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Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

Tom Thumbrto be Married---The Petite
Bride and Groom.
By the following from the New York
Tribune, it will be seen that little folks
love and wed as well as big ones:
Strange as it may seem, it is true, that
General Tom Thumb [Charles s. Stratton, I
I is smitten by the charms Of Miss Lavinia
Warren. he first met her at the Parker
House, in Boston, in the presence Of her
mother, who rather objected to the appear
anoe Of the General because he wore a mus
tache. This meeting happened Just before
| the holidays, but it made an impression on
/ the heart Of the little man, which deepened
when the parties met again, few days
ago, at the 81. Nicholas Hotel in this city.
Of late, these petite people have met daily
at the Museum, and their acquaintance
ship, which soon ripened into friendship,
has eliminated in love. The General has
already ayowed his passion and proposed
marriage to Miss Warren. She recipro-
Gates his afectionate attachment, and mod
estly Acknowledges that his society is
pleasant to her, and that it gives her gain
TO be separated from him, but she is disin-
clined to marry without the consent Of her
parents, and she srchly reminded the gall
liant General that her mother objected to
the mustache. Mr.. Stratton says he will
cut of his mustaehe and his ears also, if
the sacrifice be required, to secure the
hand and the heart of the fascinating lit
tie bviiv. He has already discontinued the
habit Of smoking, to please her and yes
terday messenger was dispatched to Mid
dleboro to ask the consent Of her parents,
Mr.. StrattOn is worth Sl0O.OO0 and ha
promised, in the event of his marriage,
which is regarded as pretty certain, to take
his bride to the courts of Europe, and in
troduce her to the crowned heads with
whom he has personal acquaintance, but
he will not allow his wife to be exhibited
for money. This is a bona fde love affair
but IL is not the first instance of the kind
on record. Count Borulawski, who died in
1887, and who was 36 inches in height
married when he was forty years of age,
and became q father. He was q man of
great wealth and superior intelligence, and /
lived life Of elegant leisure on his estate
in Durham. Richard Gibson and Anne !
Shepherd, each of whom measured 8 feet |
10 inches in height, were married in the /
presence Of Charles the First of England. /
Waller wrote poem on the occasion, and /
Sir Peter Lely painted their portraits
Gibson attained great distinction as q
painter. In l1l0, Peter, Car Of Russia,
celebrated marriage of dwarfs with great |
parade, and all the miniature men and wo-
men within 200 miles were commanded Ito |
attend the wedding.
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13
Emancipation as a War Measure---NC
Precedent Needed.


The following able arguments are from
an article in the Toronto Globe:
S' There is no precedent for this act Of
emancipation, and therefore it must be
wrong; that is the argument. Now, does
the premise, even if 1t be granted, war
rant the conclusion drawn from it2 We
think not. The noblest acts in the worlds
history, which excite the admiration Of all
after ages, have been such as the most dill
igent ransacking of all the authorities and
writers on public law would fail to find a
precedent for them. When England de-
voted twenty millions sterling to the work
of setting free all the bondsmen through
cut her dominions, she followed no preee-
dent, but established one. In all previous
history, there was no example Of nation
thrilled with so generous an impulse as
that which stirred tho BFitish nation 70
emancipate the West India slaves, and
Grotius therefore might have been search
ed in vain for instructions as to the course
which ought to be pursued under such cir
cumstances. So here in this American
war, we have an unprecedented state Of
circumstances, which furnishes complete
warrant and justification for Mr.. Linooln's
unprecedented act The rebellion of the
Southern slaveholding States is without
parallel in all history The spectacle Of a
people rushing into the revolt with the ex-
press design Of establishing government
in which slavery should be the grand, con-
trolling interest," was never exhibited to
the world until JEFF. Davis and his ssso-
ciates attempted to establish an independ-
ent Southern Confederacy. 1t was as the
champions of slavery that they assailed
the national existence. They rebelled be-
cause they were Shareholders, and they ac-
knowledge that it is the strength which
slave labor gives them that now enables
them to maintain the contest with the Fed
eral forces. If the sage publicists who are
now condemning President Lincoln could
cite similar case from history, in which
q government had to defend itself against
a rebellion deriving its origin and draw
| ing its strength from the system of slaV-
! cry, then there might be something in
their argument. But when they cannot
| do this, it is only waste of learning to
parade an array of authorities on public
law, and apply them to a new and unpre-
eedented positien which never entered into
the contemplation of the writer"
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

