Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-12-31
NCMs lions.

lican form OF Government
A law suit is now in progress at
Washington against the Government
which involves claim of about two
millions Of dollars, with interest and
has been in litigation for about ten years
Z It is on account of mail contract for
service on the Pacific Coast.
In the last six months one fifth of the
whole population Of Panama has perish.
ed from smallpox. All the Churches
and cathedrals are now without pastors.
The dead arc buried without religious
emones, and marriages are perform.
cd either by the civil authorities or con-
suls or by the chaplains Of the war
ships.
Andy johnson, of Tennessee, is do.
scribed as feeling splendid--his eye on
the Presidency and bis hand on three
laiies--Goveinor, Senator and Gen
eral.
The ships Winged Racer" and "NIan.
lila, Tor New York, and the amanda, ;"
for Falmouth, were captured and burned
by the Alabama" November 10th of
Java Head.
General Sherman, who commands the
Army of the Tennessee, has issued an or
der for the imprcssment of all able bod
led men capable of bearing srms. Go it
abolitionism impress white men and
free negroes.
Prentice would like to have the world
as it was made by God, and the Union
as it was made by our fathers" Herein
Prentice differs from the abolition party.
They would transform niger into a
white man, and the Republic which our
fathers made into despotism.
Tho Emancipation Proclamation was
intended to free the negroes. According
to reports of the Administration owl
agents, it has already made forty thou
sand Of them, along the banks of the Mis-.
sissippi, free to starve. free to perish o
cold and neglect, or free to die of disease
in the swamps and bayous OF that great
river.
"Old Abe's " last and most stupen.
dous joke is his amnesty to the slave.
holding Hotspurs Of the South upon
condition that they become aboitionists
after the Garrison pattern. 1t is horrible
pleasantly, however, in view Of the hid
eous waste OF blood and treasure his i'll
timed joke will occasion.
The Ohio State Commissioner for
Europe has been quite successful. The
number Of Emigrants arriving, says a
New York paper, destined for Ohio,
this year, exceeds five thousand, against
little more than half that number in pre-
vious years.
The Canadian Government has deter
mined to establish two military schools
one at Toronto and the other at Que
bee for the purpose Of enabling officers OF
the militia, or candidates for commissions
or promotions in the militia, to perfect
themselves in the knowledge of theil
, military duties. drill and discipline.
1t is believed that the proceeds of tn,
; Boston Sanitary Fair will reach on'
hundred and forty thousand dollars.
The New York TriJune'S Washington
special says that tho rebel rams in Eng
land have been offered to the Englisl
Government for sale
p A fleet of Government vessels is to b
stationed at all our principal harbors, t,
d overhaul vessels and sec that no person
, iosges without a passport.
Q 1t is the intention of the Navy Depart
) ment to huiid four immense casemen
} ships, that will cost the triiiiag sum O
fifty millions of dollars That is not,i
} ms these times.
1t Is not truo that the Federal Monitor
became entangled in the harbor obstruc
tions OF Charleston. The Lehigh, how
ever, was badly damaged according tC
one report, but a Baltimore dispatcl
pronounces it incorrect
:, The Legislature Of Alabama has or
dorcd the beautiful carpets that cover the
floors of the State Capitol to be taker
up, in order TO make blankets for the
Confederate soldiers.
1t is believed that Indianola and La
vaca, Texas, have been taken possession
Of by the Federals ere this, and tina
San Antonio will soon follow suit.
6 General Ulman, of New York, ha
= not been captured by tho rebels. Th
report to that effect was untrue,
Culpepper, Va, and its vicinity
now occupied by strong body of FED
eral infantry.
" Judge Eastman declines the Democra
III ic nomination for Governor of Ne
Hampshire, The election takes place
le March, Mr. Eastman expresses Il
ID, l,1,..f .l.l "A. 4