Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-07
THE NEW S

MRs. JEFF. DAVIS arrived at Cincinnati
yesterday en- route to Canada.
THE Senate yesterday passed the Civil
Rights bill over the Presidents veto by a
vote of 3s to Is.
TIE Governor of Michigan has appointed
Thursday, the 18th of April, as day Of
fasting, humiliation and prayer.
The friends of jeff Davis have abandon
ed the movement for a writ of Aqbeas corpus.
because Of the embarrassment it would be
to President johnson.
A. KARSEs, private banker of Rochester,
N. Y, suspended yesterday. A run was
made upon Powers bankingI house, but it
stood the pressure without finching.
A GREAT fire broke out in New York yes
terday morning, destroying property on
Broadway to an extent as yet not fully esti :
mated. Dispatches of yesterday afternoon
and this morning give the particulars.
TEE contested election case in the House
of Representatives from New York was
settled Thursday. Brooks, the sitting mem
| DSAg was ASSAdASA AOb CAbllAou W Tie Scat
Dodge, his contestant, was declared entitled
to it, and was sworn in.
B. H. BADGER, the Chicago broker, of
whose operations an account was published,
was arrested yesterday afternoon for false
Pretences, on the complaint of the Mer-
chants National Bank. A. c. Badger and
John c. Hilton, President Of the Stock
Board, entered into bonds for his appear
ance.
DAVID W. ENGLISH, printer, whose house
was burned out, in indianapolis, the other
day, attempted to commit suicide by hang
ing himself in an clubhouse attached to
W. ]. Braden's printing establishment.
He was discovered, however, and cut down
before life was extinct He will probably
recover.
PRIVATE W. THOMPSON, member of the
10th Regiment stationed at Mobile, murder
ed one of his comrades on Friday night, at
the camp near that city. The murderer
went to the tent of his victim, and delibe-
rately shot him through the head with
musket. Thompson was caught coming
out of the tent, after the gun was fred. He
had threatened previously to kill the man,
but for what cause is yet unknown. The
murderer is under arrest and will be tried
by court-martial.
A SHOCKING tragedy occurred in Atlanta,
Ga, on the 5th inst A difficulty took place
a week ago in bar-room, between A. G.
Chesholm and Charles P. Sheppard. Shep-
pard, it is said, had threatened to kill Ches-
holm on sight. On the evening of the 9Th
Chesholm took his stand on the street, with
a shot gun, and awaited the appearance of
Sheppard The latter soon passed, and
CheshOlm fred both barrels of the gun at
him. The charges took effect in his body,
killing him in few minutes. Chesholm
delivered himself up to the City Marshal
immedately.
The damages by the recent storm in Wis
consin is very extensive. Most of all the
railways haYe been interrupted. The river
regions around Southern Wisconsin are COW
cred with water. and several towns are in
undated The food on Wisconsin river was
particularly severe. It is filed for miles
with bridges, out-houses, dead cattle, sheep,
&c. The total damage throughout the State
can hardly fall short of two millions of dol
lars. The freshet has also extended to
Northern and Central Minnesota, doing
much damage.
A CONVENTION of the colored people of the
State of Georgia was held in Augusta, on
the 5th, each county being represented by q
delegate. The design was to investigate the
condition and forward the interests of the
freedmen Of the State of Georgia. Each of
the members of the council gave descrip-
ton in detail of the state of the freedmen of
his county. A colored man was appointed
to go to Washington TO advocate their rights
and see justice done in their behalf Chap
lain Henry NJ. Turner, late of the lst United
States eolored troops, was selected to per-
form this duty.
MERE MESTIoN: An effort is making to
create new county in Pennsylvania, max
ing Titusville the county seat...--General
Stesdman, of Ohio, is about to make tour
of observation through the south...... Louis
Nspoleon's second volume of "Jslius
Cesar" on which he is at this moment said
to be very hard at work, will probably ap-
pear this month......Seven young japanese
have been sent to Russia to learn the Ian
guage and study military and naval science.
THE most interesting recent occurrence
in Richmond is the publication in one Of
the papers of the usual marriage notice Of
two colored persons among the notices Of
other persons.....A general reduction OF
prices is contemplated in the New York
hotels and restsursnts.-.-.The London
Times suggests to Stephens, the Fenian
leader, to keep a diary, wherever he may
be hiding, assuring him that the details Of
: the manner in which ne eludes the detec-
tives will one day be an interesting and pro-
ftable pvblication......T There is now in St
Mary's Workhouse, in Reading, England,
an old woman nearly ninety years of age
who is able to repeat the whole of the second
book Of Millions Paradise Lost......At a re-
cent great staeple chase, near Liverpool,
thirty horses started, all the favorites were
beaten, and the winner was gaunt outsider,
whose owner quietly pOcketed $lS5,00o by
the race....-.The sacred bull owned by Dan
. Rice, the only specimen Of the kind outside
of Burmah, was killed near Philadelphis
last week by accident.