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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

LIeHTs AND SHADOWS OF CINCINNATI
CHURCH MENsERsHIP. NICE SCENE IN
CHuRoH.-A SAB36TH-SoEooL SuPERISTES.
DENT cowHIDED BY LADY CHURCH MENBER
They are "peouliar psopIe''-the Cincin.
natians They raise church members who
are blessed with 8 peculiar and curious sort
Of religion. Their latest sensation in the
City Of Pork is the cowhiding of Sabbath
School Superintendent by lady member oi
the church, during the Sabbath exercises,
and while the officiating minister was en-
gagged in prayer. We learn from the Com
mercial that last Sunday, at the Park Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, while DR..
Hitchcock was opening services with prayer,
the congregation was startled by series of
VOciferous, and, for the time, most unseemIy
EXPLANATIONS, from a female, accompanied
By the sound Of blows, and Of scufls and
the astOunded EOrshippsrs got up from their
knees, and the minister opened his eyes to
the fact that there was a personal difficulty
of the most extraordinary character trans-
piring then and there.
A quarrel had for some time existed be-
tween Mark R. Barnitz and Mrs. Nellie Ja-
cObs and the former, who is Superintendent
of the Sabbath School, had exerted his inhu
ence successfully to remove Mrs. Jacobs frem
her position as teacher in the school. Grim
nations and recriminations were bitter, and
much annoyance was caused by the quarrel.
HiHc iHe Iuchryue!
Mrs. Jacobs entered the house during the
services, and gliding up to the pew of Mr..
Barnitz, where he was kneellng in prayer,
she drew a cow-skin, which she had concealed
in her skirts, and hit Barnitz tremendous
whaek over the head, following it up with a
hot and heavy larruplng. She accompanied
the blows with hystericaI cries of 81 on, yUu
viIIai-. - RI THere, you traduos- ~ efHI--da-
a woman, will you" &c.
Of course the sensation was immense. The
services were entirely interrupted, and una
vailing efforts were made to uiet the demon
strative Mrs. J., who surrounded herself,
Venus like, with floating cloud of cayenne
pepper, which she dispersed around her with
liberal hands. She was at last carried of.
Mr.. Barnitz took the extraordinary aPpIica-
ton that befslI him pretty cOOlIy, and at
tended church in the afternoon. 1t is not
probable that Mrs. Jacobs will frequent that
church much hereafter.
"Bshold, how good and pleasant it is for
brethren land sisters) to dwell together in
unity"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16
me pemocracy In Consress.


The process Of welding the Democratic
factions iHtO one, for peace or war, has al
ready begun in their Congressional man
euYeriHgs. On the ballOting for Speaker
their vote was exceedingly soattering.-
They will be gradually simmered down,
however, into two chief ingredients. Just
ct the present time, they are exceedingly
embarrassed by the peculiar posture Of na-
fional affairs. The clear, decided issue
which the President presents is not very
encouraging to them for to take the Op-
pOsite is virtually to become the chamPi-
ons Of slavery. s s. Cox claims to lead
the War Democrats "Phernandi" the
Peace Party. This latter stripe are op-
posed to the war per Sc, and are doubtless
vsry anxious to see their gloomy predic-
tons Of failure to eOerce State realized.
The folloring is the new Congressional
programme;
aThe next move Of the Copperheads Is
70 be a general assault upon the New EGG
land Ststes and capitalists. They place
their last hopes Of distrRcting and para
lvzing the country upon this. They will
set forth the fact that the capitalists are
the persons particularly benefited by The
var; that they hold all the bonds Of the
Govern ment, especially the capitalists D!
New England and New York city; that
they are saddliRg, for their exclusive ben
EFT, an immense debt upon the lsbering
masses and small proprietors. They claim
that in year from now this debt includ-
ing uRadjusted claims, will amount to
over three thousand millions of dollars.
Their every efo9 will accordingly he
inside to create contest between the cap
itsl and the labor Of the country. This
they expect will operate in two ways. Z
will frighten capital on the one hand by
the repudiaton Of the masses, and thus
engage them on their side in their effort TO
stop the war; while il will array the Ia
Dor and small capitalists also in their
ranks. They ssy that the war can now
only be stopped by 3 collapse Of the fnan-
ces Of the country and that this can only
be brought about by bringing the capital
lists who hold our funds 70 the conviction
that what they have invested will be per.
iledif they do not stop prosecution. This
is the hope Of the Copperheads just now
They have given up all ides of stopping
the war except by financial disturbances
purtuIbstions, and to bring these sbou
they viii straiA every nerve. In this way
they will be playing the same role oVel
agaia-opposition to the Administration
to the War, and especially 10 the abolition
Of slavery. GE
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16
MORNING LEADER.
WEDNESDAY MORNINe DKC. I6, 1858.
An Issue Presenfed

