Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-17
FrOm Yesterdays I'd Edition
General News.
Washington Items.


NEw YoRK, November 16.-TheI Herald S
Washington special says The Secretary of
| the Navy has determined to send abroad
considerable portion of our surplus naval
force, to cruise about and visit the principal
commercial ports, if Congress will make
appropriations.
| The President has appointed Hon. Chan
| cey NJ. Depew Minister to Japan.
Winder, Duncan and Gee are the only
prisoners of note in the Old Capitol prison.
The Worlds Washington dispatch says
there are rumors of Cabinet changes, but it
! is not probable that any will be made until
after the meeting of Congress.
The Times Washington dispatch says:
The findings of the commission to whom
was referred the adjustment of rewards Of
fered for capturing assassins will not be
made public till approved by the Secretary
of War
The Worlds Washington dispatch says ::
Reports Just received from agents stationed
along the Canada frontier show that snug
Cling is still carried on very largely, and
large numbers Of arrests and seizures are
constantly made. The inducements are 50
great that if one half gets through the par
ties are amply remunerated. An agent who
arrived here to-day says the smugglers have
been unusually active during the last two
or three months.
Fuller, who used the name Of Senator
Harlan to obtain a large grhouqt of money
belonging to the National Republican Com
mittee, and who has been in the Old Cap
ital Prison for several months, has been re-
leased without trial.
The Times special says Hon. freeman
Clark, Comptroller Of Currency, is engaged
on his report. He will recommend the re-
moval of the National Currency Bureau TO
New York, and Mr.. MeCulloeh, who made
the same recommendation year ago, when
Comptroller, will probably renew the re-
commendation in his forthcoming report as
| Secretary of the Treasury.
Yesterday the Government refunded the
first money from the proceeds of sales of
eonfscated property, In pursuance Of section
Z, act of March 3, 1868. Tho case in which
the money was refunded is one in which the
claimants and former owners Of the proper
ty show that thsy were loyal citizens and
| supporters of the Union, Notwithstanding
their abandonment of their property on the
breaking out of the rebellion. The property
is located at Alexandria, Va. A large num-
Der of like cases are pending. -..
The Herald's special says that yesterday
the time for receiving bids for the contracts
for the mail service of Virginia, West Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
| Florida expired and the formal awarding Of
the contracts to the parties whose rates had
been accepted in Under way. The contracts
about to be consummsted for the above
States win go into effect on the LIST Of Janu-
ary, 1866, and expire IN January, 1857. The
bids made for the service have been largely
in excess of the rates formerly in vogue for
the same routes.
! The Secretary Of the Treasury has issued
a circular notifying all Collectors of Inter
nal Revenue that he regards it but just
preeaution that wherever applications are
made for the storage Of petroleum or its pro
ducts within the limits of any town or city
the Collector of Internal Revenue should
forward TO the department statement that
that warehouse will not, in case of fire, en-
danger other property or the lives of the
| people living or doing business in its vicin-
ity. T
| Nathaniel H. Mclean, formerly Assistant
| Adjutant General to General Burnside, who,
as he alleges, was ordered to the Pacific coast
about two years to prevent his testifying in
| the case of Hunt, then about to be tried by
| court martial in Cincinnati, is preparing to
bring the case before Congress, and promis-
es tothrow much light upon that transac-
| ton. TFa 5-r.
The Times Washington special says that
/ the statement that the Secretary of the
Treasury intended to discharge all the
female clerks in his department is erroneous.
The Leading hotels in this city have
raised the price of board to five dollars a
day for the special benefit of congressman.
Gov. Parsons left for home yesterday
morning with two hundred pardons for
! citizens of Alabama.
Admiral Porter will soon publish reply
to Gen. Banks structures on the conduct OF
the navy in the Red River campaign.
Col. Henry Paige late Chief Quartermas-
ter on Gen. Sheridan's staff, has been or
dered to Arkansas for duty.
| The Times specirl says Antoine Rosa was
| evi1viotOd at the October term of the United
\ States Circuit Court of the eastern District
of New York, of coUnterfeiting fractional
currency, and sentenced to 10 years impris-
cement, was to-day pardoned by the Presi-
dent.
The Tribune's special says that the Pres
ident was more than usually annoyed by
importunate reeonstruetionists yesterday
He remarked that he had tried to over
wheIm the South with pardons and kind
ness, but from recent events he began tO
think them incapsblsof aPpreeiating mag
nanimitY.
Several efforts have been made to force a
belligerent construction upon the actions oi
the navy department in ordering off GER
tain United States ships of war. The facts
are, that sundry naval vessels have been
ordered out upon foreign and domestic sta
tions, the same as in years before the war
instead of allowing them to rotin our navy
yarks- III
i General Grant.
Il New YoRK, November 16.--General Grant
visited the Union League Room, and was
welcomed by Vice President Beekman, who,
after thanking the General for his victories,
alluded to the foul wrong of French occupa-
ton Of Mexico. Grant replied briefly, say
ing:
There is one sentiment in your address
which is mine also. 1t is the one touching
the future of Mexico"
The above was received with cheers.
Speeches were also made by Generals
Meade, DR.. Trubriand, Rev. DR.. 0sgOod
and others,
The grand reception to be given to Gen.
eral Grant will take place on Monday even
| ing.
Among the passengers of the train which
met with an accident at Newark yesterday
were Gen. Logan, Assistant Secretary o
War Eekert, and President Sanford, Of th'
American Telegraph Company. Gen. Loga1
was bruised slightly, but not tocsuse any in
convenience. Eighteen or twenty war
bruised, including Rev. J. NJ. Tuttle, of thi
city
The grand Jury of the District of Columbi
found two bills of indictment against Gen
| L. G. Baker, chief deteetiYe Of Var Depart