Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-12-10
VAYsgosrS EuENES.

W n aSnlngton ulSpatch says that the Gov
" crnmcnt has ordered the sale of all confsca
M ted lands in Virginia, South Carolina. Flori
M da and Tennessee on the 10Th OF January
- The sale will be pcrcmptory 70 pay the dircc
D. tax OF these Statcs.
ic Ed Stanton has authorized tho Governor
is OF Massachusetts to recruit regiment o.
II Colorod Cavalry in that State No chanc,
e Tor recruiting aboitionsts there.
Gen. SonENoK recently arrested Mrs. wiz
DER, an old lady, eighty six years of age
D She was about TO overthrow the Cover nmcnt
Brute Butler must look to bis laurels, o.
: Schenck viii be even with him yet.
5 Hon. GODFREY GUNTnER, the recently
elected Mayor OF New York, was President
of the great meeting held in that City some
months ago to denouncc the arbitrary and il
legal arrest Of Hon. O. l.. VALLANDiGnAM
which doubtless contributed largely to his
election.
The Stark County Democrat says that the
reaping machine selling firm of Autman Il
Co, of that town, havo started a N ational
one hundred thousand dollars Bank, and
built thirty thousand dollars church. be.
sides prosecuting men for voting for Vallan-
digham.
AMONG tho novelties of the age is a secdlcss
apple. A tree has been found in Dutchess
county New York, bearing this fruit. There
are no blossoms; the bud forms and without
any show Of petals, the fruit sets and grows
entirely destitute Of seeds. In outward ap.
pearanccs tho apples resemble the Rhode
Island Greetings.
a NEGRO desertcr who was dragged thro
the streets of Boston the other day, held up
his manacled hand, exclaining, ' Dis am
Massa Lincums Proclamation-ds am dc
liberty OF the cullcd pusson."
Mr.. GEO. THOMPSON, of Scotland, who
!, visited this country many years ago as an ali.
clifton lecturer, and who narrowly escaped
death at the hands OF inluriatcd mobs, is
, about to return to scongratulatc his friends
, on present prospects,"
f On Thursday night of last week q ball was
. given BY the 4" Pressmen's Association " OF
Boston. Miss Mary A. Bradshaw, one of the
C ladies present, while dancing, fell to the
q iloor, and before medical assistance could be
O obtained expired, 1t was supposed that she
q died Of heart.diseasc.
n On Friday last CHAs. Mckee, JOHN BAGes
and JAS. BLUNT, of Knox county, indicted a
the last term Of the United States Court fol
'conspiring to prevent the execution of the
g law were taken before Judge WILSON, O.
ri Cleveland, and bound over in the sum Of one
: thousand dollars each.
= Eighty one millions Of copper coins have
l. been struck at the Strasburg mint, to be used
i as currency in Greece. Their value is eighty
one thousand six hundred dollars.
, THERE are now no less than seven railroads
and branches projected across Iowa, which
4 ultimately are intended to tap the Missouri
above st. Joseph.
ABOUT four miles from Iowa City, DR.. Muir.
ray cxhumed human bones that differ some.
what from those Of any race Of people now
on tho continent. On the mound in which
they we've found were trees two hundred years
old
RoDr. HELLER, tho celebrated pianist and
, magician, expired a few days since at Alex.
andria, District Of Columbia, from tho effects
OF wound received in an accident on the
Baltimore and Washington Railroad.
oIrTHERIA is prevalent in Boston, and a
number of deaths have occurred. The appli
cation Of ice in some cases had beon attend
ed with favorable results.
The number Of invalid pensions granted by
the pension officer during the month of No
vembcr, was 2,00j. The number of pensions
granted to widows, mothers and orphans, du
ring the same month was 2,0O2. Total mum
Der 1 ,097.
JANE, wifc OF EX-Presdent PIERCE, died
at Boston on the morning OF the 2nd inst
She had been in feeble health for several
years.
TnE falling back of Moade's army has bocn
interpreted by spectators to mean prolon.
CATION OF tho war, and railroad stocks, gold ,
etc, have under gone a decided advance.
4 ON Thursday last, eight persons were ar.
rested in Cincinnati for passing counterfeit
$50 Treasury Notes.
TnE report circulated last week that 900
rebels had been captured at Knoxville, Ten.
nesseo was untrue.
The statement telegrapei from W Washington
and Cincinnati that Gen. Thomas had telc
graphcd to the President that in his late OBJ
era tions he acted in accordance with plans
ma a'nrcd by Rosccrans before his removal is
authoritailvcly pronounced false.
AN arrest was made in New York on Bird
inst, for passing two dollar Treasury note
altered TO fifty. Look we'll to the Green.
backs
JAcoD LAND, a soldier of tho Rcvoluti on,
died at indianapolis, on Monday evening, |
Nov. 30, at the age of one hundred years
and nine months. He served under General .
Wayne, aud was one of tho guards placed .
over the prisoners captured undcr CORVALLIS
at Yorktown, in 1881.
The Now York papers, says tho Cincinnati
Commercial, are, we believe, for the third timo
since tho war, publishing obituary notices of
General Sam, Houston, of Texas. Still we
should not be surprised to hear that Samuel
takes his nourishmont regularly.
MORE than two thousand boxes and paela. /
ges have arrived at Fortress Monroe by Ad |
am's Express en- route for Union prisoners in .
and about Richmond, from their iricpds at
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