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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-08-30
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The Pittsburg PoH thus speaks Of the
famous receptacle of Secession prisoners:
Fort Lafayette AZ mentioned befor,N, Is

The Pittsburg PoH thus speaks Of the
famous receptacle of Secession prisoners;
Fort Lafayette, as mentioned before, Is
built in an isolated position, on a shG'al,
about four hundred yards from the shorCN.
The shape Of the fort is quadrangular, with
the sea, and bay, and either shore diamond
wise. Facing Fort Hamilton are two tiers
Of heavy cannon, in bomb proof classmates.
On this side, which is less protected than
the Others, appear TO be the barracks for the
troops, and other necessary buildings, the
roofs Of which are seen rising above the
walls Of the fort. There are, consequently,
no barbette guns here. This part of tie
fort however, is completely commanded by
Fort Hamilton, opposite which is the sally
port in one of the angles. ...
On the other side guns are mounted en-
bdrbstte, in addition TO the heavy casemate
guns below. In fact, the entire structure,
whatever may be said Of its capacity as a
defense against foreign invasion, seems to be
more than sufficiently strong to keep in Sc
curity as many State prisoners as are likely
to be entrusted to the hospitable care
Colonel Burke. 1t would sorely puzzle
Jack Sheppard or Baron Trenck themselves,
were these worthless alive, and confined in
Fort Lafayette, to make their way out of
that stronghold, surrounded, as they would
be, by granite walls, with the sea washing
their base on every side; and yet there
were wiseacres who could seriously advise
the Sheriff of Kings County to call out the
militia Of the county to reduce the fort, in
order that the Sheriff might be enabled to
arrest Lieutenant Colonel Burke on war
rant of attachment for refusing to obey Judge
| Garrison's writ of habeds corpus in favor OF
the Baltimore Police Commissioners, in obe-
dience to his superior, General Scott. The
law may not be exactly "an ass" in the ele
giant phrsseology of Mr.. Bundle, the beadle
of the parish, in requiring Mr.. Sheriff Camp
bell to make formal application for the mill
tia to aid him in serving and executing the
writ, but the individuals who imagine that
Fort Lafayette can be reduced by ten times
the force that Kings County can bring tc
bear against it, must have very long ears
Indeed, isolated as Fort Lafayette is, and
commanded SO completely by FortHsmilton
with the sea open to the Federal forces, the
officer of the day on Saturday at Fort Hamil.
ton seems justified in the remark he made
that the entire force of New York city, sew.
eral times over, would not suffice to get pos
session of Fort Lafayette, and the prisoners
confined therein
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-08-30

PoLICA Court ITEMs.-The following were
among the cases decided by the Police Court
yesterday morning;
A. J. Stewart, alias various other names,
was convicted of vagrancy, being pick
pocket and companion of the same. He
wss sentenced to Imprisonment for sixty
days. Henry A. Palmer was sent to Jail
for thirty days, and James Gray for ten
days. Both of these were boon companions
of the first.
Della Payne, for drunkenness and disor-
derly conduct, was sentenced to the City
Prison for thirty days, whereupon she
opeped such q battery of billingsgate upon
the Judge that he Immediately added five
months to her term, making ii half year
in all.
John H. Burns aud Patrick Moran, for
fighting with bowlders, were required to
pay the sum of So and costs.
Lewis Spiker drove his horse from one
livery stable to another, on the sidewalk, fol
which he was fined So.
Lord Killamore, member of Parliament
from Main. street, happening to be, out o
change, and getting desperate for "chaW,
appropriated (as, considering his rank, W.
think he had a right to) quantity o
tobacco, the property of one OF his constitu
ents. This was valued by the owner q
81 so, .and Lord was sent to jail tor thre,
months. The tobacco was conhscated ant
distributed among the police, each on
| getting plug about the length Of his mace
which, considering that they are moderat
chewers, will probably last for at least ds,
4 and half.
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nI,atarioun NIoxements.

