Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-08

Pork heavy and lower.
Beef steady.
Lard firm and in good demand. n !
At the Mining Board there is brisE
feeling and more business.
Copper Stocks.-Canads sold 1902
Minnesota 81.
Gold stocks active.
1t is reported that heavy importers lost
to 2 million by the late fall in gold.
The Richmond Examiner of the 4th states
that Gen. Beauregard hiss been assigned the
departm't of Tennessee and the departm'ts
of Alabama, Mississippi;1and East Louisiana
which comprises the commands of General
Hood and Gen. Dick Taylor, both Of whom
retain their present positions.
TIL Charleston Courier of the 9th says,
President Davis and Gen. Beauregard had
a consultation at Burkeville last week
which resulted highly satisfactorily.
JEFF. Davis speech at Macon, published
here to-day, appeals earnestly to the ab-
sentees TO return to the army. He said
men are needed, and confesses the dispari-
ty in numbers of Hoods army, and that of
Sherman's very great. In Virginia the
disparity in numbers is just as grea. as
it is in Georgia. Regarding the exchange
OF prisoners, he says; If an exchange could
be effected, 1 don't know but 1 might be
indueedto recognize Butler.
In future every effort will be give n
as far as possible to effect this end.
The Charleston Mercury remarks:
We make no comments upon this speech,
but we cannot refrain from expressing
the most profound regret that such
speech should have been made by the chief
magistrate of tho Confederate States, and
we hope speedily to be able to deny its au-
thenticity, we cannot fullyfmake up our
minds that he delivered it.
The Milledgeville Gazette censures
Davis indifference to the fate of Georgia,
and complains that troops we're not sent
to the relief of johnson, and afterwards to
Hood, when they had been promised and
we're relied upon to drive back Sherman.
The writer says Richmond is not so i'm
portant as Atlanta With the fall of this
stronghold was lost the entire control of
the States between Georgia and the Mis-
sissippi River. Davis is charged with
either malice or stupidity in permitting
the Yankees to march hundreds of miles
upon soil hitherto undesecrated by the
touch of the hated invader.
1 learn from passengers by the steamer
Arago, from Port Royal, that 600 of our
prisoners at Charleston took the rebel
oath of allegiance. Their starved condi-
tion is assigned as reason.
The Herald correspondent before Rich
mond says:
Throughout the past twenty-four hours
the advance on Richmond from the north
side of the James, while it has met no Oh
stacle, has been facilitated by the demon
strated impossibility of the enemy's at
tempt to retake Fort Harrison, the work
captured by General Butler on the 2sth,
when the enemy were so severely handled
and repulsed.
Several shots we're exchanged yesterday.
The enemy have finally given up the at
tempt to drive US out. .
The HeraLGs 10th Corps special says;
No further movements have taken place
along this front. The fire of the sharp
shooters has almost ceased The rebel
dead lie along the ground in front of the
works they attempted to take from US. An
attempt to bury some of their dead was
abandoned by our men in consequence of a
ire being opened upon them by the rebels.
The enemy were busily engaged last
night in crossing the river. They made
considerable noise; but the end in view was
not discovered.
Deserters who came into our lines state.
that almost panic still reigns in Rich
mond.
The rebel loss in the assaults on our
works, as stated by themselves, was 1000
The Times correpondentsays of Early's
retreat
At Woodstock rebel officers barrcaded
the streets to compel their men to face US.
TIE men, however, threatened to destroy
the town unless they were permitted to
pass through.
Probably one-half Of Early's artillery is
captured We captured thousands of
small arms scattered everywhere on the
road south of Winchester. Major Dur
lands command had gathered up to the
9th 11,OOo muskots between the latter
place and Opequan River, where the battle
of the sth was fought. More have since
been brought in.
Rebel prisoners say that whole COM
pany has been detailed to shoot General
Custar in action.
The Times Washington special says:
General J. H. Wilson, of Illinos, has
been breveted Major General for gallant
and meritorious services under Sheridan
he has been sent to take command of the
cavalry in Sherman's army.
Richmond papers Of the Sd and 4th says
that rebel history, on the late operations
in Grants army, make desperate efforts tc
conceal their loss. .-..
They confess that On the north side o
James River our forces made very i'm
portant Judgement which they tried very
hard to drive us from, but failed, and wer,
subsequently, compelled to reform thei
: line to a new state of things by abandon
ing others. 81
In regard to the south-side operation
8 they also admit their outer line of work