Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23
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4 per cent in the Confederate loan
The Sanitary Commission have sent to
! Newberu 100000 worth of supplies. -
This place is to be the depot for sanitary
supplies in North Carolina
The rebel Congress, which was to ad-
iourn last Saturday. failed to do so. This
is done at the request of President jeff.
Davis, who informed them that he eXpcc-
ted lay something Of importance before
them.
The United States Government are or
ganizing Il campaign against the Indians.
The difficulty between Turkey and Per-
sia is becoming serious diplomatic rup-
ture was expected.
! A destructive fire has occurred at Con
stantinople, at which convent and large
number of houses were destroyed and a
! 100 lives were lost.
The Chatfeld (Minncsota) Democrat, of
March 4th, says Remember the prayer
meeting to-day for Old Abe, and all We that
have anything to offer for the good of him
and the Niger, go in. Oar chance is for
sale cheap.
Andy johnson says he is a plebeian, and
that he glories in it, We are authorized by
several, who call themselves plebeians. to
say that they ale not at all proud Of his
boasting They insist that he must have
been born, a. we once heard a stump speak
er call 1t, an aristocra- cat. -LoutSriUe Dem.
Lincoln, in the course Of his very briefin-
augural, takes the name of God great
many times in vain. 1t is well for some
people that the Almighty is long suffering
and slow to anger.
One Of our exchanges says /: God call
ed Abraham Lincoln from the prairies to
be President. Did lie call Andrew John
son also Or is the jurisdiction of the
Almighty limited to the selection of the
! President
The reason why there is so much said
about the intcmperance Of Andy johnson,
! Is because there are so many loose char
actcrs' in Washington, that it remarkable
to see an individual tight"
jerome Clark oii'oS Sue Munday, the
guerrilla, was hanged in Louisville, on
! Wednesday of last week,
The Richmond Wing congratuatcs its
readers that the tide Of success has at last
turned in favor of the South. 1t points
as evidence, to the late Confederate sue
cess in the Carolnas.
Generals Crook and Kelly, who were re-
Gently captured by guerrias in Maryland
have been exchanged by the Coniedcrates
and have arrived.
1t is proposed by the abolitionists, tc
elect a niger to the Mayoraty of George
town, city within the sight of the Capital
Of the United States. The ''colored gen
tleman's name is Alfred Lee, Esq, an ex-
tensive dealer in horse feed on Bridge
street. He is said to be very loyal "
1t is stated that there is some prospect of
| shipments Of gold being made to New York
from Europe, owing to the tlatness Of ex-
change.
Ex-senator Foote has issued an address
to Tennesseans, explaining his disconnec-
ton with the Confederate Government, and
dcnouncing and regulating the same.
John c. uecnan, the great American pu-
gilist is now in a reduced state Of health,
and is but shadow Of his former self -
One of his lungs is almost if not entirely
gone, and the man that stood six feet two in
his boots, aud weighed two hundred and
thirty pounds, now weighs but one hundred
and sixty five pounds.
There seems to have been bad blood gen.
Grated because niggcrs were excluded from
the Inauguration ball. Some of the advo
Gates of comforting suffrage on the negroes
: wish it understood that they do not wish tc
$ them political equality, and social cqualit
| is sure to follow.
G Treasurer McCulloch states that durint
p the next three months large quantities q
t cotton will reach the North.
/ Gen Palmer has issued an order j
! Kentucky, in which he announces that, b.
c the law of Congress, the wives and childre
y of niggers who have enlisted in the army
q Lar ,h,, nliut h,ranIt.r IN
u law is to be enforced by military power
II 1t seems to be generally understood tha
= the French Mission remains in allegiance 70
y the present. No one has Of late been men
toned in connection with it,
& by direction of Gen. Grant all railroa
n employees, telegraph operators, mechanics
n aud other civilians employed by the Cor
l. fedcrate authorities, who desert from thei
J. present employment and come into fcderi
81 lines, will be entitled to all the benefits am
t. immunities set forth in general order Nc
r >, having reference to rebel desertcrs.
There is the greatest food in Rochester
10 New York and the vicinity, ever known
{, Immense damage has been done to proper
! ty.
Il The flood in the Gcnncssce Valley, Ne,
r York, has swept everything away.
= According to the New York HerakFs dis
patch, the Federal loss at kinston, Mort
i Carolina, was 900, and the rebel loss !, ,OOC
G They are having tremendous flood i
the oil regions, Pennsylvania. The bridge
Il at Oil City and French Creek have bee
!, swept away Great damage has been don
to the oil operations.
Q The water is many feet higher in Utica
T. New York, than has ever been known be
fore The gas works in that city are effect
ually stopped, and the people are thrown
upon their own resources for light.
Fayetteville, n. c., fell into Sherman
, hands on the 10th inst, lIardee with 10000
men Withdrawing on the day previous, e'
route, it was said, for Raleigh. A rebe
e paper says that Goldsboro is seriously threat
cued, aud expresses the opinion that til,
| Fcderals viii be met at some point soutl
= Of Raleigh
n On Wednesday last Sheridan was at tn
r crossing of the South Ann river by tn
y Richmond aud Frederick sburg railroad but
T since then, he has been lost sight Of Their
D are reports that he has had an engagement
Il with Pickett's division, in which the rebel
Y were worStCd.
There is great activity in Lee army, an
it is supposed that the rebels are preparin!
to evacuatc Petersburg and fall back to
new line ui' works on the north side 1T tn