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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
The GrOans of the Rebels.

The Richmond papers of the 10th and goth
insts. are endeavoriDg to find apologies for the
ineficiency of their river and shore batteries.
They complain of the exaggerated estimate in
dulged by the public in regard to the accuracy
Of artillery practice, and explain that steam
vessel in motion is very hard to hit.
The Richmond Wing complains bitterly of the
grievance suffered by the farming community
from the impressmeDt of negroes and wagons
and teams for the use of the rebel army. Itsays:
We have received many letters complaining of
individual grievances at the hands of agents of
the Government, from the peninsular and from
the whole region of country from Manassas
along the foot Of the mountains to james River,
in Albemarle and Nelson. The complaints
from below relate mainly to the pressing ne
erOes for the service of the Government at
Yorktown and vicinity, and the treatment
which the negroes receive at the hands of the
authorities. 1t is alleged that much greater
number of negroes have been pressed than were
needed, and have not had sufficient food, and
are without shelter to protect them from the
weather. The effect of this press, without re-
gard to the injury to the health Of the negroes,
has been to diminish the wheat crop sown in the
counties of Charles City, New Kent, King Will
liam, &c, fully one third. The complaints
from the Piedmont region relate to the press
ing teams for the Quartsrmaster's department,
and the insolence of many of the Govern ment
agents. In all this region the wheat crop sown
is fully third less than usual, in consequences
Of the abstraction of teams of the farmers.
The Wing concludes: If this system is con-
tinued it will bring the Government into such
detestation among the people, that, in no great
while, quartermaster's agent will receive very
little better treatment at the hands Of the peo-
pie than would one Of Mr.. Lincoln's emisssries.
The Richmond Examiner, Of the goth instant,
quotes the following articles at Wholesale prices;
Butter, fresh, Is to SO cents per pound, and very
scarce at that. Farmers are advised to turn
their attention TO this special branch of busi-
ness. Salt, fine, 50 so to $40 for LiverpOoli
pepper, 70 to rs cents, very scarcej coffee, none
In market; bacon, 20 to "a oentsj leather, go to
65 cents, in demand, stock light; silver is SELL
ing at l6 cents; gold, IS to 20 cents.
The Richmond Wing, of the 18th, says: The
army, worm appears to have SeiEedi upon the
country with resistlesS gIipJ and are ramPaglng
through the land with destructive fury.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29


Tie Federal Congress will meet in Wash
irgton on Monday next. 1t is said most of
the Senators and Representatives are already
there or on their way. This session will meet
under such circumstances as no other Con-
eress in this country ever met before. Some
twenty seats will be vacantin the eSenate. Ken
lucky will no longer be represented by Breck-
inridge or Powell. Both have gone over to
JEFF Davis and we fear to the devil. Bright,
Of Indiana, who is suspected of being trail
tor, it is thought will not make his appear
arce. The gallant Colonel Baker will be
missing, and the seat of the great Douglas
will know him no more. In the House, the
two representatives from California;. T..
Phelps and A. A. Sargeant-will take their
seats for the first time. The place of Driga-
dier. General John A. McClerosnd, formerly
representative of the Sixth District of Illinois,
will be vacant. James T. Wilson will repre-.
sent tie First District of Iowa, in place of
Brigadier- General Samuel R. Curtis, resigned
and Samuel Hooper, elected in the Fifth Dis
trict of Massachusetts, will take the place of
William Appleton, resigned. Eliza H. Norton
md John W. Reed, both of Missouri, and
now in the rebel army, will probably be ex
pelled, as will also the traitor H. G, Burnett,
Of Kentucky. Charles ]. Bddle will fill the
vacant seat of the Second District of Penn
sylvania, and three or four new members
will make their appearance from the loyal
sections ofvirginia. The delegates from the
seven Territories have been chosen aud will
no doubt appear in the House at The opening
of the session.
The country is anxiously waiting for the
forthcoming reports of the different Secre'
taries and the Presidents Message. 1t il
said by letter writers think they
know--that the leading questions to be dis
cussed in the reports and message will bt
the fnances-how to dispose of slaves es
Gaping into our camps-how to open and
maintain cotton ports in the seeded States -
what shall be done with Eastern Virgins
after it has been subjugated in order effect
ually to sustain the new government q
Wheeling-how to reopen communication
with the patriots Of Tennessee-what is tt
be done with the revenue, and how are W.
to provide for the payment Of an increasing
public debt
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
AnoIber on JsG,. C.m1IoIn,,.


