Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-07

General Butler'e report of the Whining
ton expedition has been received at the
War Department. It is very lengthy,
and tends to e1cUlpste General Butler
from the responsibility of the failure. II
Is understood 10 reflect severely on Adml'
| raj Porter ~
| .s- CEASED FIRING.
The Worlds army of the Potomac spe-
cisl says; Since the blowing out of Dutch
Gap Canal, shsiling, which was periodi-
eally hesrdsin that direction, has ceased
entirely.
CORRESPONDENCE.
General Grant has recently been in cor
respondence with GENERAL Lss and Com
missioner Ould. It ia supposed TO be on
the subject to exchange prisoners.
RECIPROCITY TREATY.
A. Washington syecisl that considerable
pressure is being brought to bear in the
Senate to defeat the bill for the abFogat1on
of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty.
SAVANNAH PEOPLE LoTAL
0fhcial dispatches show that the people
OF Savannah are more loyal than these Of
any rebel city yet captured. A brother Of
General Hardee, resident Of Savannah, said
he was decidedly In favor Of the restoration
Of the Union.
MosBY RECOVERING.
The Richmond Sentinel of the Sd, says
aosby is rapidly recovering and will soon
ready for duty.
REBEL STORIES
Rebel papers have news to the effect that
Hood had defeated Thomas at Columbis,
capturing brigade Of our men atthes same
time, and that Forest had csptured an en-
tire brigade of cavalry and 800 wagons.
Forest has been made Lieut. General
REBEL ExAeaERATIoN.
The Richmond SsatinsI, of the Sd, has
q long account of the repulse of the Union
| expedition up the Roanoke river. 1t
claims that six gunbosts were destroyed
by torpedoes, and nearly one thousand men
killed. Our account says one guabost wss
lnzt, and four or Arc karges wore destroyed,
but nearly all the persons on board es-
capped
CONSUL APPOINTED.
WAsHINeToE, Jan. 6.
The Senate, to-day, confirmed James L,
Hood, Of Illinois, as Consul at Bangkok
Spain.
| GENERAL PRICE DEFUEcT
A telegram from City Point says: A
Richmond paper announces the death by
paralysis Of General Sterling Price.
THE TOBACCO QUESTION.
In the House to day, Mr.. Stevens intro
duced bill in amendment Of the Revenue
Law, which requires all persons having
tobscco on hand to make immediate re-
turn Of quality and kind to the Assessor,
and ferbids the removal without the per-
NIT of the Assessor. It permits the es-
tsblishment Of bonded warehouses in New
York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Paducah, st. Louis, and other
places, under the custody of officers of the
Treasury. Permits are also TO be obtained
for private warehouses under the Treasury
regulations.
The bill allows tobacco to be exported
without the payment of tai, or packed and
prepared for market, By the grower on his
own premises, or sold on the premises
without the payment Of tax, but it may
not be manufactured until it be. stored in
| bonded warehouses. Tho bill was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means,
FROM SHERMAN.
The Richmond Eranaiaer Of the 9th
has been received,
II was heretofore announced that Sher-
man had driven in the rebel pickets ct
Vaudeville, which is thus described by
that paper Hardeevile Is 8 station on the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, twenty
miles from Savannah. Sherman's present
objective point is Brsnchville, the point
Of junction on the Charleston and Ssvan-
nah Road with the Augusta Road, We
have had no estimate Of his force. We
presume he has bsen reinforced by Fos-
teT's command from Port Royal.
The Dispatch also has the following:
General R. S. Ripley has been ordered to
the Army of the Tennessee.
The Georgia militis, after nobly sustain
ing the Stste, passed through Augusta on
the 10th of December.
WIAIGGToE, Jan. 4-Lste news from
Newbern and Beaufort, report Buffers
army and Porter's feet have gone to
Hampton Roads.
From SAVANNAH.
The Post has private letter from Ss-
7snnah, which speaks of the order there
prevailing in that city aince its occupation
by our army, and the confidence the eiti-
zens hsye In our protection. ..
An official dispatch from General Hood
dated Corinth, December 2sth, was re I.
ceis ed at the War Department last night.
General Hood states that the army re-
crossed the Tennessee river without ms
teTisl loss since the affair in font of Nash
VILE
| PRICE pKTuNcT.
JACKSON, Miss., Dec. ls.-Maior Wat
son, Just at Shreveport, reports the death
of Msjor General Price, at Doyles Ferry,
Lafayette county, Arkansas, on the lst
inf, of apoplexy,
| SEMREs.
Semmes, the gallant and distinguished
commander of the famous Alabama, ar
rived at jackson, Mississippi, on the nth
ult He is in fine health and spirits.
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