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

special Washington dispatch says the
President yesterday informed a gentle
man that he would send to the Senate on
Wednesday the nomination for Collector
for New York city.
Mexican Bonds.
The House Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions are nearly unanimous against the
proposition to endorse the Mexican bonds
to either $50, OOO, 900 or any other amount.
There are in all probably less than twenty
members in the House who dare vote for
any such measure. and all stories set afloat
by interested parties are entitled to very
little credit. Thelobby engaged on it are
persistent in their button-holing of mem
bers and making huge promises, but is of
no avail.
Advertising.
The President yesterday issued an order
to the various departments to withhold all
advertising patronage from the Chronicle.
1t is understood that all papers that fail to
sustain the reconstruction policy Of the
President will be treated likewise and the
advertising given to Democratic papers.
Tribute.
General Grant in a general order yes
announcing the death of General
Seth Williams and Colonel Theodore S.
Bowers, lately his Adjutant General, pays
an eloquent tribute to their memories, and
directs that all officers of the Adiutant
Generals department veal theu badge
of mourning for thirty days.
Delinquent Tax Payers.
The Herald says a strong effort is being
made on behalf of the delinquent tax
payers to abolish the revenue detective
system which has been so successful in
discovering frauds. The fact that the
who had been detected by the rev.
enue officers in trying to defraud the gov
eminent were discovered to be in this
has defeated the scheme, and
has not left any too good an impression in
to the Assessors and Collectors who
lent themselves to help the scheme in be-
half of the delinquent tax payers.
Cigars Seized.
Nathan Sargent, Commissioner of Gus
toms, has been informed of the seizure of
10000 valuable ,igars by the Collector at
New Orleans, which were being struggled
into that port.
Will Meet To-day.
NEh 1Ohh. AD1Al O--lH6 OIl0b .
Washington special says the joint Com
between the United States and the
government of Columbia, meet to-day for
the purpose of hearing the the final argu-
.ents in the cases of the o.. S. Mail Steam
and the Panama Railroad Co., and
the Pacific Steamship Co. The umpire,
Sir Frederick Bruce, will be present in all
cases. Judge Dean and S. S. Cox
will submit the arguments in behalf of the
government. This closes the whole mat
ter.
The subcommittee of Ways and Means
had another protracted session over the
tax bill yesterday. They failed to reach
any conclusion in regard to changing or
doubtful nov if the House will agree to
any alteration of the present measure, and
the committee have been advised of that
fact.
There has been an informal meeting of
the radicals in regard to the question of
adjournment. After a full and free COR
it has been decided to p~rotract the
till the latest period. A majority
are in favor of holding on till September.
It has been decided to protract and post
pone regular business two or three months.
The object of this new move has not trans
PRED.
The New York COIIecfOrship.
NEW YORK, April 3.-The Times
Washington special says that the Presi-
dent will appoint a Collector for the port
of New York in a day or two.
Before n Reconstruction Committee
Prof. j. D. B. De Bow was before the
Reconstruction Committee yesterday, and
gave his testimony on the status of the
South. His account is said to be substan-
that the Southern people are in a
fair condition for reconstruction.
Petroleum..
One of the two eX-pIofessors of chem
istry to whom the Secretary of the Treas
.ry referred the investigation as to the
combustible or non-combustiblequality of
has reported his opinion un-
qualitiedly that the commodity is COM
bustible within the meaning of the law,
and consequently special licenses must be
taken out before it can be transported.
The extent has not been reported.
Released.
VIM. Hamilton, who was arrested and
taken to Washington under the belief
that he was the guerrilla Quantrell, has
been released from custody by order of
the military authorities.