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The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
The Meat question I'm New York.

The New York papers are still exercised
over the high prices Of meat in that quar-
ter. Both the Times and the World sug-
gest that people stop eating meat until fair
prices come in play. The World says It
is quite time that b retail price of meat
appro1imsted 10 the gold standard. While
ali kinds of farm produce have been stead
lily e~heapening, meat has come down but
very little. The consumers have got the
remedy il their own hands. Summer is
upon US and meat is no longer q necessity
a an article of daily diet. 1t is notorious
that our people would be much healthier if
I hey reduced by one half their consump-
tion of flesh during the summer months.
Let this be done by any considerable num-
Der of people, and the cattle dealers will
find it TO their interest to support the mar
ket st cheaper rates.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
The Draft and It's Results.

The report OF secretary Stanton for 1864
has been published recently, and the ex-
bibit made therein of the operations of the
Provost Marshal Generals Bureau show
that the system of drafting, besides being
to the highest degree unpopular and irri-
Eating, has proven itself an expensive fail
ure. much inferior to the volunteer system
as q means of raising men. Let US give s
fsw figures. In the draft of 1863, the quota
drafted for was 1874 962, with 90 per cent.
added. OF this number, 39,4l7 failed to
report and I64s87 were exempted for ply
steal and other causes; ~52,2s7psid cOmmu-
tstion, &c, OO2 furnished substitutes, and 81
S48 were held to service. In the draft OF
Msy, 1864, the number reported and ex-
amined was IS, 1851, of which number Al
o94 were exempted, 32446 paid cOmmuts-
aion, 5000 furnished substitutes, and S,4lS
were held to service. The draft in Sep
tsmber, 1864, when the accumulation
clause hsd been repealed, presents a SINH
lar result. Out of 72,432 examined, only
1908 we're held to service, l3,345 furnish
ei substitutes, and the rest were exempted.
Some of the statistics from the records
of medical examinations are also interest
ing. 1t appears that the highest ratio Of
reflections under the first draft was in the
State of Maine, and amounted TO 45I47 to
1000. The lowest ratio was in the State
of Wisconsin, 1887 to 1000. Under the
second draft the highest ratio of reflections
wss in Maryland, 855.43 to 1000, and the
lowest in New Jersey 1871 20 Loeo- The
average ratio of reflections in all the States
where the draft took place WAS IN 1868,
3l4O2, and il 1861 257O2. The average
is about 20 per cent. less than the general
average of reflections shown by the stats
tics in Great Britain, France and Belgi-
um, from which 1t appears if the same
rules of rejection were applied, that the
physical condition of the arms-bearing in
habitants Of Americs is 20 per cent better
than that of the inhabitants Of the Euro
pean countries named.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
"Reminiscences Of a

"Reminiscences of the Late President.
A Washington letter writer has the
following:
As every "Reminiscences of our good, noble,
wise and beloved late President possesses
8 value, I msy, without improperly, re-
cord one or two items of tender interest.
An intimate personal friend, of his-one
of his Private Secretsries-said to me q
few evenings since: "Fhe people do not
v yet know how great 3 man they
have lost. Only history and posterity can
fully appreciate his humanity his noble
heroism and simple greatness.
HAgsin and again, during the darkest
hours of the last four years, he has come to
me at ten or eleven O'Clock and said, Come,
-, let US go to the War Department, and
see how matters are going We would go
there, and Mr.. Stanton would report the
latest news and the situation fully. From
there we would go to the Navy Depart
ment, Nj. Lincoln walking gloomily
through the darkness, and he would listen
10 sl The details of some great armament
then preparing. Bearing with him the
burden of responsibility received from these
offices he would return 10 pass several
uOuEE u ku6 uiEAh 1dNOlNlIR u ulu4GuAtAbb
of his position" Referring TO Mr.. Lincoln's
Inaugural this gentleman said; "The
whole of it was written at Springfield, be-
fore his leaving Springfield, except the last
sentence
nAfter his arrival in Washington,
through snares and dangers, which he we'll
knew the conspirators he prepared, and
when he found himself standing on the
verge of 8 volcano, which he saw YVES GO
ing TO burst, and carry ruin far and wide,
he penned that last beautiful sentence of
his insugural-Them mystic chords of Nom
ory stretching from every battlefield and
patriot grave to every living heart and
h~esrthstone all over this broad land, will
yet swell the chorus of the Union, when
| sgsin touched, IS surely they will be, by
the better angels of their nsture' This he
wrote under the weight of q burden which
made his great heart groan in unaLtersble
sadness" The gentleman whose words l
have quoted has the original printed copy
with JH5 auuUIOnEI OF tnIs TasT s~UuTouCu,
in Mr.. Lincoln's own hand writing.
HAs q characteristic instance Of Mr..
| Liucoln's mOdesty, this incident was rels-
ted: One of the Presidents messages was
handed by him to his private Secretary to
read before it was sent to Congress. The
Secretary ventured TO suggest q paragraph
in regard to the attempted neutrality Of
Kentucky, which idea was Just then prev
slent in that State. The suggestion we;
timely, andthe President adopted the idea
only somewhat modifying and cOndensing
the language. The next day the PTesi-
dent submitted the message to a Cabinet
meeting. When, in the curse of his read
ing, he resched the paragraph in question:
he said "NOw, gentlemen, here is an eX
cellent idea, suggested to me by Mr.. -
which struck me as being 50 good and SC
timely that l have adopted it. IhOpet the
point will meet your favor, and that The
credit for it will go where il properly be-
longs" So just, SO modest 80 gentle wa
our lamented President.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28

