Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-02

anne has been most unkindly referred to-
l pronounce the whole story TO be vile
calumny, and have, by the advice of counsel,
taken measures to trace it to its source,
meaning to hold strictly responsible all who
contribute to the defamation of an innocent
and absent man. j. W. FARES,
No. 245 South Thirteenth. street.
PHILADELPHIA, October 20, 1861.
PETITION IN FAVOR OF GENERAL HE1NTzELMAN
The citizens of Buffalo, claiming General
Heintzelman as a townsman, have petitoned
the President to appoint him Major General
The list of signers, beginning with Millard
Fillmore, is such as any man might be proud
to receive a compliment from.
"A Cairo correspondent of the New Al
bany Ledger says the number of rebel troops
at Columbus, KY, is about seven thousand,
with two thousand additional on the Missouri
side of the Mississippi, opposite Columbus.
The information was obtained from Federal
prisoners who were exchanged at Columbus
for rebels, held in the camp at Cairo, and is
deemed reliable.
ADVANCE DOWN THE POTOMAC.
General Heintzelman is quietly advancing
his pickets along the southern side of the
Potomac, while Sickles goes down on the
northern side.
COLONEL RTNsTEIN.
Colonel Einstein has been mustered out of
the service, and, indeed, mustered from
Washington to Philadelphia.
"A dozen little girls of Uxbridge, Massa.
chusetts, have collected and sent to Gov
ernor Andrew, for the soldiers, twelve
flannel shirts, twelve knit undershirts,
twelve pairs of drawers, fifty crash towels,
fifty bandkerchiefs, one blanket and sixteen
pairs of stockings. Also, two hundred mag
azines, and quantity of books and news
papers. The articles were placed in the
hands of Surgeon General Dale, to be dis
tributed as they are needed.
THE FIRING OF THE REBELS AT coNRAD's
FERRY.
It is a remarkable fact that most of the
bullet wounds received by our troops in the
ambuscade at Conrad's Ferry are in the side.
The flank fire was the most destructive.
The wounded in all the hospitals at and
around Poolesville number one hundred aud
sixty. Several of the officers are bedded in
private houses.
The Secessionists of Baltimore male and
female, continue to claim the sympathies of
the mass of the officers of the regular army,
now fighting on the side of the Republic, in
behalf of the rebellion, and they boast
openly of more reverses like that of Balls
Bluff.
"DoN'T SEND FOR THE CHAPLAIN JUST YET"
A chaplain in one of the regiments on the
Potomac narrates the case of sick soldier
which strikingly illustrates the reasoning oi
many men in the camp and out of it. Some
one had mentioned to the soldier the case o
the Vermonter who was sentenced to be
shot for sleeping on his post. During the
evening following, the fever setting in vic.
lently, the sick man imagined that he was
the one sentenced to be shot. The surgeon
being called, the following conversation en-
sued:
"Doctor, am going to be shot in the
morning, and wish you to send for the chap
lain. / desire to make all necessary prep
aration for my end"
"They shall not shoot YOU'LL take car
of you Whoever comes to take you from
here, shall have them arrested and pu
under guard"
evil you, dear Doctor2 Thank you
thank you-well, then, you need not senC
for the chaplain just yet"