Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-05-11
Items Of News.

tNIultN VI ltIUNUlt, IhUl lduls NlNu-
MIA and west Virginia. are removed by or
der Of the Secretary of the Treasury.
A dispatch from Memphis states that
jeff Thompson surrendered his entire ar
my to Captain Mitchell, U. S. N, on the
Sd inst
All public buildings in Washington, were
closed on the 4th inst, by order of the
President, out of respect to Mr.. Lincoln,
whose final funeral obsoquics were attended
in Springfield on that day. The courts adj
iourned, all the municipal officers were
closed.
Gen. Casey, in obedience to an order
from the War Department, has suspended
recruiting of colorcd troops in Richmond.
The reward for the capture Of Booth will
be distributed between very many men. 1t
amounts to about $4,000, but the War
Department may increase it at discretion. -
The entire rewards amount to 800, ,000.-
There is much dispute about the distribu-
ton.
Shcrman's army is to be mustered out of
service in Richmond 1t was this army
that really put an end to the war.
Edwin Booth did not 90 to Washington
after the body of his brother as was report
! cd
Hon. B. Burton, prominent citizen of
Syracuse, was shot in his house on the Sd
inst, and is reported dead.
Major Gen. Sherman writes to his wife
in Cincinnati that he expects to return home
in a few days.
Col. III. H. Burnett, the Judge Advocate
of the Military Department of Ohio, has
been called to Washington to ferret out the
assassination conspiracy.
Dccora, a famous Winnebago chief, died
recently at Lincoln, Wisconsin, aged one
hundred and thirty-thrce. He aided the
United States in the Black Hawk war, and
was rewarded by General jackson with a
small u. S. flag, and now it waves over his
grave.
The rebel prisoners at johnson s Island
twcnty-eight hundred in number-are be-
coming thoroughly convinced Of the hope
lcssness of their cause, and the Rcgiste,
says that during the last two weeks, over
sixteen hundred of them have asked the
privilege Of taking the the oath of allegi-
ancc.
Several chartered vessels at New York
have already bccen discharged from service.
This is the commencement Of the retrench-
mcnt system at this point.
The Tribune says there is great danger
that the season of vegetation will have pass.
ed unimproved and leave large sections
Of the South exposed to actual famine. -
, 1t suggests an order from the President ur.
} ging the people to plant and promising the
, fruit of their labor in any event.
Beverly Tucker has published letter
saying that whoever asserts that he hat
anything to do with the assassination, OF
any knowledge Of the plot to capture Lin
coin or Seward blackened his soul with di
: abolical perjury, He never heard Of Booti
! or any of the others arrested before the as
sassination. lie was not here when bootl
was. He has sent for a copy of the oyi
dcnce.
: A boy has been arrested at Brooklyn anC
taken to Washington whose conversation
! leads to the belief that he was possessed o.
:, knowledge of the assassination. He wa
, an errand boy Of Booths. 1t appears thai
Harold turns out to have been the agen
and confident Of the notorious DR.. Trum
blety, who lately suddenly disappeared from
Brooklyn.
Lieut. Col Conger, the officer in com
mand of the party that discovered the
whereabouts Of Booth, was engaged in dent.
istry, in Fremont, when the rebellion broke
out He first entered the service with the
Sth Ohio.
There is great rush of spectators tC
Richmond. Already the yankees" from
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Bal
| timoro have opened large stores for the sal,
of provisions, dry goods, clothing, etc. Th,
people of that city and its vicinity are il
great want of food, clothing and everything
needed by the family.
p The n. Y. Times says the President i,
said to be exceedingly annoyed at the at
I tacks made upon Sherman, and will take al
, early opportunity to express his high ap
probation Of his brilliant qualities anc
achievements. The President it seems
+ does not exactly endorse the malgnity o
Stanton and the abuse of the radicals
We have hope Of him
The Hcrrolds Washington special says
The supposed emigration to Mexico seems
; likely to assume formidable dimensions
- which is thought to bodc no good to impc
rialism in that country. The emigrant
p will, by decree of the legitimate Govern
mont of Mexico, Immediately became nat
, uralizcd Mexican citizens.
William Richards, Chief Clerk of tn,
Internal Revenue Bureau, has been ap
pointed agent Of Internal Revenue, an,
will probably be placed in charge Of the In
torest Bureau in the trans Mississippi.
The Postmaster General has sent an agcn
of his department to st. Louis, who vii
,, be there ON the 18th, to arrange for th
transportation of the mails ON the Missis
sippi river and its tributaries.
The steamer Western Metropolis, from
, Now Orleans, arrived at New York on tn
9TH The steamer Atlantic, with rebel prs
oncrs from Fort Monroe, arrived at Ney
Orleans ON the 25th. The Western Met
ropolis brings the body of Major Mudgett
killed in the late engagement at Mobile, an,
also $4,000 in gold and Treasury notes.
This is spring time, SEQ how thing
grow. A little while since we were inform
ed that LOO Union prisoners had died a
Andorsonville, Ga. a few days later, th,
number was increased to Il, 900. An ex
change from rural district has it II 900, -
Figures won't lie. Oh, no
All but four of the cuci,cling line of fort
| about Washington are to be immcdiatcl
: dismountcd, their garriSonS withdrawn am
y dismissed, and everything pertaining to thi
u enormous, expensive branch of dcicnsiv
= warfare is to be put upon the general re
Ucnchmcnt path.
{ Governor piorpont is arranging prolimin
# aries prior to going to Richmond to asSum
executive control of the State. He ha
been assured by President johnson that h