Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-23
NEWS ITEMS.


4 General Grant, in his reception ut the
Union League Rooms, in New York allu-
dcd to the 'foul wrong of the French occu-
nation of Mexico" The General is violent
ON that subject
I The New York World says it is not true
that General Mcclellan is ON his way home
from Europe.
! A government detective, who had not a
put up hotel at Lansing, Mich, which he
rents for 81, $50 per month!
James Townley, farmer living in Wind
sor township, Shelby county, ILL.,, has in
| formation from England that his uncle,
the snug fortune of Sll ,000, 900. Mr..
Townley has gone for the money.
Mayor Gunthcr has been nominated as
the candidate for Mayor by the Democrats
of New York.
The San Antonio Express represents an
unparalleled drough in Texas; the stock is
all dying in consequence. The Texas river
are all very low.
One-third of the Ohio soldiers in the
field voted for Gen. Geo. w. Morgan, not.
withstanding the efforts of the Abolition
State Committee and the messengers sent
out expressly to control this vote.
The population ST. Paul, according to a
2 recent census, is l3, 800 This place is evi
IDENTIFY destined to be one of the largest ci
ties in the West.
The Cincinnati Commercial is right in
its conclusion that ''the national blessing il
the shape of National debt, is already sul
fcently large to satisfy the affectonate soil
citude of the most loyal taxpayer. "
II. H. Robinson, Esq, formerly of tn,
: Cincinnati Enquircr has assumed the con
: troll of the Dayton Empire. 1t will shortl,
appear enlarged, and in an entire new
dress.
-, DR.. G.. Volncy Dorsey's trial will no
= come off until the next term of the Cour
!, of Common Pleas of Franklin county. Ii
q the meantime he goes around without bein,
u personally molcstcd' for his patriotic us
!. !. Of the funds Of soldier.
;, ~ A reward of $500 has been offered 70
% the recovery of the body Of Preston King
: The bottom of the river where it is suppos
d ed to be, is being carefully dredged.
f Several of the largest war steamers hav
y received orders to be Immediately fitted ou
d forsca.
t, The City Council Of Washington hav
k passed resolutions that should Congress
n pass law giving to negroes the right c
~ suffrage there, the citizens Of the Fcdcri
II Capital should be required to express thci
t, sentiments on that question.
e The Missouri Legislature have appointe
n committee to memoralizc to President t
release all Federal soldiers confined as pris
~ oners during the war;
= General Thomas has directed the citizen
, of Tullahoma to rebuild the negro school
y house which he charges they tore down.
N The citizens refused, and the General il
a true military pomp, has sent detachmcn
- of troops to require this order to be execl
10 ted.
n The President is actively engaged in pre-
pairing his message, and the secretaries O
the various departments are busy in com
:. pleting their reports.
\. The death of Judge Withers, of tn
T. South Carolina Supreme Court, is annour
ne ccd.
,s A Canadian Commission is tobc appoint
r. ed to open up commercial relations with tn
w West Indies and other foreign ports.
d. All necessary measures have been take
t. in Canada to check the Fcnian echroacl
p mcnt.
e, President Juarcz claims to be gainin
a strength, and expresses the opinion that h
d will yet succeed in driving Maximillian an
III the French troops from Mexico.
I, 1t is declared that in order to avoid co
e lision between the French and America
!, troops ON the Rio Grandc, orders have bee
lo issued that the Imperial soldiers shall nC
= approach that stream.
!. On the night of the 30th of October, tn
.. house of. b. Ritton, u. s. feet Paymaste
, at Panama, was robbed Of Slj, 900 in gol,
l. Gen. Logan has been appointed Minist,
y to Mexico and VIM. A. Browning, Esq
Secretary of Legation to the Republic {
le Mexico.
I'd 1t seems to be settled that Mcpherson
S will disregard his duty and refuse to ca
the roll Of all the members
r. Henry A. Wise's personal property hi
NJ, been condemned for coniiscation by Judl
Underwood.
The total sick and wounded in the Go
crnment hospitals throughout the count
.,- is now less than 5000. Eight montl
~ since it was over 100000.
le- General Augur, in Virginia, has ISSUE
ID, an ukase against the whipping of negro
as in that State. The soictudc of the Go
as ernmcnt for the negroes is intense.
m A "Down East debating club is arg
tie ing the question:: (Which is the most ,
lie tcctive agent in the reduction of the pop
zee nton Of civilized countries-War, Cholc
cs- or Railroad Switchmcn?'
ny, 1t is rumorcd in Washington that t
II President has recently decided to issue
ar tions to the suffering freedmen inthc sout
W W ern States during the coming winter, II
10 also to such whites as may be destitu
ola BY virtue of mhat law has the Presid,
i'rn decided to feed those negroes at the pull
III III, expense?
,;s I;' There is still trouble among the ncgr,
,nv in Georgia and elsewhere. The Savann
nd HnaLd Of the lth states: Sam. Whaley
,ay freedman, in the latter part OF last mon
@ @,"r attempted to shoot the Rcv. Geo. A. Eat,
." Superintendent of Freedmen on st, llelc
Island, and was instantly shot and kill
by several freedmen. Hope Mcintosh,
abcttor of Whaley, was lodged in the
'el- yannah Jail, Eighty freed people arriN
ay, ut Savannah from St, Simons, st. Cat
oS, rinc and Osabaw Islands, They left the
lay however, with their household frniu
md and the crops, on learning that the islai
she had been surrendered to the owners.
'o 'ue The late reports from the medical Off
'no m of the Freedmen Bureau in South Car
m me,o ma indicate that in spite of the continl
w., W. care and vigilance in instituting sanitary
w" farms omonp the freedmen there is incrt