Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-28
MORNING. LEADER.
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 2s, Iss3.


The only Chinamsn in the war was kill
ed at Gettysburg, He was called John
Tommy, and was attached to tn Ist Excel
sior regiment, having Joined it when 1t
was first raised.
An Iowa regiment has a rule that any
maa who utters an oath shall read a chap
ter in the Bible. Several have got nearly
through the Old Testament
At Berrien, Michigan, a barrel Of sor-
ghum syrup was stored away some five
years ago, and it was recently tapped,
when the contents were found to be white
sugar.
Vioksburg-G
To whom shall we Grant the Meade Of
praise2
An establishment at Waterbury, CT, is
making one hundred thousand dollars
worth Of copper coin for the Peruvian Gov
ernment They are Of denominations E.
quail to one and two cents.
A hogshead Of tobacco was sold in ST.
Louis the other day at the enormous price
Of S1Ol so per hundred pounds. 1t was
raised by John Croft, in Franklin county,
Mo.
In POmpeii, death was fttingly symbol
lied by seulpturing on the monuments Of
the departed a representation of a ship en-
tering port. The troubled sea of life was
passed.
During the cavalry fight at Aldie, Col
Vincent gave the order TO charge on the
rebel battery, not IN precise military
phrase, but Stop that ID battery hol-
lering an order of such terse meaning
and intelligibility as to be looked for from
such man.
A Liverpool paper says that there were,
at the date of writing, 40 ships earoNts
from India to that town, with no less than
1929 bales Of cotton on board.
The age Of young lady is now express
ed according TO thepresent style of skirts,
BY saying that eighteen springs have pass
ed oOer her head
A writer, in an account Of the Andaman
Islands, says that "both sexes have no 9th
er clothing than a thick covering Of soft
mud, which is put on regularly every eve
ming, to protect them against the bites Of
mosquitoes. ticks and other tormentors.
A cOtempOrary says: "The two oppOs-
ing armies in the North may be said to
have imbibed, of late, a pastoral taste
since both are now led by "Spangled
Meade and howery Lea.
The Louisville Journal says Pennsylva-
nis, when she welcomed the rebels to 90
~ bed, provided Couch and a Curtin for
their accommodation.
Mr.. J. N. Webster, of Illinois, has lust
invented a machine for stoning cherries,
plums, peaches, and such fruit. Ii is said
to do the work in admirable style, leaving
the fruit when separated from the stone,
as plump looking as before.
In Piokaway, Ohio, $500 have been rais-
ed by subscription, to send loyal county
papers to the soldiers in the army from
that county. A similar movement is on
foot in Fairfield county. The idea is
good one, aud worthy of imitation.
Aunt E. was trying to persuade little
Eddy to retire at sundown; " You see,
my dear, how the little chickens 90 to rest
at that time. F." Yes, aunty," replied Ed
dy, but the old hen always goes with
them. " Aunty tried no moro arguments.
The Ft Wayne Gazette says an unsoph-
istiosted Butternut, of one of the back
townships, says that the cause Of the op-
position Of the Copperheads to the enroll-
ment Of the militia, preparatory to
draft, is from the fact that "every Demo-
erat who goes into the army and lives to
get home, is sure to come back an aboli-
tiOnistl .tE ..r
The Nashua Iron Company is making" "a
test plate for the government. 1t is TO i
be twelve feet long, forty-two inches wide,
and nearly five inches thick, and viii. be
used as mark against which to fire heavy
shot, at the Washington Navy Yard.