cinity determined to rctaliatc, threatening
death to to all rebel soldiers between
Mount Vernon and the Gap. This threat
was carried iuto execution. Finding
nine rebel straggers on the route, on the
9th, they were hanged to trees. Two
were executed at Hackney's, near Big
Rockcastle river; two moro at Pitman' S
Corners, and the remainder beyond Lon
don, On of the soldiers executed was a
notorious man named Thrift, from Put
nam county, Ohio, who had joined tho
rebel army some time since.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Gcm. Mcclellan mt trenton.


The demonstration in honor of Gen.
Mcclellan on Thursday evening last was
a Tremendous one. In reply to an clo-
quent wclomc, he spoke the following few
but eloquent and significant sentences:
Ny FRlENps-For feel that You are
all my friends l stand before you, not as
a maker OF speeches. not as politician, but
as soldier | came among you to seek
quiet and rcpose, and from the moment
of my arrival | have received nothing
but kindne's. Although appear before
you, now as a stranger, am not. | am
not altogether unacquainted with your
history. Your gallant soldiers were
with me in every battle, from the seige
Of Yorktown to the battle of Antetam,
and here bear witness to their devotion
to the cause for which we are fighting
{ Here the uproar compelled the General
to cease for a few moments also have
to speak of the ever faithful, ever true
Taylor, the dashing intrepid Kearny-
men who have given their lives for the
maintalnance OF our government. And
before bidding you good night, ] have
tins piece OF advice to give you UHIe
fHe army 'S.fghtiRy, you, as citizens, see
&h0t Tie m"'' IS prosecuted. .Ior tie preserya.
ho@ Of tile Union anil tie Constitution.
for yo"r nationality and yoar rights as
citizens.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Chnrgcs Agnimst dacu. Cmrtis.

1t is understood that the charges
against Gen. Curtis relate to certain cot
ton spccuIations, by members Of his
family and others who command his fa-
vor to the extent of using the army to
advance their pccnniary interests in the
region about Helena. On several occa-
SionS the Post has called tho attention oil
the Washington authorities to the i'm
proper use of Gen. Curtis army in Ar.
kansas as an agent for cotton spccula-
tors, instead of power to put down the
rebellion. The matter has been no So
crct it has been known and openly can
vassed among officers and all obscrvaut
person connected with the army. Once,
indeed, an unlhinking tclcgraphcr ventur-
cd to say something about it over the
wires; his dispatch was allowed to go
by the censor, but the imprudent report
cr was speedily arrested by command OF
a higher military power and only released
by promising to do so no more,
To such an extent has this cotton-sp
ulatng business been carried in the de-
partment of Gen Curtis that it is boldly
asserted, negro slaves have been taken
from their diSloyal owners as contraband
of war, and traded off to other men,
probably not less loyal, for cotton, Gen,
Curtis is said to have made three mill
ions of dollars since his army entered the
State Of Arkansas. Whom that army
reached Clarendon, on White river, they
were in equal distance from Little Rock
and Helena They could have gone to
the former rs easily as to the latter They
knew the Arkansas river was open to
federal gnnboats and transports and that
supplies could be sent to them there as
easily as to Helena. They knew too,
that the rebel force at Little Rock was a
mere bagetcllc; that they could have ia
ken the place, with whatever stores it
contained, with very little trouble But
the question presented itself in this wise,
There is a small robel force at hittle Rock,
and no cotton there is no rebel force at
Helena and plenty of cotton. 1t was de-
sired to go to Helena But for this de-
cision, the capital of Arkansas would
be in possession of the national authori-
ties Caicogo Post
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

Some Of the regiments attached to tn,
Army OF the Potomac had issued to them,
whllc at lIarpcr's Ferry. the requisite
number of now Shoes to which they
were entitled. Some Of these same shoe.
are without solos, Upon examination it
has been discovered that neither pegs nol
thread were used in the manufacture Of
the same, but that the solcs were merely
pasted on. Efforts viii be made TO dis
cover the contractor furnishing this par
ticuar lot. .......
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
Extensive DcGnlcntion.

The telegraph scports a very cxtensiv,
delaleation in the New York Custom
House. Such wholesale stealing has ney.
before bocn induIged in anywhere, a.
Government officers under this Admins
tra.icn arc guilty Of in the civil as wei
as the military service.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

Great complaint is being made of the
manner in which Treasury Notes and
stamp Currency are engraved and printed,
and the quality of ink aud paper used, 1t
is alleged that tho engraving is such as
can be easily counterfeited, and that
neither the ink nor paper is equal to the
standard adopted.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

A Washington dispatch of Sunday
last says that the sole foundation for
prevalent rumors about fighting in front,
is the movement of ambulances, bring
ing from Warrenton two hundred and
fifty wounded in skirmishes during the
last two or three weeks. Eleven hun
dred sick had been brought from that
place, also five hundred from Leesburg;
nine hundred moro were expected next
day. The latter would complete the job,
and Gen. Burnsides army would then
,be unimcumbered.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

We offer the following resolution and
expect it to be unanimously adopted:
ReSoirfR, That the thanks ofthe mem.
bers Of the Democratic Press Of Ohio, he
rendered to MRs, A MoGnrGon for the
ability with which she welded The cdi
toral quill during her husbands impris.
ohmont at Camp Mansfield
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20
NECsi icEl.Is,.

The New York Express says !:
ga little regard for time and place will,
however, show the Inconsistency of the
pretended grounds Of McClellan's re-
moval If all along he has been at heart
so failhlcss to his arms and 10 his army,
why has he been kept in command so
long Why did the President himself
solicit him, after Pope's second Bull Run
delcat and when Washington itself was
in actual peril, to resume the command ?
Why, if he was 'peremptorily isobe-
,licnt, as was alleged October 9th, was
he kept in command till November 6th,
until after tie NeD York election, and
then, when he had pcremptorily obeyed,
and was in iull career of brilliant
march upon the enemy, why then was he
summarily dismissed from his command?
"The pretended cause for his remova!
existed Octobar 9th; his actual removal
did not take place till a month after that
when, to the fullest extent, he was obe.
dicnt to the commanderin in Chief The
fact is, however, that in the Quartcrmas.
tcr's Department, and in all the Other
W ashington Departments, there have
been all along serious of the most mis-
chicvous intrigues to cripple, and if pos.
siblc, to destroy Gen. McClallan--just
such intriguos as divided the Grand Ar.
my Of the Potomac into three parts, un-
der General Banks, General Mcdowell
aud General Mcclellan, the intrigue being
to bring cithor General Banks or General
Mcdowell into Richmond before it was
possible for General Mcclellan, stripped
of over third of his Forces to get there. ="
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

All the new regiments in Illinois,
Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota have
been ordered to move and some of them
arc already on ,Leir way TO the scene of
gct g ope,otions.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-11-20

The Macon (Ga) 7siegraph of the
20;h, has long article on peace, 1t says
a longing for it is never ont of the mind
of man, woman or child, and that the
war distresses the South thousand times
more than the North. 1t adds saving
clause, however, by saying it sees moth
ng bnt ruin, except a peace basod on
southern independence,