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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13

MumfoTd & Co., Nos. 38 and 40 West
Fourth street, in this city, are among the
most extensive publishers Of Patriotic
Stationery in the United States. Suffers and
others will find a varied and beautiful as
sortment at exceedingly low prices.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13
Rnrainn NaMn.

The foreign news published in the Press
this afternoon gives further particulars of
how the news Of the arrest of Slidell and
Mason was received in England. The news
ia interesting and important.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13

Charlotte Cushman is in Rome. She
owns house in the Via Gregoriana, in
which she resides. She spends her time
mostly in charitable acts.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13

A PROFITABLE INVEsTMEHT.-The Lafay-
cite Journal understands that q house in
that city has made the snug sum Of $1,000
by the advance in coffee.
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CITY Aren. fer the Pees.
LOuIsville Aaent.
this city.

D.J. BEAN is authorized to contract for adyer-
iisipg and subscriptions fer the DAILY Pass in
this city
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NEW ADvHRTTsEMENTs
DissolWtiOn.

TNHRsPARTNEReHI HRRETORORE
III existing under the hrm name Of y. MYnRS q
90, has been dissolved By mutual consent. o. II.
HOTCHKISe has purchased the entire oonosrn,
and will continue the business At the old stand, No.
SO BroAdWNy, near Third. a.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13

Death and tomorrow are never here
they are neither not come or gone.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13

RIDENOUR-At her mothers residence, near
College Corner, December 9, 1861, of putrid sore
of her age. -"
JoHNSTON-O On Wednesday evening, December
IL, of whooping cough, Wallace, youngest son OF
Thomas and Mary Il. Johnston, aged three years
and six months.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-13
HOME INTEREST.
MARRIED.

RB- A. A. EYsTER, Clocks, Watches and Jewelry,
Nos 343 and 27l Central.avenue.
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The steamer Neio PoTk, direct from Port
Royal, arrived at New York on Wednesday
last, llth. We gather the following items
from her budget Of news as furnished the
Post:
The transport steamer Atlantic, from this
port, arrived at Port Royal on the I'd inst.
General Sherman had sent General Stevens
with part Of his brigade to take permanent
possession of Beaufort. The Federal forces
stationed in that city numbered about 1000
men.
There was an understanding at Hilton
Head that arrangements were in progress for
sending force far enough into the interior
to destroy communication between Charles
ton and Savannah.
HILTON HRAD-A NEW ToRTIFICATIoN. -
General Sherman has commenced new
forti6cstiou about half mile in the rear of
Fort Walker. 1t is very large, and is esti-
mated to cover two or three acres ofground,
about double the extent of Fort Walker.
General Buffers expedition, the arrival of
which at Port Royal has been repor ted
through rebel sources, had not made its Rp-
pearance when the City of Ne,O York sailed;
and no ships belonging to it were spoken on
the way.
NIGHTLY INoURsIoNs OF THE BEBELs-BURNINe
COTTON.
The rebels are growing bolder, and ap.
proach the vicinity Of Hilton Head in parties
under the cover of the night, taking away
such property as they can carry. On the
Sd or 4th inst. party of twenty or thirty
bad been on Paris Island, between Hilton
Head and Beaufort, and had taken away
some property, together with number oi
contrabands-some OF them by force. Two
negroes were shot by them. All who could
escape refused to accompany them.
In every direction on the mainland, aud il
many cases on the islands not far away from
Hilton Head, great clouds smoke constantly
ascended for days before the sailing of the
steamer. TIE spectacle had become so com
mon as scarcely to excite particular notice
The understanding was that the rebels were
burning every thing which they were unable
or feared to stay long enough to carry away
including their buildings, particularly store
| houees.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
wYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER d. 1861.

