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THE PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS.

The Ashtabula Sentinel estimates that
it costs 50 Is to publish that paper for
one year at the present rates, and that il
loses eighteen cents on each cspy-the
subscription price being but So Its
Editor ceunssls wisely and we'll when he
says one Of the two things must be in
stituted, viz:-Either more price or small
Ter paper. Publishers differ as to the
best plan to be adopted. Some prefer
the1"en smalling" process while others
unnesitatingly hitch on to the dimes.
Some going as high as So per year, which
notch the Home Journal has just reach
ed.-Salem Republican, @d'75 eis'a7f ed
If it ceste 50 Is to publish a paper in
Ashtabula county, it costs fully as IN ach
in Harrison. OF sne thing We are GER
tain, and that is:-We are now furnishing
the Republican to its patrons at about
what it costs to publish it. We are now
paying 20 cents pound for paper, nearly
three times as much as it cost us three
years age, aRd every other article used in
the ofice or by our family is about in the
same proportion 1t will be expected
there fore, that we can continue to furnish
the paper at two dollars All reasonable
mon will sec the necessity fer an increase
of price, with the commencement of the
next year, and it is our intention to ad-
vance the price of the paper to So year.
This is but fifty per cent. of an advance,
while every article we use has increased
from one to three hundred per cent
Cadiz Sentinel. t4F
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Cur Relations with Brazil
The New York E.rpress says:sg


Our relations with Brazil are beginning
to excite, ii not uneasiness, IN the public
mind, at least much discussion and con-
treyersey in the press. The Brazilian
version Of the seizure Of the Florida, in
the hsrbor of Bahia, seems to make cut
a bad case for cur side, 1t is alleged that
the American Consul gave his word that
there would be no attack en- the vessel, =
and the popular Indignation at the Court
when the Florida was carried off, is said
to have been such as to compel that func-
tisnary to quit the placed It these al
legations are facts, serious trouble may
be in store for US. especially if, as the
latest European news seems to indicate,
England and France intends to urge on
Brazil to demand the return Of the corsair
but We have no doubt Mr. Seward will
smooth it all down, if necessary, by apol-
ogizing to Brazil and, if the thing mus,
be dene--byl sending the Florida back
This is the usual way Of doing things.
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Cyclomes-What they Are.

Probably few of the readers of TUE
WORLD were able to form anything like
an adequate conception CT the fearful i'm
port conveyed in recent brief announce
ment in our columns Of the occurrence
in India of an extensive cyclone or hur-
ricane. Here, in the temperate zones,
where the seasons glide gradually and
almost imperceptibly into each other,
great changes are unknown, and storms,
with rare exceptions, come and SO with
but Il passing notice. In the torrld zones,
however, all this is changed. For long
mont tbs the sun, with scarcely cloud to
lessen its strength, burns and parches
everything upon which it shines, the
heated air baking the ground as in a fur
mace. At length with no Intervention OF
an autumn the winter sets in and the rains
commense, and for long periods pour
down in foods An immense condensa-
tion of moisture, condition of the at
nos sphere, something resem biinga vacuam
and an imma aiate rushing in of the sur
rounding air follow. and gigantic whirl-
wind ut once sets in, sweeping over the
country in every direction, uproeting
trees, tearing down buildings, and GREAT
| ing havoc wherever it goes. On the water
no precautions will suffice to guard against
| it. effects, and the results are always ter
Tible. asa
The storm of the 5th of last month
was not the NEST extensive which Is re-
corded and yet the damage done is almost
iucalculable Out of about two hundred
vessels moored in the bay Of Bengal
hardly twenty were left fit for sea, and
nearly twenty Thousand lives are suppos.
ed to have been lost. Column after col
umn of the journals Of the day are de
voted to accounts Of the damages aAd the
record is not yet complete, So IL
Saeh warfare of the elements it is ot
course impossible to describe, but its fury
can be in slight measure appreciated by
comp risoR with the most violent storms
that have visited the temperate regions
and which look like petty accidents along
side the tYphoons of India. In 944 d
storm occurred in LonAen in which it is
said fifteen hundred houses were blown
down, others have been known which oe
casioned nearly the same amount of dam
age. Ia 1903 occurred what has since
! been known as 1.-The Great Storm" in
7 .
which eight thousand persons were drown.
ed in and around England and Holland
and the losses to the city of London alone
were estimated at ten millions of dollars
In one county in England seventeen
Thousand trees were torn up, and the
mus ber of cattle and sheep lost were be-
yond all calculation, fifteen Thousand
sheep being drowned in one level. From
year to year various storms have occurred
with more or less serious results; but thi:
is perhaps the most extensive in the his.
terry of the middle regions. If we car
imagine such tornado as the one which
has jnst swept over Calcutta, raging
through the densely populated cities ei
! Europe, we can form some conception o
its power and the wreck it would pro
duce.-N. y World.
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PRESENT EFFECTIVE STRENGTH
OF THE SOUTHERN ARMIES.

