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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
The yyarsaid 10 he over.

New YoRK, April 8. The Commercials $
special says it is believed in Washington that
the war is over, and that an understanding
to that effect exists. The programme of
Gen. Grant anticipates all possible move
ments of the enemy. He did not merely
provide for the evacuation of Petersburg
and Richmond he anticipated this contin-
gency, and Lee will find his retreat cut off
at all points. Grant, Sheridan, Thomas,
Sherman and Hancock are closing around
the fragments of the rebel army. The mil.
itary organization of the Confederacy will
cease to exist during the present week.
Sherman has yet to be heard from. He is
not inactive during the great operations now
pending Peace through war is the object
of the Administration, and it seems to be
now within reach.
The Commercial says the news of Grants
success has almost suspended business in
all the markets, and as yet it is difficult tC
estimate the effect upon prices until more is
known of the fate of Lees army and the
prospect of his effccting a junction with
Johnston to offer battle at some other point
or possibly to fall conformity upon Sherman
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
Movements orGrant,s Army.
WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, April |,

WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, April /,
Mqjor. General Die
The following telegraph in relation to
military operations now going now going on
at the front was received this morning -
Nothing later has reached this department
(Signed) E. NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
CRY PoiNr March 3l--S:3O p. NJ.
Hon. f. W. Stanton
AT 1890 p. NJ, to-day General Grant
telegraphed me as follows
There has been much hard fighting this
morning. The enemy drove our left from
near Dobney's house back well towards the
Boydstown plank road We are now about
to take the offensive at that point, and l
hope will more thanrecover the lost ground.
Later he tclegraphed as follows
Our troops, after being driven. back to
Boydtown plankroad rallied and drove the
enemy in turn and took the White Oak
road, which we now have. This gives us
the ground occupied by the enemy this NOR
ming. Twill send you the rebel flag captur-
ed by our troops in driving the enemy back.
There have been four flags captured today.
Judging from the points from which
Grant telegraphs, infer that he moved his
headquarters about one mile since he sent
the first of the two dispatches.
[Signedl A. LINCOLN.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
lie Voted Right.

Immediately after the passage of the
"Amendmont" abolishing the Union, when
Democrats were not in very good humor
over the treachery of some and the absence
of others, it was source of consolation for
us in this district to know that our member,
the Hon GEORGE BLISS voted right
against the amendment. Neither bribes
nor fears deferred him from doing his duty,
but like sentry upon the watchtower guar
ding the Constitution he had sworn to sup
port and the rights Of the people whose rep
representative he was, hevoted square against
the iniquity All honor to Mr.. BLISS, oul
honest and efficient member in the late
Conprnse
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
A Trining Difference.

Some Smith brothers, residing in Boston,
were charged with detrauding the navy de-
rartment in certain contracts, were tried,
convicted and sentenced to pay fine OF
s25 1000. The proceedings Of the naval
court which tried them were forwarded to
tho president, who annulled the sentence,
and ordered that the Smith brothers should
be freely discharged With the justice or
injustice of the proceedings in the case we
have nothing to do, but We wish to direct
attention to the subjoined comment on the
president action in the premises, which
we find in a loyal christian Boston news
paper Of the abolition persuasion:
"We are not surprised that the sentenc,
of the court has been set aside by the pres
dent. We believed in his honesty; we be
lieved in his ability to penetrate the core o.
a sham as being equal to that Of any livinl
man. lie has taken his time, as he usu
ally does. lie is slow and sure. lie re
viewed, personally, the papers that related
TO the findings Of the court.
lie had time to review proceedings whicl
damaged Boston naval contractor. "H'
was slow and sure" in this but when Fit
John Porter, who had riskcd his life in de
fence of his country on desperate battle
fields, and who was as true, skilllul and gal
liant an officer as any who has drawn swor'
in this war, was dismissed the service upol
testimony which was contradictory, incon
sistent, and prompted by malcvolence, tn
president had no time to feview the pro
ceedings. Ho turned the papers over Il
Joseph Holt, the judge advocate who pros
ecutcd Porter, and was governed by hi
opinion. Tho president will not perm
shoddy contractors to be punished on doubt
ful evidence.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
Sale Of Real
Estate.
T n pursuance of an order of the Probate Cour
i of Holmes county and State of Ohio, viii
oller for sale at public auction,

