Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-31
TELEGRAPHIC.
Yesterday Afternoons Dispatches
RE- -ENLISTMENTS GREATLY IN
CREASED.
Rebels Allow Private Donations
to go to Richmond.
ARREST OF A BRITISH LIEU.
TENANT.
Various Opinions Concerning Sec
retary 0hase'S Plans,
FRuM NEW YORK.

New YoRK, Dec. 80.
The specials are barren Of news. The
Hersld's Washington dispatch says:
Major Mulford, flag of truce officer be.
tween Fortress Monroe and City Point
arrived here this P n, by a special train
from Annapolis, with important dispatches
for the Government.
In his annual report, Secretary Chase
asked Congress to repeal the provision
directing him to make loans for ten-forty
years, and empower him, instead, to nego-
tiste the necessary loans on whsteTer
terms he may, in his discretion, deem best
for public interest.
This authority will undoubtedly be given
and the Secretary will have power to is
sue $3O,O0O,OOO more Of the popular $40
loan. If the subscription to this loan
should continue to come in faster than
needed by the Department, it is under
stood permission will be given TO agents to
receive subscriptions, payable in install
/ ments, IS the amount shall be required
per cent. only to be deposited as guar
anty, thus saving to the Government a
large amount of interest.
Since Congress refused to pay The exor-
bitant bountiss expected, re-enlistments
have been much increased and hundreds
are arriving here daily. Those who were
wsitidg for an increase Of bounty are now
coming forward, and in a few weeks at
the present rate nearly sll of the army
Of the Potomac will have re-enlisted for
the war.
The Worlds special, Washington the
29th, says:
1t is thought that little disappointment
is felt st the failure to effect an exchange
Of prisoners, for Gen. Butler telegraphed
here that he was quite sanguine Of seour-
ing o complete exchange. The whole mat
ter now reverts to Gems Hitchcock and
Meredith.
The rebels still permit private donations
of provisions to 60 to our prisoners, but
will receive nothing from Government in
that line
Times special:
The War Department has under oonsid-
GRAFTON several important questions rela-
ting to the draft, which Will shortly be
made public. The quotas of the several
States are being arranged so as to avoid
difficulties in future. Each State will be
officially informed Of the number Of men it
is expected to raiss, and the time fixed for
the enforcement OF the draft, w1ich will
not be later than the middle Of January.
The Post says British Lieutenant who
was TO sail for Bermuda to-day, was ar
rested by Marshal Murray and sent to
Fort lafayette. A rebel mail was found
concealed in his baggage. The letters were
Immediately forwarded to Secretary Sew
ard.
Further developments relative to the
seizure tho steamer Cromwell and bark
Circassian are published.
1t appears on the day Of sailing Of the
Cromwell Marshal Murray arrested II. Se-
CUR, formerly United States Minister to
San Salvador, together with his wife,
maid and child, and Messrs G. F. Canty
and D. Berese, all Of whom were sent 10
Fort lafayette. Segur's baggage was
searched and bill of lading found for
fifty barrels of lard, shipped on bosrd the
Circassian. On searching the lard one
thousand navy revolVers were found ae.
creted therein. Canty and others we're
arrested, having been found in company
with Segur, and on the supposition that
they know something Of the matter.