Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-04
From New Orleans.
The Legislature.

NFw ORLEANS, December 2.-The Louis
| lana Legislature to-day, by reclamation,
passed resolution to the effect that there
is no opposition, open or secret, to the
United States Government in that State
that Slavery is abolished forever that they
cordially endorse the Presidents recon-
structiOn policy.
Neil Brothers q Co., an old and promi-
nent cotton firm here, having spent some
time in personal examination Of the con-
dition of the cotton crop in tie Southern
States, issue circular report on the subject.
They estimate that in May last the old crop
was one million six hundred and fifty thou
sand bales. The total delivered to the
Both of November was one million and
ninety thousand. The estimated amount
yet to come forward is nine hundred and
sixty thousand, or, in round numbers the
total of the new crop is from two millions
to two millions one hundred thousand bales.
The quantity totally unfit to spin is not
over one hundred thousand bales. The
amount yet to come from sections tributary
to New Orleans, not including Texas and
Arkansas is two hundred and seventy thou
sand.
Texas News.
Galveston dates to the SOrh have been re-
ceived.
Governor Hamilton has authorized the
chief justices of counties to raise special
police to maintain the peace and act with
the military provost marshal until peace is
re-established, by order from Department
headquarters.
Gov. Hamilton issued very sensible adj
dress TO the freedmen.
In some of the interior counties the freed
baxra cod linr ant1fr for.
the next year on the coast rice plantations.
Planters generally abandon planting, except
enough for the support of their families, ow-
ing to difficulty of getting freedmen to work
with any regularity.
The old businessmen at Galveston and
Houston are holding back from trade, being
apprehensive of a general collapse from
over trading by March or April.
An extensive conhagration occurred at
Miss, on Saturday, destroying
the buildings known as the Confederate Ar
sepal, with two hundred bales of Govern
ment cotton. Loss, Sl,O00,090. 1t was un-
incendiarism.
The murderers of Hefferman were con
victed by court martial Four are now
awaiting the signature of General Thomas
for their execution
From Vera Cruz.
A Vera Cruz correspondence to- the Her
aid, dated November 2Ist. says:
Among the passengers by the last steamer
from New York, arrived at this port, was M. |
D. /. Lane, United States Counsel at Vera |
Cruz. His return was hailed with delight |
by all Americans here. At the same time |
me presence of a United States gunboat in |
our waters would also be hailed with delight |
Dy the Americans located here, in fact there |
IS no doubt but that we must have one before |
ong, for reasons not polite to make public. /
Mexican News.
Semi-offioial news from the City of Mex
co, under date of Nov. 18th has been re-
,eived in this city. At the Mexican legis-
alton Laugh, the minister of the Treasury
whom Napoleon sent to Maximilian in or
Ter to arrange the finances of the empire,
las declared it is impossible to succeed in
hat enterprise as the budget amounts to
10 millions, and receipts do not quito reach
he sum of Is millions.
There is confirmation of the report of the
lefeat of the liberals.