Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-14
From Yesterdays I'd Edition
General News.
sn,tIe,nent of fInims.


settlement of Claims.
NEW YORK, November I3.-Gov: Andrew
is at Washington for the purpose of set
Ting the claims Of Massachusetts against
the Government.
spain and Chilli.
General indignation is felt in government
and diplomatic circles at the wantOn attack
of Spain on Chill. The Spanish bloekading
squadron consists of seven frigates. 1t is
represented chat the greatest unanimity Of
feeling prevails among the Chilians.
The Rebels in Louisiana.
Governor Hahn, Just from Louisiana,
represents the reconstructed rebels in that
State as acting very badly in one parish.
They met in convention and re-established
slavery by formal enactment and resolu-
tions.
Negroes Shot.
Three negroes have been shot by re-
turned rebel soldiers within a month, at
Alexandria. Last week one of the civil
courts sentenced a negro to be whipped un-
der the old code. General Augur promptly
annulled the sentence.
Extra Pay.
The Secretary of War has notified the
Quartermaster General that the officers of
the Veteran Reserve Corps, mustered out
under general order No. l55, who held com
missions March 3, 1865, shall receive three
months extra pay, authorized by act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1865.
Gen. Fitzpatrick Minister to Chill.
The Times Washington special says: The
appointmentof General Fitzpatrick Minister
10 Chill will not result in the immediate su-
percedure of the present excellent represen-
tative at Santiago, Hon. 7. H. Nelson. Gen.
Kilpatrick has three months leave of alb
sence to visit Europe. He will probably
visit Spain first, and come to an understand
ing with the Queen as TO our position with
| reference to the aggressions Of Spain on
Chill. Thence he will go to South America,
prepared to maintain the dignity of his
important mission.
Mission TO Japan.
General John A. Logan has been rendered
a mission to Japan, which, it is understood,
he accepts.
War Accounts.
Among the heavy war accounts now being
| settled by the government is that of j. I.
| Sanford, of New York, for the charter mon
| ey of three steamers, amounting to $780,
Letter from Gov. Perry to ihe Secreta,
ry of the Treasury.
| The Governor of South Carolina has ad
dressed letter to the Secretary of the
| Treasury, asking for that State the privilege
| of assuming the direct tax levied by Con-
| gress, and that the same may be paid IN
| South Carolina bonds. He alleges that the
| State is much impoverished, and cannot
meet the tax Immediately. No action has
! been taken on the letter by the Secretary o.
| the Treasury.
BreVet Promoted
New YORK, November 13.-The Times
special says Paymaster B. R. COwen has been
brevetted Brigadier General, and Major
/ Prince Brevet Colonel.
The following Papmastcrs have been bre
vetted Lieutenant COlonels: J. A. Parrish
]. II. Wilborne, C. NJ. Ferrell, J. NJ. Crosby
R. S. Webb, George Phelps, A. II. Young, E
A. Adams, H. G. Rogers, ]. S. Thurston, W
Vrooman, Jacob Sallade, L. L. Huston, n
II. Hutchins.
Decision About Bounty.
The Second Comptroller of the Treasury
has made a decision. relative to servants
pay. In the case of a soldier transferred t
The Veteran Reseve Corps agreably to gen.
eral orders of the Provost Marshal General
dated April %, 1865, and subsequently mus
tered out by general order No. 1l6 from the
| Adiutant Generals office, 1865, application
is made for payment of the balance of the
recent bounty. The comptroller decides as
he was discharged by reason of the close
of war he is entitled to the balance of boun
ty the same as if he had remained with the
| regiment. The fact ofhis being transferred
to the Veteran Reserve CsrDs and discharged
from that organization did not affect his
right to the bounty to which he was enti-
tied under his enlistment. In the case Of &
representative substitute for a person no
liable to draft, it is held that the former j:
entitled to the same bounty as other recruits
enlisted at the same time and for like pro
ceeds of service.
Foreign Arrival.
NEW York, November I3.-The City o
Washington, from Liverpool, with four day
later adYices, is signalled below and will b
up this forenoon.
The Fenians.
TORONTO, November 1S.-It has been de
cided to place volunteer force in activ
service, to check Fentan raids. Two battal