Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-02-02
NEWS ITEMS.

The rebel privatecr Shenandoah is de
siroying American commerce oil the coast
of Brazil The consequences Is that vessels
bound for the United States, are obtaining
British registers as protection.
The well known Confederate steamer
| Harriet Lane has been destroyed in Havana,
/ Cuba, by fire, said to have been comnun.
icatcd by one of the crew.
/ The New York HmHs Washington cor.
respondent thinks Seward will be appointed
Minister to England in place of Adams
| Over seventy vessels, engaged in the vii.
mngton blockade, will be sent to Charles
ton.
Tho Committee on Ways and Means in
the House have agreed not to tax leaf to-
bacco
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, is of
! gypsy descnt-his true name being Jcre-
mah Colbathe. For some reason, he had
his name changed. Many rascals change
their names.
445 wounded soldiers, from Fort Fisher,
have arrived at New York The body Of
General Bell, who was killed there, also ar
rived in that city.
There were only three days difference in
the ages reached by Daniel Webster and Ed
ward Everett at the time of their respective
deaths. The former was seventy years, nine
months and six days; the. latter seventy
years, nine months and three days old
A Mrs. Jackson has received sl5 from
Queen Victoria for having threechildren at
birth. We don't know whether Mrs. j.
considers herself paid for her trouble or not
The paper monopolists have been beaten
The House of Representatives, by vote of
81 to 40, have repealed the paper duty, and
substituted three per cent advalorem tax
on the imported paper.
For muddle head commend us to Pro-
vost Marsha Fry. He is out with another
order, explanatory of his former ones, which
Philadelphia lawyer with the proverbial
acuteness for which they are noted anmake
nothing out of. The explanation is great
deal muddier than the original orders.-
Clereland Plain Dealer.
The Armstrong gun, which was captured
at Fort Fisher, was the one which was pre-
sented to Jeff. Davis by the Manufacturer,
Sir William Armstrong. A soldier dcscrib-
ing it says it sis by all odds the handsomest
gun l ever saw, being entirely of twist
wrought iron, and mounted on magnificent
solid mahogany carriage
The Bank of Crawford county, Pa, was
Thursday evening robbed of Sl50,000 in
United States Bonds.
Mr. Blair reports that there are plenty ot
peace men in Richmond, and much wrang
ling and dissension among rebel leaders, but
5 all are so watchful and jealous of each othcl
that no one dares advance toward overture,
for a cessation of hostilities, and therefore
it has been determined by them, notwith
standing all their recent disasters, to MAKE
> one more desperate effort, by placing negroes
in arms and vigorously enforcing the con
scription of white men, to achieve their in
dependence.
President Davis has issued a proclama
ton appointing Friday, the 10th day o.
: March next, as day of public fasting, humi
$ lation and prayer, and thanks and thanks.
giving, and for invoking the favor and guild
ance of Almighty God, and he earnestly in.
vites all soldiers and citizens to observe the
same in the spirit of reverence, penitence
| and prayer.
/ The Worlds Port Royal letter mentions
the arrival of large reinforcements for Sher-
man S army. The troops so far arrived are
veterans.
The Michigan Supreme Court on the 2Sth
ult., decided the Soldiers Voting Law in
that State unconstitutional.
The friends of the anti-slavery Constitu-
tional amendment say that the prospects OF
its passage by the House brightens every
day. The vote on the Senate Joint resolu,
ton was to be taken on yesterday or to-day
THE LADIES FRIEND.-A monthly maya
zine of Literature and Fashion. Edited
by Mrs. Henry Peterson. Published by
Deacon & Peterson, Philadelphia, at So sc
per annum.
The "Prisoner's Child" a beautiful steel
engraving, opens the February number Of
this charming magazine. 1t is followed by
a large number Of the latest fashion plates,
and any amount of interesting reading mat.
ter. The Ladies Friend, although but in
the second year of its existence, has no su.
perior in the country. No family should be
without it.
t We are apt to be free with our jokes upon
Doctors and their drugs, until sick and in
need of their aid, then all alike bow to the
necessity Of recourse to their hard earned
and often i'll llrequited skill The prevailing
1 belief that physicians frown upon whatever
9 deviates from their peculiar system and
usages, arises from the fact that their better
information leads them soonest to detect
and discard the medical delussons and i'm
: positions that are thrust upon the commun
ity. That they are ready and prompt tC
g adopt any really valuable invention is seer
by the treatment Doct j. G. Ayers Chem
ical Remedies have received at their hands
= They appreciate the value of these medicine,
, because they know their composition, anc
where is the man who ever heard respect
able physician either disparage them or dis
1 courage their use? No professor or pursuit
y has done more for the human family thar
q the medical profession. None is followed
by nobler men or for nobler ends; nor il
there one which better deserves the thank.
of mankind Canton IN. Y. Democrat.
NJ wheeling Redeemed.
it We are glad to leard from the Wheclin!
), Register, that the Democrats and Conserv
+ atives of Wheeling have succeeded in elec
., IL ,1nt