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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

The Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, ad-
dressed crowded audience at the Cooper In
stitute, Monday evening. The Tribune pro-
nOunces his speech one of the hapPiest and
most convincing political arguments ever made
in that city. 1t says:
Since the days of Clay and Webster, no
man has spoken to a larger assemblage of the
intellect and mental culture of our city. Mr.
Lincoln is one of Natures orators, using his
rare powers solely and effectively to eucidate
and to convince, though their inevitable effect
is to delight and electrify as well. We present
herewith a very full and accurate report of
this Speech; yet the tones, the gestures, the
kinding eye and the mirth-provoking look,
defy the reporters skill The vast assemblage
frequently rang with cheers and shouts of ap-
plause, which were prolonged and intensified
at the close. No man ever before made such
an impression on his first appeal to a New
York audience.
VIM. Cullen Bryant, Americas poet and the
veteran editor of the Evening Post, presided
at the meeting. In introducing Mr.. Lincoln,
he gracefully paid the following deserved
compliment to the grea. West ard its able
champion. Mr.. Bryant, after the applause had
subsided, said;
It is grateful Office that perform in in
Producing to you at this time an eminent citi-
zen of the West, whom you know-whom you
have known hitherto-only by fame, and who
has consented to address New York assem-
blage this evening. The great West, my
friends is potent auxiliary in the battle we
are fighting, for Freedom against Slavery; in
behalf of civilization against barbarism; for
the occupation of some of the fairest region of
our Continent on which the settlers are now
building their cabins. see a hig her and
wiser agency than that of man in the causes
that have filled with hardy people the vast and
fertile regions which form the northern part of
the valley Of the Mississippi rice of men
who are not ashamed to till their acres with
their own hands, and who would be ashamed to
subsist on the labor of the slave. Applause
These children of the West, my friends, form
living bulwark against the advnnce of Slavery,
and from them is recruited the vanguard of
the armies of Liberty. [Applause.] One of
them will appear before you this evening in
person. gallant soldier of the political cam
paign of lS56-[applausel who then render
ed good service to the Republican cause, and
who has been since the great champion of that
cause in the struggle which took place two
pears later for the supremacy of the Republi-
cans in the Legislature of Illinois who took
the field against Senator Douglas, and would
have won in the conflict but for the unjust
provisions of the law of the State, which al
lowed minority of the voters to elect majority
of the Legislature. [Applause.l have only,
my friends, to pronounce the name of ABRAI
HAM LINCOLN of illinois, [cheers1-I have
only to pronounce his name to secure your
prOfoundest attention. Prolonged applause
and cheers for LincoIn.1
Mr.. LlneOIn will speak in Rhode Island and
probably in Connecticut before returning to the
West.
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Evening sohOols---Mr. Case, Statement.


MEssRs ED1ToRu-I notice an article in the
Herald of Feb. goth in reply to correspond
ent Evening Schools" and purpOrting to be
a "plain statement" of the evening school mat,
ter and Mr. Cases appeal for assistance,by "a
School Director"
In that art icIe ga School Director" has un-
Intentionally, Il hOpe,) given the public an er.
rOneous idea of the facts concerning this case;
and therefore beg the use of short space in
your journal both to set him right and give
your readers, by simple and truthful state
ment, correct understanding of this Ito me)
important subject.
He would make it appear that must have
made by the school in Prospect street
some $50 per month, and that "not satisfied
with one paying institution" 1 must needs
open a school on the West Side, and by that
speculation" he concludes must have lost my
money. 1 wish could persuade myself that
such was the case and that his estimate of the
profits was correct but so far is this from being
true, and unfortunately both for my pocket and
the soundness of ga School Directors" infer
ences, such was not the fact; for while the
West Side school during the month that it was
under my care paid its own expenses, my losses
arose from the undertaking on the East Side.
To show exactly how lost the amount sta
ted by your first correspondent, I subjoin an
account of my expenditures and receipts, by
which an impartial public can decide whether
it has been ''psying institution, and whether
was justified in presenting a petition to the
Board of Education for aid.
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cn..Iu. N. olny In conneclleut.

