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LEADER.
ErnNEspAY, NovEMRER 30.
-eherman.s movements.


It Is difficult, from the jumbled reports
received through Richmond, to determine
with much precision any of the details Of
General Sherman's movements. With the
wires cut and the railroad severed, and
general panic prevailing everywhere
there must necessarily be thousands o.
rumors afost and a large amount oil e1ag-
geration in the reports that are made py
the rebel press.
It's pretty clearly determined, how
over, that Sherman hss met no great obs
stacles and that his march has been thur
far triumphant There can be no doubt
that he has been sweeping all the territory
living between the Georgia railroad on the
North and the Central on the South. He
hes captured MelledgeviIleand is east ofth'
Oeonee River threatening both Augusta
and Savannah. The rebels abound in pre-
dictions, but If Sherman is stopped, after
proceeding thus far, they will do what
nobody regards probable or possible with
the number of troops at their disposal He
will probably cross the Savannah River,
if he does not attack Augusta between
that place and Savannah and thus be ready
to attack the latter place, or Charleston,
OF move direct for Bean Fort.
If Sherman is allowed to cross the Saw
annah he csn move forward, destroying
the South Carolina railroad, and thus cut
ting off communication with Richmond
and Virginia. With -his-4isuS IessinS Oi'
the Sea Coast at Beaufort, he could move
AGAINST Charleston or into North Csrolins
AGAINST Wilmington. 1t is certain that 4
once he crosses the Savannah, the rebe
sorce however small or large it is, which
oDposes bin, must be divided as he may
move in either direction. We see ne
reason. as vet, to doubt that Sherman i
moving his army in complete triumph
All the proclamations and all the militi'
that have been mustered against him, vii
aavil but little against the $4,000 brsv
veteran soldiers that taught their way t.
Atlanta. The rebels may fell trees an'
burn bridges, but Sherman's pioneer corp
and pontoon train are adequate to remov
the one and supp ement the other, SO tina
no hindrance need be interposed.
We have faith il Sherman
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On PetfieOnts.

Elihu Burritt has been making calcula-
tions about women's petticosts-queer
business for learned blscksmith-snd
says more than ten thousand tons of steel
are put into crinolin in Christendom an
nually. Upon this the Boston Traveller.
remarks "Such is the magnitude of
crinoline, considered from a business point
of view, and no wonder that the article
tokes up so much room in the world
Twenty millions pounds of IRON worked
up yearly into petticosts, and carried by
the delicate creatures 1t must be far
greater burden than their sins. But they
get along very well with it and thrive un-
der its weight Iron, according to Solon,
is the most potent of all things, conquer
ing even Colds owners; and ladies find
it very useful article in making their
conquests. Just now it rules the court,
the camp, the grove, and is potential
everywhere, from castle to cottage. In
every sense this is the Age of Iron, even
women acknowledging the rule of the
rule of the government of metals, a rule
that literally encircles them. Those who
wonld abolish the hoop, must see that they
have great interest TO contend against,
and that all good conservatives sre bound
to oppose them"
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The Position of GeneraI Thomas.

