Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-02
tn E NEWS.

---Judee Army arrived from New Mexico,
on tho eth, bringing dispatches from the Fed
eral army in New Mexico to the Government
He reports strong Union feeling in the
Territory.
lion. W. b. Mcclure, for many years pre-
siding Judge OF Quarter Sessions of Allegheny
county, Pa, died on the Morning of the 27th.
lie was highly esteemed by the whole com.
munity as an upright Judge.
The Legislature in Virginia has passed
/ law to prevent cxtortion in salt, viii ch had
been selling at a very high prices. dollar
pound had been demanded for it in some
instances. 1t is to be seized aud placed in
the hands Of an agent, who is to scllit at fair
pricSs. t.t ...
Kit Carson is Colonel, commanding a reg
imc-,t OF mounted rangers south Of tho Rio
Grsnde, making his headqartors at Albuqucr-
que. t f..-
--Ex,Gov. Hunt, OF Now Yolk, came near
bleeding TO death recently from the extract
ing Of u tooth. Before the clIusion of blood
could be stopped by physician, he was re-
duccd to dangerous condi ion, but is now
convalescent'
--Deccmbcr, 1861, will be put on record as
a month Of extraordinary mildness on this con-
tinent. In many sections of the West. farm
ers have plowed, logged, ana engaged in Other
Legitimate spring work.
--Pehtons for the emancipation Of slaves
under the war power, have been presented il
the United States Senate. They will receive
attention. The multitude Of petitions that
were presented to that body last winter fol
the adoption Of the Crittenden compromise
had comparatively little weight. Conscrva-
. ,ism does not, evidently, stand as well IN thi'
Congress as fanaticism.
" The latest dodge is reported by the Paw
Is tuckct Gaa,tr. Some lri,h women scarchc,
u the market for a very large chicken, and oil
" being shown one asked if it weud hold pin
" flask. The dealer thought it would, and tn
=" flask being produced, he satisfied them that
y, would. That was the chicken they wanted
= The women finally admitted that they were
going to cook the chicken, place tho flask at
ter filling it with brandy, inside of it for stuff
=, ing, and send tito camp. That "contraband
will probaly pass the lines in safety.
In Sennot, about five miles from Auburn
. n. y, Mr.. Reuben Weeks, on his return home
was charged by his wife of being intoxicated
The discussion became onimated, when Mrs
We cks went into the pantry after u cheese
knife, saying they would settle their difficult,
by deadly fight. Weeks took shot gun, an
q" as she returned with the knife in her hant
-, fred, woundng her fatally.
- -Congrcssman Ely, who was taken prison
or at Bulls Run, by the rebels has been eA
If changed for G. j Faulkner.
At A southern despatch says; "Many men
- bers of Congress declared rather than com
r. again into the Union the South would b,
n como province ofEngand." Wcll, Cover
a., nor Tod, of Ohio proposed, in his letter OF a.
ceptance, to do the same, and tho voters al
,r proved of it.
~ ' "A few days ago an officer in tho army
n the Potomac published lctterin in the Wasl
!, ington Star, giving notice that If this wa
u II, were to be converted into one of the emanc
"a patton of tbenegroes, there would DC gene
he al resignation of the oificerc.