A letter from Spencer County gives us
piece of startling information, which re-
auires instant explanation. On Sunday last,
while the morning service was going on in
Caruther's Chapel, in that county, a COM
pany of the State Guard under command of
Captain Norman, were drilling in the imme-
diate neighborhood of the church, disturbing
the sacred day by their unparalleled action.
Rumor says that an order, emanating from
Brigadier-G General Crittenden, caused this
extraordinary movement and that it is a
part of concerted plan to involve the State
In civil war. We are disinclined to believe
that General Crittenden has made such an
order, unless it was done at the declaration
of the Governor, who contemplates move
ment similar to that of Governor jackson.
Nomatter how this came about, ii is note
of alarm that must thrill the heart of every
Union and peace-loving citizen. The mill
tary are not called out upon the Sabbath, I'M
less some sudden movement is contemplated.
| IL as the Journal intimates, and it seems
probable, il is the intention of the Governor
Of this State, in case the President of the
| United States refuses to withdraw the armI
from the hands of Union men, to inaugurstt
| a civil war, and turn the arms Of Kentuck
| ians against one another, no punishment
could be sufficiently severe. The sacrednes'
| of the office he holds, and his oath to main
tain the laws and support the government o
Kentucky and of the Union, ought to be |
restraint without the additional and fal
/ higher restraint that civilization and Chris
tianity would put upon him. We wait wit
anxiety and alarm the further development
of this strange mOve-hoping g.-LoulsVitI
ps7l,eTGt AngNat ~.
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NEWPORT NEWS,

PEACE PEACEl-Next Monday Is the day
fixed upon for the grand peace meeting at
Alexandria. 1t having been called by those
good Union men" VINO are some times so
uDjustly classed among Secessionists, we
shall see whether they make good their pro-
fessions at this meeting. We have at least a
right to expect that their resolutions, If they
draft any, and their speeches, if they make
any, shall take firm ground in demanding
the rebels to lay down their arms as the only
possible manner in which peace can be Sc
cured. Now that such an opportunity offers
to give expression to their sentiments, ifthey
fail to take this unequivocal stand, we shall
hereafter csll them in plain terms Secession
lists, and they will have no right to complain
or make denials. Meanwhile, should they
take the other course, we hope the Union
against being overawed by them, for to men
engaged in such desperate scheme there
are no means to be left untried.
A DOMESTIC TYRANT.-Philip Snyder, a
man said to be entirely useless to his family,
and withal great tyrant, at times in fits of
drunkenness turning his wife out of doors,
abusing her in the most shameful manner,
and theatning her life with q pistol, was
fined $40 by the Mayor, yesterday. He has
family of half dozen little ones dependent
entirely upon his wife for support.
UNPRovoKED AssAULT.-Yeste after
noon, about five o'clock, an Italian who re-
sides on the corner of Eighth and Vine
streets, Cincinnati, was knocked down by a
blow upon the head from poker, inflicted by
a man named Andy Wilson. The affair oc-
currad at the ferry-boat, and was entirely
unprovoked. The wound though severe is
not dangerous.
RECRUlTING.-We understand that re-
cruiting Office is to be opened in this city, on
Wednesday next, for the formation of COM
pany to be taken at once to Camp Robinson
| MIR. Threlkeld has the authority and will
proceed at once to make up the company.
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ADVICE TO YOUNG TRADEsMEN.-The
CornhiH Magazine, the literary organ of the
best writers, and most cultivated readers of
London, gives the following excellent bit of
advice to those beginning business. 1t is
much more applicable to the ways of trade
in this country than in England, where 'old
fogyism" rules:
"Well, say sgain and again to all young
Observation-Disclosures, advertise, advertise
and don't stop to think too much about cap
ital. 1t is bugbear. Capital is bugbear;
and it is talked about by those who have it
and by some that have not so much of it
neither--tor the sake of putting down COM
petition, and keeping the market to them
selves.
"But there must be some nous in your ad-
vertisements; there must be a system, and
there must be some wit in your system. 1t
won't suffice nowadays to stick up on a
black wall a simple placsrd, to say that you
have forty thousand best new hose, just re
ceived. Any wooden'headed fellow can do
as much as that. That might have served in
the olden times that we hear OF, twenty
| years since; but the game, to be successful
| in these days, must be played in another
/ sort of fashion. There must be some finish
about your advertisements, some thing new
| in your style, some thing that will startle in
| your manner. If a man can make himself q
| real master of this art, we may say that he
| has learned his trade, whatever that trade
may be. Let him know how to advertise,
| and the rest will follow"
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The ARMY AT PnoT KNOB AND IRoSToN,
Mo.-A gentleman of this city, who has just
reached Chicago direct from Pilot Knob Uia
St. Louis, informs us that sour boys" of the
Nineteenth Illinois Regiment, Colonel
Turchin, and all the other Illinois regiments
thereabouts, are very comfortably situated,
and improving in health, drill and efficiency
every day. The Nineteenth had one hum
dred and fifty-six on the sick list when they
reached Pilot Knob and now the sick list
has dwindled down to only nine.
Our informant says when he left Pilot
Knob on Saturday, a Federal army of nine
thousand men had been gathered there, and
the line of the Iron Mountain Railroad is
literally dotted with camps of detaehments
of regiments or companies, who are guarding
the bridges, culVerts and track.
The officers at Ironton and Pilot Knob
feel perfectly confident now of their ability
to repel Hardee's rebel army, should they
make an attack, as it is expected and hoped
they soon will. Our artillery commands the
approaches from every direction, and the
troops are increasing in numbers and i'm
proving in efficiency continually.
At the headquarters of General Fremont
at st. Louis great activity is apparent
Fresh regiments and companies continue tO
arrive, and on every hand are seen "ths
| pomp and circumstance of war; Chicago
| Journal AugtLSt 27.
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MORE SEIzUREs.-The trunk of Mrs. McIn-
tosh, wife of Captain Mcintosh, formerly of
the United States Army, but now of the
rebel forces in Missouri, was yesterday
searched by officers Pollock and Rose, and a
payroll, belonging to her husband, seized.
A woman named Mrs. Stockman, who re-
sides in Memphis, started for home. on the
mail-boat, day before, yesterday, with $9, 600
ance office, for policy on her deceased hus-
band, but was stopped at the boat and the
money detained. AS, however, it was not
intended for public use, it was placed, by
mutual agreement in the hands Of the Col
lector for safe keeping, to be restored at the
end of the war.
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The WAR AND 0UR AGRICULTURAL FAIRS
Considering the commotion into which all
the elements of society are thrown by the
war, the interest which usually attends our
annual agricultural exhibitions can hardly
be expected the present season. Indeed,
taking the city as a criterion, our Horticul'
tural Society has dwindled to an attendance
of dozen members, and all attempts to in
crease the number fail. We are, therefore
agreesbly surprised at the reports that reach
us from the Clermont County Fair at Ban.
tam, which is represented as a successful ex
hibition. Stock from Kentucky and the ad.
joining counties of Ohio is coming in, and
there is no lack of articles on exhibition.
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COLONEL TAYLoR's CAVALRY REGIMENT
We understand Colonel Taylor is making
fine progress with his regiment-about six
hundred men are already enlisted. The Col
onel has secured Mr.. Stevens's Trotting Park
for camp, and active preparations are 90.
ing on for the reception Of the troops on
Monday morning. This regiment is to be
thoroughly equipped, at Government ex,
pense, with the most approved arms, and il
e expected to be the finest body of mounted
men ever raised in the West.
Colonel Taylor is an accomplished officer
and we recommend all those willing to ente
their country's service TO 60 in this regi
ment. The headquarters are at 81 Wes
Third-street.
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AN nnnINANGR tn pRnv1nr rnn

AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR
IN the better protection against Fire. on Steam
boats and other property, while out of commission
laid no ana moored within the limits of the city of
Cincinnati.
SEcTIoN /. Be il ordained BY The City Council Of The
oy Of Cincinnati, That from and after the thirtieth
day Of August, one thousand eight hundred aud
the time being, may be out OF commission, moored
or laid up within the limits of the city of Cincn.
natl, shall be moOred stationed, that no more
than two Of said boats craft shall be in contact
with or adjacent to, one another, and that two
boats or craft thus moored or stationed, shall be
mooIed or stationed within two hundred and fifty
feet Of another boat or craft, at the nearest points
of contact.
SEC. q That if the owner or owners of any such
boat craft referred to in section first shall be
guilty of any violation of this Ordinance, the same
shall, upon conviction before the Police Court for.
felt and paw a fine not exceeding the sum of ten
dollars for each Oense together with costs of pros
ecution, and every days continuance of the VIOLA
ton Of this Ordinance shall be considered eparate
offsnse.
SEC. 3. That If any owner agent, or trustee, hav.
ing authority any such boat craft, shall fail
rofu'e or egsct to moor or station his her boat
craft, according to the regulations heretofore
provided, then the Mayor or Chief of Police maI
cause the removal of bald boat, boats craft, anC
cause them to be moored in conformity with the
requirements Of this Ordinance, and all pensltie
Incurred, together with the expenses incidental Il
said removal shall be chargsable to, and be a jus
and owners thereof
Done at the Council Chamber, in the city Of Gin
ciDnati, this twenty eighth day of August, in tn
year eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
j. b WARREN, President pro TEN.
Attest: GRO M. CASEY, City Clerk. au30.o
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Daily Produce BIarket,