issue on this very question with Secretary Cameron
and had recalled from the Philadelphia Post Office
the undelivered copies Of the War Department Re-
port which the latter had mailed yesterday for the
use of the newspaper press The city WAS filled with
rumors of breaking up of the Cabinet and the III
iuence Of the revolution we are passing through Id
attaching men to principles while weakening ther
hold on laws and forms, was everywhere strikngly
and most suggestyeIy conspicuous. The excitement
occasioned by this Executive opposition to the neces
sites of the war and to the popular VIII
tonight sways the hotels and parlors OF
the city. Tee history of the difference
between the President and the Secretary of War has
at last taken this shape. The Secretary presented
his report to Mr.. Lincoln on Saturday. On Sunday
afternoon he mailed it to the principal papers of the
North and West, as is customary on the day preeed
ing the reading of the Message. On Sunday night
the President, having found time to read it, found it
not in his heart to agree with the Secretarys doc
trine of the right and the duty to make military
use of the slaves Of Rebelsto arm them, if neces-
sary-and in all ways to use them as we would any
other pr operty of the Rebels to suppress this rebel
lion. He sent for Mr.. Cameron, and required him to
suppress this whole portion of his report, on the
oronnd that its recommendation was premature and
ilI-timed. The Secretary promptly and resolutely
refused TO suppress word of it. The discussion be-
tween them was protracted. 1t ended az 1t began
the President insisting upon the alteration, and the
Secretary respectfully but firmly refusing to change
3, liable OF his recommendations. subsequent In
teryew in the afternoon had similar conclusion oil
debate, but new and strange conclusion OF kxecu-
tive will The President announced his purpose TO
strike out the entire passage about the emancipation
and srming of the slaves before sending in the re-
port with his Message to Congress Mr. Cameron
declared he ehoud not recall or suppress the docu'
ment in the hands of Northern and Western editors,
and that the printers were at liberty TO DO WITH his
report what they pleased Which OF the two copies
will the people read and the army preferi
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
THEn LATEsT yAR NEWS.

A force Of $500 men, from the divisions oil
Gems. Smith, Mccall, and Porter, together
with o body of cavalry, went out yester.
day toward Vienna, Va, for the purpose Of
cutting off 1900 rebel cavalry who daily hover
about Hunters Mills. The expedition made q
faithful reconnaissance but the enemy did not
show himself
A deserter from the 1st Regiment of Vir-
ginia Volunteers says that Richmond is con-
verted into great hospital, so many of the
rebels are sick. DisaGectioD disappointment
and discomfort prevail among them. This we
learn from various sources
Beauregard was at Fairfax COurt-House
last week, and he then assured the Rebels that
they should be in Washington this Winter
probably intending to imply that they would take
it. When we learn also that all newspapers
and other means of Obtaining formation are
scrupulously withheld from the army to which
be addressed this absurdity, it seems NOT so
strange that those to whom he spoke sbould
believe the tale. Their disappointment, when
1t comes, will be very likely to turn into
fatal rage against those who have deluded
them.
Deserters from Centreyille say that &C, 900
rebels are encamped there, under the command
OF Beauregard and Kirby Smith. Nearer Wash
ington they seem unusually active and restless
within the past few days, making frequent
dashes within our line and capturing occasion
ally lumber Of pickets. II is the impression
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
GEN. CAmERON,s REPORT.

We think those who have vaguely heard that
the Secretary of War cherished some peculiar
views with regard to the proper treatment Of
the slaves of rebels by the Government which
would be more fully set forth in his fortbcom.
ing Annual Report, will be rather surprised on
reading that Report-which we publish this
rnornng-and that their first impulse will be to
ask, els his aH7 Are there any Members of
I" the Cabinets there even member-who
" opposes these recommendations What is
:. there in Gen. Cameron's views from which
/" the Secretary of the Interior could have felt
9" called on to dissent at the Prentice dinner ~
And yet they may rest assured that this is all.
Gen. Cameron in effect maintains that
1. This War is prosecuted on behalf of the
Nation with intent to re-establish its authority
over the States aud districts now in fragrant
rebellion, and to secure q general obedience to
the constitution aud laws of the Union;
2. That the rebels began the war. without
necessity or proyocatiou, and ought to be mads
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04

