The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Captain Wirz has changed his "course
of reading. He has been accustomed to
read Moliere, Dante and Milton, but Of
late has exchanged them for "Baxter's CAL
to the UnconVerted-" He needs it.
A freight train on the Great Western
Railroad ran of the bridge over Sangamon
Gdlfi IUur csrs- No injury was received by
those on board.
A correspondent of the Birmingham
Post writes: "At Wakefield, few days
ago, some German gentlemen called at the
Wears and asked for permission to view
the house and grounds. 1t was accorded,
not without surprise ct q request 30 un-
natural When the compatriots of Goethe
and Schiller had satisfied their curiosity
and departed, it transpired that they had
made pilgrimage, as they believed, to the
scene of Oliver Goldsmithe story, and that
the vicsrage was to Them endesred by as
sociations Of DR.. Primrose, Olivia, Sophis
and Moses. May the enthusiastic Ger.
mans never be undeceived or Olsen.
chanted." -l
The NeO Nation, weekly paper which
achieved q short-lived notoriety as the or
gan of the Fremont and Cochrane move
ment, and which went down with its ticket
and party, has been resuscitated IN New
York. What new Office does General
fremont wsntP
Here is Abd.elKsder,s last speech, at
Freemason's entertainment, quoted In
the Paris papers as curious specimen of
hberality and progress from q Mnssvlmsn
saint and warrior: " In the persons here
present. thank Freemasonry In every
country. 1 consider Freemasonry as the
first institution nthe world In my opin-
ion, every man who does not profess Free
masonry is an incomplete man. I. hone
that one day the principles of Freemsson-
rY will prevail throughout the whole world.
and from that day forward all the nations
will be st pesce." s5 N A9-lr &.
The Pittsburgh Commercial of yesterday
says that the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne &
Chicago Railroad Company was robbed on
Friday evening last of $780, It gives
the following particulars: raE FT
During the afternoon, Mr.. ,Jeseph Be.
dell, Paymsster OF the road, received from
the Treasurer twenty five thousand dollars
with which to pay off the hands engaged
on the road between this city and CHICAGO.
He re-counted the money and placed il In |
q safe which was used by the Chief Clerk |
as depository for his books. He then left |
the Office for supper In company with a |
clerk who had remained with him. AS |
they were the last persons leaving the
building, the wAtchmAn of the premises
them to the door, which he
closed and licked upon their departure.
He then ascended to the third story for the
purpose Ct sweeping, and remained there
Until several of the clerks returned, AT.
,er supper Mr.. Beden cana back to the
sfice for the purpose of removing the
money TO the PrymAster's car prior to
eaving npon his usual monthly trip but
lpon opening the safe, it was discovered
hat the money was gone. Inquiry was
instituted, bnt no clue could
'e obtained to the missing funds. The of.
Icers of the road, In con junction with Che
Iolicitor, have bsen endsavoring for The
'ast few days TO unravel the mystery, but
hey have not yet succeeded IN discovering
ny trace of the money. No legal pro.
eedings have been instituted, and suspi.
ion does not apparently attach to any
ne. The mystery which now envelopes
ie case, however, may be removed in q
W days.