AAe FOsElAOu Oi HemerHl AnOindss
The general expectation was that when
Beauregard and Hood heard that Sherman
was marching south from Atlanta they
would turn back from their projected Ten
nessee campaign, and use their line OF
railroad TO throw the rebel army upon
Shermsn's heels, and if possible across his
path. The expectation seems to be dis
appointed. Beauregard has probably pro-
ceeded to do what he can TO gather up the
Georgia militia and the scattered garrisons
of the South, to circumscribe Sherman's
operations as far Gs possible, hardly hop
ing, we suppose, TO infict any great disas-
ter upon him or cut him off altogether
Hood, with the old veteran army which
made such desperate resistance in Georgia
last summer, has advanced into Middle
Tennessee to try conclusions with Thomas.
The eduanimity of the public mind re-
garding the significant and critical situs-
ton in Tennessee, is the strongest possible
testimony of the universal and unques-
tioning confidence in the brave, vigilRnt,
and competent generalship of the old hero,
| Thomas, who Che hiss declined all the hon
9rs he could,) is now for the first time
in chief command of q great depart
ment and army. There has been no ex-
preston of impotence or irritation, at the
| brief telegraphic announcements we have
had conveying the information that Thomal
Is falling back before Hood There has
however, been some feeling of surprise
but there would not be if the people knew
| all the facts It must be remembered thai
| Thomas has with him but part of th'
| old legions of the Army of the Cum0er
| land. who have stood with him in so man!
| stormy times. He has large force, but
is thus far an army Of patches, rRther thai
a consistent compact whole that can be de
pended upon to stand as rock, or rol
upnn the foe fiery mass of living vaioI
The troops are good, and will be bette
for every days experience under the ey
of their leader and he has gained preciOu
invaluable time by his slow circumspec
stvle of retreat-gained time to get hi
army in hand and gather reinforcement
from all directions. 1t ought not to be w
| derstood, because he moves along quietl
and does his work well, that he has a
easy task There are few more formldf
BILE armies, in proportion to their number
than that of Hood, and his men must
as conscious as ours that they are tightin
for an enormous stake. A general and d'
cisive engagement between Thomas an
Hood in the vicini4y of Nashville, in tt
present juncture of affairs, would be, pc
; haps, the most important of the war. Thi
such an engagement is likely to occur an
day, is obvious. We share the prevailin
confidence in the result, as we share IL
public faith that General Thomas is one
the rare cases Of the right man IN IL
right place. end is master of the situstlo
Cincinnati Commercial, 2Sth.
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sALE.-Pursuant to th

MASTERS SALE.-Pursuant to the
lNl command Of dseretal order Of sale from tins
Cou4t OF Common Pleas o. Cuyahogs county, IN on
action ther in pending, wherein The Cuyabogs
Steam Furnace Company is plsintn, ana John Civ
en- and others are defendants, to me diTso 81, l
shsll oer Tor sale at public auction at toe door Of
the Court House ia the city 5f Cleveland, on the
nuth day Of ,ember, 1854 at three O'Clock P. X,
the following described parcels OF land, sitnste IN
the ity OF Cleveland, county Of Cuyahoga aud
State Of Ohio, bounded as follows, 70 wit:
Parcel No. Ohe.-Commenctng at point on the
westerly line OF ontario street forty feet nor
therly from its intersection with the n0rthery line
OF Michigan street; thence westerly, &c right au-
gIes with ontario street, one hundred eeE to pri-
Vate alley ten feet In width; thence northery In a
line at right angles With Michigan street, twenty
two fe, {; thsncs sasterly in line parallel with
Michigan street. one hundred feet to the westerly
line OF Ontario street, thenoe southsrly on the said
westerly line of Ontario street twsDty.t feet 20
the place of beginning together with all the hered
itaments and HppnrtGnances thereuntO belonging,
but subject 20 sll streets and highways
Appraised at $4,000.
Parcel No. TlCo.-Commoncing at point on the
northeIly line OF Michigan cot, hundred and
ten feet westsrly from Onts 10 street; thence nor
therIy at right angles with Michigan street, ninetY
two feet; thence westerly IN line OF right angles
with Ontario street, twenty-five feet thence south
erly in line ct right sngles with Michigan street,
nine,y-two feet 10 the northerly line OF MichiR
street. thence eGstsry along the said therly line
Of Michigan rect twentytwo feet TO the place OF
beginning, tcgsther with all the Embellishments and
appurtspsnOes thereunto belonging, but subject to
all streets and hishUays.
Appraised at s5, 800.
Terms cash. lf HENRY G. ABBEY,
Master Commissioner.
BAoxUs & NOBLE, Attorneys.
November 8, 1874. no9:1SQ.sT
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A Divided EOuth...DRVis Reaping the
WhirIWind.

