Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-29

Ballots on paste-board cards, instead of
the old-fashioned paper ones, are spoken
Of.
OfFenbach has successfully produced at
Ems q new operetts, called "Le Soldat Ma
gician."
About one-fourth of tobacco crop will
be realized this year in the States of Him
ois, Kentucky and Missouri.
1t is said that Punch and the London
Illustrated News are to be republiAhed in
this country; and Carlton has announced
a republication Of Dickens periodical aAll
the Year Round"
1.-THE New York Independentsays: In old
times the symbol of a determination to en-
dure to the end was mailing the flag to the
mast. Farragut has given US better: we
lash the Admiral to the mast.
People often wonder at the most natural
things in the world. II say, Digby," said
Quilp to an acquaintance, Hyou look sober
this morning." "And for very good rea-
son" said Digby, 81 am sOberP
There are in Germany 1875 theatres. Of
these 10 are really "Court theatres" or
theatres supported by reigning princes; IL
town theatres of the first class; % theatres
of the second class 39 town theatres of
the third class, and 81 strolling companies,
20 of which enjoy very good reputation,
and ara in a satisfactory financial condi-
ton. The number of actors, singers and
dancers living in Germany Is 5000, and
/ that of the choristers and officials about s.
900.
Secretary Stewards eolored coachman
| shot another cOlored man in Washington
Monday night. The coachman gave him
self up, and says the other man was going
to shoot him when he fired
"I wonder where those clouds are going"
sighed Flora, pensively, as she pointed with
her thin, delicate finger to the heavy fu-
neal masses that foated lszily in the sky.
al think they are going to thunder" said
her little brother.
The Boston Post says that Sala, the fat
coekney, speaking of recruiting here, says
"no mans body is kis own" Sala is obese
enough to make two good recruits, He
ought to be crimped.
| a divorce was granted to a man named
Wilde, of Amesbnfy, Connecticut, on Tues
day Of last week, and on the following day
he married a Mrs. Maria MGusson. On
being demonstrated with on account of such
haste he said, "pll do itagain if necessary y
This will be comforting contemplation
| for Maria.
This is the season for suicides in France.
The fumes Of charcoal appear this year to
be preferred to the cold bath of the Seine.
Fashions of Death differ as well as those Of
Life.
| SLOuewaH JurksUu= yyrlrvg 10 uusCTfUvd
az plain little mound, with a wooden
headboard, and nothing to distinguish it
from the common save pine flagstaff,
upon which, each morning at day-break,
the cadets elevate the Confederate flag and
remove it at dark, each ceremony beng ac-
sompanied by music from the military
band.
An old Quaker gentleman and his wife
have been at Washington, with the inten-
tion Of procuring passes from President
Lincoln through our military lines and into
the rebel capital, with the view to negoti.
ate a peace. They were unsuccessful and
very much disappointed.
Adelina Patti has lately sung at this
Sydenham Crystal Palace before an audi
ence OF eight thousand people. The Ye
drai cariNo, from Don Giovanni, ant
"Home, sweet home were her selections
Tsmberlik was likewise one of the attrae
tions at this concert.
General Cleburne is little Irishman
who entered the First Arkansas as q pm
vate, and who has risen to the rank o
Major General against 3 great deal Of Op
position, is, perhaps the best man in Hood
army at this time, at least possessed o
more of the sterling qualities of man, anC
experience as q soldier. -..-.-.
1t is related of a man in Newport, Rhod
Island, that he married his second wife 81,
weeks after the death of his first; the SEQ
ond was killed by carpet thrown on he
head, and in four weeks he married third
who month after was drowned. H
waited only two weeks this time, and thel
married number four, whose husband hal
been killed only four weeks previously il
battle.
On Monday night last two miners namet
Garry and Hunt, who were at work on tn
Lake Tunnel at Chicago, got into an alter
cation, which resulted in Carry stsbbini
Hunt with large file. The quarrel wa
occasioned in regard to the measurement
and details of work. and the murder wa
computed in the Tunnel Garry was al
rested.
While the fifty United States officer
we're under fire at Charleston, the idea t
have a general exchange of autograph
, was originated. Consequently large sheet
! of paper were procured, upon which eac
man traced his autograph. When tn
prisoners were released, each bore away
T memento which will have lasting interes
to them and theirs.
A young and pretty girl attended bs
: at Oshkosh, decked of in short skirts an
pants She was the only one present
: the mode. The other ladies were shocke
very much shocked They regarde
, her short skirts as immodest; but she quie
; " remarked that if they would pull u
their dresses about their necks as high &
they ought to be, their skirts would be {
short as hers.
The Richmond Wing says that if ButlC
: is ditching at Dutch Gap, he is doing ju
what the commercial men of Richmon
ought to have done long ago, as the cant
not only saves bend of seven miles in ii
river, but a part of that is shut off from th
: wind. So Yankee enterprise, even whe
it comes with hostile hands, does more fc
e the lazy Virginians than they could do fc
. | themselves, when at peace, and in con
mand of all their resources.