Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-29

General Miramon (ex-President Of Mex
ico) and family, and General Cobos, Of
Mexico, are in Montreal.
A concern in New Bedford will make
S6O0OO by the recent rise in petroleum
oil.
A female recruit was detected at Roeh-
ester, N. Y, by trying to put her pants on
over her head.
In Vienna a company has been formed
for the purpose of washing the windows
by machines. The charge is one cent per
window.
The Newbern Progress states that the
Confederacy gained some 10000 men by
the CONSUMPTION act in North Carolina,
and the examining physicians reported
more than three-ffths Of them as unfit for
duty.
A abig thing" is reported at the HOugh-
ton Mine, Lake Superior, in the shape of
mass of virgin copper weighing twenty
three tons.
There were only l, 400 slaves in st. Louis
two years ago, and the best judges now
estimate that there are less than 500, and
these principally old deerepid house SER
wants.
Ten Brooks American herse. @Opti-
mist" was one of the winners Of the trst
race at the Newmarket (England) October
meeting.
We understand, says the Ellicottville
Union, that the Erie Railway Company
have bought the Atlantic and Great Wes-
tern Road; that the depot at Salamanca
will be discontinued-andp possibly the one
at Great Valley, and a new one erected
halfway between the places-say in the
vicinity of "Hemlock."
There is no sale for horses in Australia,
and lot of, 600 are to be boiled down by
Mr.. Atkinson, Of Sophlenburg. He
saves their hides and hoofs, and extracts
as much oil from their carcasses as posi-
bic. The wild charger Of Australians
burning plains may well envy the Euro
pean donkey his thistle.
At bull fight given in BayOnne, in
honor of Louis Napoleon, six bulls and
seven horses were killed. The principal
matador, Ell Tato, received 81, 900 for his
days work, which is higher wages than
most slaughter-houses pay.
A man who has no bills against him be-
longs to the order Of nobility in more
than one sense.
An Arkansas paper records the marriage
of rich white woman to q Cherokee war
rior. Perhaps they may get along very
well together-she hopping, and he whoop-
ing.
The name of every private soldier in
| Illinois is to appear in the report Of the
Adiutaut-G General. His company, regiment,
| and his honorable service, is 10 be pub
| lshed. 1t is to be roll of honor. Gov
/ ernor Yates says that this is the people 9
war-a struggle for their liberties, and
the people should have a roll of honor to
hand down to future generations.
Coal oil at the Pennsylvania wells is
firm at from Is to so cents per barrel. At
Pittsburgh crude is from to 81 cents per
gallon.
A.B. Dickinson has been appointed U.
/ S. Marshal of New-York, in place Of L. J.
Chase, deceased. Mr.. Dickinson is now
Minister to Nicaragua, and cannot return
home for several weeks to assume his new
duties.
The library Of Congress now contains
! $4,000 volumes. From 1000 to 5000 vol
umes have been added during the past sea-
son to supply most conspicuous deficiencies
They are valuable selections, in every de-
partment Of art, science and literature
Special attention has been devoted to rem
dering the collection in American history
biography and politics complete. Most Of
the books purchased this season came from
Northern cities, but orders for couple o.
thousand more were sent to Europe.
In one of his late letters to the LondoI
Times, Mackay, its New-YOrk correspond
ent denounces Archbishop Hughes foI
q transforming himself into a recruiting
sergeant" The distinguished prelate car
afford to regard with contempt the lucu
bration Of this small-beer poet.
A new wsrk relating to one of the mos
interesting phases of the war is now in tn
press of G. W. Childs, of Philadelphia. l
is written by Mr.. Joel Cook, the war cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press, an
purports to give full and impartial &C
count of General McClellsn's operation
before Richmond in May and June last.
number of distinguished literary men ant
historiographers have spoken Of the Wor
in high terms.