The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-06
VOL. XIX---NO. 212

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Judge Advocate of the Wirz Military
Commission, had before him TO day all the
J, government witnesses, and thoroughly ex-
a amined each as to his knowledge Of the
= acts of Wirz. By this means Colonel
3 OhipmAn has been enabled to discharge a
! number of persons who were subpened
! as witnesses, and so classify the remainder
r as to shorten the duration of the trial two
: or three weeks.
The Worlds speci- A1s1q
prevalent here to-dAy mat JEFF. DayiS
trial is to take place this month. It is be-
: lieved to be untoUnded, and October is
thought to be the correct time. The place
will be Norfolk, and Chief Justice Chase
the presiding Judge. 't
r. PRESIDENT JOHNSON. iiea
It is understood that the President does
not contemplate any visit to Richmond, or
North or South CarolinA, at present. j &
THE CABLE. @ tIfc
+ NEW YORK, September 5.
The correspondent of the London Daily
News, writing from the Great Eastern,
says the rope which broke the third time,
and an ss=$t SA,rs1Islun aluliiss was Oras-
nary i've and half inch hemp rope, and
only used because the stock Of wire and
hemp buoy rope was exhausted. The latter
never gave way, and it was not until after
five miles had been wasted through the
failure Of rivets stationed at every one hum
dred iathoms to prevent its twisting, and
that other rope was used and tested. The
breaking strain of the first rope was eleven
tons, yet it broke the first time at strain
of 1900 lbs. weight, and the second time |
on the drum without auy strain at all.
Hemp ropes was the last resort of the
bsfisd engineers who rather than come
back without making every effort would
have probably bsen inclined to cut of and
send down the hawser and rigging and
the Great Eastern herself A strong buoy
rope descended for great depth of water
but never gave way. The grapnels and
hempen rope were only meant Tor five or
six hundred fAthoms of water, and there
on board lsy great stress from the fact
that no portion Of the machinery
or appliances had failed when called +
upon to perform the work for which
they were meant. The possibility Of
picking up cable at 8 length of two
miles, had, it appears, never occurred to the
cable layers, and the satisfaction Of having
felt at proving its complete feasibility soa-n.
TO outweigh Tns temporary misfortune of
the ropes at hand not being equal to the
emergency.
The business-lke system which was OBJ
served in recording the events of each log
is worthy of note. Lithogrsphic work. {
men with stone and press, had one of the .
ordinary ships cabins given up to them,
and every morning diary Of the proceed
ings of the day was written by s. Russell, .
and S copy Of it by Mr.. John G. Dean. A &
slip was then biographed and copies struck
of; and meanwhile envelopes were ad-
dressed to the editors of twenty-five Amer
icsn journals, and Scotland and Ireland, {
were kept in readiness and as each days 1
news was told of it was added to the !
stock already folded for posting. By this /!
maana lat4ara u1a-o sA-S ->sF-;.--.Is--------lr IS
and without unnecessary delsy.
IRON MExIco. I
Fhe Tribune's correspondent At Masa- 4
merss, on the 14th of August, had long ]
conversation with General Delon, of the Z
Liberal army. The latter says the wants
of his party are now SO urgent that if they ]
are not met in some way the cause viii be
lost. They have no arms, money, smmu- ]
milton, nor even provisions. The last
want is SO much felt that large bodies of {
men came into the field only by entreaty.
He and others had to beg Of them by all {
they held dear to keep together. He has {
seen men lying on the ground moved to
tears by the words of their leaders. The i
bodies of men yet in the field ara: General {
5000; General Garcias 5000
General DelOn, 1000; General Eschbsds, !
l, 500; General Rsna Palaces 1900 Gen. 8
Hinijoss, 500; President Juarez, 300. I
Eighteen Thousand and six hundred is the 3
total force that can be said to be acting f
under the government. a- lHl-1
The first of these corps in importanceis is 9
that of General Negrett, who holds the s
State of Chipuaga. The second is that Q
of General Garis, which operates on the I
line of Ssls Recreto from Vera Cruz to {
Tsbssco. There are many bands of men {
who make war in the name of the Liberal Q
government, but will not obey the orders |
of any one of the chiefs. These bodies !
ought to be hung in order that their men
might be brought into regulsr commands. /
The administration, now formed of the /
Executive and three ministers, the only seat 1
Of government, is at Ohipsugs. !
General OarvCjsl was sent some time 1
ago by President JuArez Is Envoy TO the /
United States, with full power to enter
into terms with public and private parties {
for the aid of Mexico. He carried with
him blanks for every purpose. This officer {
is looked for daily, and then twill be As- {
certained how far he has met with success. /
The same correspondent says about two
DAYS ago dash was made by q small body (
of men under orders against point of the
defenses of this city. They were easily re- /
pulsed. The firing in the dAik was very
brisk. --5 17s . I
WHAT CoRTIHAs SAYS. f.5.,-
The Tribunss BroWnville correspon-
denee says, under date Of August sthi that
Cortinas told him, in sn interview, that the.
state of the Liberal affairs was good. and
that, if he could gather three thousand
men he would make an attack on Mata.
moras. This has been spoken of for the
past two or three weeks. Cortinas said
that the United Strtes could not ~---'l--'1o
at peace wIsh sl.o n---PI.1. "a Mexico, and
.bat if the old form of government was re-
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