Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-12
the NEWS.
GoIp closed last MIGHT at 1ssL.

In Troy, N. T., night before last, larg
stable, 81 horses, and quantity. of .otht
property, were burned. s'o'o '''
The Secretary of War says the order mui
tering out Gen. Baker, the Detective, wa
by express command of the President
A MILITARY Commission is in session i
Alexandria, Va, trying cases growing Ou
of the, Christmas riots there.
BEwARE of musty -four. The TELEGRAPH
records the poisoning.ofa family in Brook
lyn, N. Y, by using that article.
THE execution oftwo murderers, Marshal
and Frecke, will take place at Pittsburgh
to-day. rf ia-9 b -'Hs.'fas7 3 =
RESOLUTIONS were introduced into tn,
Maine Legislature yesterday demanding
the immediate trial and punishment of JEFF
Davis. 20
/ BNGHANPToN, N. Y, was visited by FIRE
early yesterday morning, which destroyed
three buildings in the business center of the
town, inaieting loss of 1850. M .az
A BROKER named Charles H. Carr alb
seconded from New York, on the 10th with
SI7 900 belonging to one of the banks and a
bad woman belonging to nobody I.
Rev. JAS. Fisher, an eminent divine of
KY, had his skull fractured by a slung shot
Blow, in Louisville the other night, from the
effects of which he died yesterday.
The faculty of Yale College have asked
Speaker Colfax not to place himself IN oppo-
stion to the reconstruction policy Of Presi-
dent johnson. .l5sz ~. 81. /
THRzE engineer, fireman and
brakesmsn-were killed by the explosion of
a locomotive on the N. Y. Central road, on
the 10th inst.
A PARTY of negroes murdered a white
man named Pickett and wounded two of
his daughters, Wednesday night, at his res
idence near Wilmington, N. C. a.. ..--.es.
MUDD, spangler and OLaughlin, the as
sassination conspirators, are compelled to
do the most mental work of the prison at
Key West They a-e in good health and
maintain proper department. ,t.
. JGExER1L THOMAS informs the Governor of
Mississippi that the troops will be with
drawn from that State and arms furnished
the State militia. Similar reports come also
from Georgia.
Gov. SWAMI, in his message to the Mary
land Legislature, strongly opposes the ex-
tension of the right of suffrage to the ne
.groes Of that State. or indeed Of any State in
the sodtq.y , ''AS'a a.
An order will soon be issued mastering
out of the service L, 900 troops now stationed
in Texas. This includes all the regiments
in that State but three;sand does not look
much like preparing for hostilities in Mex
leo at present.
THE recent order mastering out of service
a long list Of generals, has caused no little
consternation among those affected by it
"Every man believes all men mortal save
himself" No one included in the list ex-
pected he would be thus disposed of
AS was to have been expected, General
Sweeney is meeting with the sympathy of
the Fenians over his dismissal. They fool
ishly assert that the act was done at the in
stigation of the British Minister at Wash
ington. f#T
The State Department informs Congress
that the Government has no official infor-
nation in regard to the kidnapping ola son
of Mrs. Iturbride by Maximflian; although
facts are known about the transaction which
it is deemed best not to make public just
yet. /
THB government is selling lot of unser-
viceable cannon, first breaking them up so
as to render them useless as an arm of Of
fence. They brought nearly one cent per
pound. Better have initiated the example
Of the first Napoleon, and cast them into
statues for public monuments. There are
too few enduring memorials Of the heroism
Of this great country. .t-- Is .si al
The route for a new railroad has been sur
veyed through Hooking, Athens and Fair
field counties, in the southeastern part of
this State, to connect Columbus with the
Marietta Railroad. The engineers have
found a very easy grade ever the
route. The distance is seventy miles. 1t is
estimated that the road will cost nearly two
millions Of dollars. The right of way has
already been obtained for most of the line
by private grant. The proposed road will
run through the iron and coal fields and salt
regions Of the southeast counties, which
will give it local importance second to no
road in the State. ... as..
The Eight HOurs Labor System.