The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-12
One Of the Tlends Arrested,
He Makes a Fun Confession.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Associated Press Report.
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The public may be surprised to learn the
number of letters which are now Ieseived
| at the desd letter Office, sent there under
the new law which makes the prepayment
of postage compulsory. They amount To
more than 5000 per week. The public
should rem mber thstthe old law, allowing
letters not prepaid TO be sent forward &C
cording to the address, and double postage
to be collected of the receiver, hiss been re-
pesled, and that now every letter not en-
titled to free passage must have a stsmp
unon it or it will be sent to the dead letter
Office.
Dispatches received ct theiStste Depart
ment announce that the Government of
the Netherlands has formally reseinded the
recognition of belligerent rights accorded
to the rebels. This is in response to the
appeals of this Government addressed 70
al m .ritime powers. AS Holland wss one
of the nrsJ 70 boCOme OUr ally HrTer Ins
revolution, ., to her honor be it said, has
she been the very fret to retraet her steps
sfIer having assumed 8 different position
during the rebellion. This breaks the COM
binstion of sll European powers acknoWl-
edging rebel belligerent rights
A verbal error in the printed testimony
Of Hon. ChAs. A Dana, before the Military
Commission now engaged in the trial of al
legged conspirstors makes it sppesr that he
has ceased TO be Assistant Secretary of War.
This is erroneous; he does no: expect to
resign TO July lst. .-r-.
The Navy Department has received the
following information of the capture of the
defenses of Sabine Pass, the entrance to
Galveston, Texas; ~-
NEw ORLEANS, May 81, 1855.
S1R: have the honor to inform your
Department that dispatch, under date Of
the 25th inst, was this day, received from
Cspt. L. F. Sands, reporting the evacuation
of the defenses of Sabine Pass, Forts Man
napassett and Griffin.
Acting volunteer Lieutenant Command
er Pennington hoisted the United States
flag on these forts. r
The guns, five in number, were spiked.
Fort CIdfin is described as having five
bomb-proois, covered with two feet OF solid
timber, two layers of rsilrosd iron, and
four feet of earth. There were four msgs-
zines of like construction. -s. H
lieutenant Pennington left force enough
to hold the forts, and retired TO his vessel,
leaving the American flag flying.
Captain Sands, under date of May 9th,
reports the rebel army Of Texas disbsnded
and gone home The terms of surrender
recently executed in New Orleans, between
the rebel commanders and sent by General
Kirby Smith TO eTersl Candy, having
been complied with on the part Of the
rebels, it only remains for us TO occupy the
fonidcstions. With regard to the rebel
naval forces in Texas, l am assured by the
Confederate LieutenanL Commander, JON
sthan Csrten, who is now here and who de-
! clsres that there is no naval property nor
suy naval officers in Texas or seabosrd,
and ony one vessel In Bed River-the
ram Missouri which is TO surrendered TO
the commander of the Mississippi squad
ron. Very respectfully yours,
d L LATCHER,
Acting Rear Admiral.
! To Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy.
The Navy Department has also received
news OF the destruction Of the famous
blockade runner Denbigh, May 27Gh, of
Galveston, by the United StsIes stesmer
Fort jackson. The Department has also
reeeiyed information of The destruction Of
the schooner called ale Compile" used
as guard boat at Galveston, by boats
from the United States steamer Cornubia-
IRE Russian minister Baron Stockeli ana
the Spanish minister Mr.. Tsssero, waited
upon Mr. Seward, yesterday afternoon, at
the Department of State, TO express, IN the
name of their respective Governments, the
profound coincidence and sympathy OF twc
,yrest nations for the national loss main
tsined by the assassination of the lat'
President, and for the dreadful sufaringI
of the Secretary of State. --l-
They greeted Mr. Seward most cordially
and exp lesssd sincere satisfaction at hi
recovery.
The wife Of Secretary Seward has beel
very i'll for some days past but is nov
recovering. 49,
The Bureau Of Internal Revenue doe
not feel authorized by law to regard tn
amount received on b policy Of life insul
snce ss either legacy or income, conse
, ouently assessors, until further advised
p will not hold such amour. to either tax.