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Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
PRESIDENT Johnson and the Manhattan
Club.

AaA0
Since the acceptance by President
4,,hnson of the Manhattan Clubs invita-
ton to him to sit for his portrait, some
kindly disposed individuals have been
suggesting that possibly the President
was ignorant of the character of the or
ganization which thus eomplimented him.
We are sorry to dispel this pleasant illu-
sion, and will do it as mildly as possible,
by printing the letter Of the Club to M
johnson. Here it is:
The Hon. Andrea johnson, President OF
the United States;
SrR-The undersigned, members OF the
managing committee Of the
Club, beg leave to apprise you that you
we're this day elected an honorary
member of the club, and TO request your
| acceptance of the same. They lnclose a
copv of their constitution and bylaws,
with a list of the members of the club,
which will be found to include a fair rep
r-esentation of the intelligence, enterprise,
wealth and patriotism of our city and
State, They have also been requested
to say TO YOU in behalf Of the
club that they desire to procure a
f~ull-length portrait of yourself, to bepalnt-
ed byone of our first artists, and thai they
will be much obliged if you will gratlfy
them BY consenting to sit to him. 1t Is the
earnest desire of the club to adorn their
walls with a representation OF the form
snd lineaments of a statesman and patriot
/ whose efforts to restore the peace and
| unao1 of oar distracted country and whose
lust and fearful re6uke Of Dists1ioHists,
command and secure their unanimous, cor
dial and enthusiastic appreciation.
Please address Your answer to John Van
Buren,. President Manhattan Club, So
Fifth avenue, New York.
March 2, 1866.
Attached to this precious epistle were
the signatures of the leading members OF
the club. First was that of John Van
Buren,, its President. Another was that
of Manrton Marble,t the editor of the World
who inaugurated the Democratic abuse of
Mr.. johnson in the Presidential campaign
Of 1864, by calling him a drunken tailor,
and who in March 1865 was unrestrainedly
vehement in his assaults upon the then
Vice President for his unfortunate and
d~isgrsceful conduct on the 4th of March.
Another is S. L. NJ. Barlow, a prominent
owner of the World Another, August
Belmont, isthe Representatives of the Roth
schilds in America, and the chair
man of the Democratic National
Commute which supported Nc
Olellan and Pendleton in opposition 10
Lincoln and johnson. Another is John
t. Hoffman, Copperhead Mayor of New
York. Another is S. J. Tilden, who did
more than any other mi man to procure
the nomination of George B. Mcclellan
for President. Another is Dean Rich
mond who did more than any body else
to procure the election of that dandy
General. Still others are men like james
T. Brady, George Tieknor Curtis, Ed
wards Pierrepont, W. c. Prime, Augustus
Schell, and G. G. Yerplanck-all peace
Democrats or Se~cessionists during the war.
1t is with This class of men that Andrew
johnson is dallying.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
WASHINGTON TOPICS AND GOSSIP
AN UNPLEASANT REVELATION

AN REVELATION.
One of the clerks employed in arrang-
ing the rebel archives, came across a letter
written in 1861 by the former editor of a
Democratic paper in Iowa, and subse-
quently a Brigsdier General in the Union
army, to JEFF. Davis, in which the writer
expresses his sympathy for the cause of
the South, and requests JEFF. TO give him
a Commission in his army.
FRENCH APPRECIATION OF MP. LINCOLN.
The Secretary If State, through General
Banks, has laid before Congress a CORE
spondence with 1ur Consul at Lyons,
France. In that CITY the subscription TO
the flag in honor of the memory of the
late President Lincoln was exceedingly
popular. The lists already returned num-
Der over 1900 subscriptions, mostly at ten
centimes each. Nearly all of the subserip-
ions belong to the laboring class. The
success of the movement, is a proof of the
sincere admiration and affection of the
liberal working class for our country and
its late Chief Magistrate. The flag was
made by the Society of Weavers. Its of
a very rich and heavy texture, and Is
made in a new and peculiar manner, be-
ing unlike any other ever manufactured.
On the blue square are t~hirty-fve stars,
and the following inscription in gold,
popular Subscription to the Republic of
the United States, offered in memory of
Abraham Lincoln.-Lyons, 1865" 1t is
a beautiful work of art, and a valuable
testimonial of the sympathies and friend
ship of the working people of Lyons. In
presenting it to the President and Con-
gress, the Society of Weavers say: GAIL
our citizens whose hearts beat for liberty,
and who have been deeply impaired by
the crime committed on Abraham Lin
coin, have Joined in a testimony of admir-
alton for a patriot and of friendship for
a free people. May it remind you that
whatever happens, we are united to you
by our convictions. May it, with the
glorious name it bears, remind you of the
strengthening of liberty in your rising
and courageous country, and may that
remembrance be a hope for all other ma
E.1-,U
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
COUNTY.

