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POET II Y
Cotton and Corn.

Cotton and Corn were mighty Kings,
Who differed at times on different things,
To the country's dire confusion
Corn was peaceable, mild and just,
But Cotton was fond of saying "Iou muSt;;"
So, after he boasted, and bullicd, and cussed,
He got up a revolution.
But in the course of time the bubble it burstcd
And Corn was King, and Cotton was qcorSteol
Now Corn was 10th to make it fight,
But he felt that Cotton would crush the right
So he came to the law S protection;
He raised an army million strong,
To lift up the right and put down the wrong,
And it certainly seemed that he, ere long,
Should wipe out the insurrection.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

REGULATIONS IN OFFICE The English
press have new subject for comment. Ii has
been discovered that the Clerk of the Patent
Office and of the House of Lords was indebted
to the Treasury in a sum from $1,000 to $4,000,
which he, subsequently to the discovery, paid
to the Government. 1t has since been discov-
ed that he owes 10000 He has been permit
ted by the House of Lords to retire upon a
pension of $500 year. The propriety of al
lowing public officer to pay back the amount
of his pecuations to relieve him from prosecu-
ton may be questioned, but to retire a deiaul-
ter on a pension seems very much like inviting
such delinuuencies.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30
THE ONLY LOAN In MARKET

now offered by the Government. and is confidently
expected that its superior advantages will make 1t the
Great Pp~hr Loan gt'the People.
Less than 5000. 1000 remain unsold which will
probably be disposed OF within q! 20 or go days.
when the notes will undoubtedly command premi-
has uniformly been the case on eosiug the sub
scriptions other Loans.
In order that citizens Of every and section Of
the country may be offorded facilities for taking the
loan. the National Banks. State Banks and Private
Bankers throughout the country have generally agreed
to receive subscriptions at par Subscribers will Sc
lect their own agents. in whom they have confidence
and who only TO be responsible for the delivery Of
the notes for which they receive or iers.
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent Philadelphia.
Subscriptions will be received by the
First National Bank. Wilmington. Del.
r. R. Robinson & Co., cor 4ih and Market streets,
wilmington. feb23
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

Hon. Geo. Brown, of the Toronto Globe it
;s said. has sold 5000 acres of the Boutwell,
estate. containing oil-wells, to an American
Company, for the sum of$2SO, 900. The puroh-
asers belong to New York, and intend to COM
mence boring the wells Immediately
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

JEFF. s ARABIAN-It is an odd coincidence
that the Arabian horse sent to Jetf. DAVIS IRON
the Viceroy of Egypt as present, and brought
over by blockade runner, has been captured
in North Carolina by Sherman, ana held to DC
ssnnroacbing when jeff. will need more than
tie fp feetness of that Arabian to bear him of
from the avenging armies of the great republic
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

A nina tree. one hundred and sixty five feet
b;rh and nineteen feet in circumference, was
cut down, in Monmouth, Maine, last week.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

DEATH OF AN AGED FRENCH LADY.-A
Paris paper records the dece9ge' at Versailles,
on the twenty-frst ultlmo, OF Madame de SAINT
Quentin, aged one hundred and six years and
three months, having been born at Saint
Dizier, October twenty second, 1853. She
enjoyed the full use of her faculties up to one
hundred and four years, going out regularly
every day and making and receiving frequent
calls, She was always desirous that her visitor,
should enjoy themselves, and would seat herself
at the piano, play contradances and sing songs
of olden times She would remark to a new
visitor You probably have never, heard
woman above one hundred years old sing or
NAV upon the piano" Her hundredth anniver-
sary y was religiousy celebrated; and as she
trayerscd the church, leaning upon her son,
himself near eighty years ofage and weakly,
she said to him - Goodness how feeble you
are You seem like an old man." At one
hundred and four years her speech failed her,
and it was evident that this prolonged existence
was approaching its term.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

General Buffers forte is evidently not Fort
Fisher.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-30

