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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06
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IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO.
The Gun-bOats Up the tennessee
River.
EXCHANGE OF sHoTs-PREPARATIoNs FOR
A BATTLE.
IMPORTANT FOREIGN NEWS.
Intervention Of England and France
Threatened.
MENA CING TALK ABOUT OUR
BLOCKADE.
The Legal Tender Treasury Note Bill.
Dispersion of Humphrey NGarshalVs
Forces.
IMPORTANT FOREIGN NEWS,
he Legal Tender Treasury Note Bill.
of Humphrey REarshalps
Forces.
EXPULSION OF JEssE D. BRIGHT.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette. |

Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.l
PADUcAH, KY, February 4.
The transports which left Cairo yesterday
with troops on board, came struggling in
here one at time during the night, and
Immediately proceeded up the Tennessee
River.
We reached point ten miles this side of
Fort Henry about daylight, where we found
the gun boats 81. Louis Essen, CdrordeIet
end Cincinnati lying at anchor.
The troops on board the new Uncle Sam
Illinois and Ale1. Scott were here dsem
barked, and again re.embarked aud landed
four miles above, where the balance of troops
were also landed as fast as they arrived.
The gunboats weighed anchor upon our
arrival and steamed up to within gunshot
range of the fort, when an interchange of
shot and shell was had between our boats
and the fort, about twenty shots being fred
on each side. The shooting was verv &C
curate on both sides. One shot from the
fort struck the upper wooden cabin of the
Esser and tore hole in her. The damage
wsE, however, trifling, as this cabin was but
a temporary affair. Several of our shells
burst in the fort, and immense damage ia
supposed to have been done. At intervals
between the shots rebel steamer was seen
maneuvering about
n pOWGIlul OulOu lOEC6 IL now eQcamOe0
on the nights Of the east bank of the Tennes.
see River, just beyond the range of the enc
my's guns.
The transports, after landing their human
cargoes, returned 10 Paducah, where thew
will take on reinforcements aud proceed, as
speedily as possible, to the point of debarka.
ton near Fort Henry.
The rev Uncle Sam met with an accident
in returning here this afternoon, about
twenty miles up the river, while running
close to the shore. She ran into large tree
tearing away her ratings and escape pipe
and damaging her wheel. house and barber
shop.
Heavy reinforcements will be landed neal
Fort Henry to. morrow, to CO operate with
the force now there, and ere many days shall
elapse the crash of arms will be heard in tbii
quarter that will shake Secessiondom to it,
foundation.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

SECEsH MAGAZINE DlsCovARED.-Since the
salutary change of regime at the Police Com
missioners' office, ST. Louis, a singular dis.
covery has been made. A few days ago,
while exploring the recesses of a dark room
beneath the front stairs, at the Central
Station, the Police Chief Unexpectedly came
upon whole magazine of ammunition,
which had evidently been stored there since
the days of Camp Jackson. Following is an
inventory of the articles: Some forty pounds
of muskeI bullets; two large kegs of powder;
six rounds of canister for six. Founders;
three port fres three dozen fuses; some two
dozen gun flints; twelve boxes percussion
caps, and about peck Of gun cartridges.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

The OPINION OF PRINCE NAPoLEoN.-When
Prince Napoleon was in this country, the
French Minister, NJ. Mercier, accompanied
him through Illinois. Wilhelm the southern
part of the State be stopped at the house of
a French citizen, an old resident, who spoke
to bim of the cotton culture, exhibiting some
Of the bolls of his own raising. The Prince
was greatly pleased, aud remarked that it
was great discovery-a new revelation,
one which would produce great revolutions
in the commercial and political world, for it
was free labor cotton.
There are eight or ten million acres of
lard it is estimated, in free territory, upon
which cotton can be successfully cultivated
From all accounts there is reason to believe
that six or seven hundred pounds per acre
can be safely counted as an average of the
crop. 1t needs but little arithmetic to show
that such crop would be far more remuuer-
alive than any crop now produced.
1t is to be hoped that some immediate ac-
ton will be taken by those most interested
the manufacturers of New England-to see
the culture in successful operation the pres.
ent season.
Whether this rebellion is to be- crushed
this year or next, it is evident that cotton
will command high price for years to come.
Till the war is ended what hope can there
be that cotton will be produced sufficient TO
supply the demand2 Is it not for the inter-
est of the manufacturers, for ali New Eng
land, for the country, for the world, to have
this matter Immediately attended TOT
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