The armies Of the South now in the
field are composed of the following bodies
of troops: Longstrest's corps, A. z. Hills
corps, and the troops recently under
Beauregard, holding the lines defending
Richmond and Petersburg, 45, ,008 iufan-
try, 10000 cavalry, and 800 guns, in all
81 900 troops; Early's corps in the valley,
Is, 900 mon; total, Of Lees army proper,
76, GEO men. Breekinridge's force in
Southwestern Virginia 10000 nen; milio
tia at Lynchbnag, 5000 men; at Will
mington and Weldon, 5000 men, total
under Gen. Lees Immediate orders, 1o2,- :
600 men. Troops under Beauregard and
Hood, in the West, 50,0ee; in Arkansas
aud Missouri, under Sterling Price, co.
900 men; at Charleston and Savannah,
$1,000 men; in Texas and Louisiana,
10, 900 men; at Me5ile $4,000 men; total
112,O00 men, Grand total of troops Of
the confederacy in the field, 2l4 ,0e0
troops. hHe6 5af-t4 70 sHs if9'sss
AVAILABLE MILITARY STRENGTH OF
THE SoUTH.-The above is the present
actual strength ,ofsthe ,coafsdsrats armies,
but it is BY no means the. extent Of the
available military power of, the South.
The South has had in arms, since the be-
ginning of the war, eight hundred and
fifty atheusaud men including the above
two hundred and fourteen thousand, and
fifty or sixty, thousand more, who are now
prisoners in our hands, and Eve hundred
and seventy Six thousand men who have
been killed and disabled during the pro-
gress of the war. If the tables in my lst-f
ter of September Is are correct, and their
accuracy has never, been disputed, the
South still has, therefore, a reserve of
nine hundred and 6fty thousand white
men of the proper military age. The
experience of four years of war, there
fore, shows that the South is abundantly
able to keep on foot armies equal in num-
Der to those now in the Geld fer four years
more at least These facts viii be brought
before the confederate Congress at an
early day, and in An elaborate and de j
tailed shape, as arguments against the
proposed measure of arming the slaves as
soldiers,
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sign, his. ssatg gsin. the Genfederate Con-
gress. The Savannah vNe,os. in approving
Che reeommendation of Gev. Browns's
message, says:
s. DIVE are glad that Governor Brewn has
taken strehg grounds in favor Of cen.
|vention of the States, to settle our diff
cultiss With the North. y His suggestions
on this subject are wise and timely. We
should be glad, indeed, to see the exper-
imsnt tried, In cur opinion, it cannot
result in any harm and may result in
COED. IF our government should direct
ly and openly ask to have the issues re-
ferred to such convention, we don't see
how the North could refuse to acquiesce.
Of course the States should 60 into such
q convention exactly upon the same terms
that they did in 1877. We cannst see
any objections te it, and are sorry the
President has seen ft to announce him
self in opposition to such measure
Mr. Maxwell, of Florida, in the Con
fsderate Congress iutroduced resolution
which was agreed to, inquiring whether
Jeff. Davis has sany<information of any
Northern States wishing to negotiate iol
peace by going into convention of the
States. xso
There is little doubt that if Conven
tion of States was agreed upon by the
people of the North there wsuld be ne
difficulty in securing the, coiopsration o
the great majority Of the people OF the
South. a :
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Shernran's Expedition. Il