MOTHERS AND MILK SUPERSEDED = The
last numder of the 6 Popular Science Review
contains an article, by Baron Liebig, drawing
stitotte for human milk. The Lancet describes
the baron's process as one =" for preparing an
artificial liquid equal in nutritive value to the
milk of the mother" Strange to say, |" malt
is one of the ingredients of the new pabulum.
We suppose that the next step of modern sci
ence will be to supersede mothers altogether !
What the sex will be, without its "phi- lac
terry" is of course question of future value;
though perhaps the beauty Of the proportions,
! (undrdton upon, may compensate for the insig'
nifcant-izing Of mothers milk" 1t is curl
Gus how the performances Of Nature may some
times seem thus to change function, however
and, let us quote, as corroborative of this rema
rk, the extra use which the Tartarians get out
of mare 8 milt-fermenting this maternal hq
uor for the production OF their KOumiss, ol
choicest Of 'oilles, but leaving grapes to grow
wild in the mountain.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Freedom i'm south Carolina.

South Carolina has ratified the Consti-
~tutional Amendment, and has thus recog-
nized the freedom of her former chattels.
The new negro code adopted by the Leg
islature which took this action, gives
something of an idea of what black free
dom in South Carolina means. 1t pro-
vides that when a colored man fails to
maintain his wife and children, he shall
be bound to service from year to year by
the district judge, and his wages shall be
used for their support. Minors under
twcnty-one, who are not being educated
in good habits, or are in danger of moral
contamination, can be bound as appren-
tees by the same magistrate until they
are of age. All suspicious persons may
be tried by two judges, sentenced to hard
Dor on the streets n public buildings,
or hired out to farmers. Every master is
authorized to punish his apprentices with
" moderate chastisement, and to impose
reasonable restraint, and to recapture him
if he departs from his service" All col
ored laborers are liable to such corporal
punishment as is lawful in the army of
the United States" to be inflicted bv or
der Of a magistrate. such is South Caro-
lima freedomI Can the white rebels of
the South be trusted to legislate for the
loyal blacks?
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Millions that hear of it,
Awcd by the fear Of it,
Fired by the cheer Of it
The shcnnndonh SURRENDERED.

The last ember of armed resistance to
the authority of the United States-the
last suggestive reminder of Southern
treason and British hostility-has passed
away. The Shenandoah, which has been
a greater scourge to our Government than
the S5onewall or the Alabama, has aban-
doned its piraticaI work among our wnaI-
ing vessels in the Pacific, and, sailing by
what circu;tous conrse we know not, has
reached England, well-knowing that in
that country, of all the world, it would
meet the most favorable reception. Her
crew arc aIreaCy at liberty, and will
doubtless be feted and caressed by the
English people as was admiral Raphael
Semmes," and his crew of the Alabama.
The vessel will of course be surrendered
to our authorities.
Thus the last spark of rebellion is ex-
tinguished. 1t is a curious illustration of
the rapidly with which this people and
this age do things that before the news If
Lees surrender can reach the Captain of
this rebel cruiser, the South has not only
been subdued, but almost reconstructed,
and that the news of this last surrender is
crowded On the wires byaccounts of South
ern elections and discussions as to whether
recent rebels shall hold seats in the next
CongI ess. The news reminds US that the
rebellion is not quite so much a thing of
the past as some people would have us be-
lieve. 1t will suggest to those who reflect
upon it, that possibly we are going too fast
and too far in the business of restoring
late rebels to place and power.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Candidates for the Ohio speakership.

