Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-04-26
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Dor consist Of common tar barrels, tsrred
outside and inside, and fastened by cs-
BILE. Some Of them contain 500 to 700 lbs.
of powder. They will explode from a
pressure Of Is pounds. There is also a
line of these torpedoes from Sumter to
Cummings Point There ere at Savannah
80 torpedoes stretched across the river lar
ger than tar barrels, charged with fulmi-
mating powder, that will explode on slight
pressure.
1t is feet, generally well conceded by
well-in-formed military men, that the for
nation Of so many new companies for op-
GRAFTON in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada,
Idaho and the Lake Superior regions will
prove eminently beneficial to the country.
Some Of these ventures may be speculative,
but the msjority Of them are bona tfds, and
they will open new fields OF labor, and DO
much toward developing the wealth and
resources Of these regions.
A few days since some malicious indi-
vidual advertised in the New York Herald
that Mr.. VIM. G. Dougherty, at certain
number on Front street, wanted immedi-
ately $50 girls for fancy work. For sew
ersl days girls looking for fancy work ap-
piled, to the great annoyance of Mr..
DOugherty.
Mr.. DistuFnell, the publisher Of tTaV.
eler's guide, has issued the prospectus Of q
new one to be published by the 1st Of June,
embracing the fashionable Northern tour
through the United States and Canada.
It is estimated that when the quotas for
H. G11aI L.
men in the field supporting the cause of
the Union.
An ingenious device for picking pockets
has been invented by the rebel prisoners
confined at Wheeling vs.. When new
prisoner arrives some of the initiated
starts the cry Of " fresh fsh which is IN
derstood 10 convey the knowledge of tie
arrival. When the new prisoner is usher
ed in he is Immediately seized by the 90.
oupants Of the room, placed in blanket
snd thrown up. They continue to toss the
new conner in this manner until his pock-
et-book falls out, when he is released and
the pocket-book is oonfscated.
The Philsdelphis Ledger says that the
shipments Of anthracite coal moved from
the mines last week amounted all told, to
one hundred and sixty thousand Eve hun
dred and sixty FIVE tons, making for the
season, one million eight hundred and IF.
tY.fiVe thousand four hundred and fifty
four tons, showing an increase to cores
pondiug date Of last year Of seVenty-nipe
thousand six hundred and twelve tons.
The demand for coal is brisk from all the
regions, and prices are firmly maintained
Noy ola 81 o.I - D1tE--s11n aFs.--l
Journal says, ait is now evident that it
will tax all the transporting facilities 10
their foil extent to supply the market
TIE mining facilities are equal to the de-
mand.
A meeting Of the graduates Of Amherst
College residing in the vicinity OF Boston
was held on Friday, and committee sp-
pointed to report q plan for an sssocia-
ticn- Rev. Dr.. Huntington Of the class OF
1887 presided, and g. W. Hathaway of the
class Of 1857 was Secretary. RepresenIs-
tives from twenty classes were present,
and much interest was manifested for the
success of the proposed organization.
The Boston Courier, alluding to the fu-
neral Of William D. Ticknor, says:
From the nook Of observation, where We
ohsnced to find q standing place we could
not but see with sad satisfaction, thst
many Of those whose names are most ia
mihar among US and abroad showed their
esteem for our valued friend by their at
tendance upon this last mournful ofice.
His Kinsmsn was there, of course, the his
torisn and biogrspher of Mr.. Prescott; Mr..
T,on UfelloW also Professor LoWell and
DR.. Holmes Mr.. Whipple, the essayist,
and many more.
Professor Joseph Leidy, Of Philadelphis,
proposes to sbste the worm nuisance in
cities by striking the tree; theehock, he
says, will cause the worms TO descend and
while on the ground they csn be scalded
to death. The operation he CALI "tsp.
ping"
Ii lis estimated that one Of the milk deal
ers Of Boston sells over $1,000 worth o.
water with his milk in a single year.