DIR. G. B. LIGRTH1LLS first visit 70
Ohio WAS inducedby numerous applications
for treatment from parties unable 10 visit
New York for that purpose, and who can
not be successfully treated except after 8
p~ersonsl examination. His practice has
been so successful that he has repeated his
visits to Cleveland several times. Still he
finds that it is almost as difficult for some
parties desiring his service, TO visit him at
Cleveland, that in compliance with the re-
quest of many citizens, he has consented,
before returning to Europe, 70 visit several
central points in Northern Ohio, making
Cleveland his headquarters so that all who
desire can consult him.
For the past twelve years DIR. Lighthill
has paid exclusive attention to the treat
ment Of deafness and cstarrh in its vari-
u forms. He has prscticsdi in New York.
and other principal Eastern %citics, where,
until a few months past, he was associated
with his cousin, DR.. L, B Lighthill, and,
together they have acquired 8 standing
which has earned for the "Lightbill In
stituten its present great reputation.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
ben. Wood

A New York correspondent thus de-
scribas the Copperhead owner Of the New
York NeiOS;
Ben, by the way, is more of q character
than most persons imagine. Doubtless he
is INSCRIPTIONS in politics, and his moral
code may not be up TO the standard of the
New Testament, but for all that his nstur-
al impulses are kind and generous and his
dealings with individuals have never been
disgrsceful or unfair. In person, he is Pc
culiar. His complexion is 8 pure white, SO
much SO, that q white wash we'll applied
would not alter it; he wears no beard, is
careful to a nicely in his dress, carries his
hat on the extreme back of his head,
smokes constantly the longest and most
fearfully strong cigars, and spends four
teen and fifteen hours daily in his Office.
Ben's acquaintance are few, but his natu-
raj gifts are many; his executive power is
tremendous, his tenacity of purpose and
self reliance isgreat and his moral courage
far stronger than that of forty Greeley's
rolled into one.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
CrODs In Illinois,

A correspondent of a Chicago paper,
writing from Central Illinois, has the fol-
lowing in regard to crops:
Corn is q little backward, but recent
showers and warm suns are bringing it for
ward with great rspidity, The next hun
dred days will tell the story" Oats look
well almost everywhere. 1 hear COM
plants about the bug among wheat, but
think part of it is unnecessary. I have
talked with several farmers in Carroll
county, and some of them tell me that they
have no bugs in their wheat but their
neighbors complain. Bugs are, no doubt
much less rsvenous than they we're n
year sgo-unless it be those which infest
potatoes. I hear of them everywhere,
and almost every farmer says he has seen
them. His fears are not based on the re-
ports Of his neighbors. Bugs are bound
to have their share of the rich Irish
asculant.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
Lieutenant General

a rail on the Brie Railroad, near De-
post, broke on Thursday, and threw of
the TRACK the mKu CAT smOhEn6 SarI aHd
three passenger cars The mail car turned
a somersault into 8 gulley twenty-five feet
deep. The others weTe piled in a heap by
the side of the track. No n was killed,
hut several were more or less injured,
among whom were Sergeant Francis A
jackson, Goth Illinois Regiment, arm bad
" bruised; VIM. Burlington, Cleveland,
O., mail agent bruised; Michael NoOnan,
Cleveland, O., soldier, cut about the head;
Emanuel Roberts, soldier, South Amboy,
N. J., injured informally; Herman Lock
Asld, soldier, compound fracture of the
right leg-left leg badly bruised.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
freedom 90 the Freedmen!


