Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-22
A Delegate to Represent the
District Of Columbia.
TARRIFIC GALE Al BUFFALO
General News.
From Washinet6hs

NEW YORK, December 2l.-The Tribune's
Washington special says orders were issued
sOr the discharge Of nearly all the volunteer
About fifty will be retained. nl
The HeFald's Washington special contains
| the following: The Revenue agent Alex.
N. Lewis of New York City, has been before
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House to give his views on several iinpor-
tant points of the revenue form.
General Schenck, chairman Of the House
military commission, endeayored last
Washburne's bin reviving the grade Of Gem
eral in the United States army, but failed.
The bill was referred to q sub-com-
mittee of one of the House Military
Commission, Colonel H. c.. Deming, who
was General Buffers Provost Marshal at
New Orleans. An adverse report is conse-
quently expected.
ColIIsiOns
Last night a freight car and a street rail-
road car collided on the Hudson River and
Tenth Avenue railroad, and the cara. were
shattered and a number of persons injured,
though none seriously.
Congressional. 81.
RThe Worlds Washington dispatch says
the House COMMITTEES on Military Affairs
had under consideration yesterday the rec
concentrations contained in the report of
the Secretary Of War. The committee have
before them over fifty petitions, from all
parts OF the country, asking for an equaliza-
ton of the bounty to soldiers with those
who enlisted for one and two years as they
received little or no bounty, while those en-
listing at q later period for one, two and
three years received $500. The committee
will report a bill equalizing the bounty
onnn0 all anIhIaEa "s-
The com nittee has also before them sew
eral propositions to reorganize the army.
General Grant has prepared q bill for this
purpose, which will receive the careful con-
sideration of the committee after the holt
days. vI
The House Judiciary Committee are ar
ranging a bill in accordance with the rec
concentrations of the President, providing
for the holding of the United States Court
in Richmond, which court it is expected will
try JEFF. Davis.
MexIean Affairs.
{ The Republican of last evening has in
formation that the Imperiaal troops in Mex
leo are approaching Vera Cruz with a view
to embark for France. This seems to be
supported by no detailed facts
PardOned.
The Herald's ~daspatch says: Between
20 and 80 Mississippians of little personal
or political note were Pardoned to-day.
SeabroOk's Estate.
The Times Washington special says: One
of the large estates on Bull Island, S. c.,
known as the Seabrook estate, which was
sold IN 1854 by q. s.. Tax Commissioner for
the non-payment of the direct tax, has been
recovered by its owner, he paying the taxes
due and all the costs, and compromising
with the purchaser. -
Secretary OF War.
The Secretary of War is expected to re-
turn to Washington to-day.
Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary of the Interior, in reply to
inquiry from Gen. Howard, decides that
the Freedmen's Bureau cannot hold and the
government can't set aside the unoccupied
government lands in Florida or any other
State for the use or benefit of the Freedmen.
He further says shat all the homestead and
presumption laws are as applicable to Freed
men as to any other class of person.
me Empress Charlotte. ]
The Times correspondent says The
Empress Charlotte arrived at Merida, the
capitol of Yueatan, on the 23d. The recep-
ton was enthusiastic. After being con-
veyed through town TO the Cathedral, and
the offering up of the TIE DeuH, she made a
speech to the people, concluding with a
cheer for the Province Of Yueatan.
T Emperor, who had remained at Mexico
to have left on the I'd inst.
A French transport had arrived, bringing
615 soldiers. :
The Imperiaiists boasts that the attack of
the Liberals on Matamoras was q failure,
and that confusion and anarchy prevailed
among them.
Everything was quiet, and no attack had
been made for some time on vessels going
up and down the river.