The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-29
MEHpvfLLE, Missy % 1865.

upOn . pHuo VI SA0 RA
MeHenry House, supposed to have been
placed there by J. Wilkes Booth, Or one
the contpirators against the life of Pres
ident Lincoln, that you will sllowthe space
for the correction of some of the misstste-
msntq. 1 first gave you the facts Of the
case, so far as knowd as long ago as April
18th, the day of the funeral at Washington.
Shortly after that 8 telegrsphiedispatch sP
psared throughout the country, dated at
Pittsburgh, stating positively that the.
words Abraham Lincoln departed this
life August 10, se41 by the effects of pOf-
son" were scratched upon the glass by.
Booth, upon q given date, and thai he and.
his friends occupied the upon which.
was the pane of glass referred to, upon
that and other occasions. J at
A few days ago a correspondent Of the
New York Tribune, writing from Oil City,
denied that Booth ever hsd any 'oil.in-
terest' whatever, and also denied the en-
tire story about that pane of glass, saying
that no such inscription or pane of glass
existed. And still later, your regular
Mesdville correspondent repeates the story
of the inscription having been placed there
by Booth himself making the statement as
though it we're an established fact. All of
these reports are wide of the fscts, which
are these: The inscription quoted above
was first noticed last fall at house. cleaning
time, in room No. %. As the date had
zone by to which it referred, the matter Of
the inscription (which hsd been scratched
upon the glass with a diamond was not
regarded with special interest When the
report came that Booth had assassinsted
the President, and when, 8 few days later,
it was announced that letter to the assas-
sin has been found in which were the
words, "You are at liberty to use the cup,
the knife or the bullet, but you know the
cup has been tried and failed" it wal at
once suspected that the inscription had
been written before the date mentioned,
(Ang. 13sh, 1864, by some one of the con-
sp~irstors, either IS q prediction, or in
drunken uOgusrdedness Of q murderous
plot. I wrote You to this effect, stating
that while this was the supposed origin Of
the inscription, nothing was knon0H as to
when it was written, or by whom 81
The pane of glass was taken from the
SSH and framed as 8 curiosity. Afew
days ago a gentleman, stopping at the Nc
Henry House, and seeing the glass, made q
statement which, if true, clears up al mys.
terry regarding It. You wilremember that
on the 18Th or l4lh of August If last year,
a report came over the wires that an a.
tempt hsd been made to poison the Presi-
dent, and q report came to MeAdville that
the attempt had been successful. This
gentleman states that on that day he and
= friend occupied room No. 20, and his
ftieDd, after hearing the report, scratched
the worts upon the glass, surprising them
to be true. So much for this famous pans
Of glass. 300 iar v.e.m
Mr.. Taylor, the energetic landlord at the
McHsnry House, has done and is doing 4
great deal this season for the improvement
If the already attractive gardens and
grounds of the MeHenry House New
terraces have been constructed, new plsts
sodded and new hedges of cedar and dTboT
vitae started. In the midst Of the bril-
isn't, fowery and handsome shrubs, the
fountain makes constant music for the fire.
~ouenters Of this domestic park. Whan We
remember thst two years ego this ground,
now tsstefully ornsmented, Wasthe Wsmpy
bed of q sluggish creek, an ide& may be
formed of the amount Of labor and skill
which has been expended here. hgf sa<lI
The crowd Of travellers to and from the
oil rC gions is IS great as ever, and keeps
the McHenry House crowded to lis utmost
capacity. i5ratl
This section of the State has been flood,
ed with an enormous quantity of State
bank currency, especially since the action
of the business men of Erie, Cleveland,
Pntsburg and BofFAlo, in refusing to take
at par any except national currency. All
the uncurrent trash which was refused Ia
the above business centres seems to have
been pushed upon Mssdvilleand the oil re-
gions. In order to counteract the effect Of
these movements the bankers of MesdVille
have agreed that from the Is Of June, they
will take at par nothing but green-
backs and the National Bank currency,
and will charge q discount of three quar-
tiers of one per cent. upon New York,
Pennsylvanis, Ohio and Eastern currency.
They further assert that all such notes
taken at q discount shall not be paid out
again but sent home for redemption, and
is hoped that 10 this way the communi-
ty may be relieved of the ragged and de-
preciAted stuff which has so long annoyed
it. The bankers further agree TO receive
from depositors at par notes Of the follow
ing banks, for which they will give drafts
on sl points st one quarter Of n per cent.
Just half their former rates: Philsdel-
phiR and Pittsburgh banks, Banks Of Crsw-
ford and Lawrence Counties, Petroleum
Bank, Oil City Bank and Vensngo bank.
We have all felt indignant st some pc
Rod Of our travelling lives at the @
Germ with which our trunks we're thrown
about by baggage masters and station
agents, but the most deeP-seated snd long
lursed Indignation which Ihsve known of
sets forth his grievances in a comicsl let
ter Just received by the Superintendent of
the a. & q. W. Railway and shown me as
3 curiosity. The writer has nursed.his wrath
nearly q year, the indignity to his baggage
having been committed in June of last
g He stated that he came ifrom
to MesdsVil from MeadsviH 70
Columbus, P. A" When he to k his seat
at Akron, he requested the creature
Called Baggage fellow" TO be careful of his
trunk, but the 'cresture" did not heed the
The writer then says: at is
likely you know the fellows name be is
light complexion has e , small wisp nus
On his Upper lip his pantslOODs
was striped with stresks IS large as a mans
finger Gathered round his Legs" Having
1T "MesdsvilP four days for some
that had been left behiud, he
started for Columbus, Pa" Ofhis further
.ribulstions, he says: When the cars
Ieopt l hurried Out In Order to take my
runk before the Creature should throw il,
But before 1 could Git it the miserable
Creature threw my trunk 10 or u feet
my bottle of Bolsom fir my Ink bot
lie &C." Who can blame him for mourn.
ng when his bottle of Bolsom fir" was
After declaring his belief that
he author of this fresh indignity was ntbe
baggage creature from Akron that had
LepE his spite up and that it was done
through d mao misehievous Malicious
pite," be ssserts that he has ever since
made up my mind to lave my pay for 1t
Either the money or a history that will
ring 5 times the money!" Now" says