TN pursuance of an order of the Probate Court
i of Holmes county and State of Ohio, | will
offer for sale al public auction,
On the 5M day Of Nay, A. ID. 1865,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. NJ. and o.
clock L. NJ. of said day, upon the premises, the
following described real estate, situate in the
county of Holmes and State Of ONO, tO-Wit =
Being fractional lot thirty four, of quarter
township one, township nine of range eight OF
the tract OF land set apart for satisfying war
rants Tor military services containing fifty
acres. Also part OF lot seven section one,
township nine, of range eight, containing nine
and fifteen hundredths of an acre. Also a part
OF lot six Of section one, township nine in range
eight containing fourteen ana tnlrty-One nun
drcdths OF an acre. Also n part OF seven, sec
ton, township and range aforesaid, containing
six and twenty four hundredths OF an acre; eX-
cept two acres and Sin hunuredthS OF an acre
sold OIL To Jane LoctIart heretofore Also lot
number eight, in the 1irst quarter of the ninth
township, in the eighth range, of the tract APP
propriated for satisfying warrants for military
services, containing one hundred acres, more
or less; except Il corner on the northwest cor
ner OF said lot lying north of the road, supposed
TO contain one hall acre, heretofore sold To John
Snider. And also the east half of lot number
nine, in the first quaster of the ninth township,
in the eighth range, of the tract apportioned for
satisfying warrants for military services, con-
tanning fiity acres more or less. All OF the
above described tracts of land are subject to the
incumbrunce of the support of Jane LOckhlrt,
Sr., widow of Albert LOckhart deceased, given
To her therein by his last vii and testament for
support and maintenance during her natural
LIE, except the first above described tract OF
land, containing fifty acres.
Appraised at SLIGO 90.
! Terms OF Sale:--one- thirds cash In hand, one
third in one year, and onc-third in two years
from the day otsale, with interest; the payments
to be secured by mortgage on the premises sold.
Administrator of the estate Of Albert Lock-
hart deceased,
April u, lS65--pfS
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06

saw one of his regiments, the lst Va. dash
ing off. Not having given. the order he
followed, and found Gen. Merritt, Colonel
Forsyth, of Sheridan staff, and others, at
the head of the regiment.
The enemy fell back hastily, before these
troops, and did not attempt to again force
our line
The result ofFriday's fighting, the Times
correspondent says, was, we swung the left
around three miles North of the Boystown
plank road, leaving between it and the South
Side Railroad but single line of breastworks
thrown up since Wednesday night. We cap
tured about thousand prisoners, and our
own loss was not more than two thousand in
the aggregate.
The enemy have suffered much more heav-
lily, and their forces were becoming demoral.
lied rapidly, and they could not be induced
to make another charge on the 9th Corps
front, although they had fought desperately
early i'm the day.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
RICbmOpd Taken.

Richmond has at last fallen into the pos
session of the Federal forces. To take 1t
has cost immensely of life and treasure; and,
perhaps, at no previous period was the
fighting more severe than on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday last. AT present, says the
Ohio Statesman, we can not form anything
like an approximate estimate of the loss of
life to either army. Undoubtedly, it has
been immense, and must cause deep gloom
to fall upon the country, after the JOY occa-
stoned by the success Of our arms shall SUBJ
aide. Gen. GRANT estimates the number of
prisoners he has taken in the late movement
TO which we are indebted for Richmond, at
probably $4,000, and the number of guns
at so.
Viewed from a military stand point,
GRANTS success has been grand and if
President LINCOLN shall now show as much
craftsmanship as GRANT has shown General
shin, the war may be said to be at an end.
1t can not be otherwise than that this vic
tory will fasten the conviction in the minds
of the Southern people, that it is useless
for them to protract their resistance with
hope of achieving the independence Of the
.so-called Southern Confederacy. In the
very nature Of things, it must cause heavy
dependency to settle down on them, and
predispose them to entertain reasonable pro-
posals of reconciliation. They are now in
that frame of mind which will enable Pres
ident LINCOLN to bring to the country the
blessings of Peace, if he shall issue Pro-
clamation distinctly proffcring generous
terms to those who have taken up arms
against the Government if they will throw
down their arms and return to their duty as
members Of the Union.
There is not particle Of need for more
battles--for more slaughterings and the con
sequent squandcring ofmoney. The promp
exercise of wise craftsmanship will rende
it unnecessary. If, however, the Presden
shall accept for his rule of action, the win
dictive utterances of the intensely fanatica
and intolerant in his party, the work o
slaughtering is likely to be continued ye
compelling thousands more to offer up thei
lives needlessly on the battle field. Unde
such circumstances, the sum of human mis-
cry must be yet further increased, and tn
public Indebtedness increased to furthe
extent
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
Mortality in Paris.

The board Of inspection for the city of
Paris have just sent in a most valuable and
interesting report to the project OF the
Seine in reference to the mortality Of the
capital. The results announced are exceed
ingly valuable acquisitions to statistics of
this nature all the world over. In 1910 the
annual mortality was one person in twenty
eight 1868 it was only one in forty; and
this great amelioration, Notwithstanding an
increase Of inhabitants, is ascribed to i'm
proved sanitary arrangements, the exten'
sion and widening Of thoroughiareS, the
opening of parks and the planting of trees
Paris, with population 2,69d, l4l, pos
sesses over 5000 acres of open ground plan
tod with more than ! 100000 Of trees.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
Driving the Enemy
He Captures Three Brigades
Of Infantry and several bat
terics---A Terrible Battle I'm
PROGRESS.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, April Ill i. NJ.
MAJOR. General Dir
The following dispatch from the Presi-
dent, received tonight, shows that the des
perate struggle between our forces and the
enemy continues, although the advantage
appears to be on our side;
CITY PoINr, ApRIL J..
To Hon. f. W. Stanton, Sec'yof War
A dispatch is just received showing that
Sheridan, aided by Warren, had at 2 o clock
p, M. pushed the enemy back SO as TO re-
take the Five Forks and bring his own head
quarters up to Fort Borsseaus. The Five
Forks, barricaded by the enemy, was car
ried by division Of cavalry. This part Of
the enemy seem to be now trying to work
along the White Oak road to join the main
force in front Of Grant, while Sheridan and
Warren are pressing them as closely as
possible.
lSigned A. LINCOLN.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
Military CNurtA.

