Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-06-22
Items of News.

ties as being in deplorabe condition, ow-
ing To the scarcity of seed, stock, farming
utensils and labor The necessities of the
inhabitants can not be more than half sup
piled by the coming crops,
The left wing ofthc State Prison at Jack /
son, Mich, was burned last week BY this
fire Austin, Tomlinson Webster, wagon
makers, lose $4,000, insured for $4,000; |
Cooley & Co. farming implement contract
ors, SIS, 600, fully insured; Walker, Fish
g. Boote, shoe contractors, S., 900, insured
one-half 1t will cost the State $40, 900 to
rebuild.
John c. Breckenridge it is reported, has
arrived, safely in Cuba, and will probably
not be hung in October.
The Abolitionists howled until the welkin
rang because the Democrats wanted Peace
Commissioners" to close the war and re
store the Union. They said Grant and
Sherman were the only peace Comms-
sioners" they wanted Now, since Grant
and Sherman have made peace they call
one an old fogy, and the other, Sherman,
"d---d Copperhead' who is not fit to
cross we and other loyal door steps! y
All, what roses these anointed are to bloom
among the thorns.
There are a large number of applications
for pardon, filed in the Department at
Washington.
The first Oil-Well in California has been
opened in Humboldt County, at the depth
Of eighty feet. The flow is twelve barrels
of oil daily.
The richest estates in the country are Of
fered for sale in all parts of North Carolina,
for from one to ten dollars per acre, with
! improvements their owners having decided
to 20 North and are selling at a great sacri
| fee.
Iii is said that if an Abolitlonist in Wash
ington City dare to utter a word derogatory
to the patriotism of Gen. Sherman, in the
presence OF the soldiers, he is severely pun
ished.
Gov. Curtin, Of Pennsylvania has issued
a proclamation announcing the end of the
war and recommending to the people the
proper observance of the Fourth of July in
welcoming the soldiers home and rejoicing
: over the restoration OF peace
Gen Mcclellan, at last accounts, was in
Lorrento, Italy. While at Rome he had
a long and friendly interview with the Pope.
He will spend the summer in Switzerland.
John W. Forney has now three papers
in full blast--one at Washington, one at
Philadelphia, and one at Richmond--all
supported by Government patronage. Mr.,
Forney is also Secretary of the Senate, and
chief cook in the kitchen cabinet.
Ward II. Lamon, who sang 'Picayune
Butler" when riding over the bloody bat
tefeld of Antietam, has resigned the Office
of Marshal of the District Of Columbia -
We presume he intends to join some troupe
: Of niger minstrels.
The colorcd cavalry of the Twenty fifth
Corps have exhibited mutnous spirit -
They have been disarmcd and placed under
arrest. ..
The telegraph mentions terrible tragedy
which was enacted on Tuesday, near Bos-
ton. A son, aged sixteen years, shot fatal.
ly his father, and then went to the woods
and blowed his own brains out,
The rebellion in Hayt is still in progress,
and martial law has been declared III the re-
bellious districts.
; Further trouble with the Indians on tht
plains is anticipated. They have lately com
mitted a number Of outrages.
Secretary McCulloch states that all re
= strictions on trade in cotton east of tn,
a Mississippi are removed. There is no ia,
:, upon it except the two cents per pound i'm
posed by the internal revenue.
An extra session of the Virginia legisla
s ture has been called by the Governor Of tina
n State
Payne, who tried to kill the Stewards, de
cares his desire to be hung at once, an
a says he is ready to make clean breast Off
c but that Mrs. Surratt is innocent, and thG
Ne Arnold had no knowledge Of the murder.
1t Lieutenant General Scott has just con-
% pleted the 10Th year of his age, and in hon
or of the event number of his friends a
y West Point proceeded to his lod &lgs an
&c scranaded him. In return the General ex
pressed his thanks, but declined to make
II spreech.
The Independent says it is reportc
, that subscription for Gen. Lee is bcin
1t circulated in that city, on which $50, 600
already subscribed.
John Mitchell has been arrested on reg
ular warrant, charging him with treason /
J. pursuance of the Indictment lately foun
:. against him at Norfolk He has been take
to Fortress Monroe to be kept safe until hi
u case is ready for trial.
The Herald 5" Richmond corrcspondcr
: says that business is at a stand still in thu
l. city and there is not the slightest prospec
IS of revival for year to come. The MAJ
e kets are oversalked with goods of all kind!
The coming crop will not amount to MOI
o than enough to keep the farmers throug
l. the year. The Government supports owe
y 10000 persons now, and this number wi
be increased next winter.
Tho Herald" says that Genoral's Butte
Banks and Heintzelman, neglecting to sen
IT in their designations on or before the l5t
I. inst, were mustered out of service on Fr
~ day last,
- Messrs. Jerome Buck and Crttondcn
y New York have been retained to asst
'e Charles 0 Conner in the defence of Jeffe
IS son Davis.
,s The President has issued a proclamatio
- reoonstructng Georgia and Texas, precisel
- similar in terms and proposed method {
Is actions to his proclamations in reference {,
North Carolina and Mississippi. Jamt
johnson is appointed Provisional Governt
of the former, and Andrew j. Hamilton
10 the latter State.
N Three hundred Confederate prisoners a,
- being sent through Fortress Monroe daily
y route for their homes. There are abo,
3, 600 soldier patients at the Hampton ho
lie pitfalls at present. These hospitals are
as charge Of Surgeon Eli Mcclellan. At Ne,
is port News there are 5, 500 confederate pri
Il, oners, 500 of whom are in the hospital
m charge of VIM, \. Smith,
he \ large and enthusiastic meeting W
held i'll Sacramento city ON Saturday evenil
ly Of the 10th, to express sympathy for Il