Mr.. Clay made one Of his Tousing speeches
in Hartford, Saturday evening, to rousiBg
audience. Large numbers Of earnest people
came in from the towns in the vicinity to hear
the fearless Kentucky Republican, and he was
frequently interrupted by the applause Of his
enthusiastic hearers. At the close of his
speech, the Republican Club presented Mr.
Clay with Charter Oak Cane The oOurant
prOnOunces it the largest political gathering
ever in Hartford. We clip the opening para
graphs of Mr. Clay's speech. They arc per-
sonal and fresh, and will be read with inter.
est -
Mr. Clay said that he was educated IN Yale
College coming TO Connecticut young man
with no fixed opinions upon political affairs
and saw tho thrift and intelligence and indus-
try of the people of the State. He had been
Influenced by no one in forming his opinions
while with US He had his eyes, and used
them He saw that in Connecticut, life, per.
son and property were protected. He had
seen the IabOring man rise to the level Of the
educated professional man. He saw that me-
chanics occupied, many times, better houses,
used better furniture and Jared more sumptu-
Ously than many professional man. In bis
own State he had seen all reversed; and he
asked himself, Why is It that laboring men and
mechanics in Kentucky cannot thrive as well
as here How is it, | now ask, can you labor
ing men Of Connecticut stand coldly by, and
see us in the south struggling to gain the inde-
pendence and privileges and position which
you gain hsre, and refuse to aid us If did
not believe that Providence would aid US in its
own good time, and grant the privileges and
blessings which We seek, would leave my
country for Russia. France, ItalY-I would live
under any despCtism but TIE despOtism of a
slaveholding Oligarchy.
Mr.. Clay thought, years ago, that the best
method of bringing about what he so earn estly
desired, waste educate the people. lie pre- ach-
ed this doctrine to the people and tho people
upheld him in it. He was sent to his State
Legislature, and when there, following out his
own desires and the wishes of his constituents,
he introduced a School Fund bill, similar to
those of the New England States, and it was
passed. He had not then learned that it was
treason to educate the people and that the man
who did so was not a fitting man for the Speak
ership of the House In those days when eds
ucati0n was not considered a crime, the bill
passed the Kentucky Legislature, and fund
was get apart, devoted eternally to the educa-
ton of the children of the poor. He went to
Mexico and did his country service in the war.
What did he find when he returned to Kentucky
Whv, that the School Fund bonds had been
cancelled by burning in the streets of Frank.
fort. The same spirit which burned those bonds
is the same spirit which is afraid to let Mr..
Helpers book be read by the labOring men of
the South Yet there is a power in principle
before which even tyrants quake, and the peo-
pie, demanding the restoration of those bonds
they locre restored; and in this the Shareholders
were obliged to scquiesce.
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How the Veto was vetoed.

The Kansas House did not stop to even dis
cuss the veto Of freedom in the Territory by
Gov. Medary, before putting their vote on the
missive of Slavery. It was sent in Feb. 2lst
was listened to very respectfully, and then
without discussion, the question was put =
''Shall the bill pass, the objections to the Gov
ernor to the contrary notwithstanding ?" The
yeas and nays were called; 80 members voted
yea, seven voted nay, and two were absent
The Lawrence correspondent of the LeaVen-
worth Times says the bill viii go through the
Council By about party vote, which is over
two-thirds.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01
southern Manufactures.