Henry Winter Davis, in his speech in the
House at Washington, on the I'd ult., gave
two concise definitions of military court
which we append
"It is not court at all, but an unlawful
combination of tresspasses, usurping the
functions Of court, guilty Of a crime, and
not exercising any authority. A
military commission of officers too worthless
for field service, ordered to try, and organ
ied to convict. +"
From these definitions Of them by a
"loyal' NJ. c., must we not conclude that,
iu plain terms, military courts are simply
organizations assembled at the order of the
President for tho enforcement Of lyuch
Law?
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
NOTICE TO TEACHERS

rrHE BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS OF
! IOmes county Will hold meetings for the
examination of teachers of common schools as
In the town of Milersburg, on the 25th day of
March, in the town of Weinsberg, on the LIST
day OF April; in the town of Nashville, on the
Sth; in Millcrsburg on the 22d of April and 9th
of May, 1865 Each male applicant is required
by the new school law to pay 50 cents, and each
Applicants not known to the Board will be
required to present certiilcaI es Of character.
ROBERT JUSTICE, Clerk
Es- The above statement shows the times and
places at which Examinations of Teachers will
be held for the summer schools.
We wish 10 say To Teachers that the Examin-
no other. Examinations will commence pre-
cisely at 10 o. clock each day and no applicant
will be admitted for examination after that
time.
In addition to the common branches appli-
cants will be examined as to their method of
gng schools. Applicants ior examination will
do well to prepare themselves in Orthography,
as no certificate will be granted to any person
important branch of education.
Teachers had better prepare, not only in Or
we deem 1t eNpedient to raise the standard as to
qualifications. Much complaint has been made
ing certificates to incompetent Teachers, which
has been the case in few instances, at the ear
nest request of school directors who complained
of a scarcity of Teachers. Hereafter no certih-
cate will be granted except upon thorough ex-
animation.
| teaching for some length of time before apply
ing for IA certificate, expecting the Examiners to
ante-date their certificates This will not be
employ Teachers who have no certificate they
do so at the risk of paying them for their servf-
ces out of their own pockets; -
! JAS. l.. RICHESON,
JOHN s. ORR
,,..,,, ., ,0or Board of School Examiners.
| sd,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
Late Order.

WOOSTER, o., April Sd, 1865.
EDITOR FARMER - Please allow me a
a small space in your paper to state that,
according to recent ruling by Col. Wilcox,
A. A. p. NJ. &. Of Ohio, all persons not La
BILE to enrolment, can select their places of
credit The chief difficulty heretofore ex-
perienced by veteran soldiers desiring to en-
list in Maj Gen. Hancock vetern corps,
now being removed the inducements to join
this organization are much superior to any
other presented Veterans wishing to en-
list can apply here where am still recruit
ing Respectfully,
CHARLES HAY,
Capt. lst Army Corps.
Capt. HAY is employed in the Provost
Marshals Office at Wooster.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-06
From the Potomac Army.
". Y associated Press Dispatches.
FoRTREss MONROE, April 3,

VIA DabllMOhEs hpiH =.
The mail steamer Dictator arrived from
City Point at 4: 80 this afternoon, and brings
additional particulars of the great struggle.
Petersburg was occupied by our troops at
three o clock Monday morning. Our gun
boats we're all well up the James River, and
it was thought that fight had taken place
with the rebel iron-clads
Large fires were seen up the James River
last night, towards Fort Darling, and in the
vicinity Of the rebel works, from which twas
inferred that Lee was abandoning his works
and retreating from his long established lines.
An immense number Of prisoners have
been captured, variously estimated at from
$1,000 to $4,000.
Prisoners are continually arriving at City
Point, and it was estimated that there were
$1,000 there.
This morning, when the Dictator left, a
salute was being fired by all the war vessels
at the Point.
The steamer Cossack arrived here to-day,
with large number of Union prisoners, in
Guiding Gen. Mclaughlin. and men Of his
brigade, captured with him by rebels, in an
assault on Fort Steadman. Such was the
haste of the rebels in hurrying the Union
prisoners through Richmond, on Sunday,
that i'll many cases many were not even
paroled
The returned prisoners say that in coming
through Richmond, Sunday, they saw man.
ifest indications of the evacuation of the city
All the Union prisoners in Libby Prison
were ordered to be exchanged by the rcbe
authorities, and were hurried through the
city of Richmond towards the Varina land
ing in the greatest possible haste.