petuate the Democratic split-some iron
spite against mankind in general-if be woulI
have simply let them alone. But the man h,d
no more sense than to walk into VoIks Gartss
and there make to the assembled Germans
speech surcharged with the most unmsasurel
abuse of Republicans and Republicanism-- abuse
which rendered impossible his receiving the
vote of any Republican who had the lsast
shadow of self-respect. BY this and kindred
operations, Wood drove at least Two Thousand
anti-Opdyke Republicans from his support T.
that of Gunther, without gaining dozen votss
from any quarter. If no had had another week
to operate in, we think he could have secured
the result be most dreaded-the election Of
Gunther. When man engineers his own ruin.
he generally makes thorough work Of it, if you
only give him time.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
TEE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The country and the world will not fail to
mark the contrast between the Message just
transmitted to Congress by President Lincoln
and that so recently addressed to tho rival
rebel conclave by Jefferson Davis. The latter
is quite commonly presumed the ADLER of the
two; he is certainly the better grammarian
and he knows how to use the English language
with decided perspicuity and force. But the
spirit of his manifesto is truculent, sanguinary.
denoniac; he CLOTHES himself with curses as
q with garment" and he does not scruple
to assert the most atrocious falsshoods with
regard to the aims and impulses Of the Federal
Government and of the loyal States. Yet,
while boastful, defiant. and savage. talking as
though his resources were bouudless and bis
career as a rebel chief had been an unnter-
rupted succession Of victories, bis voice rings
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
TIE NAVY REPGET.

The Report OF Secretary Welles published in
full by us this morning, will be read with in
terest. II gives a lucid exposition OF the state
of affairs in the Navy Department, together
with condensed sketch Of its operations since
tho July session OF Congress. The subjects of
The blockades Of naval expeditions, and of tho
pursuit after pirates, are first treated Of by the
report; the matter Of the Rebel distractions on
the Potomac, however, is left in a somewhat
unsatisfactory condition, inasmUch as 10 hint is
given as 70 the measures to be taken TO break
up the irritating blockade of that river. 1t is
stated that the stone feet which very recently
sailed was 10 operate in the channel Of Charles
ton Harbor aud in Savannah River. The num-
Der of vessels captured by US for violation OF
the blockade and for other ofenses is 1913, and a
list is appended TO the Report as delivered to
Congress. Considerable space and warm praise
is given to Flag Officer Dupont for his brilliant
Port ROYAL affair. The conduct of Capt.
Wilkes in seizing Mason and Slidcll is commended,
without further qualification than is contained
in the hint that he showed too great lenency
in not capturing the Trent as well as her pas
seDgers. The position of the Report on this
point is decided, and the expression of opinion
is sharp. This portion of the document will
squarely meet the public sentiment of the
country. The total force of the Navy, when
the vessels now building and purchased are put
in order, will be 26i vessels, 1851 guns,
Dis, Ol6 tuns. The number Of seamen is now
1900. The Marine Corps in October had a
strength of 1864. Tho position of the Depart
ment upon the question of what to do with
the slaves who come to our ships may be briefly
stated thus: Set them at work for wages; if
there is no work, apply Tor it to the army; if
the army has none for them, let them 90 in
peace whittier they will. Various other topics
are treated in the Report-all. however, briefly
and cleary-and tho whole document will
amply repay perusal.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
CERTAINLY!

Col. Charles j. Biddle "a son Of the late
Nicholas Biddle of U. s. Bank memory wsA
chosen to Congress from Philadelphia, while
Colonel of regiment of volunteers in the Nc.
tonal service. He being Democrat, several
of the leading Democrats of bis city united in
letter urging him to resign bis Colonelcy and
take his seat in the House In his letter Of &C.
quiescence in this request, he says:
This too we may say for the Democratic pas'y-whe
maintained lie sway, Secession little bsihed chqus;
as The Republican party Secession became an amy
with banners"
That is to say: Pickens, Meade, Hunter.
Mason, Faulkner, Slidell, JEFF. Davis d Co.,
did not see fit to rebel against the Nation SO
long as they had full control of its Government
and policy, and were drawing bOuntiful cal.
aries allowances and perquisites from its tress.
ury: but, 80 soon as the People placed the
Government in other hands, they sprung the
mine which some of them had been thirty
years preparing, and did their best to destroy
the Republic. If there be anything in the''
facts of which the Democrats Of the loyal
States are proud, we make Col. Biddls wei
come to il.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
FROM OLD POINT.

