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A new and Dangerous weapon

The school of agonnofs," commonly
known as highwsymen, hsveimported from
London, or some other European capital, q
new style of bludgeon, to be used upon
their highway victims. It Is called the
issnd-club,n and its use is almost certain
to produce death. It is made Of strong
canvas, inthe shape of club, about twenty
inches long, and from six to eight inches in
circumference. This bag or club Is filed
fine closely packed sand, and weighs from
five to ten pounds, and has great advan-
tages over the ordinary club or bludgeon,
brass knuckles or slung-thst. It will not
rebound after blow is struck, and it leaves
no mark OF bruise. When the victim is
struck on the top of the head, and there is
where the ssnd,club is directed, he instant
IL sinks to the pavement without 8 strug-
gle, the result OF conclusion to the brain,
and not even bruise, which any ordinary
blunt instrument makes, is to be discovered
on the scalp of the victim, after the sand
club has performed It's fearful nilsson
Some of these clubs have already been
found, By the New York police, in posses.
sion of desperate characters, who made
known the use for which they we're in
tended. r5s t...-
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8tal estate Sgtatits.

nor SALE.-KINSMAN STREET
E a nice two.story Cottage House with every
convenience, and thTeee acres Of land.
ERIE sT.-Go5d, new HosBe, looms, and lot.
5000.
UEfYERsITY HEIGHTs-GOOd House and lot.
yA0GNT LOT-on oourtIard 81 $50.
BRIDGE ST.-Good House, srooms, and lott 5000.
YAUAST LoT-l2Ix2O2 n. on seovtf avenue.
ST. ULAIR ST-4sar Wilson av.; to l3 acres.
EAST OLEYELAHD-GO0d House, rooms, snd
nssrly an &C e oflsnd. $500.
PROSPECT sT.-East of Erie, two story brick
House, with marble mantlss, slate roof &o.-
Lot 3sxl4O. Beosntly occupied By Gov. .Brough.
EUCLID ST.-Good two story brick Houss, marble
mantles, hot and cold water, bath rOOms 50.
ERIE ST.-Hear EUolid, two story frame House,
and lot S3xes =. t4OOO.
sCOVILL AVERUE-Briok House, two stories,
and lot 40K1qs A. 5000.
LAKE ST.-Nioe tWe-story cottage House and lot
5OX99 Il $500.
| GARDEN ST.-Near Hudson, one-and -s-half story
| CEDAR sT.-rwo-sfory frame House and Lot Ssz
ISS- $1,000
| COLUMBUS sT.-Trstls HOuss for sale on long
credit
good barn and buits.
| TRACY sT-Housp and Lot. S10OO. m
/ TRACY sT.-Houss and Lot. $500.
FARM ASO OUT PROPERTY.
| 1872 Ia Acres in Bsckport; S65 per acre. II down
so Acres in IndspoNdsnoe, house, barn and oholo
| fruit. 5000.
So Acres in Parma ID ststs Road, milss frou
city; brick houSa, ten rooms two barns, coz
house, 20. S45lr'.
GRIsT MILL-Perr0aneut WStsrppoVer, house 81
barn, go acres o. land, fruit, &C. $500.
JOHN G. JENNINGS
Beal B. yGts and Insurance Agent
| dscT AFNater Bulldog
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LEADER.
MoNDAY IANUARY p.
me Richrnond PhiIOs0pheFs.

The terrible reverses which hsve befall-
en- the rebels have plunged the entire peo-
pie of the South into the greatest despOnd-
eacy. In the general despair that covers
their sky, there is, however, one bright
spot now occupied almost exclusively by
the philosophers of the Richmond press.
No reverses dampen their belligeDent ar
dor. Their spirits mount up as the popu-
lar depression goes down. Occupying g
lofty snd philosophical lookout, they fcan
the horizon of rebel hopes, catch few
rays of light, and proceed vigorously to
cudgel and belabor the croakers of Rich
mond that are said to be multiplying very
rapidly. These philosophers sll seem 70
feed upon the same food snd are, conse-
quently, equally elated over each new dis
ssser. The Dispatch regards the fall ol
Fort Fisher as blessing IN Disguise, aud
declares that Wilmington has frJm the
first, done them more harm than good
The Enquirer philosopher says the fall o.
Fort Fisher asbould be a scarce Of rsHe'0ed
zeal sradsr the bright prospect 1t Gford'
Of tie derslopeme7st Of our Ol0H re-
so,srces, The Wig declares the loss o.
Wilmington can be easily withstocd, bu'
the grest fear is that public spirit will b
lost. Thus the Others. The Confsderacy
may be upon its marrow bones, ready t.
beg for mercy, but the philosophers o
Richmond cannot be exhausted. Thei
pens, their ink, their spirit are yet abun
dant, and while these last what reason i
there for tho wretched orosking and des
pondency which are heard and seen on al
sides. Now is the time for fine writing
Their classical lore, their fierce rhetoric
their Bombastes Furioso style, are nov
put to the seVerest strain, and so long 8
these gentlemen can write blazing EDITOR
ais for their dingy, little ziz-by-nlne ps
pers, why should the rebel heart quail 7
We confess to an admiration Of thei
philosophy. They reason that thOug
disasters come not singly, they must som
time end. The end they see is not fsr OF
Is but few disasters are yet left in store 70
them before they close up their rebel GOV
ernment. Still their fsshy rhetoric
amusing. It is refreshing to witness th
universal valor and undying conhdene
that can dribble from the end Of goos
quill Humanity viii be under obligation
to thom as showing what vast sources
comfort can be tapped by editorial ingenr
ity.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-23