Lieutenant Louis W. Little, of Della
ware county, died in Washington City
last week. During Sherman's triumph
ant march from Atlanta to the sea, he was
connected with the cavalry branch of the
service, and in a hand-to-hand contest
with a rebel cavalry force, was shot in the
head and fell into the hands of the enemy.
After great suffering he was finally re-
leased, his wound resulting in the loss of
one eye and serious injury to the other.
Some months since he was weylaid and
assaulted in the streets of Washington, at
night, while on his way to his lodgings,
and sustained very serious internal
injury, to which 'his death is prob
ably attributable.
The present terms of the Ohio Wesley
an University and the Ohio Wesleyan
an Female College, close on the 2sth inst.
After a short vacation, the spring and
summer term ofeach institution will open
on Thursday, April 9Th.
Delaware county is moving in the mat
ter of erecting a soldiers monument. II
is proposed to erect a monument that will
cost 500, 900. The design has been pre-
sented by a marble worker of that place.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
TuSCARAMAS COUNTY.

From the New Philadelphia Chronicle !;
A friend from Port Washington informs
us that a vein of coal has been discovered
near mat place, which is between six and
even feat in thickness, and of good quail
ty. They have also discovered two kinds
Of iron ore which he designated as the
black band and "grey" ores.
The citizens of Uhrichsville and vicini-
ty, have organized an Agricultural So
ciety. Twenty acres of ground, adjoin-
ing the town, have been purchased, upon
which the Society is erecting fine build
buildings. A full half mile track will al
so be made, and indeed, 1t is the design of
the movers in this matter to spare no ex-
pense in fitting up their grounds in fine
style. The Society proposes to hold one
of the best fairs the coming fall, ever held
in this section of the State. Uhrichsville
possesses the enterprise, the means and
| the determination to make the project a
complete success.
A Teachers Institute will be held in
New Philadelphia, Ohio, for the benefit
and instruction of the teachers of Tuscara-
was county, commencing Monday, April
| I'd 1866, at one o'clock P. NJ. This In
stitute will be held under the supervision
of Prot. T. w. Harvey, Superintendent OF
the Painesville Schools.
Rvs NJ. Hickman, for the last two
years pastor of the NJ. E. Church of New
Philadelphia, goes to Massillon.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

Bits of gossip about the young Prince
Imperial are floating through Paris. Here
is of them: 1t appears that the En-
peror after dinner n day proposed the
health of the new president Of the Imper-
ll Commission for the great exhibition of
1867, and asked the Prince Imperial to re-
ply. The child said he had been taken by
surprise, and ha1 not been prepared for his
fathers toast. The Emperor said ne must
at least return thanks. well" said the
Prince, 'all L have got to say Is that 1 re-
greet being too young to be Of any service
to French Industry"
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