His Excellency jefferson Davis, in his
message to the Confederate Congress, com.
plains that the blockade Of the Southern
ports is not effective, and he goes to the
trouble of producing evidence that it is ''ut.
terly inefficient" That will do very we'll as
intelligence for foreign consumption, and
perhaps the blockade is not so thorough as
it should be; but the great mass of the Con-
federates will be 10th to be convinced that
they Gre not Inconvenience somewhat by
the presence Of Federal vessels in the neigh
borhood of their harbors. With provisions
at starvation prices, business almost entirely
suspended, and stringent embargo placed
upon a variety of articles Of necessity and
comfort the blockade may not be considered
very efficient, but must be regarded as just
a little embarrassing for people who pro-
clsim themselves Independent of the rest of
the world.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
Ohio Troops at Chea, mouu,aIu

1t seems the Ohio troops at Cheat Noun
tain, Virginia, have gone into winter quar-.
ters of their own construction. A letter
from the camp describes the difficulties en-.
countered by the soldiers in constructing
one hundred log cabins;
The only tools, with the exception of axes
employed in the building of this mountain
city, were one Secesh" auger, one ditto adj
one ditto draw-knife, and with this meager
supply four thousand men have to work,
The greater part of our lumber had to be
brought from distance of half mile, aud
that upon the backs of the men. II Is q
novel as we'll as q pitiable sight TO see from
twenty to twenty five men staggering along
beneath a huge pine, and fairly dropping
when they arrive from pure exhaustion.
The chimneys are all substantial stone
structures, while the buildings are neatly
rooted, AID "chunked and daubed" thor
! oughly.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
Arc The Rebels "Hnrd upfn

Every other paper we take up has accounts
of destitution and suffering at the South on
account of the scarcity of clothing, food, sc.
There is quite difference in the statements
regarding the situation of-Tse rebels, even
in Washington; where they ought to know
every thing, they are not unanimous in the
belief that the South is in an utterly bank
rupt and starving condition. Robert j..
Walker, who is now in Washington, asserts
with great positiveness that the rebel trea-
sury will completely break down before next
March, and that the rebellion will by that
time prove an utter failure. Mr.. Walker has
had an extensive experience in the South,
and understands the capabilities of the rebel
States as we'll as any public man not engaged
in the rebellion. Other Southern men as
sert that, while he does not underrate the
material resources of the South, he does not
give full credit to their desperate energy
aud bitter hatred of the North. Prominent
Kentuckians, who are unquestioned friends
of the Union and the Government, say that
from their knowledge of Southern charac.
Ger, they are convinced that it will take two
or three great victories upon the battlefield
to cure the rebels of their folly. They asser
that the South can not be starved into gooC
citizenship, but that any thing which shal
convince the great mass of Southern people
of their inferiority on the field of battle, will
plunge them instantly in the depths of de
spajr
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
The New Bedford Stone Fleet

