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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
watch Peace Men,

Honest men are conjurcd to watch Peace
men lest they do something devlish-that
is, so manage as to work the defeat of the
Republicans, and thus lay the foundation
for permanent peace, 1t is not long since
the public We're told that the peace men are
few in numbers, and hence that their move
ments were of no consequence. Watch the
peace men, lest they succeed, in the course
of eight months in stopping this war, in
doing away with the necessity of further
drafts, ofstaying the sacrifice of brave men,
and, consequently, adding no more to the
army of widows and orphans by wars S
bloody hands, of checking and curtailing
the monsuous debt the war is piling up. -
They want to save the country from further
rnin-that is the fell purpose they cherish
The country has been sufficiently desolated
and ruined, in their Judgment, and this
dcsolation and ruin that is sweeping on
ward they want a stop put to. Watch them,
oh ye Republicans, that they do not contri-
butte to this end. - -ChiUicothe -AdrertiSer.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
NEWS ITEMS.

The Boston journal in ct of herocs
wants TO know how far an invading army
of Conlcderatcs could march into Massa- |
chusetts. That would depend upon the |
time allowed tho officials of that State to
visit Kentucky and recruit.
Tho Charleston papers omitted their is
sues on the Fourth of July--an incident
which seems to indicate that the rebels have !
still, little reverence for national. .recollcc |
tons.
TuE precise time when the people want
a war to stop can always be ascertaned. !
1t is when they will not volunteer to carry it
ON. This is polite hint to their servants
in the Administration of the Government to
stop hostiitics and make peace: This hint
our people long since gave to Mr.. Lincoln.
Why does he not heed it?
ONLY two days are to be allowed drafted
men, under the new enrolment bill to re-
port themselves for duty. Only two days
to arrange their business and family affairs
for three years absence from home. This
is tyranny which has no example in this age.
A REPUBLICAN paper says: 'Wc see the
hand of providence in the denomination Of
Mr.. Lincoln" But people who have
great deal better vision than you see the
cloven foot of saten in it.
A number of loyal men were discuss
ing the fact of the Lord being on the side of
the North in this war, when an old Saint re-
marked: "Ifthe Lord is on our side I'll be
d-n if it amt time he acaS Shoscing hiS
handI'
THE Governor of Maine requested the
| President to send two gunboats to Castlne
and Eastport, a raid being apprehended
! q. NJ, L ,a1 a. D,oe;lo,t
has acceded to the request.
In the recent Federal movements against
Fort johnson, near Charleston, the assail-
ants, according to the official report of the
rebel Gen. Jones, were rcpulsed with loss
Of COO men.
THE expedition under Gen. Slocum has re-
turned to Vicksburg. 1t occupied Jackson
on the 9Th and 9th. On its return it was
much annoyed by the rebels and suffered Il
loss of $50 men. No cotton was brought i'll (;
why, is not stated.
THE rebels respected the property of f.
p Blair Sen, Gen. Breckenridge having
intcriercd in his behalf, but destroyed the
residence Of Montgomery Blair.
1T is reported in the HcrdM that Mr.
Lincoln declares, ''If military successes are
not soon achieved, he intends to take the
, field in person as Commander i'll Chief. IL
Gen. Lee hears of this, no doubt he will dc
as the coons did, when Capt Scott threat.
ened to shoot at them, come down at
once.
The Albany Argus thinks the President
course will ''widen and deepen the line OF
! separation between the loyal and seeded
+ States" ''If so" says Prentice, lit vii
greatly improve the navigation Of the Ohio
and the Potomac"
The Worcester R,lladiun, a republican
paper says: There is a deep feeling among
the people against perpetuating the order o
, things that has prevailed the last thrc,
years in the conduct Of the war.
In the race that will soon take place owe
the Union course, the shoddy horse Lin
coin will be ruled out Reason, ruinet
Constitution.
COMMUNION with nature, when the pass
ions of the soul are excited writes yers,
: of peace round the inner storm bell.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
Reasons why MIR. Lincoln ShO'd
Not be Reelected.

