Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-12

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in the act of Congress, was reported as tba
reason for not appointing ComInissioner IN.
other slave States. H s- ~. ~. ~ ~ y
He lays that the necessity of prov idfng for
the payment oftroops, and The pressing ex-.
i igencies OF wal, required all the funds-fur--
nished by the Treasury, and for that reason
| the payment en- awards were suspended.
/ The Presidents directions it is stated, re-
/ mains unTeYoked, aBd the ueeessitv for the
use of all the available funds for the pay
ment Of troops, and for supplies, still eon-
iRues. -- -
STATEMENT oFADJUrASr GESERGL FOsTEE
The accompanying statement Of Assistant
AdJutant General Foster shows that there
/ has been hied with the Commissioners for
i Maryland 1867 claims for compensation
under that Act and the awards made upon
7S6 claims amounted TO $3.50, $50, Of which
! 81, 6,90O-hsd -beNR-Paid.- Fhere-yers--
filed eighteen Commissioners for Del
aware, IlIf claims upon which are
Awards made amounting 70 SIl ,SS3, none of
which had been paid. Tcc- +- CE
The statement of the Provost Marshal
General relative to eommutation funds,
shows that there was on hand February q. :
1884, 7.4S9,O35s since which time there has z
been received $lD. .4SS, 729. Expenditures
since February "a 1854, have been for pro-
during 9substitutes and reeruits;- boupties-
and premiums, S6,577,64 and for enroll
Inents, $l7S.5OO-making an aggregate of
s., ,362,641 Included in this sum are so. 900 I
turned over to the Chief of the Bureau Of
eOlored troops. The balance of the funds
received amount to S5,075,SsS, leaving a
total balance Of fund IN the treasury subject
to draft of $9,5I4, ,923.-l-c -1 IS z1l2
Z -s-3- SWAMP LAND PATExT g. -s-.1 -ll 20
The Interior Department. has issued 10 g
the State of Iowa a-swamP. land patent Of
upward Of 81, 500 acres.
b a coHMIrrED TO PRISON.
Anthony shoeder, formerly clerk in the
Treasury Department, arrived here to day a1
il charge of an officer and was taken to the
Cpurt House, when Judge Fisher commit =
ted him to prison.. He is charged with ab- p
straeting over $35, 200 in Five-tWenties- from
the Treasury while he was employed as
clerk. He was arrested in Michigan.
'7 TRIAL OF sEM1Es. p" -I -
The trial Of Capt Semmes would have
commenced to day but for the absence of
Commodore Wiaslow, one of the most i'm
portant witnesses.
MUSTERED OUT.
IWAsHNaTox, January 1.-THE following
Isl list of volunteer organizations which
have been or are ordered to be mustered out
of the servieeSnOt included in the previous
Illinois Inrantry-StR, Dist. 47tb. Ilstb ].
10Th, -45Gth, ard a detatehment Of The 25th. =
This constitutes the muster out of. that reg
: f6didnaITihe 2stb, s1st, s5tb, 5lst and
45th regiments of infantry. =
kentueky-The 18th and 2lst regiments Of ~
infantry. t-rr
AfinnesOta-cO. D, of the ID regfmeutof of
cavalry. -. -i---. .------a -- ~ 70
hIissOuri-The IIth and 49th regiments. q
This completes the muster Of that regiment. d .
phiO-fhe 10Th, 18th, 26th, 49th, 51st,
6Ah. list, ls7th. and 18th regiments. - "a
Mlsconsin-The 18th regiment OF infantry. Ga
c1 RAILROAD SUR. ss- -l.1
PHILADELPHf4, January 11.-To day, be- )
fore Justice Reed, in the Nisi Prius, the
case of the Philadelphia & Erie and Penn = ~
sylvania Railroads rs. the Catawissa, w est G %
erh Central and A. 4 G.. W. Z. r. came up. -
The counsel Of the Reading road applied
to be made s-party to sustain the respond -
emf The case grows cut Of the proposed ~
brpadguage road, which the respondents
have decided to build Or.ereate by means Of =
roads. Complainants ask for an I
injunction, declaring that the contract Of q.
OCTOBER 81, 1855, is at an end, and that it
be ideli4ered mp and cancelled ---- >ftl J.
The object of the respondent is to con-all
strnct great through route between the,
west and New York, although it is agreed !.
that Philadelphia may have a. few crumbs ~
of business. The whole scheme has beenr
carried through by picking up little local "a
charters which were intended for roads
pufelyloeal in their character The first step
is An effort to get across the State of PenR----
sy lvsnia- and lease the Catawassa, whereby
tho parties hnpe to get from WeltOn8 across ~
the State, unite with the Eastern Pennsyl-
vania railroad and thence by the Morris L
Essex get into New York. The argument
wi be resumed TO morrow mOrniRgs e. lio-