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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-11

The Atlsnts (Ga Appeal concludes that
if the amnesty plan Of organizing the
State governments on the ons-tenth basis
is carried out and if these States shall
cast their electoral vote, and Hthe Demo
cratic candidate is defeated through its a.
geucy in the teeth Of q msjority of the
electoral votes Of the Northern States, a
revolution in these States will be inevits-
be"
The Appeal spsakes ss though il were
its own grievance, and verify the North
ern Democratic journals show the same
siames-tWin bond OF sympathy.
Rat an. Eas. from Al lz--.L-.-a ne-.a.-,-
msk1ng tue admission Of the vote OF these
States 8 cause far revolution, they have
already, by their Representatives in Con-
gress, gone farther than the supporters Of
the Government, in vcting to admit Rep
rssentatives from rebel States, who did
not claim that even a tenth Of the citizens
voted ct their eleetion.-C CiHch1ati Gazette.
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REBEL NEWS.
New York, March 10.

NEW YORK, March 10.
The following are extracts from South
ern papers:
The Bristol Gazette Of Saturday states
positively that LOngstreet is again sdvsnc-
ing towards Knoxville. The Gazette ex-
presses an opinion that in a week great
battle for the mastery Of East Tennessee
will have been fought, or the Yankees will
have retrested.
ATLANTA, March 7-Cn Saturday
morning Hunks brigade Of cavalry at
tackled the Yankees twelve miles beyond
Riuggold and drove them from their posi-
tion towards Chattanooga. We lost one
man killed and took seven prisoners.
1t is well sscertsined that the late Yam
kee advance WAS made with the intention
Of e general attack. The enemy was
much surprised to find General johnson
in such force.
There are no present indications Of q
movement on the part Of the Yankees.
A special dispatch to the Appeal, dated
Macon, Miss, says the Yankees are all
across the Big Black. They burned nothing
in Canton. They captured aud carried of
three officers Of the Mississippi Central
Railroad, and many negroes, and destroyed
provisions wherever found. They burned
many houses through the country. The
railroad is running from above to within q
foW miles Of Canton.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-11

There is very wide contrast between
the Government horses employed about
the city and the horses belonging to other
people. The former are fat, sleek and
saucy, and some OF them have such g ten
dency to obesity that when warm weather
comes they will initiate FAlstaff and "lard
the lean earth, while the horses Of other
people are generally poor and have mel
anchOly and detected appearance like the
rhiuocerOs Of the mensgsfie that was fed
on bamboo and missionaries. The reason
is that Uncle Sans qusdrupeds are well
fed, well cared for and have little or moth
ing 10 do, while other horses are only in
differently attended, are worked hard, and
owing to the scarcity Of 'hoss grub" are
sometimes not IS we'll fed as they ought
to be. We advise all able bodied quRdru-
peds to enlist at once for detached duty
with the express understanding that they
are to be kept out Of the cavalry and Grtil-
lery branches Of the service Wheeling
IptsIigsaeeT.
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FROM NORTH cARoLINA.
EEwBERH. March 7

NEWbhhA3 AuuEOu l.
Everything is in readiness for the re-
cepLion of the enemy in North Carolina,
whose mysterious movements are difficult
10 understand.
A conscript dsserter who came in the
Union lines at Washington and Joined the
I'd North Carolina Volunteers, heard his
officers say that Plymouth was to be the
first point Of attack.
A Union soldier who recently escaped
from the Goldsboro Prison informs Gene
raj Peck that a great revolt occurred at
Raleigh on the occasion Of the hanging Of
the native Union soldiers at Kingston,
and that General Ricketts, troops from that
place passed through Goldsboro with sll
possible dispatch to quell the outbreak in
that city, where the stars and stripes were
conspicuously displayed. The press was
not allowed to speak of the matter. The
Standard was suppressed soon sfler this
sffair,
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Roou for Only Tws Psrtl...

