Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-08
IrKMs OF NEWS.

Home, the spirituaIist, has gOneto Rome
and opened q studio as 3 soul ptor.
The Capitol extension at Washington
has slFeAdy cost over 100000.
Jsf. DAsis' sx-cOaohman, W. A. Jack
son, has been in En- glsad several months
ass speaker. he spoke at an snti slavery
meeting in Boston recently for an hour
with correctness Of grammar snd choice
ness Of expression remarkable for one
whose education had been obtained within
the last year and half
The school population Of Michigan has
increased q, 900 since the war commenced.
Ths number Of teachers has increased
nearly 1000, and their salaries nearly
$4,000 in the same time. This does not
lock like exhaustion Of means and men.
Victor hugo is engaged en- a work en-
Shakespeare.
TIE ladies Of 9 church in Hartford, Con-
nsetieut. recently invited the gentlemen of
the choir to leap year ride and supper,
footing all the bills and caring for them
tenderly.
A lady in New York afirms that of the
births in the city, those in strong Union
families sre mostly boys, in seeesh fami-
lies mostly girls Ii has often been said
thai In war times male births predomi
nate.
AmAgnihOeat hotel is to be erected on
Central Park, New York, capable of &C.
cOmmOdsting 1000 people.
There are 5000 dogs in Clark County,
Ohio. In 1862 they killed on an average
about one sheep for each five dogs. The
sheep were worth SI,7OO.
Mp. Willis says American women fade |
bsceuse they do not exercise enough, or
exercise in the wrong direction. He says
the tone Of mind and body of the sex has
been running down from the days when |
she put on stays, commenced sewing and
fOrsOOk fresh air and exercise.
A family in New Yoik quite recently
have been suffering with a peculiar dis
ease resembling poisoning. From the
circumstances, the medical attendant sus-
pscted it came from eating ham, and or;
dsred mieruscopical examination Of the
suspected meat, which proved the cOnolu.
sion correct. 1t was found to be full Of
poisonous sminaleul@. From the method
many farmers have of fsttening this ami
NAL they are often more or less diseased
In this way though not as in this case, SO
ss to produce fatal consequences.
A large number Of the prisoners at
Johnson's Island are snxiously awaiting |
an opportunity to take the oath Of sllegi- |
snos to the United States Government
By officers familiar with the prisoners, it
is estimated that upward Of 500 will avail |
themselves Of the privileges of the oath
A perfect reign Of terror is maintained by
the incOrrigible and bitter traitors within
the prisons, who threaten the life of Gny
Of the repentant rebels whom they may
SuS SPSoi " DsAuE uoslEOus 70 tah6 Lne Odtu Il
to our Government.
Gov. Brsmlette recently issued a Proc
lamatiOn formally warning of all recruit
ers offree negroes within his State. He
says Kentucky will fully and promptly
meet every requisition for soldiers from
her whites alone.
The demand for the Agricultural Re-
port is 50 great, that Congress has been
asked to print 100000 additional copies.
Mr.. Barnum, in his lecture last week at
the Cooper Institute, N. Y, on How to
make money" observed:
1.-THE public will not be bumbugged
twice. No amount of advertising can de-
oeivs them twice. Anything presented to
them must be worthy Of their patronage,
and must possess intrinsic merit.