ONE SERVANT GIRL RoBs AEoTHER.-
A few weeks ago a couple Of girls came to
the New England Hotel and engaged to
work. One of them was named Maggie Nc
Donald and the other called herself Emma
Ward. The former hailed from Detroit and
the latter said that she came from the eOun-
try and bad husband in the army. Two or
three weeks ago Emma Ward was discharged
and when she went away she left few
things with Maggie Mcdonald, who sympa-
thised with her on account Of her condition,
she Emma Ward) representing that she had
two young children to support. Shortly af-
ter, Maggie left the New England Hotel, and
engaged to work at the MarbIs Hall Restau-
rant, on Superior street. Last evening, (Sun-
day. Emma Ward called on Maggie at Mar
bic Hall. She inquired if the place was
good one to work at and expressed desire
to obtain work there. Maggie told her she
thought she could obtain situation there
and expressed desire to have her quOndam
friend With her. Emma went away and soon
eturned With strange man, telling Maggie
that she had brought police officer to search
her trunk. She believed, she said, that Mag
gle had some things belonging to her. Maggie
replied, " OF course have I told you had
when you called in the first place" She
gave the man her keys and he commenced to
search her trunk. While he was engaged in
the search the bell rang and Maggie had to
leave them in the room and attend to par
ty who we're taking supper. When she re-
turned they had gone. The contents Of her
htrunk had been oVerhauled and scattered
I about, and $50 in bills, the savings Of her
wages for some time past, had been stolen.
The police are endeayOring to get track Of
Emma Ward and her confederate in the lar
eeny, the pretended police officer. They have
both left town, doubtless, but We hope they
will be captured. The man was well dressed
and quite gsntIemanly in appearance. The
loss to Maggie Mcdonald, who is an houestI
hard working servant girl, is 4 very severe
/ one.
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death Of Hen. Elisha yVhittIesey.

DEAN OF Hen. EI1Eha Wh1fricBeys
The death Of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey,
Comptroller Of the Treasury, is very wide
y lamented. His long life was full of
honor and usefulness. His decease was
made the subject Of variety of meetings
at Washington.
The heads Of bureaus in the Treasury
Department had meeting, and adopted
appropriate resolutions. At the Ohio del
egatiOn and citizens meeting, Senator
Wade was chosen President, and Repre-
sentative Hutchins, Secretary. Resolu-
tions were adopted as follows:
RESOLVED, That we have learned with
deep sorrow Of the sudden death, in this
city, Of our esteemed fellow-eitizen, Hon.
Elisha Whittlesey, who, at the time Of his
death, was first Comptroller Of the Treas
ury, and who for sixteen consecutive
years, was representative in Congress
from the State Of Ohio; who discharged
varied and responsible public and private
trusts with strict fidelity, eminent ability,
great industry and unwavsring integrity;
whose long and eventful life has not left
blemish upon his character as q patriot,
citizen, statesman, husband, parent, and
Christian, and whose example from youth
10 extreme sge, was model Of virtue and
excellence.
RssoIVei, That we deenly -synnRaal.;ss
with his amicted family and relatives in
their bereavement and great loss.
RssalVed, As q mark Of respect for the |
character and eminent services Of deceas-
ed, we, as citizens Of Ohio, will attend in
q body his funeral services.
The clerks in the ComptrOller's Office
had meeting, over which the Acting
presided, and adopted suitable
AT two o'clock funeral services we're
held, DR. Sunderland officiating.
His clerks took farewell view Of the
corpse of their late chief, and the remains
were taken to the depot to be forwarded to
his late home in Canfeld, Ohio.
The following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers: Thomas L. Smith, First Audi
or; W. W. SeatOn, editor Of the Intelli-
gencer; VIM. L. Hodge, formerly Assist
mt Secretary Of the Treasury; Peter G.
Washington, formerly Assistant Secretary
# the Treasury W. H. Campbell, and
Tohn d. CGuston.
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ENGLISH sympathy.

