The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-11


eral Sessions yesterday brought in twelve
indictments against Edwin B. Ketchum,
eleven for forgery in the third degree, and
one for grand larceny. The principal in
dictment for forgery is one based upon
sixty-nine checks received by the Impor-
ters and Traders bank; another founded
on thirty-two checks to the National bank.
In consequence of the absence of Ketch.
um's counsel from the city the prisoner
was not brought into court. He will be
srrsigned to plead to the indictments in 8
few days he aggregate punishment ifbs
is convicted will be sixty-hve years in the
State prison.
CARPENTERS CONVENTION.
The National Convention of Carpenters
which has been in session for some days
past completed its business and come to a
nHAI HuJ0urnmenT yesterday. many mat
ters of interest received attention. It was
agreed to hold the next convention at De-
troit in September, 1866.
AIDsDE CAM-s.
The Herald's Washington special saws
early in the war s number of additional
aids-de-camps were provided for by an act
Of Congress to be as assigned to staff duty
with Major Generals throughout the war,
the object being to build up corps Of COM
petent officers for staff duty exclusively
something after the plan of staff officers in
the French army. Appointments wereac-
cordiDgly made by the President. The
aids at first were assigned to duty with
General officers in the regular army, al
though A..a-L.y "o40- aryorWaros transferred
to the volunteer service.
Cnnoraaa aftaFgarda r~ovidafl for oivfny
three months additional pay to all volun-
teer officers when honorably discharged
from the service, bus Judge Advocate
General Holt decides that owing to the
technical working of the law, this corps of
additional aids belonging to the regular
army is not entitled to extra compensation,
although they may have been mustered the
same day and served side by side with the
volunteer officers, and received honorable
discharges of the same date. This was OBJ
Viously not the intention of the trainers of |
the law, but the opinion sustained by Ad. |
jutant General of the Army and Secretary |
of War is that the most of this corps is
mustered out; but the same construction |
of the law that denies them extra compen-
sstion should in justice to all concerned re.
tain them in the service. The attention Of |
Congress will probably be called to this
subject at an early day.
FREEDMEH's BUREAU AFFAIRS.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
Brigadier General Fisk, Assistant Com
missioner of the freedmen's affairs for |
Kentucky, Tennessee and Northern Ala-
bama, reports to General Howard that he
has just returned from q tour through |
Middle and East Tennessee and Alabama
and finds continued and increased activity /
in the affairs Of the Bureau. After stating
that large portion of the people cheerfuny
cooperate with him in the labor system.
General Fiske speaks of class of former
slave holders rs unaubjugated, and who
cling with surprising tenAcity to their old
barbarian customs. The Freedmen's
Courts in the States mentioned, are
crowded with colored applicants for wages.
General Fiske expresses the belief that the
States of Tennessee and Alabama win Sc
cure to the negroes the right to justice at the
session of their Legislatures,
while the great demand for labor viii do
much towards regulating the just COM
pensation therefor. He has given his
Special attention to breaking up freedmen's
camps throughout the States under his con-
troll. He reports that of 1851 freedmen
subsisted by the Government on the 18th
Of July, but 979, mostly of tha infirnn and
aged class, are now drawing rati0ns from
he United States. The number of refu-
gees from the date referred to has also de-
creased to II, whereas 1886 were formerly
supplied by the Government. BE repre-
,ents the harvest in East Tennessee -
but states that the crops Of Mid
die Tennessee and Northern Alabama have
suffered much from drought and that
probably there will be much suffering and
3 great scarcity of food in some local-
lies before another harvest can be gathered:
In conclusion he recommends the State |
and County authorities to take care Of their |
own poor, in order to relieve the Govern
ment of the expense IT is now incurring |
for their support.
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
A correspondent Of the World, writing |
from Macon, Georgia, says: The people of |
the South are very nearly, il not quite. as
much unit on the subject OF slavery as
the people of the North. They regard the |
institution as dead and buried and never
to be resurrected. They have a pretty |
correct appreciation Of the power Of the |
United States army at the present time,
and are satisfied thst slavery is extermin-
ally gone, and they know that sll the bay |
onets at the command Of General Grant |
could not place it where it stood four years
ago. The msjority of the people recognize
in the result of the war, the Divine pur-
pose to abolish slavery, and if the question
v,s row admitted to the people Of Ceor.