Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-02
THE Ne S .
MEs. DAVIS returned to Fortress Monroe

| -@-AI -ANDNhioi5 a JONHS S'Hs hfi1S q
Spencer, Owen county, Indiana, died Jas
Wednesday morning from the effect of in
haling vnpor from COstar'a rat poison.
WITHIN few days the Fenians bav
shipped from Columbus, o., 10000 round
of ammunition 10 New York, $4,000 t
Chicago, and $500 muskets to Buffalo
A LARGE number of merchants and bust
ness men Of New York have invited th.
President to visit that city sometime dur
ing the present month, and it is probable
he will accept the invitation.
TIE Government has made contrac
with Adams Express Company for the ex.
elusive transportation of all monies and
securities belonging to the United State:
sent and received by the Department.
Ar trial of steam FIRE engines in Pough.
keePsie, N. Y, yesterday, one steamer
throw two streams of water $50 feet perpen-
dicular, and another stream 225 feet hori
zontally.
DISPATCHES from all parts of the country
announce a general suspension of business,
display of flags at half mast, tolling of bells,
and other funeral observances in respect to
the memory Of The late Lieutenant General
Scott.
A LETTER from a Fenian in Texas 10 Col.
Roberts, of n. Y, concerning the purchase
Of arms, by mistake in the number of the
P. o. box in the superscription fell into the
hands Of the q. S. Marshal of New York,
who published it. Its contents are proba-
bly, of a damaging nature, as Roberts has
made fuss about it,"
a MEs. HERON, residing near Caldwell
Noble county, Ohio, on lac. Thursday, gave
birth to four children, three girls and one
boy. The latter died when a few hours,
old. Mrs. Heron is only thirty four years
old, and is the mother ofsixteen children.
A MACHINE is now in operation in New
Jersey pest-bog which turns out twenty
FIVE tons of pressed peat per day. The peat
is pressed into bricks, and comes from the
machine as hard as bituminous coal, and
much neater TO handle. 1t is estimated
that peat can be n anufactured at cost of
one dollar per ton, exclusive of the hand
ling.
oUh telegraphic columns this morning
are bristlipg with news of the latest Fenian
Fort Erie, opposite Buffalo,
was taken, without resistance, night be-
fore last, by a party of Fenisns under
command of Col. O'Neil. They were armed
and uniformed previous TO leaving Buffalo.
After landing it appears that at least one
Canadian was killed, and possibly three
though the reports are not definite. The
news spread through Canada and at once
created a whirlwind of excitement. Vol
unteers poured into Toronto, Montreal, and
other places, and the fighting spirit was up
to blood heat. The British troops, also
were nut in motion. From various points
in this country detachments of Fenians
were on the way TO the theater Of opera
tions. Such was the tenor of the dispatches
in the afternoon and evening. The later
telegrams announced that there was no pos
sibiIity of the success Of the invasion
that the golden opportunity was lost in the
morning. and that the advance party of the
Fenians would have hard time of it. The
latest digpatch, received at two O'Clock this
morning, gave it as a rumor that, dis
couraged by the non-receiPt of reinforce
ments, they had broken up their camp
DESTROYED their arms and ammunition, and
were retreating to the United States. The
next news will be looked for with great
interest
A TELEGRAM yesterday morning briefly
announced the explosion of tho Mississippi
river steamboat City of Memphis, neal
Memphis, but gave no particulars. sinc'
then the following details have been re-
ceiyed The steamer City of Memphis
hound to st. Louis from New Orleans, with
her cabin full of people, including abou
fifteen ladies and few small children, ex
ploded her boilers at S o'clock Thursday
morning, at the foot of Buck Island, a
miles below Memphis. The number los
is yariously estimated at from Fifty to on
hundred lives, including the deck snC
cabin passengers, and crew. Three pilot
were lost. The cause of the explosion cal
not be yet definitely sseertained, but al
the Messengers say one of the boilers wa
leaking. They also concur in the rePor
that number of the passengers compliance
about the boat going SO slow, the enginee
replying that they would not put on an,
more steam and risk the lives of the pas
sengers. DR.. Jas. snythe, from Havana
formerly of Georgia, says he heard III
engineer say the boat was allowed to carr
| 175 pounds of steam, but under no circum
stances would he carry more than II
mounds. The boat caught fire immediatel
and burned to the waters edge. The S
Patrick came along shortly after and tcc
the sufferers. The body Of an infant whic
died of cholera infantum, on the 2sth, WI
burned. Among the list Of passengers we
the following: Mr.. and Mrs. and Dav
Coppenhaber, West Union, Penn; Mr.. al
Mrs. Sharp and their children, Maline al
Amsden Tyler, Smith county, Texas, goii
to Toledo, Ohio; B. Bronter, 4. W. Boyane
: John H. Parker, Dayton, Ohio.
6