Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-08-21

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culaton, they came plump On The pickets, who, In
duty bound arrested aud brought them into cany.
thcy we're then Transferred 10 tho guard house.
and next day compelled 10 walk back and forth
publicly with knapsack strapped on the back, and
weights inside, for two Or three bouts.
Fuit i, a rarity here 40 attention 10 IL
cultivation has been pll by tic reoplc. -
Orchards We frequently encounter, but mos. ab
joct looking things, and pit.abc attempts al f7iit
growing unpruned, and un"ityated in every re.
spect. Spontaneous 'fuits are the onlyon worth
mentioning Backberies We know no end h.,
whortlcbeui5 are as"nuuotoui as the sends on the
sea Shore" Delicious ones too, such AZ would
make the mouth Of an epicurc water said the
demand for tho vegetable productions was great.
The price is exorbtant' but the soldiers will have
them, if money viii buy. Coffee, sugar and salt
are better circulating mediums and command
greater premiums lhan gold or Treasury notes
5J and 30 cents can be had Tor coffee, ) and 20
for sugar. and from 8 % 10 Tor salt Bot then a
pound of butter costs US % cents, full grown
= chicken o. peck Of potatoes 80 or 40 and 50 on
Bushwhackers occasionally give US some trouble
in their own peculiar and nefarious way Yea
torday party of Vests Cavalry, list Va.) was
fired Oh by a concealed foe. The only damage
done, was one horse killed, and he in his plung.
ing and struggling seriously Injured his rider. 1t
is feared his jaw is either fractured or broken
This occurred only miles from camp. omit.
ted to mention that we are cncamDed near the site
= Of Jumpinl Branch where The rebels rendezvous
cd last winter, aud from which COO Of them made
such a grand skedadHc upon the approach OF 23l
3 men under Major CoFvfY. They Nhe rebels )
were pursued some distance, some prisoners and
. property captured, the village burned, when our
party returned to Raleigh without losA. A recruit
ing pary consisting Of two commissioned officers
two non commissioned and two prvatcs leaves
) here TO day for Ohio to recruit whether for the
. 23Id Regiment particularly or not, am not ad.
b yised, What possible use there is for recruiting
; officers now cannot determine If drafting is
tobc rcsortcd to after the ljth, what possible use
: is there for recruiting olicor2 FnAxK BurnrLt,
a member of Co. A, died yesterday evening, be d.
ing the first from disease in this Rcg't since the
G,b Of April. The percent Of mortality in the
i 23Id Rcg't since It's formation, now over Il
months, is about five. This uclndcs deaths re-
II sulting from disease as well as casualties.
1t has boon rumorci for some time. and is: now
a pretty well established fact that the we lose
Iieut Col. HAYES; as he has. been appointed or
c recommended for the Colonelcy Of the s3rd o. V
3, (now in process of !ormation,) by the Military
;. Committee of Hamilton Co q, and he only waits
the confirmation of his appointment by Gov. Tor
to leave US. We all like to see a good officer re
ceiyc appointments Or be advanced, but are cquq
- ly sorry to lose that officer SOMEBODY'S gain vii
i be our great loss.
Iobscryc that since the last call there has beer
considerable aocriy aud patriotism displayed, We
not in degree corresponding to the Just cxpccta
tations Of the people, and soldiers who have beer
in the field more than twelvcmonth, havo"wcath
cred the storm" thus far, have driven the enem,
from stronghold to stronghold, and now, that the
country is still in imminent peril, and the present
army found inadequate for her rescue, help is call
Cd for, for only one ger, while We have beer
y, II the field longer already, and have a broba
bility Of two years more, would it be deem
-, cd unreasonable for US to suppose that cry maj
called for wo ID freely and gladly offer his scr
- vices to his country, and deem it privilege. be
- fore the lst OF August, and not wait? and defer
in hope his ncighbor will ill the ranks to the dc
sired standard, until he IS compelled to 20 not a
a volunteer, not on the same footing, but as 4
conscript. Shame on the people of Ohio if they
allow such things to be. So say all the soldiers
and if had brother able bodied, who had so far
forgotten his sense of duty to his country as tc
cooy stand back in this, the day Of our trial, and
not lcnl helping hand, would disown him.
But thank God that four brothers of US are en-
- gagged in the same cause and expect to be nnti
this rebellion closes.
There are men enough in Ohio to more thai
fill her quota, if they will but respond and comt
forth. This is a time for action, no time to be
spcculating or thcorizing about what will be the
next movement of the rebels, no time to be max
ing b"oggodoclo speeches. ntcrloidcd with the
''last man and last dollar" or promises of great
things in certain contingencies, bH now is the TIM
to gice cpidence of sincerity of purpose and patri
otism By actions as rreY as rcords.
If drar ing mustbc rcsortcd to, as fear it may
- but trust it may not have no sympathies to of
= fer to that individual forced into service, and
know ,his to be prevalent feeling in the army.
May Little Holmes" may Ohio, may tn
-. whole country respond nobly to the nations cal
> for assistance, is the fcrvent desire of SINGER
: friend Of the Union, CHARLES HAY.
Co. II. 23rd Rcg't. o. V. l.