The attempts being made in the South to
put Davis into the Dictatorship, have call
ed out fierce denunciations from the press.
The Macon bateyIigencsT says:
Anticipating the operations of the Con
federate Congress, we call the attention of
the Southern press to matter of vital In
terest, which concerns our safety as peO-
ple-to wit, the secret sessions of Con-
gress. There is so much that is dangerous
to the liberties of the people and so unjust
in the irregular workings of secret leglsla-
tion that It has become absolutely neces-
sary to use all available opposition to pre-
vent the offensive practice.
It adds still further:
We have been the sport of military
domination so long that legislators antici-
pate success and the plsudits of the army
in their attacks upon civil liberty.
The Montgomery appeal, on the same
subject says:
We beseech our authorities at Richmond
not to be too grssping in their demands Tor
power and dominion, and we warn our
congressman not to be too hssty in thus
surrendering the rights and hOertles ol
their constituents into the hands of the
military power.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
says;
We are glad to see that the press Of the
South is very generally speaking out
against the unconstitutional proposition OF
the President to sbridge its freedom by
subjecting it to his own arbitrary control
Even the press of the administration art
loud jim their dpnunciation of the EXecu,
/ tive. They are forced to admit that II
evinces an alarming disposition on the par
of the President to usurp despotic power
in utter disregard of the guarantees OF the
constitution.
The Macon Telegraph, Columbus Sr'"
and Charleston Mercury all express similal
views. 1t proves that a very active hos
lility to Davis is being created in the
! South.
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Political.

Ex-Governor Yates, of Illinois, is b. 'lg
warmly pressed for the United States San-
ste from that State.
A floating paragraph states that Rsary
Ward Beecher has nominated Gec ral
Butler for President in 1858.
The banner town in Vermont is sppro-
priately named Lincoln. 1t voted, Abrs-
ham Linocln, 2O7 Mcclellan, none.
Montgomery Blair is said to be a candi-
date for United States Senator from Mary
land, in place of Ex-Governor Hick, who
will be made Postmaster at Baltimore.
The call for Republican State Conven-
ton in New Hampshire, to meet at Con-
cord, January 4th, to nominate Govern
or and Railroad Commissioner, is Issued.
Samuel Downing, Revolutionary hero
of Io3 wears of age, who lives at Edin-
burgh, Saratoga county, New York, cast
his vote for Abraham Lincoln, on the 8th
inst.
The Grand Rspids Enquirer, Democrat
ic, has suspended its daily issue. The Peo-
ria, Illinois, Null, and Logan County Co1s-
rier, have also suspended-both Demo-
cratic.
1t is thought prosbls that Senator Ten
Eyck, Union, msy be reelected for New
Jersey. The leading Democratic csndi-
dates are ex-Uhancellor Williamson, Ro
bert Gilchrist, jr., Chancellor Green, Alex
ander Wurts and John P. stockton.
It is said that recent Investigations in tht
Eight Congressional District of New I ork
have disclosed extensive frauds, This
the district in which James Brooks is claim
ed to have been elected by 8 small majori
ty over VIM. E. Dodge. The latter hs
served notice Of a contest.
a new paper called tho Dispatch, ha
recently been started at ST. Louis, unde
the management of Mr., Colburn, fOrmerl,,
war correspondent of the New Yorl
World. 1t is probably in the Blair inter
est. Mr. Colburn is a gentleman Of sbilit,
and character.
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FOOte and swan, Rebel congressman.
Have a FfRht.

