Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-15


NEW YoRK, Hatnh "A. 3
The Morning Star arrived to day from
Havana. She brings intslHgsncs to the
9Th inst.
The Havana journals contain eouioug
extracts from late Mobile papers, showing
sAAs the sherman expedition created tkO
gre4test alarm there. The Federal trooDs
are charged with having enacted iuorsdlbIs
outFages. --''','' : :,
Toe steamers Fanny sud s5rsn s-,irs,s
from Nassau on the 29th. Win carsosl ~
cotton from Wilmington, hsVinz YsS ~
blockade there.
The news from Vera Cruz 10 Ma-,h IL
and from Mexico 20 February 26th 4. ~
the report that President JuarsS had -
signed, Is dsnied in . letter written By
hfmbelk.
From all psrts Of the country cons In
teHigence Of the occupation Of the various
toWAs BY the French troops. Ths nah
have also had naval success. Thl var
corvetts CArdidiere captured and took into
san Bias Msxicsn vessel, the San Fran-
e1sce, formerly the English steamer Lydia
kaglin, with dispatches for Jusrsz. At
the latest accounts Juarez was st San Cat
alma. =
The news from San Domingo is fsgora-
bic 10 the Spanish.
A battle bad taken place ct 8lolucost st
which the Royslist troops surprised ths
rebels, rushed upon them, destroyed thsir
camp, and put them to flight.
The Times Washington special dsled
Wsshingtcn 18th says: --
General Grant returns here ID eietfsor
ten days, and viii rs-orgsnizs the
Of the Potomac, and head its first nd
ment in The spring. General Smith nav
receive its command.
General Halleok has been offered the
command Of any Department. he wants.
Ltutenant-CSlonel Sanderson has been
arrested on a sarge preferred By Colonel
Strsight Of disclosing to the rebel AUTHOR
ities 3 plot Of the Union prisoners to es-
cape from Libby Prison. None Of bis
friends have any doubt Of his innocenos.
General Wadsworth has gone 10 Fortress
MoAroe with instructions to make no fur.
thef exchanges on General Buffers plan.
Under that arrangement We are only gst-
ting seventy-fVe Of our prisoners for one
hundred rebels.
The Commission to investigate the con.
duct Of General Roseersns at Chiekamsu-
60 fully exonerate him from blame.
AdTiees from Jacksonville to the 7sh are
unimportant.
General Seymour S stin retained In
command.
Our loss at 0lusteo reaches 1900 of
whom tWO-thirds are slightly wounded,
Hilton Head letters report that the firing
on sumter and Charleston had ceased IasS
Tuesday.
The schooner Alice Turner, = snail
blockade runner, had run ashore on Tyhee
Island, and was captured by our tFoops.
A Jacksonville letter states that Col
onel Henry's csvclry routed a BODY Of
rebel cavalry on Three Mile River. some
distsnee from Jacksonville.
The rebel force now consists Of seven
teen regiments Of infantry and two Of
cavalry, besides artillery.
The Savannah News Of the 2i contains
en- account Of. the captuSe of the rebel ship
EliEE, with q cargo valtslsA $50 600.
The Mississippian reports 400 desersePs
In Jones county have organized, sud "a
slss successfully all attempts to subj
them. :
The Worlds New Orleans letter thinks
there Is rensOn to expect success from the
new Red River expedition. The caEslry
force has been sent to the front. The
18Th and 18th corps, under MeC nd
and franklin, with q co-operstih orcs
from Vicksburg, form the rest Of the ex-
pedition.
The expedition sent soross Lake sPont-
ehartrain, two months ago, has rsturnsd
to New Orleans.
The Times special dated Washington
1 13Gb, says: M :, d
The Ways and Maans COMMITTEES have
sbsut completed On amendment 70 the Ns-.
iionsl Rank bill allowing National Banks
to issue two and thros dollar notes IN
til specie payments are resumed, when
they will be called in.
Generals : Gilmore and Seymour are
summoned before the Conmistes on the
Conduct Of the Wsr.
The supplemental revenue bill proposed
BY the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
is now in he hands Ofthe Ways snd Means
Com mittee Il suggests an additional tax
OF 81 on whisky and 50c on tobacco.
A Tribune dispatch says: Admiral
DahlgreE is on his way hsts without hav-
ing obtained the body Of his son.