Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-02

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to repair than increase the difficulties under
which the State has already placed itself
ISigned1 ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the Unitod States.
= Consolidation.
h CHIc 60 December 1.-The consolidation
q Of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad
r Company, and the Mississippi and Wabash
: Peoria to-day, by a large majority of the
!. stockholders.
Z what the Specials Say.
1 NEw YoRK, December la special TO the
Times. from Washington, 30th ult, saws:
s I'm 10 four o'clock to-day, only thirty-6ye
4 members of Congress have reported them
S selves. D-,.
E ment, Messrs. Gait and Scott, arrived mere
to-day, to be present at the opening Oh Oon-
; It is understood that Adjutant General
Thomas will soon be retired from the army.
l General Townsend will probably succeed
him.
"A proposition, emanating from Washing
ton, is being made to the national banks
! throughout the country for subscriptions Tor
the purpose of securing an amendment oy
Congress- to the National Banking Law by
which the profit on the loss Of circulation
/ shall accrue to the banks instead OF the
Government. When necessary, the proper
committee in Congress will probably secure
its passage without the pecuniary influence
= thus invoked.
Special to the Tribune, Washington, SOth
ult: Positive information is to the effect
that the relations Of our Government with
France and England are entirely satistac-
| tory, and there is no probability OF serious
DISTURBANCE. Napoleon's specnlston n
| Mexico is very unpopular with the French,
and he will withdraw his force from Mexico
| h. 10 rufthont pOmnromIg-
/ ing his dignity.
The Spanish Minister, to-day, read to the
Secretary Of State under instructions from
his Government, dispatch concerning the
slave trade, which was replete with the
most emphatic expletives, expressing oppo-
sition to the outrageous traffic and pledging
the most earnest efforts of the Spanish
Government for its determination
Investigations show that an electeotype
of the compound interest note plate was OBJ
! tanned before it came into possession Of the
Treasury Department.
spcial to the Times, dated Washington
S0th, says the report of the Secretary of WaT
is ready for delivery. 1t will satisfy the
country that the same vigor eharacterizes
that department in reducing the army to a
peace footing which marked its action in
the prosecution of the war. On the first Of
May last we had in the field and Hospital
one million five hundred and three mensS
W0lcn nave already De1u TeOuCtQ lOouc
dred and lseventy-fve thousand, and the
process offeduction is still going on. By
the first of July next the army viii consist
of fifty thousand men, which the Secretary
deems sufficient for a state of peace, and he
will ask for thirty three millions Of dollars
only for the year.
A list of some three hundred general Off
GERS to be mustered out is ready but as Con-
gress has not allowed general officers any
additional pay after the date of their being
mustered out an opportunity VIII probably
be given to remedy this injustice.
A special to the Herald, dated November
3Oth, says: The New York delegation are
inclined to press Henry J. Raymond for the
Craftsmanship of the Ways and Means Com
mmittee, in place of Thaddeus Stevens, the
late incumbent.
No opposition is vet manifested to Mr..
Colfax for speaker, and but little towards
Mcpherson for clerk
Arrivals of Southern politicians baEe
been quite numerous to-day. They disavOW
the obnoxious sentiments Of some southern
speakers and Conventions, and will be con-
tent to take what they can get in reeonstrue-
ton. They cOnfine themselves to the pros
ecution of their pardon claims in person,
and do not propose to talk politics till they
can do it without damaging friends who are
most disposed to help them.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, the newly ap-
pointed minister to Japan, has notified the
State Department that he will be in Wash
ington shortly; and requests that much time
to decide whether to accept or decline the
appointment. His final ~ T-;sIj
who are pushing Inn n for the New York Col
Canadian Affairs.
TORONTO, C. W., November 3O.-Special TO
New York Herald The Board of Trade, to-
night, resolved to hold a great international
and hannrraf OF !, i.
Of reciprocity and of the Geor-
gian Bay canal.
Annexation clubs are springing up all
over Lower Canada.
The French Canadian organs wage fierce
war upon British domination.
The tenians are quiet excepting an ocea-
siOnal demonstration with rockets and fire.
arms.
The Herald's Toronto correspondent saws
that the number of Fenians enrolled and
now drilling in Canada is stated to be nearly
g, 900, Of whom nearly onO half are said to
armed.
From recent returns received at the In
lian Burea tine various tribes of the United
States are estimated to represent a collective
strength OF 3O7,sOO souls, of which number
400 are known to have served in the Fed
sral service during the late war.
NEW YORK, December IA large and an
mated meeting of the Tammany Democra-
y for the purpose of ratifying the nomina-
ions Of John 7. Hoffman for Mayor and
Richard o. Goodman for Corporation Counsel
vas held last night at Cooper Institute.
Washington special to the the Tribune
ays property at Point Lookout has been Sc
ured fer temporary asylum for disabled
loldiers and sailors.
General Grant is in favor of having the
lsylum esta ozlshed there, and thinks
he fact of Point Lookout having been used
IS a watering place before the war a suf-
icient reply to the suspicion of its unhealfh
'ulness.
The Worlds Washington special of the
10Th says: statement of the public debt
or November will be published tomorrow.
It compares favorably with that of last Oe-
ober.
There is much complaint in Texas about
he Collectors Of direct taxes on public
ands pressing the people.
Old business men of Galveston expect a
business crash in Texas next spring, think
ng there is much over trading.
The debt OF Texas is eight millions three
hundred thousand dollars, including all
tens with interest computed to January
Ist, 1865.
Gen. Gregory, Head Of Freedmen's Bureau,
Texas. is reported by the Texans as makihg
4 speech lately to the negroes, wherein he
the Presidents reconstructiOn
DOncy.
GRENADA, Miss, November 3O.-A collision
.ook place here last night between a party
Of State militia searching for arms among
ihe freedmen, and squad of negroes as
sisted by some cOlored soldiers. Several Of
he militia were wounded, one severely.
Large numbers of muskets, ammunition,
&C., found, were taken from the negroes.
Died.
CINcINNITI, December Judge c. W.
searle, one of the ablest Judges in the State
lied at Stansville, this morning.
Remains Inferred.
The remains of General Simon Kenton
he Pioneer, were inferred at Urbana, Ohio,
The ceremonies was witnessed
" large number of citizens from all parts
Killed.
An old building on the corner of Pike and
Pearl streets fell last night, killing two men.
New Orleans News.
NEW ORLEANS, December 1.-The Mime
Okla has arrived from New York
Cotton better. Sales $500 bales at 5Oa5lc.
Sugar firm at 172e.
M0lasses 81 IS