Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-02-23
NEWS ETI!NTS.

/ II is stated that Gen Shcrmans plans
are not generally known TO the army.
The destruction Of the town of Gilleson-
! yillc, s. C.. was done in retaliation for the
murder Of colored Union soldier. former
| ly slave.
The residence and birthplace of John {,
! Calhoun, at Braddock' $ poiu; ;. c., was
lately burned to the ground.
\ From anin-rcction of the Stratlord regis
ter, it is found that Shakespeare widow
subsequently married Il shoemaker oi the
town, named Richard Jamc>.
/. The construction of the hcGoyernnenta arsen-
al On Rock Island, Illinois, will be cQmmenc-
ed immediately. 1t will cost one mlllion live
/, hundred thousand dollars, and will be one OF
the largest structures of the kind IN the
world
Two younger sons OF the late Duke of
Newcastle, who. it will be remembered, ac-
conpanied the Prince of Wales during his
American tour, had fight with carving
knives recently in q London Club House
when the youngest. nineteen years of age,
was billed by his brother, Lord Arthur.
The Democrats of Connecticut represent
ed in State Convention, at Middletown, on
the Sth inst affirmed that the corner stone
Of our liberties is to be found in the great
J
for the Democracy Of Connecticut
A private letter dated Savannah, january
3Oth. to n citizen Of Cincinnati, expresses the
belief that there are not twenty respectable
whites in that city who arc really for the
! Union.
1t is stated that while only five revolu-
tionary pensioners are alive, there are four
teen hundred and eighteen widows of such
| pensioners alive aud drawing pensions.
/ In boring for oil in Meigs county, Ohio,
iron, lead, silver and copper ore have been
found which is causing great excitement in
that region.
u A half million Of dollars has been appro.
. priatcd by Congress to construct earthworks
Of defence about Washington Foreign
complications are said to be the reason OF
this appropriation.
1t is noted as one Of the evidences of the
sad decentralization Of the times, that the
old Washington National Mto&igeacer has
by the recent change Of proprictorship los,
both its brains and principles.
The Southern Hotel, in st. Louis, now
; approaching completion, will cost about
p $500, coo, although the contracts were made
at the gold standard. The furnishing vii
. require at least $3.50, 600 at the present
prices; making a total expenditure for hote
I aud outfit Of ) 200, 600
- There is no longer a doubt that the assign
mcnt Of quotas by Provost Marshal Genera
, Fry has been made without the slightest re
gard to Justice. Many papers Of his own
party confess this and soundly denounce hin
g for it.
, Four hundred newspapers perished in th
70 Northern States, in 1864. owing to the higl
r,rip ,.l, For u.Ii tn
There is a tract of eighty acres of land oI
> Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, which is valued a
u twenty-five million of dollars.
l. The small pox is raging to a fearful exton
o among the negroes at Savannah.
z Our consul at Lisbon has informed til
d Government Of another rebel privateer
=, which is on the high seas. She is Gale
~ the Ajax, and left Kingston.
NJ The closing Of the port of Wilmington
"A sad blow to Nassau, in the bahama L.
lands. All is stagnation there. Bclol
that event there was over thirty steamer
he and one hundred sail vessels engaged in III
~ blockade running,
To- It il said That the Mexican French Ger
~ oral commanding at Matamoras hns cnfcre
!, into an arrangement with the rchcl author
'l- tiles in Texas, by which all refugees fror
"
the rebels
,c The Maine House of Representatives ha
10 pissed a bill for an amendment to the Con
r stitution, disfanchsing deserters and ab
/. scntccS from drafts.
1t There has been heavy fire at Danvillc
If Virginia. LOSS TO the Conicdcrates osti
l. mated at $500, 900.
y Gen. Prices headquarters are at Bon
L.. T., h,.a L. a.,
q army.
y They have had "Scan Mag case in NJ
h. Vernon. Anarried man went away-youn
:, man went to see his witc-married ina
II came back late at night-went homc-four
=" his wife and young man 'snoo2ing' togcth
,h pulled young man output pistol to h
W. hcad--young man begged for mercy--ar
h" paid $500 for his fun
ii. The question of arming the slaves h
,ss been temporarily laid aside in the rel
he Congress.
cr- The Springfield RrpuL1,cW welcomes {
ch draft, rs it viii give the Provost Marsha
is, guard in that city some other occupati
mt besides getting drunk,
IN, The original sheet on which wcrcrocord
wn in Congress the yeas aud nays on the passa
nnd of the Constitutional amendment abolishi
III slavery, has been signed by Speaker Golf
vas aud presented to the Northwestern Fair
e!, the rclieror negro freedmen.
.ar A bill has been presented in the India
~, Legislature to disiranchise all persons
-, longing to the Sons Of Liberty
yht The Confederate Cavalry are again SO
inn. ously threatening Nashville, while the n
we ing bands of guorrias have already invest
in. Clarksvic,
cx- The Telegraph states that the Liberals
gaining strength, and are defeating I
French troops in nearly every cngagcme
Maximilan's authority is now confined
ast Matamoras, Turpan, Tampico, Vera Cr,
ra- ANarado and the City Of Mexico.
ow
ar. The Long War Ahead.
nn, When the diplomatists, sent to Rysw
ll1 by Louis XIV, and by William Ill, n
lu I those allies with whom in the great co,
'uy ton, he had, AT last, huhled France, W,
zen wasting time in iormalties, etiquette, Qu
au tionS of lackeys, owoads, canes, and tItl
&C, Portland aud Bouflers met in an old app
eh orchard ten miles from Brussels, al