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GH1CAGO MILLFURNISHINg
~ DEPOT.
r. w. BAXTER Il CO.,
hNUFACTURKRa or
FRENCH BURR MILLSTONES.

G. ". BR0WHs PATKAT PORTABLE
FIGURING and Grist Mills.
AND pEALHRs IN
DUTCH "ANKEk B6LTING N0THs.n
smut Mills and separatcrs,
o.,.t,z Sepatotors for Warehouses
Hoishng Screwp aud Ball.
Bfan Dusters. P1eA. ProoEstafs, DC, DC
f A I IL B BANKSs SCALES.
MILL FURNlSHtM; GENERALLY.
F1au6, Specifications and Fstyna+aa e1,.,..,.. -..
, 1861-08-15

JLLNo1B STuDkKTs' REa1HEHr.- roeat-
ing OF the High School Students, called at
Portland Block Tuesday evening, was attended
BY about 100 students and number OF other
citizens. Hi. Porter, formerly 8 teacher in the
High School, explained the object Of the meet
ing, to give those who wished, an opportunity
to join the Illinois Students Regiment, now
forming. Considerable interest VAS manifest.
ed By the speakers and " the boys" and IL or
Il names were enrolled upon the list, Many
who were then not prepared to decide, viii
doubtless Join their destinies with this Regi-
ment OF sterling, gallant young men,
, 1861-08-15

: DorGLAs FU1n.-John 8. Campbell, Esq,
!: Treasurer, announces that the receipts Of the
Concert at Bryan Ha1l, July 18th, for the ben,
eft Of the Douglas Fund, amount to the sum
OF three hundred and nine dol1ara.
cAUHHr NArRma.-A gentleman from the
rural districts, named Lynch, complains Bit
te1iy Of the way things are done ur, here in
chicago ne sass he was walking along the
down, to view the lake, and soon fell as1aen
and avoke to find he had been robbed Of ali
his money and silver watckl
81 The attention Of cur readers is direct.
ed to the pre-emptory sale by auction this
morning At . O'Clock, by Gilbert, Sampson q
Ma1nes, 81 Lake street. Of nine. new Pianos
md two Aelodeont, all Of celebrated makers,
and warranted Also an invoice Of choice
Line EngraVings in frames, and great guam
Aty Of household furniture.
, 1861-08-15

steam Engines, Be1lefss dte., DC.
The s1bscd9ers having obtained the Agency fo- .,-
ssse q stea4 EqEine4 and Boilers from the mxnafse
loff OF GguLDfNa. BAGLRY SRWELI4 81 Watsr
to~n, r. would invite the attention Of putchasera
70 saeH snpef1or mertts Of style, workmanship and
VI q Rfes Gf Esgtae snd Boiler: toEetser WIta
CsstnEs and Crates complete and ready for ia Sel
hVeten In Chicago: @S' 49, NJ
, 1861-08-15

IHE FIRST WISCONSIN, REGIMENT The
mobile First" of Wisconsin are expected to
arrive in this city, on their return from the
seat Of Wal, this evening; but the precise
time is not known, owing to tie recent dam
esea to the railroads BY the storm Messrs.
NJ F. Tucker d Co., proprietors Of the Briggs
House, have rendered the commissioned off.
GERS supper upon their arrival.
We would suggest to our citizens thst some
provisions should be made for the soldiers, IS
well as the officers
, 1861-08-15

WANTED TO RENT-A Fur
,x1 nished Honse on the Bouth Side, uorta OF
hess It. 7. Box 1855, a1fS oSSS11
, 1861-08-15

w AN 7 ED-Note against r.
.vf Pratt Ww. White, E. Moore J. wood n
So1thef1an5, T. Newell and r Turner For psTttc;
Lake stfeet ~ 1~A1-'oA4Asaf 111o
, 1861-08-15

1otal. .239
9sme month in 1885,. .268 1850 .8s
IN 4e58.-l64 lsal sal...--......-.....289
The ages Of the deceased we're as follows;
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
A DOmestIc Editor.

