Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-22

per pound, soap 6 cents per pound, salt |
cents per pound, desic 3ated potatoes IL cents
per pound, desiccated mixed vegetables "a
cents per pound, pickles SO IS per keg, dried
spples 81 cents per pound, split peas So per
busbel, molssses 80 cents per gallon, pota-
tees 60 cents per bushel.
SMITHS IN THE ARMY.
The Smith family can have no complaints
that they are not amply represented among |
> the field officers In the war. There is (acting)
Major. General William F. Smith, of Yer |
mont, commanding the right wing of our
army on the Potomac; and opposed to him is |
Major. General Gustavus W. Smith, COM
msnding the left wing of the rebel army. |
Brigadier. General Charles Furguson Smith |
commands at Paducah. OF Oolonels and
field officers there is apparently no end. IL
| linois has Colonel Robert F. Smith, Sixteenth
! Regiment, at st. Joseph, Missouri; Colonel
Gustavus A. Smith, Thirty.ffth Regiment,
Of the Lead Mine Regiment raising ct Ga
! lena. Ohio furnishes FIVE Colonels Smith,
viz: Benjamin F. Smith of the First Will
liam s. Smith of the Thirteenth; j. L. Kirby
Smith of the Forty third T. X. Smith of the
| Fifty fourth; and Orland Smith of the
Seventy third. Missouri has Colonel Morgan
L. Smith, of the Eighth. We should despair
| enumerating the Smiths who are in the
field, staff or line officers; suffice it the pro
portion is well maintained. There was at
one time proposition to raise a full regi-
ment of Smiths, but the difficulty there
would be in making up an ineligible list
of killed and wounded was an insuperable
objection. = Chicago Tribune.
THE FRENCH SOLDIERS IN OUR ARMY.
Mr.. Willis writes to the Home Journal from
Washington;
The French Ito make remark that has
been well consideredl soldier well together.
They are born to soldier and cook, as Yam
KEGS are born to carpenter and bargain; but
they (the French) require each others So
ciety more than other nations do. They like
to encamp together, and cook together, and
all the rest of it together. And why would
it not be well, therefore, to segregate, and
collect into one brigade, all the Frenchmen
in our service? There are hundreds scat
tered, at present, through the various divi-
sions of our army, while there is a deficiency
of actual numbers in this Fifty, fifth Regi
ment, besides a sprinkling of some few inhar-
monious Irish and Germans. 1t was sug-
gested, in my hearing, that it would be we'll
worth the while of "the authorities" to issue
some general order, which would facilitate
this capitalization natural around a nu-
ceus-the combining of all tho French,
among our scattered volunteers, into one
effective body. Think how gallantly the
young Princes of France would 60 into ac-
ton, with such brigade of their own proper
subjects behind theml
PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD.
Captain SamuelF Dupont having been as
signed to the command of the frigate Wa.
bash, the Philadelphia Navy-yard has passed
to Commodore Pendegrast, who entered upon
his duties last Wednesday. He was received
} with salute of thirteen guns. The Stars
, and Stripes has been taken to a dry. dock,
where she will be fitted out in the most
thorough manner. She will carry nine guns,
and it is expected will be ready in about two
weeks. The propeller Union, purchased by
the Government, went Oh a trial trip down
the Delaware, which was highly successful.
BOSTON NAvY-YARD.
!. 1t is thought that the force Of men in the
Navy-yard will be reduced at least five hun
dred in a short time, in consequence of the
! falling off of work. The new gun-boat va
chusett has been placed in the dry-dock, for
{ the purpose of being coppered. She will be
) finished as soon as possible and proceed to
: sea-, The steamer Governor has been pur.
: chased for conveying naval stores to Fortres;
y Monroe.
ANOTHER GUE-BoAT LAUNCHED.
Another of the new gun. boats for the
United States Government, was launched
]; from the ship yard Of Mr.. Jackman, at New
q buryport, r. L. on Friday last. Her name il
a the MGrbIehedd.
/. Colonel r. @. Buchanan, of the United
|, States Army, is the inventor of peculiar
portable boat which has been used in severa
expeditions in Oregon, and is highly com
y mended. 1t consists Of an exceedingly ligh
J. framework of thin and narrow boards, il
j. lengths suitable for packing, connected by
i hinges, the different sections folding into 81
j. small a compass as to be conveniently car
;, ried upon mules The frame iscovered witt
2 a sheet of stout cotton canvas or duck, Sc
n | fo fha nun alaa with a anrd n
diaeonally back and forth through eyelet
I, holes in the upper edge. When first PLACED
n in the water the boat leaks little, but tn
n canvas soon sWells 30 as to make 1t suffi
10 ciently tight for all practical purposes On
q, mule suffices to transport boat with all it
l. appurtenances capable of Sustaining ten men
y Should the canvas be torn, it is easily re
a, paired by putting on patch, and it does no
ID rot or crack like India.rubber or gutta
perchs; besides, it is not affected by change
l. of climate or temperature.
ir The effective preaching power of rife
70 cannon has been shown by experiments i
" England to be very great. A martell
u tower thirty feet high and forty-eight fee
ot diameter, with walls of solid brick masonr
y from seven TO ten feet thick, had one sid
completely thrown down by one hundre,
and seventy projectiles from the Armstrong
"a forty and eighty Founders, at distance G
i'll Ou6 luOu6dlu huu JulbJ~bWO JhIuSs IL
" eighty FOUNDER shot passed completed
1ss through the masonry, seven feet and thre
70 inches, while the forty.pounder shot wa
he stopped at depth of FIVE feet Rihed pre-
ne iectiles are superior to smooth bore, nc
10 merely from their greater penetration, bu
~ because the accuracy with which they can
az thrown permits concentration and enable
nt the gunners to cut out such pieces of th
ch fOrtifcation as they desire.
or THE ARMY THAT WORKS FOR THE WAR.
w Upward of ten thousand men-mechanic
~ laborers, etc.-aIe now employed at Il
;H Brooklyn, Oharlestown, Philadelphia, Wasl
~ ington and Portsmouth navy-yRrds. Con
"a "a paratively few boats being in the course
o construction at the yards, these ten thousau
men are chiefly employed in fitting out an
repairing purchased vessels, and in armin
nd the new gun=boats built by private contrac
er There have also been nany old Unite
or States vessels put in repair lately.
e. SICKNESS IN LEES ARMY.
st, A letter dated the latter part of Septen
'rs Der, from rebel soldier in Lees army, sa.
In sickness prevailed to an alarming exten
ol- Out of one regiment of nine hundred, b
Ii pinety-seVen reported for duty. The ID
Ib- preston prevailed that Lee was ordered
co Join Besuregard, but was unable TO mo-
ol- because of sickness.
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III SWINDLEk ARREsTED.-The Geo, W. Was
elf =, ,aapad birnoaIg afF In fhia oitv