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The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22
"EMILY MELVILLEi

There was a deep silence during the
reading of this epistle in the Office OF the
Agent, who had considerably turned his
back while the unhappy victim was learn
ing of his wasted affection and cash The
silence continued so long that the Agent
turned 70 Offer what little consolation was
in his power. But he was spared the task
The hspless young man had noiselessly de-
psrted-possibly 70 take the first train for
Pennsylvania, possibly to mediate In soll-
tude over the comparative advantages OF
lIove st first sight" and love before sight
Wherever he went, he has not returned
II & MaiI
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22

The Herald's Washington special says
Exhibits are now constantly received at
the General Land Office showing unprece'
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22
Negro suffrage.

LETTER FROM CHARL KS SUMNER.
The following correspondence has taken
place between colored committee of the
Union League in Savannah and Senator
Sumner:
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22
PAYMENT OF oFFICERs.

The War Department has Issued circu-
lar to officers OF themustered out regiments
informing them that they will be paid on
the certificate of the mastering officer that
they have rendered all required returns and
accounts, and authorizing the affidavit of
the mastering out officer to be received as
evidence. .
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22

Mr.. - r u. agent
DEAR SIR find you have been making
some inquiries about that twsnty-six dot
lars [ sent lin hOrn) TO Mr.. George y.
Well, you may tell him for me that that
broadcloth is invested in first class
shanghai overcOst. Ycu may also tell
him that don't go to boarding school so
much as did-slsO that don't belong
any more TO the soft sex, though | think he
does. You might mention, while you are
about it, that when L get that $4,000 L
will send him half of i'm the same nay
I sent the 6therI Also tell him, sever Of
thee" Yours truly
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22
COMMISSIONED.

Abel Stanton, son Of Hon. Benjamin
Stanton, of Ohio, late Captain in the 10th
Ohio infantry, has been appointed Captain
in Hancock's corps
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-22

dented activity in the demand for Govern
ment lands, and also indicate that these
sales are not confined to any one section of
country, but are prevailing throughout all
the Northwest. -...... .....-.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
BUSINESS.

This City was never more prosperous ut the
close of August than it is to-day. Trade is un-
expectedly good; almost anything worth buy
ing meets ready sale at fair prices; there is a
quick demand for vessels of all kinds, es-
pecialy steamboats,; our railroads have to
Kill good share of their customers to keep the
aggregate within their capacity of transporta-
tom and Industry finds ample employment on
every side. True, we ihave still some idle who
are willing to work; partly because tie nigh
prices for labor and materials still ruling here
discourage house and ship-building, with other
enterprises whereof the returns are compare.
lively tardy and remote. Capitalists hesitate
to build at paper prices what they will soon be
called to sell or rent at gold prices In our
Judgment, if we could at once return to Specie
PAYMENTS, though the immediate effect would
be to arrest business and industry, and while
one permanent result would be very decided
reduction of wages and of most other nominal
values, but few weeks would elapse before
building and other enterprises would revive ana
be rapidly and vastly extended, because capl'
talists would believe and act on the presump-
ton that houses, ships, mills, &C., &c, could
now be built for sum which they would con-
tinue for years to be worth.
We eXhort all who are now engaged IN OF
lust dipping into any industrial or commercial
undertaking to bear in mind that resumption
Of Specie Payments at tie earliest practicable dag
is a National duty which must and will be
attempted. 1t may fail, though we do moi
believe il will: but, whether successful or not,
the attempt involves great disturbance and
reduction of nominal values. The two dollars
Greenback and Specie, will surely be made tC
approximate, if not brought to an equality; and
even the approximation must demollsh gooc
many ar-castles. He who runs in debt foi
goods or lands or houses at present rates anC
| finds them heavily deprecated If not absolutely
unstable when payday comes around, may b.
deluded by COpperheads into cursing the Cur
rency; but he will have no one to blame bu
himself. We had to resort to Paper Currency
to nut down the Rebellion and save the Repub
lie; they hate this Currency because 1t enabled
our Government TO triumph over It's armed foes
and they mean to ride into power on a whirl
wind of commercial reyulsion and popular dis
content You help them TO do so II You incu
debt now, to be paid Git may be) when the Green
back dollar shall he worth twenty-five to thirt.
per cent. more than il now is BE wise, then b
wary: keep ont or get out of debt; don't sci
your goods or your produce on credit but kee
your sails reeied for the gale that is mpend
ing-perhaps immincnt-work and earn wha
you can, live frugaly and prudcntiy, and pa
Us you 90.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
MIR. WEEDS BARRIER.