The South is beginning to wake up to the
necessity OfencOuraging manufactures at home,
and Texas is proposing to inaugurate system
Of land bOunties to invite manufacturers to
that State She has great surplus of lands,
but lacks capital, enterprise and people. A
bill is under consideration to grant ten sections
of land of GAO acres each, to every $4,000
invested in the manufacture Of cotton or
wooden cloths, and of articles of use OF
ornament of iron, copper and silver Of the
native ores of the State. It is possible that
the bill will go by the board for the same
reason bill in the Louisiana Legislature did,
granting bonus of six or eight dollars per ton
on all Louisiana built shipping. After furious
debate it was killed because It's opponents said
it would bring Northern men into the State!-
The Shareholders feared the effect of the influx
Of Northern men and free labor upon negro
servitude, and so the bill was tabled The
gentleman from Africa" is lord and master
down South. On the subject of tariff and
Southern manufactures, the Baltimore Patriot
says:
The HercuIean efforts now making in the
Southern States, to establish a system of man
ufacturing, have done more to convince the peO-
pie ofthat section of the necessity of Protective
Tariff, than all the speeches that could be made
in Congress from now till doOmsday. They
have come to realize its want by actual expert
ment. They are reminded that the cotton and
sugar culture owe its present greatness to the
bonuses afforded BY tariff
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ElNeE LOF the WnOle Time ....-......... l95,OO
Amount lost by me.............. 49,. 72,OO
I would say in regard to some of the above
items, that it took me some two weeks to get
scholars before the school could be put in ope-
ration: and my board therefore dates from two
weeks before the school opened.
1t is hardly necessary to explain to those who
have attempted the task of opening an evening
school, that there are always numberless ex-
Penses to be incurred that tend to swell the bill
of Items,an add greatly to the general costiof
such an enterprise.
Messrs. Editors, present the above case
through you to the citizens of Cleveland, and
ask them if my appeal for aid to the Board, is
not reasonable one; and if they have any good
cause to feel themselves "grieDiOuSly bOrcd'' by
my desire to have my actual expenditures paid
by them am sure the citizens of Cleveland
would not wiah to see me loser to that amount,
especially after I have given my time to the
teaching of their own youth, and those who
are in so much need of instruction.
know am not legally entitled to any as
sistance. took up the school hoping not only
to be the means of doing some good, but to OBJ
tain the means Of supporting myself during the
winter; but find was mistaken in my anti
cipations. l therefore submit my statement to
generous and impartial public, as well as the
Common Council and Board of Education
again; hoping still that sense of justice will
prevail, and that they will not allow me a
stranger to leave this city a sufferer to the
amount above specified; lost while working for
them in an enterprise which is so nearly allied
to the public school system, and which is of SO
great public importance H
Respectfully, A. P. CASE.
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Legislative sn,nmnry.

In the Senate yesterday the following bills
were passed.
For the completion of the State House; To
provide for locating, establishing and construct
ing bitches; TOPrOvide for the government and
management of the Hamilton County Lunatic
Asylum. and for other purposes; Amending
section 279 of the Code; To prevent frauduS
lent practices in banking; and to further regu-
late the practice of the Supreme and District
Courts in this State. A bill amending the law
regulating incorporated companies was intro
duced. Reports from several committees were
made, and the bill to provide for geological
survey of the State was defeated.
In the House joint resolution for the
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01
Nou-slaveholders In western virginia.

NomsElaNGMoLueEE IN hGHAtEM
A recent speech Of the Hon. James Barbour
in the Virginia House of Delegates, presents
some facts Of interest touching the sparseness
Of slaves in the vast territory Of Virginia--an
empire of itself-west of the Allegheny noun
tains and north of Ksnawha river. 1t contains
two hundred thousand white people, accumu>
latng annually at the rate of two per cent
one-fifth of the white population of the State,
with but eight thousand slaves. And why no
more therel
Mr.. Barbour answers in substance, because
these people cannot keep their slaves-because
the law does not protect slave property in that
portion of the Commonwealth. Mr.. B. speaks
of the country as one of the richest in soil and
resources on the continent-the best part Of
Virginia for labor to deveIope-but now quite
prohibited to the stakeholder by the entire in.
security Of his human chattels. Mr.. B. refers
to the TACT that a man in Harrison county
recently lost ten of bis slaves in one night, and
declares it makes "a Virginian's blood boil to
contemplate such things"
There is hope for freedom yet in Virginia
west of the AIeghenies A portion of the
press, and many of the people, speaking fear
lessly in behalf of free labor, free soil, and free
men. A call for a Republican Convention,
identical in its general terms with that of the
National Republican Committee, has been issued
by the Republican Committee of Wheeling, for
the holding of Convention in that city on the
I'd of May, to appoint delegates to the Chicago
Convention. Wheeling ranks with st. Louis
as nearly free city, and the call should, and
we trust will, meet with hearty response from
the vast majority of non Shareholders in West
ern Virginia. The owners of eight thousand
slaves, in a white population of two hundred
thousand, must be the merest handful in NUM-
bers, and should be in influence when Freedom
and Slavery are being weighed in the political
balance.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

