Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-27

of his son 0bediah Jennings Wise. 1t would
be unwise in them to come to the Ohio
River
The astragal is the round moulding on a
cannon, near the mouth.
Americans have pride in the name and
fame of Garibaldi. That patriot, in his
rugged home, has half heart in America;
the other part is eager for the result Of
Italian independence, to be effected perhaps
by an early outbreak in Hungary. Other.
wise, he would with his whole heart, take O
commission, and fight with those supporting
the banner of the American Republic.
There are three Camp Dicks: Camp Dix,
at Baltimore Camp Dick Robinson, in Ken
tucky, and Camp Dick Corwine, near Gin
cinnati. .....r
Captain Shufeldt, Consul to Havana, has
been appointed volunteer Lieutenant in the
navy.
The Ninth Massachusetts,, Colonel Cass,
principally from the city of Boston, have re.
ceived very fine ensign, contributed by the
boys in the Elliott School, in Boston. The
Ninth is in General McClellan's Army of the
Potomac.
Captain Goldsborough was greatly sur
prised at being saluted as flag officer on his
arrival at Hampton Roads in his frigate
Congress.
Quartermaster General Meigs calls for pro-
posals to furnish one hundred and sixty
thousand bushels of oats, one hundred and
sixty thousand bushels of shelled corn, and
ten thousand tuns of hay, for the army--all
to be delivered before the lst of March next.
The Texan soldiers, so long encamped at
Fort Hamilton, have at last been disposed Of
A few have been sent to West Point and the
remainder to Governors Island to guard the
Fort Hatteras prisoners.
For THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT.-Among the
articles required by the Government are two
hundred thousand yards of different kinds
of cotton fabrics, ten thousand yards wooden
cloth, twenty-five thousand blankets, to-
gether with ready-made clothing, articles of
hardware, agricultural implements &c.
James D. Doty, of Wisconsin, has been ap-
pointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs in
Utah Territory.
A Joint fair has Just been held at Blanches-
ter, exhibiting products of the counties of
Clinton, Clermont, Warren and Brown.
Local interest great-Variety and rarity not
remarkable.
Troops are moving down the Mississippi
from Rock Island for Hannibal. The rail-
road route thence to st. Joseph is uninter-
rupted.
Az officer of rank by brevet;is one hav-
ing special warrant granting an honorary
rank for faithful or meritorious services, and
pay corresponding while the duties of the
breveted rank are actually performed.
Teamsters, when the volunteers were first
called into the field, were merely engaged as
laborers, and as such were mischievous, in
LII, ,,y11a ErlI 6,,lA wi oAs -
Manassas. Now they are sworn in as SOL
diers. Their families are to be rated with
others who are entitled to receive aid from
any funds which may be set apart for the
relief of families Of volunteers.
Captain R. Delavan Mussey, of this city,
having mustered into service here one re-
cruit for life, is at Jefforsonville, Ind, thus
early, recruiting for regular infantry.
Bivouac is the guard or watch Of whole
army encamping without tents or covering.
General Mcclellan has issued a call for
| fifty volunteers from every regiment in the
army to enter the regular service for the pro-
lection of the forts and intrenchments around
| Washington.
Many ask what the French word caisson,
used by artillerists, means. 1t is the am
munition chest accompanying cannon;
usually placed upon the forward wheels or
timber. 1
There should be occasional attention to
| hydrants in yards of houses which for some
time have not been tenanted. Water stand
ing long time in leaden pipes will become
tainted with the poison impregnating it
| The hydrant should be permitted to run. Be.
fore use is made of such water, for security
it should be filtered through powdered char
coal.
Ohio furnishes Indiana three thousand
Greenwood rifles.
Captain Cotter, of First Ohio Artillery
has been commissioned by Governor DenisoI
to repair to Louisville and take charge of th'
rihed cannon sent to Kentucky from Cincin
natl.
To DR.. Newberry has been entrusted thu
Army Hospital matters for General Rose
Grams and General Fremonts commands
Hospital Depots are to be established a
Wheeling and Cincinnati. DR.. Newberry'
address is Cleveland, Ohio.
John P. Brown, of Chillicothe, O., Unite,
States Charge d'Affairs at Constantinople
Turkey, has forwarded 500 as donation b
the fund for support of families of soldier
volunteering in defense of the United States
A man was mobbed the othe day througl
a wag's saying that his wife was almost dali,
Imprisoned in an iron cage. 1t turned ou
that the cage was steel'hooped skirt.
The oath Of allegiance was administere
to thirteen hundred sewing women in tn
employ of the Government Rt St., Louis o.
Saturday week. About fifty declined to tax
it, and, Of course, were dismissed. t.
The Philadelphia Committee of Council
having in charge the sword ordered by this
city for Major Anderson, will leave som
time this week for Louisville, KY, for tn
purpose of presenting it to the Major. Th
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, we under
stand, have placed car at the disposal OF th
Committee as far as Cincinnati.
Secresy is a grand quality in Genera
General Brown, in the war OF 1877, was on
who kept his own counsels. His intende
attack on Fort Erie he kept so close that b
officers had engaged his attendance at
Fourth Of July celebration on the very ds
he crossed the River Niagara to Lake Err
on the 9th.
n The Census Marshal of Nevada TeFritol
i has finished his report, and finds that Il
: total population, including Esmeralda al
y Honey Lake, is sixteen thousand three hu
/, dred and seventy-tour.
Sixteen tuns of Quartermaster's stor
= are reported on the way to Columbus
the use of Colonel Carrington's Regimen
+ Muskets and accoutrements for the who
regiment are also said to be coming,
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