The ". T. Times has note from Mr.. A. ID.
Barber late Harbor- Master, hailing from Oneida
County, expressly denying that he opposed Gen.
Wadsworth in 1862. and bringing Mr.. I. &.
Holey of Rome to support his assertion Mr..
Barber adds
Il remember several conversations with Mr.. Weed
during the canvass He was unequyocally IN favor OF
Gen Wadsworth. and charged me to see that our local
split was not permitted to lessen majority on the
State ticket, as a did not"
Mr. Barber here admits that he was hard al
work in 90 to defeat Roscoe Conklings return
to Congress By electing Francis Herman, amos'
respectable citizen, but one Of the bittcrest Cop
perheads in the State. He further says he had
" several conversations with Mr.. Weed during
the canvass" and was charged by W. not TO let
his warfare on Conkling "iessen our majority
on the State ticket, as ii did not" Let us loob
into that matter by the light Of the official re-
turns from Oneida County, for several year.
past-ae fnllows.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

A Little Pedlington critic hunts carefully
through an article Of The TRIBUNE and finds a
couple Of sentences, which lead him to believe
that the writer thereof was recommending re.
pudiation to Secretary McCulloch. We do not
profess to be as wellskilled in dialectcs as our
Little Pedlingtonian, nor to have so clear a
way of expressing our ideas, but the article i'll
question was plain enough in its meaning, the
meaning being that while the Secretary OF the
Treasury is bound to pay lawful money for Sew
en.thirties when they are due, and that the
option of accepting Five-twenties lies altogether
with the holder. wa trusted that the QQ,Yu
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
THE CABLE.

We presume il was t,cO mOnthS-nOt ten as
cported-which Capt Anderson fixed as the
time necessary to provide graphing gear Tor
the cable and repair the Great Eastern. There
has been no account Of any serious accident 10
the big ship, and it certainly could not take ten
months to get up new machinery for hauling IN
the cable. They might build frigate IN that
time. Beside which, Capt. Anderson proposes
to have a new cable made and laid Ill May
next-which is not ten months hence. But
whatever he said, it is clear the experiment Is
abandoned for this year. On the practicability
of LAYING the cable in the Fall or Winter
months, Capt. Andersons opinion will probably
be accepted as final, and he thinks 1t use
less to make the attempt. He has every
confidence in the future success OF the
cable" by which we suppose he means the sue
cess of future cable. 1t is all well enough to
talk hopefully about raising the old one, but II
another expedition starts next year from |alen-
tia with new cable on board, its expectations
of success surely will not rest on the chance OF
fishing up the broken end which lies at this mo-
ment on the bottom of the ocean six hundred
miles east of Newfoundland. Whether that
fresh expedition will start-whether an attempt
to have it start will be made-was not known
when the Africa sailed on the 18th. There was
/ to be a meeting on the 2lst. IL is a question,
however, OF finances simply, for 1t Is CERTAIN
that so long as the leaders of this enterprise can
secure the funds they will not give ovel
their endeayors. Mr.. Cyrus Field and
his coadiutors are profoundly convinced
that it is possible to lay submarine
cable between Ireland and Newfoundland
and along the route hitherto trayersed. Ii thu
present failure proves discouraging enough t'
prevent raising fresh capital this year, they vii
wait till public confidence returns, but we az
not believe they will retire wholly from the Ell
terprise. 1t took seven years to recover IRON
the failure of l-5- it may be seven before
third effort comes TO maturity. Meantime, TN
Pacific and Russian companies Will push Tor
ward. What concerns the world Is chiefly u
! know that by some route the globe IS to ID
} girded with Geographic wire. For the sak'
of those who have struggled SO brayely in on
direction. we should be glad if their success
came first but we shall welcome the success
come when and whence il may.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

