Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-06
From Yesterdays I'd Edition
General News.
From Warrington.

NKW fORK, November 5.-Ihe IrlDuneB
Washington special says the payment of the
January coupons will be anticipated owing
to a large accumulation of coin in the Treas
ury.
Disabled soldiers in various departments
of Government will petition Congress to al
low them the same bounties as are paid
others of their class not in Government en-
ploy.
Quite a sensation was oecssioned in Wash
ington yesterday by a report Of the preva
lance of yellow fever on board the Stone
wall. She has been towed into the stream,
and is being thoroughly cleansed prepara-
tory to the admission of visitors.
The Commissioner of Customs is convinced
from the character of the reports which he
is daily receiving from the Canadian from
tier that his action in employing female de-
tectives there was judieious, and will be Of
great benefit in the exposure and arrest of
the female smugglers, who have been so ex-
tensively engaged in the contraband trade
between Canada and the United States. Not
one female smuggler now crosses the line
where twenty crossed before, and merchants
along the border, suspected of having for
merly been engaged in the eontraband
trade, are closing their stores and selling
out.
Another smuggling dodge has just been de-
been brought across the line of late for in
terment on the American side. Last week
the United States Revenue officer insisted
upon seeing the corpse after the coffin was
landed, against the earnest protest of the
stricken relatives, when, instead Of contain
ing a defunct body the coffin was found
piled with costly silks.
Two per cent of all the fractional eurren-
cy received at the Treasury is counterfeit.
This comes to the Department from bankers
and ethers escaping. The detection Of such
parties gives some idea of the extent Of this
counterfeiting.
The Supreme Court met at II o'clock to-
day, all the Judges being present. They
proceeded in a body to the White House and
after paying their respects to the President
adjourned till tomorrow when they will en-
ter upon the business of the term.
L. C. Durant, the Vice President and Gen
eral Manager of the Pacific Railroad is now
in Washington making arrangements for
the examination and acceptance by the gov
ernment commissioners of the first forty
miles of the main line west of Omaha.
Since the decision of the President approx
ing the amended location of the line the
work has progressed very rapidly.
The Times Washington special contains
the following;
A motion has been fled in the United
States Supreme Court by A. II. Garland, Esq,
of Arkansas, TO be permitted TO practice in
| the court withous taking the oath as pre-
scribed by the act of Congress Of July 2nd,
1852, and January Path, 1855. The motion
will probably be argued on Wednesday.
Directly after the adjournment Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States yesterday,
a meeting of the members of the bar of that
court was convened for the purpose Of pay
| frer 10 the of the 10 "a
Judge, Mr.. Catron, who died since the ad-
jOurnment of the court last spring. Judge
| Black formerly Attorney General, presided.
| Eloquent speeches were made by Hon. Caleb
Cushing, Hon. Montgomery Blair and others.
A committee was appointed TO draft resolu-
tions expressive Of the sense ofthe meeting
Resolutions were prepared and adopted, and
the committee was directed to present copy
thereofto the court to-day, to be spread upon
the journals.
The Herald's Charleston correspondent
notices the arrival Of the commander of the
Atlantic squadron. The squadron is al
ready reduced to ten vessels. There will be
further reduction by the sale of two Of the
vessels.
The Worlds Jacksonville, Fla, CORES
pondent says: Two delegates elected to the
late convention are supposed 10 have been
| lost in the steamer D. H. Mount Judge
Frazier, of Jacksonville, and the family Of
Major Weeks Of the I'd Florida, Union cav
airy, were on board
The election for municipal officers takes
place in the city to-day.
A,colission occurred last evening between
the Adams Express freight car, of the Har-
/ lem Railroad, and City railroad car of the
Sd Avenue Railroad, by which one passen-
| ger on the city car was instantly killed, and
| several severely injured, aud the car broken
INTO fragments.
A Washington dispatch says that Commits
sioner Cooley, of the Indian Bureau, receiv-
ed this morning q communication from the
Superintendent Of the Indian Agency in
Kansas, giving decisive information Of the
belligerent status of the tribes in that sec
ton. The report that has previously been
obtained in regard to the burning Of stage
coach BY the Cherenees and Apaehes on the
18th of November last, is fully substantiated,
together with the massacre of Frederick,
Marvin, of New York, who was with
five others then travelling upon the coach.
1t is also represented that after committing
this outrage and murder, the whole force
attacked successfully five mail sections
along the route, which they destroyed, and
taking possession Of the live stock along
their line. The official details of the above
have been placed before Gov. Cummings.
Submitted.
NEW YoRK, December 5.-The Worlds
despatch says the Joint Commission to set
tie the claims between the U. S. aud gov.
ernment of Columbia have had submitted
to them some seventy cases. The Commits
sion have passed upon large number, some
of which are most important
The Commission adjourned yesterday un
til Monday next, in order to pass upon th'
remainder that have been submitted.