Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-26
Special Dispatches.
RECEIVED UP TO O'CLOCK, A. NJ.
Special Dispatches to the W estsrn Press.

| TIE CHOLERA.
/ NEW York, Apr. 25.-The Board of Health
has drawn up proclamation of peril TO
the public health, which the Governor has
endorsed and signed. 1t sets forth in a Sc
ries of resolutions that in the judgment. q,
the Board there is great and Imminent IN. m. 70
to the public health, and provides EssA ia-rE
ing and disinfecting the city for the t4rA !t
mOval, treatment and care of those attacked
by cholera or other contagious diseases, and
generally to enforce the laws pertaining to
health and to incur debts for the purpose.
The last dates from Gaudaloupe state that
the cholera is disappearing. The official
statistics published by the government
| show a mortality from this disease of TO-
SOC out of population Of 149, ,I07. This is
proportion of y per cent.
The French government is about TO pro-
pose to the various governments Of Europe
uniform passport system.
EXAMINATION.
New YORK. April 25-In the examins-
| tion of Otto B1rstenbinder to-day for the
shipment of nitro glycerine by Wells, Far
go Co.'S, California Express, Alfred Z.
| Nobel, the inventor, was called for the de-
fense, and said the properties Of the oil are
First, Itis liquid. Second, 1t is poison
ness. Third, If you set it on fire it does not
explode. Fourth, Ifcoufned and heated to
$50 degrees it explodes. Fifth, It has m ,re
concentration Of power than gunpowder.
We are trying to investigate the effect of
oil when mixed with saw dust. Ny impress
sion is that the mixture viii prove more
dangerous than the oil itself. We are in
vestigating it now. Mr.. Nobel stated that
he was the inventor Of the practical adop-
tion of nitrO-glycerine for blasting purpos-
es. Nitro glycerine is only explosive un-
der certain conditions, as is the case with
many other substances not considered ex-
plosiYe. Nitro glyeerine is not an inham-
able substance; if fire is set to it it does not
catch ire like turpentine or spirits, but goes
out when a match is withdrawn. 1t does
not explode on the more application of FIRE.
Its use in blasting is only possible through a
patent used. A shower of sparks will not
explode it. The application of fire has been
tried hundreds Of times, and it requires $50
degrees of heat in a confined space before
exploding. Conclusion will not ex Jl0de it:
we have tried it by throwing it hundreds
of feet. 1t would not explode In Ham
burg the experiment was tried by throwing
it up in a rocket, and its fall of more
than one thousand feet did not explode.
1t atterward exploded, showing it to be
pure nitro-glycerine.
DEATH OF DR.. sLAYrEE.
The Montreal Gazette of April 2Sd saws:
1t is reported that DR.. Slayter, one of the
physicians who volunteered to attend the
cholera patients on the England, was taken
i'll on Monday morning and died of that
disease on Tuesday night Two other doc
tors, named Carrie and Gossip, were at
tackled with the disease, but recovered.
Eight Of the passengers made their escape
| from the quarantine ship and it is feared
may spread the disease. Three new cases of
cholera are also reported at Halifax.
INTEREST on THa FTvE-TwESTIEs.
WAsHISeroS, April 25.-The payment of
the May interest on the gold bearing cou-
pons, known as the 5-20s, will not Be an
tieipated, but will be paid on the first of
May, the period at which it falls due. s29-
100000 is about the amount to be paid.
GRAVES OF Z. S. SOLDIERS.
The War Department has just issued an
order relating to graves of U. S. soldiers as
follows:
All persons engaged in cultivation of land
who may have the graves of o. S. soldiers
| located upon their lands, are hereby forbid
| den TO mutilate or obliterate the traces of
such graves by blowing or otherwise to dis
turb the head boards, stakes or fences
around them. All officers on duty az Pro
vost Marshals, Post Commanders, or other
wise connected with the military service,
are instructed to send information of the
localities Of such graves, and of any breach
of this order to the Quastermaster- General.
JEFF. DAVIS.
It has been stated that the President has
instructed the Attorney General of the o..
s. tr prepare for the arrangement of JEFF.
Davis before the U. S. Circuit Court of Vir-
ginia, on charge of high treason. This is
mistake. No such instructions have been
given, but there have been frequent consul
tatiens with iminent legal gentlemen, affect
/ ing JEFF. Davis and others implicated in
crimes against the United States in connee-
tlon with the late rebellion, and looking to
/ their trial. .