!. He is at heart secessionist. On Jan
uary IA, 1S4S, he made speech in Con
gress in which he said
"Any people, anywhere, being inclined and
having the power havoa right To rise up and
shake of the existing Government, and form II
new one that suits them better
Nor Is this right confined
to cases in which the people of amy existing
Government may chousc to exercise IT, Any
portion of such people may rcvolutionisc put
ting down minority intcrminglcd with or near
about them, who may oppose their move
mCnts."
.. lie has violated his pledge to the peo-
pie. In July, 1861, Congress passed a
resolution, which was adopted by him, in
these words: THAT this war is not waged
in any spirit of oppression or for any pur-
pose of conquest or for the purpose of over
throwing or interfering with the rights or
established institutions of the States, but
to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution.
g. lie has violated the Constitution,
which he took solemn oath 10 support, in
ways without number. His emancipation
procamatons which he has issued he
himself acknowledged he no right or power
to do.
!. He has suspended the habcaS corpus
i'll States where there was no necessity for
IT, ilt Has CduSCb W bt ulltcltu anu
prisoned citizens for expressing their can
did opinion as to the acts of the admins
tration, without attempting to produce any
charges against them.
8. He has muzzled the mouth and the
press in more arbitrary manner than any
despot in Europe.
e. He has prolonged the war for the pur.
pose Of collecting great army to aid anC
assist him to reelection as President by
the point Of the bayonet.
I. lie has sent armies into Florida anC
Louisiana for she purpose of organizing
new States for the purpose of voting fo
him for the next Presidcnt-and by so do
ing twenty thousand men have lost thei
lives.
9. He has squandered millions upon mil
lions of the public money to colonize anC
support the negroes, and has no sympath,
for the white soldiers slain by thousands il
the army
8. He has organized an army of negroe
and forced them from the plantations, whcr
they could have raised food for the arm
and have supported their families who ar
starving and dying.
10. He has initiated system of cxtrav
agance and corruption in the conduct of tn
war which will, sooner or later, overthro'
our government
: II. Before he was elected he declare
e himself against the election of Presiden
for a second term. He has violated hi
= pledge and now says it was all joke.
II. Being suddenly raised from the con
mon walks of life to the highest honor i
the gift Of the nation, he became vain an
pulled up, and keeps corps of soldiers &
IL body guard which no other Presidei
: ever did
-. lie has a set of fanatics and shodd
n contractors, and all kinds of speculator,
0 for his advisers, and they flatter him, whic
0 pleases his vanity, and makes him thin
a he is the greatest man in the world. II
e will soon wake up and find all these thing
: joke, and honest old Abe will 90 down t
f postcrity as great joker, and nothing more
: --AUany AtluS
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
Colonel Medary.

A little squib we published few weeks
ago on Colonel MEDARY brought forth a
defense of three columns in the Crisis.
The Colonel denies having assisted in the
election of Chase to the United States Sen
ate. He was charged with it at the time,
and he has been charged with it ever since.
He says this is the first time the charge has
been placed in such shape as to enable
him to meet it with fat denial.
At the time Mr.. Chase was elected to the
Senate, the Ohio Statesman, of which S.
MEDARY was editor, spoke very highly of
Mr.. Chase. And il was doubtless this that
gave rise to the opinion then, and ever
since prevailing that Colonel MEDARY sup
ported the election of Chase. lfthe States
man lied on Colonel MEpARY, the people
could not help it.
He dw<s having been Breckenridge
man in 60. He says he refused to address
Democratic meetings or in any other way to
take part in that contest which every think
/ ing man knew would, in the event of Lin
coins election, end in civil war and dissolu-
tion of the Union.
lie says he is not 'factious' now-that
/ he is for peace. Do then, dear Colonel,
use your energies and talent in preserving
peace in the Democratic party, that we may
triumph over abolitionism and restore
peace to our afflicted country. We, too
are for peace-peace in the conservativ,
ranks that victory may follow our standard
Then, indeed, will the angel of peace CONT
with healing on her wings and the dreat
alarms of war he hushed.
We beg of you, Colonel; we entreat ever.
- conservative man-evcry man who loye
his country and reveres the cherished inSti
tutions wrested by our patriot fathers from
a naughty and tyrannical British King, ant
: taken from us by corrupt and imbecil'
President, to lay aside all personal quarrel
> and all feelings for or against men and benz
: every energy to promote the success of tn
{ democratic party. 1t is our hope, our oul
= hope. A discovered and distracted Union
l. liberty destroyed, the onerous burdens {
u taxation, an incompatible national debt
&c half million Of weeping widows, a mi
q lion of orphan children, a thousand mile
$ of green graves--thc trophies of Lincoln
IN damuable administration-arc surely enoug
y to unite all good men in the great work
n changing our rulers. Colonel, let us {
1t, work for peace in the democratic part
III peace on any terms and at every sacrifc
U and the peace Of the nation will be our r
Z ward
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
How Past Wars for Coercion
and Unity Have Resulted.