a letter from Columbus to the Cincin.
natl Commercial thus enumerates the can.
didates for Speaker of the lower house Of
the General Assembly;
Prominent as u candidate, is Colonel E.
"A. Parrott, of Montgomery, who was
elected Speaker, pro tenn of the House, in
1861 but at the call of the President for
volunteers, resigned his chair and his seat
to take part in the contest on behalf of the
Union.
Hon. William Stanton, of Hamilton,
who has already served during four ses-
siOns of the House, and now enters upon
his third term, is supported on account of
his parliamentary experience. His meas
ures of success will be largely determined
b y tho u1uuiruiry ana earnestness with
which he shall be supported by the dele
gates from his W county.
Hon. Peter Hitchcock of Geauga. is ais
mentioned In the same connection. on ac-
count of his previous legislative expert
ence. He has been twice a member of the
House, and one term Il Senator. On the
resignation of Colonel Parrot. at the conn
mencement Of the war, he was elected
Speaker, and served dnring the balance Of
the term.
a writer in the State Journal of Thurs
day, Eadvocates Colonel Frank SAWYER,
of Huron, but as no previous announce
ment of his candidacy had been made it is
difficult TO determine whether the nomina-
ton is a bona tide one or a diversion in
favor of some other candidate. He is
spoken of as a man of Ane abilities, and
has taken an honorable part in the sup
preston of the rebellion.
1t is noticeable thus far that the good
sense of all parties has prevented anv
mixing up of the Speakership with the
Senatorial question. In fact those reported
to be in favor Of the reelection of Senator
Sherman, are among the foremost friends
of candidates who are understood to favor
General Schenck, and vice versa.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
CuriOSities of Eating.

An old beau, formerly well known in
Washington City, was accustomed to eat
but one meal in twenty-four hours; if af-
ter this he had to go to a party and take a
second dinner, he ate nothing all the next
day. He died at the age of seventy.
A lady of culture, refinement and unus-
ual powers of observation and comparison
became a widow. Reduced from affiuence
to poverty, with a large family of small
children dependent on her manual labor
for daily food, she made a variety of ex-
periments TO ascertain what articles could
be purchased for the least money, and
would at thesame time Ego the fartherest, 4"
by keeping her children longest from cry
ing for something to eat. She soon dis.
covered that when they ate buckwheat
cakes and mOlasses, they were quiet for a
longer time than after eating any other
kind flood.
A distinguished Judge of the United
States Court observed that when he took
buckwheat cakes for breakfast, he could
sit on the bench the whole day without
being uncomfortably hungry; if the cakes
were omitted, he felt obliged to take a
lunch about noon. Buckwheat cakes arc
a universal favorite at the winter break
fast table, and scientific investigation and
analysis has shown that they abound in
the heat-forming principle; hence nature
takes away our appetite for them in sum
mer.
During the Irish famine, when many
died of hunger, the poor were often found
spending their last shilling for tea tnhannn
I'D sPitius. 1t has also been observed in
New York, by those connected with char
liable Institutions, that when none was
paid to the poor they often laid it all out
in tea or coffee, instead of procuring more
substantial food, such rs meal and -four
and potatoes. On being reproved for their
apparent extravaganza and imprOvidence,
the universal cry was in both cases iden-
teal their own observation had shown
them that a penny's worth of tea, tobacco
or liquor, would keep off the sense of hun
ger longer than a penny's worth of any
thing else. Scientific men express the idea
by saying: "Tea, like alcohol, retards the
metamorphos of the tissues; in other
words it gives fuel to the flame of life, and
thus prevents it from consuming the fat
and flesh of the body"
If a person gets into the habit of taking
a lunch between breakfast and dinner, he
will o find himself getting rather faint
about the regular luncheon time; but let
him be so pressed with important engage
ments for several days in succession as to
take nothing between meals, and it will
not be long before he can dispense with
his lunch altogether. These things seem
to show that, to a certain extent, eating is
a mere habit. Whole tribes of Indian
hunters and trappers have been known to
eat but once in twenty-four hours, and
that at night.-HaUS Journal Of Heath.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
wAsHINGTON TOPICS AND GOSSIP.