There is room in Q nation for only two
great parties; party Of middlemen, bor-
rowing little Of one and q little Of the
ether, and ready to 20 over to either, il
not noble sight to see. 1t is simply mis-
chievous; its only work is to defeat the
majority, which ought to express the viii
Of the nation. Such party ought TO have
among its adherents no honorable or pat
riotic men. The whole tendency of polit-
ical events since the war began has been
to draw the line more distinctly between
those who are in favor Of putting down
rebellion and vindicating the laws and the
supremacy Of the Union, and those who
desire to submit to rebellion and soknowI-
edge its legitimacy. In the nature Of
things it could not be otherwise. The
pesee-st-any-time leaders in the democrat.
10 party have submitted, on two or three
occasions, to be silent just before an cleo
tion; but they have never for an instant
given up their principles, and after every
election they hEve only spoken more loud.
ly and decidedly. The war democrats
thought to use the peace men, but they
have been used instead; they hsve less
influence and less standing to-day in the
P4AAF SVNhSAAb AA4A Aucy 4du LWO years
ago. In the West the peacs leaders de-
mEnd The nomination OF Mr.. VaIIRndigham
for the Presidency, and scsrn to secept
candidate not fully committed to disun-
ion; and in the East, while Tsmmsny is
driven out Of the Convention, and the
Connecticut Convention sends a delega-
ton Of peace men to Chicago, the Dsily
News holds such language as this, which
seems to be copied after the words in
which the Richmond and Charleston Jour
nails are accustomed TO speak Of the whole
North:
'If there is anything that we should
detest more than to be in lesgus with the
Administrstionin in their fratricidsl schemes
it would be an alliance with those time
serving journals that call themselves war
demoersts,' and that sre now in open
league with sbolitionism."
We cannot blame the many loyal dem
ocr4ts who strongly desire to reorganize
their party upon footing Of loyalty to
the Union and straightforward principle;
but they must see by this time that their
occasion has not come. When the war is
over, and the great question now on hand
is definitely settled, then will be the time
for reorganization Of parties. For the
present, after many struggles, they must
see the profound truth of the last words
of their leader, Mr.. Douglas, that while
the war lasts there can be but two parties
in the country, those for The Union and
those against it.-Ref0 York Post.
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EEu1I WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 10.
The ratification Of the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain for
the final settlement Of the claim Of the
Hudsnn Ray aAd Puget Sound Agricultural
Companies, have just been exchanged. All
questions between the United States au-
thorities on the one hand and Hudson Bay
and Puget Sound Companies on the other,
with respect to the present rights and
claims Of those companies and Of any 9TH
er British subjects in Oregon and Wash
ington territory, are to be settled by the
transfer Of those rights and claims to the
government Of the United States for sn
adequate sum ofmoney and consideration,
and it is sgreed that the United States and
Her Majesty shall within twelve months
after the exchange Of ratifcations Of the
present treaty, appoint each q Commits
sioner for the purpose Of examining and
deciding on all claims rising out Of its
provisions.
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The Kniekerbocker Magazine, which has
been for several years in difficulties, has
charged hands q number Of times, has st
last fallen in the hands Of pro-slaVery, Or
copperhead, or conservative" managers,
and will hereafter represent snd inculcste
their views. In the March number Rev.
DIR. Lord has the first part Of an essay sp-
lpsrsntly designed TO prove that if there
had been no New England there would
hs4s been no war, no trouble, nothing but
peace and happiness; and that II no one
hsd opposed the Shareholders they would
hardly have rebelled. Professor Fowler
has an essay on Colony Rights and State
aiehfs in Connecticut" intended to prove
that GoEneoticut is, in the words OF the
South Carolins secessionistS, and their
ssnss, s'ssoVereign and independent state, =
and that she ought TO resist the measures
ef the general government which it Ct
tempted to execute in Connecticut.
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The third section Of the cylinder for the
land shaft Of the Lake tunnel was shipped
from Pittsburg on Monday afternoon, and
is expected to reach the city to-day or to-
morrow. The remainder Of the week will
be needed to place the cylinder on the Lake
shore, and on Monday next land will be
broken. 1t is expected the contractors viii
employ one hundred men for the present.
As the work progresses thonumber will be
largely increased. The men are to be d.
vided into three gangs, which will work
each eight hours during the tWenty-fcur,
SO that sfte.' the first blow is struck, the
work will proceed without intermission,
night and day, until its completion. It is
expected that the inception Of the under
taking will be appropriately celebrated
CHICAGO Tribune.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-11

