Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-15
DAILY LEADER.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1865.
THE NEW s.

GOLD closed at l4T1s last night.
THERE wss sleighing in Montreal las
Thursday.
Gov. MORTON of Indiana has appointe,
December 18th as a day of Thanksgiving.
AT Harrisburg, Pa, yesterday, the return
ed negro soldiers had fine reception.
TIE number of prisoners confined in tn,
Erie county Jail since the first of January
1865, is 126.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says that Genera
sickles will relieve General Gilmore, il
command of South Carolina.
MosT of the Southern States intend to ap-
propriate pensions to rebel officers and SOL
diers disabled in the war.
THE Merrimac is being raised. Portions
of her machinery have already been taken
out of the hull.
In West Buxton, Maine, yesterday morn
! ing a fire broke out in some woolen mills
and destroyed 100000 worth of property.
If the Worlds special be true, Holden is
elected Governor ofsouth Carolina, after all
by small majority.
GEORGIA, through her Convention, has re-
modelled her Constitution, and the Conven-
ton has adjourned. She repudiated the
State debt incurred in aid of the rebellion.
ORDERS have been issued to fit for sea at
once the iron-clad "Passaconaway," at
Portland Navy Yard, and the steamers
minnesota" "Marantanza" and "Galena."
A MAN named Christopher Sternberger
was accidentally shot on Kelley's Island
last Sunday. The wound is severe but not
mortal. The revolver was in the hands of
Frank Kelley.
GEN. BAKER confirms the statement of the
attempt of Wirz to commit suicide, but says
there is an error in the date in the account
first published.
Or t,n companies Of Veteran Reserves at
Cairo, all but three privates wished to be
mustered out; while all the officers save one
desired to remain in the service.
GEN. LOGAN does not accept the mission to
Japan, but the President YESTERDAY appoint
ed Minister, and William A Browning, Esq,
Secretary of Legation to the Republic of
Mexico.
The Washington Republican is authorized
by Mr.. Mcpherson, Clerk of the House, to |
say definitely, that he will not enroll any |
elect from the late insurgent |
States.
The President has pardoned Horace Hef- |
fren, of Indiana. Heffren was a leading |
"Son of Liberty" and implicated with
Bowles and Milligan.
the District of Columbia, is being urged for
appointment to the post of sergeant-at-
of the next House.
DR.. TYxG's church, corner of 10th and
Stuyvesant streets, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire yesterday afternoon. 1t was valued at
$500, 900; insured for only $4,000.
RESOLUTIONS have been reported to the
South Carolina Legislature asking the U. S.
10 withdraw the military forces, inasmuch
rs the State has complied with the terms Of
Ill proclamations of the President.
DANIEL MILLER, confidence man, recently
arrestOd by the U. S. authorities, has been
handed over to officers from Ohio, to answer
% the charge of swindling the First Nation
al Bank of Springfield.
THE Missouri legislature have memorable
ID the President to release all Union soldiers
now in confinement, on the ground that the
rebels, who are infinitely greater criminals,
have been pardoned.
Hon. PRESTON KING, Collector Of the Port
IF New York, who had been mysteriously /
absent from his office for several days
(which gave rise to the rumor that he had
resigned), in a temporary fit of insanity,
day before yesterday, jumped of the Hobo
ken ferry-boat and was drowned. His body
had not been recovered up to latest advic's.
The message of the Governor of Indiana
was delivered to-day. 1t pertains mostly
TO State affairs, financial recommendations,
future care of disabled Indiana soldiers, &c.
It advocates the trial of Davis for treason,
and approves the Presidents 'sre-cOnstruction |
policy, but favors negro suffrage.
DETECTIVES aud others engaged in the |
of Booth and JEFF. Davis are in |
Washington to receive their share of the
reward offered. The amount to be distrib-
uted is upwards of quarter of million OF
dollars, including 100000 in gold offered
by California.
The great and mighty Common Council
of Washington City are opposed to negro
suffrage. They threaten, in case Congress
extends the right of suffrage to that class,
to hold an election and ascertain the sense
of the citizens of Washington on the ques-
ton. "He who dares these boots displace,
must meet Bombastes face TO faceP