BALTIMORE, Tuesday, Dec. ), lsoi'
The boat from Old Point has arrived. TIE i0n'"'
ing items are gathered from Southern papers. !,
The reported removal Of the capital from kCnm'"'
to Nashville is incorrect.
The Southern papers are advocating the a00'''''
Of the elective franchise. ,.,
The latest advces from Pensacola rept'e 49,.
the fight had not been renewed. Accounts 0y sn".
had the fight continued, Fort Mehae wOu,u "s's
been destroyed, but no paricula" OF the A'Ai' MO
The planters throughout the Southern sea-oo s
-nfaaa,od % he destroying their crops lest they
sbon,d lslI into the hands of the Yankees.
A conspiracy of Union men had been diseov' war
New.Orleans, causing great exsitementt there Aa''
arrests had been made.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
to feel and respect the power of the Govern
ment and its loyal supporters

to feel and respect the power of the Govern
ment and its loyal supporters;
3. That the Government would be unjust ia
ITSELF and fatbless to its high trust, if it failed
to employ and improve all means at its command,
within the fair scope Of the laws of war, to
overcome and subdue its implacable and un.
sparing foes;
4. That the property Of the rebels is the
strength of their rebellion, and is liable to
seizure and confiscatiOn by the Government
which they have conspired against and are
desperately fighting to overthrow;
5. That considerable proportion OF thIf
property consists of slaves, varlousy estimated
as worth to them in the aggregate from
$500 900, 900 to 81, 600, 100000;
6. That there is nothing in nature, in rea-
son, nor ia the laws of war, which exempts
this species of property from cOniiscation and
conversion TO the uses of loyalty in its struggle
with rebellion;
7. That the Federal Government has no con-
stitutional and no rightiu power to bold slaves,
to sell slaves, nor to exact service from any one
without rendering him an equivalent;
8. That it has a right, however, to use the
voluntary labor of the slaves of rebels, like
any other property forfeited by treason, " for
q" the defense of the Government the prosecu-
L" ton of the war, and the suppression of the
" rebellion"
9. That the cxpedency of so using the muscle
Of slaves, whether they be armed or otherwise
is purely question of military exigency. to
be determined by circumstances. What Is
certain and indisputable is that it would be
madness to leave this immense amount o
available property, 30 clearly contraband Of
war. in the hands and under the control Of
rebels where we have the power to take II
away Such policy would be National
A" suicide"
10. The Government, having used the ser
vices of rebels slave, in such manner as II
shall deem most conducive to the overthrow O
the rebellion. cannot remand him thereafter
into bondage. The rebel master has forfeited
bis title to him by treason; the ex-saye ba'
earned BY bis service to tho National cause
freedom and protection.
Such is substantially Gen. Cameron
doctrine with regard to the slaves of rebels
who may come within the scope of the Govern
ment's unquestioned authority. 1t is simple,
lucid, tersey expressed, aud seems but the ap-
plicatiOn Of principles never questioned before
to a new aud somewhat peculiar state OF facts
To state it accurately is TO place it 'beyond the
need of apology or vindieatiop. Those who are
afraid the rebels will get hurt, aud solicitou'
that they shall secure substantial triumph
will of course clamor against III; but, unless
they grossly misrepreseut the Secretary's posi-
ton, they will make little Roadway in oppos
log it.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
THE HERALD FOR ABOLITION