II We may credit the Plain Dealer, the
Democracy have st length sn opportunity
to "drsw political lines without involving
any question Of politics" q The masses
Of the people do not believe in this cru.
sade against the industrial system Of q
portion Of the country"
The Democracy, having been utterly
routed from ore end Of the land to the
other, they now have an opportunity to be
true ID their old instincts Of fealty to
slavery. Ignoring the desperate nsCessi-
ties Of the Republic, whiek made it necss-
ssry to strike boldly at the very heart Of
the Rebellion; and forgetting, or being
Wilfully blind to the power Of the Presi-
dent ss Comnsnder-in-C Chief to issue his
PrOolamAtion5 having keeaer sympathies
with the men who have wrought ali this
woe than with the poor whites Of the South,
the Democracy are about 70 inaugurate 3
campaign whose bsttle.ery is to be The
Union and Slavery )" The Constitution
and Slavery" We pity the blindness
which has SO little insight inlO the spirit
Of this grest struggle. The people have
pronounced Judgment upon the cause Of
.Ae war. 1t is doomed in the irrevooable
decree Of Providence and impOtent is The
petty might of men to stay what God has
ordsiLed shall come to pass. II any pOlit-
ical party wishes to be buried in an ever
lasting grave of infsmy, let it come before
the people with a proposition to close up
this war by admitting the rebel States
into the Union with their peculiar institu-
tion. Let its cry be Hslavery and the
Uniony1i and it will have still mightier
expression of denunciatiOn from this
great Commonwealth.
The proposed amnesty of the President
is not for tbs rebel slavehOlding leaders.
They are but small portion Of the South.
Consider this statement, furnished by that
bitter rebel, De Bow:
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

There is great demand for sesmen in
the Navy. The Government has advioes
from the 0. s. steamer Lancaster, the fsg-
ship of the Pacific squadron, now lying
at Mare Island California; Navy Yard,
as having no sailors 10 man her. She is
almost every way ready for SEQ, but it is
almost impossible to get hands. As mer-
chant sailors trading from San Francisco,
receive gold for their pay, as indeed the
naval sailors and tficers do, the large
advance given by the former, successfully
completes with the navy. Indeed, it is
said that hundreds ofsesmen are shipping
in New York at low rates for San Fran.
cisco, in order to get the gold currency
when shipping there. Another cause Of
the scarcity Of sesmen is the large boun-
ties offered for recruits in the army.
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Life in Libby Prison-HOw the Prisoners
XIII Zine,