Every body will laugh at the following. 1t
is one of the good things that Mr.. Chandler,
of the Adams County (Wis.) Independent, oc-
casionally "gets off"
Our Shanghai editor is a married mana
very married man, keeps two cows, calf, hens,
hens husbands. Faust horse, no dog, gay
sleigh, and sich like quadrupeds. He believes
in having milk in the family; and verify
'twould please thee to witness the farm
atorial airs he puts on, and the editorial airs
he puts off, as he goes forth like a flower,
and runneth among the hens and milketh ye
bovines. Belize his dignity went rapidly
down tother night. New milch cow taketh
to herself a certain pleasant habit of ex-
tending binder hoof with yank.
Editor sat beside lsctealg glands, pail clasped
'twixt bis knees, and thus engaged in teat
squeezing he was heard to utter, in very
solemn tone: "Kick not that ye be not
kicked; for with what violence ye kick, ye
shall be kicked; and with what measure ye
eat flom, it shall be Swatted over your cOun'
tenance."
Anon the bossy kicked like forked light
ming, laying out Shanghai Chandler fat on
his back, completely painting him with
foamy COW juice, Tipping his hat far to the
leeward, jamming up the tin milk pail like
q stepped on stove. pipe, and causing a white
editor to spout milk from his nose like q
porpoise.
And then the wall that was heard was
this: "She hath lain my confidence waste
and barked my shin; she hath made the
mik-pail clean hasty and cast the mill
away; the front of Shanghai is made white
Howl, all ye little families BELOW, calf
crack your cheeks Had your tongue aud
voice, I'd use them so that heavens vault
should crack 'Tis gone forever, twill come
no more; never never, neverl Break, heart,
pray thee break I'm very much disgusted;
Pm body-a demnition cold, wet, kicked,
unclean, unpleasant body"
So saying he smote the COW with a terrible
curse, saying, "Darn your skinr' Their
kicked her just one kick, with such forc'
that he said he had driven his toe. nail clost
back to his heel, and went,in and asked Mrs
Editor to wash him off. Selah.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
NUMBER 50
From Kentucky and the south- Beaure-
gRrd's Report Of Mauasaas, etc.

LoUIsvILLE, November 5.-Buckner has
retired toward Bowling Green, and Stanton
has gone back into Tennessee.
The Federal troops in Kentucky under
Sherman are thus divided Gen. Schoepd
commands the Eastern, General McCook the
Central, and General Crittenden the Western
Division. In the Western Division, Colonel
Burbridge has advanced to Woodbury. The
Central troops have advanced TO Bacon
Creek, and il is thought our troops are able
to assume the offensive with all security.
Southern papers say that the loss Of the
rebels at the Leesburg fight was three hun
dred killed and wounded.
One hundred and sixty Federal prisoners
from Leesburg reached Richmond on the
oath ult The Richmond papers say General
Evans fought at LeesbuTg contrary to orders,
and is TO be court martialed, and that the
Federal loss at the engagement is two thou
sand killed and wounded.
The Knoxville Register says that the rebel
loss at Wildcat was only five killed and
twenty. three wounded.
Colonel Fiehlen asks reinforcements from
Richmond, and fears the Federals will cut of
Prestonburg, KY, from communication with
Virginia.
Beauregard's official report of the battle oi
Manassas says three hundred and ninety
nine rebels were killed, one thousand two
hundred wounded, and that the Federals lost
four thousand five hundred killed, wounded
and prisoners He says his entire force there
was twenty-eight thousand, of which one
fourth only were engaged.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
North Missouri.

It seems difficult for many of the people
living north of the Missouri River, to settle
down to their peaceful occupations. These
dissatisfied uneasy spirits are constantly
making trouble either in the organization Of
little guerrilla bands TO annoy the loyal resi-
dents in their neighborhoods, or else in re-
cIuiting volunteers for the army of General
Price. Certainly the Secessionists of North
Missouri have no interest," except, perhaps,
that of sympathy, in the present struggle of
Genert Price. DID,.
1t has been announced that the campaign
in Missouri is contest for boundaries. So
it is regarded by the disunion statesmen at
Richmond, and so it is regarded by the
prominent men in the Missouri State
Guard" Thousands of dollars worth of
property has been removed from the upper
side of the Missouri River, to the country
below; Martin Green and General Harris
have abandoned the fields of their early I" "tri-
umphs," and united with the main body OF
the rebel soldiery and, indeed, North Mis-
souri, has been left TO the Union by the gen.
eral consent of the Confederate politicians
and officers.
1t is very evident to all who lay claim to
the least ssgacity, that whichever way the
greater part of the State falls, North Missouri
is incontestibly to be on the side of the
| Union. 1t seems to US, then, that our rabiC
fellow-c citizens above the river had as well b'
making peace all around, if they expect t
continue living in that section of country
| If they do not intend to permanently reside
| there, let them keep quiet till they get ready
to depart.-,S Louis Republican, 4th.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
From sprinrasId. Mo.

