Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-18

FENIAN AFFAIRS.
NEW YoRK, December 17.-There was a
session of the Fenian Senate yesterday, but
their action is not made public.
Two newly-arrived Senators, Daily, Of In
diana, who drafted the Fenian Constitution,
and Sullivan, of Albany, were at the Union
Square headquarters yesterday. Another
Senator is expected to d. =.
The military department having gone
withthe Senate, 0'Mahony is reported to be
getting up new one for Union Square.
The Knights of St Patrick have passed
resolutions of intervention in the
Fenian difficulty.
Both branches of the Fenian Brotherhood
are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Chief
Stephens, and it is expected the police are
also on the lookout for him.
The steamer City of Boston brought out
delegation of Fenians to the Circles at Buff
falo, Chicago and st. Louis.
JAMAICA NEWS.
Further news from Kingston, Jamaica,
says an address to the MarOOns, which had
been issued by the colonel commanding, re-
fers to the way in which the Sepot rebels
were disposed of, saying they were blown
from the mouths of cannon, Penned in their
very forts and slaughtered like sheep; swept,
in fact, from the face Of the earth, and sig
niicantly adds that some of the heroes who
performed these brilliant deeds are now in
Jamaica, ready TO re-enact them if neees-
sary.
SOUTH AMERICA.
A letter from Buenos Ayres says that the
Paraguayans are now retreating toward
their own borders and concentrating near
Empredado, a town on the Parana River,
below the city of Corrientes. They are ta-
king with them large numbers of cattle.
One division recently drove before it Il, 600
head of cattle, and another had gathered
$4,000 ready to pass over into Paraguay.
President Lopez Is at Humayta, at the
mouth os the Paraguay River. One of his
chief commanders is under arrest for allow
ing proposals TO himself to sell his command
| to the Allies.
The Allies will concentrate some $4,000
troops, and it is expected will soon end the
| war.
GOV. coRwIx.
WASHINGTON, Sanuary 17.-Gov. Corwin
has been gradually sinking all day. The
physician in attendance thinks he will not
live through the night. Many prominent
friends called to-day to inquire as to his
condition. He has been unconscious ever
since he was stricken by paralysis on Fri
day night.
NAIL SERVICE,
Postmaster General Dennison has address
ed a circular to railroad managers, iiientiot1-
ing the fact that service on the rail-
roads generally last winter was so irregu-
larly performed as seriously to delay the
transmission of mails. The remedy, he says,
is with the companies to lessen the number
of cars in the mail trains, especially in those
carrying the through malls to the
maximum that will not necessarily
prevent this schedule time till being re-
gularly made and the difficulty will be
removed. The request now made for you
is in no sense unreasonable, but demand
ed alike for the interests of the Government
and the public, while your faithful com
pliance will only be the proper observance
of your contract with the department.
FTrrs
BANGOR, Me-, December 1.-THE exten-
sive mill property of Rufus Drinel, Esq., at
Oldtown. was entirely destroyed by fire la
night. Loss $4,000 insurance $4,000.