Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-02

WASHINGTON, july l.-Ihe SenUSe IN eA-
ecutive Committee to-day confirmed the
following nominations: Chas. Hunter, TO
be commander in tho Navy on the retired
list; r. L. Cuthbert, to be naval officer at
Charleston, S. c.; NJ. +, Conway, Of Nfrelnia,
formerly Member Of Congress from Kan
sas, to be Consul at Marseilles.
SUIEhurOus Acid Gas.
WAsHINCroS. July IA communication
has been received at the Departments OF
State from our Legation at London, en-
closing two pamphlets relating to expert
ments by Or. James Dewar, Of hirEcaldy,
for testing the efficacy of sulphurous acid
gas as a disinfectant Results arc shown
yvhi~b-lead 10 the conviction that rInder-
pest, pleUrO pneumonia. cholera and some
other disea ses by which the human family
are afflicted, may be not only very much
modified but ovon wholly prevented. By
this means the method Of generating the
gas is very simple and inexpensive. 1t is
only necessary to have a chatter of old ash
cinders get small cruciblc into them, and
drop piece of sulphur stick the size OF
mans thumb into it. This will fumigate
large cattle shed in twenty minutes. Ami
mails seem to enjoy It, and it
acts as a good tonic on man or
beast. The paed must be we'll ventilated
during lum CATION, as well before and alter
H. ana EOulu S1ulluEN Iult5 must ht GU
forced in regard to cleanliness and the re-
moval of dung heaps. During the pre-
valence Of such epidemics as are above
named, fumigatlOn may be made, accord
ing to directions, four or five times a day,
and not only is this treatment said to cure
the fatal diseases, but mango, ring worm
and lice have also vanished before it, and
grease heels in horses have also been cured
by it, while severe cases Of phthisic or
tubericular affections Of the lungs have
been relieved in human being. The matter
is worthy of study and experiment by
American scientific and professional men.
DR.. Dewar having literally consented to
the free use of his pamphlets, they will be
sent by the Secretary of State TO an appro-
pirate committee in Congress with Il view
to their publication and distribution
shipments OTFraetiOnaI Currency.
The total amount of shipments of frac-
tioual currency for the week ending June
3Oth, was So ,T2T, ,:.f29 amout cancelled dur
ing same time was Sf2O,5SS. The disburse-
ments Of the Treasury for tho week were
War Department, s, ,3O4, l54; Navy De-
partment, SI79l,02 Interior Department,
SISlH. The disbursements on account
of the above named Departments
during the fiscal year ending June 3Oth.
amounted to S39j, ,92j, ,G34. No National
| banks were created nor Government depos-
ltories designated during the week. The
issue Of National currency for the week
ending to day was Sl,52O, $50; total amount
| issued to date, S2S2, $50, i4O.
From Mexico.
Mr.. Romero, the Mexican minister, has
received letter from Tampica, dated June
10th. from which the following is an ex-
/ tract:
The people Of Huesetta and all other
towns in the Huesetta district have risen
| again in favor of the Republic and Presi-
/ dent Juarcz. as you will see by the enclosed
/ endorsed step taken from the government
| organ Of this city of the 10th ult. Seven
| hundred well armed Liberal troops now oc-
| cupy Huesetta, while a force OF l,0O0 Is
| being organized at Victoria. now in our pos
session, to move against this place. The
| capture of Tampica is feasible if our troops
| come with force of 1000 or S.U00 men, as
it is garrisoned with impressed Mexicans,
| who will not fight against their own bro
| thers have lust had an interview with
| a friend from Huesetta, who informed me
our forces have five pieces OF artillery at
| Huesetta, two Of which were captured from
the enemy. The Imperislists make no re-
sistance and all hopes for the empire are
now blasted.
Items.
| Inc Util recently reported. Dy the house
| Committee OF the Judiciary for the estab
lishment of a national bureau of insurance.
makes the bureau self sustaining, while 1t
offers security in the matter of insurance by
requiring all companies who NAV act under
the law TO deposit United States bonds, the
amounts varying according to their capital
stock. No party is permitted to transact
marine and life Insurance at the same time.
The object of the proposed legislation is to
give every company an opportunity to show
its solvency in order that the public may
be guarded against fraud, the principle
being similar to the one now applied to
Nstional Banking associations.
The June report of the Agricultural De-
partment gives a comparison between the
amount of raw cotton imported from the
United States into Great Britain during
four months Of the last year and four
corresponding months Of the present year.
1t exceed the quantity imported from India
by almost 100 per cent, and almost exactly
equals the total from all other localities. 1t
is equivalent to sos, 726 bales of 4D0 pounds
each. The report says that half million
of bales in four months and STO,000,000 are
respectable figures in the trade with one
| foreign nation even for the palmiest days
: of cotton shipping from the ports Of the
United States. The report also shows that
. Great Britain buys this season ten times as
e much wheat from Russia as from the Uni
j.. ted States.
9 The Commissiener Of Internal Revenue
4 has granted permission, free of tax or Ii
: cense, TO hold national gift concert on the
2d sf August in this city for the benefit oi
the Soldiers and Sailors National Orphans