Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-23


FELFGRAPHIC.
Continued from frst pqgel
sinst the Erie Railroad for expenses in
rrsd, beEanse. of the detention OF emf
As a. Dunkirk, during 1862
sxUeeLERs-
"A descent was made on s body Of Snug
iers at Bristol, Mass, on Sunday. ana
5und IS barrels Of rum, about l9a.0Oe cigars,
nd I6 demijohns ofliquor, ready fo- trans
ortsGon.
pIsTmLERY FRAUDS.
Nav YoRK. March 22.7The investiea-
ions of illicit distiley business stillcontinues
/ the Astbr House. 1t is stated thatin the
ase of one Of the distilleries seized the gov
rnment has been defrauded of about $780,
90 revenue tax.
TIE LOAN BILL.
The Posts Washington special, ofthe 22d,
avs that II is believed that no loan bill viii
pass the Ways and Means Committee or the
House. Prominent members of the Com
mittee have held from the first that the
Secretary has power under the existing
l. -A4NuNF5 " jill ALAf A4u 4 3 - aAA1 AAA1 -
ing that on consideration the Secretary Of
he Treasury has concluded that he IS salts
fed with the power now in his hands. The
doubts which he formerly felt are removed,
and the result will probably be the sGspen-
sion Of all Congressional action.
NIAGARA SHIP CANAL.
Mr.. Littlejohn's bill in the Assembly 10
incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal au-
thorizes Abel a. Low, j.. Sturgis, Peter
Cooper, Noses Taylor. A. G. Jerome, Hiram
Walbridge, Horace H Day and Vim. H.
Osborne, Of n. Y; Ex-Comptroller Lorenzo
BurrowS Dean Richmond, Freeman Clarke,
Thos. c. Alyord, Amasish B. Jones, VIM.
A. Wheeler, Thos. W.. AlieOtt and others to
construct a ship canal around Niagara
Fails, in this State, commencing at some
convenient point on the Niagara river,
above the Falls, and terminating at some
convenient point below. on the same stream
or on the shore of Lake Ontario, which
shall not be less than los feet wide on the
surface and 90 feet wide at the bottom, with
Is feet in depth Of water, with locks not
less than as feet long, 46 feet wide, and for
that purpose nave all necessary powers TO
take land, &C., required TO accomplish it.
! PETITION OF GRKENE, THE MURDERER.
BosroN, March 22d.-Edward W. Greene,
the Maiden murderer, has petitioned to the
Supreme Court for q writ Of error, on the
grounds that the Court had no power to
pass death sentence without the interven-
ton of a jury.
FEEIAx MEETISs AT SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Ga, March 22.-There was a
large and enthusiastic Fenian meeting here
last night, the State Center presiding. Adj
dresses were made by Daniel Donovan, of
Boston. A large number Of names were
added to the roll. Irish bonds were freely
aiken.
MEXICAN DOCUMENTS.
WAsH1SGrox, March 22.-The President
to-day transmitted to the House Of Repre-
sentatives on the general condition Of the
Mexico documents from the year 1864 to the
present time. Much Of it has heretofore
been published, and the remainder presents
but few public interest. One of the papers
shows that the Mexican Republic granted
permission to our military forces to pass
over its territory, in order TO conduct a
campaign against the Apache Indians.
. Minister Pomeroy, transmits to Secre-
tary Seward, a copy Of a letter, dated
Paris, Feb. 18th, the writer Of which he
says is worthy in all respects, of confdenee,
and the sources from which he derives his
knowledge is authentic. The letter is as
follows:
have derived from a personal converse
ton w TIL a high fnnetionary OF the French
Empire the following facts: "That at the
last two Conferences Of the Councils Of the
Minister, it was
Resolued, To try a middle course on the
Mexican question, which gives these Min
listers disquiet, who have been for the sim
pie withdrawal of the French forces. It
seems that this middle course consists II
forming in Mexico or France, an American
party, which is TO hoist as q new standard,
the departure of Macmillan and the re-
establishment of the Republic, with Bazain
as President. Thus it is thought to stop
the troubles of the T.. S. Absurd, as this
projectmay appear, there is no room to dOubt
Of its existence. The news comes borne out
by various antecedents and invincible re-
pugnance which Napoleon feels to with
drawing his troops. Without assembling
the rumor which is ahoat, that Bazain is
working for himself in Mexico, and the pro-
ject being theme Of all French employees
who have for some time been informing
Napoleon that the Frenzy army is looked
on favorably by the Mexieans, and that
what they dislike is the monarchy and in
competency of Macmillan; so l have read
from private letters, which assure me that
tais was the idea that Bazain tried to in
eulate an interview with Napoleon. By the
last packet, a chiefof staff and an employee
of the finance department, have gone
out, and perhaps they go out TO modify in
accordance with this idea the instructions
of Jallards, for the packet was eyendelayed
10 wait for them. Secretary SewSAd, un-
der date of March 4th, thanks Senior ROM
e o fer this and other information contribut-
ing so largely te his knowledge of the events
~trauspiripg.
The Speaker laid before rthe House a
report Of The operations Of the National
Aa.T.v,- If NCafaraaa du-fnu Tho uaaf raar
from which it appears that the Committee
en- Weights and Measures and Coinage are
in favor of adopting a decimal system, and
that, IN their opinion, the metrical system
OF weights and measures, though not with
ont defects, is, all things considered, the
best in use.
The committee therefore suggest that the
academy recommend to Congress to author
ize and encourage by law the introduction
and use Of the metrical system Of weights
and measures, and that with a view to IA
miliarize the people with them, the academy
recommend that provision be made by
law Tor the immediate manufacture and
distribution to the custom houses and
States, of metrieais, standards of
weights and measures and to introduce the
system into the postofiees, a single letter to
weigh Is grains instead Of Il, and to cause
the new one and two cent pieces to be so
coined that they shall weigh respectively
five and len grains and that their diameter
shall be made to bear a determinate and
simple ratio TO a metricsl union of length.
Senator Nye's bill for the relief of naval
contractors provides, among other things,
fer the payment of S59,6l3 to James B.
Fades, OF St. Louis.
The report generally prevailed among
Members of Congress to-day that the Presi-
dent will veto the civil rights bill.
WAR HISTORY.
Maior-General Thomas has, in accordance
with the request of the late Committee on
the Conduct of the War, prepared a nara
tive of all the operations of the Army Of the
Cumberland. This will finish the history /
of the wsr.under the auspices of that COM
mittee. The narrative makes ll6 foolscap |
pages, and on Tuesday was placed in pos
session of the chairman.
ARRESTED.
FORTRESS MoNRoE March 21.-Calvin
Pepper, who recently started a scheme for
colonizing the negro on the Peninsula has
been arrested BY order of Gen. Miles, on
charge of swindling the Freedmen out Of
money, from 50 cents to Sl00.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DEFART-l
NENT OF VIRGINIA,
FORTRESS MoSEOE, March Il.
CALvIS PEPPER, Sir-The Maj. Gen. COM
manding directs nae to say THAI as you are
collecting funds for the freedmen of IL
district, and giving receipts without names, |
or documents totally Illegal, and as YOU are |