Great results have been achieved, dem
onstrsting the efficacy Of the plans and
policy Of the Administration. True, all
may not have been accomplished that pos
sibly might, but who can surely say that
under the executive direction of any other
than Mr.. Lincoln, greater progress would
have been made? Every declaration Of
that kind, is mere speculation. We have
too many substantial facts for eonerstu-
latiOD, to indulge in ehidings and lsmen-
taiions over supposed lost opportunities.
In the dark uncertainty that o7erhsngs
our political future, there is wisdom in
the injunction, which it would be well to
heed: "Better to bear those ills we have,
than fly to others We know not of.nz
Wes'eTB Reserve Chronicle.
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The Rebel Plras.s-;;RaEaSs. andWhsEO-

The Rebel Piratss---RaTagss and Thsrs-
abonfE Of the Alabana-
We print this morning some VsF7 inter-
eeting extracts from our East Indian snd
European Ales, concerning the number and
whereabouts Of the rebel pirates, psrsieu-
isriy the Alabama. The public Wss mush
G.isappolnted some weeks ago, 70 Isara
9st the report Of the blockade Of the Al.
spema, at Annoy, China, was untrue. Il
was not only not true, but it appears that
the Alabama was never further eastward
tnan Singapore, in the straits Of Mslseos.
From there she sailed on the 24tb az D.
eember, having taken on board 400 tons
Of ,oal, and the same day fen in Win
the bark Texan Star, otherwise called
MsrtabsD, from Moulmein, Burmah, for
Singapore with s cargo Of rice. The par
ticulsrs Of the destruction Of his vessel
are well known The pirate kept on her
course up the straits, and two days later
burned the American ships Sonora and
Highlander, both at anchor of North
Sands (Sumstra) light-ship. The next
heard Of her was, that she was in the Gulf
OF Martsban, about fifty miles south Of
hangoon, Burmah. She then seems to have
crossed the Bay of Bengal, swept around
Cape Conorin, the Southern extremity Of
Indis, and sailed up the western coast Of
that country; for we next hear az the csp-
ture Of the bark Emma Jane, on the I4th
Of January, of Ajsngs, on the southwest.
ern coast Of India. This is the latest posi-
tive information Of he Wereabouts, though
il was generally supposed she would pur-
sue her course up the coast and touch ct
Bombay, ss the lines Of India, (Bombsy,)
Of January %, speaks Of It as not at all
unlikely. That journal urged the peopls
to show no favor to the pirates. From
these movements it would seem that Sem
mes has given up for the present any in
tention he may have had Of visiting the
Chinese sess and Pacific 0oean, and We
may possibly hear af him nsxtin the vicin-
ity Of Cape Town sgain, as he Is probably
aware Of the absence Of the Vanderbilt.
The other pirates are the Tuscaloosa, no
seized by British sathority at Cape Town;
the Florida just escaped from Brest; the
Georgia, lately escaped from CherbourR;
the Rappahannoek, under surveillance st
Calais; and the Psmpsro, lately seized in
the Clyde. The Georgia and Florida will
doubtless soon be heard from in Ii ir
work Of destruotion'-N z. Times.
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The Prinss Of wnIs.& Luck.

A valuable stratum Of iron stone has
been found on the estate recently purchased
By the Prince of Wales. The discovery
has been effected by Mr.. Wright a mer.
chant Of Lynn, who has sent samples OF
the ore obtained, to some analytical chem
lists in the north. These gentlemen state
that the irOnstone found contains nearly
Al per cent Of metallic iron, so tnat the
ore appears to be even richer than the
Cleveland district. 1t is believed that the
deposit covers at least 500 arres. Mr..
Wright has informed the Prince, and has
applied for permission to work the ore on
payment Of royalty.
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FROM BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, March lO.
The following are among the officers re-
leased from Richmond: F. A. Bartleson,
Colonel Of the Tooth Illinois Infantry; G.
u, UBTIHEnn IsnInnal KUN tlhin lnfan fzy /;
Hebes Lefarre, Colonel 22d Michigan In.
fantry; A. Van Schroeder, Lieutenant Col
onel and A. C. G., 14th Army Corps; ].
". Sanderson, Lieutenant Colonel and
Chief Commisssry OF Subsistence Of 1st
Army Corps; S. W. Archer, Lieutenant
Colonel 10Th Iowa Infantry; John B. Nc
Roberts, Captain Sd Ohio Infantry; James
A. Johnston, Captain 11th Kentucky Cav.
airy; NJ. Coekrum, Captain 42d Indiana
Infantry; Edward K. Noble, 1St Lieuten-
ant 9lst kentucky Infantry; H. s. Plstt
lst Lieutenant llth Michigan Infantry.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-11

An obstinate woman goes to sea in 8
band-box.
A patient woman roasts an OK with 3
burning glass.
A curious woman would turn . rainbow
to see Wnst Was on the other side.
A cautious woman writes her promises
on q slate.
A vulgar woman is a spider attempting
to spin silk.
An sxtravagsnt woman burns candle
in looking for match.
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HANCIPATION CONVENTION.