a change has come yer the sdministra-
tion of Affairs in Richmond, since Hslleck
was superseded by Gen. Terry. The freed
men of Virgins, who had been arrested
and flung into prison by the rebel policeof
Richmond if they stirred abroad without 8
white mans pass, are now recognized IS in
reality free. General Terry's order, de-
clsring that as slavery had cessed to exist
all legislation founded on it has become OBJ
solete, at once lifts the freedmen, before
bowed down under 8 yoke more op-
pressiye than their former slavery,
into substantial as well as nominal
liberty. No one can deny its legality with
out also denying the legality Ofthe eman-
cipstion proclamation-for if slavery can
be abolished by the war power, all legisla-
ton in its interest can be snnulled by the
same authority. We hope General Terry's
order will be initiated by cur military
commanders throughout the South. If the
slave code and free-negro laws which have
disgraced the statute Oook OF Inc SCUM
are permitted TO remain in force, the
emancipation proclamation will be sub
sssntially a dead letter, and the condition of
unprotected freedmen will be worse than
It WA when they were slaves. Then the
personal interests of their masters prevent
ed them in some degree from abuse and in
juries-now they are left in q great meas
ure entirely unprotected, at the mercy o.
those who hate them ten times more in
fensely because they have lOvedthe Union,
and under laws which shut them out from
the courts and prescribe unequal and I'M
just penalties against them. They viii
IJok in vain for justice from Southern
rebels, and we trust that the military power
of the nation may intervene elsewhere, as
it has in Richmond, for their protection.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28

A New York writer says the chief pleas
ure derived by the Bostonisps at q musi-sl
entertainment is criticism, and he ventures
the statement that "when they go to hesv-
en- they will declare that some Of the hsrps
are out of tune, that one of the angels takes
liberties with the composers text, and that
another sings fat. They will also deplOre
the absence of the great organ" Where
upon tee Boston Post is not at ali disturbed
but remarks complacently that "the New
York writer never can know what is done
in heayen."
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
Political

Robert Ridgewsy, the old editor of the
Richmond Wig, q true blue Union man,
is to resume his position soon.
The Omaha RebrGskiGn, the most promi-
nent copperhesd organ in Nebraska, has
suspended on account Of insufficient pa
tronsge.
Judge Sharkey, of Mississippi, and At
torney General Speed, are mentioned IS
successors to the late Judge Cstron, Of the
United States Supreme Court.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28

The day after Prince Napoleon returned
to Paris from Corsica he received q letter
from the Minister Of the Interior to say
that the Empress wished to see him. The
Prince, who knew very well what it ell
WAS about resolved to put the best face he
could on the matter. He entered the EN-
pres, apartment in careless, joyous sort of
manner. aFsir cousin" said he, "the
Minister of the Interior has asked for my
head, and 1 now bring it TO you" "Sir,"
replied the Empress" with Is much ststeli-
ness and gravy as she should muster up,
ithe Minister has conveyed my orders to
you, and l am now awaiting those of the
Emperor l wish you good morning"
She then left the room. Prince Napoleon
went home to the Pslsis Royal, and is now
at MAndnn-aRaiting the EmpeTor's orders.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
GeneraI Clusters Horse Claimed by It's
Rn-rnar n~nar

It will be recollected that General Gus
ter's horse was the object of much remark
on the day Of the grand review in this city,
both because of his splendid appearance
aud from the fact of his having run away
with the General on his attempting to re-
ceive q wreath Of flowers presented to him.
This horse was captured in Virginia last
year, and is valued at $4,000. Yesterday
the original owner of the horse, upon es-
Sab4ishfug TnU tGVs Vf his lUyofsyI vbsuiavd
from the Secretary Of War authority to
take the horse wherever he might BE found.
The Government stalls here were unsuc-
cessfally searched, and the msn finally as
c~ertsined that his horse had gone to New
Orleans with the General The d sconso-
late owner follows Immediately Washing
ton Chronicle.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28

The Plain Dealer of Monday afternoon
asserted that Nj. Lincoln was opposed to
Hnegro citizenship" This having been
proven false, it o asserts that NJ. Lin
coin was not in favor of negro suffrage aas
The LEADER understands and teaches it"
This is, comparatively speaking, drawing
it very mild indeed.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
AUCTION SALES.
YALE OF sERvICEABLE MULES:

GALE OF SERVICEABLE MULES,
Q-UARTERMAsTEB GEFERAL's CTFICEs
WAsHISGTJE D. o., Junsf5, 1895.
By Direction OF tbs Q~usrtermastr ceEe- al, thlfe
Will be sold, at public auction, to the highest bid
der, st the times and places named below. viz:
CLEVELAND OHIO WEDF gSDAY. JULY g..
CARLISIE. pa, THUR. DAY, JULT G..
HuLrIDAY5BURG, PA, WEOHE50aY," H.
H~UNTIEGDON, pa, FRIDAY, JULY IL.
BEADING, Pa MONDAY, JULY n.
EASTOH, PA, THURSDAY JgLT 20.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, MONDAY, JULY "a.
PITTSBURGH, PA, THURSDAY, july q
TWO HUNDRED 2EKVICE ABLE MULES 1t
each pIscs, except CLEYEGAaD, where FIVE
HUNDRED will be sOld.
Many Of them were bought in the beginning Of
the var Is Young mules, accompanied tbs armies
In all their marches and csmPs, and are thorough
ly broken hardened by exercise, gs4t Q and fanil-
lar from bling 20 long su rounded by the soldiers
Though sound and serVicsable, th-y ave TO len
ser T quired in the army, and can be purchased AZ
these 81 es ct far less tban their { ne value. The
attention Of both miners and farmers Is especially
invited
Mules sold sIogly. sales to n encs at 10 A.
N. Terms-Csshi in United States currency.
JAMES A EEIN,
BreVet BIigadier General, IN charge,
ie2A225 First Division, Q. NJ. G.. {.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
From the RcU. B. z, WeLcE, formerly Pas
tor Of the Pearl Street PaptiSt Church,
Albany, Nea0 York.


Albany, Nc0 York.
E~EWToNvILLE7 Nov. 10, 1865.
DR. LIGHTHILL-Desr Sir: Allow me to
express my grateful thanks for the skill
and kind attention rendered 10 my dsugh-
ter, whose ears have been badly affected
for many Ye4rs, and for some months past
bas baan naasly dorrivod IF bosrins Tho
loss of this important sense is certainly 3
sad deprivation, painfully embarrassing,
and 10 q degree known only 10 those who
have experienced it. If, therefore, there
be q remedy for this great evil, the cause
Of humanity obviously requires that 1t
should be universally disseminated. 1 feel
it my duty, therefore, and it affords me
much pleasure, to give my testimony TO the
happy effects Of your treatment and reme-
dies. My daughter MSS suffered from deaf
ness since early childhood. The left ear
has been badly diseased. The hight ear,
also for several years, was seriously affect
ed, and the disease apparently increasing,
threatening the entire loss Of hearing. It
WIS with extreme difficulty that she could
participate in the conversation of her
friends, ard for two J ears has been de-
prived of this source of social enjoyment.
Happily my attention was directed to your
advertisement and l was induced 10 place
her in your caro-. Your treatment, under
care of a kind Providence, has been sue
cessful. Her hearing, SO far rs l can judge,
appears to be perfectly restored. Wheth-
or this restoration is permanent is a ques-
ton time alone can determine, but present
results ara certainly very gratifying.
lam, dear sir,
Truly and gratefully yours,
b. I. WALCH, d. D.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
SALE OF ARMY MULES.


QUARrERHAsrgR GEgEHAL's OFFiCE,
WAsaIEarOs, D. c., May p, 1865.
MANY THOUSANDS OF MULES are bong dis
posed Of at pebble sale, g. Washington.
The sa 60 will continue until the uumbCrof animals
Is reduced ia proportion TO the reductt. u o. tRe
armirs, now going on rapidly.
There are in the armies Of the Potomac, Of the
Tennessee, and Of Georgia, probably FpUE THOU
AND OF THE FINEST SIX MULE TEAMS IN
THE WORLD.
Many Of them were bought in tho beginning Of
the war, as young mute, accompanied the a.mtss
in all their ma arches and camps and are thoroughly
broken, hardened by CIe.ciss, gentle end familiar,
from being SO Ing surrounded ~ TIE %s'idier1
The whole South IS stripped Of farming stock, and
the North has also sud rcd from he dIatn OF ami
mails, taken to supply the armies.
these animals are cold At public auction ThEf
WILL o BRING AEYTHIHg X THhfh
TRUE ALUE; and such Opportunities Tor fsrm-
era t. get working animsls to stock their farns.
aud for dcover5 aud dealers 10 stock tn make good
speculatlous, by purchasing them ana ~disposing Of
them In the South, will never occur az in,
NJ. @. MEIGSi
Quartsrmaster General,
iun3:223 Brevet major General
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
ernn,. sherman md HaIIecE.

