Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-06
washington News and Gossip.


Peoples Paper. ADVERTISEMENTS VERY Low.
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WashInstOn News and Gossip.
We CLEAN the following items from the
Washington correspondence of New York
and Philadelphia exchanges. They will be
found quite interesting:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1861.
WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE PRESIDENTS MES
SAGE.
The Message was read in both Houses to-
day. The general impression is that it is a
strong document. The GOODNESS with which
the President rolled the nigger up iu a copy
of the act of August 6, 1861, entitled "An
act to confiscate property used for insurrec.
tionary purposes" is greatly applauded. He
giant, and struck the question of capital and
labor, theme popular with the masses. This
seems to be the popular verdict.
CONGRESS.
Congress is to-day in good working order.
There are evident indications that the slave
question is to occupy q prominent place in
the business of the session, though in diff
ferent aspect from that in which it is usually
debated. The prevailing opinion, however,
appears to be in favor of letting the insti.
tuition take care Of itself in the battle for the
Union.
SOLDIERS FOR THE "UNIoN."
OF one hundred and sixteen marriage
licenses issued here in November, very
large proportion of the bridegrooms were
soldiers. The number of licenses for the
month is larger than ever before in single
month.
HEAVY CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
Immense claims for damages resulting
from the occupation of the soil of Virginia,
by the Federal troops, will soon be forth
coming, and to be a claim agent hereafter
will be a profitable business. 1t is to be
hoped, however, that law will be passed
discriminating against all who do not earn
estly assist the Government in putting down
the rebellion.
CLOTHING FOR THE PRISONERS AT RICHMOND.
Two thousand suits of comfortable clothing
and other necessaries were sent to our pris-
oners at Richmond last week, by the Quar-
termaster. General. Besides this, Massachu-
setts sent three hundred and fifty suits to the
prisoners from that State.
THE CASE OF KERRIGAN.
The statement of the conviction and SEN
tence of Colonel Kerrigan is utterly without
truth. He has not even been tried, and am
unable to learn that the charges and specifi-
tions have yet been fully determined upon.
ABUNDANCE OF FORAGE.
The Government has now abundant facili-
ties for bringing forage to Washington, and
no fears are entertained of failure in the
supply.
SENATORS POWELL AND BRIGHT.
Considerable feeling is manifested here at
the fact that Powell, of Kentucky, and
Bright, of Indiana, have taken seats in the
Senate. Their loyalty is doubted hence
their position is a dangerous one for the
Union cause, since they are entitled, if they
remain in that body, to attend the secret se5 .
sons of the Senate, where the strength and
movements of the army is to be discussed,
| and other important information is to be
communicated, which ought not to be known
to the enemy.
PERSISTENT YOUNG LADY.
For several weeks very beautiful and in
teresting young lady called daily upon the
| Secretary of State, to intercede for her lover,
who is one of the State prisoners-he having
been arrested three months since, while con-
veying dispatches to the rebels. After much
importantly by the lady, and great deal of
correspondence with her lover, the latter
agreed to her to take the oath Of allegiance,
and an officer was sent to the old Capitol
prison, to administer the oath. On its being
read to the Gagged lover, he objected to taking
it, stating that he objected to a part of it.
| On being asked what part, he stated that
which denied him the benefit of "any men
tai reservation" as one of its conditions.
| CoNTRABAEDs AT FORTRESS MONROE.
We have now between three aud four
thousand contrabands at Fortress Monroe
| The able bodied men are employed upon for
tifcations and other work at SO and $40 pei
month, and rations according to the kind o.
| labor performed. The money earned is taken
by the Quartermaster for the support of the
old and infrm women and children; the sur.
plus, between 5000 and s., 900, being placed
to the credit of the contrabands, to be giver
to them in small sums as necessity requires
and to be turned over to them entirely wher
it is known what disposition is to be made
of them.
GEN. MCCLELLAN AND FUGITIVE SLAVES.
Gen. Mcclellan stands ready, it is under
stood, to carry out the suggestions of Secre
tary Welles with respect to fugitive slaves
Navy Department can not fiud employment
will be taken into the service of the Com
mander in Chief of the army.
COLORADO.
Advices from Colorado Territory, just re
ceived, state that the Territorial Governor
Gilpin, is acting very strangely. He
throwing up Qualifications on an extensiV
and expensive scale, without the authorit
of the government here. He says he wishe
to put the territory in posture of defense
and TO do it after his own idea of what
necessary, he issues scrip, promising that !
due time the government will redeem it. A
last accounts this scrip was worth abou
sixty cents on the dollar. 1t is very doubt
full whether the government will ever redeeI
dollars worth of it.
CONGRESS-.
Various opinions are held respecting tn
length of the present session of Congress
Judge Collamer, of Vermont, who is one (
the shrewdest men in Congress, advises a
early adjournment. He says: "War is nj
business Congress can engineer. II
properly executive business; and the momeI
Congress passes beyond the line of prOVidin
for the wants of the Government, and d,
gliding the purposes of the war, to say no
n shall be conducted, the whole thing wi
prove failure"
J THE ARMY.
The Chronicle TO day has a significant a
ticle upon putting the army of the Potomi
into barracks, or winter quarters. The sin
pie truth is that the troops are suffering vel
much from tent-life in this cold and W
weather. They need the comfort of Il
wooden hut, and must have 1t, unless Il
army is really to move on southwark at ono
The increase of sickness in the army isRlaru