Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-01-07

! nCcn permitted to examine the report o.
Mr. Bennett, which will be laid before tn,
Legislature in few days. We extract from
the report the following facts:
II, In the counties now within our military limos
In February, 1860 Horses....... ....... 90, ,ss,
In February, ls6}-liorses ............... lsi SO.
Loss in three years rs............... 80 O2.
Sol
e6j-Cattle.......... ......... 496 s!l
Loss in three ycars...............". .....G4. .74C
le6l-Sheep OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4GD 81.
ll6s-Shecp' p'.'..... .................... 54l 800
ls6l-l l!ogs.............. ,75s
le6 Hogs. 40, ,5Os
Loss s...................... .............lj3,2- go
So that in February, 1868, there were in
the counties now within our lines Isl. .964
horses, 40G, ,S2l cattle, 54l ,3O4 sheep no.
502 hogs. These are the returns of officers
OF the revenue made last February; and il
we deduct from these the consumption from
February. 1868, to February, 1864, we
may, without error safely assert that in
next February there will be 100000 horses
400. 600 cattle 300, 900 hogs or pork and
as the sheep have increased Is per cent, we
may put them down at $50, 600
lines and which must be fed, together with
the army now in Virginia, will not amount
to over u $50, 900. 1t is easy to show that
IN Virginia alone there are ample provisions
for the people and army.
The figures from Auditor Benefits re-
port show the consumption of cattle from
the counties now within our lines, from 1860
to 1868, was 81, 740, and that in February.
SO, there were 400, 32l cattle in those coun-
ties. .Supposing that from last February to
next February the consumption be greater
than that of the three preceding ycars-that
the consumption reaches 90, 32l-there will
be in February 1864, 400, 900 cattle. with
the year 5 increase then within the present
lines Of our army. And supposing that of
hogs there were consumed during the same
time 40, 900 which is greatly more than was
consumed in the two preceding years. there
will still be 600, 600 hogs, and the wears in
crease ON hand, in the shape of pork, ON
the lst Of February next.
Putting the cattle at 300 pounds each.
there will be on the 1st of February, 1864.
l20, 900, 900 pounds of beef cattle. and the
hogs at 100 pounds each would give 60, 600,
GOO pounds of bacon. The two would give
$50 O00, 900 pounds of meat, leaving out
altogether the sheep. An army of 900, 900
men requires, for pound of meat per day
to each man, less than 10000, 600 pounds.
50 that if a proper system is adopted by the
Commlssary Departments the State of Vir-
GINA alone could maintain the army and her
own people for the next year, without any
aid from the Southern States
REMOVAL OF TIE CONFEDERATE ARAroRY.
From the Richmond Sentinel, December %.
The Confederate States Armory, located
at this place some two anda half years since.
and which has grown to be a vast concern,
has been removed to Columbia. South Car
ollna. The principal reasons inducing the
removal were, as we have been informed.
the difficulty Of transportation md the scar
city Of provisions-two very weghty argu-
ments, it must be conceded.
AFFAIRS IN MOBILE.
From the Richmond Enquirer, December ~.
The recent Message of the Mayor of Mo-
bile presents a very satisfactory review of
affairs in that city for the past year. He
says there has been no suffering or actual
distress in the city. The citizens contribu-
ted one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
for the support Of the free market, where
1000 poor and needy persons receive good
and substantial food while 1000 families
have been clothed at Il cost of seventy thou
sand dollars, donated by the same liberal
hands The cash receipts in the city treas
ury, over the expenditures, for the past
year, are upwards Of fitty-six thousand dol
lars, and the entire amount in the treasury
is one hundred and eighty-six thousand three
hundred dollars.
Morris Island correspondents of the Nor
thcrn press MENTION under date of the 23d,
the sudden and unexpected appearance, in
Charleston Harbor Of new and apparent
ly formidable iron-clad. We quote from
two
NEW IRON-CLAD.
\ new iron-clad ram perhaps third
larger than the Atlanta, made her appear
ance in Cooper River few days ago She
came down past Charleston with flags flying,
rounded Castle Pickncy, fired a salute of
four guns in broad-sidc, and then returned.
She made stately appearance, had good
proportions, with sloping lines, and was
decidedly the most formidable looking craft
the enemy have yet exhibited in these ac-
cursed waters.
The query now is, where was she built :?
Is she new affair, or one Of their old rams
rebuilt? If new, she will make the fourth
.''i 'h'H 'liNt uuttlH INC ICtl CTOSS uOUS IOf
the defense Of Charleston. Should Admi-
raj Dahlgren remain inactive emothermonth,
he may be attacked at his own anchorage. -
The Confederate navy is positively looking
Mq
The correspondent of the New York Tri-
bane, who saw the stranger under way, ac-
cords her "A higher rate of speed than it has
been thought possible for an ron-clad to at
tain. He says;
On the 10th of thi, month singular
event happened i'll front of Charleston -
One Of their gunboats, with colors flying,
came down the Cooper River. When op-
poSitc the city she fired IA salute Of eight
guns, landed some of her passengers on
the dock, and then proceeded up the Ash
ley River,
Your correspondent had very fine
view of her from Fort Strong. She seemed
to be about the size of one of your ferry
boats, and about the same shape She
putfed and smoked enough to have thrown
4 lover of fine vessels in agony, She is said
by the knowing ones to be very heavily
coated with iron, but | should Judge she
was not so, as she sat very high out of the
water, she seemed to be making twelve
miles an hour.
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The Reason.
Cornwall, the Clerk in the Redemption