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Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
GENERAL NEWS.

A site for q cemetery for United States
soldiers has been selected, and is being
laid out on the Seven Pines battlefield.
It is stated that within a month afte1
the opening of the New York State Inc
briate Asylum, over 1900 applications
were made by wealthy parents for the ed
mission of their daughters, who had CON
tracted Incorporate habits from the use
of liquors at fashionable parties.
They are fining the hackmen in New
York for not giving each passenger, wheb
he enters the coach, a card, containing the
number of hack, name of owner, and rates
Of fare, as required by an ordinance.
4 woman ninety years old was brought
before the Boston Police Court last week,
for assault and battery.
During the bo~mbardment of Valparai-
so, the American Minister, General Kill
patrick, on horseback, rode through the
city, amid the bursting shells from the
Spanish fleet and the vOciferous cheers OF
the admiring Chilians, encouraging the
fireman in their efforts TO subdue the
flames.
A clergyman in Massachusetts,, more
n century ago addressed a letter to
the General Court on some subject of in
terest which was then under discussion.
The clerk read the letter, in which there
seemed to be this very remarkable SEN
tence: II address you, not as magistrates
but as Indian devils The clerk hest.
tated, and looked carefully, and said, eyes
he addresses you as Indian devils" The
wrath ofthe honorable body was aroused
they passed a vote of censure, and wrote
to the reverend gentleman fer an expla.
nation, from which it appeared that he
did not address them as magistrates, but
as iadiridnaks.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
PERSONAL.

DR.. j. G. Holland has sold-his interest
in the Springfield Republscan-one of the
best papers in the country-to William
II. Pomeroy, who has for a long while
been one OF its editors.
Mdlle. Marie Sake, the A~fricaine of the
Paris opera, whose real name is Sasse,
has been compelled by the French laws
to keep to the latter spelling. She was
sued by Sax, the horn-maker, for damages,
for spelling her name his way, and hence
the judgment.
Cannissa, the popular primo donna
with Max Strakosch's Italian Opera
Troupe, now in Chicago, is highly praised
by the press of that city. She made a de-
cided hit as "Annetta," in the opera of
"Crispino," a production that shared with
the "Africaine," the honors of the season
last winter in New York.
1.-THE New York Tribune, in noticing
the sale of autographs in that city, Of
which note wa madei.n last weeks Times,
says it was noticeable that nell tvritten
autographs brought the most money, q fact
which great men ought to bear in mind.
Fol- such purchasers We approve Of the
response which Henry Ward Beecher
once made to a request for his autograph,
which was something like this:
HMy Dear SRI take pleasure in &c
ceding TO your request for my autograph.
Yours, h. w. B~EEcHER,
er--- his AttoTueU.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
About Wax.

We occasionally catch glimpses of
Washington life, and the way TO do
things in Washington-vague glimpses
as though seen through a glass darkly.
The last story is from The Rochester
Democrat and it is of one A. B.
Sloanaker, recently appointed to a rev.
enue dictatorship in Philadelphia, in
place of Colonel John H. Taggart a Re-
publican, we are told, certainly a gallant,
reputable soldier. Among other things
Sloanaker imagined that the President
had a weakness for wax flowers, and ar
ranged q case, which was duly announced
as a wax-fruit presentation to the Presi-
dent on the part of fifteen children of a
Philadelphia grammar-school, kindly pre-
sented in their behalf son Saturday,
March 81, 1856, by A. B. Shoemaker, Esq"
1t now turns out that the fruit was A.
BIS, who purchased it arranged the tes-
timonial, presented it, and had the event
duly herslded in all the newspapers,
shortly followed by Colonel Taggarts dis
missal, and his own appointment to an
office worth at least $4,000 a year.
As we don't know Mr.. Sloanaker, never
heard Of him, never knew of his being
valiant in war, nor sage in council, nor
having any claim on the party or the
President, we are bound to presume that
the wax-fruit did the business. 0nemoral
of the story is that our politicians should
be well supplied with wax-wOrk before
getting ready for office. The reader may
draw as many more morals as he pleases.
Ncw Fork Tribune.
vi have political w~ire-worker OFT
this wsy-the Head-Senter of a small
but industrious clique OF politicians-whc
is the proprietor of a piece of wax-work,
in the shape CT the Reconsideration Of
the Cleveland Herald which he mould:
very much at his pleasure.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

eR1yDrNG THE GUuLorINE.