AN ITEM FOR THE CURIoUs.-As Captain z
H. Small of this place, (Har wicb,) was split.
ting the butt of white oak tree of about one
foot in diameter, which grew on his own
land, he discovered about three inches with.
in the surface white pine plug, and at the
end Of the plug lock of human hair. The
hair was of dark brown color, aud very
bright and glossy, although it must have
been imbedded many years, as the three
inches of wood over the plug was entirely
perfect and had no appearance of ever hav.
ing been bored through Cape Cod RepuJR,
can.
Was it the hair of male or femalep and
who placed it in the tree2
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NUMBER 1876

menace, and renders it necessary that she
should be required to disarm.
A marriage was talked of between Prince
Oscar, Of Sweden, and the second daughter
of the King Of Italy. .
The Legal Tender Notes.-The Tennessee
River BxpeditIon--The Burnside Rxpes
ditIOn.
WASHINGTON, February 6.-Specials state
that the House is very closely divided on the
legal tender clause of the Treasury note BILL
and 1t is said the majority of the Senate are
adverse.
1t is stated that the War Department has
received official dispatches from a Federal
officer stating that the gunboat expedition is
moving up the Tennessee River, flsnked by
infantry on shore, to attack the rebels, and
great anxiety is felt to learn the result.
The Assistant Qusrtermaster of the Burn
side Expedition is here chsrterinR more
steam and sailing vessels in which to for
ward ordnance and commissary stores. He
reports the health of the troops as good, and
when he left in the Eastern State there were
about one hundred vessels Of the expedition
at Hatteras Inlet.
The report made to day by the Committee
on Commerce is averse to the abrogation of
the Reciprocity Treaty, but advocates the
enlargement Of its commercial connections.
The report was recommitted for further sc-
tion by the committee.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day ad-
dressed another letter to Representative
Spau!ding, urging immediate action on the
Treasury-note bill; to frame substitute con-
solidating the leading features in the propo-
ling.
Bright was expelled from the Senate to-
day. He left before the vote was announced
The galleries were densely crowded, and the
audience expressed their satisfaction at the
result.
Previous to his expulsion, Bright spoke at
length, saying he had ever voted for peace
and never gave sectional vote. Every i'm
pulse of his heart was given to his country,
and he yielded to no man in his attachment
to it; If be should be turned out, he would
put himself on trial before tribunal who
should be found just. He would submit to
the people of Indiana the question of right
or wrong in the case. He had no part in
the movement for the disruption of the
Union. He would leave the people to decide
the question.
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The Tennessee River ExpedIt,ou
[speeiaI 10 the Chicapo Ionrnnl

lSpeClHl 10 tne OnlcagO Journal
CAIRO, February 5.-The force under Gen
eral Grant arrived at Itris Landing, six
miles below Fort Henry, yesterday after.
noon.
The gun-boats Essen and 81. Louis maie
reconnaissance of the rebel works for the
purpose of landing the forces. They went
within mile and half of the fort, throw
ing several shells inside the intrenchments. ts.
The fire was returned; one shot struck the
EsSs1, going through the corner of Captain
Porter's cabin
Tue range of their guns having been ascer-
tanned, place was selected for the landing,
which was to have been done yesterday
afternoon.
The force of the enemy is supposed to be
$1,000.
dispatch dated to-day says General
Grants force was within four miles of Fort
Henry. A fight was expected to day.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

A law making the notes of our Treasury a
legal tender, is matter of necessity as well
as a matter of justice. When England was
in her death grapple with Napoleon, she
suspended the pay ment of specie both from
the Exchequer of the nation and the Bank OF
England. For twenty five years this sus-
pension continued-and it was not, we
believe, until 1923, or eight years after the
arbiter of kingly fates had been sent sup.
plant to st. Helena, that the payment Of
specie was resumed. During this time the
paper money of England was made legal
tender-the faith of its nation was the cur.
rency of the nation. The power ofEuglaud
was strengthened, and the years of paper
currency were years of prosperity In
America we can initiate the example,
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

SOMETHING STRoEG ABOUT THE BUFTER.-
Among the articles LETT at the Gas Company s
Office, lately, to be forwarded to the soldiers,
was a small vessel containing butter, which
some kind. hearted persons had thoughtiully
considered might smooth the passage of a
little hard bread on its way to the stOmsehs
of few of Uncle Sans boys, Not thought
of any thing "contraband" occurred to the
clerk who took charge of il; but in handling
the article, something was heard to 'chip-
per-" and on purposely agitating the pot OF
butter little, there was quite a rural sound,
not unlike that Ofrppling water. An excs-
vation deep into the little pot developed a
bottle nearly full of whisky-not quite, how
ever, for had it been full, itwould not have
been noisy and thus betrayed itself. The
contraband article was removed, and the
butter was allowed to 60 on. Any one hav-
ing sent butter to a soldier, lately, can learn
more concerning what became of the sirup
by calling on the person with whom was
left their innocent-loOking article.--LoWsIl
Courier.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

