Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-17

near Winchester, in pursuance Of q sentence
of court martial, for Alternating the life Of
Captain Henderson, ofthe Jefferson Cavalry.
Change eisastonishingly high in Richmond
twenty per cent. Alexsnder Hill advertises
that he has issued small notes (fractions of a
dollar,) to the amount Of $4,000, to enable
him To make change without paying twenty
per cent prem for specie to that end, aud
chargingit it to his customers.
The Virginia State Convention has passed
an ordinance taking away from the people
the election of Attorneys for the Common
wealth, Clerks, Sergeants and Constables in
towns and cities.
The, Richmond theater recently gave a
benefit to the Hampton sufferers, by which
$3.50 were realized. .ae.,
A destructive FIRE occurred in Georgetown,
South Carolina, not long since, in which ten
thousand dollars worth Of naval stores were
destroyed.
Many advertisers are bidding high in the
Dispatch, for substitutes in the army. The
wants." in Richmond, seem to be pretty
much after that fashion.
Marshal Parks, Of Norfolk, advertises four
steamboats, for sale.
The Norfolk Day Book of the 9th inst,
complains bitterly of the treatment of the
pilots of Virginia by the authorities. II al
leges that they have sacrificed every thing
for Secesh, and now find themselves out in
the cold Ito make room for beardless boys,
whose only recommendation for the position
they occupy is moneyed influence" these
beardless boys being appointed to naval
offices in preference to them.
A Centerville correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch writes on the Both, that it
was then evident that General Mcclellan
had abandoned all idea Of q forward move
ment.
The following persons are believed to have
been elected 10 the rebel Congress FROM
Texas, viz: Wilcox, from the First District
he who was once q shallow member of the
United States House of Representatives from
Nissssippi-Peter V. Gray, in the Third;
Sexton, in the Fourth, and Wright, in the
Sixth District.
Governor Lubbock and Lieutenant Cover.
nor Crockett were inaugurated at Austin
Texas, November Z.
The people of Fannin County, Texas, are
| alleged to be tanning leather, perfecting il
in three days, by a newly'discovered pro-
cess.
A large number of Union men, lately il
| have surrendered their weapons and taker
the oath of allegiance TO Secesh. The al
legged bridge-burners in that section of thu
State are said to have escaped their pursuers
! into the mountains. 1t is complained tina
the Union men remain in arms ION the uppe
border of the Buffalo," in the Limestont
Cove and Grab Orchard, in Carter County
and in the Greasy Cove, nearer Knoxville.
The Dispatch of the 4th inst. proclaim
that the intimation that Mason and Slidel
1 will be hung in retaliation for the hanging
of Colonels Cogswell and CoIcoran, in cas-
any of their privsteersmen are hung by th
United States authorities. will have n
weight whatever in preventing the execu
tion Of our two Colonies. 1t adds, that how
ever much the Confederate authorities ma
feel for Mason and Slidell, it will not permi
their lives to stand in the way Of its propose
retaliatory policy. ,..
The City Councils of Richmond have pet
toned the Legislature to legalize their issu
of shiDplasters.
A Select Committee of the House of Dele
gates has been appointed to inquire whs
legislation is necessary in view OF the extol
tionate prices charged for articles of pur
necessity.
On the night of the I'd inst. the Virgini
State Convention abolished the Suprem
Court of the State, substituting two Supreu
Courts in its stead.
A very valuable cargo of coffee is allege
to have very recently run the blockade, I'M
the haIbor of Fernandina, Fla.
The rebel Ordnance Bureau offers 40 cen
per pound for saltpeter.
Gen. A. Sidney johnson intimates to IL
Richmond Governmentthat the contemplate
move of the Union army against Columbu
KY, is only a feInt, the real contemplate
movement being against Bowling Green
his judgment. ,..... no
On the I'd it was telegraphed from Mobi
that the water communication between tn
, city and New Orleans was again suspende
The Union cruisers thereabout have captur,
the steamer LeWis, and some nine others lii
her, in the Mississippi Sound.