Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-05-18
Items of News.

ues quite active. Bleach and brown goods
are scarce, and prices are steady. Prints
are in small supply. The present scarcity Of
1 foreign dress goods still continues, and pri-
ces are stiffening, There are number Of
merchants in the city, from large northern
cities, who buy with confidence that the
trade with the West will be brisk
purchases to goods not as extravagant in
price or style as in former days.
Seven hundred passports were issued BY
the State Department during April The
present month, however, promises a larger
number. Three hundred and sixty-seven
passports were issued up to last night, the
majority of which were to Germans, who
propose visiting their homes for the pur.
pose of prevailing on their friends to return
with them and avail themselves Of the fine
opportunities soon to be presented at the
South for improving their condition.
The Buffalo Commercial says: There
are about thirty sail vessels at that port
which have not fitted for service this spring,
and that several others will be laid up on
their arrival there. The scarcity of frcights
and low rates paid will not warrant owners
in keeping them in commission.
Bishop Johns of the Diocese of Virginia,
has issued letter to the clergy of his do
cese, instructing them to resume the form
of prayer in use before the rebellion, and
expresses a hope that the resumed civil re-
lations will be happily maintained and re-
dound to the glory of God, and the tempo
raj and spiritual welfare of the nation.
The brig Excelsior, from Bermuda, re-
ports that on the day of President Lincoln $
funeral all the courts on the Island were
closed, flags we're at half mast and draped
with mourning, and public sympathy was
universal.
Gen. Sherman has arrived in Washington
and is testifying before the Committee on
the Conduct of the War.
Reverdy Johnson has consented to act as
counsel for Mrs Surratt.
1t is said that no counsel appeared for the
: conspirators on the re-opcning of the Mill
tary Commission, and that among those
arraigned yesterday was Edwin Spangler,
stage carpenter at Ford's Theatre.
The New York dalies continue to pro-
test against the secret trial of the conspira-
tors Some Of them have long editorials
on the subject.
The HeraHs Washington special says it
will be difficult to establish case against
! prominent persons named as accessories in
will be very long. 1t is believed the trial
will not be concluded before the first of Au-
gust as there are some three hundren Wit
nesses to examine in the cases of 'arge
number of conspirators.
The man supposed to be Surratt, arrested
near Chambersburg, Pa, turns out to be
no conspirator of any kind. 1t is thought
there is reason to believe he is fugitive
from justice,
The Posts Washington correspondent
says The official statement ofthe number
of emigrants arriving in this country in 1864
was 22l ,535, Of which 1919, 900 arrived at
New York.
The hall occupied by Hooley's minstrcls
in Brooklyn, n. Y, took fire on the morn
ing of the eleventh inst, and all the scene
ry wardrobes and working material of the
establishment were destroyed. SIC, 600 -
The Lard Oil Factory of VIM. Flanders, on
Water street, Brooklyn, was also destroyed
by fire on the evening Of the same day
Both fires were the work of incendiaries
Gov. Crawford, of Kansas, and superin-
tendent of the Missouri & Pacific, & A. &
| II. III. Railroads, has been appointed COM
missioner on Patents of the Government,
to examine and accept the Pacific Railroad
when its various selections shall have been
completed Mr.. Usher is to be President
of the Kansas branch. President Lincoln
had interpreted the law to require but one
commissioner.
The storm in New York on the 9th was
accompanied by a gale of wind which did
great deal of damage. A large number of
houses were unrooted and several persons
were injured, but no lives are known to be
! lost
There was n terrific storm in Danbury,
Conn, on the 18th inst. A tornado accom-
panied by hail, rain, thunder and lightning,
visited that section that evening. The steo-
was blown down through the roof, making
n compile wreck of the building. Loss
about $5 900. The roof of the residence
of VIM. A. Judd cashier of the Hattcrs
Bank, at Bethel, was also torn off. The
house and furniture is damaged to the
amount of $4,000. Trees, vines, barns,
&c, suffered severely.
A Newark, New Jersey, correspondent Of
the Post says there was great destruction
of property, and many persons nured in
that city by the late gale. In Brooklyn
some twenty houses were unroofed or 9th
erwise damaged A man weighing 200
pounds was lifted from the ground and car
ried swenty feet Over 100 trees were up
rooted in Philadelphia, and 2S houses were
blown down.
Brown alias lIargravc, one of the bur
glars who robbed the banking house of
Williams & Co., at Pittsburg, ON April IL,
has been arrested.
Five thousand French troops and five
thausand Belgians have left Europe to take
possession of Lower California for the
French
1t is thought the assassination trial will
be very long, lasting until the last of Au-
gust, as there are three hundred witnesses
to examine.
Gen. Meredith has been removed from
his command at Paducah, Ky.
There is said to bo nineteen thousand
graves of Federal prisoners at Anderson
vile, Ga.
The Philadelphia ige states that on
Thursday last resolution directing the
Mayor of that city to offer reward for the
detection and apprehension of tho mob en-
gagged in the recent assault on Charles In
gersoll was introduced in Select Council by
Mr.. Hopkins the member from the Six
teenth Ward. 1t was defeated by party
vote, all the republicans opposing it.
Vance, the rebel Governor of North
Carolina, has issued proclamation COM
manding the soldiers of dsbandcd rebel ar