Especial ispatch to the Missouri Re publican
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, November 2.-Reliable
information has been received here from
different sources that General Price was at
Cassville on Thursday with twenty-6 Eve
thousand men, and McCnlloch ten miles this
sioe of that place with ten thousaDd more,
with the intention of marching on Soring-
field and Offering US battle on the old Wilson
Greek ground. McCulloch was expecting
ten thousand additional troops frsm Arkan-
Large numbers of the residents of Green,
Jasper and other adjoining counties recently
joined Prices army, and many of our officers
think the rebel force now numbers nearly
sixty thousand. HHt
General Fremont has been up nearly the
whole of the past five nights, making the
most perfect arrangements for battle, aud
the confidence of the army in him was never
30 great as at present.
Generals Lane and Sturgis have arrived,
and Pope and McKiDstry are hourly expected.
LATER. '-
NOVEMBER 3-General Fremont and staff
left for st. Louis this morning. He is ac-
eompaDied by his Body guard, and will
reach St. Louis Wednesday.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

DISASTROUS OVERFLOW OF THE NmE.-
The unusual rising of the Nile this year ap-
pears to have wrought immense damage.
Large tracts of grain. producing lands have
been swept clean Of their promised harvests.
A Liverpool paper says;
"A question of momentous Importance is
involved in all this-a question which, with
the short harvest in France and the general
low average crops of European countries,
threatens us with that terrible domestic
enemy dear bread Supposiug that the ex-
portaiion of gram from Alexandria be pro-
hlbited, which is highly probable, it would
be futile to dilate upon the evil consequences
which would inevitably ensue. ,I.EA-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

A GEORGIAN ON SEoESsIoN.-A letter Just
received from friend who went out in the
Europa on her last voyage to Europe, gives
the following ''inside view" of what is going
on in Georgia. We quote
"The most interesting character on board
isa Georgian, fat and jolly, who is seeding
from Secessis, in disgust. He says the pres
ent difficulties will all be settled satisfactorily;
ssys vote of the real Shareholders would
put quietus upon Secessionism; that it is the
for our slaves He says the South is gov
erped by a mob, not by the Confederate
Government, and never will be; says the
country has more to fear from the abuse of
suffrage than from the South; puts the whole
difficulty upon the shoulders of Southern
politicians, rot upon the North. His version
makes our Ebgish passengers stare-shuts
them up."-Hdrtfo7d CourdRt.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

SHARPsHooTERs IN THE ARMY The Gan
drew SharpshOoters," who rendered such
signal service at Edwards Ferry last week,
when General Stone crossed portion of his
column, are armed with heavy telescopic
rifles, which, in precticed hands, are deadly
at distance of hree-quarters of a mile.
The company was organized and accepted
mainly through the exertious of Senator
Nortbeud of Salem, Mass, who prevailed
upon Governor Andrew to give the expert
ment q trial, Notwithstanding the unfavor-
able opinion of military men about the State
house. The company, indeed, has been re-
garded by military men generally as fanciiu
and inefficient, but the experience at Ed
wards Ferry aud Balls Bluff will probably
open their eyes to the importance of this new
ann of the service when properly used. At
Balrs Bluff our principal loss, especially in
gofficers, was from the sharpshooters of the
enemy. The loss from platoon firing YVES in
significant, and in the only bayonet charge
which the enemy attempted they were sent
to the right about in double quick time. At
Edwards Ferry the Andrew Sharpshooters
checked the advance of a.rebel force of nearly
three thousand, every ball they used hitting
a rebel, and the force was com mpletely re-
pulsed by the help of few shots from Rick
etJs battery. I." .HH
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
ma.,nohnns,,s EIactIou.