Holland seeded from Spain. The latter
tried coercion and failed. Holland became
Independent. Portugal seeded from Spain
and set up a separate government. a war
for coercion followed, but it was unsucccss-
full The United States broke off their con
ncction with Great Britain. The latter
endeavored by war to maintain the Union,
but was defeated. A separation took place.
Mexico and South America seeded from
Spain. \ war to coerce them back follow
ed, but it was a failure--a bloody and ex-
pensiye failure,
Greece separated from Turkey, Turkey
tried coercion, but Greece maintained its in
dependence. Texas separated from Mex
leo. Mexico tried coercien, but failed
This has always been the result of wars fol
coercion and enforced unity Enquirer
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
The Political SituatiOn---Fre-
mont and his Friends.

The Lincoln men will be astounded, when
the votes are counted next November, to
find the number of Fremont's supporters to
be so great. We hear Of much activity, in
n quiet way, among his friends all over the
State and throughout the entire North
west. There is a very large proportion of
the Republican party that is thoroughly
and completely diSgustcd with the President
and his Administration, which can never
again be brought to the support Of Lincoln.
His arbitrary and unconstitutional acts, and
the imbccility and corruption that have
characterized all the departments Of the
Government since the war began, will con-
tinue to ALLEVIATE other thousands, until the
contest shall be between the nominee of the
Chicago Convention and Fremont The
indications are, that Lincoln will be left far
behind in the race. The Office holders and
Office hunters, the shoddy contractors and
contract hunters, the thieves and swindlcr,
all of whom are making "a good thing,
or are trying to, out of the Government
can never re-elcct the smutty and vulgar
joker, who, in an evil hour, was made
President
We met a leading and prominent Repub
lican, on Thursday, from Southeastern
Ohio, who has never before failed to sup
port the nominees of his party, but who nov
declares most emphatically that he will no
again vote for Lincoln. He told us that he
knew hundreds of Others in his county anc
district, who felt Just as he did, and VIII,
had cast their last vote for the party il
power. He also said that Fremont woulc
draw an immense vote from the Republicans
in his part of the State. His friends ar,
neither noisy or demonStrative, but are qui
etly organizing, and will be at the polls il
strong force. Our friend was highly graft
fled with the Conservative action of tn,
Democratic State Convention of Indiana
and thinks it will tend greatly to strengthen
our party; and, in view of the probability o.
the same kind of action at Chicago, he ha.
gone to work most actively in the good caus,
Of Democracy and Restoration
The Fremont men are understood to be
moving with reference to State Conven
tion and State organization They intent
to put in nomination full State ticket, a,
well as an Electoral ticket. They are il
earnest, and they are at work. They do not
mean that Abraham Lincoln shall dsgrac,
the Chief Magistracy of the United State,
during another term of four years. They
have it in their power to defeat him and hi,
party, and they will sec that it is done. -
Ohio Statesman.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
White and Black.

