Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-20
Mail Items.

The Portland CMe.) Christian Mirror
makes the following statement: "The gift
of $4,000 to Bowdoin College by Profes-
sor H. H Boody, of New York, was made
on the following conditions That the col
lege shall be decidedly orthodox in its
management and teaching; that it shall
he as decidedly Congregational as Yale,
Dartmouth and Amherst; that the term
Orthodox Congregational shall be de-
fined in writing and put on record; that
the trustees, overseers and professors, or a
majority of them, shall be decided Congre-
gationalists and satisfactory to the denomi-
nation in the State.
The Chattanooga Gazette, of the sth, has
heard of something that was about to hap
pen, and thus loaded little:
aTrformation has been received at this
office, (the details of which, to publish this
morning might be premsture,) leaving
little doubt that Wheelerand his command
will soon meet with disaster"
It is stated that Salem machinist has
invented an automaton that will smoke a
cigar in perfect imitation of nature. At
the present price of tobacco, we do not
A suit has been commenced in Cincin-
natl, by T. Il. Foulds against Oliver P.
Cobb and others, partners in the grain and
hay business and Government contractors,
to recover $4,000 for personal damages,
received by the fall of a bundle of gunny
bags from q window of building occu-
pied by the defendants.
Nine hundred pounds Of beef were con-
sumed in two meals at the Citizens Vol
unteer Hospital, in Philadelphia, by nine
hundred 81 OK and wounded soldiers, who
arrived at the hospital from Baltimore hos
pitals on Saturday evening.
The Free Military School in Philadsl-
phia is closed for want of funds. 1t has
sent four hundred and sixty-three students
to Washington, all of whom have passed
the examining Board, three of them as co.,
onels, seven as lieutenant colonels, fifteen as
majors.
The proposition to build horse railroad
in Portland, Maine, on a route which line
Of omnibuses could not be supported, sub
jected its projectors to the jeeers of the
multitude. 1t was built, however, and in
the month of July carried SO, ,772 passegers
more than 20O0 day.
The German Emigration Relief Society,
of Philadelphia, has just celebrated its
centennial anniversary, The society now
numbers about five hundred and fifty
members, comprising some of the most
prominent German citizens. Its object
is to alleviate all distresses that befall
German emigrants on their arrival in this
,hr, tab fhaIy dcrn %
in Pennsylvania. A salaried agent is en-
gagged, whose business it is to inquire into
the wants of all poor German emigrants
who reacn that state.
A woman by the name of Emma Ross, in
Youngstown, Ohio, recently sued james
Rano for having tarred and feathered her.
She claimed $4,000 damages. The jury
gave her $4, $50. The defence set up was
| the bad character of the plaintiff; but the
Jury didn't see that she should be tarred
and feathered, even fshe was disreputable.
Houses are scarce in Boston. The Ira
ueILer says: "A few years ago during a
singlemOnth, there were one thousand and
four houses to let or for sale in Boston, now
| it is difficult to find desirable tenements
| Notwithstanding the large number oi
1 Llhb udNO DcCu SAC pNo'
few years and the fears expressed that the
supply would surpsss the demand, dwell
ings were never scarcer in Boston than al
the present season, and advertisements O.
real estate are read with avidity and re
sponded to with alacrity.
A New York correspondent of Phils
delphia paper, writing few days since
says:
Strange as it may seem, yet it is never
theless a fact that we had re5el funera
at Grace Church, in this eity, yesterday
1t was attended by many of the most pro
minent secessionists in town; the fellows
1 mean, who make their headquarters at
certain Broadway hotel and who throJ
up their hats in the bar room there when
ever news comes of rebel success on Sc
or land. The deceased was Msjor Rec
Sanders (son of George Sanders) who die
at Fort Warren on the 3rd inst. Th
d body was inelosed in costly metallic col
. fin, which was strewn with flowers by ,,fai
y hands.