GRANT AND II MEXICAN QUESTION
The most important part of General
Grants brief speech on the Mexican ques-
ton in New York last week was omitted
in the published reports. In closing, he
said that this 1.-THE Mexican question: was
one of the few topics on which he allowed
himself so speak freely. 1t is known that
the appointment of Gen. Logan to the
Mexican mission was made upon Gen.
Grants recommendation, and that in
private conversation in New York, he
freely expressed himself in favor of driv-
ing the French from Mexico at the point
of the bayonet.
TROUBLE AMONG TROOPS
Considerable excitement was created
last night by the report that a negro regi
ment stationed in Georgetown had mutt
MED and were indiscrinately numbering
the inhabitants. The rebels of the town
were of course jubilant over the rumor
the evening the disturbance had occurred
between Il few of the 4th United State
Regular Artillery and the 18th Veteran
Reserves, The disturbance was Suppressed
by the arrival of troops, but not unit
several officers and men had been severely
wounded, if not seriously.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Equal Suffrage I'm The District of
columbia

columbia
Among the signs of.the times is the
formation of a National Equal Suffrage
Association" in what was once the slave
ridden city of Washington. That such
an organization should be permitted to
exist at all is an Indication of most health
full progress in the National capital-that
its President should be the Postmaster of
Washington, and its officers leading citi-
zens of the district, is a still more signif-
cant fact. Such is, however, the case.
The association is fairly organized, with
s j. Bowen, City Postmaster, as its Pres
ident, Louis Clephane Vice President. and
A NJ. Gangewer Corresponding Secretary
Its constitution boldly announces its oh
ject to be ito secure by every honorable
means, to every man of suitable ace ~
convicted of crime, the right to vote az
our municipal, State and National eleo-
TONS We suppose that its immediate
efforts will be directed to the equalization
of the franchise in the District of Colpm-
bia. We wish it all success in this work
and in all others which it may undertake
IN the cause of Equal Rights.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Shooting at a Chimney,

A salesman in a Main street gun store
played rather a srver joke upon himself
on Saturday night last, by shooting several
times at an inoflensive chimney, which had
adorned the top of the building for many
years. A recent attempt at burglary on
the premises, had rendered him rather
nervous on the subject of burglars, and, in
his eyes, the chimney assumed the form OF
a burglar preparing to enterthe store from
the rOof-Cincinadti Commercial.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
ChoIern Theory.

DIR. Amire, n physician of Paris, who
saws he has studied the disease in the East,
asserts that in those countries no doubt
exists as to its cause, which is nothing else
than very small animalcule of a special
kind, Oviparous, and, and multiplying with
exceeding rapidity. They are suddenly
formed in the intestines, where they breed.
If the general hygienic state of the patient
is strong enough to resist their attack, they
die out Immediately; but if the condition
of the human body is favorable te their
propagation, they Don produce a disor-
ganization, which increases with extraOr-
binary speed, and terminates in the death
of the person attacked.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Thc Assnnlt ON NJ. Northumberland.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has the fol-
lowing in regard to the assault on c. L.
Vallandigham at Eaton:
The statements made by the CONNER
cial of yesterday, in regard to an assault
upon Mr.. Vallandigham, at Eaton, are,
with a single exception wholly untrue.
The real facts are simply that Mr.. V. went
on Monday night to Eaton to argue Il
case in court, and did argue it on Tuesday,
remaining in town all day, and at the no.
tel till some time after dark. He went
directly to the depot, and the train being
behind time, remained at or near the de-
pot for an hour, when, after he was upon
the cars, some cowardly %rufians threw
stones. The train remained at the depot
for a quarter of an hour afterward, but
nothing occurred except loud talk and
threats outside. Mr.. V. came down to
tbs city the same night, and remained till
nVpniDp
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
MURDER AT CLIFTON.
A Rejected Lover Kills the Brother
of his InanlOrata.

We learn from a reliable source that on
Saturday, the 18th inst, an atrocious muir
der was committed at Clifton, in Greene
county, the victim of which was a young
man by the name of Rhodes. 1t appears
that the murderer, whose name we could
not ascertain, had been paying attention
to the sister of Rhodes, and was objected
to by her or her father, and that the father
and the unacceptable sutton had an alter
cation some time since, which was brought
to an amicable close by the interference of
young Rhodes. On Saturday, however,
the rejected lover, young Rhodes, and a
third party, visited a saloon at Clifton,
and a glass of ale was ordered for each.
After drinking, the discarded man turned
around, drew a revolver, and deliberate
ly shot Rhodes through the heart. He
then jumped into a buggy with his COM
rade, and the two drove off, but were pur-
sued and overtaken. The perpetrator OF
this ~atrocious deed is now in the Greene
county Jail at Xenia.-SpriagieLd RePub-
Tic, Noe. II.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21

[corre.pOndence Kingston standard.