in 1861 and 1862. And, finding the nuhr
schools pretty good, many well.to.do nao.I
send their children. Also, the Trusnt AN e.
been carried into effect much more viyo,o,.,
of late years.
To No. a. The directory has greatly e,,ora
ed its scope in the last few years. 1t used +,
include only the names below Forty.secona.s
Now it reaches much further.
To No. 5. The Brooklyn census is far from,
complete, and there is no use in discussin. !,
until all the returns come in.
In conclusion, let us point ont to tn, Wo,,y
that if, as it claims, fifty per cent of the FOREIGN
immigrants stopped in this City, our population
would have been increased in the last eichtes,
years by the mild figure of 900, 900, and Womb
be now over 100000 So that there is plainly
flaw in that calculation.
We repeat our deliberate opinion that this
cutlery about the Census is substantially NOTHING
but partisan clamor, originating in the dsap'
pointment caused to the Democratic politician,
by the absurd calculations of The Ford which
were founded upon total ignorance of the nm.
visions o, the Constitution concerning rcpreseo.
tation
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
THE DEFENSE OF CAPT. WIRE

Capt. Wirz, who is now on trial at Washing.
ton, appeals to the public for aid to make his
defense. With a singular want of Judgment
he makes this appeal through The Daily Nws,
thus casting himself solely upon the compassion
of Confederate sympathizerS.
But there are strong reasons for such aid be-
ing granted by loyal men, under proper eondi-
tons. 1t is of vast Importance that Capt wirz
should have perfectly fair trial, not for bis
sake, but for the sake Of the honor Of our c0un.
try. and in order that all reasonable men, at the
South as well as at the North, may be fully
convinced of the atrocious character Of the
Rebellion. 1t is understood that one line Of the
defense will be TO show that the atrociOus cru.
elites which are charged against Wirz were CON.
mon over the entire South. And whether this
will benefit him or not, it is certain tina, it will
tend to heap additional Odium on the cause
which he served Moreover, it is Of the utmost
consequence that the whole world shall be i'm.
pressed with the justice Of the verdict, so that
! if Wirz is convicted, both he and the Southern
Confederacy shall be buried in common in.
! fanny.
Whatever may be the result to Wirz himself
we are fully convined that fair trial will
Thoroughly expose the foul character of the late
Rebellion, while it will reflect the highest credit
upon our National reputation for magnanimlty
and justice.
A gentleman of the most undoubted loyalty,
impressed with this view of the case, has com.
menced to raise q subscription for the purpose
of defending Wirz. 1t is proposed TO confne
the subscription to loyal men exclusively, and
to make it conditional upon the total exclusion
of Copperheads from all part in the affair. Tie
motive is not in the slightest degree sympathy
with Wirz, but purely desire to preserve the
honor of the country. Already a respectable
amount has been raised, contributed only By
persons who believe Wirz TO be guilty bat who
desire that it shall be impossible for any one to
doubt the justice of his sentence, Whatever it
may he
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

The WorH "mixes in to the Weed contro'
yersv, making savage attack on Count Gu-
rowski for his affidavit, which (it says prores
nothing-adding:
Gen. Wadsworth was defeated because be dh
not get votes enough 10 elect him. IL Is not natWh
that candidate who has reduced the vote Of his parry
nearly hundred thousand in a single year should d.
tribute such Leyanter to his want Of personal sDop
arity OF his want OF political judgment IN Gazing
foolish speeches in the canvass
Most surely, Gen. Wadsworth did not lack
personal popularity and as to "iooll'a
speeches in the canvass" he made barely one
speech Of any kind. wherein he indorSed and
commended President Lincoln's ProclamatOn
of Freedom, whereof the wisdom and bench
cence are now abundantly manifest.
Now, Mr.. Manton Marble, editor oil The
Dorld, since You have voluntarily "eome to
the fore" we ask yOa whether, TO the best Oh
your knowledge and belief Tburlow Weed
honestly. earnestly. zealously tried to elect Gen.
Wadsworth Governor throughout that CANVASS
of 1902 And was it or was it not understood
among Seymour's confidential friends, directly
after is close, that they had been aided BY
Weed Please face the music
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

there is constant and urgent need Of some power
to keep the peace, and it can only be military
power. While the process OF reconstruction Is
going on, it is very plain that the United States
troops cannot be wholly withdrawn, and we
deem him the truest friend Of the South who add
yocates policy that shall preserve order during
this transition period; giving the people Of the
South a little time to recover their peaceiul
temper after four years of war, before leaving
the fate of the freedmen wholly in the hands OF
their late masters.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.