BosFoH, November .5--The vote at the
Massachusetts, election was remarkably
small, not much more than half of that Of
last year. The vote of Boston for Governor
5,28l. The vote in ffty-two cities and to
fOOts up as follows . Andrew, 1881; Davis,
9,2ll. Additional towns show majority
for Andrew of about two 70 one. One
Democrat is probably elected to the Senate
from Boston. The Legislature is strongly
Republican. The chief interest was in Bur
lipgame's. old District where Sam Hooker is
elected over G. B. Upton (Dem,) by 90o, ma :
jority. Charles G. LoripR, Of Boston, and
Ex-Governor Clifford, Of New Bedford, are
elected to the Senate on the Republican
ticket,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

The inquiry is often made of late, "What
is a gunny bag7" The London Mechanics
Magazine tells us all about it:
1t is bag made from the coarse spun fibers
of plant which grows in India, of which
there are many varieties. On the COromau-
del coast this plant is called Goni, and
"gunny" is corruption of this name.
The cultivation, of the chun, jute or
"Runny" has been carried on for centuries in
Bengal, and gives employment to tens of
thousands of inhabitants.
"Men, women, and children" says Mr..
Henley, find occupation there. Boatmen,
in their spare moments, plankeen carriers
and domestic servants-every body, in fact
beng Hindoos-for Mussufmans spin cotton
only-pass their leisure moments, distaf in
hand, spinning gunny twist"
The patient and despised Hindoo widow
earns her bread in this way. 1t is said that
three hundred thousand tuns of jute are
growiiin India, of which one hundred thou
sand tups are exported as gunny bags, besides
one hundred thousand tuns in raw state.
A London company has established u manu-
factory in Calcutta at an expense of f3O0 900.
The gunny bag is used for great variety
of purposes. Sugar, coffee, spices, cotton,
drugs-indeed, almost every article which
we pack in dry casks and In boxes, is, in the
East, packed in gunny bags 1t is also made
into mats, carpets, ropes, paper, and various
other articles. io
Ii is related that the old guuny bags
which contained sugar are sold to the beer
makers, who sweeten their beer by boiling
the sugar out of the bags and then selling
them to the mat makers.
Some six TO ten millions of guunies are ex-
ported to this country from India, mostly to
North America, besides some four to FIVE
thousand tuns Of the rope and raw jute.
There are no manufactures Of jute cloth in
this countryi though it is here made into
bedcords, SC. .. adj. .....,. ....,...-....r.
When used for purposes of defense the
| bags are filled with sand. They are no better
than hemp or fax bags of the same strength,
but are much cheaDer -
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
The CIosIng Of the Potomac.

Every succeeding dispatch from Fortress
Monroe or Washington, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, tells US a new battery has been dis
covered upon the Potomac. For all practical
purposes, that river might as we'll have no
existence, for it is closed entirely to naviga-
tiop, to the no small Inconvenience Of the
army and the Government. Occasionally
we hear that the Government means to take
some action toward opening the navigation.
This we should suppose was one Of the FIRST
duties of the army. 1t is almost as necessary
to keep the Potomac open as 1t is to keep up
the communication with Washington through
Baltimore. If few batteries can not be
dislodged there by the force which can be
brought against them, the expectation that
fortified harbors further South can be as
saulted and easily carried must be a fallacious
one. A little Of the energy of the army aud
navy expended on the rebel side of the Poto-
mac would probably be attended with happy
effect. If successful, it would, at least re-
move a great inconvenience, and possibly
also some deprivation to the army. III
With but q single line of railroad to sup
ply Washington, the difficulties Of doing 80
are largely increased, and subject, as this
communication may be by the accident of q
bridge burning, to be entirely cat of, the
danger of stopping all supplies aud of pre-
venting our troops from easily reaching
there becomes imminent. The Government
would then be in worse condition than it
has yet been placed in. While the Potomac
was open, it had easy access to Washington,
no matter what resistance 1t met with in
Maryland. But this avenue closed, and the
route through Maryland obstructed, it
would be left in rather helpless condition,
with large army for defense it is true, but
surrounded on all sides by enemies, aud
every day more and more weakened by the
absence of its supplies. No army like this
upon which the existence of the Union de-
pei ds, ought to be reduced to the necessity
of receiving its supplies by only one mean;
of communication, which it is possible tC
obstruct either designedly or through the
action of the elements.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
NeHn from the Elect.