White women who lose white husbands
in this war are subjected to very rigid re-
quircmcnts in order to receive a pension.
Certificates of marriage, or other evidence
equally strong is required. But Congress
recently made an amendment to the Pension
Act according the benefits OF the act to the
wives of negro soldiers, without further
proof than that the parties have lived to-
gether for two years" 1t is a serious mis-
fortune to be white.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
Guardians Sale.

IN pursuance of an order OF the Probate Court
L of Holmes county, Ohio, made on the 2}d day
of May, a. ID. 1864, in the case Of william llum-
mel, guardian of Aaron llummcl, Jacob Num-
mel and Levi Humntel against his said wards.
the undersigned Will
On the 29tb dag Of July, A. d. 1864,
at one O'Clock, p. NJ. on the premises, offer Mt
public sale the following described real estate,
situate in Holmes county ana state of Ohio, to-
wit: Being the undivided three c-sevcnths OF
the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter
OF section twcnty-tivc, in township eight, of
range five, containing forty acres OF land more
less. Also, the undivided thrGe-seVcnths
of the west half of the north east quarter of
section twenty five of township eight and
range tlvc, containing eighty acres of land,
more or less. Also, the undivided three-sev-
enths of part of the southeast quarter of Sec
ton sixteen, township eight, range five, boun-
ded rs follows: commencing al the southwest
corner of said quarter and running thence east
eighty pcrchCs; thence north 10 perchcs; thence
west s0pcrchcs thence south forty pcrches, con-
tanning twenty acres of land more or less, SUBJ
ject to the widows dover.
Terms of sale: Onc-third cash on the day Of
sale, onc-third i'll one year and One-third In
two years from the day of sale, to be secured by
mortgage on the premises sold, ana the defer
red payments to bear interest at the rate of six
per ccntum per annuni, payable annually.
Appraised at S97G,W;
Guardian of Aaron Uummel, Jacob Uummel,
and Levi Hummel.
WORRIES n REED, Attys for Petitioner.
July H. lS6i-lfS5 10
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
The MaryIand Raid.

The rebel raid into Maryland seems to be
flushed up. The reported capture of Wash
n-jon and many other things suggested by
tho fears of telegraph operators and others
turned out to be delusions. The raid was
FOR plunder, and proved a success Ac-
counts as to the number engaged are quite
conflicting but the general impression ap-
pears to be that the force was small, proba-
bly about fifteen thousand On Tuesday of
last week, small number appeared before
Washington with the view of concealng
the operations of the main body, who eros
scd the Potomac, on their retreat, with an
immense amount Of plumber, on that day.
The administration became much frghtcn-
al at the rebel demonstration upon the
capital and detached some forty thousand
mcn from Grants army to aid in its de-
!,ncc. As soon us the object of their move
:rcnt had been accomplished, the small
body Of rebels in the vicinity of Washing
ton withdrew and rejoined their comrades
on the South bank OF the river, the Fed
cral pursuit resulting in nothing beyond in
decisive skirmishng.
The rebels captured three millions of dol
lars worth of stores at Martinsburg, and
took six cannon and many prisoners from
Wallace at Monocacy.
Again the nation is ejoiced with the as
surance that Washington, for the hundredth
time at least during the rebellion, is safe
AS the starving cotcmporaries of Jacob
went yearly into Egypt to supply themselves
with corn, so do the Coniedcrates visit an
nual,y the North to replenish their exhaus-
ted pranarics. When the horses of the
Conicderacy become ribbed like the barrel
rack Of coopers wagon; when the
lelly OF the contedcrucy clcaves to its back
bone for the want of corn and beef and ba-
con; when the rockct-hook Of the rebel
jlon becomes cmaciatcd from inanition, ,--
then is there an incursion Of the rcbclious
hosts northward then does the nation
trcmblc for the safety Of Washington; then
do Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Shcn-
nndoah Valley contribute Of their iatness,
Of their horses, their fat cattle and swine,
unl their grccnbacks till every want is sup
Piled to repletion. With the regularity of
n tidal flow, the waters of the rebellion
swell northward, gathering on their bosom
;Ae wealth Of the Upper Potomac, and
,hen ebb, leaving only slime, mud, drift
wood and desolation, where before all was
plenty and prosperity.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
Told You So

