Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-17
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Coin cloaed last night at lS0.
GENERAL sHERHlS was at st. Paul, Mimi,
on the 14th.
A HEAVY IRE occurred in Brooklyn, NJ :,
yesterday.
AREcEST Paris concert nettsd $500 for the
American freedmen.
Mn. FRANK SHAW, of Ohio, has been con-
frmed as Consul at Naples.
MR. saYruE, the New York Collector,
entered upon the duties of his Office yester-
day. ..
TIE 4sth Ohio, numbering 152 officers
and men, left New Orleans for Columbus on
the l4th inst.
Mas. GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE arrived at
Cairo from New Orleans Tuesday, on her
way home to Virginia.
TIE Pr sident's veto message of the
Colorado bill will be found in our telegraphic
columns this morning.
TIE Presidents reception Tuesday even
ing was more largely attended than usual,
many Radical NJ. C.'s being present.
TaE New York health officer reports no
new cases or deaths from cholera, and that
all are well on board the Virginia and IIli-
nOis.
As the result of passing the hat around ct
the Jones' Wood Fenian meeting in New
York, Mr.. Organizer" Stephens picked up
$4,000.
TaE house of Mr.. Burbank, at Mont
pelier, VT, was burned night before last.
Mr.. Burbank and two young ladies persisted
in the flames.
NEws from the West Indies is to the eff
feet that the idea Of annexation to the
United States is gaining ground, and is now
well received throughout the islands.
SECRETARY SEWARD arrived at his home,
Auburn, N. Y, yesterday, the anniversary
of his 65th birthday, and received the con-
gratulations of his neighbors and friends.
THE massacre of United States soldiers by
the Indians at Fort Goodwin, according to
dispatches from San Francisco, is first con-
firmed, then doubted, then pointedly
denied.
AT the last meeting of the Common Coun-
ell of Chicago, the estimates fer the city
expenses during the fiscal year commenc-
ing April lst were presented, and they foot
up s., ,2OO,O 900.
CAPTAIN Fox, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, will shortly proceed to Russia to
present the Emperor the resolutions of Con-
gress congratulaiing him on his escape from
assassination.
TIE British residents of Valparaiso have
presented Admiral Denman with a wooden
sword in commemoration of his recent
action in connection with the affair of the
bombardment.
The lower branch of the Connecticut
legislature yesterday voted for United
States Senator with the following result:
Ferry ls2. Hubbard 90, Foster 70, Seymour
l. The Senate votes to-day.
The well-known bonking house of Kra-
mer, Ram Co., Pittsburgh, suspended
Tuesday. The suspension was in conse-
quence of the failure of McCouch & Co., Of |
Philadelphia. of which this was a branch |
house.
JuDaE sHALLKY, of the United States |
District Court at Rochester, has ordered an
Indictment quashed against a party for |
making false income returns, on the ground |
that the act of 1862 does not make this an |
indictable offense.
IT is understood that General Stoneman's |
report of the Memphis riots, which has |
reached the War Department but has not |
been made public, charges the blacks with |
commencing the difficulty, but does not |
exonerste the whites from subsequent |
blame.
SANTA ASSA Indignantly denies that he |
favors Msximilian. He intends to dispatch |
a staff officer to Jusrez, and send COM
munication to Mr.. Romero, explanatory of /
his position. The "stafFY business must be |
pretty nearly played out, when every old |
hack can boast retinue.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to establish home |
for abandoned women in Indianapolis. The |
County Commissioners some time ago ap-
priated the sum of s., 600 in furtheranee of |
the object, and now propose to give $1,000 |
more. In addition to this, nearly $1,000 |
have been subscribed by the citizens.
A MAN named Schultz was arrested and |
committed IN Chicago Tuesday morning on
charge made by his wife that he had, |
during the past few years, destroyed two of |
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His wife testified that she was positive that
the children were alive when born, for she
heard them cry.