Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-04-03
NEWS ITEM y.


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,nlccrs.
Cameron declines frigate to carry
iim to Russia. 1t is rumored that he
will decline going at all.
A daily line Of steamers will soon play
between Washington and Fortress Mon
roc. The trip will be made in 0 hours.
A soldier writing from Newber n.
O., says that peach trees there are in full
bloom, and vegetation is coming forward
rapidly.
The national tax bill, as it stands, will
require the appointment of about twenty
six thousand collectors. What an army
Of oilicc-holders.
1t is a general remark that the grow.
ing wheat has never looked better or
more promising than it now does thro'-
ont Indiana.
We see it stated that Com Wilkes, Of
Trent notoriety, will have command Of
the Monitor in her next brush with the
'Menmac'
Sec. Stanton says Gen. Stone shall
have a Court Martial as soon as officers
Of rank can be convened without injury
to the service.
1t is general remark in the Indiana
papers that the growing wheat has never
looked better or more promising for the
season, than it now does throughout the
State.
Gov. Morton, Of Indiana proposes to
re.clothe all the For, Donelson prisoners
in that State with the condemned shoddy
uniforms now piled up at indianapolis,
On Friday last a schooner from Balti-
more went up to RapPahannock with
stores and clothing for the rebels. We
suppose there is nothing to prevent il.
The Senate Committee has agreed to
reduce the tax on newspaper advertise
ments from 5 to per cent. An ad va.
loren tax on paper at 3 per cent will be
} levied,
Tho New York Leader is informed
that Fanny Fern has separated from her
husband on the ground of alleged mis-
usage, not only on his part, but on that
Of Que Of his relatives.
a New Orleans paper suggests that if
a steamers iron PROV were to strike lIol-
Inns big turtle in the middle she might
be snapped in two. Prentice SAYS lac
would like to see her made q swapping
turtle.
A sargcant Of the 3lst Massachusetts,
regiment writes, that among the cannon
captured by Gen. Burnside at NowLcrne,
were thirteen brass field pieces taken by
rebels at Ball Run.
The Postmaster of the House of Rep
resentatives at Washington, reports that
$lSl 1856 is the cost Of the stationery
| furnished to the committees thus far in
the session. This is only one item ol
the incidental expenses of Congress
A party of rebels paid a recent visit to
Fairfax Coult House; drove out the Tn
ion soldiers who were there, tore down
tho Union flags, &c. a party Of Nor.
gaL's Division has been ordered there tt
protect the town.
The latest news from Gen. Buell. is
that he is within fifteen miles Of Corinth
Miss, where Beaurcgard's army is. y
great battle is expected there.
The crew Of the rebel priyaeer, Beau
regard, numbering tyenty-scven men,
arrived at Boston from New York, on
Saturday, March %, and were immedi-
ately conveyed to Fort Warren.
The steamer .Sa0dRndh, which arrived
at Fortress Monroe from Ncwbcrn, says
Gen. Burnside has taken possession o
Beaufort, n. c., without resistance
There are five hundred rebels in For
Macon, who, being entirely cut of, mus
surrender.
There has been terrible calamity t,
Mexican troops near Oriaiba. Some bar
racks accidcn,Iy blew up, and thrtecl
hundred bodies have been found in tn
ruins.
The Kalamazoo, Mich, Telegraph
speaks Of worthy citizen of that place
cloping with another mans wife. w,
are in a profound state of wondcrmen
to know what the unworthy citizens d,
in that place.
The New Orleans Delta, since the re
; cent victories in the West, has containe,
several articles in favor Of restoration
of tho Union. 1t is reported that til
state Of things in that city threatens oper
riot.
a negro convict at the Ptnltentary
was discovered 10y tho guard on Saturda
night attempting to scale the wall of tn
prison. On examination, he was foun
to DO incased in boiler iron, SO as to b
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