FOOte and Swan, Rebel congressman
Have a Fisht.
In the trial before the Police Court IN
Richmond, report of which is found In
the Richmond Examiner of the oath; Mr..
Rives Pollard gave the following account of
the fight between two beIlieose Tennessee
Congressman. Mr.. Pollard, without know
ing the relations that subsisted between
S an and Foote, accompanied the former
t, show him the house of the latter.
Arriving at Governor Foote'S room Mr..
Pollard suggested that they should send in
their cards; that perhaps it might not be
convenient or agreeable for Governor to
receive them at that hour; but Mr.. Swan
did not think that forlnality necessary;
tapping at Governor Foote'S door, voice
said, "Come in" He opened the door and
saw Mrs Foote sitting at the fire. Mr..
Foote who was sitting before the fire, sp-
psrently in a drowsy state, arose and greet
ed witness very cordially, inviting him in,
Mr.. Swan following; witness knowing that
Mr.. Swan was a colleague of Mr.. Foote,
simply said, q Your colleague, Mr.. Swan,
MI fOOJej suppose yOuAre OObu aC4 uhInL
ed" Mr. Foote turned aside and replied
II cannot recognise that man; he is not 8
gentleman" and repeated the expression
turning his position to witness, as witness
believed, for the purpose of making an ex-
planstion TO him. It was then that Mr.
Swan struck Mr.. Foote over the head with
an umbrells he carried in his hand. Mr
Pollard Immediately sprung between The
parties and attempted to keep them apart
Mr.. Poote rushed to wardrobe in the ex'
trerne corner of the room and seized re
volver and rushed towards Mr.. Swan, wheI
witness caught him. Mr.. Foote said, ex
citedly, "Don't hold me; Pll shoot th'
damned scoundrel," or words to that effect
The uarties were seDarate5 Mr.. Swan re
| tirIng into the passage and MIR. rOOte re
naming in his own room. Witness mad
an explanation to Mr.. Foote; that he wa
not aware of the mission Of Mr.. Swan, no
of the motives that impelled him in assault
ing him. Mr.. Foote was perfectly sstisie'
and acquitted witness on the spot of an.
connection with the affair.
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The HnarIty of the Richmond Press.

The Hnarity OF the Richmond Press.
The hilarity of the rebel editors at Rich
mond s-unbounded. They affect to make
light of Grant and Sherman. They talk OF
Ulysses and his folly. They ask when he
Will give Lee a Chance to slaughter him
again. They endeayor to make sport of
Shermans progress. They have knowlege
they are 10th to communicate. They see
Sherman vainly essaying to save his shat
tered armies. They strut in their self-con-
fidsnce like peacocks in barn yard
They crow and laugh. Indeed their hilar-
ity is SO great, that it is quite evident they
are manufacturing it to order. The
present is a fearful crisis to the rebellion.
They are undergoing the severest of or
deals. 1t is necessary therefore, to put on
airs, to bluster and below, to grow jolly
as the heavens grow darker, to dance and
sing as the funeral draws nigh. The re
bel editors are certainly talented fellows.
They can laugh and grow fat in q grave
yard.
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The Army lau.t be R.pt up.

1t is entirely certsin that the repeated
drafts which have been made under the
conscription law passed last winter, have
largely failed to add materially to the
strenhth of the army. The law is certainly
defective in allowing so large number OF
persons to slip through the draft for reasons
thest excite the laughter and the lndigna-
tion ofthe people and which may yet be
strictly in conformity with the law
What Is wanted is a more stringent regu-
lation in this respect. Another evil is
that persons who are drafted are allowed
to report at their own option and the means
of compelling them, in case they choose
not to, are wholly inadequate and inefici-
ent. The law must be remOdled in both
these respects, and q constant stream of re-
Inducements kept up. While the war
continues there must of course be cor
slant diminution of men by reason OF sick
ness, marches, bullets, expiration Of term OF
enlistment and other cause. If something
is net done, the draft will become ridi-
culous farce as well as a constant veIstion
to the people.
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apRIvAL OF MAII,s AT DEPOT

