Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-12
LEADER
MORNING. MAR. 10. 1854


hotel Of that name in Washington, has been
divorced from his wife.
Assistant secresary Of State Fred
Seward is said to belying i'll of pneumonia a
ct his residence in Washington.
It is said that difficulty has occurred
between Forrest, the comedian, aud his
wife, which has resulted in their sepera.
tiOn.
Mrs. stusrL, the wife Of the famous rebel
General ]. E. B. Stuart, is living quietly
ct Georgetown, D. c., where she has en-
joyed the society Of her friends, ,unmolested,
nearly year.
Congressman Fernando Wood is now
lying very low with pneumonia st his re-
sidence in BlOomingdsle.
The wife of A. D. Richardson,-corres-
pondent Of the New York Tribune-Who is
now in Danville (Va.) prisoner, died on
the 4th inst.
John G.. Whittier, the poet, says that
while William Lloyd Garrison was in pris-
on in Baltimore, in 1880, Henry Clay rote
from Lexington, kentucky, to a friend in
Baltimore, "direoting him to pay the fine
and costs and liberste Mr.. Garrison"
This fact has not been publicly known
until very recently.
A. I. Stewart, the merchant prince of
New York, is tearing down the famous
Ssrsaparills Townsend mansion, on Fifth
avenue, New York, which originally cost
$500, 900. Stewart is going to build "a
house as is house" st 8 cost Of $500, COO.
Hon. Michael Hahn, the Governor elect
Of Louisiana, was born ct Klingeminster,
in the Province Of Rhenish Bavaria, in
the year 1880. His family emigrated in
the following year to New York city,
where they remained until 1840 They
then removed to Texas, and soon after to
New Orleans. he was left an orphan at
an early age. He studied law and prsc-
ticed it before he was twenty. He was ao-
lively engaged in his profession up to the
time Of his election to Congress, in De-
cember, 1852.
Col. Uric Dahlgren, the gallant, dash
ing cavalry officer, whose death we record
ed day or two since, was born in the
State Of Pennsylvania, and is the son Of
Admiral Dablgren, the commander Of the
feet operating eff Charleston. He was
young but brave officer, and has earned
his Coloneps commission by his gsllsntry.
The young hero first came into notice dur
ing the present war as an Abide Camp,
haviRg been appointed on May 2Sth, 1862,
to that position, from the District Of Co
lumbia with the rank of Captain. He was
ordered to report to General Fremont then
at the head Of the Mountain Department,
and was by him assigned to the staff Of
General Rufus Ssxton, then commanding
division in that section Of the country.
Captain Dahlgren, on November 9, 1862
made Q successful dash into the city of
fredericksburg, ct the head of 8 small
force Of cavalry. He succeeded in taking
during this raid, larger number Of mill
tsry prisoners than those which composed
his command, capturing large quantity
Of ngterisI, clothing, etc. During the Penn
sylvsnis campaign Of June and July, 1868,
Captain Dahlgren behaved with distin-
guished gsllsntry, and was severely woun-
ded during an engagement near HageTs-
tawn. the wound causing the amputation
Of his leg below the Knee. TOT hi5 gulI~I-t-
~ on that occasion he was promoted to
the rank of Colonel Of volunteers, TO date
from that particular time. He wss scarce
" eonyslescent when he started upon this
expedition, and it was only by his most
urgent request that he was allowed to &C.
company General fitzpatrick.
The Chicago Journals Washington cor
respondent says that soon after General
Hooker assumed command Of the army ot
the Potomac, he summoned to headquarters
all the principal cavalry officers in his
command, twenty-five or thirty in number
Arranged in semioircle facing him, he
/ addressed them after this manner, very
ooollv and with low voice ct first, warming
as he proceeded:
"GEETLEHEE; / have called you to
eelher to consult with you in regard tc
the cavalry arm Of the service. 1 thinl
it should be, and may be, made more eff
eient. It seems to me to be at present {
very costly show-very expensive and
very useless. Why gentlemen" (moyint
up and taking 9 step forward "FlI b
d-d if have ever seen or have eve
heard Of desd cavalry man."
From that speech dstes the efficiency o
the Federal cavalry.
The New York Evening Post has beel
shown a bundle Of thirty-eight five dolls
notes on the PottstoWn, Bradford County
Pennsylvania, Bank, with James Bu
chanan's portrait engraved upon one cor
ner, and in thirty Of the notes the wor
r'Traitorn is written across Buchanan
forehead; on others the letter "T'
branded; on another is written, ''Ye oil
devil" and still another bears: False t
his country and his God, but true TO tn
Democratic party" Some ingenious indi
viduals, at loss to express their oOntemp
in words, resort to symbols; one has draw
8 oopperhead snake, wriggling in th
mouth Of Buchanan, another decorstes th
head with q cap and bells, and the thir
. encloses the neck with moose which
attached to gibbet