III
There are some twenty thousand post
masters in the United States, OF whom
out eight or nine hundred require con-
irmation by the Senate. There are to De
vigorous removals among the restwno are
denouncing the Administration. Their
dismsssals are being made ont at cost
office Department.
THEINCOME TAXINTHESoUTHERN STATE
The Internal Revenue Bureau, acting
under the general law, requires all citi-
zens of the South to render Income returns
for the year 1864 as well as for 1865.
| Some of the rebel officers residing in AL
exandria, Va, are startled by the calls of
the Assessors upon them TO furnish the
required statements, and are surprised
that the rations received by them in the
Confederate Army are estimated at forty
cents. One of them expressed his readi-
ness to pay his tax in Confederate money;
but this was, of course, declined.
CHARGES OF U~NFAIRNEss.
It has been officially reported by Gen.
Howard, from Virginia, that Generals
Fullerton and Steedman would scarcely
listen to a Union man or a negro, unless
he was dissatisfied with the Freedmen's
Bureau; that they carefully took down, in
short, every rebel complaint, but studi-
ously avoided noticing anything said in
favor of the continuance Of the Bureau
and that the whole inspection has been
unfair and o~ne-sided, which Will be shown
as o as the facts are made known.
CAUCUsISG OVER THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
There has been a general conference To-
day, of the members of the Reconstrue-
ton Committee, relative to the course to
be persued on the constitutional amend
men:, which comes up in the Senate on
Monday. The result seems to be that a
determined effort will be made to strike
out the third section, which disfranehises
all rebels from voting for the next Presi-
dent. II Is proposed to insert a clause,
depriving all officers of the rebel govern
ment from ever holding an office under
this Government. In this shape, it will
necessarily go to the House for concurrence
1t will, it is now believed, command 8
two-thirds vote in that body. There has
been a vast amount of ~caucusing, on the
above subject.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
AMENDMENT
STATE NEWS.

a REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER IN OHIO.
One of the survivors of the revolution
airy war resides in Noble township, Noble
county. His name is John Grey. He
was born January 6, l764, in Virginia.
In February, 1880, he volunteered in the
service of his country, but returned home
in May, 1871, Immediately after the sur
render of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, and
was retained as a minute-man on the
banks of the Potomac for SIX months after,
before he was discharged the service. His
father, Shadrick Grey, died in the service,
of his country at White Plains in Janu-
airy, 1777. John Gray has never received
one farthing from his Government in the
shape of land warrant, pension, or any
thing else. He is now entirely dependant
upon the charities of a step daughter tthe
child of his first wife. He enjoys remark
ably good health, and his mental faculties
are very good for a person in his advanced
age. He has never taken a portion of
medicine from & physician in his life. He
went to the polls last fall and voted the
Republican ticket.
PASSED THRoUGH.-G. T. Beauregard
Ex-Confederate General, and now Presi-
Kilt u u AAsS4sslppl 4AuAlLDuu company
passed through Columbus on Saturday
morning for Bellair. His parole has been
so modified as TO allow him 10 visit Eu-
rope on business connected with his rail-
road. The hour was too cary for sight
seers and the General failed TO create 8
sensation.
ENIGRANTs.-May 18th, GA emigrants
passed Columbus for the different States
South and West. Two hundred and
ninety-four Of these proposed to settle in
Ohio, ninety-seven in Missouri, one hun
dred and fOrty-one in Illinois, forty-three
in Indiana, thirty in Kentucky, and thir-
ty-nine in Kansas.
GAS CoMMIssIoNER-Governor Cox.
after some correspondence with the lead
ing candidates, has decided not to appoint
a Gas Commissioner, in consequence OF
the accidental omission in the law to fix
decomposition.
AGRICULTURAL CoLLEGE.-The Gov
ernor has issued a circular to the Agri-
cultural College Site Trustees, fixing the
oath inst. for the first meeting Of the
Board, which is composed of Messrs.
Thomas G. Jones, of Delaware, NJ. d.
Legget, of Muskingum, A. L. Perrill, OF
Pickaway, Lewis Miller, of Summit, and
L. Q. Rawson, of Sandcsky.
BURIAL OF OHIO SOLDIERS IN TENNEs-
sEE--Last week Governor Cox received
a note directing his attention to the fact
hat the remains of Union soldiers, Killed
at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, had
been very carelessly inferred, and were in
many cases becoming exposed. The Gov
ernor forwarded this note to General
Thomas, commanding that military di-
vision, with a letter explaining the cir
cumstanees. The General replies that
the work of examining the different fields,
finding the graves and noting the remains
preparatory to removal, has necessarily
consumed much time, but is nearly COM
pleted. The selection of a cemetery for
those who fell at Franklin, Tenn, yet re-
mains to be done. In the meantime it
was thought best to leave the dead where
they are, until arrangements were COM
pleted for their final removal.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