We have already given an account Of the
stone feet which has bsen purchased by the
Government for the obstruction of the Southern
harbois. That portion of the feet which was
purchased in New Bedford is thus described by
the Mercury:
The fleet which sailed from this port on the
morning of the goth instant consisted of six
teen vessels. The crews consisted of fourteen
men each, except the South America, which car
fied sixteen. The cost of those ships to the
Government was about $40 per tun. Some of
them we're worth double that sum per tun, and
all would have brought more than that if
they had been broken up. Here, at least, the
department has got full value for the money it
has expended, and in the ftment Of the vessels
the Government has had the benefit of the
supervision of some Of our most experienced
shipowners.
The destination Of this feet is matter
about which the public has the largest liberty
to speculate. Whether the five thousand tuns
of stone are TO bs used to increase the base Of
the Rip Raps, or whether the ancient catapuIt
is to be brought into use, and the stones are to
be projected, or whether they are taken South
for the armiDg of the slaves, or whether they
are to be funk at the entrance of Charleston or
SavaRnah, We are not informed. The fact
that at light water mark, in each vessel, hole
been inserted, the ends carefully nailed down
| on either side Of the vessel, plug driven iu
| from the outside, and another from within, and
both secured by rod passing through them,
| and fastened within by nut and screw, favOrs
the sinking hypothesis; and the additional
fact that, az the last moment, an old sea cap
ain suggested putting two 2 inch sugers on
board each ship, makes it violently probable
that these six teen whalers are to be put to the
| ibploTiOus Of stonninp rat hOles.
In due time we shall hear the result of this
novel expedition. It has been admirably
managed in its inception; the ships are in
| charge of experienced navigators, familiar with
the Southern coast, and the orders of the De-
partment, whatever they are, will be executed
to the letter. We have large faith in the en-
terprise; and as it is an exceedingly pacific
mode of carrying on the war, all our citizens
| will join in wishing it success.
Another stone feet is fitting out in this vi.
cinity, to consist of twenty, five vessels, which
will be ready to sail in a few days.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
Cuu Not BE UsnbluRnted.D -

The Southern leaders, when all other ar.
guments fail them, generally wind up with
the remark that "the South can not be sub
iugated." Now it is the last thing in the
world that the friends of the Union contem.
plate, to SuIjugate the South, according to
the idea embraced in the minds of those who
urge such an objection to the Governments
sending an army into the Southern States.
The conspirators there have endeavored to
suIjugate the Government, aud we verify be-
lieve that if they could have succeeded in
their efforts to take the Capital, as they pro-
claimed it their intention to do after they
had seized upon Fort Sumter, they would
have used the temporary power to dictate
terms TO the Government ofthe most humilia-
ting character; and they called out hundred
thousand troops, and have them nor in front
of the Capital, threatening to carry out their
purposes. We are only retorting upon them
by arraying force against force, and so far
from subjugating the people of the South, we
intend to send our troops into every State to
aid the loyal citizens to shake off the yoke
which their demagogues have placed upon
them, which can best be done by taking pos
session of the forts and munitions of war
which have been stolen from their owners.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
The Rebels Want Warm Clothing.

We judge the weather is getting slightly
cool down in Dixie, from the complaints we
hear of the want of blankets, shoes, &c. 1t
is said that the supply of winter clothing
among the Confederates is extensively lin
ited-entirely inadequate to the require
ments for the winter, and that the sources OF
manufacture are not sufficient to supply the
increasing demand. Blankets have been
obtained from the beds of citizens to answer
the immediate want, but their troops are in
20 wise prepared to stand the rigors of the
winter. They are counting confidently on
going into winter quarters when our army
shall have made an advance, and battle
shall have been fought as they believe that
in any event our troops will then go into
quarters till spring.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
Mhnt the Thupderer snrs.

The London Times ofthe l1th inst. in specu.
lating upon the probable success of our naval
expedition, says: "Lft Federal GoUern-
ment can seize port and open ii sVen nomi.
nGlly to the trade, they thereby take qa0ay the
grounds of complaint a0hich Europe has against
them. They show that it is not they who
prevent cotton coming out but that IL is the
Southerners aoho keep it in. That they will
get cotton in any large quantity no one can
believe, for the Confederate orthe State Gov
ernments will, dYeourse, take care that every
bale, and probably every negro, shall be re-
moved from the neighbOrhood of the enemy.
But still the Federals will have satisfied to
some extent the demand Of foreign nations, in
asmuch as they will be able to say to US or
to the French Here is port enter it and
take all the cotton you can get; you are at
full liberty to trade with all whom you can
find to trade with you.'"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
Lookips to The ProbabllIties.