PHILADELPHIA, November 5-The steam
gun. boat Florida, one of the naval expedi-
ton, has returned to the navy-yard disabled.
She left the expedition on Friday night off
Cape Fear. She reports that the feet en-
countered heavy gale soon after leaving
Hampton, but it died out on Wednesday, and
again revived on Thursday, from the south
east On Thursday night the machinery of
the Florida was disabled, but not seriously,
and can be repaired in three days, when she
will resume her voyage. She had no troops
on board,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

WAsHHGToE, November SIT appears
from the official statement that the amount
of drafts upon the Treasury last month was
$40, 500 900, of which $4,000, 900 were drawn
from New York. The unavailable bullion
fund Is 1902, 900. The balance TO the credit
Of the United States Treasury in the States
now under insurrectionary control is stated
at sc, SOC, 900, and after making deduction
for the unavailable gives the available bal
ance 81 500 600. ----
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

FAMILIES DIvIDED BY THE CIvh War
The division of families in the war is strik-
iDgly illustrated in the case of two of the
most distinguished families in Kentucky.
Henry Clay, the grandson of the statesman,
is Assistant Adjulant under Brigadier- Gem
eral Richard W. johnson, in Kentucky. His
uncle, james B. Clay, is violent Secession
ist now under bonds to appear for trial for
treason. Another uncle-Thomas, in the
United States service-is responsible for the
appearance for trial of James b, Clay. A
brother, Thomas Clay, jr., is on the staff Of
General Beauregard. His sisters husband,
with whom young Clay resides in Louisville,
has lately entered the United States service,
with two other brothers, for the war. Here
is another example: John ]. Orittenden has
one son who is a Brigsdier General in the
rebel service, after having served and been
hcnored by the Government for many years.
Another son is a Brigadier- General in the
Army of the Union, but holding his COM
mission from the State of Kentucky. An
other holds the rank of Captain in the Fsde-
raj Army. John ]. Crittenden himself, at
the age of seventy.siI, bears arms as pri-
vate in the Home Guard of Frankfort.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
TERRIRIE DIsAsTER IN FRANcR.-The for-

TERRIBLE DISASTER IN FRANcR,-The for
eign papers give accounts of terrible oasu-
atty in the department Of Gard, France. In
consequence of a powerful storm-the burst
ing of a water-spout according TO some
ststements-the Lale mine was flooded, and
the sides fell in, burying all the working
same time, by which portion of the mine
was blown up The number of men missing,
and.considered as killed by the accident is
nearly three hundred. There is probability
that but few can be got out alive.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
From st. John.

ST. JOHN, N. F., November 4.-Parties
have again commenced cutting the telegraph
line. 1t was cut on Sunday for twenty FIVE
miles, and again yesterday.
There has been more rioting at Hsrbor
Grace. One policeman was killed aud others
badly wounded. A man. of war has gone
there, and detachment of troops will fol-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

The jury in the case of the privateers tried
in New York for piracy, we're allowed to
separate every night aud go TO their homes.
1t is not surprising after that fact that the
jury could not agree, four stubborn members
holding out against eight. In case of 80
much Importance, in which the lives OF 80
many persons we're involved, it would be
singular If they did agree with the inf uences
which might be brought to bear upon them
after they had left the court room. 4
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
Additionally the Per,,a.

New YoRK, November 5-There were re-
ports of serious disturbances at Pesth, but
they were unfounded.
Affairs in Poland were unchanged. The
churches continued closed.
The opening of the Spanish Cortes had
been postponed till the 9Th of November, on
account Of the death of the Queens daughter.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
GENERAL OPINION OF FREMONT.

The opinion entertained by gentlemen of
preached and observed him, is that he Is
more fond of the pomp than Of the stern re.
alities of war-that his mind his incapable of
fixed attention or strong concentrstion-thst
by his mismsnagement of affairs since his
arrival in Missouri the State has almost been
lost; aud that if he is continued in command
the worst results may be anticipated. This
is the concurrent testimony OF large num-
Der of the most intelligent men in Missouri.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06

"CRossn ExAMINAFIoE. Parks" said
lawyer to witness, 81 understand you to,
say that the defendant is a professor of re
ligion. Does bis practice correspond with his
,profsssionP ~ never heard Of any corre-
spondence or letters passing between them.n
You said something about his propensity for
drink, Does he drink hsrd2" ."No, think
he drinks as easy as any man ever saw"
"Ons more Question, Mr.. Parks. Have you
known the defendant long time; what are
bis hsbits-loose or otherWiss "The one
he's got now on, | think, is rather tight
under the arms, and too short-waisted for
The fashion," HYou can take your seat Mr..
PRrks." ..r ..l'... Ir