It tfiay Hot be altogether uhinteresting
to your readers to know that slightly over
one thousand rebels have been hanged ard
shot in the parish of st. Thomas in the
East up to date; and it is not at all I'M
likely that ere the different courts martial
close their sittinss, tha-a will ha-ser
two thousand who will have paid the pen
atty of their vile attempt to exterminate
the white and colored races of this island.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21

John Mitchell has left his country for
his country's good, and gone to reside at
Paris, as correspondent of Ben. Woods
Daily Nel0s. This self expatriation is
said to have been one of the conditions of
his release.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
LOST,
DAILY LEADER.
PUBLISHED
DAILY, TRI-wEEKLY AND WEEKLY,
BY THE
CLEVELAND LEADER COMPANY.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1865.
The spanish slave Trade.

Spain has been more obstinately we'd
ded to the system of African slavery than
any other civilized nation of the world,
and Cuba has ever been made the central
depot of slavery in the Western Hemis-
phere. 1t is one of the most encouraging
proofs of the progress of free principles
that the Spanish Queen has taken a step
toward abolishing the infamous system of
slavery and slave trading which has al
ways been encouraged by the Spanish gov
eminent. In accordance with a report
from her ministers, strongly urging the
advisability of Immediately suppressing
the slave trade, in which it is remarked
that "from the m the Government
leaves the em~ancipated negroes in COM
plete liberty to dispose of thei actions,
nothing can be allowed to trammel their
actions" the Queen has i ssued a royal de-
cree in reference to the management
Of the negroes in the Spanish West
IaJfS CU1onIes, the most important pro-
vision of which is that all negroes
brought thither from Africa as slaves shall
be Immediately set free, and allowed the
option of remaining in the colony and
working under contract, or of being car
ried back to any part of Africa which they
may designate, at government expense.
Other negroes in the Spanish provinces of
the Antilles will be protected in their free
dom by Spanish authority, as soon as the
present arrangement of an apprenticeship
of five years shall cease. The spirit of
Christianity and civilization has thus as
serted itself in Spain also. 1t is pleasant
to know that this great victory for free
doom, as well as its other recent triumphs
in England, in Italy, and elsewhere
through the world, have been made posi-
BILE by the grand result of our national
struggle, wi of which the Republic has
come stronger and more glorious, be-
cause purer and freer, than ever. The
shackles have fallen not merely from the
limbs of American slaves,
Millions that hear of it,
Awcd by the fear Of it,
Fired by the cheer of it
Soon shall be free"
Our victory was the victory of freedom all
round the world. We have not merely
done Justice to ourselves and to our freed
men, but we have given renewed strength
and power to the grand cause of humanity
everywhere. The triumph of the Union
arms, and the emancipation of our slaves
has set the world forward a hundred years.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-21
Another Transatlantic
DrDFaef

A company is in process of formation in
London to lay a new cable across the At
lantic by a new route. A Mr.. Allan has
invented a new cable, which he afirms is
better than any other. He sheathes his
wire agithin a gutta-percha covering, in
stead of a wire protection outside. His
wire has ian internal conducting copper
core, of dimensions varying according to
the proposed length of the cable, protected
by a spiral coating of small steel wires
which themselves constitute the strength
of the cable-the whole embedded in gut
tn percha, and covered with an outer COW
ering of tarred hempen tape" 1t weighs
only one-fourth of the lost Atlantic cable
is only five-eighths of an inch in diameter,
instead of one and one-tenth inches; takes
up little room in a ship; costs about a fifth
of the other cables and will transmit a
much greater number of letters in a given
time. The projected line is intended to
run from London to Oporto, six hundred
miles; from Oporto to the Azores, nine
hundred; and from the Azores to Halifax,
fourteen hundred more.