The steamship Africa from Liverpool August
10 via Queenstown the Goth, arrived al n"'''"~ ""
Tuesday night.
Moorings had been laid down for the Great Eastern
at Sherness, and the inference was drawn tna' snc
would not 90 out again this season. The Ehgiish
papers generally regard the experience OF the e1ped
fion "A full of encouragement for the future.
The prospectus is published for the New Fornghfly
s,aam line between Southampton and New-York. The
title is TO be the Trans Atlantic Ship Company. Two
subsidiary steamers of COO tuns to be employed to
connect the service at Southampton with Antwerp
Havre and London, through rates of freight being
established between those cities and New-Nork.
Approximations of the approach OF the cholera were
Increasing in England The epidemic had reached
Marseies. At an important meeting OF medical OIL
GERS and others in London resolutions were adopted
advising the utmost care and all possible precautions
The Cherbourg fete continued until the 18TH when
the French and English squadronS left for Brest All
passed off we'll although the briliancy of the earlier
proceedings were marred by stormy weather.
The Suex Canal was opened the 18th. and vessel
laden with coal passed from the Mediterranean to the
Red Sea.
The Convention between Austria and Prussia is con
Guided Concerning the Duches, Prussia gets Laueh'
burg. paying Austria a pecuniary indemnity. The
Provisional Government of the Duchies continues.
Prussia rules Schleswig and Austria Holstein.
new revolution has broken out in San Domingo.
The Government OF Gen. Pimente has been over
thrown and Gen. Cabral has been proclaimed PRO
tector" In Hayti, the Rebels have taken Fort st.
Michael on the opposite side of the harbor and thus
compelled President Geffrard stop the bombardnent
III 49,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
THE sUEZ CANAL.

While one grand scheme for improving COM
mercial Intercourse, the Atlantic Gable, has for
the present failed, another, the Canal of Suez Is
reported to be now completely successful. Ac-
corling to the latest advces just received from
Europe. a vessel laden with grain, has passed
the Canal from the Red Sea TO the Medterra-
mean, realizing the hopes of NJ. de Lcsseps and
the French company, which, since l-12, has
devoted itself to the great task with untirng
energy.
The importance Of ship canal through the
Isthmus of Suez is SO evident that even in
ancient times it was fully understood. 1t Is
reported that King Ramres, who lived about
$50 wears before Christ, and who Is better
known under the name of Scsostris, gwen to
him by the Greek writers, began canal
through the Isthmus; that it was executed by
Necho (about Gl5 b. CO. and by Darius
Hystaspes, and deepened for the passage of
larger vessels by the Ptolomys. Subsequently
the canal was revived and improved by the
Emperor Trojan, and again by the Khalif Omar
(about 6iO). 1t probably remained in use until
The middle of the fourteenth century, since
which time ii is no longer heard from.
At the beginning OF the nnteeI IN century
the project was again revived by the first
Napolean, andiMehemct Ali likewise thought
fayorably Of it. In l5iG, an association of
English French and Austrian bankers was
formed. AT the head of which were the engineers
Stephenson, Talabot and Negrcls. In lei7,
the examination Of the ground commenced, but
the English Government, which from the
realization OF this prospect apprehended danger
Of lis monopolzation of the trade with India,
used il influence against the enterprise, and
arrested lis successful progress.
IL l-52, new joint stock company was
formed by NJ. de Lesseps, French engineer,
who two years afterward obtained frman
from the Pacha of Egypt, comforting upon
him the exclusive privilege Of carrying out the
project. In $50, a commission of engineers
from various countries examined the proposed
route. and stated in their report that there were
no extraordinary difficulties in tho way. The
company was organized in 1852 with capital
of $4,000, coo, and the work was shortly
altcrward commenced.
The English Government and a portion oil
the English press tried hard to defeat the
scheme. The London Times in numerous lead.
ers undertook to demonstrate the great i'm.
probability of success, and the English Govern.
mcnt prevailed upon the Sultan tol refuse hi:
consent to the treaty concluded between IN,
company and the Pacha Of Egypt. But tho
energy Of NJ. dc LesSeps, who was aided by tn,
whole influence Of the French diplomacy knew
how to overcome all these difficulties. The ar
bitration Of Louis Napoleon restored good M
derstanding between the Turkish and Egyptian
Governments and the company; and aS to the
English predictions Of failure, they have now
been proved to BIZ groundlcss.
The influence OF the opening Of the Sue,
Canal upon commerce cannot be but very
tuagk.d. Ihc tgaIc between Europe anl tlS
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. AUGUST 81. 1866

