Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-02
OF INTEREST TO SOLDIERS. .

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OF INTEREST TO SOLDIERS.
The Second Auditors office will settle
only the claims Of the heirs Of deceased
soldiers. But as there viii be at least 2OO,-
coo of such claims, time must be required
to prepare a proper register and make
| other necessary arrangements to receive
them. No advantage can possibly be
| gained by hurrying claims to that Office or
10 the Postmaster Generals office.
COMPILING THE REVENUE LAWS.
Tho compilation Of thn new internal rev
/ enue law, with previous laws of a like
charaetar, has been completed at tho Office
Of the Internal Revenue and is now in the
hands of the public printer. It is expected
that the Commissioner viii be able to com
menee the distribution Of copies tomorrow,
DEATH OF BIG rxJuN. -llra.
PHILADELPHIA. August Ia Washington
dispatch to the Ledger announces the death
Of John Ross, the distinguished Cherokee
Chief, in that city.
RESoMIxATED.
BALTMoEE, August I.-Mayor Chapman
for the third time has been renominsted as
Major.
SENTENCE COMPUTED.
CHARLEsroy, S. C., August lit is known
death BIZ military commission and whose
recent mysterious removal from Castle
Pinckney caused much speculation, were
sent to the Dry Tortugss for life by order of
the President, who thus eommuted their
sentence
PENEsYLvAEIA SOLDIERS sTRAGGLING.
HARRIsBURGH, Pa, August Resolution
were passed at the Democratic Soldiers Con-
ventiOn held here to-day, which repudiated
the action Of the Soldiers Convention held
in Pittsburgh in June last, claiming that
the members of this Convention are the only
authorized representatives Of the soldiers Of
Pennsylvania, who served in the army
during the rebellion. denouHee the action
of Congress, applaud President johnson,
oppose negro suffrage and equality, and
hold that negroes should be satisfied with
being free, and should ask no more Of the
people. The 9th resolution attacks General
Geary as an associate Of those leagued to-
gather 10 destroy the Union.
The resolutions praise Ciymer, and call
on all soldiers to rally to his support, and
return thanks to Cowan and Buekalew for
their course in the Senate.
After the meeting Mr.. ClYTner was ssre-
naded and made short address.
THE PRESIDENTS VISITORS.
WAsHIyGToN, August There was again
al the Executive mansion. Quite num-
Der of them obtained interviews with the
President, some of them being members Of
Congress, who are yet in the city attending
b the business of their constituents At
H. 80 the President opened his doors to ali
visitors. and = very large number present
taking advantage OF the opportunity, sought
the ear and solicited the President for va
rious purposes in which they were inter
ested.
AWAITING SHIPMENT.
Over q, eco cotfins are now in this city
awaiting shipment to the different ceme-
teries designed for the burial Of Union sol
diers.
LlEgEENA , i fsE fr1 A 81
eral Sherman was complimeuted to-day
with a serensde by the band Of the Twelfth
Infantry He made brief response to the
call of the crowd, remarking that he had
nothing to say except that his home was at
st. Louis, where he would DO happy to SEQ
those before him, or on the Plains, where
he intended going. He was stranger here,
and he thought the less q man said in
Washington the better, and as he was his
own best friend he would add no more than
express his thanks for the honor conferred
on him on this OCCASION
ABOUT THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The National Executive Committee Will
be in session at the Continental Hotel, Phil
adelphia, from Friday, August 10th, until
the meeting of the Convention. 1t is re-
auested that the full names Of all delegates,
with their post Office address be forwarded
Immediately, and that they report IN person
on arriving in the city.