Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-27
MORNING LEADER.
The Richmond WiIig not Satisfied with
Hroodsa PrOmOal0n.-


If there was to be any more retreating
General Johnston would have beer, re-
tained, as in this Particular line oftmilitary
strategy he is sekRoYledged to be without
rival" --,u s,,, H5
General Bragg reached Atlanta on Che
18th. r.f.5
On the same day it was rumoted that
General Kirby Smith was in that city in
citizens dress. ,...-.-
Editorially the Whig says that General
Hoods promotion exeites much surprise,
and that few are willing to believe the
appointment permanent. Hood, as di-
vision commander, is said to be eminentiy
successful, but it was asked where and
when has Hood displayed the capacity to
command one of the largest armies in the
Confederacy, and to conduct a campaign
on which the salvation of the cause in a
great measure depends 4l
The Wing finds the secret Of the ap-
pointment in the fact that the success of
the cause is isubservient to the qualification
of personal feeling, and that Hood alone
of Johnston Lieptenants has been from
the beginning opposed to retrograde move
1Ilents from Dalton The new policy hav-
ing been adopted it was perhaps proper to
find 8 commander whose views aocorded
with that policy. Hence Hardee was
oVerstepped. . ..er.s. .s5rs.1s.z7
The Wing concludes as follows 's We
hold to the belief that the situR ion in
Georgia does not demand rash expert
rnents but on the contrary calls for an
offer of proved ability OF the first order.
Such an officer would not be hard to find
near Petersburg, if malignant jealously
unparalleled outside the bottonless pit
could be queRched blythe love Of country
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY LOST IN NARY
- -laEA II LAND.
Another editorial in the Wing contains
the following paragraph: Judged by the
Confederate Standard, the recent incur
sion into Maryland falls below the mark
There may be, and we believe there is,
something unexplained; but men and
booty, however can not atone
for the splendid opportunity lost or thrown
away by blank thousands of men. The
Confederate standared must not be low
cred. l5 +ai-4ta w ali. 3
TROUBLES WITH TORIES IL NORTH cARoLI-
Ma. =
The Richmond Wing has paragraph
from the Salisbury N. O. Watchman,
saving that tories and deserters to the
number of as or loo, made descent re-
Gently upon Yadkin County Jail, and
forcibIv released three prisoners confined
their for murder zone thing is certain"
saws the Watchman, "the loyal Confeder-
ates alone, here, must either subdue these
raiders or be themselves subdued."
THE YANKEE PlcKETs SELLING THE REB-
ELS.
The Wing says: The Petersburg Ex-
press of last Thursday 10th, says, the chief
topic of the previous day, both in the city
and rebel army, was the reported death of
General Grant. The enemy's pickets,
saws the Express, all say it is so and tell
uniform story in regard to it. The
statement is, that,his arm was shattered by
a ball, near the sholder, rendering amputa-
ton necessary, and the shock to his ner-
vous system was so great that he died du-
ing the operation.
FIGHT WITH REBEL DESERTERS.
The Lynchburg Virginian says that
on the I4th regular fight took place near
Pleasant Branch, Campbell County, be-
LWCGu sOL11B CAAAAElA1 anu a EdllG VI ut-
serters Two Of the deserters are reported
mortally wounded and four captured
The Virginian adds that there are several
regular camps and gangs Of deserters in
Campbell County ts-l jig
.~g THE RICHMOND MARKET.
The Wing says chickens are seven and
eight dollars apiece in market 1t COM
plains that bakers bread is made of very
inferior fonr, and asks the City Council
to pass an ordinance upon the subject
1t calls on the Central Supply Committee
to organize a system for bringing vegeta-
bles TO the city. 1t also complains that
there is a large number of runaway ne
groes in the immediate vicinity of the city,
needing attention. ....
MORE NATIONAL BANKS. -.-
During the week the following National
Banks have been organized City Bank,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with capital of
100000; Haverhill Bank, Haverhill,
Massachusetts, capital 100000; Second
National Bank, Desmoines, Iowa, capital
$5OO0OO Charter Oak Bank, Hartford,
Connecticut, capital 100000. The whole
number is some forty-eigbt. or
PREPARING TO ENFORCE THE DRAFT.
It should be understood that the state
ment made in same papers to the effect
that Grant expects the late call for troops
to be filed by volunteering, Is untrue, as
is also the additional statement that there
will be no draft, even If the call is not
filed by volunteering. The War Depart
ment is making ali the preparations for
the draft, whenever it IS needed, and
in fact the authorities of at least
one or two States are doing
very little to encourage volunteer
ing, claiming that it is better at this
state of the war to draft. On the other
hand, reports show that in some seetious,
quotas are being rapidly reduced by en-
| listments. 1t is well known that the term
Of service of some thousands of troops ex-
pire this summer. Towns and cities have
had recruiting agents at work among vet
Grams for a month or more before the last
call, and with success that not few
agents, early and energetic in tbs field, re-
port the quotas Of their respective towns,
nearly filled. These agents are busy with
discharged soldiers now arriving here,
many OF whom are re-enlisting, generally,
however, iu regiments of other States than
those to which they had belonged.
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Statistics Oflhe Harvard senior Glass.
The Boston journal says:-@We have
been favored with copy of the first re-
port Of the secretary OF the class of 1864
Of Harvard College, which embraces the
following statistics: In 1860 the candi-
dates admitted to the classes of 1864 were
ll2. Subsequently the class numbered
l44, but from various causes the number is
now 80. II entered the United States
army and one into the navy. Six of the
former have fallen in battle or died in the
service. OF the whole number in the
class % belonged in Boston, IL to Cam
bridge and "a to other phases in Massachu-
setts. In religious belief 40 were U uita-
rian, 20 Orthodox Congregational, IS
| Episcopalian, Baptists and "a of no