Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13

by the BorIssia amounts to $4,000. OF
course the goods enter duty free A few
cases of arms have been sent to Kentucky,
and several hundred tuns of clothing, &c,
have been forwarded to the army on the
Potomac. t-''-
THE STORM OFF HATTERAs.
The New York 7Tibune's Washington cor
respondent says the effects of the storm at
Hatteras have been exaggerated. The less
of stores by the breakers was small. There
was no loss of men of the Twentieth Indiana
nor of any other regiment. If there was
mission TO the War Department to effect the
withdrawal of the troops from the inlet, it
quickly failed. The ambassador returned
with orders to put the forts on a winter foot
ing, to "hut the men, and to face the
weather as well as the foe.
A.PARALLEL.
A parallel TO the case of Fremont occurred
in the Revolutionary War. General Schuy-
Ter spent long and weary months in organ.
izng an army, using his own private fortune
to equip it, when just as he got face to face
with Burgoyne, victory within his grasp, he
was superseded by General Gates, who won
the laurels which belonged to Schuyler. One
of the best military officers we had in the
Revolution was Benedict Arnold, yet Con-
gress appointed four Major. Generals over
his head. The insult ranked in Arnold's
heart and made him traitor. But there is
no danger of such result in the Case of
Fremont. He will follow the example of
Schuyler, and whether in command or not,
his eword will ever be drawn on the side of
his imperiled country, and never against it.
OSaoego Times.
MITTENs. .
To be prepared for cold winter it is
necessary to look after the little things.
Great events hang on little things. Because
an officer in the French army did not take
possession ofan Insignificant little hamlet one
night, as he was ordered to do, but postponed
it till morning, tits said Napoleon lost the bat
tie of Waterloo. Because a workman once
neglected to drive a spike into a railroad
sleeper, train was precipitated from the
| track and score of passengers were killed
| ana wounded. Because man neglected to
| show proper signal at the draw bridge in
| Norwich, Connecticut the laundering train
| with its precious freight of human life leaped
| into the opened cbasm and filled the land
| with mourning. Because lighthouse keeper
neglected to do his duty at the proper time,
| a noble vessel once dashed upon the rocks.
| A volume of similar illustrations might be
| given. Now it depends upon little things
| whether the Army of the Potomac is to be
| active or passive the coming winter. The
| little things are to be done not wholly by
the army, but in part by the fathers, mothers,
sisters and brothers at home.
In this connection let me say word to
the wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts,
| all of whom can sew, knit and darn. Let
every one obtain contribution from fathers
or brothers, of sufficient warm woolen yarn,
and then knit pair of mittens and pair of
socks. Let it be done by systematic effort,
by communities. Now there is need of aid
for the soldiers, that they may be fit for &C.
tive duty. Government furnishes regular
supplies of clothing, but unless the soldiers
have their own supplies to resort to when
needed, they are sometimes obliged to suffer
How easy it would be for every soldier to
have a pair of mittens and an extra pair O
socks if the ladies would only take hold o
it in earnest. There is many smart Buck
eye girl who can knit pair of mittens in {
day.
UNIFORMS OF ARMY CHAPLAINs. p .
A meeting of Army Chaplains was latel!
held in Washington relative to the adoption
of some uniform and the defining of thei
rank in the army. Quite a portion of tn
convention at first seemed 10 Think it wa
not becoming minister of the Gospel to b
= bedizened with military trappings, but OF
comparing notes great difficulties were founC
to arise from wearing the dress of civilian
Several related their experiences, which thu
Washington correspondent of the New Yorl
Times thus reports:
One who had attempted it found himself
very much circumscribed in his movements
being constantly stopped by the guards anG
asked for his pass, and because he had none
turned back; while another who had worr
the uniform, had been mistaken for an off
Ger, and invited by another to take drink
of brandy and water with him. At length
however, the vexatious question Eeemed tC
present itself in its true aspect, when Chap
lain gave an account of his own conversion
to the propriety of wearing uniform. Hi
simple, earnest and truthful manner coulC
not fail to win the heart of every listener
He said he could not bring his feelings t.
consent to wear a uniform, and did not til
one day he encountered Gen. Mcclellan WHIT
was disguised SO as to appear only as an ordi.
nary officer. The General halted and inquired
if he had pass. He replied: "No; that b.
was not aware that it was necessary for
commissioned officer to have one" "Sir,
, sternly answered the General, " recogniz
no commissioned officer without his uni
! FORM" He then told him he was a Chaplain
The General, touching his cap, begged hi
pardon and rode off. II Immediately went,
7 he said, 'and got these shoulder straps pu
on" He, however, made up his mind tina
, nothing should induce him to wear a SWORD
for such an appendage was wholly unbecom
ing in one who preached the gospel of peac'
But he found by the army regulations that
Chaplain, in review, was obliged to rid
| behind his regiments while an officer ridin
! thus without his sword was always suppose
to be under arrest This was new dilemmi
and he finally concluded it would do NOR
/, harm to be looked upon as a culprit than
f wear sword, SO on such occasions at lea
: he had made up his mind to carry one.
: 1t was suggested that black sash be IL
: distinguishing feature of the uniform, bl
+ the color met with universal disfavor, SO blu
t was substituted, and a.committee appointe
! to consider the matter. '.'
....- DISCIPLINE IN TIE ARMY. -.
The work of disciplining our army of ha
) a million of men, drawn from a peace estat
/. lishment of fifty years duration, has been
F. HerCulean task. We have thus not onl
been required to drill and train our soldier
beginning with the very alphabet of
military education, but the bulk Of our of
i. GERS, including some generals, we have hs
to create from our previously uninstructe
@ volunteers, drawn from the walks of civ
7 life. In, this work we have learned son
4 useful lessons as great political communit
y We have learned that all the teachings of OF
: corrupt political parties and disorganizin
. politicians of the last twenty years must
. discarded as false, and wholly insufficient f
= this crisis; that popular suffrages ar
~ popular votes, and popular electioneeril