Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-14

Inc citizens OF Milan have sent TO Earl
Russell statue in earrara marble, the
work Of the Milanese sculptor, Carlo Ro-
mano, in acknowledgement Of his services
to the cause of Italian unity.
The Oswego Palladium, a rabid pro-
slavery Democratic paper, has breathed its
last
A cheese was exhibited at the last New
York State Agricultural Fair, which
weighed 1,0S0 pounds, and was manufac-
tured in single day, in one ourd, from
the milk Of 500 COWS.
The government has advertised for two
thousand hesd-boards for graves, to be de-
hEered within thirty days. They are to
be Of black walnut, clear Of knots, four
feet long and ten inches wide.
A great sensation was created at Daven-
port few days since, on finding the body
Of a supposed infant in well, wrapped in
calico, but on investigation, it proved to be
the body Of cat.
General WadsWorth is said to bear his
defeat with great equanimity, but his bro
ther officers quiz him most numerically,
and misehieVously inquire when he ex-
poets TO hear from the rural districts.
Said Pennsylvanisn recently, 81 sought
the direction Of heaven, snd l heard q
voice saying unto me, Cor and 1 was on
the point Of going, when Governor Curtin
countermanded the order"
Ben Terry, famous priIe-hghter, died
IN London hospital recently, Of dsliriun
tremens.
At Pickering, 3 day or two ago, young
woman named Eliza Brown, residing in
lodgings, during a fit Of rage caused by
drink, seized knife, suddenly put out her
tongue, and cut OF considerable portion
It is said that under the care of a surgeon,
she is progressing favorably.
Miss Lizzie Ely, of Denmark, Maine, is
announced as editor Of the Bridgeton Re-
porter. Two editors Of that paper have
gone to the war, and to avoid like catss-
trophe, the publishers have wisely resolved
to place in their editorial chair one who is
exempt from such service.
The Elmira Press reports that valuable
lead mine has been discovered at Port Jer-
Wis A rich vein of the ore has been open
ed on Shswungunk Mountsin, in the town
Of Deerpark. It is located in ravine
near the Erie railway track
In Troy, the Democrats resorted to the
trick Of greasing all the names on their
ticket, except those for State officers, to
prevent their being pasted or scratched
The Troy Times remarks that the dread Of
being cut by their own party sdherents
must have been very powerful, to have in
duced such confession Of weakness as
this.
A msn in Portsmouth, n. h, having got
into debt to the amount Of S2O0r by specu-
lation, enlisted and paid his bills out of his
bounty. That is the right kind Of soldier
stuff.
An immense number Of letters is daily
received at the war department, and many
ridiculous fsvors are asked. One soldier
lately asked that his wife, who was 3 very
good woman, should be allowed TO accom-
p&ny him to the field: and stated, as an in
duoement, that she could wash the clothes
of the whole regiment
One Of the Massachusetts Colonels,
wounded fatally st Mansssas, asked for
pen and ink to write home, but the pen
dropped from his pulseless hand, and he
passed into the valley of shadows with the
whisper on his lips, aMy wife, my boy,
my country"
During the month Of October, the Cana
disn volunteer force has been increased
1900 in number. Under an official order
the classes A & B are to be called out for
drill twelve days, for which they are to
receive the legsl advance of SO per man.
Under the new military law the volUn-
teer force is rapidly increasing.
A few days since, one Of the hardshell
persuasion, from the rural districts, was
in Portsmouth, N. H., trading. One Of his
purchases amounted 10 about half dozen
dollars; and after he had roundly denounc-
ed athis abolition war, and stated, with
emphasis in action and language, thst he
wouldn't read any Of the blasted war pa
pers, he pulled from his pockets twenty
dollar gold piecs, and paid his bill, passing
the gold at par!