The following order, recently made
public, completes q queer complication
The movements herein ordered are those
which, IS coming from Halleck, General
sherman declared absurd in his testimony
before the Committee on the Conduct Of
the War, and are a part of the orders for
mediste active operations which General
Sherman said in his report he would have
resisted, holding it his duty to maintain
his truce with his whole force. This would
have presented the singular spectacle of
Joining his army to Johnston's to fight the
forces under General Grants orders. Cen
ersI Grant held back Sherman's report for
a time, advising him to withdraw this
Dsrt. which Sherman refused. For this
delay, General Sherman charged Secretary
Stanton with suppressing his report and
dared him 10 publish it:
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28

Chief Justice Chase has returned from
his Southern tour and arrived at his home
in Cincinnati 1t is TO be hoped that the
results of his extended observation will in
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
FORTRESS MONROE,

Major General HaUeck, Richmond, Va:
The truce entered into by Shermsn will
be ended as soon SIS I can reach Raleigh.
Move Sheridan with his cavalry toward
Greensboro. North Carolina, as soon as
possible. 1 think it will be well to send
one corps of infantry also, the whole under
Sheridan. The infantry need not go fur
Their than Danville, unless they receive
orders hereafter TO do 50.
.. s. GRANT,
Tieutanant- General.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
BIZ. Lincoln Willing 10 let JEFF. Davis

Br. Lincoln willing 10 let JEFF. Davis
Escape.
agate" OF the Cincinnati Gazette has
the following in regard to General Sher-
mans interview with President Lincoln at
City Point:
General Sherman complained, and
doubtless with some Il nth, if not justice,
that the Government had never distinctly
explained 70 him what policy it desired 70
have pursued. al asked Mr.. Lincoln ex-
plicitly, when 1 went up TO City Point,
whether he wanted me 10 capture JEFF
Davis or let him escape, and In reply he
told me q story"
That " story" may now have a historical
value, and 1 give 1t, therefore, as General
Sherman said Mr.. Lincoln told it-Only
promising that it was 9 fsYorite story with
Mr.. Lincoln, which he told many times,
and in illustration of many points Of pebble
policy.
all tell yen, General" Mr.. Lincoln was
said TO have begun, "Tn tell you what L
think about taking JEFF. Davis. Out IN
Sangsmon county there was an old tenn
perance lecturer who was very strict in the
doctrine and practice of total abstinence.
One day, after a long ride in the not sun,
he stopped st the house of a friend who
proposed making him q lemonade. Asthe
mild beverage was being mixed, the friend
i~nsinustingly asked if be wouldn't like
just the least drop of something stronger,
to brace up his nerves after the exnausting
heat and exercise. No. replied the lee.
turer, 4 couldn't think of III Pm opposed
TO it Oh principle. But he added, with q
longing glance at the black bottle that
stood conveniently at hand, IF you could
manage to put in a drop W~nbeknovast to
me, I guess it wouldn't hurt me muchF
HNow General" Mr.. Lincoln is said to
have concluded, "Pm bound TO oppose the
escape of JEFF. Davis; but if you could
manage to let him slip out unbeknownst
like, l guess it wouldn't hurt me muchT'
GAnd that" exclaimed General Sher'
man, dis all 1 could get out of the Govern
ment as to what its policy was concerning
the rebel leaders, till Stanton sssalled me
for Davis escape.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
Henry Ward Beecher on Negro suf-
frages


We append 3 brief abstract from Henry
Ward Beeehers speech at the Faneuil
Hall meeting on the subject of negro suf-
frage:
EWeT, what is the truth The truth is
that suffrage, a natural right, is to be
learned. It is q work that you put q man
to. We put foreigners to the trade and
they spoil 8 good many elections. Can 3
man be q cobbler and not spoil sgood deal
of honest leather and ws1ed ends2 Do
you require in any vocation that 8 man
shall not have q chance to learn in the puT-
suit of his calling2 Give me instructive
patriotism against intelligent treason.
The blacks know which way the North
Star shines. They know how TO take our
wounded soldiers through the thickets and
swsmps, and through the glades. Zap
plause.) They don't know how to chop
logic with lawyers /; perhaps it is sl the
better for them. Usughter.) a man
that knows enough TO hold fast to his gov
eminent; a mar that has seen his children
sold from him; a man that has seen his
family scattered; and who has yet been
patient and steadfsst, and true to the
Union, has earned his right to vote" ZAP
plause)