=
The origin of Asiatic chOlers-at least
of its later ravages-has been traced by
scientific investigation to the Arabian
deserts, and is ascribed to the filthy habits
of the horde of Mohammedan pilgrims
who annually visit Mecca and pay their
homage to the tomb of the great prophet.
The whole civilized world, thus imperilled
by the religious ~fansticism OF the barbar-
ians of Arabia, is of course interested in
the reform of the abuses which have prop
agated the dread disease. The French
government has taken hold Of the matter
in earnest, and the influences of diplomacy
havebeen brought to bear for the removal
of the originating causes of the Asiatio
plague. The reforms thus instituted are
summed UP as follows by the Arabian
correspondent of the Paris PGfrie;
At Jiddah large Hkhans'' have been es-
tablished, where the pilgrims have to stay
for some time before continuing their
Journey. The condition of these 'khans, p
in a hygienic point of view, is most salts.
factory.
The journey from Jiddah to Mecca
which formerly was made in from ifteer
to sixteen hours, will hereafter be made
in twenty-four, and there will be thre'
stopping places. At each of these stop
ping places large "khans" have been es
tablished, where the pilgrims will spend
the night and repose.
In Mecca, great precautionary meas
ares have been adopted. A vast hospita
has been established near the city with
drugstore. Sick pilgrims will remain il
this establishment until their complete re
covery. Moreover, encampments hav'
been prepared for the pilgrims where the!
will find anything they need, and which
they will only leave during the times o
devotional exercises.
Special attention has been paid to thu
water question. The celebrated Zemzen
well, in the interior of the mosque, hal
been repaired. This well never dries up
and as it furnishes an excellent and CO
pious supply Of water, it will be an i'm
mense benefit. The reservoirs which re
ceive the water from the sources of tn,
Ararat have also been restored, and vii
largely provide for the wants of the mum
erous pilgrims.
The most important reform which hsI
been effected is that with regard to tn.
sacrifices. Instead of leaving the fesl
and the entrails of the slaughtered ami
mails exposed to the air until they pas
into complete decomposition and fill tn
atmosphere with miasmas, they vii
be covered with earth Immediately ate
sunset. 1t is expected that this reform
will cause great dissatisfaction among tn
fanatical Mohammedans, but the author
tiles have at their disposal the necessar.
troops for executing the rules.
The whole world is interested in thi
matter, precisely in proportion as tn
whole world is endangered by the exis
tence of this fearful pestilence. If, as i
confidently hoped, these measures ma.
prove effective in entirely exterminatin:
the disease by removing its cause, W
shall be grateful to the French govern
ment for the most wonderful sanitary re
form in the worlds history.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
Ar;emus ward Sick.

NIISm the nome eckiN-l
You may not be awair, by the way,
that I've bin a invalid here to home fol
sev'ra weeks. And it's all OWN to ny
own ~improodens. Not feelin' like eatin
a full meal when the cars stopt for dinner
in the South, where 1 lately was, 1 went
into a Resterater and ct 20 hard billed
eggs. 1 think they effected my Liver.
My wife says, Pc, pc. She says I've
got g splendid liver for a man of my time
of life I've heard of mems livers grad
ooally wastin' away till they hadn't none
Its a dredful thing when a mans livel
givs him the shake.
Two years ago comm this May, I had
attack of fever-n-ager, and by the advice
of Miss Peasky (who containers single
and Is corresponding unhappy in The
same ratiol, I consulted a Splritooul me.
jum-a writin' mejum. I got a letter
from a celbrated IDiin chef, who writ
me aecordin' TO the mejum, that he'd been
ded two hundred and seventeen OH
years, and liked it. He then said, let the
Pale face drink sum yarb teal 1 drinkt it,
and it really helpt me. I've writ to this
talented saTige this time thro' the same
mejum, but as yet 1 hant got any answer.
Perhaps he's in a spear where they han't
got any postige stamps.
But thanks to carful @nussin,' I'm i'm
provin' rapid.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
Mcclellan.