This apparent paradox is indeed fact
But the sympathy comes not from those
who hold the State secrets or seals; not
rom those who listen to the TRADES deliv-
cred in Parliament against the barbar-
GUS North''i but from the bone and sinew
Of the Empire, the very unfortunates who
suffer from the American war. The work
ingmen of Manchester have held a meet
ing, and passed resolutions upholding the
North, and commeDding President Lin
coin for his course. This Is one of the
first returns of the working classes for the
generous relief proffered to them from
this side the water. As has been eontin-
ually asserted by those who should know,
the heart of the working people has been
with the Federal Government, for there
they saw help for the operative and en-
couragement for the honest and industri-
Gus emigrant In the cause of the rebels,
despite the misrepresentations Of the
Times and other. journals in the interest
Of the rebels, they saw only struggle to
the system which is curse to
all free labor and healthy competition.
Their hope lay in the uphOlding of the
first and the downfall Of the last. They
could not therefore, do aught but to es-
pOuse the cause of the North. In the very |
face of starvation and misery they have
given hopes and cheers to the cause of the
Union, and have laid the authorship of
their distress at the proper door, that of |
the slaveOcracy of the South. For this,
let US give them all due honor and sym
psthy.
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

At length we are waking up to the con-
sciOusness Of the value Of such raids as
Stuart and Morgan have been famous for,
and, what is better, we are doing some
thing ourselves in that line. The expedi-
tiOn Of General Carter, himself an East
Tennesseeah, into Eastern Tennessee, and
his cutting the great railroad cOmmunica-
ton between Virginia and the southwest,
far exceeded anything the rebels had ac-
cOmplished, both in the distance travelled
and the damage done. We have reports
Of another expedition from Yorktown to
West Point and White House, which de-
stroyed a great quantity of rebel stores
and returned without the loss Of man
The scene Of this exploit was identical
with that Of Stuart s1I EasHthS esol -yhan
such immense damage was done TO Federal
stores at White House.
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

A New York correspondent of the BOs-
ton Journal states that {" new expedition
is on hand from this port. secresy and
dispatch are now the watchwords. Boston
and Maine steamboat men are here, and
are as active and busy as bees before
swarming time. Captain Loper, who is
the quiet but efficient executive in all nav
al matters, who fitted out Burnside's feet
and moved McClellan's army on the POtO-
mac has his hands full. But he says
nothing" 's
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13
Ohio senatorial Caueus.

Columbus news shows that nominating
caucus is to be called for Tuesday night
It is said that the majority Of those who
were elected Union Democrats viii refuse
to go into caucus, and then refuse to vote
for the Republican nominee. Such a
course would be dishonOrable in the high
est degree. It is hoped that there are
enough Union Democrats that viii remain
true to fairness to refuse to go into this
arrangement.
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A NEw VESSEL FOR THE PERRYsBUI

A NKw VESSEL FOR THE PERRYsBURo
TRADE.-The Perrysburg Independent says;
"Ths shipment Of produce from Perrys-
burg has increased SO rapidly during the
past few years, that additional facilities
have become necessary for getting our sur
plus grain, &C., to market. To meet this de-
mand, F. B. Miller & Co., together with
Captain Champney, purchased the schooner
Ruby last winter, but she was quite too small
for their business, and F. R. Miller has just
returned from Milwaukee, where be purehas-
cd fine schooner, having capacity for car
rying 8 goo bushels of grain. The Ruby has
been sold. The new vessel is valued at s., 200.
We congratulate the citizens Of Perrysbury
on the acquisition of this important addition
to their business facilities. Another season
F. R. Miller & Co. will probably be able to
get their grain 70 market before navigation
closes. If they don't, il will not be Captain
ehampney's fault, fer ne man can make
better seasons run than he" az
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13
From tho 1Osd and the 1eth patterv.