| Life in Libby PrisOn-HOw the Prisoners
XIII Time.
The New Haven Journal publishes the
following extracts Of a letter from a
Union prisoner, at Richmond, dated ct
the Libby Prison, Nov. 2Oth:
We have the strangest set Of men TO
deal with, in connection with the prison
you ever saw. The commander Of the
prison, is Captain Turner. TIE inspector
Of the prison, with whom we have most to
| do, is Turner by name also. The former
is slim, tbin-fsoed, Straightforward in
dividual, with sn extremely eoBeeited ex-
preston about tho lips. When addressed
be protrudes them out and raises himself
up on his heels, and replies
in some dry satirio way, which
makes you wish you had not pro-
pounded the question. The latter is best
described by ones commencing cross be-
tween hangman and bulldog. That he
is human, we know by seeing him laugh,
which, though q very pitiable sight, show
ed beyond doubt that he was human. This
phenomenon, So it seemed to us, took place
the first day or two after he took the busi-
ness ofpurchssing supplies for the prison,
from which contract he makes at least 40
per cent. Now tais is good deal, when
you reflect that there Is an average Of
81, 500 (Confed.) going out every day. His
steaiings have become so enormous lately
that we can't stand it mich longer. For
S. we can get only enough potatoes for one
neal. In their intercourse with US they
are sometimes ell smiles and full Of stten-
-Hon-this is for couple Of days perhaps,
then the next month they won't give you
civil answer. r9 -r
Among ourselves we have various ways
Of "passing," or if you like the term t'kill-
ing" time. AT night, not having much ex-
ercise, there is generally considerable
noise made by what is known as the "Con-
nundrums." Some one asks, "Who's got
bone on the brain7' "Captain Jones'"
some one answered; at which there is q
general cry Of ''hi Lhil hi r. Bone on the
braiuis q disease quite prevalent. You see
the afflicted individual at the time when
the beef is divided out, begging for bone.
If he gets it, he boils it at once, and then
works it up into ring, miniature Bible,
or any other article suggested by his
morbid condition of mind.
InlB dlseaEe amicts lndlVlduals VINO
have The least resource in themselves,
though sometimes it extends to those who
are supposed to have q littlo internal life.
Its frat symptoms are known by the pa
tient yaWniDg and complaining Of nothing
to do. A certain DR.. s. was SO ignorant Of
his profession as to vaccinate about dozen
officers of this room with vaccine matter
from the arm Of full grown person, and
as the physical condition Of every one here
must necessarily be bad, it produced
large, revolving sore on the arm, Whish has
taken months to heal. This makes q very
prolific source Of amusement in the even
ing's entertsinment-conun and
poor DR.. S gets most severely punished
for his ignorance. Let some unlueky wight
ask some question that does not take, and
there is at once general cry Of "vsccin-
nate him"
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PROM NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.
The Tribune has private advices from
Havana that the Secessionists there have
given over the rebel cause as hopeless.
One who had in his hands 100000 in
Confederate funds realized on it and fed
to parts unk nown. II is understood there
that break up Of the concern must be
near at hand.
Herald's special;
Senator McDougsll viii introduce joint
resolution declaring the French invasion
of Mexico an unfriendly act towards this
country, and inquiring if il be not the
duty Ofthe United States to declare war
against France
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WomaD,s sphere,

Among the women Of England there
were in 1861, 10 bankers, z money lenders
275 commercial clerks, 20 commercial
travellers, 54 brokers, 88 merchants, %
farmers, 419 printers, shepherds, 43, 964
out door agricultural lsbOrers; II ladies
were doctors, were bone settlers, 6 were
reporters or shorthand writer's, 9 parish
clerks, 4 chOristers, 4 teachers of elOcu-
tion, II dentists, 2 knockers, conjurers,
, astronomers, and 8 "naturalists."
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

We have, then, in these three States, the
sum 0f s7,7s3 Shareholders, including men,
women and children. Deduct this entire
number from the number of white males,
over q, sHd you have 27S,2S7 non-slaye-
holding voters in those States. Of sheso
5000 Shareholders, over 10000 do not
own more than FIVE slaves, and 1900 but
one slave. VIII anybody please tell Us
why this immense non-slaveholding class
are not Of more consequence than those
few strociors wretches that have entailsd d
upon US SO much sorrow and bloodshed
The question which every man must ar
sHer is simply this: Shall this Govern
menf, in arranging its plan Of reOrganiza-
tion, pay more attention to democratic ideas
than to man-owning, more attention to tie
great mass of the people South, who have
no interest in slavery, or 10 the few Z" big
men," who have msliciously and with Sa-
tsnic ferocity dragged thirty millions OF
people into great civil war;
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16
A new styls Of ambulauce has made Il

new Style OF ambuIance has made us
appearance in Washington. 1t is properly
called 'imule litter" it being placed with
well adjusted harness, on the backs Of two
mules, and can carry in q reclining posi-
tion four persons. The inventors claim
for this ambulance or litter this adVsn-
tsge over the ones now in use-thst it
can 60 into paths or roads where those
with wheels cannot penetrate, and if this
comfort or ease Of the wounded soldier is
consulted, this invention they think, is
greatly the superior, it being free from
the jar and jolting insepsrsble from the
old ambulance wagon.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

TFrom Last Ryening's EdifiOn.l
IT'S SAID THAT ABSENCE CONQUERs
LOVE.
By =. ". THOMAS.