An Appeal 10 Congress- VIII not that
az Body arouse TtseIf-.-DespOudene
IhrOughOut the SOutn.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. III
Would to heaven the Confederate Con-
gress had inherited but a portion OF the
spirit of those grand old Continental Ps-
triots; but we look for it in vain. Our
armies have suffered disaster and defeat.
A mighty host is encompRssed within
few miles of this city. The thunder OF
his batteries shakes the walls of the capitol.
He does not hesitate to proclaim that it is
his intention to enslave, or to e1tirpste
the whole race, of which We are part
and parcel. Our Congress is in session.
Bills of the most urgent necessity are be-
fore it. Bills vital to our constitution and
our country Bills upon the passage OF
which depend our ststus 81 Iremen or
slaves probably for centuries to come. We
are in the eighth week of the session. The
enemy Is prosecuting his enterprise
throughout the winter. He allows our ar
mics no rest, day or night, and yet not one
single step has be n taken by our Legisla-
ture for the renovation of our armies. For
the ameliorstion Of our currency. For the
1 EE5LOIallOA u EOuAuCuNC W Jul NOOkAO-
For any object whatever that can have the
1emotest bearing upon our defense against
the vengeance of implscable enemies
They spend their time in talking as If the
old days of log cabins and hard cider were
here again. They sppear to have fall
en- asleep under the administration
of Martin Van Buren, and never to have
become thoroughly awake. And while
they are postponing every bill that can b
useful in this emergency, the enemy i
raising Heaven and earth to recruit hi
armies. The disasters which we have
suffered Of late are not only not irrepsr
able, but they are not so great ss other
we have suffered on other occasions. Blu
the people have been more depressed BY
them than they ever we're before, becaus
they had been hattered with hopes o
peace by persons who well knew tina
there could BE- no peace short Of submis
sion and enslavement. The fit Of depreE
sion has been longer and more violen
than formerly, because they see that Con
gress, to which they naturally turn for en-
couragement. trihing on the very edge c
the abyss with reckless disregard to thei
situation. which prompts sailors, whe
the ship is about to go down, to break ope
the spirit room and drown their fears /
liquor. They see little hope in that qual
ter. Congress is, in fact, assisting Il
enemy by encouraging tho disposition
crosk which seems to have beset the who
country. a little prompt sction, sligt
display of resolution, few words to kee
up the confidence of the people, wou
work wonders Cannot Congress sroul
itself and become equal to this task
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The 20 ,IIssIon . Kiehmond

The Tribune, of Saturday, pretty well
posted, we presume, about the peace nego-
tiations going forward, says: ave learn
from Washington that Mr.. F. P. Blair has
again gone to Richmond on the United
States steamer Don. The President, it Is
said, declares that he has no faith that any
good will come of his mission, but has no
objection to his efforts TO bring about q
peace. he could hardly give stronger evi-
dence of his entire soquiesence in Mr.,
Blair's movements than the fact that a
United States steamer is put at his disposal,
How apprehensive the war party in Rich
mond is Of the influence Of this talk oi
peace upon the popular mind, is shown in
the continued depreciation Of any discus
sion of the subject"
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Another Peaee Commlasloner.

The following sppesrs in the advertising
columns Of the Selma (Als) Dispatch:
OEE MILLION DOLLARS WANTED TO
HAVE PEACE BIZ THE lsT oE MABcH.-If
the citizens Of the Southern Confsderacy
will furnish me with the cash, or coed Sc
eurities for the sum of ons million dollars,
win cause the lives of Abraham Lincoln,
William b. Seward and Andrew johnson
to be taken bv the 1stcf March next. This
will give US peace, and satisfy the world
that cruel tyrsnts cannot livein " land
of liberty" If this is not accomplished,
nothing viii be claimed beyond the sum
of fifty Thousand dollars. n advance, which
is supposed to be necessary to reach and
slaughter the three villains.
will give, myself, one thousand dollars
toward this patriotic purpose.
Every one wishing to contribute will
address box Z, Cshsba, Alabama.
December !, 1884. <,
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Mail Items.

