Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-16
CONVICTION NEwa.

THE LADIES SoLDIEas' RELIEF SOCIETY,"
The meeting of this organization will be dis
continued after the present week, as all the
materials collected have been worked up
into clothing, &c, for the soldiers. Great
praise is due to the ladies who originated
and sustained this laudsble undertaking.
Much good has resulted from their labors
and we ere happy to learn that although the
Efforts Of the society will cease for the pres
ent, there is no intention of abandoning the
enterprise so successfully inaugurated. The
organization will be maintained and held
ready upon sufficient call to carry out the
object of its existence.
STATE TAx.-The officers have encoun-
tered considerable difficulty this year in COL
lecting the Slate tax, owing to the prevailing
idea among the people that the Stay Law,
! passed by our Legislature, affected the pay
ment of taxes as well as other kinds of debts.
| Sheriff Roberts, Of this county, we learn, is
meeting with better success than he antici-
| pated in the collection of the taxes due the
| State.
| CALLED IN.-The Government mnskets,
distributed to the Home Guards, at Indepeu.
dence, in this county, in June last have been
called in. Every man in Bourbon County,
! who has a musket furnished him by the
United States Government, is called upon in
the Citizen to return it Immediately to Fl. 7.
| Brent.
MEETING OF THE LFGIsLATuRE.-The Cen
eral Assembly OF Kentucky will convene at
the Capital on Wednesday, the 9Th of the
present month.
Cry CoUNCII.-An adjourned meeting of
the Board was held last night. Sundry
claims we're allowed, and variety of petit
tions were received and referred to the
proper committees. All the business before
the Council was disposed of, but being of an
unimportant character, we will not give the
details.
COURT OF APPEALs.-In the proceedings Of
this Court on the 18th we fiud the following
causes decided: Myers VS. Stevens, Kenton,
affirmed; Wheeler US. Stroube, Campbell, re-
veIsed. Orders-Hathaway Vs Shiltz, Ken
ton, demurrer withdrawn on the 14th. The
case of Williams ct al. Os. Fsrmers' Bank,
Kenton, was affirmed as to Williams aud re :
versed as TO Reise. Hathaway Us. Shiltz et
aI, KentoD, were submitted on briefs.
A RETRoGRADE MOVEMENT. - We learn
from a soldier belonging to the Thirty-frst
Ohio Regiment, who left Camp Dick Robin
son last night that all the troops that have
advanced beyond that camp are on their way
back. The baggage and provision trains
were arriving when he left. This movement
would seem to indicate that our troops in
that portion Of Kentucky, instead of march
ing on Cumberland Gap, designed going into
winter quarters at Camp Robinson. The
lack of adequate transportation is assigned
as the reason of the Federal troops falling
back.
IMPORTANT TO LAwYERs.-The Court O
Appeals now in session at the capital ha!
decided in two cases that an attorney at Law
has no authority under his general employ
ment, to compromise the case of his client
This has been common practice among
: lawyers generally 10 Kentucky, and the de
cisiOns just rendered by the Court of Ap
8 peals will have an important bearing upol
: their future practice.
AN ENTERPRIsING GRAND jury Th
Grand Jury summoned by the Mayo
{ met on Monday last-one week ago-but al
to noon to- day had made no report of Jhei
proceedings. We presume they have trans
2 acted an immense amount of business, whcl
4 will account for the long delay in makinl
known to the Mayor Court what they hav
= done. 1t is understood that the jury ha
% found bills of indictment against nesrl
- every coffee.house keeper in Covington 70
N selling liquor to soldiers within five miles G
% camp, and for selling liquor without license
y We are informed that some doubt is enter
y tanned in regard to the constitutionality G
10 the ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquO
|, to soldiers. The Grand Jury will doubles
make their report some time next week.
: The BATTLE OF PIKEToN.-We doub
:. = whether there is place in Kentucky wher
e more rejoiciDgs were INDUCED in over tn
u u reported victory of our arms in southeastern
Kentucky, than the city of Covington. 0
course the news this morning, which whittle
. down our victory to a mere skirmish, fe
a like wet blanket upon the spirits of th
. Union men, and raised the hopes of th
: "black snakes" in our midst, in correspond
. ing degree. The newspapers were rolndI
p abused for publishing such stories as th
= : great battle at Piketon turned out to be; th
> postmssters up the country coming in for
= fair share of the maledictions, as some
- - these public servants were mainly INSTR
. mental in getting up the highly colored al
counts of the battle that were published
the newspapers.
e LAWSON l. Co., 96 Fifth street, sell ladie
h | naiters for 81 annh ns sell for 81 IL -