THH ENRAGED MUSICIANS The Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston Journal
writes on the goth of January:
The bandsmen are rivaling the suffers in
their abuse of Senator Wilson, for his deter
mination to save an enormous sum by abol-
ishing the regimental bands. With few
exceptions, all regiments are now 'brigsded," !"
and at parades four large bands are near
together, creating confusion. The bill intro
duced by Senator Wilson gives each brigade
its band of sixteen performers. The princi-
pal musician is to receive $2l month, aud
the others SIT a month each.
Some of the bandsmen declare their desire
to be mustered out" as they think their
regiments "can't get along without them, "
and will contribute To their engagement at
high wages. This little game will be
blocked, as no one can be connected with a
regin ent not regularly "mustered in," aud
it would not be well to permit the men to
drain their purses in obedience to false
pride.
General Mcclellan has directed that hence
forth the "Stars and Stripes be used as
guidons and camp colors, as the "red and
white" resembles the Secession flag.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06
Official Decention.

We are not particularly proud of the ex.
ploits of men in power at Washington, in
willfully and deliberately suppressing the
truth in some cases, and in others as deiber-
ately misrepresenting the facts They ought
to know that "honesty is the best policy"
We clip the following exposition from the
New York Herald Of the Sd inst:
When the news of the capture of Mason
and Slidell was first announced, the Wash
ington correspondents of all the leading
journals of the country were informed by the
State Department that Captain Wilkes act
was perfectly legal, and that the rebels would
not be surrendered, no matter what England
might do. That this information was de.
signedly false is now evident; for Secretary
Seward had previously written to Mr. Adams
that he disaVowed the seizure. Deluded by
these reports, the loyal journals Immediately
set to work to put the best possible face upon
the matter, and bolstered up the apparent
policy of our Government by authorities and
precedents collected with marvellous acumen
and research. For ten days the State De.
psrtmentIcontinued to delude the press, and
during that time the press zealously sus-
tanned what it was deceived into believing
was the position of our Government The
people began TO regard as inevitable, and to
braVely prepare for, war with England;
for pluck is an American characteristic, and
never deserts US, however desperate the
chances may seem. George Sumner, the
brother of the very Senator who afterward
defended, in long Grafton, the surrender OF
the rebels, came out with letter justifying
the Government In holding its booty. Ed,
ward Everett followed suit in most classical
style. General Oass issued a manifesto from
Detroit to the same end, and even the Hon.
Caleb Gushing had finger in the pie. All
this while Secretary Seward was laughing
in his sleeve to see how successful had been
his deception, and what fools all our editors
and statesmen were making of themselves,
and was quietly preparing his splendid diplo-
matte note justifying, upon American princi
Piles, the return of the fellows" who had
been the cause of all this confusion.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06
Humphrey MnrshaIrs Army DIsbupded.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 5.-Colonel Garfield is at
Paintsville, with sufficient force to preserve
order.
The Virginia and South Carolina regi.
ments under Marshall have gone back to
Virginia; and Marshall and the rest of his
forces went to Pound Gap, where he dis
banded them.
Z The whereabouts of Marshall is unknown,
A rumor prevails that party of rebel
cavalry, supposed to be of Morgan's force,
were surprised, last night, between Lebanon
and Green River, and forty of them killed.
No Federal loss.
Later rumors say that Morgan has been
captured,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

A TECHNICAL ExPLANATIoN.-Mr Benja.
min Evans, now of Gearys Regiment, for
merly boiler in Jones & Lauth's mill, re.
Gently received letter of inquiry from a
fellow chip, asking "what kind of a furnace
he was now working" He replied that che
was working furnace in shape of an En-
field rife, charged it with one ball, run il
three hours day and three hours night, and
intended running it for three years or dur.
ing the war, when he would stop and make
a good bottom" This is a technical expla
nation which will doubtless be understood
by the initiated.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

A Coop ExANPLH.-The example Of our
Councils in inficting a penalty upon the
teamsters on the railroads who abuse their
mules, has been followed in Pittsburg, where
the same abuse is practiced. A teamster in
that city had geared his mule so that he
could not move. Being too stupid to see his
own error, and too obstinate to admit 1t, con-
tiRued 10 beat the animal with the butt OF
his whip till some citizens seized the indi
vidusl and took him before the Mayor, who
inflicted fine Of $5.-Phikd. Ledger.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

The Eastern journals publish q letter
written by Mr.. Russell to the London Timss,
dated Washington, December 27. He says
that the Drainesville fight has had a good
effect on our troops, and that the superior
arms of our soldiers "muSt, in the long run,
establish a moral as well as a physical ad
vantage over their opponents" Mr. Russell
admits that if our people pay their taxes, and
give enough money TO the Government to
carry on the war, the crushing of the rebel
lion will be rapid and sure.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