We invite the special attention of our
neighbors of the Herald to the correspon-
dance ha4uaa- p-sss1.-s JvhnsOn and the
postmaster Of Hartford, Conn, which we
publish in another celumn. The postmas-
~ter-sditor Of the Herald came out on Fri
day last in q column article against the
course Of his brother postmaster in sup
porting the Democratic ticket in the pend
ing campaign in that state. But, unfor-
tunately,on that very day President John
son wrote to Postmaster Cleveland, the
recresnt whom the Herald attacks, TAP
proving" his political action" We are
curious to see what the Herald viii do,
now that itsown blunder has placed it in
opposition to the administration. hope
it viii be q little more lenient, hereafter.
to postmasters who support the Demo-
Gratis, if only for the sake of consistency,
for in six months it viii be following thsi-
example. 1t is already endsav-
out-do the President in de- ring to
ner and Stevens Iouncing Sum
ident's yet~ a. mas endorsed the Pres.
message and birthday speech
-ls has over and over again endeayored
to prove that Congress and not the Presi-
dent is on the wrong side in the present
struggle. In all these things it agrees
with Vallandigham, and the differences
between the two in ether respects VIII not
be great enough to prevent them from
supporting the same candidates next fsll
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

A Raleigh letter-writer thus photographs
Governor Holden; "A man apparently of
fifty years; above the medium s~tsture; ra-
Their heavy set; dark complexion; black
heir Slightly bald in 'FRONT.', sprinkled with
gras; blue eyes, heavy eyebrows; promin-
emit and strongly marked features, sxperss-
i've of determination even to stubbernness.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

The Democracy profess to regard the
Civil Rights bill as a fragrant violation of
the Constitution. Theyseem so forget
that they could neve discover that the
Fugitive Slave law was unconstitutional.
If that law was constitutional it will be
difficult to show why the Civil Rights
bill is unconstitutional.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

The New York Commercial Advertiser
announces that the Honorable G. B. Sen
ter is at the st. Nicholas Hotel in that city.
Verify s politician is not without honor
save in his own country, and among his
own people.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

The first number of the Detroit Daily
Post a new Republican journal in the
city of the straits, will appear to-day. The
paper will be edited by Major General
Carl Schurz, and its principal stock-hold-
ers are men like Senator Chandler and
Captain E. B. Ward. 1t is needless to
say that it will be radical to the backbone.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
ToNsoRlAL.
LONG HUMAN HAIR
FRESH -IMPORTATToN

WM. DAY, 46 PUBLIC SoUApp
w having just arrived from Rurone S.s11 -
lorm the Ladies and public generally. tsaf bahn-
nov open Tor insPeetion the largest and most -
to them in Cleveland. HapdsoDe 49, onered
Drought especially for the manufartnSinr Z
SWITCHES, BRAIDs, COIL HEAD DRFSsrSSi
&C, Ladles viii do well to examine this besntie1i
Hair before purchasing elsewhere.
N-B-1any very pretty Head Dresses bro,.h.
direct nem Paris-the very latest fashIo6E 49,
designe 10 Coils, Twists, Bows &c.l Anv ~ ~.
above Head Dresses, all Of which can b NJ ~
Of Switches and Braids without iuiu-x q .1ssSOOs
Ladis. Hair Dressing in All the sfe,s sna
narIS
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

Mr.. Pike, OF Saturday morning pub
lished the annexed card:
CARD FROM SAMUEL N. PIKE.
MEssRs. EDITORS In acknowledge
ment of the generous sympathy extended
to me by my friends and the public gen.
orally, prompted by the great loss coca
stoned by the recent destruction, BY fire,
of the Opera House, permit me to use the
columns of your valuable journal to return
my heartfelt thanks. 1 csnaot LET ~
bounded thanks to- .uIs OPP
HE Fipa n tossing my I'M
enc me members OF our no
apartment for their untiring
4gy and endurance while sabduing the
fire and srresting the spread of the de-
struetiye element; to them our citizens
should feel grateful for preventing further
destruction of property in the most valu-
able portion of the city.
lean not now state what my plans for
the future improvement of this property
may be, but whatever 1 may do, L trust an
energetic determination to overcome a
loss of this nature, may enable me to pre-
sent something worthy of the fair fame
of the Queen City.
Yours, very truly,
SAMUEL n. PIKE.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
The Cincinnati pspsrs i,

