Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-28
miscelIaneous Items.

On the day after Christmas there viii
be q gathering Of young women in st
Georges, in-the East, London, for the pur.
pose Of drawing lots for 3 marriage pOr.
lion Of eI00. The candidates must bs
twenty-five years Of age, have been edu
Gated in Raine's charity school, and have
continued members Of the Episcopal
Church This sum was left by Mr.. Raine
to be devoted to tie purpose; many years
ago, and 1t is said that all Il 2 girls who
have been fortunate enough TO obtain il
have married well.
DR.. Rucker, who has recently escaped
from g rebel prison in Virginin, repre-
sents that the loyal people along the noun
tsins Of Virginia are very anxious to have
Butler, Fremont and men Of that cast
put in command, with full authority TO
punish rebels wherever found. They look
fer dsliverance only by stringent policy
and severe measures. The starvation of
Union prisoners does not ar Sc, as alleged
by the rebels, from scarcity Of food in the
Confederscy. There has been prodnced
the present year about half crop of
wheat, three-fourths Of a corn crop, and
one-third OF the usual supply Of pork.
These crops have just been gathered, and
until they are consumed, there is no ex-
cuse for Starving the prisoners.
The different counties in Indiana are
outlying each other in endesvoring to
make soldiers families comfortable, and
I helping the Sanitary Commission. A SOL
diers' supper at Lafayette, The other night,
netted three hundred aud thirty dollars.
Carroll county has given two hundred
and thirty-fve dollars in cash, and four
hundred wagon loads of provisions; one
gentleman in Richmond has given enc
thousand dollars, and these are only ex-
amples Of what is going on all over the
State.
A correspondent says drunken pri-
vsts while in pugilistic mood, recently
approached General Meade with e poizt
blank challenge to single combat, express
sing great confidence in his ability to
vanquish the COmmander-in-C Chief. As q
punishment he was suspended by the
thumbs to tall pine tree, and pail Of
cold water slowly poured upon his cra-
mum by man on ladder several feet
above.
The coal question, in which everybody
is interested, is very clearly discussed by
the Miners Journal The fact is demon
strated that the eKorbitant price Of coal is
the result of monopoly, which would rob
the whole country and bring suffering
upon the land in order to satisfy its greed
for unreasonable gain. Congress may
grant some relief by taking the tariff off
foreign coal, and this it should do the first
thing after its session opens.
A fellow. calling himself Charles Mason,
grabbed package Of 81. coo, and three
packages Of 500 each, on the counter of
the ShuttlewOrth Bank, in Buffalo, last
Saturday, and ran. In his hesdlong flight
he dashed into the arms of a gentleman on
Main street. who detained him. The
money was recovered, and the thief lodged
in jail.
There is said to be couple in Jefferson
vile who have been engaged to be mar
ried for the past five years, but no time
has occurred within that period when
they were both out Of the State prison at
the same time. TEr.
A letter from Lieutenant Babb at Libby
Prison speaks Of the great joy of the
prisoners on the receipt of the first lot of
provisions sent by the Christian Commits
sion, and their distribution in the prisons
and hospitals.
1t is said that the War Department
has decided to pay the wives of soldiers
in rebel hands the money due their hus-
bands.
The trunks of two trees have been
sent from the battlefield of Gettysburg to
the Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania His
toriesl Societies. One of them has 250
bullet-holes in the space Of twenty-one
feet, and the other ITO holes in the same
space.
"A Plttsdeld Mass youth of thirteen
years recently eloped with q couple of
giTls Of the same tender age, but was fol-
lowed TO North HOosic, New York, and the
whole preeOciOus trio captured. This is
elopement number two from Pfttsfeld
within few weeks. We are afraid the
rising generation on the Berkshire hills
are getting in q bad way. All the fellows
who elope seem to want two women also
Late English papers state that the drain
on the farming population of Ireland is
giving serious alarm to the landlords Of
that country. AT a recent agricultural
dinner, the Marquis of Waterford declared
that, if the emigration continued at the
rate at which it had lately progressed,
there would be no laborers to till the soil,
and Ire MD would become mere sheep
walk.
1t is said that it has been for some
time the fashion with some Roman Catho-
lies to visit Westminster Abbey on the au-
niverssry Of the translation of Edward the
Confessor, and perform service of sdors-
ton before the shrine. They were pre-
vented doing so this year, however, bS he
authorities, who directed the Confessor's
Chapel to be closed on that day, in order
10 put stop to the practise.
- The two Misses Csllow, daughters Of |
Mr.. William CsllOW, of Baltimore, young
ladies Of fifteen and sixteen, who were |
left the sole pupils in the seminary at |
Gettysburg during the three days battles,
have returned to their studies at this |
school. Their heroism on that occasion is |
still the theme Of admiration 10 our Union |
social circles. These young girls went out |
Of the house while the battles we're raging, |
and brought the wounded in, dressed their |
wounds, and nursed the sufferers.
FOFeIEu Commerce Ofthe Port Of New York |
The following iS the comparative state
ment of the exports of foreign ports, e1-
elusive of speois, from the port of EeE
York, for the week ending November II,
and since sanuary 1
1871 1852 1863