Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-07

reported conversation between General
Grant and himself upon Mexican affairs,
that Mr.. Smith certainly misunderstood
him, if his version of the conversation is
correctly reported Judge Calon says he
never was on a train from Cincinnati with
General Grant to his knowledge, but that
he did once have & casual conversation
with that officer, in which Mexico was al
luded 40. In that CONVERSATION General
Grant in no way intimated to him that it
was the purpose of the Government to in
terfere in the Mexican affairs.
NASHVILLE, Oct. ga great mass
meeting of negroes and freedmen was held
IN Edgheld yesterday, over six thousand
being present. addresses were made by
Brig. Gen. Fisk, he reioiced that the ne
grOes of Tennessee were free, as Govern
ment intended they should be, and that
they must prove themselves entitled to
the blessings of freedom, by industry So
sobriety and integrity. His duty was to
see that they were opposed and also
to see that hey discharged their
duties. He wanted to put the black man
| in the jury-bOx and on the witness stand.
His remarks were received with great en-
thusiasm. He was followed by several
other speakers after which themeeting ad-
| journed.
General Fisk states that during the past
week six hundred or seven hundred ne
groes have been sent to their former
homes in different parts of the State have
contracted with the former owners to work
for wages Within a month there will be
sSv1FvS vr1auIug p1J OF negroes mere,
arrangements having been effected to pro-
cure thsm labor at different parts of the
South.
From New York.
NEW York, October, 6.-The Times
Washington special says an erroneous i'm
preston prevails with the public as to the
number of pardons thus far granted by the
Preside ut. Some estimates placing it as
high as $4,000. We ascertain on official
authority that the number up to the war
rants signed to-day is but 1858. Among
those lately pardoned is L. Pope WaHlE,
the first rebel Secretary of War, the Aan
who gave the order to open fire on Fort
Sumter. 1t is proper to state that the
Cabinet have declined to recommend the
pardon of any of the excepted classes,
those coming under the 18th exception
known as the 20,0O class.
The Veteran Reserves.
The Secretary of War has before him
communication signed by prominent Sena-
tore and Representatives in Congress from
all the States, earnestly protesting against
the mastering out of twenty-fOur regi-
ments of the Veteran Reserve Corps now
in service. They ask that if it is intended
to reduce the troops to the necessities of
peace the establishment of the volunteer
forces, now scattered through the country
and anxious to be mustered out, be dis
pensed with first, thus leaving in the SER
vice only the Regular Army andth Vete-
ran Reserves, which combined amount to
ifty-seven regiments. Most of these regi-
nents need recruiting. They also ask that |
permission be granted to the Veteran Re
serves to recruit their regiments up to the |
full number. 1t is urged as one of the |
reasons for retaining these troops, that |
most of them have received, during the |
late war, suco bodily injuries as unfit them /
for ordinary business avocations, and as
they promptly and patriotically volunteer
ed to put down the rebellion at its com
they should be retained in the |
service, and especially as it is now known
hat regular force will be required equal |
% that of the Regular Army and the /
Veteran Reserves combined. Secretary
Stanton holds the matter under advisement /
md for consultation with General Grant |
IN his return to this CITY
Un1Eeu states Agents.
The bonds have been executed and er-
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appointed receivers and disbursing agents |
Milton Barber, at La Crosse, Wis; James
Route, ChiIlicothe, Ohio; Joseph Cush-
nan, Olympia, Washington Territory
William Miller, Montgomery, Alabama;
Baxter G. Bloomer, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Almansm Stone, Stevenson, Wis; VIM.
Bost, indianapolis, Ind. John KirkwoOd,
Little Rock, Ark; Henry Warren, Oregon
CITY, Oregon. The last two named are
as United States depositaries.
Application for Pardon.
Among those in attendance at the White
House to-day seeking pardon we're Robert
Ould, late rebel Commissioner of Exchange
and the rebel General Peck.
General Pillow obtained an interview
with the President and thanked him for
the Executive elemency Nine Levert |
also had an interview with the President
and as rumor has it, in behalf Of General
Beauregard.
EEeeOmen'S Ana1r8-
A Washington special to the Herald in
regard to the Freedmens affairs states that
one of the Assistant Commissioners who
has Just completed a tour through western
Alabama, reposts that the negroes are in
the main industriously at work but the
crops are poor and it is thOught they will
be insufficient to sustain the population.
The greater part of the iohnbitants are in
disposed to cooperate with the Freedmen's
Bureau officers and refuse to consider the
results of the war as decisive and declare
that there is but little loyalty among the
majority of the whites, and that they take
the oath of allegiance merely to be broken
whenever convenient; though returned
rebel soldiers are mentioned as exceptions
in these respects.
Light Houses.
The Light House Board is constantly
directing the re-establishment, along the
Southern coast, of light houses destroyed
bv the rebels during the late war. Large
appropriations will be required to put the
houses in their former condition Nearly
every light house from Cape Henry down
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts were redestroyed
bv the enemy, the structures being torn
down, and the lenses broken or carried
away.
From Nashville.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, October B.
Brigadier General Parkhurst, Provost
Marshal General of the Department Of
Tennessee has been mustered out OF ser
vice. His office will be filed by Brigadier
General P. W. johnson, formerly district
,,,,apdar Of Murfraas hOrO
The trial of Colonel Jos. G: Crane by
court martlaI VIII DC ISsuIIIOd IO-lhOAAO"'
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