JEFF Davis, in his message to the Confed-
crates, rather intimates his fears that the two
great railroad routes from the South into
Virginia will fall into the hands of the Fed
eral Government, for he earnestly presses the
completion of third line of communication,
by the construction of forty miles of railroad
between Danville, Virginia, and Greenbor-
ough, North Carolina. This would give
them nearly central railroad route equally
distant from the operations of the Govern
ment armies on the north and south of the
rebel States. The Tennessee route is now
obstructed by the burning of the railroad
bridges, and if the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad should be seized by the force al
Beaufort, the rebels would be in bad way
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

The SICK RooM-A sick room should be
very quiet; there should be no more talking
than is necessary one or two people, at the
enough to be there az time more oniy
make it close and noisy, and disturb the pa
tient. Friends or neighbors should not be
too anxious to see the sick person, unless
they can do some good. Whenever any
medicines are scut, carefully read the labels
and directions, and be very particular to give
them to the patient at the time they are to
be given. The medicines should be always
kept in one particular place in the room
and all lotions or outward applications in
another part of the room; and all bottles,
cups, plates, basins and the like that are done
With, should be taken out of the room at once
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

THE EMANCIPATION Policy Washington,
NoUembe1 26.-The slavery question will
come before Congress at the opening of the
session in an official form. Secretary Came
ron will discuss the subject in his annual
report from the War Department, and will
take strong ground in favor of the emanci-
patton Of all slaves belonging to rebels in
arms against the Government. Rumors oi
this Recommendation of Mr.. Cameron have
been in circulation here for day or two, and
are fully confirmed by statement made last
evening by the Secretary himself.
1t is also true that Secretary Chase favors
an increase of duties on sugars, iron, WOOL
ems and some other articles. He will set
forth the reasons for these recommendations
in his forthcoming report.-SpeciaL Dispatch
to the ". Y. Post.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
Soldiers Love Turkey.

1t is likely that some Of our brave volun-
teers, if not all, feasted on Thanksgiving
Day on turkey and pumpkin pie. 1t is
stated that Adams Express day or two
since took from the families of volunteers in
Boston about fifty tuns of Thanksgiving
fxens intended for the troops in the vicinity
of Washington. We trust ere another
Thanksgiving dinner is prepared they will
all be snug at home to partake oft. Let Vi
pray to that end.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
4Vbat England Would Lose by a War
with Ua

In going to war with this country, Eng
land would lose two-ffths of her exports
she would lose our breadstuffs the provisions
10 feed her, and our cotton, as heretofore, to
clothe her. She would lose the $23, ,OOO, 900
per annum of revenue which she derives
mainly from our tobacco. Her revenue
would be reduced one .half-her own expen.
ditures would be quadrupIed, and she would
be unable to pay $3.50, 100000 per aunum as
the interest on the public debt, and at the
same time support her government and war
expenditures. She would encounter revolu-
ton from her starving millions, and her ex.
isting government would be swept into OBJ.
liYion,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
The O,nfar rr.da

The lovers Of oysters are rejOiced to learn
that the rebels have laid down their arms in
the seaboard counties of Virginia, whence
come the most delicious bivalVes, as they
think it will have some effect on the price.
The counties of Northampton and Accomac
have long been famous for raising oysters,
and now that they have returned to their
loyalty, we may look for revival in the
oyster trade and corresponding reduction
In price.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

While Billy Wilson's men were encamped
and heard the following narrated by an Off
ceI: 81 saw fellow try, the other day, to
break guard. The sentinel on duty remon-
sIated with him, but finding that the in
truder was obstinate, and persisted in break
ing through, he carefully laid down his guu"
"W hat, was he afraid?" "Not a bit of it.
He went to work with his fists and polished
off the fellow in grand style. He had not
got used, he said, to military 'weepins."
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