'Tls said that absence conquers love,
But D believe il not So
I've tried, alas, its power to prove,
But thou srt not forgot.
Lady, though fate has bid US part,
Yet still thou art as dear,
As fixed in this devoted heart
As when elasped thee here.
! plunge into the busy crowd
And smile to hear thy name,
And yet as If thought aloud,
They knew me still the same
And when the wine-cup passes round
toast some other fair,
But when ask my heart the sound,
Thy name is echoed there.
And when some other name learn
And Try to whisper love,
Still will my heart to thee return,
Like the returning dove
In vain I never can forget,
And would not be forgot
For / must bear the same regret,
Whate' er may be my lot.
Zen as the wounded bird will seek
Its faTorite bower to die,
So, Lady, would hear thee speak,
And yield my parting sigh.
lis said that absence conquers ioVe,
Rut o believe il not;
I've tried, alas its power 10 prove,
Bns thou art not forgot.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16
Tavern Keepers Striking fer Higher
Prices.

A Committee Of tavern keepers was held
st Delhi, Delaware County, to adopt q
times. A tariff was proposed, Of which
the following are samples: Board per day,
SLl0; board per week, $3.50; lodging 70
cents; horse keeping over night 25 cents /;
brandy per single glass, 25 cents; brandy
where one treats the company, l22 cents !
gin and wine per single glass, 10 CENTS
where company is served, s cents; whis-
KEEP, beer and cider per glass, cents. A
fine Of SIS is imposed where proprietor
compromises for lower rates, except on q
poor or hard customer.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

BRoKEE AwAY.-The foods caused by
recent rains broke away last night the gates
of both the locks on the Canal, at the foot Of
Vineyard Lane. The cellars in the neigh
bOrhOOd werO all inundated. new food
gate will soon be erected,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

TIE FIRE this morning about two o'clock,
whose wild alarun walked many of our ciu-
Esns, was in small frame building at the
foot ofseneos Street Hill, on the edge of the
canal. It was used by the stOne-cuttsrs there
in connection th their work. The origin
of the ire is unknown. Steamers / and
were promptly on hand and the FIRE s1tin-
guished. The wind was high and had the
fire. got any hsadwsy it would have been inn
possible ts stay its progress. But as 1t was
the damage done was very slight.
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EOR sALE-THE soUARE BE-

] TWEEN Euclid and Prospect-SIs., Immediately
west Of and adjoining Case Avenue ono Of the most
convenient and desirable localities for Residences to
be found In the City. The ground lies higher than
any other point Of ProsDecL-S or on the south side
Of Eucld-St.
Also-A Lot OF e215 feet front On Euclid aud Pros
pect-Sts, and 900 feet deep, lying on high ground,
near the summit Of Prospectst 10 rods east of Case
Avenue.
Also-A Lot 20 feet front the south side of Pros
pect-St.. between Granger and Cheshire-StH.
eTFcr terms, enquire st Ofios Of Back US 4 Noble
American Buildings, Of
W r. WITsIVANIal
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ABeaurIfaI RrperIn.nt.

fan acorn be suspended by 8 piece OF
thread, TO within half an inch Of some We
ter, contained in hysointh glass, and 80
permitted to remain without being dis.
turbed, II will In few months burst and
throw root down in the water, and
shoot upward its tapering stem, with beau
tifdl little green leaves. A young oak
tree, growing this way on mantle shsl.
Of s room, is very interesting object.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

Two soldiers were burned to death and
seVersl others badly injured at Portland,
Maine, on Monday night last by fire in
the barracks where they we're quartered.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-16

"WAToHNAN, WHAT OF TIE NIGHT 2'-
This question we find it impossible to an
swer, as the clock of the First Baptist Church
near our dOmicil, has hsen stopped for some
days. This is wrong. A church clock, like
church people, should always be cup to
time" The clock sets bad example. II
pretends to tell the time, when it doesn't. I.
is deceitful-POinting the wrong way. We
don't accuse it of hypocrisy, but we hope
that the deacOns and elders viii put them.
selves right upon the recOrd,-will set theil
clock and keep it going, bearing In mind Da-
Wy Orockett's maxim: "Be sure you're
right, then go ahead"
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.LEVELAND 8 ERIE R,B,


