Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-05-22
NEWS ITEMS.

Contlscatlon Dlll. There is llttle DOUBT
of its passage in some form. F.
Memorials from New York and other
cities continue to come into Congress
praying for general bankrupt law.
Simon Cameron made speech recent
ly in Harrisburgh, in which he advocat-
his old proposition Of orming the slaves.
Republicans put this quostion-"lf
slavery must be abolished to save the
Union, will you go for its abolition
Barnum intends having another Baby
show at his Museum, in New York, com
mencing juno 7th.
Hon. S. S. Cox has been chosen by
the Regents of the Smithsonian In.
stituto, at washington to prepare an obt-
uary of the late Judge Douglas
The citizens of Maryland are sending
in petitions to Congress, asking or the
repeal Of the law abolishing slavery in
the District Of Columbia.
While our soldiers are rapidly pushing
the rebellion to the wall, the Abolition
Senators and Congressman, thinking of
the negro exclusively, are Sian dering and
backbitng them.
y dangerous counterfeit on the Allie
cheney Bank, Of Pttsburg, Pa, is anoat.
The bills are well gotten up and calcula-
ted to deceive.
Barnum is having great dog show at
his Museum at New York, and is drawing
thousands to see his dogs and pups Of all
degrees Our "dorg" couldn't win.
Answered by asking another--"If sla-
very must be perpetuated in the States
where it now exists, in order to preserve
the Union, will you go for its perpotua-
ton ?"
Don't take 'mutilated' Treasury Note
1 for Government doducts dol lar for ov-
cry tenth part of note torn off. The
work Of mutilating has been very extcn-
7 sive.
7 The New York Tribune calls the ne
1 groes the "acclimated Union men of the
e South" The Tribune can sec no South
= ern Union man unless he has black
G skin.
o The people Of Lima, Ohio, alarmed at
S the rapid increase of Negroes in that
, town have formed a Vigilance Commit
V tee and ordered all not owners of Real
: Estate to leave the town within q speci-
fed period.
Considerable excitement exists in
Washington in relation to contrabands
who have fled from Maryland into the
District Of Columbia and are now being
| hunted by their owners.
! News from North Carolina states that
Gov. Clarke refuses to furnish any more
S men for the rebel army. Many of the
s Border Slave State soldiers begin to see
, that it is their interest to stop fighting
= the Federal army and return to their
+ homes, where they can once more enjoy
S the comforts Of life and the protection OF
, the old Flag.
Judge Hardee. of California, Of the U.
S. District Court, has been convicted be-.
, fore the Senate of that State of disoyal-
) ton, and resolution Of expulsion pass.
f ed by that body.
I 1t is estimated that the rebels, since
D the war began, have destroyed $40, ,O00,-
600 worth of property, in cotton, sugar
} railroads, bridges, vessels, ordnance &c,
to prevent the same from falling into
Union hands.
The French steamer Montezama from
Vera Cruz on the Sth, has arrived at
New York and reports the French army
marching on Mexico, meeting but little
opposition.
There is vast deal of sickness in Hal
leck's army. DR., Blackm an. of Cincin-
natl, recently returned from Pittsburg
Landing, says there are thousands upon
thousands Of sick men upon the banks Of
the Tennessee The weather is very hot
there, and the suffering terrible
Daniel S. Dickinson, who was for a
real Union party in New York, can't
stand the late address and resolutions
He says its authors tried how far they
could depart from the Republican creed
without missing it, and how near tn cy
could come to the Democratic creed with
out hitting it.
An unconditional Union man is one
who is for restoring the Union as it was
before tho secession of single State !;
the pretended conditional Unionist, but
real disunionist, is one who will not con-
sent to such restoration, unless slavery
is abolished The former is uncondition-
ally loyal to the Constitution as it is
the latter is conditonally loyal, that is,
really disloyal.
I The New York Herald publishes an ar
Q tcle from the Charleston Courier of an
extraordinary and most significant char