THURSDAY EVENING, August 29.
FLOUR-The demand is light, and the
market dull: sales are made with difficulty.
No superine offering of consequence, aud
prices of it, are to some extent, nominal 700
barrels of extra and family sold az prices
ranging from 50 70 to 81 25, the latter rate
for fancy brands; $50 barrels of superfine
good brands brought SO 62X@3 65.
WHISKY-A good demand, and the m ar
ket firm: sales of 400 barrels a. l3X9l32sc.,
the latter rate for wagon.
PR0VISIONS-A dull market, and very
little doing; sales of Bacon are small and
at prices shade below previous rates.
Shoulders may be quoted at 42<@5c; Sides
5M@6c., and clear Sides at 6T007c.
GROCERIES-Coffe is dull and prices
dropping. Molasses easier but not quotably
lower; in the small way 36@37c. are OBJ
tanned. Sugar steady at 7sz@3Nc. The
business doing is confined to the -jobbing
trade.
WHEAT-A continued heavy and dull
market under the unfavorable advices from
New York, and prices are little better than
nominal. The whole range of prices may ne
quoted at from 60 to 73c. for red and 10 to
93c. for white, the outside rates for strictly
prime: sales of 1000 bushels prime Kentucky
white at &c.; 900 cd do. at 75c.; 1000 do.
prime Kentucky white at s415c. delivered (;
1000 do, at Soc. delivered; 100 do. choice
do, SIC. delivered; 1000 do. Hill at 70, and
1000 do. fair to prime white at s2c. deiv-
cred.
C0RN-The supply is light, with good
demand, but we have no change to report in
prices, and quote ear at 27e., at the lower
depots.
OATS-The market is less firm, but prices
are not quotably lower. We quote new and
old at 23@24c, in bulk.
HAY-rhe demand is limited at 50 per
tun for prime Timothy, on arrival.
RYE-The market is unchanged and dull.
Small sales at 40c.
.BUTTER-A continued good demand for
prime and choice qualities, with but light
supply. Common qualities are dull. We
quote prime to choice at l2@l4c., and fair to
good at 6@8c.
OHEESE-SmAll sales at h%Gn6n
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COLONEL WILLIoH.-Colonel Willich, says
the Indianapolis Sentinel, has already given
proof of his determination, in the organiza-
ton of the German regiment, to have things
in all respects as he considers about right.
Certain politicians were, we learn, seeking
appointments in his corps. Colonel Which
went to the Governor and gave him dis.
tinctly to understand that these things could
not be. We are told that Colonel Willich's
firm and decided stand in this regard meets
with the approval of his regiment, and of oul
German felloW-citizens generally.
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CAMP MoRToN-The TtVenty-seUenth Regi-
nsent.-The volunteers that have been pass
ing through our streets for the past week or
two have so filled up the camp as to remind
one of the scenes there soon after the first
bombardment of Fort Sumter. Through the
kindness Of the Adjutant, Mr.. r. B. Gilmore,
we learn that there are now twenty-eight
companies and parts of companies, quRrtered
at Camp Morton, including six companies for
the German Regiment and one for the Irish
Brigade. Of the twenty one remaining COM
panies, there are twenty that have upward
of ninety men each, and the others have from
fifty to ninety men, and increasing daily. 1t
is the intention to organize the Twenty
seventh Regiment from those twelve com.
panies, in day or two, or as soon as a
proper understanding or agreement can be
arrived at in reference to regimental officers.
There are, as usual, swarms of political
toadies circulating about the camp, "buttou-
holeing" with the Captains for positions as
field officers, but the men say that politicians
for officers are 'played out" and they in
tend petitioning the Governor to appoint
men who have other qualifications than those
of political tricksters. Many of the Captains
have drill officers employed in drilling theil
men, and many of the companies show con
siderable efficiency in acquiring the drill
The health of the camp is very good, and tht
boys say their rations are fine.
The following are the names of the Cap
tains of the companies that will probably
compose the Twenty. seventh Captains Hau
ser, ]. ]. Johnson, Wilson, Morrison, Moore
Kop, W. S. Johnson, Butge, Mehriuger, Hill
Miller and Wellman.-I Indianapolis SentiRe
Of August 20.
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MONETARY AND OOMHRRmAT,
Financial AGairs.