ARRIVAL OF MAILS AT DEPOT
Eastern Through arrives At 7:so A. NJ, 2;l5 P. NJ,
Esstern way arrives at lO2OA.M.
western Through arrives st 9:2o A. y $40 P. NJ.
do Wsy arrives at 2:65 P. NJ.
Sandusky Way arrives at 9:l5 A. M.
Cincinnati Through arrives at $3.50 A. NJ, S.lO 2 a
do Way arrives st $50 P. NJ.
Pittsburgh Through arrives at g:65 A. W.
WAY arrives At 1910 P al.
MahoninR WRy arrives at 10:E6 A. M.
Il Headvills arrives at 10:25 A. M.
Medina Way arrives at 400 p: n.
Rookport, to., arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays ct Il n.
WnrTensyiIIe arrives daily at 10:15 A. M.
East Cleveland and Euclid arrives daily 4. n
HOUR OF CLOSING THE MAILS.
EAHTERE Through for Erie, Buffalo, Boston New
York, Hartford, and PainesVilie, Geneva, Ashtabu-
Ia and Oonnaant, closes at $50 A. IL.
EASTERN THROUGH, for Eew York only, closes 1t
EASTERN TsRoUsH, for Erie, Buffalo, Albany,
Boston, New York and Hartford, closes at So
EAs7ERN WAY, for all points between Cleveland
and Erie, closes at 25O P. M:
WEsrERN THnoUaH, for Tols6o, Detrsit, OhioARg
snd Milwaukee closes at 1:lo A. H., Ceaves .: ~
WEsTERa THRousH, for Toledo, Detroit, Chicago,
Dubuque, st. Joseph and Cairo closes at 900 P, ~
WESTERN WKT, for all points between Cleveland
aad Toledo, closes at LAD P. M.
SANDUsKY WAY, for Sanduaky and oil inferno
diate points, closes at $3.50 z. M
OIN0INRATI WAY, for all points between Cleveland
and Cincinnati, closes at 7.05 A. NJ
OiHCIENATI THROUGH, for Columbus, Dayton,
Newark and Cincinnati, closes At 7iO6 A. III.
OIEOIERAFTI THROUGH, for Columbus cincinnati
Louisville, ST. Louis, indianapolis hsnosviile and
Wheeling, closes At 90 P III.
PITTsBURGH THROUsH, for PittsDurZn and Waah-
iagton, closes ct 1910 P. M.
Pr7TsBUssH WAY, for all points between Oleve.
land WoIlsvfls and Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Pht,-
sdophia, Baltimore snd Washington, closes at 10
An.
MAHoEIsq WAY, for al points between Cleveland
and Youngstown. closes st f:45 P. NJ
MEADvILLE, closes at 9:51 A. NJ.
MKDHA WAY, closes as 1880 A. n.
RoCKPOEF, &C., closes Tuesdays, Inursdays
and Saturdays, at I2M.
WARRESsvfr1z, oloses daily, 1880 A. II.
SAsE OLzvELAsD and Euclid, closos daily, si
Pm. .
Mail and Drop LstssTs ere required BY law to Be
prepaid.
All CITY Circulars ere required to bePrepaid With
onioe open from T:sO A. ID. TO ESQ P. NJ. On
Su aday from A. NJ 20 1909 A. n.
80 ITEIg<I E COWLES P N.
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'Fhe New York Rebel Organ Takes
the Alarm.

