Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-15
lews, but the fine weather gives prospect

He"s' DuI tue nne Weatner gIVes prospect
of movement.
1t is pretty we'll established that another
considerable portion of Lees army, COM
priSing Mshone's division leftour front last
night. 1t is supposed that they have been
sent to arrest the movements of Sheridan.
A rebel corporal says it is currently re-
ported in Lees Army that Sheridan has
already captured Lynchburg after a brief
battle.
PRESENTATION TO GENERAL GRANT.
The HsrdLFs Army of the Potomac cor
respondent gives an account of pTesenta-
tion of gold medal voted by Congress to
General Grant. The presentation speech
was made by E. B. Washburne, of Illinois
General Grant said in response: 1 accept
the medal and joint resolution of Con-
gress, which the President has commits
stoned you to deliver to me. 1 will do
myself honor at an early day to seknowl-
edge the receipt of the letter from the Presi-
dent accompanying them, and to communi-
cate in orders to the officers and soldiers
who have served under my command
prior to the passage of the resolution, the
thanks so generally rendered them by the
Congress of the United States.
NEW YuRK ELECTION.
Election throughout the State today
on the question Of appointing Commission
ers Of the Court of Appeals in order to as
sist in clearing the calendar of the Court.
The vote of New York was 1880 for and
1880 against. The returns from the inte-
rior give a msjority for the amendment
nearly everywhere, but the vote, IS in this
city, is light.
LATE FROM REBELDoM.
A returned Union prisoner who reached |
Annapolis to-day direct from Richmond,
communicates some interesting intelligence
in relation to the affairs at Richmond and
the movements of Sheridan. He was con-
fined in Castle Thunder, and through the
friends Of the Union obtain ed much infor-
nation relative to the events trsnspiring
about which the Richmond papers are
silent On Saturday night last Richmond
was thrown into intense excitement by the
announcement that Sheridan was near
the city. Alarm bells were rung, ard
every available man that could be spared
was hurried into the ranks,
The enemy was said to be at Beaver Mills
squeduct, on the James river, twenty miles
from the city, destroying the esnsl-the
main feeder of Richmond.
The excitement continued all night, and
increased to a panic throughout Sunday
and down to Monday morning. When he
left the alarm still prevailed.
1t was understood that Sheridan had sue
ceeded in the destruction of the squeduct,
blowing 1t up with gunpowder; and it
would take st least six months to repair
the damage done by him during Sunday
afternoon.
Picket's division passed Castle Thunder
in great haste, on the way to meet General
Sheridan.
There was ferry near the aqueduct, and
it was believed to be Sheridsn's purpose to
Cross the james and strike the Dsnville
railroad near the coal fields, where there is
an extensiYs bridge destroy that, and thus
complete the destruction of the communi-
cations of Richmond and then unite with
Grant Movements indicative of the I
of Richmond, have been
in progress some time. The heavy ma
chinery for manufacturing iron has been
removed. Also the machinery Of their 7
percussion cap mandatory, and all the
,arpsnters in town were at work filing
he large Government orders for packing
boxes. q
The high water in the james had SUBJ
ided SO much that the bost which conveys /
from Richmond could not pass
.bovs Rockets as she had been doing pre- l
7iously from this circumstance. It is
loped that Sheridan will find less difficulty I
n crossing the streams in his line ofmsrch.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIONS.
Returns from nineteen towns and cities
give Msrston (Rep) for Congress, 4,6O7,
Marcy (Dem.) 1884, and Sawyer 2s7. g
This insures the election of three Repub-
lean members of Congress from New
Hampshire. Gain of one. !
WIEEEBAGo REMOVAL.
WASHINGTON. March IA,
Several chiefs of the Winnebsgoes had /
talk with the. Commissioner of Indian I
Affairs to-day regarding their removal ]
rom Daeotah to the Omaha reservation.
THE SAVANNAH COTTON.
A statement has been extensively pub
ished that the Secretary of the Treasury I
lsd decided to send the cotton captured at I
Savannah to Europe. He has come to no :
uch determination, and has not had the
ubject under consideration.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
CoNcoRD,yN. a., March IA.
The following is the vote for Governor IN
I27 towns: Smythe 24,665; Harrington I
Is313. 8
Msrston is elected 20 Congress in the
First District and Patterson and Rollins
.re reelected by about two thousand ma
ority.