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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
WtIlOur Army Move south e

Since the recent exploits of the naval ex-
pedition in South Carolina many have ex
pressed an opinion that the war would be
pushed at once into Secessia. A correspond.
ent of the New York Times writes from
Washington:
Some think that the war is to be transfer
red to South Carolina, and we shall soon see
General Mcclellan in command there. | do
not believe,it. From the little knowledge
possess of the country, large army would
be as much embarrassed amid its swamps
and sluggish rivers as amid the forests and
mountains of Virginia. Besides, we want
nothing inland South that we can hold with
out five times the force now in the field. We
want only seaports, to the possession OF
which we must look chiefly to our navy. 1t
is possible that before this reaches your read
ers this grand army may advance, but must
think not to a great battle. We can not
risk one, if the enemy still holds his positions
with his main force, and he will not grant
US the privilege if he is weak. 1t looks more
ard more to me as if the war, instead of
being transferred South, would soon be
transferred to the Valley of the Missis-
sippi. There, as we advance, we should
not conquer swamps, or forests, but
every mile gained will lead us nearer to the
goal OF new orleans. Win the great west
ern river. r.belt in our possession, and the
communication between Savannah and
Charleston, we have only one more point to
gain, the possession of the railroad from
Nashville through the Alleghanies, and then,
think, we can afford to lie still, and let the
rebels work out their own salvation. We
have made a great move, and if it is vigor-
ousy followed up, you will hear the gigantic
wicked structure which traitors have reared
begin to crack from "turret to foundation
stone."
This move South has been SCOTS plar
from the beginning; and it is an interesting
fact, that McClellan's plan, which the Gov
ernment asked him to submit when he frs
took command, on being opened, sOaS .tounc
to correspond to 1t in every important feature
This looks as if we had the old hero repro
duced in his former Lieutenant. The Ad
ministration is right now; the locomotive i
on the track, and all it has got to do is II
fire up and let on the steam and the North
ern heart will lift from the nightmare tina
has weighed it down, and we shall begin tt
see the end of this horrible war.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
rrnda with the South.

Senator Simmons, of Rhode Island, pro.
poses to take a voyage along the Southern
coast, in few days, in schooner purchased
for that purpose. She is loaded with cargo
Of salt, shoes, and other articles, supposed to
be to the taste and needs of the loyal men OF
the South, who will have an opportunity Of
filing her with return freight of cotton.
The Senator will join hisvessel at Annapolis
or Fortress Monroe, where, it is understood,
che will receive convoy. Should the first
voysge prove successful, others of similar
character will be made.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
nInnnn and sIidnII.

The telegraph informs. US that Captain
Wilkes is commended by the Government
for his action in the arrest Of Messrs. Mason
and Sldell. 1t is also confidently believed
at Washington that the British Government
will take no exception to the act.
The New York Post seems to think, how
ever, that unless another face than that al.
ready presented is put upon the affair the
British Government may have something to
say respecting it. If that Government ad-
heres to the principle it so long strenuously
maintained, that one nation has right to
search the vessels of another, and take from
them its own subjects, there will be no diff
Guilty; it must concede to US the right which
it claims for itself. But if the rule is to be
applied in this case for which the American
expounders of international law have con-
tended, then the ground will be taken that
on the high seas British vessel represents
the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Brit
ish Government, and the American frigate
had no right to interfere with the prosecu-
tion of a voyage from Cuba to England. 1t
will be urged that governments can not take
these freedoms with cath others commerce
without impairing the good neighborhood
existing between them.
Even if she comes over to this view of the
question, Great Britain can not make the act
of the San Jacinto the occasion of any very
serious quarrel with our Government mas
much as it is copied from her own practice
she having done the same thing to our ves-
sells and those of other nations whenever any
occasion of equal Importance arose.
1t may be that this point will seem SO clear
to our Government that it will be deemed
proper to make an apology to Great Britain.
What other reparation the case will admit
of we can not see, unless, perhaps, pc.
cuniary compensation be made to the owners
of the British steamer, in case their interests
have suffered any prejudice. Clearly the
two ringleaders of the revolt can not be
given up. Once prisoners they are prisoners
to the end of the war. Besides, we may want
few just such men to hang, in case the reb.
els perform their threat of putting Colonel
Corcoran to death.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19


