Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-04-16
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Morgan and his Rucrrillas have hard time 0
II. General Mitchell surprised ono Of their camp
on the 9Th, and cut them up in gallant style. Ou
cavalry nrc rapidly winning good name.
st. Paul, Minnesota has gone trotnendousl
Democratic. Every Democratic candidate wa
elected by large maoritics
In Paxton, Illinois, tho whole Democratic tick
ct was elected The good work goes bravely on
All tho commissioned officers Of the l2sth III.
! (Egyption} Regiment have been discharged iron
service. They we're said to be "Copperheads.
Judge VIM. Bullock, Of Louisville, is spokei
of as an independent candidate for Governor 0
Kentucky, in opposition to Hon. Joshua Bell, th
nominee Of the late State Convention
Governor Yates, Of Illinois, has issued an or
der for ten companies of infantry to protect th,
State from hostie aggressions
Our iron -clads at Charleston carry &c guns an,
i ,250 officers and men.
Tho Poles have been conquered, and Langc
wicz, their leader, is prisoner at Cracow.
lhe town OF Palmyra, Tenn, on the Cumber
land river, has been burned by our light draft feet
in retaliation for the recent guerrilla attack a,
that point, on the gunboat st. Clair, and accom-.
panying transports. The completely of the in.
habtants with the guerrillas who fred on the
boats, is said to have been made clear, and the
place consequently reduced to ashes.
Hicks band Of rebel guerrillas has been des
hoyed in Jackson county, Mo-, by Major Ran.
som of the 9th Kansas regiment
The rebels arc building fleet of cotton pro
tected gunboats at Shreveport
The u. S. steamer Diana was captured bv The
rebels, near Pattersonyillc, in the Atchafalara
river on the 2sth ut.
The number cf dcscrters who have returned
under the Presidents Proclamation is 936.
The rebels claim that the attack on Fort Penn.
berton has been abandoned, and that our troops
have embarked and gone off.
We hear no more Of the one hundred millions
oil dollars in gold Mr.. Chase was offered from
Europe. 1t is FalstafI, we believe, who remarks,
"Oh, Lord, how this world is given TO lying.n
The Providence Post says the Democracy
found just one enemy in Rhode Island, namely
MONEY. a single corporation promised fifty thou.
sand dollars to secure Republican triumph in
the Eastern Congressional District, and the Post
believes the money was given and used
Dispatches are being prepared by Secretary
seward to Minister Adams in London, which de-
nounce the fitting out in English ports of piratcal
vessels to prey upon our commerce. A protest
Is en cred against the continuance of this policy
and our Government declares that it is regarded
as unfliendly
a medical board was organized at Washington
April 9Th, to examine persons claiming exemr
ton from draft on the plea Of disability
lhe U. ). Adjutant Generals order of April
= Just issued guarantees to soldiers re enlistnp
for service after the expiration of their present
term of service, in addition to their fifty d, liars,
bounty iurlough Of thirty days, Immediately af.
ter their re enlistment.
Inc invincibie Barnum has gotten the Indian
ohleis' lately at Washington, to exhibit in his
Museum.
Mr.. James Garnet, was burned to death while
asleep i'll his house at Pensacola, at the time tina,
town was fired by our troops.
Rebel news coming from Chattanooga, Apr
I'd, report that our gunboats on the Tennessee
""'' NSSh u'iNCH DaCh Dy Snarp shooters, thai
our iron clads attempted to land at Tuscumbia
but were badly repulsed
One thousand three hundred and eighty .f,m
negroes came iutO fifty counties in Ohio, since
March lst, 1861.
During the recent canvass in Connecticut the
people were assured that there would be no draft
to fill up old regiments Now that the election
is over and the Abolitonsts have carried their
points, we may expect an immediate order for the
enrolment Of the whole able bodied population of
the North preparatory to draft.
The Richm nd Enquirer, in a late humber,
has philosophical article on the bad habit of ca.
ting three meals per day. The editor argues that
two meals are amply sufficient, adding that un.
der the present condition of affairs, and the short
ness Of provisions, "it is nearly as bad to grow
fat as to get rich on the Confectionery"
a little while ago the armed loyalty of the
country was alleged to be altogether Republican.
Strange to tell the New York Ecening Pos has
recently,,made the astounding discovery that shun-
dreds Of thousands of Democrats arc in front of
the foe.'