The Chicago Tribune thus sptly sums
up McClellan's military career
West Point may make a mar an engi-
neer, but nature, education and experience
are all required to make him a general.
Mcclellan had, as a mere lieutenant, COM
msnded q battery or q gun in some of the
petty battles of the Mexican war. lie had
visited the Crimea and seen some engineer
ing done there. In West Virginia his
subordinates did some fighting under cir
cumstances in which failure was reduced
to a simple numerical impossibility. But
the great George B. himself had at no
time handled a brigade in the presence OF
an enemy. And what is more he never
afterwards did. He captured the wooden
guns at Manassas after the rebels had left.
He repeated the same feat at Yorktown.
He came up to the battlefield of VIII
~liamsburgh after the battle was over, Just
in time to dress up a dispatch in a shape
to make it appear that his arrival ended
the battle, which had really been fought
for nine hours by Hooker and Kearney.
He came up in the same toe
late at Fair Oaks or Seven Pines
He was not present at Gaines Mills, mol
any of the seven days battles; but hi:
own official report shows that each night
he left directions with his corps command
ers where to fight, and rode miles away
TO the rear to select a spot on which they
should fight the next day. None of Nc.
Clellan's troops were ever cheered by the
presence of their commander. Finally
at the battle of Malvern Hills, when hi:
army could retreat no further and mus
maintain their position or be annihilated
Mcclellan was out Of range of the enc
my's fire on a gunboat. None of these
facts appear in Swinton's narrative
Hence it deserves TO be expelled from the
ranks of historical compositions, as its
author was expelled from the lines of the
very army whose history he pretends to
write, and for the ssme reason, viz: fol
his 'fslse statements
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
Away with Disease and MatrI
ToNsoRIAL.
LONG HUMAN HAIR.

WM. DAY HAS REMOVED TO 1o9
w PUBLIC sQUARE.-MR. WILLIAM DAY
having just arrived from Europe, would in
form the Ladies and public generally, that b has
now open for inspection the largest and most CON-
pl0te stock Of HUMAN hair GOODS ever offered
20 them in Cleveland. Handsome Long Hair,
sWfTcHEsl BRAiDs' coli HEIp n1ERrEFSsssEsS o.
&c. Ladies viii do well to examine this beautiful
Hair before purchasing elsewhere.
h-B.-hany very pretty Head Dresses brought
direct from Paris-the very latest fashion--(nev
designs in Coils, Twists, Bows, del Any Of the
above Head Dresses, all Of which car be made out
~otsvitches and Braids without injury to either.
- Ladies Hair Dressing in all the latest and
most rrnvatfin1 atutaSt mar1a
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

Clutches Literary and Scientific Register
and AImGnac for 1858, gives The follow
ing account Of the age of certain living
writers: James Hannah 80, Matthew Ar
mold Il, Wilkie Collins A., John Ruskin
Al. Rev. C. Kingsley Al, Captain Mayne
Reid 4s, G. H. Lewis 4s, Tom. Taylor 40,
Shirley Brooks so, William Howard Rus
sci so, Anthony Trollope, 81, Charles
Reade 50, R. Browning 81, c. Mackay 81,
c. Dickens "a, A. Tennyson 81, Sir Arch
ibald Alison, Mark Lemon 81, Edward
Mall 81, r. N. Mines 50, W. E. Glad
stone Sc, Charles Lever 5s, Prof. Maurice
81, Sir f. Bulwer Lytton 81, Benjamin
DIsraeli 81, Harrison Ainsworth 81, sc.
Hall 6s, Barry Cornwall 65, Samuel Lover
Albsey Fonblangue 60, Rev. G. R. Gleig
20, T. Carlyle 20, W. Hewitt II, Sir John
Bowring a, Rev. II. d. Milman IS, C.
knight IS, j. P. Collier II. and Lord
Brougham sc.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
Rebels Cannot Hold once in WfseOn,
sin-OpinIOn of the Attorney
General.