The Cincinnati papers
ticulArs of the srres. .,,tsi, .hou..
SnJ1r of an apparently in
@ou -~sl, on Wednesday, who was
Ag about the streets, and who gave
ms name as William Wallace. he AZ.
elared that he had a thousand dollars in
gold on his person, and he feared some
one would rob him. He was taken to the
station house, and the sum of none in
gold pieces, of ancient and modern date
found about his person as he had described
The specie bore evidence OF having been
buried for a long time. Wallace declared
that he had been drugged. He was given
a bed to sleep of his insanity, and his
gold deposited in one Of the National
Banks.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

An exchange says that a lady, Ito years
old, stepped of the Piqua train the other
evening at Union City. She walked un-
supported from the railroad to the Breok-
inridge House, fully q hundred yards.
Her friends live somewhere heal Farm
land.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

Butter Of the best quality commands
from sixty to severity cents in the Cinein-
natl markets.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

The Morgan Herald says sls,OOo are al
ready raised to bridge the Muskingum at
that place; $4,000 mora are wanting.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
OHIO NEWS.
WAYNE COUNTY.
From The Moostar Republican:

From the Wooster Republican:
Miss Anna E. Dickinson, will deliver
the closing lecture beforethe Young Mems
Club, on Thursday, April 9Th. Subject
not yet announced.
We have received a copy of the London
Times, containing a complimentary notice
of u friend, B. f. Reinhart, the artist,
who is now in England, on his way to
avail himself of the aid of the Masters
of Arts" Mr.. Reinhart is a native Of
Wayne county, and n of the best por-
lrait and landscape painters of our State.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE

Postmaster Cleveland Of Hartford
Conn.,, Tenders His ResignafiOn-He
is Supporting the Democratic Ticket
The President Approves His POliti'
cal Action.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

A Card from Ex-senator H. s. FOOte.
The Hon. Henry S. Foote writes as fol
lows with reference to the assertion that
he is the real author of Senator Stewards
Amnesty and Suffrage propositions:
al feel it to be my duty at once to say
that soma person has grossly misinformed
your correspondent on this subject. 1 am
sure that all who know me will conide in
my statement when 1 ~asseverate that l
am, in no sense, the author Of this wise and
patriotic measure. 1t is true that l warmly
approve it and had the honor OF being
consulted by its author in regard to the
probability of the South's accepting it if
proffsred; but the proposition itself, and
every faatura Of It originated in the
judioious and discriminating intellect and
kind and ~magnanimous spirit of the Sena-
ter from Nevada, who, though I am proud
to acknowledge him as q son-in-law, is
just the LIST person in Christendom whose
actions as q public man 1 would attempt
to control or influence, What I think of
this great measure Of peace ard true
brotherhood the public will learn in full
on next Monday, as on that day will ap-
pear in the columns of the New York
Ledger q letter-written at the special re-
quest of its editor-in which the question
connected with this important matter will
be found discussed very fully.
BE pleased to insert this letter, and
oblige your servant. 3. s. FooTKD
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
CARD FROM SAMUEL n. PIKE.

Mr.. Pike, on Saturday morning pub
lished the annexed card:
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
SLATE ROOFING
SLATE
r 0 O FIN

INTRODUCING THIS ROOFING
Il Material into this section Of the country, We
feel that we are introducing no humbug. IL has
been subjected to the severest tests for yeaTs in the
Eastern States with perfect success. In our OWE
Stateit was first brought into use last Summer
and all who have used it among as give il the high
est recommendations.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
WILLIAM l.
NJ GILLIAN RnrL NJ KnnA
Coal Tar anal PuIYerIzed Slate.

This discovery was made several years ago, and
since that time 1t has undergone the most severe
tests, and has proven that Plastic Slate Possesses
all the qualities Of an excellent roofing material,
beiuU
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27
Washington Correspondents Cincinnati CONNER.

