Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-08-24
NEWS ITEMS.

was Passing the night; who, when bed time
came and the family prayers wore suggested, (
in searching for a Bible, finally produced
a couple Of torn leaves of the good book,
with the naive remark II didn't know !
was so near out of Bibles.
a number of cotton spcculators, all
highly respectable and influential gentle
men, have been arrescd at Shreveport,
La, by the military and locked up.
Immigration to North Carolina from the
north has commenced, and people are ar
irving there 10y thousands. The state is said
to be one of the healthicst in the Union.
Gen. Shelby, late of the rebel army, has
organized a corps of 1000 mounted men
from the imperial service in Mexico. The
men are to receive $50 per month, out of
which they are to subsist themselves.
The soldiers and officers of Iowa regi-
mcnts are bitterly opposed to negro suf-
frage
The abolitionists of Lancaster county,
Pa, have three different times vented their
small spite at ex-President Buchanan, by
elccting him constable. He has been each
time obliged to go and make oath that the
election was witout his desire or procure
!, ment.
Five hundred six.mule teams are to be
plains from Lcavenworth.
A soldier of the 80 Indiana regiment was
drummed through the streets of Louisville,
last Wednesday, in disgrace, escorted by a
guard Of negro soldiers.
f A German servant fell out of third sto-
r ry window at Cleveland, o., the other day
and would have been killed had not gen;
tleman caught her in his arms. She asked
hi / hn sh nF al
and to off with his impertinence. y
; According to the New York HeraH $
t Paris correspondent, the Queen of Spain
and her Prime Minister are not on good
2 terms. A strong republican feeling exists
among the officers of the army, and revo-
luton may be considered Us imminent.
t The late Vice President, Hannibal Ham
lin, has been appointed Collector ofthc port
I of Boston. His whole family is now in Of
I fee. If he could not have got the Collect
j. Or place, this importunate office boggar
= would probably have taken the post of mes
= scnger
Governor johnson, of Georgia, has isstfed
proclamation, authorizing the orlinarie.
throughout the State to administer the
: President S oath of amnesty to all persons
! who are competent to receive it. All the
" civil officers Of the State, who have taken
! the oath, will proceed in their functions tht
! same as before secession.
,s There is said to be considerable dissatisiac
:, ton among the troops in Virginia on ac
i, count of their retention. They desire that
II as they enlisted for the war, they Should
i be discharged as the war is finished Thi,
- looks to us just, but the Government docs
i not take that view, and UW hold on tC
j them.
y There are about 40, 600 negroes congre
d gated on the peninsula, in Virginia occupy
o ing huts erected by the solliers, and living
:, no one knows how, who will probably suffer
= some during the next winter
$ The people of Springfield are considera
= bly, agitated over the increase of naughty
Il houses in that place. An Indignation meet
c ing has been held relative to the matter.
: Counterfeit 81 treasury notes have made
their appearance at the trca urcr's Office in
, Washington, for redemption. They were
u readily detected.
, Stephen A. Douglas and his brother,
n Robert A., are students at the Georgetown
$ Cd. G. college. The former is said to be
If an original thinker and an excellent speak.
n cr
The New York Times has good authority
/, for the statement that Mr.. Robert Lincoln
10 son of the late president, is shortly to bt
J. married to Il daughter of Secretary Harlan
y y Beriah Brown, formerly promnon
~ Wisconsin politician and editor, and recent
,, y connected with the California press, ha
Il gone to Mexico to open printing Office.
i In many portions Of the country, a yer,
h malignant and obstinate type of dysonter
IS prevails. In many cases it nearly rescnl
ul bles cholera. The patient seems at one
L. struck with the pallor of death--his ski
~ blue and cold, and the pulse almost gone.
t. The 7ribmc's Washington special say
Or that Ex-Governor Mullen, Of Washingto
, Territory, in company with the prcscn
u Governor Of that Territory, will leave tina
'e city shortly, in charge of 700 women, VIII
el intend migrating west.
'n The Herolds special says that the formC
~ publishers of the Richmond Enquirer hay
~ arranged to commence the rcpubishing ,
~ that paper
r.. The Times Columbus, Georgia, CORE
Ia pondcnt represents the condition of the pet
Js pie along the road from Chattanooga to a
nd lanta as terrible. In consequence of tn
~ almost total failure of the crops in that SC
Va ton, together with the scarcity of none
w. among the people, he prognostcates niue
in suffering among the people during the con
IT. ing winter.
m "A jew, the other day, in Alexandra
o. Va, was sent to and imprisoned in the sla,
e, pen, for calling General Moseby gentl
lll man.
nj The great iron bridge over the Ohio Ri
er at Steubenvile, will be ready for trail
er to pass over it on the first Of September.
he William Larwill has been nominated t;
Representative by tho Democracy of Asl
land County. A deserved compliment to
glorious Democrat.
10, An Oberlinte named Mitchncr is out
I communication published in the Oberl
OF NeWs, declaring that he will not suppo
de Gen Cox, and urging the calling of Co
ne vcution to put in nomination new cand
OF date.
Re Re Ward Beecher prophesied that the +
ne beion would be put down and the Unic
cy restored, with the modern improvements.
nl- One of the modorn Improvements is co
~ trolling the elections of the people by mi
&C. tary interference of armed troops.
=" The Shodly, Abolition Republicans c,
M theirs the Union party" The only ~