GMMmClnI AMnNFHs
Business was very quiet in Third-street
yesterday, nothing transpiring worthy Of
mention. First.class Paper readily finds
buyers at the rate of interest that has pre-
vailed for several weeks lO@l2 per cent. per
annum.
Treasury-notes continue in demand, and
would find ready purchasers at 97@97X.
Our rates Of Exchange and Gold are:
B,vtno. R.Riug.
New York ght.........per. u vre1gg'
PhilAdelphta s....''....-par. Il prem.
Boston .....~.....''..'''..... paf' Il prom.
smsrissS S;OC prsm. prem.
We quote uncurrent funds as follows: .
"Kentucky, x; New Orleans, SOLO; North
Carolina, 30; Pennsyl yania (interiorl q,
Virginia (Wheeling CityA 10; Wheeling
Branches, 10; other solvent Virginia, 20
@25; Missouri, 9@lO; Iowa, 2C99 Wiscon-
sin (6rst-class), 15@20; Wisconsin (dis-
credited( 50060; Illinois (first-ciass) 1920;
Illinois (discreditedA 50@60i Baltimore, L;
Maryland Gnterior6 3; Tennessee (old
Banksl 10; Tennessee (free Banks( 200
25; Michigan and Canada, 2@3i Alabama,
30 South Carolina and Georgia, 80 dis
count"
Eastern Exchange, at st. Louis has de-
clined to 6 per cent. premium for Missouri
Funds. Of this deelination the Democrat
says;
"Ordinarily, this would be a favorable
look toward Missouri Money, but as we iu-
terpret it, it amounts to nothing in that di.
rection, for the Banks have utterly failed to
furnish any evidence that their Money is any
better now than it was yesterday, last week,
or two months ago, when Exchange was
held at IL to l5 per cent. premium"
AT Chicago Currency is in fair supply.
Exchange is plenty at par9H per cent. pre-
MUM. Gold is less plenty, but the supply is
sufficient for all legitimate wants. The SELL
ing rate for Currency is Il per cent. premium.
The failure of the Eastern mail last night
leaves us without our usual quotations of the
New York Monetary market.
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LAW REPORT.
SUPERIOR couRT.

ISJUNCT1oN OBrAINID BY THE CrTY Dis
soLvED.-The City Of Cincinnati Us. John
Bradley. Judge Stomr held, in this case,
that the police pewer of the city, by ordi-
nance, was complete to prevent the perpetra-
tion Of nuisance, or to abate it; and It
would, practically, be transferring the police
power from the City Council to the Courts il
he were to take Jurisdiction OF this case.
Every municipal corporation has inherently
the power to protect the health and safety Of
the citizens, and that power should be in
voked summarily. Injunction dissolved.
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SERIOUS AcCIDENT.-Yesterday afternoon,
full speed, inclosing Mr.. George Guilford,
weigher of hay, who resides in the vicinity
of the market, knocking him drown upon
the pavement, and cutting his forehead Sc
vereIy. He was taken to the Eldorado, near
by, prompt attendance was called and the
wounds dressed, SO that his speedy recovery
ia nrobable
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ATTEMPT TO PoIsoN MEMBER OF THE
TWENTY FOURTH REGIMENT AT ST.. LOUIS.
A young man named Bennett a member OF
Regiment, while on duty as a sentinel one
night last week, was accosted by stranger
who offered him pie The sentinel thanked
him with gratitude, and ate the pie. Shortly
afterward he was seized with convulsions,
and was carried by his comrades to the hos
pital tent. DIR. Davis, the physician Of the
regiment, found that he was poisoned with
strychnine. Remedies were at FIRST thought
to be in vain, but the young man has since
fingered in great agony Sliye.T-EgaNsgiIl
JclrlaL,
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TBy TelegrAph.l

New YORK, August 39.-Stooks at the
Chicago and Rock Island, 4l1s Galena and
Chicago, 65I; Erie Railroad, 24N Pacific
Mail, 75N; Virginia Skies, 5415; Maryland
Skies, 4i% Louisiana Skies, 53H United
States Skies of 81, (Coupons,) 98H; United
States Sixes of 49, Registered, ss; United
States Fives IA, Coupons, 1871 New York
Central, 1914 Erie, First, l02M Illinois
(Coupon) Bonds, of 1870, s21S Illinois (Oou-
pop) Bonds, of 1879, s414.
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ERROR CORRECTED card of Lieuten-
ant Long, in yesterdays paper, was not
drawn up by himself, and contained state
ment entirely unauthorized, and grew out o.
Misrepresentation by the writer. 1t stated
that those three months men not responding
yesterday would not be paid. That was 8
mistake