The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-30
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Addiuouu1 NEW YORK, September %.
states that the Fenian excitenffss1amg ireland
and grave apprehensions are anfo-tained.
It is reported that men in the English
army are boasting of their connection with
the Fenisns, and the signs eli difficulty in
the army cause the English papers to de-
mand the rigid enforcement of discipline.
Fears are entertained that soldiers from
the United States will be landed on the
coast of Ireland, and a report has gained
eredencs that body of disbanded United
States soldiers have landed near Galway.
Nightly drillings were frequent over all
parts Of Ireland. The conspiracy was rap
IDLY spreading, and finding friends and
sympathizers wherever it went.
Admiral Goldsboroughs fleet is still at
Cherbourg, and Is net to proceed to the
the cosst is somewhat abated.
The French and American ships and off.
GERS have exchanged many courtesies, and
cordial feeling is entertained and friend
" attitude always maintained between
them.
A special to the New York Herald
says; The President is said to have pro-
missed Governor Bramlette that Kentucky
should be at once relieved from martial
law. The removal of General Palmer
from commsnd is ssid TO have also been
determined upon. His successor il not
named but General Gordon Granger is, for
many reasons, most likely to be the man.
Officers just up from the Old North
represent that Is no longer necessity for
mounted patrol t sl.t - {.
The people are devoting their undivided
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their wreck of state, and have verv little
leisure for sedition and that sort Of thing.
Officers Of the Post Masters Bureau are
busily at work collecting evidence against
the state prisoners coufned at Fort War.
rem, Fortress Monroe, and elsewhere, and
the indications are that quite number Of
celebrated transgressors, who have been
expecting an unconditional release when
the country is settled down, will ere long
be brought to Washington for final set
Element before the courts.
Brevet BFigadier General Charles II.
VanWyck has been promoted to the rank
OF full Brigadier General.
The Times special says that on the 22i
inst, the State Department gave notice by
advertisement in the newspapers of the
principal cities, that citizens of the United
States having claims against foreign gov
ernments not founded on contract which
may have originated since the 8th of Feb
ruAay, 1853, will without any delay which
can be avoided, forward to the Department
statements of the same under oath, accom-
panied by the proper proof.
Under this notice parties who have suf-
fered from the depreciation of the rebel
vessels Alsbams, Shenandoah. &c, fitted
out In English ports, can file their claims
in the State Department and thus demand |
and it is believed will receive damages from
the English Government.
The notice is intended also to include
those who have suffered from rebel raids
upon the frontier of Canada.
The Secretary of State has taken the
matter in hand, and intends to prosecute
vigorously TO q successful issue.
Acting Commissioner Wilson, of the
General Land Office, in answer to inquiries
as to the right to take homestesds under the
Congressional statute, replies that the act
requires five years actual and continuous
residence and cultivation from the date of
entry before the Department can give q
fee simple title by patent. Should sparty
after entry abandon or otherwise not meet
sll the requirements of the Law, his claim
would be invalid, and the land would re-
vert to the master of public domain. The
fourth section of the law directs that no
lands acquired under its provisions
shall in any event become liable to the sat-
isfsction Of any debt or debts contracted
prior to the issuing of the patent. Under
these legal conditions, whilst the fee simple
remains in the United States, it must be
Nkak g.
not be successfully exerted in so far as tax
ing the land is concerned, whatever might
be the authority, on which no opinion is ex-
pressed, to tax Improvements on the
premises.
The Tribune's special says: It is stated
on good authority that the regular
army will hereafter consist of fifty thous-
and men. At least 200 men, mostly dis
charged soldiers Of the volunteer army, ara
daily joining the regular army, which
will be increased within few months to
the maximum mentioned.
The Navy Department this morning is
in receipt of intelligence that the United
States steamers Saranac and Lawrence
sailed from San Francisco-the former on
the 16th, and the latter on the goth of Au-
gust-in pursuit of the pirate Senandoah.
One of the first persons admitted to the
Executive Mansion today was Col. Bell, Of
st. Louis, counsel for the boat-burners
in the trial in that city, who remained with
the President for nearly two hours. The
object of the interview, it is supposed, was
relative to securing the. attendance of JEFF.
Davis, Mallory and Seddon as witnesses on
the trial now in progress. The result of
the interview has not yet transpired, but it
is believed to have beenunfAvorsble to the
desires of Colonel Bell.