Tie Herald threw gu anchor out to wind
ward yesterday. The Municipal election 1t
had peen declaring for tan Jays previous,
turned solely upon the question of Abolition,
and the city was about to show its approval
or di.approyal Of that policy by the defeat or
the election Of Wood. Wood himself trusted
every ching to this issue, aud The Herald, as 1t
held Opdyke responsible for active Abolltionism
evidently thought Guntber as passively guilty
as he. 1t thought, therefore. best to look out
for coming storm, and be ready to heaye the
ship round, with her mead in the opposite
quarter. Accordingly, The Herald begins to
turn back again TO the doctrine of enamel
nation it advocated 80 warmly last Winter.
Ii says:
of course in struggle Of fe DEATH the Government
bound by all the nice restrictions Of the Constitution
Intended for of domestic peace. These tns under
such domestic rebellion his subordinate to the stern
Of Granted then, that o' the great objects
of this var necessary that the slaves Of Southern rebels
coming within reach Of armies should be employed in the
public service does follow that II Is necessary expedient
to employ them as soldiers"
That ia q question to be decided by circum-
stances. Sometimes it may be not wise SO to
employ the emancipated slaves, and at others
it may. Such service, for instance, in or about
Washington might be quite out of place, as
we have as many white troops there now, ap-
parently, IA we know what to do with, If not
more; while black troops, if We had them,
might be better used elsewhere. And again,
for instance, the opposite course would De wiser
under such circumstances as those at Port
ROYAL. where, had Gen. Sherman acted in ac-
cordance with the spirit of the order from the
War Department, and called Union men to the
standard OF the Union, without regard to tie
color of the Unonsts, and without reference
to {" domestic institutions" which were none
of his business, he might have had an army by
this time. sufficiently organized aud sufficiently
powerful to have marched upon Charleston
and Savannah, both of which, before a host
of the character he could have got together,
would have been deserted cities. Both South
Carolina and Georgia would have been, under
such policy, loyal States, and not traitor
left within their borders within fifty days from
the date Of landing at Hilton Head.
OF course, however, we don't reply to the
question raised by The Herald with any idea
that it wants an answer. If slaves are to be
employed at all in the "pubic service" it
matters little whether a man digs trench or
shoots from the top of the bank alongside OF
it, so that both are needed services under the
circumstances Of the moment Ii is the Abo-
litonsm Of The Herald that we look at. 1t
falls in with the popular current, aud advocates
the employment Of slaves within the reach of
our armies This is about the extent 10 which
anybody goes, and is the most radical practical
measure that can DO adopted.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-04
Poor Joe
MODIFICATION OF SECRETARY CAME-
RONS REPORT.

After the original report had been printed IN our
whole edition. the following modification was made
viz: the concluding portion, commencing at ne
words, 4" It has become grave question for deter
mination what shall be done with the slaves, WI
erased, and the subjoined passage substituted;
at is already grave question what shall
done by the slaves VINO abandoned by their ovnr
ers on the advance Of our troops into Southern tern
tory, as at Beaufort District, in South Caronns.
The number left within our control al that pom. Is
very considerable. and similar cases viii prooaoy
occur. What shall be done with them? Can We
afford to send them forward TO their masters, 70 %
by them armed against us, or used in introdueins
supplies to MAINTAIN the ebellion! Their labor may
be useful t. u.s. withheld from the enemy, II lessons
his military resources, and Withholding them has %
tendency TO Induce the horrors OF nsuIreetion eyen
the rebel communities. They constitute miil'siy
resource, and, being such, that they should not %
turned over to the enemy. is too plain TO discuss
Why deprive him Of supplies by blockade ana T gS
unfairly give him men to produce supplies tm
DISPOSITION TO DO made OF the slaves OF rebels g'e'
the close of the war can be safely left to the wisoos
and patriotism of Congress. The representatives
the PEOPLE will, unquesionably. secure to the oyI
shareholders every night TO which they are en''''
nader the Constitution of the country" .,y
SIMON CAMERON, Secretary Of Wa
To the Presilenl Of the United States.