There were s2,s25 births in Massachu-
sets LAST year 22,974 deaths; and II, Ola
marriages.
Maximilian has forbidden the Mexicans
to wear decorations.
There are 1851 houses in Boston worth
over s4s, 900, 600. The total value of land
in Boston is over SloQooO,0Oo.
They sre getting clans at Newport
beach weighing FIVE pounds each. Those
banks are paying institutions.
st. Albsns isn't large place, but it has
100 rum shops, and there raids upon them
every day.
The new three cent pieces will be cut
soon.
Massachusetts, pays $500 per week each
to support her convicts in prison.
Venison is the cheapest meat in the
New York market-lO@2Oc per pound at
retail. Beef is 2O@3Oo.
The Newfoundlsnders are really stsrv-
ing. One village of q thousand souls is
reported without -four, bread, meal, mo
lssses or tea. Suppose Whsrnolife turns
his attention that way. Seward won't in
terfere with him.
A tressonsble organization has been
discovered in California of the Z. G. @
stamp. The order is known as the
q Knights of the Columbian Star"
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The Atlantic Monthly for February

The Atlantic Monthly for February
will be published this week, and will con-
tain the first instalment of new novel by
the author of "Reveries of Bachelor.
Whittier, Mrs, Stowe and Fitz Hugh Lud-
low are among the prominent writers in
this number. Gottschalk begins his
'Notes of q Pianist" in the forthcoming
issue; noLes that are sure TO attract at.
tention.
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New Rebel Port.

The American Consul at Havana, sends
to Collector Draper a curious piece Of H.
telligence-a report that the rebels are
stalking out the hsrbor of st. Marks, on the
western coast of Florida, in order to make
it available for blockade-runners
st. Marks is on the st. Marks river, and
is the seaport of Tallahassee, the capital OF
Florida, with which it is connected by q
railroad tRenty-six miles long. Vessels
drawing eight feet Of water can enter the
harbor. No doubt some of our gunbosts,
drawing about that much, will presently
look in ct st. Marks.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-23
High prices In Rfchmond.

The Richmond Examiner, of the 18th
instant, says: "The restaurants and drink
ing saloons advanced their prices on Satur-
day, putting their rates peg higher. The
advance, they allege, is necessitated by the
great rise in the prices of -four and provis-
ions in the market. The bill OF fare in
saloons that formerly cost $40 now costs
Sl5, and no drinks are to be had under S.
Perhaps it is well that the price of living
has come to be defined at last. The ther-
mometer can go no higher than 90; the
currency may go to zero, but the charge
cannot 60 above blood hest. This may IS
well be understood first IS last.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-23
sherman in England.

The effect of the taking of Savannah
and prospective taking of Charleston and
other points, has been excellent in Eng
land. The rebel loan has collapsed. The
taking of Fort Fisher viii use it up
Englund and France both manifest renew.
ed anxiety not to intervene in the struggle
now raging here. ThepoOr, gaunt skele
ton of confederacy csn find no prOtecto
rate in England, so long as It is undergoing
such Affections as it is at present passing
through.
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Gossin-fron, Richmond.

ECorresp ondenee of the Charleston mercury.1
Although the end is not yet, We are
much cheered by the gallant defense Of
Wilmington. The forebodings associated
with the presence Of 8 certain officer at
that point have been signally islsifed. It
is q pleasure, too, to know that Mosby Is
not mortally wounded.
As an offset TO this our hopes Of seeing
General Lee made Commander-in-Chief
are, from all accounts, in danger Of being
frustrated. Indeed, it is now said that the
Executive never contemplated anything OF
the kind. The story that Lee, Davis and
Johnston met some days ago and that
there was a reconciliation between the
latter two, is pronounced unfounded. How
it came into existence is mystery.
A significant article appears IN this
mornings DispGtsE The authorities are
admonished not to let US fall into the
hands of q Yankee master any other
master were better-the inference BEING
thst we are in danger Of being forced to
accept master Of some sort.
In times Of disaster, certain clan al
ways talks Of handing over the Conteder-
acy as an appsnage Of the crown OF Eng
land or France. What if they refuse2 A
people willing to give themselves away to
anybody are not worth having, especially
when the price of the gift is sure to be 9
war with power which is now more pow
erful than France, and nearly as formida
BILE as England on the sea. We are sbun
dantly able to take care of ourselves if oul
resources in men and means we're properly
disposed. But of this, what hope?
a curious incident is related. Some day
ago, when vote of the Senate on suspend
ing, the babeas corpus was taken, there wa
tie; Stephens was in the chair. Befor
giving the casting vote he either sske'
leave or claimed the right to give his reas
ons for voting as he intended TO vote. Jus
then Dortch, of North Carolina, change
his vote, and the suspension was carried.
The town is exceedingly dull and belie7
ed to be generally sober. Much none
has been collected for the soldiers dinner
To night there is soldiers dinner benet
at the theatre; Ida Vernon in East Lynne
. tickets twenty dollars.
Westher still warm and hazy. THU
der and lightning last night. Gold sixt
for one | Coffee forty dollars a poun
Are you all going to let Sherman get
Branchville? HERMEs.
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gEgaI gutifRs.
IFEsTtRiSS gALE-PuFsuant to

