Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-27

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were placed in charge Of Col. Ransom, Of
The Sd Artillery, who is commander Of The
Poe& That night the guard was doubled,
and CO.. Ransom patiently awaited his Wis
ltors, but none came Next morning on
the arrival Of Gen. Meade, that officer APP
proved the final disposition of the schoopeps
cargo, which still remains in the fort.
Each one of the cases hes beer opened and
il is found that the whole contains about
1,590 Springfield aud Enfield muskets and
carbines ali Of %hich have indications of
having seer. service. Quito 8 number, il
seems o. the inscriptions attached to them,
were contributions TO the Fenian cause by
private citizens of Washington, Phiiadei-
Phia, DC. There were also 100, 600 ball car
tridges, together with Q lot Of knapsaeks
and canteens Tverty-fcur hours after the
seizure Of these war munitions was made
Mr.. Kerrigan called on Sen. Meade and
demanded his property, persisting in avow-
ing that he was q merchant Of New York
aud Yves hero for the sale of arms. Cen
Aeade'sI reply was "That il was certainly q
strange coincidence that he should be here
Just az this time when there was such an
influx of ~stranrers here to dispose Of such
kind Of property. That the United States
Government sent him here for the purpose
of seeing that tn neutrality laws we're not
broken, and that he could not give the
arms W, but should also seize ali other
arms, DC, under the same circumstances.
II was probably the seizure of these arms
that took Killian 70 Washington, where the
matter viii be definitely decided. Mean
time the schooner has been released and
has gone to Pembroke, where she is owned.
coSFIRxED.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The capture Of
HLsL..L-- - a.
battle. is confirmed By information at the
State Department.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The President to-day sent in & communi-
cation from the Secretary Of the Interior in
relation to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, eastern division. The Company were
required to complete one hundred miles of
their road within three years after their ac-
ceptanee of the conditions of the original
act This period expired December I'D,
1855, sixty-two miles had previously been
accepted by the Government. Since that
date an additional section of twenty-three
miles has been completed Commissioners
appointed for the purpose have examined
and reported upon II, n an application
has been made for its acceptance. The
failure to complete loo miles of the road
within the period prescribed renders it
questionable whether the executive officers
of the Government are authorized TO issue
the bonds and patents to which the Com
psny would be entitled if this as well as
other requirements Of the act had been OBJ
served. This failure 10 some extent may
be ascribed to the financial condition Of
the country incident to the recent civil war,
IS the company appear to be engaged in an
energetic prosecution oftbe work, and man
ifest a disposition TO comply with the con-
ditions of the grant, the President recon-
mends that the time for completing that part
of the road be extended, and that authority
be given for the issue Of bonds and patents
on account of the section now offered for &C.
ceptsnce, Notwithstanding the failure,
should the company in other respects be
thereunto entitled.
CONFIRMED.
The Senate, in executive session, con-
6rmed the following Collectors of Internal
Revenue; Jefferson R. Weston, Nebraska
s. 7. Gage, Nevada James C. Orr, Wheel
ing Nathaniel B. Langford, of Montana.
Agent of the Waehita Indians: Henry o.
6hanklin, Of Kansas. Assessors of Internal
Revenue Rev. Alberto. Leonard, Parkers-
burgj John Cornell, Of Iowa. Postmasters
Caleb Lamb, at Newton, Iowa; Mrs. Eliza
beth Brown, at Logansport, Indiana; A. Il.
y ~ AAah19o OAN-g Nus 0sA4 D6Ie-
dict, at Cleveland. Register of Land Office
Frank Street, of Iowa; United States Mar
shall for the District Of Minnesota, Charles
EastOn.
The Senate also confirmed q large num-
Der Of military appointments, amsng them
Brig. Gen Jno. NJ. Thayer, Of q. S. Vols,
for gallant and meritorious services during
the war, to be Major General by brevet, and
Brigadisr General Wager swaine 10 be
Major General of VoluBteers.
The following volunteer Brigadier-G ener-
ais are bretted Major-Generals for distin-
guished, gallant, faithful or meritorious
services
Joseph R. West, Thos. j. Mexican, Ryan
r. Pierce, FitE Henry Warren, Cyrus Ham
lin, James D. Fessenden, Thomas Kilby.
Smith John, II. Ketchum, S. A. Daniels.
Henry B. Banning, J. H. Martindale, John
Mcneil, Mason D. Brayman and ". R.
Woods, Also the following Cclonels 10 be
Srigadier-General by brevet :
q. Bennett, Frank J. White, Lewis G.
Brown, Geo. W. Monroe, W. W. Markle.
W. R. Shafter, John Pattee, Thomas N.
Brown, W. J. Landreau, Thomss Sherman,
Jr., and Joseph H. Smith.
B-evet Colonels-Ely S. Barker, 1t. Col.
70 be Second Lieutenant of the 2pd
Infantry Breret Col. Adam Radeau
I'd Lieut. 4th regiment Of infantry Major
George Leet, Assistant A1jt. Gen. Vols to
be Assistant Quartermaster with rank of
Captain In the regular army.
TIT Senatea also confirmed q large num-
Der Of other applicants.