In a wealthy family of Vienna the hus-
band made his wife New Years gift of a
dozen pairs of gloves. Indignant at such
stinginess, the lady, as soon as her husbands q
back was turned, flung the gloves into the
fire. Explanations ensued at table, and what
was the irascible lady's astonishment on
learning that each pair of gloves was wrapt
up in a bank ote for 100 forms.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06
Starving Freuchmen,

SALT LAKE Cry, Feb. 5.-Two French.
men, Silver and Sevine, started, some timo
since, from Rocky Ridge to go to Wind
River Mountains. They were overtaken by
storm and lost their way. After wander
ing about twenty-five days they found the
telegraph poles, and remained there until
picked up by stage driver. They were in
an exhausted condition, having eaten their
dog and portion of one of their horses and
q beaver hat, to sustain life.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

The supply of oysters has been very huc.
tuatipg the present season, and the dealers
in Baltimore, the principal oyster market in
the country, sllege that they are shamefully
imposed upon by Spectators, hucksters and
other middle men who control the market.
A meeting of the heaviest dealers in Balti-
more was recently held, and they resolved
TO remedy the evil by refusing to purchase
oysters of any person except the Captain OF
the boat bringing them to market. The res
olution to go into effect on and after Febru-
ary 10.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

The butter divided among our boys on the
Potomac does not appear to be of the best
quality, and the Pennsylvania Thirteenth,
alludiDg 10 II, says: "The different grades
are now arranged according to the following
scale; Strong, bad, rancid, vile, abOminsble,
suffers"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

The snow isabOut two and a half feet deep
in the interior of Massachusetts,. In towns
on the Connecticut River travelling is very
the coast east of Portsmouth the snow iS
covered with frozen surface Of sufficient
thickness to bear OK teams.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

AFrench chemist says that the beautifully
colored toy balloons of India rubber, now so
abundantly produced, are source Of much
mischief to the work-peOple employed in
their manufacture. Sulphuret Of carbon
and chloride Of sulphur are required TO in-
fate them, the VapOTs of which are very poi
s0nOus. -
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06
NTOrtnre.

The description below we copy from
the Cairo correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal
II would be folly for the government To
order Commodore Foot to engage the rebel
Notifications without mortars. At last, 1
learn, he is to have them. If the present
high stage Of water should continue, they
can be shipped direct for Cairo by boat.
The Ohio has not been frozen this side the
Great Kanawhs, and the rain of last week
cleared out the ice which had formed above,
so that there is nothing to impede the run
ming Of the boats. If the mortars are ready,
we may expect to see some of them before
many days. It takes time to do any thing,
and ii usually requires great deal Of time
to fit out mortar fleet. The mortars are
not toys. Professor Windship will need to
practice long while before he can lift one.
A Samson would find them quite as heavy
as were the gates Of GAIA. They weigh
seventeen thousand pounds. A gentleman
has just asked me to describe one for his
benefit and as there may be others who
have never seen them, it may not be amiss
to make the attempt They are shaped like
Kettle-drums, or more like half globes.
They are from five to seven feet in
diameter. The chamber for the she'll
is fifteen inches in diameter, and about
two feet deep. They are placed on
iron beds of great strength, and are moved
to obtain elevation by gearing. The letter
upon horizontal line may represent
mortar upon its bed plate:
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

A mortar in this position would throw a
shell directly up to the zenith. They are
inclined in proportion to the distance of the
mortar from the object aimed at. The term
"aimed at" can hardly be used, for the en-
gineer fires toward the sky. In mortar
practice the highest matemathical precision
is required. The laws of gravitation, of
curvilinear motion and of projectile force
must be thoroughly understood 1t is a
simple matter for man to sight gun bar
raj straight to mark, but it is vastly diff
ferent to guess at the position of concealed
object, and then fire at the moon, with the
expectation of seeing the ponderous shell
with its trail of smoke sweep through the
air with majestic curve and drop plump
upon the desired spot. This reminds me of
my ball playing in early days. By guess
ing and by practice we youngsters at the
game Of "high balr could send the ball
from hand to hand, not by point-blank
throw, but by the parabola, with preci-
sion scarcely ever failing. 1t was all the
minds guesswork, but the artillery engineer
has no guesswork in his practice. He as
certains the distance between his mortar
and the object aimed at. 1t is his mathe-
matical base line. He understands that so
many pounds Of powder will, at a given
elevation, project shell of given weight
a certain distance-all of which has been
verified by previous experiment. With this
data he needs no guesswOrk as to where
his shells will strike, but he can rain them
down all around a selected spot. 1t is the
ambition of French engineers in the great
military school to lodge shell in -four
barrel placed one-half mile from the mortar.
1t is not often done, but the feat has been
more than once accomplished.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-06

UNHE WEEKLY PRRs6 NOW AEADR,
~ containing the News OF the Week, both Foreish
elseWhero, up 70 the hOur Of going 70 press.
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