Correspondence Cleveland Leader.l
FRAEKFoRT, Ky, Jan. I, 1853.
This morning the remainder Of our bri-
gade, (the 2d) consisting of the 44th, Tooth
and 1O4,h regiments, and the 19th Ohio
Battery, Captain Shields, arrived from
Danville and went into camp at this place.
Colonel Gilbert, of the 44th Ohio, COM
manding the brigade, assumes command
of the post, and indications are that the
entire force viii remain here for some
time.
The State Legislature is to convene to-
morrow in this city, and tits probable that
our duty win be to protect that body dur
ing the session.
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13
Depnrture of ReIief for RuaIaud,

The noble ship George GriswOld, laden
with grain for the suffering operatives of
Lancashire, set sail from New York on
Friday. As she moved down the Bay she
was saluted by several British vessels in
the harbOT, and the crowd of sailors and
citizens on her deck, as well as on the
steamer which towed her out, and on the
other vessels in the vicinity, exhibited
their generous enthusiasm by the most vo-
ciferous sh6dts and cheers.
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

Letters received lately from England
say that the rebels have purchased num-
Der Of blockade breakers of late with con-
federate bonds, which have been sold to
English hands at FIVE shillings per pound,
the bonds being secured on cotton at seven
cents per pound. With these the rebels
have raised some seven hundred and fifty
thousand pounds, chiefly from manufac-
turers and merchants The Sumter was
sold on the 9Th of December, but the sale
has been broken.
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Ter-Centeunnrr Celshrntinn.

The year 1868 is to be celebrated as
year Of jubilee in the German Reformed
Church in this country, it being the three
hundredth anniversary of the formation Of
the Heidelberg Catechism.s The commem-
mOratiOn is to comprehend two principal
features-one benevolent and the other lit
erary and theological. To carry out the
first every man, woman and child in the
church, is to make free lpiH offering, dur
ing the year, to some benevolent institu-
ton Of the church. To carry out the sec
ond object, general convention of the pas
tors and lay delegates from every congre-
cation is to be held in Philadelphia, begin
ming January II, 1853, and continuing
from eight to ten days. In this assembly
essays, memoirs, and other papers pertain
ing to the origin, history and fortunes of
the Heidelberg catechism, which have been
by eminent theologians of Europe
and this country, are to be read, and af-
forwards discussed freely in open conven-
tion. Sermons suited to the occasion will
also be delivered in every congregation on
Trinity Sunday, May 80.
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13
Bad News from the Texan Coast.

The qualification felt at the Federal sue
cesses at MurfreesbOrO and East Tennessee
is dampened by the bad news from Gal
weston, which place has been re-pOssessed
or captured. For some time there had
been rumOrs and threatenings of an ex-
pedition to that place but apparently little
haad had haa-- eivan IN If. 80 n Ia--sL
when the attack was made the capture Of
the place was comparatively easy. The
rebels made complete job Of it, and GER
tainly undid all that the Federals had ac-
complished at that point. One Of the sad
dest features of the affair was the blowing
up of the Westfeld, with Commodore Rem
shaw and his officers.
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Rebel Comments upon lIurfreesboro.

Rebel Comments upon MurfreesbOrO.
The rebels have been forced to admit a
disastrous defeat at Murfreesboro. The
Richmond Examiner, in speaking Of the
battle, says;
at is lamentably certain that the enc
my has carried his point, and retains all
the advantage, except the loss of prison
ers and arms, fesulting from the battle of
Murfreesboro; and now he can suceor
Grant clear out our cavalry, and perhaps
resume operations on the Mississippi. 1t
must be confessed that good deal of for
titude is required to support so painful
disappointment with equanimity. Ger
tainly, after such official statements as
those Bragg made on the last day of last
year and the beginning of the present
year, this sequel could not be rationally
anticipated
The Examiner proceeds to abuse the
Confederate army and the Confederate
General Of the army of the Southwest with
out stint and concludes by saying i.
dismisses the unpleasant theme with as
little reluctance as the reader may i'm
agine."
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

HOSPITAL STEwARD.-Dr. B. D. Hslcombe
desires Us to state that 3. ". Hessler, Esq,
of Cleveland, Ohio, has rendered himself de-
servedIy popular as Steward Of Hospital No
20 in Louisville, Kentucky, and that owing
to his humane attentions and good financial
management the patients in the above hos
pitaI have every reasonable comfort within
bis power to furnish. Mr.. Hsssler was acting
Steward Of Hospital 10. y, Louisville, for
three months, and vas very PoPslsF With the
inmates.
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.