We know Of young lady who has a BASH
full lover named JOY. She Is impatient to
have him pop the question" and thinks OF
svailing herself Of the female privilege of
leap year. In that case she would "leap for
JOY"
Every thing must have altered very much
in short time. Only few years since,
General Jackson, being seated between two
ladies, said he felt like thorn surrounded
with roses Elk President Buchanan said, q
few days ago, while riding in an omnibus,
and being seated between two young ladies,
he felt like stave in a hogshead surrounded
by hoops.
The Washington correspondent OF the Bal
timore Sun says evidences appear to accumu-
late in support of the idea that very large
bodies of troops are to go into winter quart
ers there and in the immediate vicinity.
A French bishop said lately in sermon
"Let women remember that, while putting
on their profuse and expensive attire, how
narrow are the gates of Paradise"
THE FIRST Snow OF W1NTER.-There was a
slight fall of snow in this latitude yesterday
morning-the first of the season.-LouiSVitte
Journal 1871. r..
The Boston DAILY Advertiser learns that
it is doubtful whether, in consequence of the
state Of his family, Mr.. Everett will be able
at present to undertake the mission 10 Eu-
rope, which has been rendered him by Mr..
Seward
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
. Army Horses.

Horsehesh is likely to suffer in the present
war, as in all the wars of history. Thou
sands Of noble animals have already fallen
the victims of undue exposure and overwork.
Even the faVorite steeds of the generals and
colonies are many of them shattered to an
extraordinary degree. 1t is matter OF
general remark that such poor animals were
never before seen in the service as those rid
den by many of the prominent officers. The
troubled largely chargeable to the fact that
horses of too light frame have BEEN en-
ployed. Only those of powerful limbs and
great endurance are competent to the labor
of the camp, and good looks may we'll be
sacrificed to such more important qualities.
The war will be likely to increase the taste
for horsemanship in the North. Hundreds
of men hitherto entirely unacquainted with
the healthful exercise, have now, from me-
Cessity, become proficient in it and will be
apt to make it practice throughout life.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
Tho South VS.. Tho North.

The New York Times thinks that the
South can not contend against the North
with any hope of success, because it can not
meet US on equal terms. 1t can no more
excel us in arms than it can in wealth and
the arts of peace. 1t is in our superiority in
these that our strength lies. 1t may and
will take time to prepare these for action,
but when the preparation is complete, we
make Bhort work of the job before US. Since
August we have been subjected 10 the taunts
of the world for the want of progress in put
ting down the rebellien-its independence
pronounced un fat accompi. But the world
overlooked the gun. boats which were being
quietly constructed in our ship yards, and
which in four hours after they went into
action, struck a blow which has really
brought State at our feet, and sent thrill
of terror through every rebel heart We
were centent because we understood the
work in which we are engaged. We take
time. for preparation, which, when made, car
not be resisted. Every day we are growing
stronger by the construction of our immense
ornaments. Every day is the South really
growing weaker, because it is consuming
what it commenced with much faster than i
is producing. We are moving forward will
an acceleratiDg pace the rebels are retro
grading with an equally rapid one.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
Secretary Seward and Genera, Fremont

Secretary Seward and General Fremont
prominent citizen of New York had an
interview with Mr.. Seward a day or two
since, when the question of compromise
came up, when Mr.. Seward remarked "With
many persons have the reputation of a
compromiser. Nothing could be more un-
just to me. was the last man in the Cabi-
net to consent to the removal of Fremont,
and would be the last man to consent to
compromise with rebels" "Why then,"
asked the New Yorker, "do you not take
pains to let your opinions be known"
Because I am willing to trust my reputa-
tion with the future" was the reply. 81
would like to make this conversation public,
for the sake of some of my friends as well as
yours" said the citizen, and the Secretary
replied that be 'had no oconcealments." This
conversation accords with other statements
respecting General Fremonts removal. Mr.
Seward was one of the fast friends of Ere
mont in the Cabinet.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
Cotton w. Bread.

