Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-10
THE NE w 8.
Gold closed I.st night at l5s1s4.

The House yesterday concluded its revision ,
, the Tariff bin.
The Senate yesterday passed the Army bin, an
it is now ready for the action of the House.
Chri, Peru, Bolivia and EoquAdor, it is said
have formed league to free Cuta from Spain
eAucus Of United States Senators will b, h.,
tonight In the hall Of the rIouse of R,presepta
tives.
"eneraA herman said at the soldiers meeting a
m, Ill oa the Fourth, that he never vOt'
but once IN his life .lts .t
The next National Fair for the benefit Of til
orI hans Of soldiers and sailors will he held il
Washington next February. e
Trains commenced running through from Gin
cinnati to Lafayette, Ind, by the new consoli4a
tiou on Saturday.
Senator FesseBden, of Maine, lost nearly ever,
dollar OF his property by the late terrible fire a
Portland.
sMr. Edwin Forests receipts for his first tel
nights at Maguire's Opera House. San Francisco
are sai to be 81, 600 in gold.
The citizens Of Chicago have presented each
member Of their Fire Department with life and
accident insurance policy.
| II Is stated lhat EfOl ABa4hlA anu vie Will
sail from Rio de Janeiro for home on the July
steamer.
Senator Lane was reported weaker Saturday
night, but the symptom was not regarded by his
physician as az unfavorab'e one.
ID. Campbell, Minister to Mexico, has arrived
at Washington on his way to the seat Of govern
ment of that Republic.
The peop'e OF Portland are still suffering for
clothing. Donations should be sent to L. Dana,
Ward Room NJ. 5, Portland, Maine.
The bodies Of A. Luckzrman and his mother
were found yesterday in one part Of The ruins Of
Portland, having been burnt to death
The President, it is said, VIII direct General
sickles to answer the writ served against him and
deliver the parties up.
/ y. W Crafts, who was killed lately in Boston,
had his life Insured for $4,000 in thirteen diff
ferent companies.
Five fatal cases Of cholera. cholera morbus, or
violent summer complaint occurred iH Brooklyn
on Monday.
Prof Lowe and another person made an ssoen-
sion in his balloon from New York on Monday and
they have not since bean heard FROM
This mornings report mentions the latest fires
as follows: rope-walk in PhiladeIphia, loss
SI5O,OOO; hote' and cabinet shop.in Lite Falls,
n. Y, SIS. coo.
The celebration CT the Fourth st the South
seems to have been pretty much monOPolized by
Americans OF African descent but it was on their
part very enthusiastic.
The profits of the Chicago daiies for 1865, as in
dioated by the income returns, are as follows
Tribune, $1,000; Evening Journal, $4,000;
Times, $4,000.
A resolution was introduced in the House CT
representatives yv-t-riry Ivvhi''E ~ shS donHtiUH
Of lands for the endowment of female colleges in
the several States ra.-r. --r.as
Four deaths from sun stroke occurred in Boston
on Sunday and Mo iday. The lightning struck
house in Boston Monday night, killing young
lady End prostrAting other members Of the family
Forty-two thousand dollars were subscribed on
State street, Boston, yesterday within two hours
in aid Of Portland Itis expected the subscription
will be raised to sl0O,QOO.
Nearly all descriptions of safes proved WORTHLESS
in the Port andhre the safety Of few being attri
hutable to other causes than their capacity to
Withstand hest
A company has been formed at Buffalo to light
that city with natural gas obtained at the Getz-
vile Wells, twelve miles distant. Prof. Hadley
reports that 40, 900 cubic feet Of gas escape and
are lost every twenty four hours.
The house of Mr.. whitney, in Bristol, Conn,
was struck by lightning Monday night, and Mr..
W. aud his son were instantly killed. Mrs,
whitney was so seriously injured that her life il
despaired Of. t-H- r
Hon F. c. Grier. Justice Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States, was attacked at Willisms
port, Pa, lew days ago, by paralysis, while in
attendAno, upon tho District Court Of the United
states in session there. The court Immediately
adjourned.
A child was devoured near Galveston, Texas,
short time ago, by an alligator, in fall view O. her
father, who was unable to reach her in time to
save her He shot the reptile, and will cut him
open to recover his child's remSins.
They have novel way OF doing things in
BogotA. The President of that country vetoed
bill passed by Congress, and the Senate, insisting
upon carrying out the measure, an armed mob
entered the Chamber and compelled it to sanction
the veto. President johnson may take a hint
Mrs. Mary Ann Herrick, an old lady of sixty
seven, wife os Chester Herriok, Of Pike township,
Fulton county, Ohio. committed suicide Thursday
AAel D1 lImltuB AuNo N1iAa Dedi-''fNo
ness is said to have been the cause Of the act.
An unknown man yesterday snatched bag
oontaiuiuing s2,IoO from the hands of mer-
chants boy while standing in the cashiers Office
Of the New York Custom Housa and succeeded in
escaping With the money. The boy pursued HIM,
but soon fell seuseless from the effect of ehloro-
form.
Another steamship from Europe arrived yester-
day. The resignation of the English Ministers
has been accepted. It sumored that Lord
Derby would he appointed Premier, and Lord
Sterling Foreign Minister. No further report Of
fighting on the Continent. Some details Of the
battle before Verona are given in an account from
the London Times.
At the celebration of the Fourth at Philadelphia,
Major General Meade was presented by the Uuion
League Of that city with gold medal. The medal
is composed of the finest gold, ami weighs
pound aud half Oa the diverse side is q finely
executed head OF the hero OF Gettysburg. Sur
rounding the head is inscribed in Roman letters,
"July 4, 1866. To Major General Meade, by the
Union League Of Philadelphia, as a token OF the
gratitude Of his countrymen." On the reverse
side is an elaborate artistic design, surrounded
with tho words: " The victor Of Gettysburg, the
deverer of our state, the faithful soldier Of cur
country"
The new law Of Congress, in relation TO the
money order system, has just teen put in force.
Orders Of $50 and under now sold, while under
the old system the maximum SIS. Tue fees
have also been chNnged, orders from 81 to $50
being now issued At lOc and over so TO $50 inclu
sive, at &c. Under the cid law it was Necessary
for duplicate to be issued. and then an affidavit
with stamp was required, for which the party
had to pay, as slsO fee for the new certificate.
Under the new law PostmAsssrs can administer
oAths free Of charge, and the certificate is also
Furnished free Of cost, the only expense to the
party being the five cent revenue stamp. On the
ID Of August 800 additional money order Offices,
mostly in the South and West, will be put in
operation.
The Brooklyn Contest"
The Senter men are playing bold
game of bluff We have no reason 10 be-
heve that they intended at first to con-
test the election of delegates from Brook
lyn. But We are now satisfied that, after
all their bluster, they have Bhistled up