Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-27
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| PROMOTIONS
WAsHEGroy, July 25-The Senate to-day
confirmed the nomination Of Major General
/ ". T. Sherman to be Lieutenant General of
the Army Of the United States. vice Lien
tenant General Grant, promoted to be
General of the Army; and that of Rear
Admiral David d. Porter TO be Vice Ad-
miral of the Navy, in place of Vice Adj
miral Farragus, promoted to be Admiral of
the Navy.
THs FESIAS PRISONERS.
| The President to- day sent to the House
| message in reply to a letter and resolutions
| Of the House, the first requesting him to
/ urge upon the Canadian authorities and also
/ the British Government the release of the
| Fenian prisoners recently captured in
Canada, and the second requesting him to
cause the prosecutions instituted in the
| United States against the Fenians to be
discontinued if not incompatible with the
| interests. Several voluminous documents
are enclosed.
TIE CAPITOL.
The capitol tonight was in a full blaze Of
gas light. Thousands Of spectators crowd
ed the galleries, while many persons Of both
sexes throngad the rotunda and the passage
ways The closing Eeeues of Congress are
generally attractive, but there was nothing
to night in either branch particularly inter
esting, the proceedings being of mere busi-
ness character, devoid even Of lively de-
bate.
GEN. GRANT -sERExADED.
General Grant was serenaded tonight by
the band of the 5th cavalry in honor Of his
recent military promotion.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
PHILADzLpmA. July 2G.-A boiler ex-
ploded at the Yarn Factory Of Jno. Lendal1
in the 24th ward of this city to-day. Sew
eral persons were killed. No further par
ticulars are given.
CHOLERA.
SAvANSAH, Ca, July 2s.-Twelve deaths
and twenty-five new cases of cholera have
occurred since yesterday morning. Sixty
seven deaths in all have taken place en-
tirely among the troops on Tybee Island.
RIOT
PHnADELPHIE, July 26.-This morning 3
serious rios took place in the 7th Ward Of
this city. The officers attempted to arrest
a man for assaulting policeman, when an
attack was made uVon the policemen, and
some persons among the crowd fred pistols.
Officer Little was shot ip the shoulder, and
was conveyed to his home. Tho ball has
not vet been extracted. Officer Donnan
wss seriously cut in the head and other
wise injured about the body. The police
returned the fire. One shot passed through
the arm of a man and then struck boy
named Edward Sheridan in the forehead,
killing him instantly. The deceased was
twelve years Of age, The Coroner VIII in
vestigate the affair to-day.
CHOLERA
NEW YoRE, July 26.-The Savannah Her
aid Of the 23d says every care is being
taken of the soldiers on the Tybee river
They are well supplied with fresh water,
good provisions and hospital supplies. Two
soldiers were attacked with cholera after
deserving and died.
THE RECENT DIsTILLERY FRAUDS.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The Express says,
in regard to the recent seizure Of distiller-
les in this city, that instead Of three there
should have been two hundred seized 1t
Is intimated that some OF the revenue Off
GERS are in collision with illicit distillers.
A few months since one hundred barrels of
whisky were seized and sold at auction, but
the purchaser found that forty of the bar
rels had been enptied of liquor and filed
with water after the seizure.
DROWNED.
Police Justice Mansfield, Of this city, is
reported as drowned while on a pleasure
party in Orange county, in this State.
YALE COMMENCEMENT.
New HAVEN, CT, July 26.-The annual
exercises at Yale College
look place to-day. The graduating class
numbered ninety three. Frederick N Jud-
son, Of this city, was the valedictorian.
Hon. A. D. White delivered an Grafton be-
ore the Phi Beta Kappa Society, last
evening. A. the close Of the exercises to-
lay the following honorary degrees were
conferred. Master OF Arts-Levi W. Hall,
If Syracuse, and Rev. H. C. Trumbull, Of
Hartford Doctor of Philosophy-James NJ.
stafford, of Lebanon, Tennessee; Doctor Of
Iaws-Ex- Governor VIM. A. Buckingham,
# Connecticut, and Thomas A. Marshall,
thief Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Ten
lessee.