All interest in military operations rs
Gxod lspon Shermas's command. The
mystery whieh wells his movements adds
toithc anxiety. There is no doubt that
she administration expects highly import
ant results from his campaign.
His forces are organized into what is
called movable column that is, they car
ry their subsistence With then, and cut
bose from alllbases Of supplies. 1t is a
hazardous enterprise, and asaally a very
costly one ipensenn aBd munitions Of war.
He will have to travel over two hundfed
md City miles with enemies on all sides
of him. All the men who are wounded,
SICK oTworu out, except the lia,itsd nuns
bsF Who sean- bee hauled in ambalances,
must be lefs to fail inte the hands Of the
enemy. sYagenss ambulances, horses aud
srsillary which becsme disabled or stick
fast in the sNanaps must share the same
fate. The loss from struggling is always
great: and. if the enemy are as,vigilant as
usual they will constantly harass the col
umn, and pick up scores of scouting and
ibraging parties. ~ $
IF he can completely separate the cot
ton States from the Cenfederacy, his sue
cess will be c0mmsnsurats with his sac
riices. IF he csunet, the temporary occu-
patton of a few towns in Georgia will be
but an Insignificant return fer his vast
sxpsnditars of money, Of labor and OF
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The New 3O-cent Fractional
ata Notes. 80 -sa'if

The plates Of the new 30-csnt fraction
al currency are nearly ready for printing
The notes will be the same breadth as
those new in circulation, but nearly twice
as lung.
The new fifty cent notes, will be tbs
same size as the old ones, while those OF
ten and twenty five cents. will be the
length graduated between the highest and
the tsdenomin ations. 1t is pessi BILE
that three cent notes will be issued fel
greater facility in making change
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SUBSISTENCE.

Sherman has been chiefly occupying
his time in laying in a full supply of hard
bread and beef cattle; and he has with
him. of the former sixty days full rations,
and several thousand head Of the cattle.
For all things else he will depend en- tbs
country over which ae is to pass. His
animals can subsist well. Corn and sweet
potatoes are abundant. During the week
ending on the 9Th inst. he, gathered in ],
760 wagon loads of corn, 436 loads of
sweet potatoes, and few horses, without
sending his foraging parties more than
thirty miles from Atlanta. He could
manage to live for six months without
communicating once with the North. In
reference to his cavalry, he feels certain
of his ability to obtain horses enough to
keep good his original stock, and per-
haps he may be enabled to mount some
more men.
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esS- In the three, States of Maine, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, there we're
35S, ,aoe Votes cast the present year for
Presidential candidates, while in 1860 the
same State cast but 233, op0.--P PreUidsacs
Press. s.s7ls. -,l,r,
This shaws-shsw our New England .
brethrea h,ye volunteered for the war;
How black the roads must have swarmc1
with thom, hasting to the scene of hostili-
ties
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A e.lvenfion OF states.
Richmond paper, of the 18Th iu.,

Riehmond papers of the 18th inst,
have been received. They are generally
absorbed in speculation in regard to
Shern,ans army,s which has abandoned
Its base at Atlanta and is marching on
Macon. Gov. Browns course in regard
to seonvention Of States is being warmly
discussed in Georgia. and ether Gull
States; and one Of the Charlestonapspers
contains the proceedings efsa meeting Of
South Carolina troops, in vhich, the late
letter si Boyos Of that State, in faysre
nsgetiatisas for peace. are warmly COM
Msndsds sTAis meeting wasgetten apia
opposition toone requesting Boyce to re-
-. ~
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The Fighting VI ock ef the
Kearsargc.

In the account of Captin winslew's
reception at F;.nsuil Hall, Boston, it was
stated that ''three- quarters Of tho crew Of
the hearsarge were natives of New Eng
land. a correspondent OF the Boston
Courier, in order to satisfy his curiosity,
aud led to it By observing the appearances
Of the men, made inquiry on the subject.
The result was. that out of 16o msn, all
but ~ were feund to be foreigners, aud
mostly Irishmcn
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.sMonorabIe Warrare.,, ,,

The following is from a telegram bear
ing date:
.'ST. PAUL. MINI, Nov. IA, 1864
"Captain Fisk has arrived here. He
reports having killed number of Indi
ans with bullets, and one hundred mel
women and children with hard tack, sat
urated with stryehnine."
We have here the fullest exposition o
honorable warfare, the refinement o
diabolism, the crowning infamy. Ii
four years more of such progress" W
will be. outlawed as nation. Will pro
motion or death be Captain Fisk re
ward 2
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ESTATE OF Hon. STEPHEN a. DoUG-
LAS The Executor under the will el
the late stephen A. Douglas presented
to the County Court of Cook county, Ill.,,
recently. receipts showing that he had
paid to Mrs. Douglas over ST 500, and to
the two children over S700o-being pro
ceeds from the estate, after paying all the
debts.
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ANTE BELLuM-A REMINIscsscs-