A letter from Colorado Territory says:
Towns are springipg up in our different
mountain gulches as if by magic. l was as
tonished the other day, while on my way to
Gold Dirt, only about seven miles distant, to
pass through gulch where all was activity
and hustle. Fifty or more buildings were sl-
ready completed and as many more in pro-
cess of construction; five quartz mi lis driving
their heavy stamps, and the proprietors
making money.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Post Gays that although little
is made known concerning the balloon as.
tensions along the Potomac, yet he has pri.
vate information that they are constantly
made, especially during these moonlight
nights, when by their camp fires the rebel
lines are easily seen. These are all accurate y
noted down, and it is said that our young
General knows the number and position of
the hostile forces almost as well as one can. .
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

DON'T Try TO TALK LATIN.-"No use in
my trying to collect that bill, sir" said a
collector to his employer, handing the dis.
honorable document TO the latter. "WhyW
1.-THE man who should pay it is non est" re-
piled the collector. "Then take it and col
lect it, sir. A non est man will not fail to
meet his obligations"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

DISCOVERIES AT SUEz The excavations
which are being made for the canal for the
Isthmus of Suez have led to the discovery at
Gizah of religious edifce as vast as the
Louvre, and which was constructed more
than five thousand years ago. At Karnak,
also temple, the circuit Of which is stated
to be four kilometers two and half miles,
has been discovered, and another at Enfou,
containing twenty saloons. The walls OF
these latter edfices are decorated with
sculptures, hieroglyphics and paintings, still
fresh
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29
VIII Cotton Grow and Ripen in che North,

VIII Cotton Grow and Rtpen In the NOrIhs
The above is a question frequently asked
of late, the public mind having been aroused
to the Importance of it from the fact that
statements have been made that cotton will
grow and mature outside of Dixie. An old
farmer living in Christian County, Illinois,
says that he planted ten acres of cotton this
year, and although it was planted so late
that but one picking could be had, yet the
average product was three hundred pounds
per acre. This at present prices is doubly
profitable to the raising of wheat or corn.
This experiment has so encouraged the pro.
duce experimenter that he proposes to enter
largely into cotton-raising another season
even to the extent of two thousand acres
Other parties in that and the neighboring
counties are preparing to make this their
principal business another year. Buildings
and machinery are to be erected for ginning
and baling. The Tennessee upland variety
is raised. One resident of twenty-seven
years standing, says he has raised cotton
every season, without single failure, which
is more than can be said of wheat or corn.
We doubt not the experiment of raising cot
ton in the Northern States will be thor
oughly tested the coming year, and if sue
cessful, then farewell King Cotton.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

In the south of France harvest of $500, 900
pounds weight of flower. leaves is gathered
every year, and sold for about f250,O0O. 1t
consists of 100000 pounds of leaves of tn
orange blossom, 800 900 pounds of rose leavese
100 900 pounds of jssmine blooms, 10000
pounds Of violets, 65, 900 pounds of acacia'
buds, 10000 pounds of tube roses ard 5000
pounds Ct jonquil flowers.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

STEAM NAVIGATION PEcUNIARY FAILURE,
The London Times declares that while steam
navigation has been scientific success, il
has been pecuniary failure, inasmuch as all
the lines of ocean steamers require enormous
appropriations from the Government to keep
them afoat
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

Theodore Tilton, of the New York Lnde.
pendent, has raised enough cotton in his back
yard, at Brooklyn, this year, to make him q
shirt. He planted the seeds in hotbedl
removing the glass as the shoots broke
ground. The bolls ripened and are Of good
oualitV
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

EMANCIPATION LEAeUE.--A society has been
established in Boston under this titleI the OBJ
ject Of which Is declared to be in the cOnstitu-
ton, "to urge upon the people and the Govern
ment emancipation Of the slaves as measure
Of Justice and a. 9 military necessity, it being
the shortest, cheapest and least bloody path 10
permanent peace, and the only method Of main
tanning the integrity Of the natOR."
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

The Washington EUening Star, refusing to
accede 10 the demands of It's printers to con-
stitute eight hours a full days work,
supplied itself with new corps of typos
from Baltimore. Its former workmen pro-
pose to start new daily paper in Wash
ington.