MASTERS SALE.-Pursuant to tne
ltl command Of an order Ofsale from the Court oI
Common Pleas Of Cuyahoga county, Omo, 81 ne
suit Of John Campbell against John Douglass anu
Thomas Bowling, to me directed, shall expose iOf
1als At public auction, At the door Of tne Oours
House IN the city Of Cleveland on the Slss cay o.
January 1865, at O'Clock P. n, the tonoWiDS ae-
situate in the State Of Ohio, county Of Cuahogs,
and city Of Cleveland, West Side bsing paris OF
oriqinai lots so and 81 in JACOB Perkins suodl-
Vision 50 much Of lots IS and 60 Is hes north OF
line commencing ct q point on 3 line between lot3
81 and S. 40 feet from the north line OF SAID lot 90
and fotsV feet therefrom to the east line OF Lo omar-
tine street the lot herein described being about -
et On the south line and about 81 feet deep on tho
north line, Fl ntiDg on Lamartlne street Also tns
bsia1e ofiot as not included 10 the above being 30
feet front on Clinton street and s. feet deep 10
9sther With al the hsredifaments and aPpurtenan-
ces thereunto belonging, 1t suoleot 10 all streets
and highways. Appraised at Sls60. -. .
| ID. ". GAGE
/ 5.,ao-1es Master Cdmmissionar.
II
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9Eutisttg.

DISSOLUTION.-The co-ezsting Part
nership heretofore carried on by Alex b.
HaIIIzsn and ]. R. Daniels, Dentists, has this Gay
besn dissolved By mutual consent The business
for the present will be carried On BY Dr. HaliiS
Al the oid establishment corner Of Ontario street
aad the Public Square, where all claims sgainst
the ssid firm viii be settled, and al outstanding
debts due the said d, Z D. must be paid on or 6s-
fore the 1st day Of April 1855; IL notI tney VIII Dc
placed in she hands Of g Collector.
OTTvEIAED, o., January Sd, 1885.
ALEX. B. HALLITELL, Md,
ianIO J. B, DANIELS.
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Personal.

Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, Is now, BY
seniority, the presiding bishop ofths Pro
testant Episcopal Church in this country.
Il is said that he has been invited to make
an Episcopal visitation to that part OF
Louisiana now in the Federal lines. No
bishop has been seen there since the de-
fection from the church to the army Of
the rebel General Bishop Polk.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-23