ANTE BELLUM-A REMINIscEHcR--,
We ind the following advertisement il
copy efdhs Weekly Telegraph, smslI
adVertising shestspublishea in St. Loul.,
by William R. Sloss, Of date March Il,
1859. The rapid advancement of emo
me aber ofthe 6rm Of 'Bsggs q Grant
is tao patent to everybody to need any
further mention:
Il. BoGGs. ms. GRANT.
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ns- A Movement is on feat to secure
the removal of General Burbridse from
command in KentHcky. The shooting o
four prisoners for every missing Uaieaist
and his system Of trade permits are assign
ed as the cause, as we'll as incompetencv
and vicious habits. .1f ~
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LINCOLN'S popular vote is placed at
80 600; McCiellau'<, at 1,7a0. o00.--
Lincoln's eles oral vote 210 McClellan'x y
81. Liacoln gets an electoral vote for
less than 10 o0a popular votes, while Ne
Clell.n gets one electoral vote for each
10000 popular votes.
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B2GGS & GzeANT,
GENERAL AGENTS

HNOR Sell LING. BARTERING
REAL or Personal Property, Notes.
Bonds .nd sthe Securities; Borrowing er
Leaning Of Maney on Rel Estate or 9TH
er coed security; CelIecting Of Rents;
Rsptiug of Houses; Collecting Of Notes,
Bills, Account. or ether dema ads.
OFFICE 50 Pine strset,. St. Louis,
Mo. -
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AN EXPENSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL Con-
vENTIoN.-New Orleans papers make
complaint ever the expenses Of the Louis
lana State Conventioa. The total amount
aside from the pay of Members was 10, :
900 Of which $4,000 were for liquors
and cigars.
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WHAT A CHANGE OF $4,000
VOTES WOULD PRODUCE.
The New York Times ,aYs:

AS the Presidential majoritiss are now
reported, change of 5000 votes in the
States, giving Lincoln the smallest major
tiles, would elect General MeClellan.
'S This is not a very oyerwnelming result,
nor one that Indicates the annihilatien of
the De "a ocratic party.
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Early's army is stretched scrosa The
Shenandoah Valley between finberlaks
and New Market, its right resting in
Luray Valley Beth fanks are web cor
ereL With -earaHy. -
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CONNECTICUT = PRESIDENTIAL
VOTE COMPLETE 6 gk
ie5m Lincoln. Mcclellan. 1
Total 1888 Al 6n2
Lincoln.
Lincoln's majority, 2,427.

.Linooln's majority, 2,427. . = IS =
Not much eta shower in State vote
OF oo.443- New hampshire has done
about as we'll. Minorities like these will
be respected. Who can doubt, In the
face of them. especially in the great
States ,ef New York and Penn.ylYauis,
that all three electoral /. votes would have
been given to Mcclellan except for undue
government influence?
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The Column bus Crisis.

W. w. WEBB, late of the Ohio States
man, is to take charge of the editorial
conduct vi MEDARY' y Columbus Crises
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The following 'showy theirsak Of the
Majsr Generals in. ip the Regular Army Of
the United States: ba ,assa Ssf-=rr
-Hls Lieutenant General U. s. Grant
2. Major General H. w. HaIleck. etoz
g. Major General W r. sherman. -
Major General q G Meade.
5. M9er Geheral P. H Sheridan.
6. Brigadisr General VI. S. Rosccraps.
~ Brigadier General G. II Thon.s..
81 Brigadisr General w. s, Hancock.
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Important Legal Proceedings
Against Gen. Bnfler.

