Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-01-18
NEWS ITEMS.

years ago il was but $1,000.
The Rcvcrncd William II. Lord ofMont-
pclier, Vermont, was the recipient of
Christmas present of IS, 900 life policy.
An entire family, five in number, has
been poisoned in Brooklyn, by the use of
musty Hour, purchased in noghboring
grocery. One has died and two arc dan
gcrously i'll.
The Secretary of War publishes an order
disbanding the Twenty fifth Corps.
The plantation owners and the negro la
borers are dividing the crops in South
Carolina.
Mr.. Bacon, in behalf of the faculty of,
Yale College, is said has sent dispatch
to Speaker Coltax praying Congress not to
array itself against the President.
General Baker, the detective, was dis
missed from service by the express command
of President johnson.
The Senate Of the State of Maine have
passed resolutions demanding the trial and
punishment of Mr.. Jefferson Davis and other
leading spirits Of the late rebellion.
There has been an uprising ofthe negroes
in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, but the prompt.
itude OF the mllitlaoverpowered thoncgroes,
and many of them were arrested
The civil courts at New Orleans have re-
stored to Judge Rust all his property.
Twelve thousand troops are to be imme-
/ diotely mustered out Of service.
The alleged Lincoln assassination conspir-
ators at the Dry Tortugas, arc said to be in
good health.
There is talk of the reorganization of the
Supreme Court Of the United States
The last military commission in Nashville
has been dissolved.
On Wednesday of last week there
was large amount of jawing at the radical
caucus on the District Of Columbia negro
suffrage question. 1t was unanimously re
solved that the negro should vote; but on
the question of making intelligence quail
licatiOn there was difference of opinion.
1t is believed that Congress will author
, izc an equalization in bountics.
t Capt. Charlton Morgan, brother Of the
, deceased Gen. John III. Morgan, was mar
rled in Baltimore few days ago to Miss
Howard, grand daughter of Francis Key
/, (author Of the Star Spangled Banner ],
and niece Of the wife of the Hon. Geo. Ii.
, Pendleton, of Ohio.
5 On the 18th Of February, the annver-
, sary ofhiS birth, the Hon. George Bancroft
coin, beiOrs the two Houses Of Congress.
The printers of the Mobile Times have
! donated 81 10 to the relief Of the family OF
Stoncwall jackson. In Houston, Texas, a
. contribution has been taken up, and $52j
in gold collected.
The Connecticut Republicans are circu
lating petitions to the Legislature, asking
that body to enact law providing that all
, Ia,,., Lax. hat I,n l.. Al
q not to use Intoxicating spirits as beverage
while they remain in office.
c The Birmingham Association in Englant
k have lately sent an invoice yf goods, to the
@ amount Of $1,000, for the negroes. O
V course our Government admitted it free o
duty. 1t does not occur to the Birmingham
n people to extend relief to their own perish
ing whites at home.
5 The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
that canal boats duly enrolled and licensed
II on which tonnage tax has been paid are not
c liable to the internal revenue tax.
, General Mulford, late agent for the ex
, change Of prisoners has closed up the bust
ness relating thereto. He has sent home
to the donors ofboXcs some $50, 900 or sic, J,
0 900 of valuables that were not delivered tc
the Union prisoners.
n General Grants bill to increase the reg
q ulaI army is with the military committee =
n fadopted, it will increase the army owe
q jO,O 600 men. To adopt it, and saddle tn,
r people with such an immense standing arm,
If would be a great outrage.
y The House Negro Committee have Iii
Is setting apart three million Of acres Of Ian,
l. in Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, TO
A. the negro, under the homestead bill Th
70 negroes are to have forty acres apiece Thi
10 bill illustrates the madness and ianaticisr
" of the times.
/; The order recently issued, mastering ou
Of the troops in Virginia, was countermande
s by the War Department This is anothe
81 of the miserable outragcs Of Stanton. Vii
e ginla don need troopsany more than Ohio
Miss Anna Dickinson, the unScxcd We
= man, has been lccturing in New York.
W There are rumors that peace is about t
n, be concluded, by European mediation, be
10 twccnSpain and Chill,
ID General Grant has expressed the yer
i sensible opinion that there is no ncccssit
j. for keeping large bodies Of troops in tn
Of Southern States
). The trial of the Alexandria rioters
le progressing Colored witnesses are admit
I'd ted to the same privileges rs whites III tax
lc ing testimony.
N The applications for pensions have dwir
lc died down to one bundled and sixty pc
al day, from 100 to 800 that were receive
'S daily for many months after the close Of tn
" war.
=, The Second Assistant Postmaster Gener,
~ left Washington few days ago for varior
parts Of the South, in order to make bctt,
II arrangements for mail facilities.
rs The steamers Herman and Brennan, al
s. City of London for Liverpool, sailed fro
nv New York on saturday, taking SiOO,oO
ed That the way the money goes.
tie Gen. Grant, under orders from the Pre-
at ilent. is Withdrawing all the troops fro
ed the Southern States, except garrisonsof Il
he L. ). forces at important points.
y That elegant and accomplished lady, Mi
", Harriet Lane, the niece Of EX-presidc
Nv Nv Buchanan, and the lady who presided ov
u the White House during his administrator
7, was married on the llth inst, at Whea
lo land, near Lancaster, Pa, to Mr.. ii.
~ ~ johnson, a wealthy banker Of Baltlmor
80 Maryland.
We A dispatch from Fortress Monroe stat
,m that the I20th Illinois Regiment has left t
,te home, Orders have been received here
he muster out all the volunteers in this d