q -.---.-.
1854 WINTER ARRAHGEMKET. 1854.
On and sftsr Monday, November Isth. Isss, Pss.sa-
ger Trains will run a. follows, Sundays sEcsptsd.
LEAVE CLEVELAND:
$50 4. M.-0AI EXPRESS TRAIN-Stopp3nRl4t
MtliOughbys PsinesVille, Geneva, ABhfabnin,
C0nneaut ano 9irard only, and arrive at Erieaf ;
l:l5 M DunkrE 5. As ,. m, Buffalo h.1gp N
3s15 r. .ll.-CiHOIGEATI EXPRESs-Stoppfnqaf
Painesyille, Aghtabula and Girard only, and sF-
rive At Erie 6-S ?. n, Dunkirk sil7 ,. m, But
3,55 =. iu..1MAIL ANB ACCoMmopATIoH-
Stopping at AL stations and arrives Rt Eris af
9:IO r, hI.-HIGHFHxPRrssT TRAIN-sto1plne
AZ gainesville, A1htabuIs and airard only, aad
m-s Buffalo 40 a. N. =
BIO A. u.-EIaHT EARkESs THAJN-StoDpinF at
girsrd, Ashtabula snc PainesVflis 0nlT, and a-.
rfYeg Gt UlsFBls1d at 7.0G a. a-s-
$40 IA. M.--MAILi AND AOOOh AiODATION TRAIN
-st9poing at al stations and ardVes Gt olsFs-
80 A. h.-HOLEDO EXPRESs -StoDpilg at All sts-
lions except bEanyiie, saybrook, UnionTlls, =.
Perry aentoT and Wickiinei and arrives g
rs r H-DAY EXPRESS TRAIH-stopping 81 Gf-
rard, Oonnssut, hshtsbula, and PaineI Wis
only, and arrives in Cleveland Rt SIS ?. 4. ~
~ Second ClAsl Cars are run On AL through.
An ths trains going westward connect at OsvalunA
With trains Tor Toledo Chtcagos Columbus Osnctn-
natl, Iudianaplis St. Louis, &c; and ali through
tEatns goizg eastward eonhsct at Dunkrk With tko
trains OF ths N Y - Bailroad, and at Bu1aio With
these Of the HsW York Central End Baralo New
York CITY Hlrca1a for New York, Alh1ny, Bcat1E4
Niagara Falls ae.i and at Erie with Talns On tho
~ Day kxpreHs, East and WegtS connects at Glrar1
9Th Trains on ELte and Pitsbargh Railroad ior
Lnasville, hesdville, JansstoEn, &e,
Cleveland. November 18Th. iss5 -
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FOR sALE.
r OTIS FOR SALB-l35 FT. FRoE,

4 on Superior. ST.. corner Of Muirson-St. Also
sublots le II and IS being s3 feet front EACH Sd
perioT-SE, east of Muirson-st. AlsO-l5 ieet front
on Spring-St running back TO the BailToad tTaEk,
being lAnd on which part of the Wood Shed OF the
Cleveland, Columb bus a Cincinnati Railroad stsnds.
Also-l7 feet inches front Champaign st nearly
opposite the new City Conrt House.
1B-For terms enquire Of PAINE a WADE.
Aftnrnaya
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"-- We take no note Of time
Bn. from its loss to give it then tongue
Were wise in man.
TherefOrs, let the clock speak again and
tell the truth once more. t..
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CLEVELAND AND MAHOEIEa,
Atlantic & Great Western.
AND SRIE RAILWAYs

vi. ~ . aaa siter Monday - Cleveland and ma
NolLoL4 ~ press IRAN on land AZ T.s0 A. ~
nonlng Kali BoQd VII leave Clevs -sio6 Vrifb IA
maAlnB At LeaV1ttab aburgh cioseconne,- - srtsa
At1lne Ana Great western ELpress TraiD-.
~ arrsvlng a. Greeuyille At y r. Meadvfile a.
~ LOFTY ~ So ?. H. Salamanca al 515 P \ snd
\ sW York ct g.55 A. n - anu
b 4Rgass eheeked through from Cleveland 70 Hev
York ana Out one change Of cars on the route
TAre the same as By other routes -.
...-s-.,.,, CHA5. u. BHODKs,
h II. SWkEISER :.
superintsntent A. 4 q. W. B.R