Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-31

Mrs. Gen. Mcclellan and Mrs. Gen.
Marcy, having finished their visit to tht
Army Of the Potomac, are now in Wash
ingtOn.
One corporation appears TO have q soul
and therefore deserves praise. The Albany
IN. Y. Gas Company refuses to sell coke
Of which it has a large quantity, having
determined to give it away to the poor.
have very little respect for the ties Of
this world, the felon said when the rope
was tied around his neck.
He who said that the half is often bet
ter than the whole, might have added thai
none a. all is often better than half.
In the course of & very eloquent sermon
at the Park street Church, Boston, Rev. DR..
Stone stated that over 100 persons from
that society had enlisted in the Massachu-
sets regiments, DR.. Stone is the Chap
lain Of the 45th, and q large number Of
these enlisted from the church have Joined
the same regiment. He has q son in the
! rank Of the 45th.
A western paper says we want to buy
good eocn and POssum dog, to hunt our
meat with during the year. It is foolish
for man 20 think about buying hog meat,
who is printing newspaper for 81 year.
A dog that will hunt coon, possum, and
kill sheep occasionally, will command
good price at these " headquarters"
One lawyer in town would starve, but
let him invite another, and they will both
thrive.
The soldiers in Camp Russell, Norwich,
Connecticut had funeral, Tuesday, and
buried their rations. They (the ratiOns)
had been dead four days, and by that time
threw out an odor like that of a rebel SOL
dier. Consequently they buried the rations,
and ought to have buried whoever furnish
ed them.
The citizens of Halifax recently elected
a model Alderman. Within the last six
years he has been before the Police Court
ten times for drunkenness, and abusive
language, assaults, SC, The council refus-
ed TO allow him to take his seat.
Far sweeter music to true woman than
the tones of harp or piano touched by
her hands, are the cheerful voices of hus-
band or children made joyous by her pres
ence.
A young gentleman in the spring-time
Of life, when walking with lady stumbled
and fell On resuming his perpendicular,
the lady remarked, she was sorry for his
unfortunate fauz pas al didn't hurt my
fore pa'es," said he, al only skinned my
knee"
New York is not so much absorbed in the
war as to leave no time for amusements.
The number of visitors to the Central Park,
last Saturday, was near 10000. The car
riages numbered 4,37s.
At war meeting last week, at Chicago,
some one offered a COW to the first married
volunteer The first volunteer was single
man, who STEPPED forward amidst vooifer-
Gus applause-some cheering the man and
others cheering the COW. Gentlemen"
said off," belong to the class that won't
be cowed."
The Albany Express states that shoe
dealer in that city was victimiEed Tuesday
morning by man who purchased q pair
Of boots for four dollars, and rendered him
therefor a two dollar Treasury note, alter
ed to a fifty, which was accepted for the
latter amount, and the rogue walked of
with forty-siX dollars in good money, and
the boots. The fraud was soon afterward
discovered but the man was not to be faund
anywhere.
An old sailor, passing through a grave
yard, saw on one of the tombstones' 81 still
live" 1t was too much for Jack, and, in
shifting his quid, he calculated "Well, I've
heard say there are cases in which man
may lie, but if was dead I'd own it"
Communication by electric telegraph has
taken place between London and Turner,
in Siberia, a distance of ,099 miles. tt is
anticipated that an extension Of the wires
will be made to Nikolaievski, on the Paci-
fc, by the end Of this year, and that teleg-
raphic Communication with New York, by
way Of Siberia and California, will be es-
tabished by the end of next year.