Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-29
DAILY LEADER.
FRIDAY, DEOEMBER %, 1865.
THE NEWS.

Gov. WORTH of NC, assumed the dutiel
of his Office yAst~-d-.--
I A $4,000 fire happened in Kansas City
Mo-, yesterday.
ONLY one white and two colored persons
were seriously injured during the row al
Alexandra on Christmas.
HEAD QUARTERS of the Department Of
Tennessee have been removed from Knox
to Memphis.
An Episcopal Bishop for Colorado and aa-
jacent parts, was consecrsted at Boston yes
terday.
FOREIGN papers are specializing on Gen.
schofeld's mission to Europe, but none of
them know anything about it.
SAVINGS Banks for the Freedmen have
been established in all important cities in
the South.
0'MAHoNY's Congress assemblies in New
York next Tuesday. he has issued an ad-
dress, urging full representation.
In the spring the old Atlantic cable will
be taken up and new one laid. It is an
nounced that the Great Eastern will sail in
June, with the cable aboard.
TIE London banking house of Barring
Bros. have taken two millions of Massachu-
setts per cent. gold-bearing bonds, at 81
per cent.
The Secretary of the Treasury has pro-
mulgated some new regulations relative to
the shipment of goods to the British prov
inces.
GEN. BUTLER is to reply to General
Grants "corked bottle" criticism, in speech
to be delivered at Lowell, Mass, before
New Years.
SECRETARY Harlan, of the Interior De-
partment, has no intention of resigning,
and Mr.. Doolittle has no idea of leaving
his place in the Senate.
A PRIZE fight which was to have taken
place yesterday morning near the. Fashion
Course, n. Y, between Keeler and JEFF, two
plug uglies, was prevented by the police,
and Keeler arrested.
OFFICERS in the Provost Marshal's Bureau,
when discharged, are not entitled to the
three months extra pay, under the act of
March Sd, 1865, nor to travelling allowance
to their homes.
N. H. CROSBY, opera house proprietor,
Chicago, made an assignment day before
yesterday liabilities $5OO,OOO. His opera
house will be sold on the 5th of March.
~ A FEAgF81h. tornado swept over Pulaski,
of houses, and killing several persons. No
particulars furnished, as the lines were down
between Nashville and the former place.
THREE white men and two negroes, who
put out to sea for a pleasure excursion on
Saturday, from Wilmington, N. c., are sup
posed to have drowned, as their boat drifted
ashore late in the day empty.
A BOATS crew of seamen, belonging to
gun boat, went ashore at Wilmington, the
other day, became drunk and cbstreperous,
and exhausted their revolver ammunition
firing at the police who attempted to arrest
them, after which they fed to their vessel.
THE brother of the President, who was
wounded short time since by the accident
al discharge of gun, died, it seems, for
want of prompt surgical aid. The rebel
doctors refused to attend upon him because
he was the Presidents brother.
In the billiard matches at Titusville be-
tween Frawley, of Cleveland, and BrittOn,
Frawley beat Britton 265 points on the 9th.
One match played yesterday was won by
Britton by 143 points. The last match,
Nv NIL
by l49 points.
MINISTER ADAMS will withdraw from Eng
land and Secretary Stanton take his place
Cassius NJ. Clay will return from Russia and
Secretary Welles succeed him in the
spring-aecording to the latest unreliable
special from Washington.
The War Department wants to know the
whereabouts of 27 Union soldiers, who were
forced into the rebel ranks while they were
prisoners, into the organization known as
the "foreign battalion" and who escaped
in December 1864. Information may be
addressed to the Judge Advocate General at
Washington. 1t is probable they are wanted
as witnesses in the trial of Gen. Mercer, be-
fore a court martial now sitting in Savan-
nah, Ga.
Hon. E. B. SADLER, member of the Leg
islature from Sandusky, having received
free pass for himself and family, during
the session of the Legislature, over the
Mansfield Newark Railroad, writes to the
President of the Road and declines receiv-
ing the pass. His view of the matter is,
that legislators should not permit them
selves to receive favors from corporations;
and, further, that members VIM hUld FREQ
passes are inclined to leave for their homes
too frequently, thus prolonging the session
to an unnecessary length.