Z From the Madison (wis,) Journal, 81
1t appears that at an election in Red
River, in Kewaunee county, a man named
Ferdinand Heavers. who had served as a
volunteer in the rebel army, was elected
town clerk and justice of the peace. His
predecessor, refusing to give up the books
and papers CT the office 10 him, he wrote
/ to Attorney General Gill asking his opin-
ion and to his eligibility. The Attorney
General replies that he csnnot hold the
Office to which he Wa elected, and says:
GHaving served as q volunteer in the
late rebel army, you have forfeited all
political rights under the United States
Government and that Government can
alone restore them. Having placed your
selfin the attitude Of an alien enemy to
the United States Government you can
not exercise the rights and privileges not
accorded to aliens, who are not enemies.
Not having the right to vote you cannot
hold Office.
ENo Republic could live long if its ac-
knowledged enemies could, without its
consent participate in its administration"
This decision seems to us eminently
sound.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

Rumors have been current for some time
past CT large sums being lost at different
clubs in Paris. To prevent such objee-
tionabIe acts, the Prefect of Police inter
dicted baccarat, one of the games most in
vogue. and notice of the prohibition has
been given to the Grammont, st. Hubert,
Aguesseau, and Maison Doree Clubs.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

On the train from Niagara Falls to
Rochester, the other day, a passenger was
seized, while on the platform, by three
men. One of them held his hands, while
the other two went through his pockets,
taking mis- poeket-book, containing four
teen dollars and tickets. The train was
running slowly at the time, between the
Falls and the Bridge.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

The following mot is attributed to Herr
Won Usedom, the Prussian Minister at
Florenbe, upon General La Msrmora as
signing the embarrassed condition of the
finances of Italy as a reason why Italy
should not engage inw draw at bull
lets upon Austria and at sight upon Prus-
STA. There are 400, O0O, 600 in Berlin to
honor your drafts"
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

Executions are conducted differently in
Europe from the mode prevailing here
In France, the most civilized, perhaps, Of
all nations, the culprit is sen, fenced to
death without the day peing made pnblic.
If his application to the Emperor
for reprieve is unsuccessful, he is
is only notified of the fact half
an hour before the time secretly set apart
for his execution, so that he is not per-
mitted to remain long in suspense after
hearing the fatal news. At the end of
thirty minutes he is quietly led out to the
~guillotine, and In less than two minute
thereafter he has fully expiated his guilt,
and the body is en- its way to the GEM
etery.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Business Men Wanted

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Christ Blessing Little Children" Its supsri-
GRITTY over other Engravings claimed As an appro-
pirate match, psrtAkes OF q striking contrast.
Sales mmense-withest precedent in the history
Of EngrsTings-
An examination OF our assortment will satisfy
any one, that for merit, power and beSuty OF de-
have no equals.
A few General superintendents wanted, to en-
ploy men and conduct tue correspondence con
nected with the business, ia the New England and
Western States.
References required. Apply either personally
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Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

Judge Abel, of the First District of
New Orleans, has declared the Civil
Rights bill 70 be unconstitutional.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

On the Gath inst, the people of West
Virginia vote on the following proposed
amendment to Section LIST of Article 3rd
of the Constitution of that state:
"No person who, since the LIST day Of
June, 1851 has given or shall give y%olunta-
~ aid or assistance to the rebellion against
the United States, shall be a citizen Of this
State, or be allowed to vote at any election
held therein, unless he has volunteered
into the military or naval service of the
United States, and has been or shall be hon
orably discharged therefrom."
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
AUCTION SALES,

E0R SALE AT AUGTI0N-0n Tuesday,
~ May 18th, at 10 A. NJ, at A Oregon street,
Six Span of Horses, Wagons and Harness; also
one Horse aud Cart Sale positive. Terms cash.
msylo-3l4 TRED. KIMBERLY, Auetioneer.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16

"A Mrs. Callahan died recently at Web
ster. Massachusetts,. of dropsy, after hav-
inc had $50 pounds Of water removed
from her BY t~wenty=four surgical opera
tioAs-1
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-16
rho washington dowa) Press.

Mr.. H A. Burrell, formerly city editor
of the LEADER, removed West a few
weeks since to engage in the publication
of the Washington, Iowa. Press, the
first number of which, under his auspices,
we have received. The editorials, partic-
ularly the %salutatory, are remarkably
we'll written, bearing evidence of the
peculiar, ineisive, vigorous style of Mr..
Burrell. We express the hope that he
will meet with the largest measure o.
success in his new field of labor.