Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-04
THE N EW S


TIE Supreme Court has postponed a de
cisiOn on the constitutiOnality of the tes
oath.
THE New York police have orders to ar
rest all beggsrs, and children who sweel
street crossings.
OS the fourth page will be found an &C
count of the arrest of Mcconnell, the Ohm
sted Falls murderer.
THE impression in Congressional circles i
that Congress will continue in session for a
least three months longer.
TIE result of the election in Connection
is as follows: Hawley SOP majority. Tn,
Democrats have ofthe 2I Senators.
The printers of Richmond, Va, are on &
strike. They have commenced the publ
cation of daily newspaper called the Cit
zen.
ALExASDER H. STEPHENS was among the
visitors at the Executive Mansion yester
day, but did not obtain an audience with
the President.
An official order from Gen. Grant is pub
lished, announcing the death of Col. Bowers
and ordering the usual marks of respect tC
his memory.
GEN. HooKER, who has been in New Yorh
sick for long time, yesterday appeared
upon the streets leaning upon the arm of an
attendant.
A NEGRO insurrection near Havana is re
ported as having occurred toward the
latter part of last msnth. No fears wert
entertained that it would become general.
The Republican caucus of the New Jer-
sey legislature last evening nominated A
E. Cattell as United States Senator. Mr.
scovel was not present in the caucus.
A sTRANGE mortality has caused forty two
per cent of the British garrison at Hons
Kong to die within nine months. The Chinese
pirates have lately captured French brig
THAD. STEVENS telegraphed to scovel, o.
the New,,Jersey legislature, yesterday, that nc
man could outlive the odium of having pre-
NeAteu tHo SAcCeloA Vi o u uo man W tAo =!
S. Senate.
The U. s. Supreme Court has decided that
the military commission which tried Bowles
Mulligan, and HOusey, the Indiana con.
spirators, had no legal jurisdiction and thst
a writ of habeas corpus ought to be issued
to take them from military custody.
MosBY, the guerrilla, was in Philadelphis
a few days since,on business connected with
Gen. Johnston's Southern Express Compa-
ny. He was exhibited at the Democratic
club rooms, and treated with marked po-
liteness by the copperheads.
THOMAS BAKEwELL, Esq, pioneer in the
glass business at Pittsburg, and one of the
most prominent business men of that city
died on Friday, at the age of seventy y-four
He was native of London, England, and
came to Pittsburg in 1sOs.
TEE Auburn IN. " Advertiser says that
a son of Brigham Young, formerly resident
Of that village, was in town Lass week, look.
ing up sundry debts of his fathers which
he was anxious to liquidate, with the inter
est which had accrued during thirty-fvt
years.
The Secretary of State gave, last evening
handsome entertainment to Madam,
Juarez, wife of President Jaurez. 1t is sale
that all the representatives of the Spanish
American Republics were present, as wa
also the Russian Minister, and that the par
ty was one of the most brilliant of the sea
son.
THE freedmen of Richmond celebrated
the first anniversary of their deliveranc'
from bondage yesterday. The procession
embracing several thousands Of men, march
ed from the western suburbs through tht
principal streets, with banners and music
to Capitol Square, where an address wa
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Hunnicut. Good or
der prevailed during the day.
Is the case of Bradley 7. johnson, o
Maryland, late of the rebel army, and VIII
participated with Police Marshal Kane, @
Baltimore at the commencement of the wa
in an effort to repel the national troops, an,
who was recently held to bail in the o.
District Court of that city to answer an in
dictment for treason, the President has in
terposed, ordering his bail to be discharge
and his case abandoned. johnson claime
exemption under the terms OF his parole.
Is the month sf january the C5tizer
edited by miles o'Reilly," positively pre-
dicted that before ten weeks there woui
be, somewhere, an Irish Republic existin
on the face of the earth, with flag, a
army, port of entry and exit, and a nav
of privateers. The ten weeks have alread
expired, but we can't see the Irish Repub
lie, navy, etc.
The details of the affray between Geners
Forrest snd one of his plantation hands al
as follows: Saturday, March 28th, Will
General Forrest was on his plantation i
Mississippi, one of his hired negroes, wh
had been abusing his wife, a house ser vaI
of General Forrest, came to the house an
commenced abusing her again. Forrest tol
hin he would not allow such conduct, an
told the negro to desist. who replied /
would thrash his wife whenever he please
and that he did not care damn for Gene
al Forrest. The General told him he woal
be insulted by nobody. The negro col
| tinued to abuse him, when Forrest struC
him with the handle of a broom. At tn
the negro made lunge at him with a kni
which was warded of, General Forrest T
ceiving slight wound. The negro attemp
ed to make another strike. By this tin
General Forrest had an ak in his hand, wi
which he dealt the negro fatal blow. II
General sent for the Deputy Sheriff and d
livered himselfup. A jury was summone
comprised mostly of Northern planter
The verdict has not been heard of yet.
An adjourned meeting of members
the Legislature and influential Union m,
from all parts of the State was held
Columbus on Monday evening, and vot
to recommend June goth, SIS the day
holding the next Union State Conventio
Among those present were Hon. Colul
bus Delano, Governor Cox and Mess
Williamson, Mcfarland, Sawyer, Nike