Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
ARMY BUDGET.
PAYMENT OF ARMY OFFICERS.

the practice which had sprung up in the
army OF paying officers at the end Of one
month II they desired while privates must
wait for the tri-monthly payday. Com
manding Generals and the common soldier
are now treated alike.
GENERAL HARVEY TO 90 TO THE PACIFIC.
Major. General Halleck and Brigadier-
| General Sumner are expected from Califor-
MIA by the next steamer. Both will be as
signed important commands. General Har-
ney expects 70, and probably will be assigned
to the Department of the Pacific.
PERMANENT BARRACKS.
The Government is making arrangements
for erecting permanent barracks near Wash
ington for sixty thousand troops,
The entire war of the Revolution cost
less than one hundred and thirty-six mill
lions of dollars. Congress has voted five
hundred millions to carry on the present
war. Our expenditures now, on account of
the war; are estimated at seven hundred and
fifty millions per annum.
-Fremontis now in command Of thirty
five thousand men and one hundred and
twelve pieces of artillery. General Prices
force, which a short time ago was magni6ed
into such terrific proportions, is now given
at from fifteen to eighteen thousand. His
retreat is to join his army with that of Nc
Culloch before fighting Fremont.
General A. S. Johnston, the rebel COM
mander at Columbus, KY, has been pre-
sented with the famous racer "Umpire" for a
charger.
The troops in Western Virginia will be
paid as soon as the half million Treasury
notes have been sent to Wheeling for them.
Our army at Paducah do not fear an at
! tack, and can not hear of any large force this
side of Columbus. ALI the Secessionists
have fled from Paducsh and locked up their
! houses. Colonel Coburn's Thirty-third Indi-
ana Regiment has been assigned the advance
by General Thomas and he has moved for
ward thirty miles from Camp Dick Robinson.
Colonel Crittenden's Sixth Indiana is on the
advance on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, and is moving forward slowly.
Captain Thomas J. Wood and Richard
W. johnson, who have been appointed Brig
adler. Generals of Volunteers, and assigned
to Msjor-General Sherman's Division, were
both United States Cavalry officers. The
former was in the Fourth Cavalry, and the
latter in the Fifth new organization.) Cen
eral Wood is a native of Kentucky, and was
appointed from that State in July, l845, to a
brevet Second Lieutenantcy in the Topo-
graphical Engineers, and was promoted to a
Captaincy in the then Second Cavalry (now
Fourth) in March, 1855. General johnson
is also Kentuckian, and was first commls-
stoned in July, lS49, as brevet Second Lieu
tenant in the Sixth Infantry, and obtained q
company in the Second (now Fifth) Cavalry
in December, 1856. Both are graduates Of
West Point.
FRANCE AND THE REBEL FLAG.
The following extract from letter received
in Bangor, Maine, from gentleman in Bor-
deaux, France, shows that the Emperor Ma,
poleon has no idea Of giving countenance tc
the rebel flag, or of exhibiting sympathy fol
the rebels. The writer says:
The schooner William Abbott, of Bangor
Maine, Captain Smith, was coming up tht
river, with rebel flag flying at the FORE ant
no flag at the main or gait. She came II
, anchor at Paulliac, few miles below thu
| city, and the custom house boat went along
side. The flag was hauled down in abou
! half an hour, and the Captain went on shore
When she got under weigh to go up to tn,
city, she could not pass the guardship unit
| that glorious flag of Stars and Stripes wa
; hoisted at the main, and she will be obliged
. to hoist it as long as she remains in France
, The schooner was from Christiansand, Nor
: way.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS.
A large body of troops, some six thousand
| We D6IleN6i dTTlVeu uero Ou OaLuTuhy hu
, Sunday last. They are encamped on the Col
t lego Green and ad AGENT lots. Their destina
tiOn is not known. They are under the com
} mapd Of General Viele. On Tuesday anothe
{ regiment arrived; and we understand that
brigade left Washington on Tuesday morn
ing, to march here Vid the Governors Bridge
, ! They will be quartered on Colonel Walton
! farm, near the city. There appears to b
every indication of an intention to aggregat
e here very large force-some say thirt
s thousand men. What the object is we
not know. The presence of SO large bod
|. of troops is unayoidably productive of som
, inconvenience to our citizens but we ar
r glad to be able to say that the officers us
s every possible exertion 10 prevent it. Ever
I delinquent is promptly arrested and pun
ished; and squads of soldiers are constant,
5 patroiliDg our streets to prevent disorder o
! ipjury.-AnnGpOlis Gazette.
! MUsKETs AND RIFLES.
There seems to be an undue preference
given by some of our volunteers to the riff
over the Government musket. We have al
! ways thought that a smooth-bore with
buck and ball cartridge, was the most eff
, doubtless better for the flank companies
t when extended as skirmishers, and also fc
picket duty. The less complicated the arr
3 is when employed by volunteers, the bette
? and the musket is more easily handled,
lighter, and does not foul so quickly as th
3 rifle. A ball and three buck shot fred froI
| musket carry with them greater certaint
of execution than the single ball from
z MIME, though the range is not 80 great
the midst Of battle, however, when smok
; and dust obscure the aim, and firing is don
pretty much at random, after the position {
the adversary is known, we feel every cor
fidence that the United States musket is tn
best weapon that can be used. Its manufac
. ture is unexcelled, it is less likely to get oU
of order, and is in all respects our preterenc
for ths wear and tear work OF a campaign
We are therefore surprised TO hear of comps
. nies maDifesting disapprOval when 1t is pu
7 into their bands.-LoUiSVilLe Journal
, Is BEN MCCULLoCH DEAD 2-The followin
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