Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-15
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YeSterdayAfternOOn'S Report
MEXICAN NEWS.
CHOLERA AT VERA CRUZ.
THE TRIAL OF oRTEcA.
French Troops Landing at Vera Cruz.
Washington News.
THE TRIAL OF T
French Troops Landing at Vera Cruz.
Washington News.
Items.

Items.
NEW York, December a. The Herald'f
Washington special says General Grant has
, issued an order dyscharging all civilians OK
cept clerks from the army.
The Times Washington special says Sec
rotary McCulloch has received a letter from
the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Territory of Montana, stating that the pro
ductso of the gold and silver mines of that
Territory for the year 1865 will DO upwards
of SIG, O00, 900,
Secretary McCulloch yesterday issued m
order enjoining Custom House officers to use
diligence to prevent the entrance into Uni
ted States ports of prizes belonging to either
belligerent party during hostilities between
Spain and Chilli
The Worlds Washington special saws /:
The House Committees on Naval and For
eign Affairs met to-day. TIE Senate Com
mittee on the District of Columbia nave
passed a resolution declaring that universal
suffrage shall be established in the District.
Applications for pardon at the rate of
from 300 to 500 per day are received at the
Adjutant-G Generals Office. Few of them are
granted -
The Times Washington special says a
fAleaatian NJ eitizRpSr fEpm GeEhernAG-
had an interview with the President yester-
day. During it they asked him to interfere
in their behalf by annulling provisions Of
the revenue law passed by the Constitutional
Convention Of North Carolina, last October.
The law refuses to extend back to the Ist of
January in its assessments, and is intended
To collect taxes on business done previous
to JohnstOn's surrender. The delegation in
sists that the President las no power to
make such a levy, as all business on the sea
coast, inside the Union lines, was transacted
under Treasury permits, and under regula-
tiapa Of tho Traas1rv nanartunepf fnr froda |
in insurrectionary districts The execution of
the law being Immediately threatened, and
there being no courts in the State to act in
the premises; the petitioners are obliged to
appeal to the President, and he has promis-
ed to givethe matter early attention.
From Brazil.
The Herald's Rio Janeiro correspondence
of November Sth reports no further fighting
between the ~Paraguayans and tho allies,
but the latter were carrying on a campaign
vigorously pushing in pursuit of the former
who were retreating.
One division of the Brazilian army has
reached Uruguay River, and commenced
crossiEg over into the province of COrrientes.
The Emperor of Brazil expected to return
to his capitol from the scene of war on No
18th.
Postponed.
The Herald's Richmond correspondent
says that that the election to fill vacancies
Of State officers has been postponed until the
2lst inst.
An Appeal.
The General Assembly has passed a reso-
luton appealing TO the President and Con-
gress TO postpone the collection of the land
of 1865 for the present, and TO permit
the State to assume payment on the same.
that the collection of internal revenue
previous to the appointment of col
ectors and assessors in districts of the State
be indefinitely postponed.