great countries of Eastern Asia is rapidly in
creasing, and assuming very large dimensions.
The Suez Canal route is by far the shortest
which vessels trading between these countries
can take, and it can therefore not fail to become
the center of an immense commerce.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

We have thus presented condensed view
of the result Of every State Election held in
Oneida County for the last seven years; and we
ask thereon judgment on the issue raised
by Mr.. Barber himself, viz: Did The successful
effort Of Barrier d Co. 10 defeat Roscoe Conkting
and elect Francis Herman 10 Congress IN 1862
"hssen our majority on the State T'ehdf' Was
it not plainly calculated to do precisely that
Can YOU believe that politicians as sharp as
Barber d Co. did not knOio that it must neces-
sarily have that effect And how much do you
think they cared
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

Hypocrisy" says the French mofari''' VII.
,he bnmoge which Vice pays TO Virtue. W"
ness the Woodlands, HusheseS anu v" cat.
Reeds of Pennsylvania, heading the't '' ,no.
ticket with Colonel in the late war; ""' ', n
v,I.r,;gbams and Pendletons OF ono Jug
their case too bad to be doetored Dy '''
short Of q Major-General.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
Terms of the Tribune.
To Correspondents.

No notice csn he taken Of Anonymous Communications
Nhateveris intended for insertion be authenticated
by the and address of the wreflo necessarily oI
publication. but aeusrany ior his good iii.!.. ,,
All business letters for this office should DC adIessedo
TRiBrSE." NewNoIk
We undertake return rejected Communications
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

As there is much misrepresentation aHO"
with regard to the consumption of Governne"
rationS by contrabands" and Others W.
always gladly welcome any one who adiuee'
naked facts calculating the subject. Here is al
item:
A correspondent of The Times in East len.
nessee gives the following official return OIL
persons receiving Government rations at 0na''
tanooga'
Whites. OOl "Niggcrs' .......sS
Superior race ahead b! SCI.
Another correspondent of the same pap',,
SAYS Col. $. Thomas, Superintendent /"
Freedmen for Mississippi, has sent to a','
ington report dated August i'' "a"a
thus sums up the business in that Slals ""' NV.
the Blacks are u decided majority oil Inc e'i'''
populaton, while the Whites own al the p'Or'
erty: ,. ,hort
AHA amount of rations issued 10 Whites s ' an
tho ,,me as ssu Il 10 Freedmen. Not less siroi
noone arc cutting wool for steamers on Wy hrsiress
river aud more people are engaged IA ''' Two ,oal
than ever: but they support tnensenes, A. 346 ~.
number OF Freedmen IN the Stae Is cs' , f,m Gov.
of whom only 5000 are receiving aSsis'a"'N
ernment.' e;ory 6,r
-Tbis i less than one colorcd beneficiary ~
every Black Mississippian to-day serving III ~" ~,
,rn;os Of .he Union. How would the ""'
NIssissippians abide that tombstone
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

would not be held out, but that the bonds would
be paid and a new consolidated loan, at four or
at most five per cent, be issued in its place.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

Several columns Of Book Reviews and Lite
rary Items will be found Oh the sixth page Of
this mornings issue.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31

To No. |. What becomes of all the pins
To No. .. They lived and ilourished. But
what became Of the 10000 persons who are
reported to have died in The same period :
To No. ;. pcople .ccaa.c poor and seUSIoio