Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-04-28
NEWS ITEMS.


1F four hound dogs with sixteen legs, can
catch twenty-nine rabbits, with cighty-sevcn
legs, in forty four minutes, how many legs
must the same rabbits have to get away from
eight hound dogs, with thrty-two legs, in
seventeen and half minutcs2
GENERAL Butler urges the increase of the
rapidly butchcred by the injustice of this
PLEASANT Hull, which is represented as
having been the scene of the late bloody en-
gagement in Louisiana, is in the southeast
ern portion of De Soto parish about Gfty
miles from Shreveport, Gen. Banks objec-
tive point, and about ten miles from the
river.
MEASURES, says Washington dispatch
to an Administration paper, are in progress
which will soon cause nearly all our psitions
in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida to
be held by the negro troops, thus relieving
white troops for other service. Three negro
regiments were to start South on the Goth
inst.
CHAsE's paper money bubble, and vice
and end every crime are increusing-prccs
every thing are going up-and the niger
is above par-but pure religion and poor
white people are at discount-and Liberty
will soon be obsolete. The devil seems to
have been unclaimed, and all his angels let
loose.
TWENTY men sentenced to death for de-
sertion, have had their sentence commuted
to hard labor at the Dry Tortuges during
the war
GENERAL Pierce, who was blamed for
the disaster at Big Bethel denounces the
statement of Parton, in his life on Ben But
er, about the affair. Gen. Pierce says the
battle was lost through the blunders of Gen
Butler.
Mr.. LINCOLN, in stump speech, has
stated that Confederate prisoners arc to be
amcnable to suffering in retaliation for the
Fort Pillow massacre. This declaration
was made to please the Radical abolition
faction.
THE new two cent piece looks Ike gold :;
a wreath of wheat surrounding 50 cents; y
and around which are the words "United
States Of America ON one side. The
shield of Liberty and the words God is our
Trust, make up the converse side.
THE Urbana Union says that butter is SO
scarce in that neighborhood that many
mothers are w,aning their babies earlier
than usual.
AN Abolition Trustee in one of the town
ship Of Pickaway county, has been Indie
ted for fraud as Judge Of the election. He
sat at the window and took the tickets, and
and would drop the vote Of democrats on
the floor and put abolition votes in the
box. We have no doubt this game was ex-
tenslvely practiced last fall all over the
State. Democrats cannot watch the polls
too closely.
Ir is proposed to use the White House
for a department Of State and official reccp-
house in the suburbs Of Washington.
TIE Washington Republican calls the
new rival Republican Fremont Journal,
known as the Neo Era ''the New Err o.. -
The old concern is for Lincoln, and the new
for the Pathfinder.
''PEACE will soon return again" is the tit
tie Of new song. 1t reminds one of the
old one-"1here Il good time coming. -
One is probably about as true in its proph-
ecy as the other, whatever may be then
respective merits, poetic or musical.
TIE receipts of the New York Sanitary
Fair which closed Saturday night, were
something over 81 100000. The result
Of the army sword vote was in favor Of Gen.
Grant. The navy sword was taken by Com
| hituOlC DUNull.
THE Republican State Convention OF
Kansas has elected delegates to the Nation
al convention at Baltimore, and instructed
them to vote for Lincoln. Gov. Carney has
withdrawn from the Senatorial contest in
Kansas, leaving the question to the deci
sion Of the Next Legislature.
The Republicans of Boston Massachu
sets, have split into two meetings on the
question Of Lincoln's denomination. One
party is for him and the other against him
\ cartel for the exchange of fprisoncrs has
been affected between the Government and
the Coniederates.
FORNEY, the President $ terrier, says
''The war has, in fact, conferred upon thou
sands advantages which, before the war,
that had never known" One Of the ad
vantages conferred upon him by the war is
the privilege Of sitting in Judgment upon
other peoples loyalty.
TIE Ncue Zeit, a Eissouri Radical Ger.
mon paper, holds the Administration re-
sponsible for the Fort Pillow disaster and
considers it the clcarest proof of Mr.. Lin
coins incapacity or sympathy with the re
bellion, that even the st. Louis Union
should be compelled to advise Mr.. Lncolr
to Danish the families of influential South
ern rebels from the North.