WAsHINGroH, March 10.
The Committee on Emancipation, Of the
Virginia Constitutional Convention, sit
ting ct Alexandria, have reported an
ordinance that the following sections shall
be incorporated in the Constitution, viz
2 l. Slavery and involuntary serVitude,
except for crime, is hereby abolished and
prohibited in this State forever.
2. Courts Of competent Jurisdiction
may apprentice minors Of African descent
on like conditions, provided by the law
spprenticing white children.
8. The General Assembly shall make no
law establishing slavery or recognizing
property in human beings.
4. This ordinances shall take effect and
be in force from its passage.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsHIEoTos, March 10.


bEhATE.
The amendment of Mr.. Sherman to tht
House bill authorizing the Secretary Of
the Treasury to anticipate the payment Of
the interest on the public debt, and proVid,
ing for the sale of the surplus gold on
hand, came up in the special order. Mr.
Sherman explained the effectof the amend.
ment.
Mr.. Hendricks opposed it, and moved to
amend BY directing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to sell the surplus gold at public
auction, after FIVE days notice in the
Washington and New York papers.
The morning hour expired. and the sub.
ject was postponed until to- morrow noon.
Mr.. Pomsroy, being entitled to the floor,
commenced lengthy speech on the equal
izing bill, in the course Of which he an
nounced the authenticity Of the Chase cir
cular, and proceeded to lay down the plat
form Of the Chase party.
Mr.. Wilkinson replied to Mr.. Pomeroy.
The amendment of Mr.. Davis to the bill
equslizing the pay Of United States SOL
disrs was rejected, and the bill passed by
yeas 81, nays 6.
Mr.. Sumner presented memorial Of the
Lowell manufacturers against the extern
sion Of Goodyear's patent. Referred.
A bill granting the franking privilege
to the President and Vice President was
passed.
Mr.. Sumner reported a bill providing
that the proclamation Of emancipation Of
January I5t, 1888, be adopted and enacted
ss statute Of the United States.
The bill granting lands to aid in the
construction Of railroad from st. Paul
to Lake Superior was passed after oonsid-
ersbls debate.
The Viee-President read o dispatch an
nouncing the passage Of the Emancipation
act by the Virginia Constitutional Con.
Vention.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House unanimously passed the bill
increasing the pensions OF revolutionary
survivors-twelYe in number-S100 addi-
tional, to cease at their desth. o.
Mr.. Arnold, from the Committee on
Roads and Canals, reported q bill for the
construction Of ship canal for the pas
sage Of armed and naval vessels from the
Mississippi River into Northern Lakes, As
il provides for the issue of over SIS. 900, 600
Of bonds, it WAS regarded as in the ma
ture of an appropriation bill, and therefore
under the rules it was decided that the
bill must receive its first consideration in
Committee Of the Whole on the State
Of the Union.
Mr.. Arnold still occupying the floor,
reported bill similar to the above.
Mr.. Brown ohjected to the second read
ing Of the bill, aad the question therefore
occurred on the rejection Of the bill.
Messrs. Arnold, Norton, Davis and
others, briefly urged that the bill should
receive full consideration, owing to its
great Importance.
Mr.. Harris said he should vote to reject
this bill, as 6 similar one was already be.
fore the Committee on the Whole, where il
could be fully discussed.
The consideration Of the bill Was post
poned until Monday week.
The House resumed the consideration Of
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
appropriation bill.
A bill granting pensions to surviving
soldiers Of the war OF 1912 WAS intro.
duced by Mr.. SoaldinR.
AdjoESbsd.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
EMANCIPATION.
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA,