BRIDGING THE RIVER FOR THE C. & 7. R.
R.-The application to the City Council by
the Cleveland & Toledo Railroad to cross the
river at Front street is exciting much inter
est, and the importance of the question de =
mands that it should be examined with care
and decided with Judgment. The interests
of the railroads centering here, of the City
and of the public in general, are to be harmon
lied, ifpOssible. The only objection to bridge
at Front street is that it may injure naviga-
tion all other interests would be best sub
served by bridging it there. There is a way,
however, to effectually obviate this imagina-
ry or real difficulty, that is, to extend the
piers into the lake some five or six hundred
feet over the bar into fifteen feet water, (the
water at the present end of the piers being
only twelve feet,) and then the bridge on
Front street would be as far from the end of
the piers as the bridge on Lighthouse street
now is-and there is no pretence that this
bridge Injuries navigation. This arrange
ment would improve navigation and make
the best depot grounds on the continent and
would not at all interfere with the streets of
the city or private property. The cost of ex-
tending the piers on the plan adopted on the
west side would not exceed one hundred dol
lars per foot lineal measure-say the whole
$3.50, 600. The land made on each side Of
the river would go far toward meeting the
expense. All the railroads oentering here
and the city are interested in such an i'm
provement and should have q hand in car
rying it out. E
Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13

RumOFed ResiGnatfOn OF Secretary Chase.
A Washington dispatch to the Cinein-
natl Gazette says that there are rumOrs
that Mr.. Chase will positively resign his
position in the Cabinet within the next
fortnight, based chiefly, it is supposed,
upon the fact that he is understood to have
said he would. It is known that he feels
very keenly the rejection of his financial
recommendations by the Committee of
Ways and Means, and member of that
Committee says he told him he would re-
sign if they ignored his policy. On the
other hand, there are some grave reasons
for doubling the whole rumOr, and for the
present it is quite safe to wait for the
facts.
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HE4DoARTERs Sra 0. vi, cAHF yzAR !
FALMOUTH, (Va.l Januarv a 1870

FALMOUTH, (Fa.) January 8, 1862.
Alta meeting Of the officers Of the Eighth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, held in
camp near Falmouth, Virginia, on the even
ing of January 5th, 1858, Lieutenant Colonel
Franklin Sawyer was called to the ahaira
Adjutant Lewis requested to act as seersta-
~. The chair having stated the resignation
of DR.. Thos. Mcknight, Surgeon Of the
Eighth Regiment, on motion, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAs, We have learned with dsep re-
gret that our Surgeon, DR.. Thomas MeEl-
right, has felt compelled to resign on account
Of impaired health, therefore,
Resoloea, That the officers Of this regiment
avail themselves Of this occasion to sx-
press 70 him their deep sense of graft
tude for the faithful manner in which he has
discharged the arduOus duties Of his Office
during the long period he has been with Us.
That his uniform kindness and afability
have won the esteem and friendship Of ali,
both officers and men ; and while We sineers-
ly regret that it has become necessary for
him to leave the service, he will carry
with him our Warmest regards and most sim
cere wishes for his future happiness and
prosperity, hoping that the genial associa-
tions Of home, and the comforts of his own
fresde, may soon restore him to health.
ResolUed, That the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be entered upon the Journal of the
regiment, and copies furnished for publioa-
tion in the Cleveland and Holmes county pa
Pers. LIEUT.. Col. FRANELIN SAWYRR,
Dtvrn Trr-rs Co,-,4,--
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General. Hooker and Burnside.

The Washington Republican Of Thurs
day says:
awe are satisfied that General Hooker
is not only not to relieve General Burnside
in command Of the Army of the Potomac,
but that General Hooker is decidedly in
favor Of having General Burnside remain
in the position he now occupies. General
Hooker is perfectly satisfied with his pres
ent command, and thinks that frequent
changes in the command of so large an
army will prove injurious to the army and
the cause Of the Union"