Nothing has contributed more TO en-
courage the rebels in New York TO their
last infamous attempt to burn the city than
the habituaI tone of the New Yok Neavs
which might as well be edited in Rich
mond as where it is, and which certainly
has the strongest claims to being suppress
ed of any rebel journal iu the North. But
even the Nea0s has taken the alarm and
deprecstes the burning of New York be-
cause It would create terrible feeling OF
hostility to the rebels and make more of
united North than there is. 1t admits the
rebellious origin of the scheme in the fol-
lowing words;
It will be seen that we consider the In
eendiarism of Friday night the work Of
Southern hsnds-conceived by Southern
brain. Wejudge so from the evidence
thus far given. A conspiracy of thieves
for purposes of plunder, would not have
embraced so vast an area of operations
nor would its details have been so extend
ed, complete and systematic. The clrcum-
stance that SO early an hour of the night
was selected for Simultaneous action OF the
incendiaries, demonstrates that the lnten-
tion was to destroy property without sacri-
fee Of life. -
It then proceeds to defend the rebel
authorities st Richmond against charges
of completely or sympathy with the plot
The "Confederstes" are too wise, have too
much tact to engage in any thing of the
kind. Only few desperate men. al
tempted it. The rebels are humane and
a Christian people, says the Ner0s, and
therefore could not engage in an enterprise
of the kind.
The Ns1us then quietly endeavors to.con-
vince its friends in Richmond that itYould
be dangerous thing to retaliate in. that
way. The Ner0s is fearful of the terrible
consequences to its friends. 1t says, there
fore
If the city of New York lad been re.
duced to ashes on Friday night, there
would have been hundred thousand stall
wart men thrown out Of employment, and
| Of these st least fifty thousand would have
! been impelled to seek present relief from
starvation by joining the Federal ranks
/ Hundreds of thousands more would have
sprung to arms throughout the North un.
der the spur of that intensity OF hostile
sentiment that would arise from the con
temptation of an act SO repulsive to man
1 kind.
The NeuOs is SO confident that the plot
TO burn New York was not in conformity
With the advice of the Richmond Wing
that it even thinks the rebel authorities
will repudiste the whole scheme
1t is we'll for this rebel sheet to take the
alsrm. The indignation of the loyal peO
pie of the North cannot long endure suei
teachings as it furnishes to the thousands
Of rebels in New York city. We question
very much whether the most liberal view
on the subject of "free speech" can mucl
longer tolerate its existence.
/ New Yorl may congratulate itself OF
having escaped from fearful destruction
attempted largely through the manifes
sympathy of the Northern rebel press.
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In speaking yesterday of the effect of
Shermsns movement to again divide the
South, we we're made to say by the un-
ruly types, that no opportunity for such
revolutions TO take place in the popular
feeling as had taken place in Missouri and
Arkansas would occur in Georgia
and Alabama. We meant the
reverse. In the present condition OF
Georgia and Alabama, if they we're sepa-
rated from Richmond for any length of
time, reconstruction would take place
there as it is taking place in Tennessee
ArKsnsgs, uOulslans and Missouri.
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where is the :. Gallant Creole ? >

Ny lord Beauregard, the gallant creole
of Dixie, sent bombsstic proclamation
TO the people Of Georgia, from Corinth,
that he would soon be with them. By what
rouis? With what force2 Where is he
n0w9 From the latest developments it
seems that Hoods army is in Tennessee.
We must therefore, infer that when the
gallant creole said he was coming, he
mesnthimselfsnd staff and not his veterans.
Fss Is to place himself if possible, at the
rsso-r.ass the Georgia and South Carolina
p,,t a.. -, fudgel the gallant Sherman.
- ADie Il - agsllant creole will
hnd some difficulty in gettlns to his Geor-
gians- Sherman has cut all cornr,rn;oa
It CoWEEs'.
81 Msddell House.
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The Absentees from the Rebel Arm.

The Absentees from the Rebel Army
The Charleston Mercury says;
We learn that there are upwards of two
thousand skulkers belonging to the COnfed-
crate army now in South Carolina. We
would respectfully suggest to Congress that
they pass some wise and effective laws that
would not only return the South Carolina
skulkers to the ranks, bnt would also re-
duce the number of the "two-thirds of the
army absenlees" the President referred to
in his fsr-famed and celebrated speech at
Macon.
AS matters now stand, it looks as if the
more originals you put in the greater the
number OF absentees. Better return ab-
sentees. Better return sbsentees first; then
if more men are needed they can readily
be had,