For years the world has been told, until
the tale has become more than "twice told"
that cotton ruled the destiny of this nation,
and the prosperity of at least large part of
the population of England. On the aBstfmp-
ton of the accuracy of this idea has been
based much of the action of our nation, both
before and during our present troubles. The
fact that very much more valuable crop of
bIeadstufls is annually produced in this coun-
try than the entire amount of cotton that is
raised, has not, even up to the present time,
seemed to attract the attention of either the
politicians or the people; but now, when no
cotton is sent abroad, and there is an unpre-
cedented demand for bread, the relative
value of the wheat crop and the cotton crop
may well attract attention. -..
The extent of the trade in breadstuffs thus
fsr this season has been immense, almost
teyond conception. At the single port of
Buffalo the amount of wheat in the form of
-four has amounted to over fifty-two millions
of bushels since the last harvest. This wheat
has been sent to the Eastern market and
thence to the consumers in this country and
in Europe. Tifty-two millions of bushels of
wheat require at least eight thousand canal
boats for its transportation. If these boats
were an hundred feet long, and were placed
end to end, they would extend to distance
of over on hundred miles. The amount of
wheat sent from Buffalo would suffice to give
bread to ten millions of persons for whole
year.
1t should be borne in mind that this
amount of wheat has been received at one
port alone, and that Oswego and other
places on the lake shore enjoy fair share OF
the grain trade of the North, while large
amount is sent east through Ogdensburg and
its railroad connections.
The export of grain to Europe, enormous
rs is the quantity already sent, seems to have
but Just commenced, and the hungry mill
lions of Europe will demand that the amount
must continue to be enormous beyond all
tcrmer experience. This country seems to
he specially the grain-growing region of the
world and to this country all Europe, when
ever the home crop fails, must resort for the
greatest necessary of life. England and
France have need OF our cotton, at the
present time, and it is to be hoped they
will not have to wait much longer for sup
ply; but they must have some of our grain
to keep their people from starvation; and the
amount we can send them seems limited only
by the facilities for transportation.
The steady stream of grain that is sent
across the Atlantic has already produced a
flow of gold into this country that much
more than equals that which has heretofore
been sent to Europe, to pay for articles we
have obtained from them, and has produced
the surly remarks of the London Times, that
the United States seem to possess the magic
power of oflevyinga money tribute on Europe,
even at time when they are convulsed with
intestinal wars.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
Charleston Items.

We copy few items of neWS and oth her
wise from late Charleston Mercury. 1t
says of cotton; ... .e
In this market the price of cotton ranges
from five to seven cents per pound, and is
purchased at these figures principally by
speeulators, who, by this speculation, have
in view fortune before them. England
will, in all probability, exhaust her present
supply by the first Of next year. She will
then make an effort to raise the blockade,
at least present indications lead US TO this
conclusion. We therefore ask our farming
friends to withhold their cotton from mar
ket at present prices, as we are of opinion
that it mast, in a short time, necessarily
advance.
Salt seems to be getting quite scarce:
This article is rising, as a merchant re-
marked yesterday, at the rate of about 81
| per day. 1t is thought that it will command
500 per sack before the end of this month
| One of our firms, with the design Of pre-.
| venting speculation, positively refuses to sell
more than five sacks to one man, and he
must be planter. In New Orleans, fifty
sacks is as much as can be bought by one
man.
/ Literature does not seem to flourish II
Charleston, though quack medicines are
advertised as largely as ever. Under tht
heading of rs. S. S." an advertiser urges: 4:
Mothers and nurses, save your own res
and the lives of your infant charges, b!
using the Southern Soothing Syrup.
The "News from the North" which is tele
graphed to the Mercury from Richmond
shows that the "reliable gentleman" VIII,
was formerly so active in supplying ou
papers with news is now favoring the South
Here are some bits from the Mereurys dis
patch:
RICHMOND, Nov. At is here currently
reported that considerable commotion exist
at Washington and in the free States from th
rumored designations of Generals Scott an,
Mcclellan, and of Secretaries Seward an
Cameron, and of other prominent Fedora
officials. A general Kilkenny cat fight seem
impending throughout Lincolndom.
A special dispatch to the Richmond Dis
patch, dated Manassas to day, announces tina
reliable" information from Washington
says there are but fifteen regiments of in
fantry, one light battery of six guns, and on
feet.
The Yankees have fallen back to their in
trenchments.
Southern merchants in Alexandria ar
forced to close their stores. There are said
be no more than eighty thousand men in an
around Washington.
A gentleman just arrived from Manasss
says that the Baltimore Sun of Saturday II
ports the resignation of Seward, Blair, Can
eron, Scott and Mcclellan. The probabl
difficulty grew out of the attempt to fore
Mcclellan to attack the Confederate force
The above items may be consoling to th
Charlestonians. We advise them, in the al
sence of more of the same sort, to use freel
their Southern soothing sirup.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19

THE REToRT COURTEOUS While Floyd,
the eun-thief, was Secretary of War he stole
three hundred thousand United States mus.
Rets, and sent them South for his friends
and fellow corspirators. Also, he stole for
their benefit a number of great guns put
found himself unable to carry off all OF these
dangerous arms. There remained in North
ern navy yards number of huge Dahlgren
guns, which could not be secured for the use
of South Carolina. The gun. thiefs object
was not only to arm the conspirators, but to
disarm the nation; and, accordingly, what
he could not carry off he tried to destroy
He caused q sham survey to be held on the
Dahlgrens, and they were in due form con-
demned and sold for old iron. Our readers
probably, remember how some of these guns
were recovered when the rebellion broke out
A correspondent informs us that they are
now on board one of the vessels which re
Gently bombarded the Port Royal forts, and
had their revenge upon the men who con-
demned them for old iron by firing the largest
kind of shells, with five-second fuses, to
drive rebels out of their fottifications.--Nett
York EVening Post.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19

SoME BABIEs.-The Independence Guard
ian, under the head Of "Oensus Matters"
village on Saturday night, and it wasn't
much of a night for babies, either" Du-
buque can beat that. One woman, living
near the outer levee, had recently three
babies at once, and another, residing on the
bluff, had three babies few days afterward.
This place is not very remarkable for babies,
considering that it is west Of the Mississippi,
yet cases Of tOins and thriRs occur here as
often as ones are born at Independence
Dubuque I0lOa) Herald.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
five weels for FIiry Cents.

