Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-19
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TIE 55th Ohio Infantry has arrived al
New Orleans for muster-out
CLEMENT C. CLAY was released from
Fortress Monroe yesterday on his parole.
MR. WrxAxs, of Baltimore, has presented
$4,000 to the managers of the Southern
Relief Fair in that city.
Born Houses of the Nova Scotia Parlia-
ment have passed resolution in favor of
the confederation of the Provinces
On Saturday last, two little children of
Mr.. stanbeck, living near Princeton, ILL.,,
were burned to death by setting fire to
some straw in barn.
A DEATH from cholera is reported to have
occurred in Portland, Me-, yesterday-one
of the steamer "EugIand's" passengers.
Ship fever, probably.
A FIRE broke out ia Titusville early yes
terday morning and destroyed 100000
worth of property. A dispatch on the third
page gives a list of the losses.
Ar large meeting at Lawrence, Kansas,
on Saturday night, the course of Senator J.
Il. Lane, who is a resident of the place, was
denounced and that of Congress approved,
in series of resolutions.
The grand jury of PhiladeIphia yester
day found true bill of Indictment against
Antoine Probst, the Desring murderer.
The prisoner was brought into court, and
had counsel assigned him.
The steamer Virginia, from Liverpool,
arrived at New York yesterday with over
thousand passengers. She had thirty eight
deaths on her passage, resulting from dis
e1se similar to that on the England.
E. N. FISHER, banker at Princeton, ILL.,.
undertook to commit suicide by shooting
himself on Saturday, while alone in his
banking room. He fred two pistol shots
into his head. The wounds are believed
not to be fatal.
a FLYING naval squadron, consisting of |
seven war vessels, has been detailed to |
remain at Eastport until the Fenian excite
ment is at an end, when it will look after
our fishing interests on the British North |
American coast.
TEE members of the Union State Central
Committee have been requested to meet at
| Columbus on Wednesday, the 25th inst. for
the purpose of selecting day for holding
the annual State Convention. A full at
tendance is particularly desired.
Az explosion, caused by conclusion in
opening box of nitro -glycerine, occurred
IN San Francisco day before yesterday, by
which many lives were lost Eight bodies
have been identified, and the dispatch says
seven or eight others are missing.
The new steamer, the City of Norwich, of
the New London line, collided in Long
Island sound, yesterday morning, with
schooner, cutting the steamer through,
setting her on fire and entirely destroying
her. Ten persons are supposed to be lost
TIE President made another stump
speech last night from the steps of the
White House to an assemblage of soldiers
and sailors who called to pay him their
respects. Like his other efforts the speech
last night was csarse, egatlstic aud undig-
nifed.
THE Secretary of War has consented to
the sale of the Presidential car to the Vice
President of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, who tenders its use to the com
pany for the officers to ride in on special
occasions. The car will be taken West in
few days.
A PACKAGE of s199 in currency was re-
ceived, Tuesday, at the Treasury Depart {
ment from small pOx patients in the mill
tary hospitals at Bowling Green, KY, which
the surgeon deemed injudiciors to allow to
go into circulation. The money was sealed, :
and was burned unopened, The Depart
msnt returned like amount in new green
backs.
A YOUNG lady was observed, Tuesday !
morning, to enter the Indianapolis depot,
just before the departure of train, lay
down bundle rather carelessly and step
out again. Not coming back, the woman
having charge of the room went to take 6
care of the bundle and found it moving. f
Opening it she found child, about six I
months old, wrapped up in shawl, and t
being recently married she took the child .
home to adopt IS the first in her family. E
THE omaha Republican, of the 9Th, has
some rather exciting news from Utah. It
learns that " the greatest excitement pre- y
walls among the Mormons, and 8 Fixed {
determination on their part to drive out or s
exterminate all Gentiles. Eight men have a
recently been assassinated, while the editor 4
Of the Vedette, with all other Gentiles, has ]. !
been notified to quit the country or fare .
worse. Placards are posted up in Salt Lake
City warning all Gentiles to leave imme-
diately.
The Cincinnati Commercials Chicago s.
of the 18th contains the
following items There was another sensa- !,
tion on Change to-day. Messrs. Dennison .
i Lester have been specializing in grain
and have lost considerably within the past
month. Yesterday, the firm was short on
wheat which Mr.. Dennison bought in, and
going to draw checks for the differences in
the afternoon, made the discovery that
Lester had betrayed him by drawing out of e
bank all available funds of the firm and \
leaving him incontinently in the lurch.... p
A demon named William Elbert, went home C
drunk, yesterday, and began to abuse his :
wife, who resented his conduct. He then
seized hatchet, with which he struck her
blow over the head, the sharp edge of the
penetrating nearly an inch and
a half into her skull. After this he drew
knife across her head, over the eyes, max Il
ing horrible cash from side to side of her
He finally seized policeman's O
club and beat her numerically over the
head, fracturing her skull in several places.
,.....some fellow walked up to the show
window of Messrs. Virgins, Bradford 4
Co., who keep pawn office, and smash no I
one of the large panes of glass, he res cbsd
through the aperture, seized q Package
which contained s., ,34S in greenbaf Ks and
made off. Several officers and citizens
started IN pursuit, but the Yilb an erected
his escape. q
The Nashville Union state that General
johnson viii, in few day 5, issue an order
for the release of nine sty-four military Q
at Nashville, Huntsville and :
Chattanooga This T.umber ineludes an I