General Butler, who was sent to New
Yerkson afoelss errand, has fallen insthe
clutchesiof the law, as other military des-
pets will, when the war is ended. The
telegraph dispatches aof' yesterday morn.
ing alluded to the matter, and the follow
ing frombthe law reports Of the New
York Espress is fuller statement Of the
case: y7ae7Ss olk4e - " awe .-t
OF ve COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
.iai nd' Before Judge Cardoze.
Ney. f4th.-Sanuel Smith and An
drew w Smith against Benjamin +. But
Ter. The plaintiff in the ease applied for
an attachment against. Gen. Butler, he
Icing nonresident debtor. a
The plaintiffs in their complaint aver
that il May, 1852, they were private
bankers, doing business under the firm
of Samuel Smith Il Co., at 90 Camp street,
New Orleans. On the 10th of May Gen.
Butler forcible entered their establish
ment, took away all their funds, private
accounts and 5000 in gold coin, All
this property was kept from them until
July, when the defendant returned al
their property except. the. gold coin,
which the plaintiffs allege he converted
to his own nss, and refused to deliver up
to them when demanded. Upon this
state of facts the Judge granted a writ Of
attachment against the property of the
defendant in the sum of S150, 900. -
The complaint and original process was
served upon she General in person by
Under Sheriff +. l.. Fultee, Esq. The
Sheriff has alss attached all monies due
che General from the U. s. and now in
the Sub Treasury, also the monies new
in the. hands of his private bankers,
Messrs McComber and Shields.
Ex-Judge Pierrepoint is the Counsel
fer the plaintiffs. .ssa -5.s5ss s4l
We do not wish Gen. Butler any harm,
beyond the upbraidings Of his conscience,
but if he has S60,e00 that he obtained
in he manner above stated, we. hope he
will be made to disgorge 1T. There are
hundreds of officers of the Ben Butler
stamp who will come to grief, sooner or
later. "a. H. -,.-i}ess !, /.
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The cavalry are we'll mounted. the
best horses formerly in this section hav-
iny bean sent than
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Defeat of General Gillem at
Bulls Gap. L
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. IS

Intelligence desmed reliable, the ac-
curacy Of which cannot be determined to-
night, says: y-------.-.
Very recently the rebel General Breck-
inridge with ten Thousand men attacked
General Gillem near Bulls gap, and after
a desperate fight defeated Gillem, who
lost four huadred prisoners. The mum
Der Of killed and wounded is not stated
No fears of an invasion Of Kentucky, IL
consequence o: this reverse, is appreben
ded, as the military authorities are fnlly
prepared to meet the advance Of amy rsbe
force into the state.
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pea- The naval force of Brazil, from the
latest official date in our possession, con-
sists Of the following classes Of vessels :
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THE RANK OF THE MAJOR GENERALS
q bsi IN THE REGULAR AMY lsisa55-h
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Sherman Force.

The army which left Atlanta consisted
of the following troops: s,a1
l4th Corps q 5000 Cavalry 10, ,0oe
18th Corps 10000
18th Corps 5000 fetal A, ,00p
10th Corps 5000 Guns 8, l3o
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Congrcsssonal Electf0n.

We find in the Statesman. the fellow
ingfresult, of the election for Congress-
man in shis district s. . ssisasost q q. 80
! SIC 9afl'P 7. a. Plants Jas, R: Merris.
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= Total number OF vessefs.............. y. 50
These vessels mount, in the aggregate,
three hundred and fifty guns, ircludiRg
small boat howitzers, &c. s7s yea
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Wanted.

HVO an experienced American Woman desiring a
Il good home, situation is offered as housekeep-
er in q small family where she would be treated as
one. She would be required to take charge Of and
do the cooking and ohamberwork, see to the wash.
woman, and do the ironing Tho work in the
quire SO Exchange st.
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New SrEEL-cLAp B1ocKApE-RuNNERs.-

NEW STEEL-CLAD BLoCKADE-RUNNERs.-
-Four new paddle-steamers, built of steel,
and of great speed, are about ready to leave
Liverpool to engage in running the blockade.
They are named the Badger, Let Her b, Fox,
and Let Her Rip, and were built for the SER
vice. Another report says that these vessels
were to have a trial of speed in race to the
Isle of Man on the Goth of March. The Lon
don Post says:
Five hundred thousand bales of cotton are
stated to be now in the hands of the Con-
federate Government, while two hundred
thousand would suffice to pay off the whole
loan. A large amount of bonds have already
been delivered and cotton received in ex-
change, according to agreement. There is
apparently, increased facility for running the
blockade, and the difference between the de-
livery price Of cotton in the Southern ports
and that obtained for it in Liverpool may
stimulate the purchase of bonds; indeed, the
principal buying for the last week has been
on Liverpool account. There are also, as we
before stated, other negotiations in progress,
to which we shall probably before long have
again to refer.
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WANTS, ,LOST,FO
Wanted.

4 Second hand Piano-not particular about STYLE
n if good tone aud action. Please address b,
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