The DAILY CINoINNATI Pass is furnished 6egu.
Iarly snd prom pity by our carriers for TEN CENTS
a week.-mrs. WEEKS for fifty cents. The other city
papers cest fifty cents for FoyR WEEKS. The Pass
gives ALL the Regular Telegraph Dispatches; has
more City News than the others, and contains a
digest Of all the current news Of the dayomittipg
the long and dry details. In these times Of trial to
every body's pockets, the saving of weeks sub
scripton each month is an item we'll worth consid-
erirg. 1t is our intention to make the Press the
Teople's Paper. ADVERTISEMENTS VERY Low.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
General HnIIeek a Quaker.

1t is said that General Halleck, recently
appointed to command in Missouri, is, or
rather was, a Quaker. He was born on
Long Island, of Quaker parents. When
young his family removed to Oneida County,
where he resided for many years. His
Quakerism vanished under military educa-
tion, and the rebels of Missouri will proba-
bly, find that he does not conduct war on
peace principles.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
The Valiant BdItor,

People will watch with some little Curl
Oaity the proceedings of the editor OF the
Charleston Mercury, when the Yankee army
shall arrive in that place. He has been the
most savage of all the writer's; every wink
OF bis eye has been fash of lightning; every
word of his mouth a peal of thunder, and
sven the rebels own General, Beauregard,
has not been clean in his sight. viii he be
killed at his post or run away with the rest
of them?
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD OF THE GREAT
FLEET.-The war correspondent OF the New
York EOening Post gives the following
touching sketch
One of the most impressive incidents con-
nected with the late engagement at Port
Royal was the burial of our dead, the day
after the action. That afternoon the flags of
all the feet were lowered to half mast, and
as the day was advancing to the sunset,
eight boats put out from different vessels,
manned by crew dressed in the neat Sun
day trimmings of man-of. wars men. At
the head of the procession was a smaller
boat carrying a company of officers to be
present at the ceremony, and bearing the
band, who played dirge, while, one after
the other, the eight boats followed the line,
their oars keeping time to the slow marches
of the music Each bore a coffin in the
stern. sheets, covered with the flag under
which they had fought 80 bravely.
Reaching the beach, a procession was
formed, with the flag officers leading, Just
tars bearing the coffins of their comrades, by
the side of which the headboards intended
for each grave were carried. AS they passed
| the encampment Of our troops, the Fourth
| New Hampshire Regiment was drawn up in
line, with colors in the center, saluting as
the procession slowly passed to the graves,
which had been dug on the borders of q
still pond, under the shadow Of grove in
which tall palmetto stood here and there
conspicuous. ..f.
| With uncovered heads the little company
| gathered about these open graves. The
burial service was read by the chaplain O
the Wabash, and enc after another the cof
fms were slowly lowered to their resting
place and covered with the sand. The head
boards were next fixed, salute fred owe
each grave, and the assembly dispersed.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19
THE TIMES SNAPS ITS FINGERS AT Us.-TI

The TIMES SNAPS ITS FINGERS AT Us.-The
London Times has this little statement:
America, no doubt, will come out of this
furnace different creature, and it can not
be denied that there is room for improve
ment. Her relation to our industry will, no
doubt, be affected, as we'll as her other re
lations. Who shall pretend to say whether
she will continue to send us slave. grown
cotton, slave. grown sugar, or any other slave
produce2 We only know that we can do
without her. No EngliShman can desire this
independence, but if the war goes on at Its
present rate of progress, adding, month by
month, hundred thousand men to the two
armies, it is evident that we must look to
other nations for the vulgar materials Of
manufacture and consumption. They will
not be wanting. There never yet was an
opening in Providence, but some people OF
some man was ready to fill it, and the
younger readers of these words will witness
vast interests, and huge growths of industry
commerce and wealth, the origin of which
could be referred to the great American
Civil War.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-19

THE Washington correspondent of the New
York Post says that "the triumph of General
Nelson in Kentucky is looked upon Tin
Washington) as even more important than
the success at Beaufort" We really hope
that the great naval expedition will not prove
to be so slim an affair as has the Piketon