Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-21
Special Dispatches,

Special Dispatches.
RECEIVED UP TO O'CLOCK, A. NJ.
Especial Dispatches to Western Associated Press
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COTTON SALE.
NEw YORK, October 20.-J. II. Draper &
Co. sold to-day, under direction of the Uni
ted States, cotton to the amount of 1900
bales at the following rates: middling fair
to low ordinary Mobile 6Oc; middling fair
to low ordinary New Orleans 6l40 to Ale !;
strictly middlings to good nrdinary at 59c
JEFF. DAVIS,
Washington dispatch to a Philadelphia
paper says the counsel for JEFF. Davis has
expressed a desire that their client be ac-
corded an immediate trial The desire
comes originally from Davis, who, it is said,
has declared that he has no fears as to the
issue, and that, therefore, the Government
will do him great favor by arraigning him
at the earliest moment. The recent favor
able change in his every day life was main
ly the work Of the President, and he has
almost everyth ng he could ask, except the
presence of his family and liberty.
There is said TO be no truth in the rumor
screws after trying to escape.
THE POPE AND THE FREE AsoNs.
NEW YoRk, October Z0.-The Pope has
again pronounced an allocution, llfrI- ~
! making some stir in Europe. This time he
| warns the Ia1JnIuI against Free Masonry,
reminding them that several Of his prede-
cessors have prescribed that society, en-
| trance into which, they declared, should
entail communication, which the Pope
Ill u
| Free Masons as instigatory of revolutions,
and calls on secular governments tosuppress
them. He condemns all other societies of a
similar secret character.
The Steele of Paris estimates that there
are, in Europe, more than two hundred
thousand Catholic Free Mason
A Cork paper says: The British Govern
mcnt having received information from the
British Minister at Washington that large
parties of armed men were coming to Ire
land in the steamships City of Dublin and |
City of New York, the former was over
hauled at Crook Haven, but nothing of |
suspicious character appeared on board.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
The Herald's Raleigh correspondent says:
The North Carolina Convention on Mon
day last unanimously adopted a resolution |
submitting to the vote of the people, an or
dinance forever prohibiting slavery, and
declaring the secession ordinance null and
void.
A resolution requesting Congress to repeal
the test oath imposed on the National Leg
islature was introduced and also laid over.
The Convention, after considerable discus
sion, decided to meet again in May, 1855.
IA. WISE.
The Herald's Richmond correspondent
says that the recent application of II. A.
Wise, of Virginia, who declined to take the
oath of allegiance, to have restored TO him
by the Government certain lands that were
formerly owned by him, and which was re-
ferred to General Grant, has received from
that officer a complete refusal.
SUNK.
New York. October 2O-The brig Titarea
of Philadelphia, bound for Mobile, found
cred at sea ON the 10Th inst, and sunk in
two hours after she was abandoned by the
crew and passengers, who, after drifting
about for twenty-four hours, were picked up
by the United States gunboat Florida.
COMPLETED.
WASHINGTON, October 2O-The Times
Washington special says that the register
which has been compiled in the War De-
partment is now in the hands of the printer.
1t gives the name and rank Of every volun-
teer officer who served since the commence
also such other information concerning each
officer as can be of any interest to him or his
friends.
DAVIS.
The President is in daily receipt of me-
MORALS IN Deusr1r Ur JvfT.
A few days ago Judge Phillips of Ala
bama, at the request of the petitioners, pre-
sented onesigned by nearly 5000 ladies of
Georgia.
STEPHENS,
Alexander H. Stephens, accompanied by
his brother Linton Stephens, arrived in
Washington tonight They are stopping at
Willard's. They were greeted by numer
Gus Southerners on entering the hotel. Ma
jor General Hooker called. He spent some
time in conversation with Stephens. To-
morrow Stephens will endeavor to obtain an
interview with the President.
SALE.
The Government sale of railway stock
continued to-day.
Six thousand acres of land in Arkansas,
belonging the ex-rebel General A. j. Pillow,
has been restored to its original owner.
STEAMSHIP ASHORE.
HALIFAX, October 2O.-The steamship /
Circassian, from Bremen TO New York, |
with $50 passengers and 45O tons of freight, /
is ashore at Rocky Bay, near Archat, Cape /
Breton. She lays on the sandy beach. She
had sprung aleak, and the Captain was
obliged to run her ashore to save her. The
water is up to her CRATE bars. The passen
gers and cargo were saved. The American
Consul has arranged through the Messrs.
Cunard to have the Delta, now on her pas
sage from St. John to Sidney, proceed i'm
mediately to render assistance. At the re-
quest of the Consul, Admiral Hope will also
dispatch Her Majesty's steamer, the Royal
Isle, in the morning, for the same purpose
ALEC. STEPHENS.
WAsHIyGToN, October 2O.-Alexander II.
Stephens had brief but gratifying inter-
view with President johnson to-day. BE
is an object of much interest. Several othefS
from the South, prominent during the re.
bellion, including R. NJ. Hunter, are now IN
Washington.
AMERICAN VESSELS.
Our Consul at Leghorn, in communica-
ton to the State Department, September
3Oth, represents that there is a constant in
duiry for American vessels, which are given
preference by.pdrties desirous of chartering, |
but es they cannot be had, others are taken.
Twelve American ships would have been
chartered during the past three weeks If
they could have been obtained.
THE CHOLERA.
Official intelligence from Leghorn, Gibral-
ia and Smyrna show that the cholera at |
these places is disappearing.
RELEASE OF MITCHELL.
WASHINGTON, October 2O.-The Missouri |
delegate to the Fenian Congress, who was |
sent on a mission to Washington with refer |
ence to the unconditional release of John /
Mitchell, prisoner at Fortress Monroe, re-
ports that he has been successful, and says |
the order for that purpose will be issued at |
once. A similar statement is reported in
other quarters.
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