Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-15
MEXICAN NEWS VIA CALIFORNIA
Gold closed Saturday tS9 IL.
Associated Press Report.
From Washington.
From Mexico.

FROM mexico.
WASHINGTON, January 14.-Oficial intelli-
gence from the city of Chihuahua up to the
Sth of December has been received in this
city. President Juarez, instead of being al
San Antonio, Texas ,as has been represented
was resting in quiet at chihuahua. He
writes to friend of his as follows:
"The commanding officers of these States,
the frontier states, and political leaders have
all expressed their approval of the extension
Of my term, and l have reason to believe
that the same will happen in other States
of the Republic"
The French. it seems, had sent another
expedition to Chihuahua. Should this be in
great force, the Mexican Government will
again abandon that city and go to some
other convenient point of the Republic.
Wool.
While the wooden manufacturing Of this
country has doubled since the commence
ment of the war, it is shown by official fig
ures that in the four years ending June 3Oth,
1865, the woods, shoddy and woolens import
ed make an aggregate of $4,000, 900, of
which the unmanufactured wool amounts to
2S7,O00,O00 pounds, costing $45,OO0,OOO.
Nearly all the imports of wool under the
late tariff come at either three or four cents
per pound, the duty averaging less than
five cents. The woods of Australia and
South Africa, which are fine merinos, are
invoiced at less than twenty-four cents per
pound.
Second Assistant Postmaster General Fer
rilly will leave Washington tomorrow for
various parts of the South, in order to make
better arrangements for mail facilities.
A circular has been issued by Brevet Ma
jor General Donaldson, Chief Quartermaster
of the military division of Tennessee, re-
questing surgeons, ehaplains, agents of the
Sanitary and Christian Commissions, quar-
termaster officers and soldiers who may
have served in the army at any time during
the war in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri
or Georgia, having knowledge of the loca-
ton of cemeteries, places of burial or scat
tered graves of any of our brave soldiers in
the States above named, to send to Captain
E. B. Whitman, Assistant Quartermaster at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, such information
as will be useful to him in identifying in all
cases wheresoever our armies have served.
Captain Whitman has been assigned to
the special duty of visiting the battle
fields, cemeteries and places where the I'm
ion dead have been inferred in that mill
tary division, and to report thereon with
view to the establishment of national ceme-
teries, and the removal to these of the dead,
on the plan of those already in process of
completion at Chattanooga and Stone River.
The above is part of the general plan al
ready successfully inaugurated Major Cen
eral Meigs.
Concerning the Withdrawal OfTrOOps
It may be stated with reference to the re-
cent dispatch to the Mobile Advertiser
touching the withdrawal of troops from
Alabama and Georgia, and in acting upon
the application of Governor Parsons, to
withdraw them them from the States, Lieu
tenant General Grant made the following
reply:
For the present, and until there is full
security for equitably maintaining the right
and safety of all classes of citizens in the
States lately in rebellion, would not re-
commend the withdrawal of the United
States troops from them. The number of
interior garrisone might be reduced, but a
movable force sufficient to insure tranquil
ity should be retained. While such force
is retained in the South, doubt the propri-
ETY. of putting arms in the hands of militia.
A Plan for the Organization of the
Regular Army.
An elaborate plan for the organization of
the regular army, drafted by Brigadier Gen.
eral James s. Brisbin, has been placed in
Inc Hd0uS OF LHe uleIuDeTb Oh congress. IL
is for an army of 100000 men makes the
register of companies strong; drops two ma
jors in cavalry, and gives two second lieu
tenants to a company. 1t increases the
grades of the army and provides for the ap-
pointment Of one General-in- Chief, three
generals, sixteen major generals and thirty
two brigadier generals; and also for field
staff and department staff. One half of
the promotions are to be made according to
seniority, and the other half according to
merit, to be determined by boards of exam
liners. 1t requires an officer to serve two
years in the line before entering the staff OF
the army, and makes West Point staff
school. ANY one who can pass tho neeessa-
ry examination may enter the army as sec
ond lieutenant.
The plan exempts officers salaries from
taxation, and allows officers to be retired af-
ter twenty-five years service, and gives
them the right to hold civil offices while in
retirement. 1t incorporates the old regular
army as a part of the new army, and pre-
scribes the rules for uniform, leaves of alb
sence, furloughgs and court martials.
A bill of twenty-five sections has been
prepared comprising the plan proposed, and
an elaborate document in pamphlet form
accompanies it.
BOSTON, january lZ.--CdFL, McStaLner
makes the following statements Left Liver
pool November 18th, with 275 passengers; j;
had heavy gales most of the passage. On
the 21st of December experienced heavy
hurricane the ship laboring very heavily !;
at midnight sprung leak; found four feet
and eleven inches of water in the hold.
Orders were then given to put on all the
pumps-six in number. The passengers
were ordered up, and some put to work on
the pumps, and others discharging the car
go. About three hundred tons of cargo
were thrown overheard as the ship was as
far as $50 81 west. 1t was my intention to
put into Halifax, but the Fredonia heaving
in sight on the 1st of January, the passen-
gers became dissatisfied and wished to leave
the ship, refusing to pump any longer.
offered to pay $50 of them daily wages if
they would stay on board and pump. On
the Sd of January the passengers and crew
abandoned the ship, which had three feet
and three inches of water. We had four
deaths on the passage, and one seaman
named Cornelius Cavanagh, fell from aloft
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