Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-30
PEACE ORGANIZATIONS.

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CONCENTRATION -DREDGE SUNK.
The Herald's City Point special says:
Nothing of general interest has occur
red beyond the concentration of all the
cOlored troops under Generals Meade and
Butler into one corps, to be commanded
by Major-Genersl Weitzel, and the sinking
of our steam dradge by the rebels in the
Dutch Gap Canal. The former has been
contemplated for months-the latter was
accomplished two days ago by shells ex-
ploding in her hull.
HANoosK's FAREWELL ORDER.
The Herald's Second Corps special gives
General Hancock's farewell order to his
old command.
RUMoR.
A dispatch says the troops are building
huts for winter quarters, but no orders have
been given to that effect
The Heralds Fortress Monroe special
gives the particulars of the destruction of
General Buffers dispatch boat, Grey
Hound. The account contains nothing of
material importance beyond facts already
given.
FROM SHERIDAN.
The HerGlds special with Sheridan,
says:
The army has remained undisturbed
since Early made his half wey advance,
and now it appears very probable that We
have seen the last rebel army this year.
General Sheridan has appointed Major
@. S. Stewart his Chief Engineer. He is
West Point officer, and graduated in
ls4s.
General Sheridan has opened the rail-
road to within four miles of Winchester.
In case of interference by guerrillas, he
has ordered the arrest of all the male Sc
cessionists in the counties adjacent and
their confinement in Fort McHenry, and
the burning of all hay, grain, and subsist-
ence of every sort, and the removal Of all
steck belonging tosecesh persons,
Brigadier-General Stevenson is charged
with the execution of this order.
MORE BRITISH ARMS.
A letter in the Herald, from London,
says;
A contract has just been made between
the rebel Government and Alexander, Col
Inns and Company of London, for two
hundred and fifty thousand Enfield rifles,
to be paid for in cotton, at the rate of four
hundred pounds for every rife, and the
risk of getting in the guns and getting out
the cotton to be run by the contractors.
AIMING NEGROES.
JEFF. Davis contemplAtes srming the ne
groes with the most serviceable of the old
muskets, while new rifles will be put into
the hands of the whites.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Franz Muller was to be executed to-day
Subsequent to the sailing of the Comet he
made no confession of his guilt, nor yet did
he unequivocslly declare his innocence, as
sertlng that the evidence given in court
did not justify his conviction.
MEXICAN NEWS.
The London Post says:
Arrangements are rapidly progressing
by which the French flag may be with,
drawn from Mexico, and Emperor Maxi
millisn left to govern his people with the
aid of native army and the foreign con
tingent force, which will amount to 10, ,OO(
or y 900 men, composed of Belgisns, Aus
trians and French.
The Turkish government has decided OF
dispatching an Envoy Extraordinary t.
the Court of Mexico.
AN ANALOGY.
The London Times Paris letter says tn,
attack on st. Albsns, Vermont, under tn
authority of warrant from, JEFF Davis,
going to have a singular result. The seces
sionists about Paris are now discussing
whether they may not, under like war
rant, attack and pillage the American LIE
cations at Paris, London and elsewhere.
&8bUT SHERMAN.
The augusta Constitutionalist, of tn
22d, advises the people to cut down tree
and impede Gen. Sherman's march 8
much as possible burn everything tha
man or beast can eat, and drive the stoc
into the swamps. 1t says that troops hav
already arrived from Virginia and tbs
more are on their way, and says that della
would be fatal to Sherman.
Tho Savannah News, of the same dat
gives similar advice.
Their papers insist that his movement
Z a retrest to point of communication.
REBEL ORGANIZATIONS.
The Herald publishes Governor Brown
proclamation IN full. 1t is a lengthy an
peremptOry call to the Georgia militia.
also gives General Meigs, order impressin
all the citizens of Augusta and vicinit,
e All the bar-rooms were closed, and bus
t ness entirely suspended. One artiller
o company of citizens was organized. A
t the printers and editors in Augusta bs
q been organized into company called IL
: =" Press Guard"
0 FOR GARRISON DUTY.
s Winters cavalry was ordered to rel
devious at Macon.