The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-07

| NEW YORK, August B.
The schooner Union, Captain Geel, from
Port Huron in hfty-four days,Via Montreal
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The Posts Washington special says
The National lntelligencer has state
ment that a plot has been discovered
among large number Of negro workmen
at Aqua Creek, to ssssssinste the white
laborers engaged on the railroad there. A
company of soldiers have arrested and
imprisoned all the negroes, capturing their
weapons, such as scythes, &c. The eff sers
of the read say they know of no reason
for such plot. The Intelligencer says
one of the negroes was shot.
The Posts special says: General Butler
hiss sent letter to the convention of col
ored men at Alexsndris, Virgins, in
which he advises the colored men of East
ern Virginia to do no violence, IS all eyes
are upon them. As to the grievances COM
planned of by the colored men of Norfolk
and Portsmouth, the General says the
blacks will certainly receive all they ask,
as sure as two and two make four.
The treaty between the South American
States is published. 1t is binding for fifteen
years, snd provides for common cefence
against foreign intervention in the affairs of
either, and each binding itself to non inter-
course with any nation attacking either
1t is to counteract the aggressions of Ma
poleon and Msximilian. The States includ
ed are Salvador, Bolivia, Columbia, Chill,
ECUADOR, Peru and Venezuela.
An order has been SAINT to General
Sheridan authorizing him TO cause TO be
mustered ont of service all volunteers serv-
ing in the Department of Texas that he
thinks he can dispense with, preference to
be given to veteran regiments having the
shortest time to serve.
English papers note the fact that the
Great Eastern, in her trip from Shoreness
to Volencis Bay, had not more than half
enough steam power for the work she
has to do, and that she made only five
miles per hour, and it wss believed in
storm, or even against strong head wind,
she would be manageable.
The Hersld's Paris correspondent says
Smith J. Eastman, swindling merchant of
Brooklyn, who was recently reported to be
in an insane asylum in Lyons, France,
m lsdO-L -Lis- aPPooI ouCe aI bhe Once OF the
u. S Vice Consul at that place, and depos-
tied with him SIG, 500, representing him
self as an unforLunste but honest bankrupt;
n, Z. 70 " aaJs G-AO0 OOnSul Wn5 0Ollk5eu
to put Mr.. Eastman in lunaiic asylum,
and then reported his case to Mr.. Bigelow,
our Minister at Paris, who ordered his de-
tention. The money had been taken pos
session of by an attorney for New York
merchants interested in the case.
The Worlds Washington special says :;
Consul. General Hall at Alexandria, Egypt,
informs the State Department that there
were 1,785 deaths from cholera between
June 22th and July lTth.
Over one huncred thousand applications
for pensions from widows have been filed
the Pension Office.
Colonel johnson, the late aid Of jeff.
Davis, has been released on the ground of
being a rebel officer and entitled to be
placed on the same footing with other
officers.
Wilmington adviccs to the 3lst ult. have
been received.
The Herald contain accounts of the bad
conduct of the negro soldiers A party Of
them, accompanied by negroes of the city,
lately entered store, called fer cigars and
left without paying. Subsequently they
returned with others, broke open the store
and robbed it Unfortunately.
A portion OF the 9Th Regiment, colored
troops, caused riot by attacking the
quarters of sutler. They fred round
after round into his place in the hope of
killing him. The officers quarters being
on a line with the suffers many of the
balls fred went through them. Very for
tunstely no one was bit A number OF the
leaders in the riot were arrested.
Three negroes were found murdered in
Dauphin county last week. Although
suspected parties were arrested no evidence
was had to fix the crime on them.
The publication of the Salisbury Daily
Union Banner has been ordered suspend
ed for uttering incendisry and rebellious
language.