Humphrey Marshall Of Kentucky on
The RamPage-He is just Getting
nad-Beeeh-nuts for fcOd.
Fat Humphrep Marshall, a aplsyed-Out
military Fallstsf, who now represents
Kentucky in the Re bel Congress- made
ferocious speech il the Rebel Congress
on the 18th of January Marshall, in his
endeavor to revive the faith of the Rebel
Oongressmen, bellows like fatted-calf
The following is specimen
He would take the men of the country
by the napo of the neck and put them into
| the army. He would rather see every
house in this country in smouldering
ruins, and every house in ashes, than
yield one jot short of the Independence OF
these States We must rise to the height
Of this occasion, and set aside all constitu-
tional delicacy. We must prepare for the
| spring campaign. Gentlemen must re-
member that it is now the 18th day Of
January. We have the spring campaign
to provide for. Postpone these measures
and adopt radical, stern, and impressive
ones, and see that they are made efhcacious
Do these people of the far Southern
States, who first cried out secession, now
begin to droop? VIII they be willing tc
compromise with the hand which wields
the sword, dripping with the blood of ia
thers and brothers, Will they not be de
TERED by the shrieks of mothrs, daughter
and sisters, imploring to be saved from pol
luton, and by the burning barns anC
| bonaabOide T'his Ia No tina tn drOOD 4
| for himself he t5as just beginning to gs
mad [Applause and laughter. He ewoult
rather live on the beach-nuts In the wood
and the fish of our waters Applause,
! A people who cease to love liberty, cease t
deserve liberty, bat he would never yield
[Applause.l
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LIFE ASSURANCE
THE KNIcKERRocKER
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Having established Branch Office in this city, are
now prepared to issoe Policies upon the Life, En-
doyrnent or Ten Year Plans Offering every consist
ent advantage to insurers.
Particular attention Is called to their Ten Year
system, which permits person to pay for his m
suraLce in full, In ten annual or forty quarterly
payments after which the party 30 inEuriDg Ie-
ceivss a paid-up policy and has nothing further
This plan also has the advantage Of being strictly
pon-forfeItAble. Thus, although In case OF the
d. ath of the party assuring, his polley would be
good for the faoe nil amount, yet IN case OF dis
/ oontinuing his u yL sKts, hs receives pro rata
| policy In exast AcooTdAnos with the time he hss
paid. As for example, man insuring for 81, 900 II
| he has made two annual payments thereon, wishes
20 discontinue It, he i'll reosve paid up policy OF
two-tenihs tf 5,0OO being s., ,oo0i II be has paid
three years. 81 5Oo If four years, $1,000 and 90 on
in proportion t oughout the entire ten years.
Policiss issued aud all business transacted upon
| the most favorable terms by
SIS. COE & LOUIS b. SMITH,
Agents for State Of Ohio.
Ofice cor. Superior and Merwin sts., Cleveland.
| Comparative Assets as to Liabilities larger than
any other Company ocing business in this State.
CLEVELAND B0ABD OF REFERENCE.
D. Mcmillan, OF Gordon, Mcmillan b %.
Leyerett AIcott Of Aloott Horton, Cleveland
Ohss 4. head 5 Co, Bankers, Cleveand.
! d. B. Sexton, of D. Eexton 3 Co., Cleveland
I. P. Handy, Pres't MerohAnts' B snk, Cleveland
| p ] Price, Of Morris rri.e, Cleveland.
| p Myers Stove MenufsctureI, Cleveland
| G. ". Ooe, Miller, Cleveland
g. A. Benedict, Edit II Herald" Cleveland.
| ian2Ol81
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[starup.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
r.0-.,-s n,, tha nat dnr nf lamar 1sss
AUDITOR OF sFATE's OFFICE,
Insurance DEPARTNKET,

AUDITOR OF EEAIEB OTFIOE. ,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, January IS, 1885.
WHEREAS, The NEW ENGLAND FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, located at Hartford, In the State Of
Connecticut, has fled In this Office . sworn state
ment of its condition, as required By the first
tion Of the act I" To regulate Insurance Companies
not Incorporated By the State Of Ohio passed April
s. 1856 and, Whereas said Company has furnished the
un deTSigned satisfactory evidence that possessed
Of at least one hundred thousand dollars Of actual
capital invested in stocks, or IN bonds, or In mort
cages worth double the amount for which II s mort
gagged; and, whereas, said Company has lied In this
ofce written instrument, under it, corporate 1sal.
signed by tho President and SecretarT thereof qu-
thoriE any agent agents OF said Company int mis-
State to acknowledge service process tor and In Pc
half Of said Company, consenng that such service q
process shall be taken and held 70 Do as Talid a.
served upon tho Company, recording 70 the laws oI
this or any other State, and waving all claims OF
of error by ofsuch acknowlsgm Of service
Now therefore, in pursuance Of the nrst section OF
the aforesaid act, /, JAMES II. GOODMAN, Auditor OF
State for Ohio, de hereby certify that said hEH
ENGLAND FIRE INSURANCE ConPANIs OF u .Il0roi
Is authorized to transact the business Of Fire snd
Marine Insurance In this State until the thirty
first day of January, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and si1ty-six.
name and caused the seal Of my ofhcs TO be atnxed
the year and day above written -
SEAL Jas. "a, SOUnANI
lStamp.l Auaitor q etate'
3. E. JUDD, ESQ.,,
JsnaGiE esnSral Agent
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-23

A guerrilla attacked The shop Of 8
lonely widow at HaEesville, Kentucky,
the other night. He broke the window
and pushed his head IN, when the widow
laid him out with billet Of wood, called
for an az, and deliberately made mince-
meat of the body, leaving the pieces fol
the swine to de7our.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-23

Gottschalks agent ran away, few days
since with $40 600 belonging to.the emin'
ent pianist.