Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-01-11
NEWS ITEMS.

! The ClcrcIhd pI,a Dcdl,r say tha
crime is so great in amount in that city n
ito excite the greatest apprehensions in Tia
minds of citizens.
Gov. Anderson and Gen. Schenck 70
fellow townsmen Of the same political per
suasion, have very different views us 1
Mexican affairs. The Government is 70
letting the sick man alone, willie Schcnck
! Congressional resolutions are extremely be
/ ligcrent in tone.
The Second Comptroller announces tha
the advertisements of claim agents that sol
I dcrs other than veterans are entitled to cx
/ ira bounty are untrue. He adds that nc
extra bounties have been authorized, MOI
can they be without further legislation
and it is very important that soldiers should
not part with their discharge papers.
| The Macon ga .jomnui dnd NeSscn.
gor of the 3Oth nit, has better news from
| the frccdmcn. Freedmen that n short time
ago would neither work nor contract to do
so, now manifest n willingness to do hn:,i.
The .NobHe (Ah) Tribune argues tbo,
the President will nrtscnlly draw around
him enough Congressional power to make
his n",.:.ty that Of the Government.
The gold coinage at the mint during the
month Of December was 81, 100000; silver
coinage nearly S37, 200, and copper coinage
over Slu3, 900.
A drcssmaker, who lived in Fon du Lac
Wisconsin, two years ago, has had fortune
of million and half dollars left her by a
deceased aunt. What will she do with it?
The land-sharks who have been spcculat.
ing in honest claims Of the soldiers against
the Government, have received a check
which will probably be cifectual. To pre-.
vent shameful cxtortions on tho Dart o
knavish agents acting for discharged soldier.
1t has been found necessary by the Paymas
ter General to order that all drafts be issued
to order of the claimant, and that the same
shall be paid by the depository upon whom
drawn with the vcritablc endorsement OF
the paycc; not in any case with his endorse
mont by attorney.
The Frccdmcn's Bureau a few DAYS age
turned over to their owners three farms sit.
uatcd in L1udon County, Va, containing q
|. 22h acres. which had been held as coniis
Gated property.
Generals Cox aud Fitzpatrick the forme,
Governor of Ohio, and the latter Minister
to Chlll--havc sent in their designations.
According to General Sibley, at Sioux
City, the Indians there are apparently de.
tcrninel to be friendly, but those in New
Mexico are for an outbreak
Neil Brothers & Co, of New Orleans, in
their cotton report Of December 80, express
the opinion that there are now >, 100, ,OOO
cotton bales on hand in the South. Secrc.
tary McCulloch put it at 800, 600.
Louisiana papers are filled with advertise
mcnts Of sales Of plantations by the Sher-
H.
An emigration of Swiss and Germans is
expected in Mississippi from Ohio.
At Columbus. Miss, an oil aud mining
company has been organized to operate il
Mississippi and Alabama. They have 9,OOt
acres OF land, and have important discove
ries.
Business is falling off in Texas. Good.
can be bought cheaper in Galveston than in
New York, Fears are entertained Of gen
eral smashup.
Ice brick stores in the central part OF
New Orleans sold for less than the brick
could be bought for
A letter has been received from Tx Gov
crnor Allen, of Louisiana, who is in Mexi-
co, stating he is dcsirous of returning home.
Judge Dcrwin and Colonel I.uckct, of
Texas, who has been confined in Fort Jack
son on charges connected with the capture
of United States property at San Antonio
III the spring of lSGl, have been released
Semmcs' counsel has made application to
he Secretary of the Navy to fix II day for
his trial The Secretary declines to do so
on the ground that he has not a sufficient
mum her Of officers Of the proper rank un.
Employed, The breach of faith in his trial
Is one of the most pcrtidous and scandalou4
recorded in history,
| General Badly Smith has been granted six
months leave Of absence an account of i'll
health. .....
The scout in pursuit Of the men who
robbed Paymaster Ellis safe of $50, 900, in
! Lpavenworth, Kansas, overlook the rob
bcrs in Platte county, Missouri. All tn,
money except $1,000 was recovered. The
thieves took to the bushes and escaped
Darlington, who murdered Policeman
Dill, was hung in Buffalo, N. Y, on til,
9th inst.
! The large engine house of the Bclleion
tainc Railway, at Gallon, was destroyed BY
| fire on the night of the 9th inst, witt
twelve locomotives, loss is estimated al
! from $500, 900 to $500, 900
FIX. President Fillmore and wife have
sailed for Europe, intending to spend the
winter IN Spain, ON account of the delicate
health of the latt,r