Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-27
Yesterday Evenings EDITION
General News.
Southern News.

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ton met in the State House to-day. Pre-
visional Governor johnson called tn
meeting to order in biref speech. Owe
go delegates were present. The amnes
ty oath was administered by Judges Avor1
and Harris, and the Governor called for
vote by ballot for permanent President
1t was expected that Mr.. Charles ]. Jen
kins, of Richmond county, would be unan
imously nominated, but he declined, an,
nominated Herschel V. johnson, of Jeffer
son county. After discussion it was de
cided to vote viva voice. Mr.. johnson
received all the votes cast with the ex
ceptiOn of few complimentary ones fol
Mr.. Jenkins.
On taking the chair Mr. johnson mad,
speech, in which he suggested the duty
OF the convention, and clearly indicated
| what, in consideration of the surrounding
circumstances, must be done. The past, he
SAID, could not be corrected, but we can
rescue our prosperity from its consequent
| ces
He announced that Tff-the cotton DUR
chased by the State had been captured or
burned, that all assets of the State abroad
had been drawn to the full, that all sources
fore it had become necessary for him to
provide for the immediate emergencies.
He invited attention to the proposals for
borrowing money to theamount of $50, 900
or to the re-districting of the State for
members of Congress under the new ap-
pointment. He also recommends change
IN the mode of representation to the Gen
eral Assembly. After some local sugges-
tions he stated that the debt of theState is
S2O,sl3,525, of which only S2,667, IT'S was
contracted before the war. The debt coll
tracted before the war, he said, is an honor
able one, but the other is one on a very
different basis, having no legal or moral
obligations. The Confederate currency
and cause had fourished together in life
and must be buried in the same grave.
The convention is the ablest assembly
ever convened in the State
&. &. Clay.
NEW YORK, October 26.-The Herald's
Washington special says: The delegates
to the late State Convention of Alabama
insisted in memorializing President John
son to order a speedy trial of Clement C.
Clay and IN the meantime to release him,
on parole, from the rigorous confinement
to which he has been subjected since his
arrest. The memOrialists state they have
not made this application from any mo-
tive of sympathy for the past political
course of MIR. Clay, or for the part he took
in the late rebellion, but on the contrary
many of them have uniformly condemned
his efforts to incite rebellion and secure !
success to the revolutionary movement. |
They ask this in his behalf because his |
implication in the unparalleled and afro |
1lous assassination of Mr.. Lincoln is re- /
5arded by them as u 'tarly impossible and |
unsupported by shadow of testimony. |
The President has the matter under advise |
nent. The probabilities are that the
prayers of the memorialists will be |
granted.
Indian Affairs.
The report of Superintendent Sileb, of |
he Southern Indian Superintendency, |
was submitted to the Commissioner of the |
Indian Bureau of the Interior Depart
nent, yesterday. 1t says that the bitter
less of feeling caused by the forays of |
white bushwhackers into the territory of |
he Indians, form great obstacle to the
labPtbaGh lasbP If tribes with them
organized system of wholesale cattle |
tealing, by which it is estimated that the
ribes have lost over 300, 900 head of cattle, |
yalued at between S4,00O,0 900 and S5,O00,- |
700. Nineteen thousand Indians are now
being subsisted blythe Government in this
'uperintendency.
The Sea Island Property
WASHINGTON, October 25.@Special to |
he Times says: An influential body of |
;itizens from the States of South Carolina |
md Florida, accompanied by some North |
,rn gentlemen in high official position,
,alled upon the President to-day and |
lrged upon him to rescind his order with |
,egard to the Sea Island property and |
reedmen. The decision Of the order |
was recommended also BY Governor john |
ION, of Georgia. The President declined |
o interfere with the order, at all events |
lntil he shall receive the report of General |
Howard, who now, under the order re-
erred to, is investigating the condition of |
he Freedmen's Bureau on the Sea Island |
In the course of the interview the Presi-
lent stated that he was opposed to the |
plan of colonization of the freedmen, be- |
ieving that if they come in contact with |
he whites their intellect would be devel-
,ped and sharpened and their condition in
Ill things improved.
An examination of the officers of the |
Veteran Reserves discloses the fact, that |
wo per cent. of them are disabled from
wounds, one-fourth per cent. from disease,
md four per cent. from accidental fractures |
&c.
The Board to examine officers for color |
ID troops, recently sitting in Washington,
mas been dissolved by order of the War |
Dept, and new Board organized, which |
will meet in Baltimore for the examina-
lion of candidates for appointment of Off
,ers of the U. S. Volunteers, lst Army
Corps, and the U. S. Colored Troops.
Sentenced.
The sentence of the Court Martial, in
the case of A. @. NJ, A. L. Thomas, is to-
day promulgated. He was sentenced to
be cashiered, but the Secretary of War, in
of previous good character,
allowed him to resign.
A Washington special World to the of
the 25th says: Hon. Caleb Cushing leaves
for England in Next Wednesdays steam
er, on special legal mission connected
with the State Department. Thus far his
business is kept confidential, but very
clearly surmised that it has reference to
an adjustment of claims for damage made
by the Alabama on American commerce.
1t is believed that the government has
accepted the proposition of Earl Russell
to appoint Commissioner to settle such
claims. The rumor that Wirz is to be
hanged on Friday is false. 1t is believed
that the charge of conspiracy has been
abandoned in the proceedings, and it is
the impression generally that the prisoner
has been convicted on the other charges
and sentenced to be hung on such day as
the President shall designate.
Paying Over Old Dues.
The Tribunes Washington speciel says
Three hundred and tixty-one thousand
four hundred and ffty-fve dollars and
ninety cents is due to the government
from the defaulting postmasters of the
Southern States, which they retained when
the rebellion broke out. They are now
being called on for this amount. The
Virginia postmasters are most in arrears,
owing 6,9O4.44, as their sureties were
required to have real estate. 1t is thought
that the larger portion of this sum can be
recovered. In 1861 their refusals to pay
the sums were often abusive; now their
tone is apology and pleading.
Wirz Found Guilty.