The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-12


. going to raise $4,000 men TO 90 to Mexico.
General Rosecrans is not going to do any
such thing. General Rosecrans thinks the
soldiers have fought this great battle for
freedom, and have done it with more patri-
otic motives than ever have been seen before.
1 do not think our young men who
have distinguished themselves ia the an
nails of all time will not permit themselves
to be misled, and should not be mis,ed
from their high and honorable course with
any bucaneering expedition. The General
further said he had hoped to see public
! opinion directing cur men into theehannels
of industry in which he propose to set an
example, and have taken occasion to make
these remsIks because 1 saw when in
Washington, men willing to start some
thing or another; men whose advance
ment, hitherto, has not been sufIi sient TO
crafty their ambition. But if you exam
inc the names of those mentioned
in the advertisements, you will find
they are third rate fellows who are not
worth u snap,and that cur common soldiers
are worth dozen of them. At the close
of his speech three rousing cheers were
given for General Rosecrans, and threo for
the Army of the Cumberl and.
SALES OF 1905.
PHLALELPHIA, May II.
Jay Cooke reports the subscriptions to
the 7,3O loan today at $l5,4I1, 800. The
largest Western subscriptions were from
the I'd National Bank of Chicago, So, ,7OO-
900, and from the Sd National Bank of
st. Louis, slsl, ,OOO Among the subscrip-
tions was So 600 by the Freedmen's Saw
ings Bank of South Carolina There we're
l,72s individual subscriptions for $IOO and
$50.
COTTON.
CAIRO, May II.
One hundred and eight bales of cotton
passed here for st. Louis.
LAND SLIDE
The land slide at Algiors, opposite New
Orleans, is still increasing, doing immense
damage.
DESTRUCTION OF CROPS.
In good deal of the country in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Baton Rouge, the crops
are being rapidly destroyed.
MIssIssIssIPPI STATE CONVENTION.
A convention of Misslssippisns is to be
held in Vicksburg on the 5th of June 10
inaugurAte movement for the restoration
of the State to the Union The loyal Mis-
sissippians INN Memphis and vicinity win be
represented.
FROM YAzOo. RIVER.
Eight hundred bales of cotton arrived at
Memphis from Yazoo River
SENTENCED.
Eight citizens of Memphis charged with
rejoicing over the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln, have been sentenced by miI-
itary commission to from forty days to one
years hard labor.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHNGToN, May II.
The Navy Department has issued gem
eral order directing all naval officers TO
permit vessels with Custom House clear
ances to enter all ports within tho lines
designated in the Presidents Executive
Order of April 20, provided they have
nothing contrsband of war on board.
TRIAL OF BENZ. G. HARRIs.
The Court Martial for the trial of Benz.
G. Harris was resumed to-day, the court
having adjourned on Tuesday till this time
in order to enable the accused 70 present
his argument for defense.
Judge Crane, of Baltimore, counsel for
the accused, said he lsbored under great
embarrassment in conducting the defense,
not having heard all the evidence for
the prosecution. He had endesvored
to ascertain the reliability of the wit
nesses, Chapman and Reed, without svsif
Neither the Mayor, Provost Marshal or
Chief Detective knew anything about the
men. Yesterday he had visited General
Grants headquarters, and examined the
rolls of the 32d Virginia regiment. Wit
nesses claimed to belong TO Company G, of
that regiment. Their names were not on
the rolls, nor was there any evidence that
they were really paroled Confederate
prisoners. MIR. Harris being warm
personal friend of his although
his high character and integrity. The
counsel cOuld not believe him capable Of
treachery, particularly at this time, after
the surrender of Lee and Johnston and the
complete overthrow of the enemy. He
would therefore ask 70 Introduce the
rolls of q regiment to show the reliability
of the witness for the prosecution. The
Judge was surprised the counsel should
ask to discredit the testimony of two wit
nesses, because half = dozen parties in
Baltimore did not know them they left
Baltimore four or five years sgo, and it
was not probable that any present official
would know them. The accused had been
allowed every opportunity 70 confer with
counsel and in no respect had his rights
been withheld. The trial, notwithstanding
the small number of witnesses, had been
prolonged to great length, and every
facility granted the accused for defense.
The prosecution had been formally
closed, AMI the evidence for the defence
was understood to have concluded yester-
day. To come at this time and ask to in
troduce additional evidence he considered
improper. If the accused had besn
in humble circumst snees or unintenigent
further extension might be allow
ed. As he was q lawyer Of
experience, and hsd advised with four diff
forent counsels, he considered that hs
had enjoyed every privilege allotted to
him, and could not properly claim pro-
Iongation of his case. He also held that
, whenever the admission Of evidence de-
pended upon the discretion of the court,
, the evidence must he produced by the de-
fense and examined by the prosecution be-
! torA the court can t4ke anv stems in rela-