Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-11-17
A ACONSERVATlVB PRESSURE.
ITO the Chicago Tribune.J

The Treasury Department viii not, prob
ably, ask for much legislation this winter
The last Congress gave the Secretary su-
therity for nine hundred millions of dol
lars. Of these he has only used four hun
dred millions, including the fifty millions
recently negotiated through New York
banks. Ten millions more Of this have Just
been drawn for, leaving twelve and half
millions yet to draw.
General Meade is in town. The Rapidsn
seems to be q harder nut to crack than the
Rappahannock. More troops are called for,
and meantime the army waits. Practically,
all interest is still concentrated at Chstts-
nooga.
Colonel Myers, Chief of the Signal Corps,
is also squelched and ordered to Memphis
TO report thence to the Adjutsnt-Generslo of
the army. The War Department seems to
be acting on the principle Of ordering West
all heads 1f bureaus whom it wants to get
rid Of 1t has already out there Adjutsnt-
General Thomas, Surgeon General Ham
mond, Qusrtermaster- general Meigs and
Commissary- General Taylor, and every in
dication here is that two or three more will
speedily follow them.
The Navy Department estimates for next
year are about one hundred millions, forty
millions more than last years.
The total estimates presented from all
the departments to the Secretary Of the
Treasury, are about twelve hundred mil
lions.
On board one Of the blockade runners,
whose capture was recently announced in
these dispatches, were certain important
official communications from rebel agents
in Europe, to the authorities in Richmond.
Among them are some letters of Mason,
letters fixing the completely Of the Lord
Mayor Of London with blockade running,
in an official way; letters showing in de-
tail the negotiations with parties in Lon
don for ship building, importing contra
band Of war, &c.. two long and ndimpOrtant
letters from Edwin de Leon, the rebel
agent at Paris, one to Benjamin, the other
to JEFF Davis.
Senator Sprague and bride left Washing
ton last evening in the Presidents private
car Of the B. s D. Railroad, and reached
Philadelphis about one this morning
They stop in Philadelphia till Monday,
and then proceed to Providence, Rhode
Island. They are accompanied by the
following bridal party: The bridesmaids,
Miss Netty Chase, Miss Skinner and Miss
Nichols. The groomsmen, Major Baldwin
and Captains Haven and Ives; and the
following from Rhode Island. Mr.. D.
Sprsgue, Mrs. A. Sprague, Miss Susan
Sprague, Miss A. Rice, Mrs. L. B. Freeze,
MessIs. Palmer and Fishers, and Messrs
and journey were conducted quietly and
publicity avoided as much as possible.
John Ross, Chief Of the Cherokees, and
others of the tribe, are here to consult
with Commissioner Dale.
ITO the Cincinnati Commercial
WAsHIEEToN, Nov. IA.
There has been quite a general consul
tation Of Republican conservative politic-
ians to-day, with view, it is said, of in
huencing the President to take bold con
seryatiVe ground in his forthcoming Mes
sage. Governor Curtain, I-Governor
johnson, of Pennsylvania, Thurlow Weed,
Senator Morgan, Of New York, and others,
are down on some mysterious movement
The politicians claim that the Me sage
will be conservative.
Secretary Seward informed a distin-
guished Senator, to day, that at no time
since the war commenced have his sdVices
from Ministers Adams and Day ton been Of
so cheering a character. The official SEN
timent is undergoing a great change in
England and France, and neither is conf
dent Of rebel success.
The President decided tonight that
owing to tremendous pressure Of public
business, it would be impossible for him
to attend the conservation ceremonies at
Gettysburg, en- the 18th, much to his re-
gret.
A dispstch-bsg foatsd ashore from one
of the bIockade-runners captured of Will
mington recently, containing Voluminous
and highly interesting correspondence
from abroad. All hopes Of foreign aid
seem to have vanished. Mr.. De Leon
writes from Paris that the Confederacy
must buy golden opinions if they would
have them" and declares thst the French
are even more meroenary than the Eng
lish.
Officials consider that the Canadian plot
for the release Of prisoners is nipped in
the bud. The State Department has been
in possession of considerable information
all along on the subject but not sufficient
to warrant any preparations to resist it,
until more fully developed. Upon Lord
Lyons communication exposing the facts,
the whole plot has exploded. Many prom
inent names are mentioned in connection
with it.
Intelligence from Grant contains moth
ing for publication. All is quiet in his