Nothing takes Black Abolitionist
down like the Democrats crying out upon
every occasion and the happening of every
event connected with the war 81 told you
so, lfthore is anything that the Black
pridos himself on more than another, it is
his opinion. In that he is generally forti-
fed by the New York Tribune and sus-
taines himself respectfully by argument till
event comes, and then his theory is knocked
into cooked hat and the Democrat
That is the only argument we need
We predict the events, we await the
fulflment of the prediction and then,
~ told you SC" is all that need be said.
We need not specify, but an Abolition
list can not name a thing that has hap
pened since the war commenced, but
what the Democracy can say, II told you
it would be so. - Ohio Patrod
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
The Ascending Cost OF the
WAR.

In the first year of the war the Govern
ment was enabled to buy pork at ten and
eleven dollars barrel. 1t now has to pay
lorty-iive dollars barrel The price OF
hay, of forage, of wagons and harness, of
horses and mules, and in fact almost every
thing has risen in the same proportion II
the war is eXpensesive in the beginning,
say three million of dollars day, what is
it now, when these fabulous prices are
paid2 The depreciation of the currency
and the consumption of able bodied men in
the war are the cause OF this wonderful in
crease of prices. As the increase goes ON
after the fashion of gcometrical progrcs-
sion, How long can we go on with wal
whose expenses, originally enormous, are
thus being doubled and trebled2
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
Obcdient Servant,
q 4 MATTHEW'S
"DOugh1aCes.:

A few years ago it was very common
ocrats as ''doughfaces, as Southern lick
spittlos,' &c, The reason why they were
thus stignatized was because they advoca-
ted the extension to the Southern people of
all their rights guaranteed them by the CON
stitution. They did this because they were
animated by sense of justice, and because
they were satisfied that alone through the
rendition Of such Justice could the Union
be maintained. 1t was because of their
devotion to the Union-becausc they would
not willingly do anything that would sub
iect it to the liability of disintegration--
that they were stigmatized after this man
ner, Is it any wonder, then, that men who
were SO uniustly assailed in the past should
be uniustly assailed now?-- ChiHicothe Ad-
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
ScCesIl for Lincoln.

The editor of the Richmond, Va, Dis
patch, leading Confederate paper, says il
he had million of votes he would give all
of them to old Abe for President of the
North part of the United States. This
shows what bitter enemy of the North the
Dispatch is, and how malignant its feelings
are towards us. This man can think of no
greater injury and curse upon this people
than Lncoln's reelection, and he is anxious
to bring it upon u.s.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
War In Earnest.

me rebels are desperately IN earnest
0a'a,nanS s,n io"' ame} max intci,Sl.y o' Yen,
clutch their own scct;on comncll;nc oyery
white man or boy to fight, every black man
or woman work, ior the triumph ot their
rbaro ,ha,' G. 'o'tI"'u ,o u''s''' VI ue'''u'
Their conscriptors and bloodhound! ios m
Alabamian quantity said) take every one
vino has not been dead for more than two
Usi", oi no eonsv''l,'ea ;liuSi c,'n'r lalr'
They nav no bountirs. mako no nrovisions
for their soldiers families, and have given
over the farce Of pretending to pay their
inen, N Nhce III ,heir ranks thcre ~, Is no re-
ceased IN Loyc Gn,nacs thoy i"oS rno,rj i'",n ail
private property as Confederate, and take
whatever they want wherever they find it,
Iia,i ,neic Is no pus'ness-iil'le trade-ho spec
war war; "''''"S '''''' "o'''"s ''' ''"''!
Is the North prepared to emulate this L?
IT yes, let us call out all the men that
are wanted loan our government all the
,'I h"deSl;b, - e'Is 1hn 'h;a p". ,n' map 'niousn
tain; otherwise not-Nns Yok Trib,mc
This. at last. is bringing thing, down r.
Il reality The war i, NOT os il fnrmcrl,
was, to be finished in ninety doys. or six
months. ar veor, II is to he 6ni. .bcd nm.