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, March 10.
The following report Of the Committee
on Emancipation was made at II o'clock
to day, by the Constitutional Convention
in session here. There was but one dis
senting vote TO the report. One hundred
guns are now being fired in honor Of the
event.
Mr.. Wilson on behalf of the Committee
on Emancipation and Education, submitted
the following report:
Your Committee on Emancipation beg
leave leave to report as part Of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Virginia, to be in
serted in the game under the caption Of
USisvery or Freedom" 1st. Slavery and
involuntary serVitude, except for crime, is
hereby abolished and prohibited in the
State forever. ID. A Court Of competent
jurisdiction may apprentice minors Of AZ
rican descent on like conditions provided
by law for spprenticing white children.
Sd. The General Assembly shall make no
law establishing slavery, or recognizing
property in human beings.
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The Spirits and Red Tape in Washington.
The Davenport boys and their wonder
ful feats Of spirituslism, sleight Of hand,
or whatever else it may be, are attracting
great attention in Washington. The most
wonderful psrt Of their performance is
that in which person selected from the
audience is brought upon the stage. tight
" bound hands and feet with ropes by o
committee, also selected from the audience,
put into 8 sort Of entry box, with no hu-
man being near him, and in few minutes
comes out unfetteEed, not knowing by
what powers tse lOosing process was Rc-
eomplished. OF course the spirits are sup
posed TO unite all the knots. But few
evenings since an individual succeeded in
battling the disembodied fraternity. He
tied mans hands with red tape, and the
spirits endeavored in vain to set him free.
They could manage haWsers, cables, tow
lines and bed-cords, but when IL came 70
Washington red tape, they had to give it
up in despsirI Is it any wonder that the
public in general complain against the
Gordisn knots Of red tape, when the spir-
it's themselves could do nothing with them
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seal FishiBE of Newfoundlaud.

A feet of three or four hundred vessels,
chiefly brigs, goes out every spring about
the first Of March, from ST. Johns, N. 2,
to engage in the business Of seal catching.
The field Of operations is the floating ice
that comes down from the North st that
season. The men advance upon the fields
Of ice In couples-so that one may assist
the other in case OF accident, They keep
to the leewsrd Of the ship, else they might
lose her, as sometimes happens in the
dense fcgs. About the 7th Of March the
young seals are found about the size Of
ears, mewing on the ice. They are not
yet fit to be taken, but by lying in the
sun and sucking the ice until about the
middle Of March they gain three OF four
inches offat. Then commences the slsugh-
ter. The men WALL mp 10 fho sshiia 4~4ia
as the young seals are then called, and
knock them over, by striking them on the
forehead with long pole, stick them with
a knife, cut them down the breast, and
the carcass rolls out, leaving the skin and
fat, which are all the seal-catcher is after,
the carcass being left on the ice. Usually
about the last week in march the seals
begin to dip; they take to the water, and
are then only TO be captured by shooting
from the boats. Old seals are invulners-
BILE unless shot in the forehead, and na-
ture has provided them with means Of
defence even. here, in the shape of q
.ihood," which they drop on occasionally
hence their name, "old hoods" So the
season of catching them is about three
weeks in duration. The men often go
Eve or six miles from The ship on the
floating Ice. They get One-half they catch,
sometimes making a good trip 1T other
times getting nothing. 0ne spring, 6
crew that we're out three weeks and three
days shared $l25 apiece. A brig Of $50
tons will take as g crew about 40 men,
who are provided by the merchant fitting
out The vessel with full supply Of pro-
visions, and all things necessary for the
prosecution Of the voyage, In return for
which each man pays small sum, called
Hberth money!" and should the voyage
prove unfortunste, the merchant has to
stand the loss Of the entire outfit. It Is a
dangerous occupation, for the bTigs are
liable to be crushed in the ice, though
they are strongly built. The fat Of the
seal, sfLer being brought into port is cut
into small pieces, placed in large watts
and left to drain of to oil, which is an ar.
tisls Of commerce. The skins are used fol
various purposes.
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They talk good deal in England about
ntka. unnatural strife"-mesniDg the
American war; but relationship does not
appear 10 breed kindness even in Europa.
The present WsT in Denmark is q quarrel
among blood relsHons, who ought to he
ashamed of themselves for falling BY the
ears before the whole world. A London
paper says of recent occurrences in the
Duehies: "Her MsjestT's brother.in-laH
and her daughters fsther-in-lRW have oc.
eupied with their forces two provinces
claimed by the fsther-in-lRW Of the Prince
Of Wsles.b That is really horrid and
unbearable state Of sfsirs-an unnatural
strife which England ought BY all nesnE
to stop.