Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-13

ana M. OaWklnS. Inc 1rSG named was
the second Postmaster of Charlestown ev-
er appointed, and continued in Office until
the secession of his State.
Citizens of South Carolina who arrived
here to-day direct from that Stste repre-
sent that the canvass for United States
Senator is exceedingly lively, and that the
prospect for the election of Governor Per-
ry is unfayorable. His unreserved state
ments that the parish system fostered and
encouraged secession and committed many
other politicalsins have gained the strong
opposition of the parishes, and their force
oppose Governor Perry for Senator.
The President this morning made the
following appointments: ID. r. Hender-
| son, Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Sd District of the State of Ohio; VIM. A.
Price, Collector of Internal Revenue for
the 9Th District of the State of Missouri;
Montgomery Moses, Collector of Internal
Revenue, for the 1st District of the State
of South Carolina; James S. Gibbs, Col
lectOr of internal Revenue for the Sd
District of the State of South Carolina.
The Herald's special says information
has been received here from Washington
that six hundred Spencer rifles, in boxes,
were seized by the authorities at Niagara
City, yesterday. The contents of the box
es were accidentally discovered in over
hauling the railroad freight. The au-
thOrities report it a case of Fenianism. 1t
is well known that combinations exist in
several of the principal cities of the eoun-
try for the purchase of arms from dis
charged soldiers, many of whom ON leav-
ing the service avail themselves of the
privilege of purchasing their guns at
greatly reduced prices. As the purchase
of guns from discharged soldiers, who have
the Government receipt, is a perfectly le-
gitimate business, Secretary Seward will
not attempt to break up the traffic.
The Third U. S. Cavalry is ordered to
Gen. Sheridan, and the Second to General
Sherman. Both regiments will be dist
mounted and their horses turned in at
Cumberland, Md.
This is misapprehensihn as to orders
for mastering out colored troops. All col
ored United States colored troops which
are credited to no States are forthwith
discharged. The colOred veterans cred
tied to quotas of States will be mustered
out only as the Engineers of the service
may warrant.
The Tribune's special says, it is esti-
mated that the Wirtz trial will cost the
Government at lsast 100000. Col. |
Moore, late Surgeon-General of the reb |
el army is here and willappear before the |
Wirz trial court as witness for the defence |
A special to the Times says: A great
lotion case, or more properly great cot
on swindle has Just been unearthed al |
Augusta, Georgia 1t involves nearly |
10000 bales of cotton of the value of about |
N1,o 3
minent military officers are mvsteriously |
mixed up in the affair. Large amounts Of |
money have been used in propositions of
compromise, the sums being variously |
stated at $40, 900, $4,000 and 500, 900 and |
even $25O,OOO. The volume of facts con-
cerning the transactions is very large, but |
briefly as follows:
During the rebel occupation of Georgia,
three parties named S. Metcalf VIM. A.
Beall and Jos. Beall became joint oowners
of 8, 794 bales of cotton, variously stored at
Enfala, Alabama, Albany and Dawson,
Georgia. One of the parties, Metcalf,
owned 1000 bales, on his own account,
which the rebel General Hill burned in
the street, in damaged condition Met
calf gave person named George Schelly |
one-third of the cotton to re-bale it and put
it in shipping order. This cotton Metcalf
sold in July through Ichellyto Jno. Garsed
of Philadelphia. The defendants in is
case, Garsed & Schelley, also claim that
Metcalf sold to them $4,000 balls, owned
formally by himself and the two Bealls |
This Metcalf denied at first claiming that
he only gave the price it could be bought |
at on a certain day for cash, twenty cents |
per pound. Here lies the interest in the /
case. 1t appears that Garsed & Schelley /
then went to work upon the military au-
thorities and manipulated the matter so
as to get certain orders from Generals
Grosverner and Steadman, which fright
ened Metcalf, who made an agreement to
sell the cotton for two hundred thousand
dollars. The Beals, however, opposed the
sale and appealed for an injunction. The
President hearing of this and other cases
of interference on the part of the military
authorities in the civil affairs has issued
an order which in caustic terms prohibits
such an interference hereafter.
North Carolina Convention.
NEW YORK, October l2.-The Herald's |
Raleigh correspondent says: In the North
Carolina Convention, Tuesday, a report,
which was ordered to lie over, was sub
mitted, recommending that no action be
taken by the Convention in reference to
the debt contracted by the State in aid of
the rebellion. 1t is expected the debt will
be entirely repudiated.
Tabled.
NEW YORK, October 12.-The Tribunes |
Nashville special of the 10th says the Ten
nessee Legislature to-day tabled the resO-
luton endorsing President Johnson's re-
construction policy, by vote of 20 for to
50 against.
The Ohio Election.
The Tribune's Columbus, o., special of |
the I1th says forty-eight counties give a
Union majority of 24O7O. The counties
to hear from will increase this to $4,000,
and with the soldiers vote to 10000. The |
Republicans have at least two-thirds of
both branches of the Legislature, ensuring |