Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-06

"A cores pendent OF TIE Boston Traveller
stAtes that smong the officers on General
Grants STAFF is Captain Ell 8. Parker, .
full bloodsd Indian, being the chief Of the
tribe known as the Six Nations. Captain
Parker is a grandson OF the Indian Chief
Red jacket and is large noble looking
man, good specimen of the IndiaD, and
perfect gentleman in his manners.
Ad7ices from Cuba says there is serious
alarm on many of the plantations OF the
island lest the slaves should break out
into open instruction, their conduct IN
many places being such as to excite the
most serious spprehensions.
The leading New York city hotels are
now askingS3 so per diem for bosrd-that
is to say S24 80 per weak. Rather steep,
that!
Ex-Governor Sprague has bought the
trotting mare "California Damselr' for
eleven thousand dollars, as a present, it is
said, for his betrOLhed, Miss Kate Cease.
A correspondent of q London paper
writes;
81 have jdst returned from Germany
after a months knocking about l had
| RlOElOub NCdlhGI anu nd" bAA eAN Aa'eAS
Kings a Frankfort. There is good an
ecdote of one of them. He wanted his ar
myinstructed in the use of the Armstrong
gun and got one, but was obliged to ask
leave of the next King to have the target
put up in his kingdom, his own not being
big enough for the Armstrong range.
An old salt who had been on a bender"
had got what might be termed sublimely
mystifed by his frequentimbibiDgs of "the
eritter." Staggering along the street, he
thought to go TO the theater and pass the
remainder of the evening. Following some
men whom he thought bound on the same
voyage, he found himself in what he took
to be the pit; but it happened 10 be a
meeting house, and the minister was
preaching from the text wherein is men
toned the sheep and the goat-snd, in or
der TO make an impression upon his con-
gregation he put the significant question :
"Who would wish TO be goatI' and
paused, and then, with still greater en-
phasis, asked "WhO viii bs'a goat?' Our
lipsy sailor could not brook the delay, aud
at once responded: las nobody else will
be it, III be the (hic) goat rather (hic)
than the play should stop.
Many persons do not know the counter.
felt fifty cent postal currency from the
genuine. There are marks on the spurious
that, il observed will at once show the
counterfeit. On the counterfeit the finsl
"E, " in the words "United States Post
age" over the head Of Washington, is
dropped, and the letter IS, in the word
"Treasurers," extends higher up than the
other letters. Another testi is that, in the
spurious, the "Y, /" in the word "Deposito
ry," does not touch the border on the bach
Of the border. Attention to these direc
tions will prevent persons being imposed
upon by oounterfeits.
Brigham Young boasts that he can set
more gold aud silver from the door of hi
house than would equal the whole curren
cy of the world. These mines are not al
lowed to be ope6ed. The effect would be
according to Brigham's ideas, TO bring
near the "City of the Saints" large min
ing population, which he would find ex
eeedingly hard to rule.
A corporal Of a New York regimen
boldly appeared before the Secretary o
War, and asked for furlough for few
days. He informed Mr.. Stanton that b.
had some particular friends in New York
whom h, would like to see, and added tha
it was about election time, and he wouldn
mind "pu ting in lick" for his country
in the way of voting. He received fur
Tough on the both ult.
Governor Andrew johnson, Of Tennes
see, is eff the opinion that an election col
| now he "a afalv and fairly held for m en- herr
Of the State Legislature. Until this is &C
somplished Tennessee cannot be repre-
sspted in Congress.
George Peabody, the eminent American
Londoner, has presented Yale College viii
a geological cabinet worth Sl26,000.
Colonel Pike, of the 10th New Hamp
shire, has horse that mas been in hart
! service ever since the war begun. 1t wa
? captured from Ashby's cavalry, was rid
den by Colonel Broadhead at the battle o
Centerville, went with Colonel Pix
through the campaign Louisisna, CLOSING
with Port Hudson, and is now in New
} Hampshire, where the hard worn wresu
of honorable service crowns his 0rows.
? Irish moss has been found growing
abundantly on the rocks along the beach
in Ssituste, Massachusetts,, and abOu
: 600 barrels are gathered annually. Iti
: worth at first hands from five to six dol
lars per barrel.
5 Congressman have already commences
assembling at Washington. The interes
is said to be greater than has preceded an,
previous session.