Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-21

THURsDAY MORNiNG, Nov. 81, 1881.
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az An Reading Matter on
this page Is from our Yester-
day Afternoons Edition.
seeretary seward.
The following paragraph appears in q
letter from Washington to the N. Y. Eve
ming Post;
A prominent citizen Of New York had
an inteEEieW with Mr.. seward day or two
since, when the question Of compromise
came up when Mr.. Seward remarked
with many persons have the reputation
Of q oompromiser. Nothing could be more
unjust 70 me. Wss the last man in the
Cabinet 10 consent to the removal Of Gen.
Fremont and / would be the last man to
consent to . compromise with rebels!
Why, then asked the New Yorker, do
you not take pains 10 Get your opinions be
knOWnT Because I am willing 10 trust
ny reputation with the future, was the
reply. q would like to make this oonVer-
sation public, for the sake Of some Of my
friends as we'll as yours said the citizen,
and the Secretary replied that he hal no
ooncealments"
Congress viii meet in a fortnight and
We may then expect the correspondence Of
the Secretary Of State with foreign Powers
on the various questions raised by this re-
bsllion. Unless We are much mistaken, it
win put to rest 3 good many false impres.
si6ns which have been instillsd into the
public mind concerning Mr.. Seward.
CEEAEIIHEss IN THE ARMH.-The New
York Sanitary Association had q meeting
in that city few nights ago, when DR..
Bellows msde some interesting statements
In relation to the cleanliness Of the Army
Of the Potomac. he said that the Medical
staff was insufficient to care for 50 large
number Of men, even if they we're regu-
lar soldiers; but that volunteers we're more
exigent-What would do for regulars"
would not do for them. he spoke Of the
prevailing want Of cleanliness in camps,
and the eulpsble negligence Of officers in
enforcing G stricter regard for that virtue
amongst their men. The Society had made
various efforts to impress ire soldier with
a voluntary regard for cleanliness. IthAd
printed thirty different tracts, Of which
100000 copies had been put in circula-
ton, giving the instruction and warning
and considerable good had been done by
those tracts; still much remained to be
done. Notwithstanding all drawbacks
however, DR.. Bellows said that the Army
Of the POtomsc was the healihiest army Of
which We have any knowledge. This Wa'
to be attributed to the unusual salubrity 0.
the season more than to any other cause.
Langdon OhsVes writes from Savannah
= 70 q friend in Charleston, early in las
month, that one negro out OF twenty in tn
Beaufort District Wss ordered 10 be spared
and set at work on fOrtihoatiOns on HiltOl
Head Island ct Braddosk Point The sam
writer states that applications for commits
sions we're in excess of enlistments, an
that recruits we're scarce and commission
only to be had by bringing in fifteen o
twenty soldiers. This missive is anon
the number found at Fort Walker.
The London Post 1ESH .E,PGr Mr.. Stewards oir
The London Post, Government organ
in review Of Secretary SeWsrd's CireI
lar. calling upon the Governors Of Il
States to fortify their borders, says;
Now We must say that the America
Government, in our Judgment never took
step more uncalled for and more unWis
We deeply regret the lamentabls contest
-wbieh they 6nd themselves committed
and ne have looked throughout more
-aorrow for America than in anger for o.
own losses. upon the contest for authorl
which is now Wsging. But with all th
svmpsthy, and with the utmost intere
botb pecuuiary and moral, in the Americ
civil war, We have firmly and h1edly
trained from prOnouncing any judgme
- between the belligerents. II We thoue
4hst ne could arrest bloodshed and tern
Date the var, We would most gladly Of
our friendly mediation. But from
vsrv commencement we were persuao
that the scope and feroeness Of the host
ties we're such as European mediau
wonld rather intensity than allsy.
have. therefore, at once Rs nation and
A government, resolved TO take no p
whstever in the question: while we h
A remain friendly with both parties.
Saward therefore altogether miscslcula
fbe intentions both Of the British COVE
nenf and the British people, if he thii
1bat suv design exists unless it be am
= feW foFVGrd and uninhuential memt
of Psrliament) to recognize the so'
sreh 4 resolution Of neutrality upon
s,srt is recommended on grounds botf
5oIiev and Justice. The only incentive
sither this country or France to take
oDnosite course would be to re.establish
s1pply Of cotton. But we believe thst {
A hypothesis is altogether delusive,
that while the Northern Government
tiuued its blockade, there would be no I
export ef cotton from q recognized
from sn unreoOgniEed Southern COME
aev. Il would also be, 81 present q
eether premature to recognize bod
States which cannot be said TO have
demonstrated their capacity to main
their oWn independence. II the Predi'
~ the North should be realised, and
- enemies should, before spring, I'm
right over" the Southernersi what y
become Of British or french reeoghl'
A Hard March.
The march Of portion Of our troeI
dav before the Piketon hght, IS desc
as one Of the most fatiguing Of the va
6sttallion Of Col Msrshalrs regime
vbieh vas temporarily attached pc