B7The New York Commercial in noticing
the death of its 'oldest subcriber," David A..
Demarest, gentleman of great pleasantly and
genial humcf, asks: "Csn any journal in this
country boast subscriber for sixty-thIee con-
secutive years, who has paid sixty annual visits
in person to renew his subscription, and who in
his ninety-sixth year still read the paperl"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

ARREST AND SPURIOUS MoNEY.-A man of
gentlemanly appearance named George s. Gil
bert, about 80 years of age, was arrested in
Cincinnati on Thursday and So, $50 in spurious
issues, twOs, fves and tens, Hartford Exchange
Bank, were found in bis trunk.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

Tho action Of the Republican National Con.
mittes in changing the time of holding the
Chicago Convention from the 18th of June to
tee 10Th Of May. will meet with tho universal
approval Of the Republican masses They are
eager to buckle on the armOr under chosen
standardNbearers, and among the distinguished
men named for that post are ready to merge all
peFsonsl preferences, asking only in addition to
fitness, that they be known as true representa-
tives Of Republican principles and measures
However itmay be with calculating leaders and
scheming wire-wOrkers, the Republican voters
from the Atlantic to the Pacific demand the
nomination of representative men, and under
such leaders they will step shoulder to shout
der to certain victory next November.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01
nIemmineer,s Mission ,Iarroted.

The Carolina traitor has gone home, and the
Opposition State Convention in Virginia, with
only few dissenting votes, adopted the follows
ing cut direct:
Resolved, That this Convention emphatically
disapproves of the proposition now pending in
the Legislature of Virginia to send delegates
to a conference Of the Southern States, as rec
commended by the Legislature of South Car
Olina.
The Richmond Enquirer says that failure,
on the part of Virginia, to agree to this pro-
posed conference, viii secure the election of a
Republican President The proposition has
been reported against in the Legislature, and
though Wise has staked everything on its pas.
cage, it will probably be defeated
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

A millionaire WILL The New York
papers contain the will of Stephen Whitney,
dividing an estate of some ten to fifteen mills
ions among his relatives. Not dollar is devos
ted to any religious or charitable purposes
Exchange.
No marvel, for it is stated that the fOunda-
tiOn of his fortune was not one to be proud
If or mend the heart It is said he was one of
the first to introduce the adulteratiOn of liquors
whereby few gallons of real French brandy
is made to suffice for hOgshead of the same
article, as 1t comes to market-that Whitney
kept man at work for years at the most lucra-
tive transmutation Of water, whiskey, and a
few chemicals for favOring and coloring, into
hard silver dollars. The milIionaire's charity
was burned outIn such traffic long ago.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

repair of the damage dono the NewburQh
Asylum by the storm of the ed instant
was passed. The bills to authorize the
incorporation of township agricultural So
cieties and to amend section 2l4 Of the code
were ndefnitelyIpostponed The House spent
most Of the afternoon in Committee OF tho
Whole on the bill (Mr. Scott's) for the sale Of
the Canals and on the bill to prevent cOnsPira-
eies. Both were defeated -StatesmGn 29Eh,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

A TREMENDOUS FRY.-The smoke house of
ROe's great pork packing establishment in St.
Louis was burned on the 9Th ult., in which
was contained some 25O,O 900 pounds of side
meat, belonging to John J. Roe & Co, and
Henning & Woodruff. Loss about SOS, 600
and mostly covered by insurance.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PRINTING.

