Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-09
Special Dispatches.
REozIyED uF TO ) O'CLOCK, A. u.
Special Dispatches 70 the Western Press.
QUEEN OF rae sAEDwTcH 1sLANDs.

NEW YoRK. August s.-The Queen of the
Sandwich Islands, who has been on a reli-
gious mission to England is stopping at the
Brevoort, the guest of a special messenger
of Secretary Seward, and will visit Wash
ington before leaving for the Pacific
JEFP IS SICK.
The World has Fortress Monroe letter
which saws: Mr.. Davis has failed IN health
considerably since I visited there previous
10 this time. This fact have learned from
a source as trustworthy as possible and next
TO athe powers that be- Mr. OConnOr has
himself expressed as much to gentleman
who exercises q great deal OF influence
here.
FOREIGN NEWS By THE JAvA's NAIL
The cholera is decidedly on the decline
in Marseilles. The whole number
Of deaths from the epidemic in that city up
to july % was 135. Il was peculiarly fatal
among the children, of whom III died
At Amiens the number of deaths from
cholera on July 20 was %, and among them
DR.. James, Secretary and Professor at the
School of Medicine, and number OF the
sanitary council OF the place
The disease is on the increase IN Holland.
In To the 5th of July there had been LILO
| cholera cases at Leyden, 5OS at Hague, 'ol
at pelu, 905 at Rotterdam and l,lSs al
| Utrecht-tOtai 4,3z9- -,
| In the British Parliament on July 2Ith
| O,C,nnor called attention to the treatment
If emirrapts on boards the steamers plying
between Liverpool and New YORK, ana
| Sra,v .. 1amentable picture OF the oyercrowd-
| ~, o,,1 deficient food on board these ships,
~ -rqesd to these causes the recent out
| L-sat-s 81 "a cholera among the emigrsnts.
1 ITo mentioned 4te names Of several shiPe
= hasrd which q great mortality mad taken
I place on their way from Liverpool across
NC a5,,TteI for that Cholera had 6r0sser or-u
~ Them. although when they set OUT on
tbai- vovages il did not prevail IN Eng
Tba vanguard Of the Prussian army, IN
d.r General Mantutfel, was in Baden terrl,
! -itorv on the 26th ult., and had advanced
| sou+hward after q successful engage
with the Baden and WurtemouTS 'r1gps G
| near BischOffsheIm ana WetoacI' II
whole army of the Main continued 70 au-
yencs in a southerly direction: ,.,
p, tar demonstrations against Admiral
! po.oa been made at Ancons, on &C
at 81 1pa uI' @Yal engagement before LlZza.
- - u - ID from Venice state thdI
II, H1'.eIs aeoe.,s ". removing the archives
and the bonks from the horalleIi S.-sst nm.
The inhabitants locke. Va heinz made
easiness upon the preParatiO- 'aekade auC
by the Italian troops for the b4.
siege of the city. IS Gu
All communication with Venice ".
on the 18th by Gen. Mezzacepo.
The Berlin correspondent of the Times,
writing on the oath, says that Though the
prospect of prOlongation Of the srmlstlce
has increased it would be a mistake to in
fer from this that peace was certain. All
that Austria has as yet cOncededi Is to with
draw from the Bund.
It is a matter of doubt whether the fu-
tura constitution of the South, as eOntem-
, plated by Count Bismarck, viii meet the
/ a 9proval Of his humbled yet proud and un-
| "a, ned foe but it is not believed that, even
! wer, the armistice heightened to four or SIX
1 weeks, it would materially assist the In
/ narial Government in creating new army.
Trlree Of its most populous provinces are
i, tHe hands of the enemy. Venice has
bee,, eescd and Hungary is ripe for insur-
| recti1n. Tie public movement in favor OF
| Prussian supremacy is getting stronger and
| STRONGER. In Dresden a number ofthe lead
| irg noliticians, Sc long the avowed friends
| of Anstria, have combined with the ad-
ba-ents of Prussia Letters and articles
advocatinr the same idea abound IN the
Wurtemburg and Baden press.
QUARANTINE MATTERS.
| s,v,xxaH- GA, August S.-Major Grafton,
sfter making a full representation to the
war Department has been authorized not 10
quarantine vessels from New York, except
an positive proof of epidemic disease on
board.
CONVENTIONS.
| BALTIuoEE, August s.-The Democratic
State Convention met here to-day and elect
ed delegates to the Philadelphia Conven-
ton.
R1cHMoyD, Va, August S.-The Conven-
ton met at Petersburg to-day and elected
| delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
ITEMS.
II WASHINGTON, August S.-The .. S. Consul
ct Havana reports that under the Spanish
decree heretofore vessels OF 4OO tons ana
over and the larger class Of steamers could
not be placed under the Spanish flag unless
wholly owned by Spanish subjects. The
ruIe Is now so far relaxed in favor OF Cuba
as to allow steamers for cOasting trade to be
introduced without tariff.
STILL IN WASHINGTON.
Secretary Weles desires it to be known
that he is still in Washington.
DECISION
The question of the liability of ferry boat
D to the payment of the tax on gross receipt
5 having been referred to the Commissioners
he has decided that they are required to pay
the three per cent, according to law
D THE SARATOGA CONVENTION.
t s.RAToeA-II ?. August S.-Messrs
: Weed. Opdyke, Dean Richmond and other
: arrived This evening. A full delegation il
expected in the morning. The Democrat
appear to be in the majority and recon-
mend Howard Nelson as temporary char
man, and G. B. Babcock as President.
One OIL. two old Barn Burners expires
fears that the convention Will be run b.
Weed in the exclusive interest OF Seward
8 while on the other hand, two or three ap
" r-sbend that Richmond and Cagger ar
here 10 give it a positive Democratic direc
r tion. With these few exceptions, however
1t ali the delegates express confidence tina
Ie the proceedings will be perfectly harmon
Gus and conducted with the single view
n sustaining President Johnson's restoraIiY
n policy.