Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-01
The Norfolk Riot TO be InTesti'
gated.
Great Suffering in the South
Washington News.
The Treasury department.

The Treasury Department
Treasury DEPARTMENT, May %O.-The
funeral Of Lieutenant General Scott having
been arranged to take place on Friday the
first day of June, the Custom Houses OF the
United States are, by order Of the President,
directed to be closed on that day, as a mark
| of respect scr the memory OF the deceased.
The flags OF ali the revenue cutters will be
| placed at half mast.
H. McCULLocH. sec'y Of Treasury.
PardOns.
The President this week has granted
thirteen special pardors under the amnesty
proclamation.
Flags at Half Hast.
In respect to the memory Of the late
lieutenant General Scott, the national
colors were displayed at half mast over the
Capital and the several executive depart
ments.
Effect Of n Recent Order.
The recent orders given by the heads Of
departments that disbursing officers shall
remove all public mciteys deposited to their
credit in national banks to the United
States frsasury or Sub-Treasuries, have
created quite a rush on TIE Ttessur~.
"nThc Court Know Herself"
The recently published statements that
Che proposed Constitutional Amendment of
tie Stnete are not specially Questionable
to President johnson, Hare certainly not
been made from any views which ne has
expressed upon the subject.
JEFF. Davis Trial.
The morning papers rave the following
special dispatches frem Washington:
Il is now authoritatively stated that the
Government viii not be prepared for the
trial Of JEFF. Davis at the approaching June
term at Richmond. The inference IL that
the trial cannot come of before October.
Nj. and Mrs. Gen. Grant.
The Lieutenant General and Mrs. Grant,
accompanied by General Dent Of the staff,
will proceed from West Point to st. Louis,
TO be absent two or three weeks. The Gen
eral expects TO visit Nashville, COrinth,
Memphis, and other intermediate points be-
fore his return.
The National Union Club.
At a meeting of the National Union Club,
a resolution insisting on the application Of
the Monroe Doctrine TO Mexico, and favor |
the endorsement or the Mexican loan
discussed, but was laid over under the
Foreign Nets.
A letter Just received from high authority
NAAA AgAl1 NalbAIbA 10 O0AAA9oI - /
ing to maintain peace in Europe. He wrote
a YER important letter TO the King Of Italy,
in which he spoke in the strongest terms
against the Italian warlike policy.
ambassadors from England and Prussia
have united their efforts 10 arrange a settle
ment of the present difficulties. The French
government declared itself ready to act Oh
.he same conciliatory plan, but took the pc
that it was impossible to assemble
conference that would not be a general
1ne, including representatives from all the
European powers and the German Diet. If
hey assent a preliminary conference would
Immediately be held, composed Of France,
Russia and England.
This does not absolutely assure q peace
'ul solution of the threatening European
roubles, yet it is deemed very important as
the posture ofthe French Govern
nent, and how it is possible, If not even
lrRbable, that at the very verge Of war a
collision -- he ~paided by the interior
snce Of neutral powers.