Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-27
SPECIAL DISPATCHES.


New York, December 25.-Christmas has
been observed in business circles as a close
holiday. Services were held this morning
in nearly all the churches of New York and
Brooklyn. No disturbance of any kind has
been reported.
The memorial Of Messrs. Upton of Boston,
asking Congress to force redress from Eng
land for the destruction of the American
ship Nora by the pirate Alabama, is pub
lished. Damages were claimed on the
ground that the cargo Of the Nora was
wholly English, but the British authorities
refused the claim.
FROM MONTREAL.
A letter from Montreal says tho retire.
ment of Sir George Brown was on the ques-
ton of friendly or unfriendly commercial
relations with the United States, Mr..
Brown taking the friendly side, and being
outnumbered by the advocates Of the oppo-
81 party.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Letters from Charleston say that the diff
culties between the freedmen and the plant
ers on the Islands along the coast of South
Carolina continue. A party of the old pro-
prietors accompanied bv two Of General
Sickles' staff officers recently went from
Charleston to James Island for the purpose
of having a conference with the negroes.
On approaching the island in their boat they
| were confronted by about sixty armed ne
groes, who would listen to no explanations,
not even from the army officers, but threat
ened TO fire on the first one of the party
who stepped ashore. Two regiments Of reg
ulars were afterwards sent to the island to
put the freedmen under subsection.
Army officers in South Carolina are using
every e~xertion to dispel the impression Of
the colored people that the government de-
signs securing them in possession Of planta-
tons.
General Saxton, Assistant Commissioner
of the Freedmen's Bureau for the State, ad-
dressed thom on this subject at a public
meeting on Thursday last.
THE ANDERsoNvILLE CEMETERY.
Mr.. Griffin, Superintendent of the Ander-
sonville prison cemetery, has been relieved
by General Wilson. Mr.. II. B. Welton, now
in charge has issued a notice to all persons
interested in the recovery of the remains of
soldiers inferred there, stating that the ex-
press company have agreed to transport the
remains Of soldiers from that point to any
part of the United States, including the box,
for $40 or $50. AL that is necessary is to
address Mr.. Welton at AndersOnville.
THE Spanish INVASION.
A letter from st. Domingo says: The re-
cent Spanish invasion left havoc and desc
lation wherever the Spanish troops peHe-
trated. The invaders did not confne their
depredations to. the possessions of natives,
but destroyed or carried of property indis-.
criminately, without regard to the nation
atty of its owners. Many Americans and
Englishmen are sufferers to very large
amounts.
FROM YUCATAN
News from Yucatan to the 5th says The
Journey of the Empress of Mexico through
Yucatan was attended with enthusiastic
o~vations at Merida. The Empress made
donations to the free schools, hospitals and
cathedrals, and gave three thousand dollars
for distribution among the poor. She also
made donations of money to the wounded
men and families of those killed in the re-
cent battles with the Indians. -
The Spaniards in Merida surrendered to
the Empress on tins 2sth.
THE PRESIDENTS LEvEE.
NEW YORK, Decembee 25.-Dispatches
from Washington say that the President
will held his annual levee on New Years
Day, but it is scarcely probable that any
public receptions can take place before the
last of January, in consequence of the re-
furnishing of the Executive Mansion, which
has not vet begun,