Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-18
STEAMER PEERLESS BURNED
Gov. Jenkins Inaugurated.
Tom. COrwin Struck with Paralysis.
He is Thought Dangerously Ill.
DEATH OF HON. PHILIP ALLEN.
From Washington.
Election.

Election.
NEW YORK, December I6.-The Herald
Washington special says a call has been is
sued for a general election in that District
to be held on the Dist, to obtxin a NANTES
from the voting community, to be placed
before Congress to show how repugnant the
passage of the negro suffrage act is to thC
people.
~Incensed.
The floating population of Washington
the department clerks and government ar
tisans, are considerably incensed at the re.
commentator contained in the Mayors
late message, to impose a poll-tax of two
dollars upon all such residents.
The Worlds Washington special contains
the following: The Secretary of the Treas.
ury to-day decided not to anticipate the
January interest on bonds of more than the
whole amount of interest payable in gold
which is about SIS, 900, 900.
c. P. Huntington, Vice President of the
Central Pacific Railroad, yesterday received
from The Treasury Department 1000 in
bonds on account of the second division OF
that road which has been completed.
Back Pay of Soldiers.
The Herald's Washington dispatch says
the settlement of back pay and accounts of
discharged soldiers will be much facilitated
by sending their discharge papers direct TO
the office of Colonel Paulding, Paymaster in
charge of the District of Washington. BY
this means the long delay occasioned by
soldiers accounts to the Second Auditors
Office will be avoided. This is understood
to apply only to cases where the applicant
is living.
Postal.
The wan of a regular mail service be-
tWaan fhTg oountru anl H,1rp,Lso L. L.
been felt to be very injurious to u interests
in that quarter. The consequence is that
our trade is declining there, while that of
England is rapidly increasing, because there
are several lines of steamers which carry
regular mails between the Columbian ports
and the English coast. Postmaster General
Dennison, aware of the difficulty, prepared q
draft of a postal convention which was sub
mitted to General Lalsler, the Columbian
Minister, in August. last, which, except of
two articles, was fully approved. The draft
in question was accordingly returned to
Senior Lalsler on the first ult., with a sug-
gestion that certain notifications be made
The 18th of the same month a note
was addressed to the Department by that
officer, stating in consequence of his
recall from the post of Envoy
Extraordinary to this country, it would be
ABNS5ADN ~ AAAA W OhblAO IL AEAOGld-
ton of the postal convention and that he
had forwarded the communication to him
Of the LIST of September to his Government.
That as the notifications therein suggested
acceptable, he trusted that the postal
convention would be speedily ratified.
Gen. Fitzpatrick leaves here tomorrow
and will depart for his mission to Chill on
The LIST of January.
Gen. Jehn Eaton, late superintendent of
The Freedmen in the District of Columbia,
has resigned and proposes to establish for
in Memphis, Tenn, a loyal journal
10 be called the Memphis Post.
The government detained a vessel at Bos-
ION, destined for Europe, and another at Del
aware breakwater destined for India via
Brazil, until yesterday, for the purpose of
out government annual reports to
'ur foreign representatives and naval Off
,ers.
The Times Washington special says See
-etary Stanton left that city last evening
or a trip North.
Gen. Grant has issued an order to COM
handlers of posts where powder is stored to
AXE precautions for its preservation. The
close of the war has left immense quantities
If powder on the hands of the government.
Hon. VIM. A. Darling, ofN.Y., on Wednes-
lay last offered the following resolution in
he House with a view to provide pensions
% surviving representatives Of hundred day
nen. 1t was omitted in the press account !
# the proceedings.
ReSoIUed, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed TO inquire int the pro
Iriety of allowing pensions TO the surviving
representatives of soldiers called into the
ervice of the United States for the period of
100 days or less, and who died while in the
iervice. Said committee to report by bill or
otherwise.
The Worlds Washington dispatch la
representative Eggleston, of Ohio, will in
reduce into the House, on Monday, a bill
o repeal the Charter of the City of Wash
ngton, and place the municipal govern
nent in the hands of three commissioners,
IS was the case many years ago.
The Cabinet was in session yesterday af-
all the members being present.
General Grant was in attendance at their
CELEBRATIONS.
An investigation Just made discloses the
act that S. McClark of the Currency Bureau
md Solicitor Jordon, ofthe Treasury Depart
nent, were both in possession, more than a
Tear ago, of all the information in regard to
he abstraction of the plate upon which the
800 counterfeit Treasury notes were printed.
General Spinner says that he is satisfied
the plate was taken from the Currency
Department, and the American Bank Note
are entirely innocent of the mat
er.
Hon. ID. M. Harris.
NEW YORK, December I6.-The Times
Washington despatch says: Hon. B. NJ.
Harris, Member of Congress from Maryland
proposes to take his seat on Monday. He
avs that he can take the oath. Some think
he House will refuse to permit him to oc-
upy his scar or will expel him as an IN
member, for the offence of which
le was convicted last summer by a court
martial. Harris claims pardon of the Presi-
.ent.
Struck with ParaIy sis.
Hon. Tom Corwin, of Ohio, was struck
nth paralysis last night while at an assem-
lage of distinguished 0hioans, entertained
]. c. Wetmore. military agent of that