Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-01-14
News Items.

are now 3,OOU' VDV 1870 VI N''''' ~ ''iN
Confcdcracv'
y THE partisans of Chase are said to he very
bitter against the President for prcsuming
20 run the second time.
NASHVILLE whiskey is rapidly changed to
gin, brandy, and even lager beer, to avoid
the prohibitory order.
Our annual crop of whiskey is estimated
at one hundred millions of gallons.
W. GILMORE SIMMs, the author, is hard
up at Charleston
GARIBALDI writes substantially that his
foot is well and that he is game as a chicken
THE late King of Denmark 5 motto was I:
''The love Of the people is the strength of
my reign.
TuE Taunton Gazette says the appearance
Of the ''iemale soldier" in our exchanges is
even more regular and frequent than that of
the pious youth whose bible stopped SO many
rebel bullets.
The papers still chronicle the arrest of
spirited young ladies' along the Potomac,
with balmorals skirting cantcens full of
whisky.
THE little Archdul<e Rodolph heir to
| Austria, tumbled out Of bed recently, but at
last dates had been picked up and was out
Of danger
GEN. SToNEMAN, it is now stated, has not
resigned, but has been removed from the
! head of the Cavalry Bureau, and General
Kcnnard Garrard appointed in his place. -
Stoneman has been made General Grant $
Chief of Cavalry.
GEO. W. DICKENS, a man of no very en-
viable reputation, was made Provost Mar
Ishal of Henry county, Kentucky, when he
made himself pretty fresh in peculation, for
j which he was arrested and fined $2550, be-
sides six month imprisonment.
THE naval prize money distributed during
December last. amounted to over 1880, 900
among eleven hundred men.
a TERRIBLE railroad accident occurred
near Dayton, on the morning of the 9th
inst. "a train from that city and one from
Cincinnati coming in collision. Two per
! sons wese killed, and between thirty and
|, forty injured.
! THE Confederate officers who are held II,
prisoners of war at Sandusky are soon to be
removed to Fort Delaware, in General But
ler's Department.
THERE are now chartered in the United
States, 1877 National Banks, with capita
+ of S32, 100000.
c THERE is a large party in Congress VIII,
are disposed to raise the revenue tax OF
whiskey to s instead of 60 cents
SIGNAL stations, protected by garrisons
are to be Immediately established along tn,
Mississippi river at intervals, in order t,
protect vessels.
Coles Maryland cavalry have been bad
ly cut up near Redortown, Va, in an en-
counter with the Conlcderates
T.,t, l., -, 10 I, g. al
works in Florida by the Federal feet is esti
/ mated at three millions ofdollars.
= A RESOLUTION has been offered by mem
, Der from Maine which looks to the assump
ton Of all State debts incurred in this wal
by the Federal Government.
PEORIA, ILL.,, was visited ON New Year,
b day by destructive fire, which destroyed
| two buildings on Main and Water streets
Loss, $4,000
THE Government steamer Science wa
was burned at the Portland Wharf last week
A BRITISH schooner, with a valuable carg
/ for the Conlederates, has been captured OF
/ the coast OF Florida by "A Federal cruiser.
The condition of the Union prisoners n
Richmond is said to have been improved.
KIT CARSON has been appointed Colnoe
of the Second Regiment Of Volunteers il
New Mexico.
Four London Surgeons are said to b
: ready to swear that ileenan was chloroform
ed during the recent fight,
$ lT is stated that the quotas are filled un
i der the last call, of Vermont, Indiana an
! Rhode Island.
In the 10Th Ohio, all but one man hav
: re-enlsted, The 4lst 5lst, and 9th reg
& ments have also re-enlistcd.
= The official reports according to the Ne
York lPOrlds special put the Federal los.
I at the battle Of Chancelorville, mt 2S, OOt
Is Chancellorville was where Hooker was d,
e loatcd and Stonewal Jackson killed,
SENATOR HOWE, of Wisconsin, desires,
Il his resolution in the Senate, to call out
million Of volunteers for ninety days, to giy
liberty to all the negroes, and wind up I'll
: war in short order,
y In in the United States District Court
Is Indiana, ut indianapolis, the indictmen
~ against five persons for obstructing the cl
o. rollmcnt were quashed. Twenty cases
ntraction of the Internal Revenue Law
j. were disposed Of by fines ranging from 5;
y to 500.
AMONG the petitions in the United Stat,
ne Senate were some from Quakers, asking
nc be exempted from military duty. As tn,
m sustain the war by their votes and influence
H. why should they be exempted?
> The Democratic ladies of Indian Hi
III Madisonvllc and neighborhood, in llamiltC
county, sent their New Years gathering
Of Sl5l, 50 to Mrs. Nalandigham, with no
al expressive Of their kind wishes for the We
N fare of herself husband and child
is The Union feeling is said to be sproadir
e in Texas and Arkansas Kirby Smith tax,
Is command in Arkansas in place of lleme
/ who is ordered TO report ut Richmon,
g Smith $ force Is computed at 900.
: NEAR Ccntreville, Michigan, the hous
u of German named Kruitzcr was burnc
on New Years night, and himself, hi
wife and five children, left without shelter
were frozen to death. They were all toun
+ in the snow not far from the remains of tn
ID house.
il a BILL will soon be introduced into Con
grcss repeating that section Of the Coniisc;
III ton Law which limits possession of propcrt
p sold to the natural life of the owners Tn
es bill will openly set aside the Constitution
10 for that instrument recognizes no forfeiture
w. except during the lifetime Of the pcrssl
10 attaintcd.
al a Reckless Congress.
We call attention to the proceedings
this body rs reported by last nights tel
graph. If any one doubts that this boz