Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-17
Washington News.
An Attempt TO Arrest Mosby,

An Attempt TO Arrest Mosby.
NEw YORK, April IS.-The Tribune
Washington special says that at attemp
was made last week by N. Federal troops
at L%eesburg, Virginia, to Arrest the ex-guer.
rilIa John J. Mosby, for appearing in the
streets in Confederate uniform. Mosby took
to the woods and thus avoided the guards
who fired several shots at him.
The Northern Pacific Railroad.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
whose projected route runs from Minnesota
and Oregon to the Pacific coast, are asking
Congress to guarantee the interest on $751;
100000 of their bonds to run twenty years.
Ordered to the ST. Lawrence.
The United States steamer Augusta is to
be sent t. Maine TO prevent the violation of
the neutrality laws by Fenians.
Withdrawal of French Troops from
Mexico.
A Washington special says there is official
evidence that Louis Napoleon is withdraw
ing his troops, and that Maximilian is sub
slsting the French, Austrian and Belgian
troops.
Gold 6H the Potomac.
There is some excitement here, caused BY
the discovery, within in a few days, of some
gold quartz, about fourteen miles from the
city, on the Potomac.
Clement {. Clay.
The Herald's Washington special says
that Mrs. Clement c.. Clay returned from
Fortress Monroe within q few DAYS, and has
laid before the President the recommends
ton Tor her husbands release on parole,
from such officers as General Grant, Sena-
tor Wilson and Thadeus Stevens. They all
express the opinion that he will observe his
nQrnIa He rafao~a -,
Fortress Monroe is expected within a few
days.
appointment.
the Tribune's Washington special says
that Mr.. Wakeman returned last night.
having, it is understood, taken with him a
letter of appointment for Mr.. S. G. Court
ney, Assistant United States District Attor-
neY, to be United States District Attorney,
this being in compliance with the last wish
OF Mr.. Dickinson aRd is the message he sent
te the President Just before he breathed his
last.
Letter of Sympathy.
The President has written a letter to Mrs.
Dickinson, expressive of his sorrow at the
death of her husband and assuring her of
his sympathy.
Mr.. LineOIn's Funeral Car.
b Times Washington special says The
Secretary of Wal has announced that be
would not confirm the sale of the magnif-
cent car thai bore the remains of Mr.. Lin
coin from tits city to their final resting
place.
A sale took place last Thursday at Alex
andria, when the Quartermaster General,
in pursuance of an order from the War De-
partment, offered at public auction a lot of
government property, il which the car was
1nalnAad and wao af-,ab- "A - UTo-I II
Lamen, Esq, late United States Marshal of
this District, for the sum of Sc, 500. The
car cost the government something over
$4,000, and was manufactured by the Coy
ernment Military Railroad Corps, TO be
used by Mr.. Lincoln when he should have
occasion to travel by railroad. Mr.. Lamon,
a stesdfast friend of Mr.. Lincoln, purchased
the car to prevent other bidders from get |
ting possession of 1t for exhibition, and he
with Mr.. Stanton, who thinks the
government should hold the relic and place
it among the rebel archives in the late
Ford's Theatre.
Publishes a Card.
WASHINGTON, April I6.-Judge Under
wood, Judge of the United States District
Court for Virginia, has published a card to
correct a prevented report of one of his re-
cent opinions in a habeas corpus case.
Judge U. says: In that opinion I did not
express a doubt of the legality of the late
peace proclamation, nor was it legally called
in question with any one connected with
the case, nor did I express the opinion that
the writ of hGbeGs corpus could not be exc
cuted in one State while it was not sup
pressed in another, but the very contrary
opinion. My opinion was that the
late proclamation of peace did not
revoke the previous proclamation of Presi-
dent Lincoln ~suspendiug, in certain cases,
the writ in the States lately in rebellion,
and stated that the peace proclamation did
not include Texas and hat it had not and
was not intended to have so broad and
general an application as the petitioner
supposed, and therefore refused to grant his
prayer.