Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-19


of earthworks occur in coneentric circles,
while high forts stand upon every possible
eminence.
The rebels have been making balloon
reconnoissances over our position at Ber-
muda Hundred.
THE BALTIMORE ARRESTS.
The Tribune's Washington special says,
special train from Baltimore was required
to-day 10 bring down ninety or one hun
dred merchants and clerks, arrested there
for selling goods to smugglers for running
the blockade s-f .4
Similar arrests wero made simultaneous
ly in St. Louis, Cincinnati Philadelphia,
and here. --s -...-.
A number of business men of fair repu-
tation seem to be involved.
BOGUS MONEY MILL DISCOVERED.
The detectives yesterday discovered a
mandatory of counterfeit postal curren-
cy on Long Island.
They arrested several men, and secured
their presses, paper and prin ted notes.
Tits is the third establishment broken
up within week
THE FINANCIAL CRASH IN ENGLAND.
The Herald's London letter says
The financial crash in London, Liver
pool and MANCHESTER, is beginning to be
very extensive.
Birmingham and other interior towns
will not be much affected.
MORE Observation-Disclosures COMING.
Large amounts of capital are being in
vested in blockade running, and nearly
one hundred steamers are fitting out in
the Clyde and adjacent waters.
One firm furnished four--:1---l-'.Oi
stAarnars this ,-sAak
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Richmond papers of the 14th do not con-
tain much news.
Forrest telegraphs his escape from Cor
inth, Missouri.
Therepulse was admitted in Florida in
regard to the defeat of the rebel cavalry in
the Valley.
Richmond papers admit the defeat, but
say;
We lost only five guns.
They assert that Shsridan's infantry was
engaged which is untrue.
Among passengers by the missing
steamer Roanoke, from Havana, was
Lieutenant johnson, who captured the
Chesapeake, and Harriet Land and was
to take charge of their engines.
LAUNCHED.
The side-whsel steamship Henry Chan
eey, for the Pacific Mail Company, was
launched to-day.
.- FROM SHERMAN.
A correspondent of the Montgomery
Alabama Appeal, writing from Hoods
headquarters says
Sherman has three millions of rstions
south of the Tennessee River, most of these
are at Chattanooga.
This is full rstions for thirty days and
may be made last sixty. With what he
can gather up in the country he may feed
his army for ninety days
WHAT HOOD Is DOING.
It is stated that Hood is tearing up the
tracks of the Georgia, Macon and West
Point roads.
Seventy miles of the Georgia Road viii
be torn up, and from Macon to Griffin, and
the West Point Road to Newman.
DAVIS VISIT TO THE ARMY.
correspondent of the Augusta, Georgia
Sentinel says:
President Davis reception by the army
was very cold. A great deal of dissatis
faction was expressed, and a change o
commanders uemanueu.
FROM RICHMOND.
The Richmond Examiner of the I5tl
says five surgeons and two officers, captuT
ed at Saltville, were received at Libb.
Prison to-day. .
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, I
October 1877 Pm.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
To Major General Dir:
The subjoined dispatches have reache,
this Department this afternoon;
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. IA Pm.
The following dispatch has been receive,
from General Sherman:
SHIPS GAP, Oct l6th-5P P. M.-We too
Ships Gap to-day, capturing part of tn
O5tb North Carolina.
Two corps are represented to be at La
fayette and one went South from Villun
Plain, instructed to hold Snake Creek Pas
to delay our trains. By tomorrow 1 cal
move on any direction.
w. T. SHERMAN,
Major General.
Dese1ters from Hoods army report hi
force at 10000. The strength of his cav
airy is not known.
There no additional news from the Ter
nessee River except that ROddy's fore
? moved from Tuscumbia yesterday.
G.H. THOMAS
/ Major General
GUERRILLA BAND REPLIED.
# The citizens of Hardensburg repelled q
attack Of a band of twenty guerrilas Q
Saturday last, killing their leader, Captai
t George Mcconnell, of Louisiana, an