The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-17
Yesterday EVenIng's EdltlOD.
FROM HEW YORK.

NhW AOhhT AubASs ANs
The Hersld's Texas correspondent gives
some account of the march Of MerritFs
cavalry through that State. The good
conduct Of the troops was highly spoken
Of, and they were generally well received
by the inhabitants.
Dr.. PEBBLES, the newly appointed Col
lector of Customs for Galveston, had ar.
rived st that place and will shortly open
the Custom House.
Affairs on both the Texan and Mexican
sides of the Rio GrAnde were quiet at last
advices.
Two colored soldiers were executed st
Brownsville on the 29!h for oatrsges on fe-
males. An entire division of the 25th
corps (colored) parsded on the occasion,
snd the appearance, dicipine, and depOrt-
ment of the troops formed the theme of
enthusiastic commendstion on the part of
Texan and Mexican spectators, great num-
bers of whom were present.
Cortinas, with his force of Republicans,
still lowered around Matsmorss but had
yet made no further attack on the town,
and it was not supposed that he would, his
numbers being too Insignificant.
A Mstsmoras Psper reviews the story
that Ex-senator GWin Is at ..the head of
the Imperial Government of Mexico, State
of Sonora, at an annual salary of sixty
thousand dollars, but without any Ducal
or other noble title.
The Hersld's Washington special says
As the result of careful inquiry it is be-
liaVed that there is an unWillingness on
the part of portion of the Cabinet to
have JEFF. Davis tried for treason, while
there is resson for asserting that the Presi-
dent is persistent 10 have him brought be-
fore civil tribunal.
Chiet Justice Chase is expected to arrive
here in the course of q few days for con-
suItstion with the President as to the time
and place which shall be designated. The
ablest eounsels in the United States are
also being consulted on the subject. There
is fixed determination on the part of the
Executive that there shall be an immedi-
ate and fair trial by the Jury Of the coun-
try for high treason. It may in addition
to this be confidently asserted that the
President has determined, IS soon as prsc-
ticable, to withdraw the orders suspending
the privileges of hsbeas corpus, and to dis
pense with military courts.
The President has pSrdoned the follow
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louisiana, Jonathan Worth, w. S. Mason,
B. K. Moore and G. R Caldwell, of North
Carolina; Jno. L. Lehon and E. W. Lshon
of Tennessee 7. j. SOule, of New York
city; VIM. ID. Bird, VIM. Gilmer, G. w.
Lee, Frank w. Liddon, of AlsbamS Z
II. Short, Of louisiana; D. h. Gordon, of
Virginia; Wm. Bronson, of Charlotte, N.
@, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, formerly
rebel Senator from Alabama.
Fords Theatre is being converted into
a receptacle for the archives of the late
rebel Contederscy.
The Times special says thst the sp-
pointment of Preston King to the Collec-
tOrship of New York, though made yester-
day, was not permitted to be made public
till it was telegrsphed back here from
New York. The cause of Mr.. Diapers
resignation is thai he became aware of the
Presidents desire to appoint Mr.. King,
and accepted it as an indication that his
designation would be very acceptable
Major General Hooker, has recently
been made Msjor General in the regular
army. His commission as Brigadier Genera
in the regular army dated from Antietam