~ Plain and Ornamental Printing Of ever description
do4e a the Printing Estahlishnentot OF the Lsdasr ohes
uhs latest improved and mosrapid steam presses in us
bostsyle on shor u6see and reasonable rates. Par
tioular attention PAID 60 blank work Every description
ofBindas done especially blank Books, Lsagsrs, Journ
a.s sales BoaRs aoceiving Books, So., &o
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-01

Two oANARDs.-The account gong the rounds
that the Rev. 7. L. Harris, now in England, is
a seceder from Spiritualism, and has assailed it
in his diseourseS; and the reported drowning of
a large number of children, 49, in the Illinois
river, at Hardin, Illinois. Both are fctions.
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ROUSE & JENNINGS,
wTars1. u1o.1-
For Sale.

FARM OF l5lACRES-In Independence New house &
laTge new barn, orchard Of variety Of fru 10
under cultivation, balance good timber we'll iEatered.
S35 per acre
STORE AND DWELLING-At Railroad Station, ten
miles frOm the city. SICO0.
FARM OF IS ACRES-seTsn miles from the city; good
new house, barn, and other budingS orchard Of
variety Of iTuit: y timber halanca we'll cleared
and we'll Watered By sptings. Sl5 per acre.
STORE AND DIV ELLlNG4-Wilh II acres of land, in
large village on good road miles the eiIy bud
ings large and good and good Ieoar good sgring OF
water and great variety OF fruit Store doing good
bus ness
BROWNELL STREET-Two story house and lot. $500.
SCOFILL AVENUE (nesr Perry st.)-BTick house and
lot.
$500 OF ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAII.
ROAD STOCK.
SEVERAL FIRST RATE AIORTGAGES-Wsll ss
cured; from 500 10 Ss00s part old 10 per cent mort
cages
TO LET-A good story house Chestnut street.
ROUSE & JENNINGS,
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ROUSE & JENNINGS,
REAL ESTATE AND
Insurance Agents.
No. 2ll Superior Street,
MARBLE BLOCK. UP STAIRS

MARBLE BLOCK, UP STAIRS.
n0gl0
For Sale or Exchange.
FARM OF lEO ACREs-Oh Butterrut Ridge. A very
buildings large orchard soil sandy and cla5ey loan aHd
we'll watered. viii take good housasand lot In tbs
BRIIK LIVERY STABLE AND LEAsEHoLD-Weu
situated, the business Of tie city, wiki horses,
buggies harness, robes, ONCE furntore, SC Que half
IN cash balance on time, or In land near the city
CEDAR STREET (near Psrry)-Two tWo-story frame
houses and lots; good houses with bads and every
yenlenee. Exchange for farm or western lands.
THlATf-FWO o ACRES-Ien miles from The CITY By plank
Toad cottage honse small orchar % acres rich bottom
land acres TIMBER one sprlng and two wells EI-
change tor cry property. &l5g.
" county; timber land; $1,000: and HOUSE LOT on
West Side, 5000; to exchange for farm ia this
FARM OF EIGHTY ACREs-In Lake cannty, 7miles
timber balance we'll cleared; we'll atersd Exchange
for a house and lot in the city. S30psr acre.
BROWNELL SfREEf-House and lot to exchange for
farm. $780,
TWENTY ACREs-On St. Clair road, i mile from the
city hne fine gardening and with tostorY house. barn
orchard, Sc. Exchange for good farm.
HAMILTON sTREET-House and let to exchange fer
farm
States 70 exchange tor city property and farms. II he
property is desirable, soae difference viii be paid in
money.
CANAL STABLE AND DWEI.LING-on the canal and
in tbs cy and 700 acres Of Land, well situated IN Caaa
da. ExchHnge for western lsnfs
BUSINESS PROPERTY-A fine brick block on Superior
street, with easehod; lease has 20 run One
fourth Of the pay may be in other good property balance
ROUSE & JENNINGS,
febg Marble Block