" SO-
cial.l
The following correspondence is pub
lished here. II created considerable talk
at the Capital during the day:
"~PosToFFIcE, HARTFORD, CoNN.,
March %, 1866.
HSR-I am now engaged in publicly
advocating the election of Jos. E. English,
candidate for Governor of Connecticut-a
gentleman who is openly committed to
the support of your veto, and the defense
of your speech of the 22d of February,aud
of your policy of restoration, in opposi-
ton TO the Disunionists of Congress. 1
am opposing the election of Gen. Jos. r.
Hawley, who openly disspproves of your
veto and your 22d of February speech,and
declines to support your policy, as opposed
to the Radical majority of Congress. If
my political action is not satisfactory TO
you, I beg you to receive my resignation
as Postmaster in this city.
81 have the honor to remain,
"Your obedient servant,
TSigned1 "E. S. CLEVELAND.
"His Excellency, ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States"
The following is the Presidents in
dorsement:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, March %, sc.
"Your political action in u~pholding my
measures and policy is approved. Your
resignation is, therefore, not accepted, but
Is herewith returned.
TSignedl "ANDREW JOHNSON.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

-Ornted. Then We pass Fort Henry.
another earth work, and we stop again to
land a few passengers at Fort Washing
ton This is an old stone Fort, formerly
considered improbable, but this war has
demonstrated that the smallest earth work
would be of more value in its place, and
there ia talk of having it pulled down. 1t
has, like the Forts of olden times, the wa
ter battery, the broad mo0t and draw
bridge, evidently somewhat out of order.
as it required the united exterior of the
whole garrison TO raise it for our enter
tainment.
We reached Mt Vernon about noon.
and after partaking of cur lunch we went
on shore A broad carriage road leads
from the landing up through the woods to
the house. / went first to the tomb which
is half way up the hill, a little aside from
the road. Over the grated entrance is
written, "Within this enclosure rest the
remains of General George Washington
Tbs empty marble ~sareophagi of Wash
ington and martha his consort'' can be
seen through the grating. The remains
rest in IN inner vault There are one or
two enclosures near the vault, where some
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-27

Considerable Interest is attached to the
recent discovery of rich deposits of aurif-
erous pyrites and gold bearing quartz,
| above Washington, on the Potomac, near
the Great Falls. It is stated that the prop
erty has been purchased by Philadelphians
A stock company has been organized with
q capital of 1915, 900. A powerful engine
for quartz crushing and sublimating the
ore is on the ground, the erection of a
quartz mill completed, and Cornish miners
under the direction of an engineer, are
penetrating the rich ledge ofthe property.
The mint assay of the surface rock yields
SIG per tun of 1000 pounds. The sui
phurets are in excess of that. -,c4 O.
A bill has passed the United States
Senate, appropriating 81, 800 to Thomas F.
Wilson, ESQ, formerly of Meadville, Pa,
remunerating him for property destroyed
by a mob while ne was Consul at
Bahia.
A bullock was lately killed in New
York which weighed {, 1875 pounds gross,
and made 2,47O pounds of clear beef. He
was sold for l 1900.
There are about l, 300, 900 Masons in the
world, and 5000 lodges.
A German, in Philadelphia, named
John RADIUS hanged himself a few days
since, stating in a letter his reasons as fol-
lows al was a soldier in the 18th New
York heavy artillery, u s. A, and 1 got
q disease (palsy) in the service, from the
effects of which 1 was obliged to stop
work; in consequence, 1 applied for a
pension from the U. 8. Government. Not
receiving sy support from the Govern
ment, this is to inform my friends and ae-
quaintances l have been obliged to kill
myself" - y
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-26
The New Kansas senator. =,

EDMUND G. Ross, we learn from the
Register, is a Sandusky boy. He learned
the trade of printing in the Mirror office, a
Democratic office; that although his an
cestors were Democratic, and he worked
in Democratic Office, his first ballot was
cast for the Abolition ticket, and that he
continued to vote the Abolition and Free
Soil tickets until the Republican party
sprung into existence, when he identified
himself with that party; that soon after
leaving the Mirror Office, he went to Kansas
as Free State emigrant; took prominent
part in the border war; founded the Ld,u-
renee Tribune; went into the service in 1861;
was promoted to Majority, and after the
War returned to the Tribune office.